Re: Newsgroup Signal to Noise Ratio
From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 21:44:31 GMT
Message-ID: <3143i.734$wH4.453_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
>
> This line is a dead giveaway:
>
> "I KNOW THE ACCESS DATABASE VERY WELL, AND IS FAR BETTER THAN ORACLE.
> ORCALE IS TOO MANY DOCS..."
>
> Amazing, how a troll on one forum can propagate to others with "just
> a little help from my friends..." ;)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 21:44:31 GMT
Message-ID: <3143i.734$wH4.453_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
Bob Hairgrove wrote:
> On Tue, 01 May 2007 12:49:40 GMT, "David Cressey"
> <cressey73_at_verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> With regard to requests for help that are "over the top", I'll point you to >> this: >> >> http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=499980&start=0&tstart=0 >> >> This thing has been making the rounds. I'm convinced that it was intended >> as satire right from the start. It's a little depressing that so many >> people respond to it as if it were serious. I might have done the same >> thing a couple of years ago.
>
> This line is a dead giveaway:
>
> "I KNOW THE ACCESS DATABASE VERY WELL, AND IS FAR BETTER THAN ORACLE.
> ORCALE IS TOO MANY DOCS..."
>
> Amazing, how a troll on one forum can propagate to others with "just
> a little help from my friends..." ;)
Its more than just the risk of being trolled - I am now treating posting with urls were serious circumspection given the number of drive by exploits the most popular OS enjoys. Even though I use FF and TB it makes me very twitchy.
Cheers Frank. Received on Thu May 17 2007 - 23:44:31 CEST