Re: Sorry, folks!
As we've seen in the years since this group was created, there are two kinds
of trolls. Those who go away if you ignore them, and those who can be turned
to be productive members of our community. At least one person who posts
constructively here is viewed by some as a troll on another MS NG. He isn't,
but since the responses by some are counter-productive, the overall result
is also counterproductive.
I spent 8-10 years as a CompuServe Sysop and even Wizop. In all that time, I
never once had to L-flag a user for bad behaviour. Though I admit a couple
did tempt me.
I'm proud of that history, and equally proud of the
community we have created here in this NG. We started out from the very
beginning agreeing we were here to help each other, and we've done that. And
we also agreed (with some occasional prodding<g>) that we wouldn't digress
to AMD v. Intel wars, or any of the other rat holes we could have gone down.
Overall, across all of the communities I've been involved in, MVPs have
consistently provided quality answers to my and others questions. With very
few exceptions, though I'm sure we could all point to a poisonous newsgroup
that is not getting any better. Unfortunately. And troll baiting is a
significant reason why.
--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
news:ebUchPQBIHA.4200@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> While many MVP's seem to spend an inordinate amount of time responding to
> trolls, rather than helping with legitimate problems, you have provided
> solutions to problems with which you have been uniquely qualified.
> Incidentally, how's your book coming along. Hope you don't have to join a
> group of newsgroup addicts to get it done.
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
> news:B0A3E8FB-5942-4B3F-AD73-1C650F849D72@microsoft.com...
>> Well, one never knows. Many factors weigh in, and I don't do anything
>> special to be an MVP. I just do what I have always done, try to help
>> others as I have been helped, and work to build a strong community so we
>> can all prosper and grow. If MS recognizes that, great. But it isn't why
>> I do it, and it doesn't change what I do. But I am proud to be able to
>> continue to be an MVP.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>>
>>
>> "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23fLHoZJBIHA.4568@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Congratulations. No surprise there!!
>>>
>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
>>> message news
3D039B6-2494-42A4-8096-289906FBB1FD@microsoft.com...
>>>>I hate when that happens!
>>>>
>>>> Not to worry.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Charlie - who just got re-awarded as an MVP.
>>>>
>>>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Tony Sperling mail.dk>" <tony.sperling@db<REMOVE> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23sIV3OIBIHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Ahh, a fit of idiocy lost me the complete Win2K installation -
>>>>> including all the news and e-mail. Thus, I may forget to respond to
>>>>> posts I'd ticked off as 'watch' items.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nothing really catastrophic beyond that, (Not the RAID!) but a major
>>>>> pain non-the-less. And anyhow, 'sleeping is for amateurs'. Nights, at
>>>>> least.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was removing one of the dual-boot systems and just before copying
>>>>> the essentials - I just re-booted. I didn't want to do that at all.
>>>>> Thinking back it almost seems as if it did it on it's own. Naturally,
>>>>> it wasn't booting, and during the attempted rescue it reported my NTFS
>>>>> partitions as FAT - I honestly didn't know how to deal with that in a
>>>>> hurry! I honestly still don't think I would ever have gotten out of
>>>>> that one, smiling.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, the bottom line is that win2k is out (for the moment) and the
>>>>> news and e-mail is back up again elsewhere, now.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tony. . .
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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