Jason C. McDonald wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

On 06/21/2015 03:32 PM, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
Jason C. McDonald wrote:

So, why do I advocate Linux? Because it is right for SOME PEOPLE, and I
believe in showing everyone what Linux honestly is capable of. People
are able to make up their own minds, without us trying to convince them
of the evils of the opposition.

So, while all of that is true, you still have talked to flatfish Gary
Stewart, one of the vilest trolls ever on usenet. "Tomas" is just one of his
several hundreds of nyms
And he absolutely certain does not intend to "discuss linux". He is a
windows troll who hates linux. Bin that ****head

Heh, I'm actually installing Pan with the specific purpose of plonking
this guy. (I'm on Tbird, and just realized that it doesn't have ea
killfile.)

Truth is, I had a feeling this guy was a troll, but frankly I reply to
that style of post on rare occasion to build up my flame retardant
debate skills.

With trolls like "Tomas", you'll actually also need ordure retardant. :-)

Kinda like boxing a punching bag...you know it's never
going to get KO'd, but you get better at dodging. ;P (Don't worry, I
said my piece and have nothing more on the matter.)

The other reason I responded is if someone hits this conversation on
Google. Trolls generally don't listen to anyone, so I rarely talk for
their benefit.

Thanks for the tip all the same, Peter. Still finding my way around USENET.

Just remember, if someone starts talking crazy, bin them. No use arguing
with or teaching a k00k.

--
Only the fittest survive. The vanquished acknowledge their unworthiness by
placing a classified ad with the ritual phrase "must sell -- best offer,"
and thereafter dwell in infamy, relegated to discussing gas mileage and lawn
food. But if successful, you join the elite sodality that spends hours
unpurifying the dialect of the tribe with arcane talk of bits and bytes, RAMS
and ROMS, hard disks and baud rates. Are you obnoxious, obsessed? It's a
modest price to pay. For you have tapped into the same awesome primal power
that produces credit-card billing errors and lost plane reservations. Hail,
postindustrial warrior, subduer of Bounceoids, pride of the cosmos, keeper of
the silicone creed: Computo, ergo sum. The force is with you -- at 110 volts.
May your RAMS be fruitful and multiply.
-- Curt Suplee, "Smithsonian", 4/83