From: "Michael T. Richter" Date: 2007-09-24T14:44:27+09:00 Subject: Re: This is why Ruby 1.8.6 can never be made to run anywhere near as fast as Python 2.5.1 --=-+b2s378W/uy25t4HvOh+ Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-N3spvnf/hcOZCE+B+suV" --=-N3spvnf/hcOZCE+B+suV Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2007-24-09 at 14:05 +0900, John Joyce wrote: > Why do people troll? > What pleasure could it bring? Control. People whose daily lives have little in the way of things they have control over like the illusion that upsetting other people and having them react is like controlling their own lives. --=20 Michael T. Richter (GoogleTalk: ttmrichter@gmail.com) We should sell bloat credits, the way the government sells pollution credits. Everybody's assigned a certain amount of bloat, and if they go over, they have to purchase bloat credits from some other group that's been more careful. (Bent Hagemark) --=-N3spvnf/hcOZCE+B+suV Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2007-24-09 at 14:05 +0900, John Joyce wrote:
Why do people troll?
What pleasure could it bring?

Control.  People whose daily lives have little in the way of things th= ey have control over like the illusion that upsetting other people and havi= ng them react is like controlling their own lives.

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Michael T. Richter <ttmri= chter@gmail.com> (GoogleTalk: ttmrichter@gmail.com)
We should sell bloat credits, the way the government sells pollution cre= dits. Everybody's assigned a certain amount of bloat, and if they go over, = they have to purchase bloat credits from some other group that's been more = careful. (Bent Hagemark)
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