| Re: troll means....trawl ? [message #293652] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 21:07 |
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On 2006-07-03, Peter Moylan <peter [at] DIESPAMMERSozebelg.org> wrote:
> Oops ... I didn't clearly see your "with its Usenet meaning", and that
> changes the question. In that case, I agree that it doesn't seem to have
> leaked out into the world. Not much leaks out of Usenet these days,
> because so many computers are sold without any newsreading software.
> This might change now that Google Groups exists. There's probably
> already a Wikipedia entry explaining how the word was first used in Star
> Trek.
How was "troll" used in Star Trek?
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| Re: troll means....trawl ? [message #293653 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 21:59 |
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Adam Funk <a24061 [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>On 2006-07-03, Peter Moylan <peter [at] DIESPAMMERSozebelg.org> wrote:
>> Oops ... I didn't clearly see your "with its Usenet meaning", and that
>> changes the question. In that case, I agree that it doesn't seem to have
>> leaked out into the world. Not much leaks out of Usenet these days,
>> because so many computers are sold without any newsreading software.
>> This might change now that Google Groups exists. There's probably
>> already a Wikipedia entry explaining how the word was first used in Star
>> Trek.
>
>How was "troll" used in Star Trek?
"The Trouble With Trolls", duh duh doidy DUH.
Dave "you know, where they kept multiplying when you fed them? And all they
wanted to give you was WUUUUUV?" DeLaney
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| Re: troll means....trawl ? [message #293670 ] |
Di, 04 Juli 2006 11:37 |
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On 2006-07-03, David DeLaney <dbd [at] gatekeeper.vic.com> wrote:
> "The Trouble With Trolls", duh duh doidy DUH.
>
> Dave "you know, where they kept multiplying when you fed them? And all they
> wanted to give you was NETWORK ABUSE?" DeLaney
IFYPFY.
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| Re: troll means....trawl ? [message #293674 ] |
Di, 04 Juli 2006 16:27 |
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Adam Funk wrote:
> On 2006-07-03, Peter Moylan <peter [at] DIESPAMMERSozebelg.org> wrote:
>
>> Oops ... I didn't clearly see your "with its Usenet meaning", and
>> that changes the question. In that case, I agree that it doesn't
>> seem to have leaked out into the world. Not much leaks out of
>> Usenet these days, because so many computers are sold without any
>> newsreading software. This might change now that Google Groups
>> exists. There's probably already a Wikipedia entry explaining how
>> the word was first used in Star Trek.
>
> How was "troll" used in Star Trek?
Sorry, it was an obscure joke; a cross-thread reference. Elsewhere I had
commented on my dismay on discovering that there was a Wikipaedia
article on "warp speed" whose author seemed to think that that term had
never appeared in science fiction until _Star Trek_ started using it.
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| Re: troll means....trawl ? [message #293708 ] |
Mi, 05 Juli 2006 17:00 |
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"David DeLaney" <dbd [at] gatekeeper.vic.com> wrote
>>> Oops ... I didn't clearly see your "with its Usenet meaning", and that
>>> changes the question. In that case, I agree that it doesn't seem to have
>>> leaked out into the world. Not much leaks out of Usenet these days,
>>> because so many computers are sold without any newsreading software.
>>> This might change now that Google Groups exists. There's probably
>>> already a Wikipedia entry explaining how the word was first used in Star
>>> Trek.
>>
>>How was "troll" used in Star Trek?
YHL.
> "The Trouble With Trolls", duh duh doidy DUH.
>
> Dave "you know, where they kept multiplying when you fed them? And all they
> wanted to give you was NONSENSE?" DeLaney
IFYPFY.
--oTTo--
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| Re: troll means....trawl ? [message #293715 ] |
Mi, 05 Juli 2006 19:57 |
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Peter Moylan <peter [at] DIESPAMMERSozebelg.org> writes:
> Sorry, it was an obscure joke; a cross-thread reference. Elsewhere I
> had commented on my dismay on discovering that there was a
> Wikipaedia article on "warp speed" whose author seemed to think that
> that term had never appeared in science fiction until _Star Trek_
> started using it.
Had it? The OED cites it back to a _Star Trek_ novel from 1977 and
then to the first Star Trek movie in 1979. "Warp factor" is also
cited back to _Star Trek_ (the first series, in this case, in 1968).
"Warp" itself (and "space warp") go back quite a bit further, of
course.
The first hit (sort of) in the _LA Times_ is from 1974, but it, too,
is Star Trek-related:
[Arthur Rubin] watches Star Trek. But not like most fans.
"... Their time warp speeds do not seem to be related to any
speeds relative to the normal state." [5/13/1974]
That's the only hit before 1980 ads inviting you to send in candy
wrappers for "the official STAR TREK Action Fleet".
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