Flame Warriors

Posted by Bill Eldridge on Jun 08, 2006; 4:04pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/FW-SFI-Seminar-Complexity-Parallel-Computation-and-Statistical-Physics-tp521927p521971.html


I think I found myself. Even has 4 arms like an Internet Shiva. Now if
we could post these at
the UN and Congress - "please choose your countenance before entering
the assembly" it
might save a lot of posturing.


Douglas Roberts wrote:

> Beautiful!
>
> Here's one of my favorites:
>
> *Ennui* only rouses himself from his torpor to cajole other Warriors
> to be more interesting - without, of course, ever contributing
> anything of interest himself. Ennui has limited weaponry at his
> disposal, but his majestic affectation of boredom provides an
> effective defense to attacks. When pressed in battle he will announce
> his intention of moving on to a more stimulating forum, but instead he
> will generally lurk quietly until the threat passes.
>
>
> Also, I do believe we have at least one Propeller Head in our midst:
>
> *Propeller Head* knows just about everything there is to know about
> computers and the internet, and is a little mystified that you don't.
> Often an inarticulate and clumsy fighter he is still much to be feared
> because with a few deft keystrokes he can reduce your computer to a
> smoking heap of ruined metal.
>
>
> On 6/8/06, *Jochen Fromm* <fromm at vs.uni-kassel.de
> <mailto:fromm at vs.uni-kassel.de>> wrote:
>
>
>     If a discussion forum has an ecology of antagonists,
>     perhaps I am a bit too much of a philosopher here.
>     What kind of flame warrior are you ?
>     http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/philosopher.htm
>     <http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/philosopher.htm>
>
>     -J.
>
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