:pain in the net: n. A {flamer}.
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- pain in the net n.
A flamer... - flamer: n. One who habitually {flame}s. Said esp. of obnoxious
{USENET} personalities.
The AI Hackers... - voice-net: n. Hackish way of referring to the telephone system,
analogizing it to a digital network. USENET {sig block}s... - asbestos cork award: n. Once, long ago at MIT, there was a
{flamer} so consistently obnoxious that another hacker designed,
had made, and distributed posters announcing that said... - newgroup wars: /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [USENET] n. The salvos of
dueling `newgroup' and `rmgroup' messages sometimes
exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a
{newsgroup} should be created net-wide,
or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one... - net.police: /net-p*-lees'/ n. (var. `net.cops') Those USENET
readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and
{flame} any posting which they regard as offensive or in
violation of their understanding of {netiquette}.
Generally used sarcastically or pejoratively. Also... - netsplit: n. Syn. {netburp}.
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The AI Hackers... - skulker: n. Syn. {prowler}.
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The AI Hackers... - Fight-o-net: [FidoNet] n. Deliberate distortion of {FidoNet},
often applied after a flurry of {flamage} in a particular...
