On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 20:56:11 -0400, "Me, …again!" <arthu…@mv.com>
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>The "Rod Speed FAQ" read it below or at the URL for yourself…..
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>http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/alt.internet.wireless/200…
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>After its recent emergence in the thread "How to calculate increase
>of home wireless router range?", readers of this group may find
>this useful. [based on a post in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage]
>Who or What is Rod Speed?
>Rod Speed is an entirely modern phenomenon. Essentially, Rod
>Speed is an insecure and worthless individual who has discovered
>he can enhance his own self-esteem in his own eyes by playing "the
>big, hard man" on the InterNet.
>Rod is believed to be from Australia.
>Rod certainly posts a lot. Why is that?
>It relates back to the point about boosting his own self esteem by
>what amounts to effectively having a wank in public. Rod’s
>personality, as exemplified by his posts, means he is practically
>unemployable which means he sits around at home all day festering
>away and getting worse and worse. This means he posts more and
>more try and boost the old failing self esteem. Being unemployed
>also means he as a lot of time on his hands to post in he first
>place.
>But maybe Rod really is a very clever and knowledgable person?
>Clever? His posts wouldn’t support that theory. As far as being
>knowledgable, well, Rod has posted to various aus newsgroups
>including invest, comms, and politics. He has posted to all as a
>self professed "expert" and flames any and all who disagree with
>him. Logically, here’s no way any single individual could be
>more than a jack of all trades across such a wide spread of
>subject matter.
>But maybe Rod really is an expert in some areas?
>Possibly. However, his "bedside manner" prevents him from being
>taken seriously by most normal people. Also, he has damaged his
>credibility in areas where he might know what he’s on about by
>shooting his self in the foot in areas where he does not. For
>example, in the case of subject matter such as politics, even a
>view held by Albert Einstein cannot be little more than an
>opinion and to vociferously denigrate an opposing opinion is
>simply small mindedness and bigotry, the kind of which Einstein
>himself fought against his whole life.
>What is Rod Speed’s main modus operandi?
>Simple! He shoots off a half brained opinion in response to any
>other post and touts that opinion as fact. When challenged, he
>responds with vociferous and rabid denigration. He has an
>instantly recognisable set of schoolboy put downs limited pretty
>much to the following: "Pathetic, Puerile, Little Boy, try
>harder, trivial, more lies, gutless wonder, wanker, etc etc".
>The fact that Rod has been unable to come up with any new insults
>says a lot about his outlook and intelligence.
>But why do so many people respond to Rod in turn?
>It has to do with effrontery and a lack of logic. Most people
>who post have some basis of reason for what they write and when
>Rod retorts with his usual denigration and derision they respond
>emotionally rather than logically. It’s like a teacher in a
>class room who has a misbehaving pupil. The teacher challenges
>the pupil to explain himself and the student responds with "***
>off, Big Nose!" Even thought the teacher has a fairly normal
>proboscis, he gets a dent in his self-esteem and might resort to
>an emotional repsonse like "yeah? well your *** wouldn’t fill a
>pop rivet, punk", which merely invites some oneupmanship from the
>naughty pupil. Of course, the teacher should not have justified
>the initial comment with a response, especially in front of the
>class. The correct response was "please report to the
>headmaster’s office right NOW!"
>What is a "RodBot"?
>Some respondents in aus.invest built a "virtual Rod" which was
>indiscernable from the "real" Rod. Net users could enter an
>opinion or even a fact and the RoDBot would tell them they were
>pathetic lying schoolboys who should be able to do better or some
>equally pithy Rod Speedism.
>Are you saying that Rod Speed is a Troll?
>You got it!
>What is the best way to handle Rod Speed?
>KillFile!
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