Another one on resolution (Bayer vs. Foveon) - AND or OR?

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Joe Pineapples
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Origins of "troll"...
In reply to atom14, 4 months ago

Originally it came from the fishing technique called "trolling" where you trail a bait slowly through the water and see what bites.  For example, someone might go on a sci-fi forum and say something like: "Didn't that Leonard Nimoy guy play Dr Spock in the original Star Wars?" and then sit back and watch the responses of the outraged fan-people: childish, but mostly harmless. Because it was called trolling, the people doing it were referred to as "Trolls", and the name sort of lost the connection with its root, and now it has become a general term for anything from mild fun-poking to serious abusive behavior.

Joe

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