the term "lurker" *****!

SEAN C · Post by **SEAN C** » Tue Mar 21, 2000 4:33 pm

All,

I was just joking when I said Leprechauns! Anthony killed me with "ninjas" and i tried to add to the merriment. Guess it didn't work.

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sean

Post by **gmattson** » Tue Mar 21, 2000 8:18 pm

I probably used the term 'lurker' first. Picked it up from past cyber chatter. Lets officially call people who wish to read posts without participating:

Visitors!

Anyone caught using the term "lurker" again will be forced to read the unauthorized biography of J.D.!

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GEM

Bill Glasheen · Post by **Bill Glasheen** » Tue Mar 21, 2000 8:21 pm

...or worse yet, the autobiography.

morgoth · Post by **morgoth** » Thu Mar 30, 2000 11:51 pm

My take on this is that yes, lurker originated on usenet to indicate people that only read and do not cotnribute. And I do believe there was a slight negative connotation to it, but maybe that's not the case here.

It makes sense to want everyone to contribute, but when you're discussing intricate details of how a kata works, I for one, as a kyukyu, am not about to go telling dan ranks how the kata should really be performed.

Oh yeah, and what exactly do the terms guppy, minnor and small-fry mean? I had been assuming they all meant kyu ranks, but earlier posts in this thread seem to indicate otherwise.

[This message has been edited by morgoth (edited March 30, 2000).]