Fanboy, maybe. Shill, no.

Post #276,084 by Another Scott 12/18/06 4:31:31 PM Reply	Fanboy, maybe. Shill, no. [link\|http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shill\|Shill] versus [link\|http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fanboy\|Fanboy]. I don't think Andy gets any monetary benefits from his MS-enthusiasm. MS doesn't need to pay its fans. I do think he is rather blind to many of MS's faults. :-) Cheers, Scott. (Who will admit to being an OS/2 fanboy in his younger days.)
Post #276,090 by a6l6e6x 12/18/06 5:35:45 PM Reply	Perhaps even a longterm MSFT stockholder. Alex When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
Post #276,136 by CRConrad 12/19/06 11:55:20 AM Reply	Whew! For a while there, I thought I had the usage wrong... ...but then I actually read the definitions you linked to. From [link\|http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shill\|Shill]: 2. a person who publicizes or praises something or someone for reasons of self-interest, personal profit, or friendship or loyalty. [Emphasis added] Of the [link\|http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fanboy\|Fanboy definitions], I suppose this bit from the one by "Dr Know"() is appropriate: (n) Technocratic zealots; evangelicals of geekery. Characterized by irrational advocacy of a particular OS, console, company, or franchise.* Yup, that's what I thought, too... But, hey, isn't that pretty much exactly the same thing as the one for "Shill" above? So, in this (basket) case at least, AFAICS: Fanboy_{(Andrea Dear variant)} = Shill_{(Andrea Dear variant)} (): Posted March 8, 2005; currently at #6, but I suspect they may move around based on the "thumb-up" / "thumb-down" votes they receive. [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad]* (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link\|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603\|Jehovah]
Post #276,138 by boxley 12/19/06 12:15:49 PM Reply	dunno crc shill/fanboy=prostitute/slut one gets paid to fuck the other one likes to fuck. Not quite the same. thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #276,284 by andread 12/21/06 9:47:33 AM Reply	wrong once again you prefer to hide behind your wall of (childish) name-calling perhaps you've been inoculated against logic A Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://wxxe.org\|Tune In]
Post #276,312 by CRConrad 12/21/06 2:34:06 PM Reply	Uuuh... How, exactly, was that not logic? I presented my reasoning, in its several steps: Present definition A, emphasise applicable parts; present definition B, extract one apparently relevant variant; demonstrate, by presenting them next to each other, how the salient parts seem so similar as to be pretty much equal: Q. E. Fucking D! You... Say, "wrong". Wow, colour me convinced by your unassailable proof-by-simple-allegation logic! [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link\|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603\|Jehovah]
Post #276,384 by andread 12/22/06 12:25:44 AM Reply	logic? all you did was cite the definition of a word the logic would come in with the connection of the term to me the way you do this is based on the your 'belief' that anyone who differs from your thought must be pathological this is mere assertion and has no logical content so spew some more f words, Giggles A Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://wxxe.org\|Tune In]

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