The Bose Sound Dock Rules !
For iPod use, can't beat the Bose Sound Dock.
I said for iPod use ..
The products that are intended to connect to an iPod as small portable speaker system that is ideal in a hotel room is what I am talking about here.
Internet Troll Personality Disorder
Old news, but a friend just told me about this: Trolls May Have a Disordered Personality:
"Trolls are the bane of the Internet, known for their behaviors designed to disrupt conversation and draw attention to themselves. Actually, trolls have much in common with the Axis II, Cluster B personality disorders of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders."
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"What the Cluster B personality disorders have in common is manipulative behavior, a lack of empathy, and self-centeredness. What separates trolls from typical people with Cluster B personality disorders is a form of social aversion or fear of identification that prevents them from acting out their self-centered behavior in less anonymous places. The result is that these needs are satisfied on the Internet. Here are my criteria for the Internet Troll Personality Disorder:
"The Internet Troll Personality Disorder is characterized by attention-seeking and disruptive behavior in anonymous, delocalized places of socializing. It is indicated by the following traits:
1. A tendency to make provocative comments to invoke emotional responses in others
2. A lack of connection to the community being trolled; i.e., will leave if desired response is not invoked ("Do not feed the trolls!")
3. A dissatisfaction with one's life and a cynical attitude towards things in general
4. A tendency to challenge the rules and authorities of a community
5. A preference to exhibit these behaviors only in places where one's true identity is unknown"
More discussion of this potential new DSM diagnosis on Encyclopedia Dramatica.