From: goodsoldierschweik@invalid.com   
      
   On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:42:10 +0000 (UTC), wrat@panix.com (the wharf   
   rat) wrote:   
      
   >In article <4b85baa0$0$4839$ed362ca5@nr5-q3a.newsreader.com>,   
   >Takin & Kanoknuan  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Troll Society use this space for their own benefit.   
   >>   
   >>**Seems like a great idea! There's been nothing much happening here for over   
   >   
   >	The tragedy of the commons, ex machina.   
      
      
   Deus ex machina (from Horace's Ars Poetica) is part of suggestions to   
   aspiring writers regarding to solving plot problems by introducing a   
   new character. The term actually refers to the practice in Greek plays   
   of using a derrick to swing a "god" onto the stage where the "god'   
   would promptly solve whatever problem existed.   
      
   Whether "commons ex machina is a valid statement is subject to debate   
   however the meaning is obvious - solving a problem by the appearance   
   of a non-god like creature.   
      
   A rather apt description of the Troll Tribe one might say.   
      
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