A troll is someone that registers on a forum wiht the express purpose of making an inflammatory post just to get lots of responses (and hopefully incite flame wars). Occasionally, an additional post or two along the way is needed to prod the trolling on, but most of the time, it is done so that the troll only ever has to make the initial post.
Though, it looks like this troll vastly underestimated the SE community.
[ October 21, 2003, 04:34: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]