Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results

Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Date	2014-08-21 00:40 -0700
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Subject	Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results
From	Everything You Need To Know <eyn2k@outlook.com>

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On Thursday, 21 August 2014 16:55:44 UTC+9:30, Terry Reedy  wrote:
> On 8/20/2014 11:36 AM, Everything You Need To Know wrote:
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> > Neat little exercise, surprisingly cool results!
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> > less than 3 minutes!
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> >
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> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlDjl5JK0eU&feature=youtu.be
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> Dear EYNToK (Adam Nowak?, the name on the video?): I am both a long-term 
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> participant in this group and currently one of the behind-the-scenes 
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> moderators. Here are the mistakes you made.
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> 0. You posted from Google Groups.
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> 0a. GG is the source of at least half the spam targeted at python-list, 
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> including the stuff that gets caught and discarded by me or another 
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> moderator.  Google gives the appearance of being indifferent to being 
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> spam source #1. Or maybe they see it as a mark of success somehow.
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> 0b. By default, GG does not follow normal and reasonable protocols. 
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> Google is obviously indifferent to that. At one time in the past, Google 
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> would have been cut off from usenet groups for GG's behavior. Now Google 
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> is too big and powerful and hence arrogant.
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> 0c. Some posters, when requested, change the defaults as requested and 
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> instructed. Some do not, thereby asking to be ignored.
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> 1. A pseudonym, but not just a pseudonym, but one that could be 
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> interpreted as intentionally obnoxious and 'in our faces', such as used 
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> by trolls.  I realize that as a newcomer, you don't know the history, 
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> but it affects people who have been around awhile.
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> 
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> 2. Slightly deceptive subject line, to your detriment. The video is 
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> about simulating indefinite precision long division with python. This is 
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> a quite legitimate beginner exercise. The 1/998001 example is just an 
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> illustration of the value of being able to get more than 18 decimal digits.
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> 3. The form of your post! It screams 'I am spam!' Judgment in 3 seconds!
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> In sum, if this post had been presented to me by the spam filter for 
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> action, and I had acted without viewing the video, especially late at 
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> night when tired, I might have deleted it.
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> Having watched the video, I now know that would have been a mistake. As 
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> Steven said, properly formatted occasional announcements of free 
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> python-related resources are on-topic. (If we got multiple such 
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> announcements every day, we might change the rules.) I agree with the 
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> rest of his excellent post.
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> 
> 
> -- 
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> Terry Jan Reedy

Well said

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what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Everything You Need To Know <eyn2k@outlook.com> - 2014-08-20 08:36 -0700
  Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2014-08-20 18:05 +0200
    Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-21 09:08 +1000
      Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Everything You Need To Know <eyn2k@outlook.com> - 2014-08-20 18:22 -0700
        Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-21 11:41 +1000
        Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-08-21 11:35 +1000
          Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Everything You Need To Know <eyn2k@outlook.com> - 2014-08-20 19:07 -0700
            Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-08-21 14:39 +1000
              Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-08-20 21:49 -0700
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Everything You Need To Know <eyn2k@outlook.com> - 2014-08-20 22:08 -0700
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-08-21 15:26 +1000
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Everything You Need To Know <eyn2k@outlook.com> - 2014-08-20 22:38 -0700
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-21 15:49 +1000
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Everything You Need To Know <eyn2k@outlook.com> - 2014-08-20 23:09 -0700
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-21 16:50 +1000
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Everything You Need To Know <eyn2k@outlook.com> - 2014-08-20 23:52 -0700
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-21 09:19 +0100
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-21 09:15 +0100
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-08-21 15:54 +1000
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-22 02:50 +1000
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-08-21 16:15 -0400
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-08-21 15:09 -0700
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-08-22 07:15 +1000
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Everything You Need To Know <eyn2k@outlook.com> - 2014-08-21 16:10 -0700
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-08-21 19:28 -0400
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Everything You Need To Know <eyn2k@outlook.com> - 2014-08-24 17:04 -0700
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-25 10:08 +1000
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-22 02:27 +0100
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-21 22:58 +0100
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-08-20 22:31 -0700
            Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-21 09:09 +0100
        Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-21 02:36 +0000
          Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-08-20 19:46 -0700
          Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Everything You Need To Know <eyn2k@outlook.com> - 2014-08-20 20:48 -0700
            Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-08-20 23:03 -0600
              Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Everything You Need To Know <eyn2k@outlook.com> - 2014-08-20 23:18 -0700
                Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-08-21 16:30 +1000
        Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2014-08-21 10:23 +0200
  Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-08-21 03:25 -0400
    Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Everything You Need To Know <eyn2k@outlook.com> - 2014-08-21 00:40 -0700
      Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-21 09:24 +0100
  Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Everything You Need To Know <eyn2k@outlook.com> - 2014-08-21 06:25 -0700
    Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results luofeiyu <elearn2014@gmail.com> - 2014-08-21 21:37 +0800
      Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-21 19:50 +0000
      Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-08-21 15:21 -0700
    Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-08-21 16:10 -0400
  Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2014-08-21 15:15 -0700

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