Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!cs.uu.nl!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.151 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.72; '*S*': 0.02; "person's": 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; '\xe2\x80\x94': 0.09; 'finney': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'relevance': 0.16; 'stupid,': 0.16; 'topics': 0.16; 'all.': 0.16; 'discussion': 0.18; 'trying': 0.19; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'hours,': 0.24; 'mind.': 0.24; 'post': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'work.': 0.31; 'posting': 0.31; 'subject:what': 0.31; 'writes:': 0.31; 'community': 0.33; 'subject:with': 0.35; 'starting': 0.37; 'ben': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'enough': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'forum': 0.61; 'establish': 0.61; 'skip:* 10': 0.61; 'name': 0.63; 'spam.': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'world': 0.66; 'market': 0.66; 'forums': 0.68; 'individuals': 0.74; 'engage': 0.74; 'subject:get': 0.81; 'here!': 0.84; 'individual.': 0.84; 'received:125': 0.84; 'subject:interesting': 0.84; 'subject:you': 0.87; 'obligation': 0.91; 'subject:results': 0.91; '8bit%:18': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Ben Finney Subject: Re: what do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:39:45 +1000 References: <53f52a61$0$29972$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5603ecbb-c0f5-4324-b6cd-77c1bf08f2f8@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: jigong.madmonks.org X-Public-Key-ID: 0xAC128405 X-Public-Key-Fingerprint: 517C F14B B2F3 98B0 CB35 4855 B8B2 4C06 AC12 8405 X-Public-Key-URL: http://www.benfinney.id.au/contact/bfinney-pubkey.asc X-Post-From: Ben Finney User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:IAhz5Ja8aqf02mNYwasznm8AfT8= X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 33 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1408596004 news.xs4all.nl 2926 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:48378 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:76695 Everything You Need To Know writes: > It is not just one person here! To give my name when we are trying to > be a small group would not work. That's not how a community operates. Please post as an individual, with a person's name, to establish your reputation and continuity. Others can post as themselves. We don't need organisations posting as if they were a person with one mind. > What would you do in my situation... Deal with a community of individuals *as* an individual. Deal with a discussion forum by starting *discussions* in that forum. Consider, every time, the relevance of your message to a *discussion forum* for the community primarily. > Do I now have to work more hours, create my own web site as well and > own forums for given topics and discussions. Your work expended so far imposes no obligation on us to endure your spam. Please engage with this community rather than seeing us as a market for your product — or don't engage at all. -- \ “To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you | `\ must also be well-mannered.” —Voltaire | _o__) | Ben Finney