Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.albasani.net!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.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 0.024 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; 'position,': 0.05; 'advance': 0.07; 'agrees': 0.09; 'expected.': 0.09; 'freedom,': 0.09; "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; 'python': 0.11; 'posted': 0.15; 'accountable': 0.16; 'finney': 0.16; "individual's": 0.16; 'occurs,': 0.16; 'other,': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'discussion': 0.18; 'pointed': 0.19; 'unlike': 0.19; 'community.': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'specially': 0.26; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'point': 0.28; 'rest': 0.29; 'words': 0.29; 'subject:what': 0.31; 'writes:': 0.31; 'another': 0.32; 'open': 0.33; 'community': 0.33; 'guess': 0.33; 'subject:with': 0.35; 'agree': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'add': 0.35; 'behind': 0.37; 'expressed': 0.37; 'thank': 0.38; 'ben': 0.38; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; 'little': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; 'forum': 0.61; 'further': 0.61; "you've": 0.63; 'such': 0.63; 'interest': 0.64; 'love': 0.65; 'corporate': 0.67; 'benefit': 0.68; 'sharing': 0.69; 'repeat': 0.74; 'subject:get': 0.81; 'dozens': 0.84; 'harmful': 0.84; 'individuals,': 0.84; 'received:125': 0.84; 'subject:interesting': 0.84; 'subject:you': 0.87; 'subject:results': 0.91; 'acknowledge': 0.93; 'responses': 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 15:26:13 +1000 References: <53f52a61$0$29972$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5603ecbb-c0f5-4324-b6cd-77c1bf08f2f8@googlegroups.com> <0945389d-4226-4a82-bfc8-f0bbc2264ab2@googlegroups.com> <492cf8f0-b19b-45d6-9646-26894b76c1fa@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:G7/VkSXG5pVG+U0EHTSphxWxs1k= 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: 38 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1408598791 news.xs4all.nl 2903 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:35684 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:76700 Everything You Need To Know writes: > I guess I have to agree and was mistaken, though vitriol I found > unnecessary and unproductive! You've behaved obnoxiously, as has been pointed out. We regard this community highly, and when obnoxious behaviour occurs, emotive responses are to be expected. Thank you for acknowledge the mistake, and in advance for working to improve. > Just thought it was in best interest if we posted as one rather than > individuals, if we had each other agreeing with one another it by > accident or other, it would add extra sway to an individual point of > view as we are sharing it. Remember that this is a forum for discussion, for benefit of the Python community. Not specially for the benefit of any organisation. If there's a position relevant to be expressed here, and your organisation all agrees on that position, there's no need for dozens of people to repeat it — one person can say it. But it's harmful for community participation if that person's individual identity is shrouded behind a corporate name. It's important that any individual's words are accountable over time to an individual's name. If your messages are so unlike community discussion that you feel the need to portray them as coming from a corporate entity instead of an individual open to further discussion, please consider that such messages are likely of little value to a community discussion forum. -- \ “None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love | `\ not freedom, but license.” —John Milton | _o__) | Ben Finney