Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!194.109.133.85.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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 0.022 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'sep': 0.09; 'url:faqs': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; "hasn't": 0.15; 'from:addr:tyler': 0.16; 'from:addr:tysdomain.com': 0.16; 'from:name:littlefield, tyler': 0.16; 'hack,': 0.16; 'message- id:@tysdomain.com': 0.16; 'received:69.164': 0.16; 'received:69.164.206': 0.16; 'received:69.164.206.65': 0.16; 'received:tds-solutions.net': 0.16; 'subject:?)': 0.16; 'subject:Was': 0.16; 'subject:which': 0.16; 'url:catb': 0.16; 'url:~esr': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'hack': 0.18; '>>>': 0.18; '(or': 0.18; 'do.': 0.21; 'people,': 0.21; 'received:192.168.1.100': 0.22; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:2**1': 0.24; 'least': 0.25; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; 'cc:addr:gmail.com': 0.27; 'question': 0.27; 'necessary.': 0.27; 'chris': 0.28; 'post': 0.28; 'hacker': 0.29; 'project:': 0.29; 'url:mailman': 0.29; 'url:code': 0.29; 'fri,': 0.30; 'point': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.32; 'could': 0.32; 'url:listinfo': 0.32; 'asked': 0.33; 'everyone.': 0.33; 'point,': 0.33; 'reputation': 0.33; 'self': 0.34; 'community': 0.35; 'so,': 0.35; 'pm,': 0.35; 'ability': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; "i'll": 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'subject: (': 0.36; 'why': 0.37; 'quite': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'received:192': 0.39; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'help': 0.40; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'think': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'day,': 0.60; 'most': 0.61; "you've": 0.61; 'interest': 0.62; 'url:p': 0.63; 'more': 0.63; 'here': 0.65; 'paper': 0.78; 'actually,': 0.84; 'bag,': 0.84; 'blown': 0.84; 'demonstrates': 0.84; 'light-weight': 0.84; 'subject:Stop': 0.84; '1:47': 0.91; 'care,': 0.91 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on wuff X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:12:54 -0600 From: "Littlefield, Tyler" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120907 Thunderbird/15.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dwight Hutto Subject: Re: Stop feeding the trolls (Was: which a is used?) References: <95e88ca6-36ad-4820-8ecc-c9a788517430@googlegroups.com> <648f62d6-6f07-432c-b742-876cedfce950@wm7g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> <20120925095327.aa0d222bad8678f6c0339fbf@druid.net> <66323e0b-228b-44c1-96e3-eecb7cc3cd84@n7g2000pbj.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: python-list@python.org 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: 35 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1348809188 news.xs4all.nl 6871 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:60869 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:30358 On 9/27/2012 10:50 PM, Dwight Hutto wrote: > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:40 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Dwight Hutto wrote: >>> [ lots of screed that demonstrates that Dwight hasn't grokked the hacker culture ] > Don't hack, but could very well if necessary. You couldn't hack your self out of a wet paper bag, and you're fooling noone. Sorry... buddy. You should go away now; You asked who is laughing at you the other day, and at that point you had the ability to salvage (or at least attempt to salvage) your reputation with a few people. You've pretty much blown that away at this point, so a belated answer to your question is everyone. >> Dwight, have a read of these documents. They may help you to >> understand how the python-list community operates, and perhaps more >> so, why most of the regulars here think the way they do. > They have double digit I.Q.'s ? > > Actually, >> this may be of interest to quite a few people, so I'll post it >> on-list. > Go right ahead....buddy. > >> http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/ >> >> ChrisA >> -- >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > -- Take care, Ty http://tds-solutions.net The aspen project: a barebones light-weight mud engine: http://code.google.com/p/aspenmud He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave.