Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.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 0.024 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; "(i'd": 0.09; 'claimed': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'list).': 0.09; "wouldn't": 0.14; 'effect,': 0.16; 'grounds': 0.16; 'noted)': 0.16; 'otoh,': 0.16; 'sucked': 0.16; 'troll': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'previously': 0.22; 'post': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'to:2**1': 0.27; 'tim': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'explained': 0.31; 'subject:end': 0.31; 'entirely': 0.33; 'to:name:python-list': 0.33; "can't": 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'being': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'previous': 0.38; 'itself': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'enough': 0.39; 'referred': 0.60; 'hours': 0.66; 'bot': 0.84; 'everything.': 0.84; 'to:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.84; 'responses': 0.93; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=5piM3RwfvLj2r9E8hz/3OP89V42l6xxyi0k7sQ26aRQ=; b=AE2x0He0dZR0Nfm5pBh1U0MZ57145YOP/j6zyZqCLiw2GHrCwHIQ2bYn6BEBTMyBPw jF2BE2G/wL+W385VfhgAMJUV7YDsCs+mL8p7qTe5YOJDklJaMhV1KCKykvT3tn9gWrcl texttDWSI05h6f//I8zw8XklUmI1evtNUJIiSD3uRZk878Xdi7Ghxp0rtGckPQPeVrPA s+pbWFgeJyZjDZGT1x/ySTjXb+HqO3SZIe7n4j11mZMBQNxaqgdW0KxhqfKhTMQnlHaZ IQGh+UUWWKT+S4wvjBlYo5PfzUO9xSDnG6sCzX101Q9yok25OvWcOi7bWtF+1H1eTOwp CJiA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.135.194 with SMTP id pu2mr4692652obb.38.1382734102238; Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:48:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4012031f-5334-4be8-a673-e0d8c8917fb2@googlegroups.com> <526668e5$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <52669852$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5266aa80$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5266b496$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <526A81A4.4040100@nedbatchelder.com> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 07:48:22 +1100 Subject: Re: Python Front-end to GCC From: Tim Delaney To: Mark Lawrence , Python-List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0122a6c0fbd04e04e996deac 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: 46 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1382734110 news.xs4all.nl 15928 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52660 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:57562 --089e0122a6c0fbd04e04e996deac Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 26 October 2013 07:36, Mark Lawrence wrote: > I can't see it being a bot on the grounds that a bot wouldn't be smart > enough to snip a URL that referred to itself as a quack. > My thought based on some of the responses is that they seem auto-generated, then tweaked - so not a bot per-se, but verging on it. But OTOH, it can also be explained away entirely by (as you previously noted) the Dunning-Kruger effect, with the same uninformed responses trotted out to everything. Not necessarily a troll as I injudiciously claimed in my previous post (I'd just woken up after 4 hours sleep - my apologies to the list). Anyway, not going to get sucked into this bottomless hole. Tim Delaney --089e0122a6c0fbd04e04e996deac Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On 2= 6 October 2013 07:36, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>= wrote:
I can't see it being a bot on the ground= s that a bot wouldn't be smart enough to snip a URL that referred to it= self as a quack.

My thought based on some of the responses = is that they seem auto-generated, then tweaked - so not a bot per-se, but v= erging on it.

But OTOH, it can also be explained a= way entirely by (as you previously noted) the Dunning-Kruger effect, with t= he same uninformed responses trotted out to everything. Not necessarily a t= roll as I injudiciously claimed in my previous post (I'd just woken up = after 4 hours sleep - my apologies to the list).

Anyway, not going to get sucked into this bottoml= ess hole.

Tim Delaney=C2=A0
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