Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!newsfeed0.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!85.12.40.130.MISMATCH!xlned.com!feeder1.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.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 0.018 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'suddenly': 0.07; 'suppose': 0.07; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'tismer': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; "he'll": 0.16; 'humour': 0.16; 'mark,': 0.16; 'nick': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'resist': 0.16; 'sadly': 0.16; 'stable.': 0.16; 'survive': 0.16; 'sat,': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; '>>>': 0.22; 'programming': 0.22; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.23; "aren't": 0.24; 'subject:problem': 0.24; 'earlier': 0.24; 'regardless': 0.24; 'second': 0.26; 'least': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; "i'm": 0.30; '+0100,': 0.31; '>>>>': 0.31; "d'aprano": 0.31; 'steven': 0.31; 'says': 0.33; 'sense': 0.34; 'problem.': 0.35; 'anybody': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'combination': 0.36; 'in.': 0.36; "didn't": 0.36; "i'll": 0.36; 'christian': 0.38; 'feed': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'most': 0.60; 'helps': 0.61; 'world.': 0.61; 'course': 0.61; 'complete': 0.62; 'strategy': 0.64; 'nobody': 0.68; 'promise': 0.68; 'wish': 0.70; 'clinical': 0.84; 'depression': 0.84; 'entertaining': 0.84; 'moron': 0.84; 'pardon': 0.84; 'received:2': 0.84; 'syndrome,': 0.84; 'chronic': 0.91; 'urge': 0.91; 'sex': 0.93; 'silent': 0.95; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Cookie fucking problem Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 22:22:52 +0100 References: <526be71b$0$29972$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <526BFAA4.5070405@rece.vub.ac.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-2-98-201-160.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0.1 In-Reply-To: <526BFAA4.5070405@rece.vub.ac.be> 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: 41 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1382822591 news.xs4all.nl 15864 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:42453 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:57660 On 26/10/2013 18:23, Antoon Pardon wrote: > Op 26-10-13 18:19, Mark Lawrence schreef: >> On 26/10/2013 17:00, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>> On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 15:34:23 +0100, Mark Lawrence wrote: >>> >>>> On 26/10/2013 14:27, Nick the Gr33k wrote: >>>> >>>> Buy a sex manual. >>> >>> Mark, please resist the urge to bait Nick with insults. As entertaining >>> as they may be, they don't actually help reduce the problem. >>> >>> >>> >> >> I promise to stop baiting this complete and utter moron when I observe >> that nobody on this group says a single word to him as that's the only >> message that he'll understand. Any word to him from anybody and I >> reserve the right to join in. > > I fear this strategy is not stable. Just suppose most people follow this > strategy but someone reacts to Nikos anyhow. Now suddenly a lot of > people feel they have the right to join in. And of course these > reactions will feed this feeling. > > I understand you feel you don't have to keep silent if others aren't > but I wish your trigger would be less sensitive. > I wish I didn't have a combination of Asperger Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Clinical Depression but sadly I'm stuck with the lot :( Regardless of what others (rusi?) said earlier I'll keep my sense of humour going, it least that helps me to survive :) -- Python is the second best programming language in the world. But the best has yet to be invented. Christian Tismer Mark Lawrence