Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.redatomik.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.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 0.038 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'mrab': 0.05; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'moderator': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'suggest': 0.14; 'language.': 0.14; 'freedom.': 0.16; 'newsgroups': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'speech.': 0.16; 'ignore': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'thu,': 0.19; '>>>': 0.22; 'tests': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'posts': 0.26; 'post': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'possibility': 0.29; 'especially': 0.30; 'know.': 0.32; 'comment': 0.34; 'form.': 0.35; 'c++': 0.36; 'two': 0.37; 'lists.': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'fact': 0.38; 'anything': 0.39; 'delete': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'mailing': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'event.': 0.60; 'free': 0.61; 'lost': 0.61; 'course': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; "you've": 0.63; 'information': 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'life': 0.66; 'mar': 0.68; '26,': 0.68; 'results': 0.69; 'engage': 0.74; 'yourself': 0.78; '2015': 0.84; 'cop': 0.84; 'rewarding.': 0.84; 'absolutely': 0.87; 'instant': 0.97 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: test1 Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:36:49 +0000 References: <7edc4671-8f96-491a-be30-0ad3f2175e07@googlegroups.com> <62b52eb2-67cc-4075-b6e1-f19700e66bed@googlegroups.com> <55135036.1010607@mrabarnett.plus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-78-146-4-184.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.5.0 In-Reply-To: <55135036.1010607@mrabarnett.plus.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.19 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: 42 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1427330221 news.xs4all.nl 2895 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47690 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:88007 On 26/03/2015 00:17, MRAB wrote: > On 2015-03-25 22:36, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:49 AM, Tiglath Suriol >> wrote: >>> Two possibilities: >>> >>> You are a moderator. If you are a moderator you are welcome to >>> delete my tests posts. This is of course improbably because this >>> newsgroup is not moderated. >> >> You misunderstand newsgroups and mailing lists. Posts do not get >> deleted after the event. Even on a web forum, where an administrator >> can delete posts, the information is already out there; the instant >> any one person has seen your post, you've lost control of it. So think >> about what you post - especially when (as in your other thread) it >> contains private information. >> >>> The other possibility is that you are just a guy, who despite the >>> fact that my posts cost you nothing, and you are absolutely free to >>> ignore them, your life is so dull that that you just must intervene >>> and comment on anything you do not comprehend, because appointing >>> yourself net cop is about as exciting as it gets. >>> >>> It's a free country, I know. You have every right to engage in >>> pathetic speech. >> >> You also misunderstand freedom. I suggest you explore all three >> concepts (freedom, newsgroups, and mailing lists), and learn what >> you're actually dealing with. You may find the results rewarding. >> >> ChrisA >> > A quick search suggests that he has prior form. How many years did he get? Was it PHP or C++ ? :) -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence