Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.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 0.008 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'own.': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'complaining': 0.07; 'subject:community': 0.07; 'consistency.': 0.09; 'inclined': 0.09; 'posts.': 0.16; 'rantingrick': 0.16; 'received:209.85.213.174': 0.16; 'received :mail-yx0-f174.google.com': 0.16; 'sarcastic': 0.16; 'to"': 0.16; 'typo': 0.16; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'trying': 0.21; 'cc:2**0': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'complain': 0.23; 'pm,': 0.24; 'aug': 0.24; 'ignore': 0.26; "i'm": 0.27; 'url:mailman': 0.28; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.30; 'definition': 0.30; 'break': 0.32; "can't": 0.33; 'instead': 0.33; 'url:listinfo': 0.33; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.34; 'charset:us- ascii': 0.36; 'url:python': 0.36; 'but': 0.37; 'received:google.com': 0.38; 'comments': 0.38; 'url:org': 0.38; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'should': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'abuse': 0.39; 'header:Mime-Version:1': 0.39; 'case': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'your': 0.61; 'header:Message-Id:1': 0.61; 'emails': 0.62; 'abuse,': 0.84; 'careless': 0.84; 'idiots.': 0.84; 'suffer': 0.84; 'typos': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:message-id:cc:x-mailer:from:subject:date:to; bh=So+8gcUphci7APwFAygKVXLUciGsD0zQv4RM5EC2xJc=; b=wL9Wegrt8W4a2KX7CgQ3yVmw/XewXg94+cvwKf3KjS7F4xA5gQaz99sLAr6uSJV6lr 0Lnv69xT6P/a8ZgIbVDrqrVuLMJa6HHWUVvOXVhyAf8q9UT71uuAVsqoLTj8N/lKTCyR hqAb3r0sEZS+BKE9oGSfElHszMEnnia9e/vPI= References: <39e8985a-a0c1-487f-8f87-4e39d120c14b@h9g2000vbr.googlegroups.com> <87cb1497-9aa2-4213-b721-055bf31e10a1@m18g2000vbl.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 8C148) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (8C148) From: Christophe Chong Subject: Re: Ten rules to becoming a Python community member. Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:01:00 -0700 To: rantingrick Cc: "python-list@python.org" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1313384477 news.xs4all.nl 23946 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:39740 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:11439 I can't tell which comments are sarcastic On Aug 14, 2011, at 18:35, rantingrick wrote: > On Aug 14, 5:01 pm, Dave Angel wrote: > >> Interesting that when you complain about other's grammatical typos, >> you're so careless with your own. >> >> know -> now >> i -> I >> accustom -> accustomed >> the this -> this >> >> I'm inclined to ignore typos in emails except in the case where the >> intent is to abuse others. > > My intent is NOT to abuse, but to enlighten. And you need to look up > the definition of typo because i am not complaining about typos. Typos > are accidents. Even the best of us suffer from accidents. > > What i AM complaining about is the adoption of a collectively foolish > consistency. "Used to" and "supposed to" is the verbiage of children > and idiots. I am trying to break these people out of such foolish > loops. You should be thanking me instead of trolling my posts. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list