Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!rt.uk.eu.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 0.045 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.01; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'weeks,': 0.09; 'language.': 0.14; '"but': 0.16; 'complaining': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:fails': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; "haven't": 0.24; '15,': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'dec': 0.30; 'easy,': 0.31; 'subject: (': 0.35; 'no,': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'changing': 0.37; 'turn': 0.37; 'two': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; 'sure': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; "you'll": 0.62; 'our': 0.64; 'different': 0.65; 'skip:w 30': 0.69; 'home': 0.69; 'brand': 0.72; 'bloody': 0.84; 'bulbs': 0.84; 'climbing': 0.84; 'received:89': 0.85; 'brand.': 0.91; 'rusi': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: CP65001 fails (was re: ...) Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:25:26 +0000 References: <5b62c6f8-fb92-48ef-a59a-6025b9b39994@googlegroups.com> <256fbd43-597c-4d23-910c-37f878b5bd91@googlegroups.com> <52ace0dc$0$29992$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <1a0db7e5-98fe-4c83-92fa-de2a644e34d0@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-89-240-169-122.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 In-Reply-To: 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: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1387117541 news.xs4all.nl 2891 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:37901 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:61944 On 15/12/2013 04:48, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 3:42 PM, rusi wrote: >> To me all this GG complaining sounds like some elderly mom-pop-uncle >> who weeps/coaxes/moans/pleads/grumbles/ about a fused light bulb, >> rather than climbing on a stool and changing the bloody thing. > > No, it's like moaning about Foo Brand light bulbs that die after two > weeks, when there are perfectly good light bulbs that last for years > if you'll just use a different brand. And there are people who say > "But Foo Brand light bulbs are easy, you just go up on a ladder every > time you want to turn it on and make sure there's a good bulb in it!". > > ChrisA > On this count I observe that on 15/12/2013 GMT at 08:26 the cows still haven't come home :) -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence