Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news-transit.tcx.org.uk!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.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 0.043 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.91; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'received:209.85.210.174': 0.13; 'received:mail- iy0-f174.google.com': 0.13; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'invalidate': 0.16; 'wed,': 0.17; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'of.': 0.18; 'dec': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.22; 'dictionary': 0.23; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; "he's": 0.29; 'pm,': 0.29; 'url:wiki': 0.29; 'says.': 0.30; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'some': 0.38; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'url:en': 0.39; 'url:org': 0.39; 'johnson': 0.39; 'received:209': 0.40; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; '2011': 0.61; 'validate': 0.67; 'day': 0.69; 'care': 0.71; 'phony': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=y7lDRHIubtiRZ2f4UHCSnkPb7EugCPOpO5gtC/bH87Y=; b=KB+AJgwaACkwDl5D5zIugUCoLfkXUzfLjAFsqs+GEigUVY92luTODnARe9WPV/uRgb ElYwlmxVWzT7qE+ReZhIP7yFFpkoEgo9MaJEUtgRKbWF8pJF8319G3ORzGdFa0eAJdH/ trsmjRlJOoilqgxBemwE4siPFfx5Az5TZFVJw= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <06423dd7-4fbb-4e7a-b529-e697ea862b05@f11g2000yql.googlegroups.com> <36065956-359d-42cf-a5fc-75fdea830737@y7g2000vbe.googlegroups.com> <470c9b9b-780f-4b00-8fef-adba8b036c2b@32g2000yqp.googlegroups.com> <74b1ed63-f755-49e3-a275-92b2658ef991@o14g2000vbo.googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:54:29 +1100 Subject: Re: Python education survey From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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: 12 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1325044473 news.xs4all.nl 6975 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:40071 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:18093 On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Rick Johnson wrote: > I don't care what ANY dictionary says. Much less a "world" dictionary. > I don't validate or invalidate a word based on some phony baloney > group of pseudo intellectuals who decided one to day that writing a > dictionary "might be cool". Finally we know who Ranting Rick is the alt of. He's Humpty Dumpty! http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Through_the_Looking-Glass,_and_What_Alice_Found_There/Chapter_VI ChrisA