Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder2.hal-mli.net!rt.uk.eu.org!news-transit.tcx.org.uk!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 0.106 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.79; '*S*': 0.01; 'cpython': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'received:209.85.210.174': 0.13; 'received :mail-iy0-f174.google.com': 0.13; 'troll': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'personally,': 0.23; 'windows': 0.26; "he's": 0.29; 'pm,': 0.29; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.33; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.34; 'received:192': 0.37; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'him.': 0.38; 'posts': 0.38; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'goes': 0.39; 'why': 0.39; 'received:209': 0.40; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'once': 0.60; 'stop': 0.63; 'taking': 0.66; 'enjoy': 0.69; 'ages': 0.77; 'lone': 0.91; 'seriously,': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=hEXWfGnd1GCt6lWUsu5s9G0N789MbKsMKw6DG4Ou6NY=; b=cUM/RqraIknFvt7tdzTnrshtUOJf3Gh7Si1+w4mJyo1etAhurb2ZM3ZiAK9p9HpG2m zG7/UG8UUlOtvzrjEQFO9UAZbPOnpZrMgmmz5zlYqob8KrYkQd2zDnXevKAfTrWB356u Qzf0BuE6Tu7KyTPUfe9q7Jis7SxHAxFVuPk2s= Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:44:11 -0600 From: Andrew Berg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111220 Thunderbird/9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "comp.lang.python" Subject: Re: Python education survey 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> <4efabe42$0$29966$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <4EFF5D1D.4000905@web.de> In-Reply-To: <4EFF5D1D.4000905@web.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 1325396672 news.xs4all.nl 6848 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49138 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:18289 On 12/31/2011 1:06 PM, Alexander Kapps wrote: > xkcd/386 has been the excuse for replying to RR for ages and I still > don't understand why he gets that much advertence. Charity? Sympathy > for the lone and broken? > > FWIW, it undermines all my attempts to block him. Sigh. Do what I do: laugh at the joke. He's a troll and the posts are jokes. Personally, I enjoy his posts; the silliness is good for a laugh. Once you stop taking it seriously, it goes from irritation to entertainment. -- CPython 3.2.2 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17640