Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!dedibox.gegeweb.org!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.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 0.036 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.93; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; '22,': 0.09; 'formatting': 0.09; 'subject:using': 0.09; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.11; "wouldn't": 0.14; 'posted': 0.15; '23,': 0.16; 'dig': 0.16; 'experiments': 0.16; 'formatting,': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'mechanism.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'instance,': 0.24; 'mon,': 0.24; "haven't": 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'sort': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'dec': 0.30; 'errors': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'you?': 0.31; 'fault': 0.31; 'worked': 0.33; 'cases': 0.33; 'maybe': 0.34; 'could': 0.34; 'december': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'google': 0.35; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'system,': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'sure': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'more': 0.64; 'determine': 0.67; 'caused': 0.69; 'groups.': 0.74; 'yourself': 0.78; 'actually,': 0.84; 'lying': 0.84; 'teeth': 0.84; 'us?': 0.84; 'to:none': 0.92; 'archive.': 0.93; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-type; bh=bfeLnjfx5TiujExU3KqST0cpr+NgjUfX3GQGFe9y0kY=; b=JAeHqZ4CzNFyc7VS7HNCp7s+C9unAD79eZfznaqt3czd8KkEsMkn7Yet2jKY/o2cF4 XQ66Dtf7VOGIADuIsz2eBYrd5k+k2TizWPscYowYQe+cIB+RJhz8h3Nunz3wCOQgu595 iNjyjCLMlrcjeWMeubsRBg2p5FzvGeLJleIb+n2+impCFAlGNfujeLwp4/HWrBntJtTq GhbFs99aCxB7cgjbCDvCJy4nG+X5nk13/GJQNHNwggp19Ry3d7h6lU6NghnbQ7xzx/5Q k43vhPq2YpXKSHJcDBHYQtpEZtZwgw3jO0yC1fFoh7TqKlaaFYz/17Z0eFNWkKhc7GRj lYKg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.68.173.132 with SMTP id bk4mr2538087pbc.169.1387815134294; Mon, 23 Dec 2013 08:12:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <08f2b055-c59f-4333-8d26-e31d8b257955@googlegroups.com> References: <5a15bd65-8183-48be-8ac2-be0666fed75d@googlegroups.com> <08f2b055-c59f-4333-8d26-e31d8b257955@googlegroups.com> Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 03:12:14 +1100 Subject: Re: Airplane mode control using Python? From: Chris Angelico Cc: "python-list@python.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: 19 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1387815137 news.xs4all.nl 2923 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:54732 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:62636 On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 5:09 PM, wrote: > On Sunday, December 22, 2013 10:37:35 PM UTC-7, Chris Angelico wrote: >> Actually, formatting errors ARE often caused by Google Groups. Maybe >> it wasn't in this instance, but I have seen several cases of GG >> mangling code formatting, so this was a perfectly reasonable theory. > > What sort of formatting errors have you seen and how did you > determine it was Google Groups fault? You would need to know > what the original message was, wouldn't you? Perhaps these > were experiments you carried out yourself that you could share > with us? Unless people were lying through their teeth when they said that their posted code had worked on their system, I can be pretty sure it was the fault of the delivery mechanism. Dig through the archive. Also, you haven't answered the other part of the post, the more important part. ChrisA