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!newsfeed2.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 0.033 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.93; '*S*': 0.00; 'url:pipermail': 0.05; 'learn,': 0.09; 'pointers': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'finney': 0.16; 'it".': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'remain,': 0.16; 'responses.': 0.16; 'sorts': 0.16; 'subject:when': 0.16; 'susceptible': 0.16; 'thursday,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'discussion': 0.18; 'community.': 0.22; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'helpful': 0.24; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'leave': 0.29; "we'd": 0.29; 'nature': 0.30; 'asked': 0.31; 'requests': 0.31; "d'aprano": 0.31; 'steven': 0.31; 'writes:': 0.31; 'quite': 0.32; 'open': 0.33; 'url:python': 0.33; 'community': 0.33; 'everyone': 0.33; 'assistance,': 0.33; 'subject:from': 0.34; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'referral': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'actions': 0.38; 'ben': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'called': 0.40; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; 'forum': 0.61; 'browser': 0.61; 'more': 0.64; 'power': 0.76; 'exclusive': 0.81; 'brief,': 0.84; 'individual.': 0.84; 'persistent': 0.84; 'subject:gets': 0.84; 'tolerant': 0.84; 'tolerate': 0.84; 'rusi': 0.91; 'yourself,': 0.95; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Ben Finney Subject: Re: Cookie gets changed when hit comes from a referrer Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:01:25 +1100 References: <5255eb3c$0$29984$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5255fe7b$0$29984$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: rasputin.madmonks.org X-Public-Key-ID: 0xAC128405 X-Public-Key-Fingerprint: 517C F14B B2F3 98B0 CB35 4855 B8B2 4C06 AC12 8405 X-Public-Key-URL: http://www.benfinney.id.au/contact/bfinney-gpg.asc X-Post-From: Ben Finney User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:hwDarb/TW86/bQBhuc7VicSMHWk= 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: 30 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1381384904 news.xs4all.nl 15946 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:42020 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:56544 rusi writes: > On Thursday, October 10, 2013 6:40:19 AM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > If *anyone else* asked for help on these sorts of network and > > browser questions, we'd give them more constructive pointers than > > just "google it". Someone who has so consistently demonstrated their unwillingness to learn, and their persistent arrogance in flooding this forum with demands for assistance, is quite deserving of curt “go and find out for yourself, leave this forum alone” responses. We are a, and should remain, an open and tolerant community. But the persistently disrespectful actions of Nikos threaten the forum's value and usefulness for everyone else. There are limits to how much disruption and obstinacy this community should tolerate from a given individual. > https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2013-October/657221.html > https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2013-October/657034.html Both of which got quite helpful responses: a brief, polite referral to seek a specific discussion forum where their requests would be on topic. -- \ “If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all | `\ others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking | _o__) power called an idea” —Thomas Jefferson | Ben Finney