On Feb 14, 7:02 pm, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "John Machin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > | On Feb 14, 5:45 pm, "agent-s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > btw Steven you are so witty I hope to one day pwn noobs on newsgroups > | > too. > > Sorry, but you are 'pwning' yourself here ;-)
And the referent of "you" would be .....? > > | Wit has nothing to do with it. The fact that you are a Python noob is > | also irrelevant. Your problem statement was unintelligible, as is your > | response. What does "pwn" mean? > > I believe that it is a misspelling of 'own' used by pvp (person versus > person, as opposed to person versus monster) gamers to demonstrate their > in-ness. But perhaps agent-s can enlightenment us further. So "enlightenment" has been verbed, has it? I didn't realise that the language had been transitioned so far :-) Cheers, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
