On Sep 25, 11:41 pm, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Tim Johnson <t...@akwebsoft.com> wrote: > > BTW: If you like ranting as a spectator sport, I have found the > > Common Lisp newsgroup to be among the most spectacular. But that's > > just me. > > I do, actually, but I don't need to add another newsgroup. Rick > provides plenty of material here, and I can easily sate myself in just > a few other places that I frequent. It's quite amusing to watch those > holy wars erupt... > > And every once in a while, they actually prove quite educative. I'm > not sure how it happens, nor how to trigger it - hmm, perhaps this > should be the subject of a scientific paper. "On ranting newsgroups > and how to make them productive". > > ChrisA
I think intellectual growth from rants works like this: Ranter: Bla bla, bad logic, poor facts, some point. Others: Bla bla you rant Mr Ranter, some logic, few facts, same point. Ranter: bad mouthing Others: bad mouthing back Ranter: Bla Bla, I don't rant, better logic counter facts, lots of opinion (to not get called a ranter) Others: Bla bla, You do rant Ranter, good counter logic and facts, same point (some reason needs to put Ranter "in his place") Ranter: Super Bla, long winded logic with some strong points, random but accurate facts out the wazzu (tries to save face) Others: Acknowleges Ranters point are accurate but claims they don't apply Ranter: makes case his points do. Others: agrees to disagree, silently picks mute Ranter, Ranter: picks a new topic and starts over. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
