On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Michael Torrie <torr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Others who have crossed this list appear to have aspergers or autism > too, such as Ranting Rick. He pops up occasionally, posts quite > normally and even helpfully, and then lapses back into periods of > ranting about how he can fix python and we all should be doing > something. He refuses to write code to put his ideas into practice, and > berates the list readers for being lazy and unwilling to code this > ideas. Then eventually he disappears for months even years at a time > before resurfacing. I've always been curious to know more about Rick. > Where does he work? How does he live, and what does he do outside of > the python list (he appears to only use his e-mail address on this list).
My first thought was that he was the alt of some regular poster - that he's the email account used for trolling, keeping it separate from the regular address. But that theory hasn't really gained credence. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
