On Sep 28, 10:21 am, Dwight Hutto <dwightdhu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:12 AM, Littlefield, Tyler <ty...@tysdomain.com> > wrote: > > On 9/27/2012 10:50 PM, Dwight Hutto wrote: > > >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:40 AM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Dwight Hutto <dwightdhu...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > > >>>> [ lots of screed that demonstrates that Dwight hasn't grokked the hacker > >>>> culture ] > > >> Don't hack, but could very well if necessary. > > > You couldn't hack your self out of a wet paper bag, and you're fooling > > noone. > > Yeah I could. > > Sorry... buddy. You should go away now; > > So you can dominate with a lame ass attempt to approach my responses > with a manipulative tactic to discredit me, including such hits as > racism, and sexism? > > You asked who is laughing at > > > you the other day, and at that point you had the ability to salvage (or at > > least attempt to salvage) your reputation with a few people. > > Nobody, they're laughing at your failed attempt to discredit me in a > on thread response in which I was a respondent. > > Please don't disguise your foolishnish with lies. > > You've pretty > > > much blown that away at this point, so a belated answer to your question is > > everyone. > > You mean I went to sleep, woke up and responded? Nice attempt, but you > can set a random seed of mine up your ass. > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> Dwight, have a read of these documents. They may help you to > >>> understand how the python-list community operates, and perhaps more > >>> so, why most of the regulars here think the way they do. > > >> They have double digit I.Q.'s ? > > >> Actually, > > >>> this may be of interest to quite a few people, so I'll post it > >>> on-list. > > >> Go right ahead....buddy. > > >>>http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/ > > >>> ChrisA > >>> -- > >>>http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > > -- > > Take care, > > Ty > >http://tds-solutions.net > > The aspen project: a barebones light-weight mud engine: > >http://code.google.com/p/aspenmud > > He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that > > dares not reason is a slave.
Some facts that are well-known enough but somehow seem relevant to this discussion. Technology is called a great enabler -- A little less gushingly its a great multiplier. When we look a little impartially at it we see that as technology increases in scope/power the corresponding human involvement gets more and more passive. Coming to the specific technology-stack -- mailing-lists atop the internet -- we see the following: When I hit the send button Ive no idea who will read what I send. Likewise what I end up reading may not be something I specifically wish to read. Specifically, Ive no idea what is the size of the python-list readership -- surely in hundreds, more likely thousands. So when I feel like making a response to one or two people which has more heat than (python-related) light, it would help to consider the thousand(s) who will read it who are not involved/interested in the fracas. A more physical analogy: Lets say I am driving along happily on the freeway and someone does something to me that generates severe justifiable road-rage. So I stop the car, get down and do my schtick -- shout, shoot, mow-him-down, whatever -- and in the process create a jam of a hundred vehicles all around. However justifiable my rage, I would be lucky to get anyone's support! A more personal point. I find that anger is usually a thin cover for depression. And depression inversely correlates with amount of sunshine I see. So before hitting the send button, it may be a good idea to sleep over and see if the rising sun changes my mood. Coming to threads like this one: We've seen an old member of this list scolded for stretching the drinking jokes a bit too far. And another old member who posted a youtube link which had nothing to do with python even though the subject said 'OT' So… Staying withing python-related discussions and using courteous language is the general rule for all. If you follow that you should be ok -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
