On Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:24:35 +1000, Daniel Stojanov wrote: > 2) I just signed up the this mailing list. To the regulars, is this what > normally happens on this list?
No. > 3) I'm a bit late to the party. Is Nikos a real sysadmin or is this some > horrible inside joke I don't get? Nikos is not a real sysadmin. He is a wanna-be web developer who barely knows Python. He is arrogant and annoying. Unfortunately he is not the real problem here. The real problem is a bunch of vigilantes have appointed themselves the anti-Nikos lynch mob and take every opportunity they can to mock him, insult him, bait him into responding to their taunts, and even make public death threats against him. And now it appears that one of them may have hacked into his web site in an attempt to put him out of business. These vigilantes have decided to save this mailing list from Nikos, even if it means destroying it. Nikos at least does ask Python questions. The vigilantes hardly talk about Python at all, they're too busy laughing at Nikos and insulting him. Nikos doesn't learn from his errors; neither do the vigilantes, no matter how many times they have failed they are sure that if they mock him just a little bit harder he will go away. He won't, they keep baiting him even more, and this place is going to shit thanks to them. P.S. this mailing list is mirrored on Usenet as comp.lang.python, and it is considered rude to post HTML if you can avoid it. -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
