On Monday, March 14, 2016 at 9:06:01 PM UTC+5:30, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 13/03/2016 13:20, Veek. M wrote: > > Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > > > >>>> Nobility lies in action, not in name. > >>>> --Surak > > > > Someone called Ned.B who i know elsewhere spoke on your behalf. I'm glad > > to say I like/trust Ned a bit so *huggles* to you, and I shall snip. > > > > Also, sorry about the 'Steve' thing - bit shady dragging in crap from > > elsewhere but my reputation here is not sterling (too many Q not many > > A), so I tend to defend it willy-nilly. Sorry for the excess BP I may > > have caused as well. One more *huggles* to you. > > > > All the huggling doesn't imply i trust you etc etc. Ah umm.. anyway :p > > ciao till my next Q > > > > Please ignore 'PointedEars', every month or so for some weird reason he > complains about people not using their real names. Why? I've no idea, > but I suggest that you don't ask him or we'll be here until Doomsday.
Anyhow what's a 'real name'?? Why is the name my friends call me by more/less real than the one my parents call me? And even parents keep changing their preferences -- nicknames etc! Yeah there is a name on my passport stamped by some government (so-called)... What of it? If we apply Thomas' own aphorism -- Nobility lies in action, not in name -- hardly any government would pass. What of people who dont have passports/bank accounts etc? http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ Not to mention that when a genuine malign-intent change of name is effected it is certain to 'pass' the real name test -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
