On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 09:49:03 -0700, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 9:41:11 PM UTC+5:30, Dan Sommers wrote: >> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 08:46:59 -0700, Rustom Mody wrote: >> >> > On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 8:58:59 PM UTC+5:30, Dan Sommers wrote: >> >> Yes, it's marginally annoying, and a security hole waiting to happen, >> >> that A and A often look very much alike. >> > >> > "A security hole waiting to happen" = "Marginally annoying" >> > >> > Frankly I find this juxtaposition alarming >> >> Sorry about that. >> >> I didn't mean to equate the two. I meant to point out that the fact >> that A and A look alike can be one, or both, of those things. Perhaps I >> should have used "or" instead of "and." > > Chill! No offence.
I'm chilled. :-) No offense taken. I am arguably overly sensitive to putting forth an argument that isn't clear and concise (because I've also been known to derail the proceedings until I can get my head around someone else's argument). > Just that when you have the above ingredients (carelessness, > stupidity, hurry....) multiplied by a GHz clock, it makes for spicy > security incidents(!). I just meant to say that "Just a lil security > incident" is not a helpful attitude to foster On this we agree. :-) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list