Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Under the spell of Leibniz's dream
On 20 Aug., 01:56, Xah Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (for you math illiterates out there: ... > (for you mathematicians out there: ... Please, Xah Lee, could you possibly stop to "explain" things that are absolutely trivial? If somebody has doubts about the etymology of a word, he may use the dictionary, or he could ask. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: is laziness a programer's virtue?
On 16 Apr., 23:01, "Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If your article is relevant to X, Y, and Z, > please cross post it. Yeah right, and if it is not, don't post it at all. Your articles are nothing but a bunch of unfounded allegations, moralism and your personal notion of what alledgedly "hurts society". As such, they have no relevance at all in technical news groups. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: is laziness a programer's virtue?
On 17 Apr., 12:33, Markus E Leypold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What makes Xah a troll is neither off-topic posts nor being > incoherent -- its the attitude. He's broadcasting his drivel to a > number of groups not with the intention to discuss (he hardly ever > answers to answers to his posts), but solely with the intention to > inform the world at large about his own magnificient thoughts. This hits the nail on the head. Perhaps one could understand this behaviour on cultural grounds. In chinese culture it may be not uncommon to write something that merely sounds like great wisdom and it is nevertheless appreciated because it's a piece of calligraphic art. > Trying to correct Xah's behaviour is probably impossible. Perhaps somebody could ask the chinese government to put him in jail for "hurting international society" :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: is laziness a programer's virtue?
On 18 Apr., 01:54, Lew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Markus E Leypold > > >> Trying to correct Xah's behaviour is probably impossible. > Ingo Menger wrote: > > Perhaps somebody could ask the chinese government to put him in jail > > for "hurting international society" :) > > Y'know, even in jest, calling for an oppressive regime to suppress even > wrong-headed and self-serving garbage self-expression is immoral and horrible. You're right. I confess this joke was going too far. > Free speech, free press and free expression of ideas is not something to take > so lightly. I'm with you on this point. But, since the biggest crime in Xah Lee's opinion apparently is "harming" and "damaging" society through expression of ideas, it must be possible to judge him by his own standards. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
