Re: is there any principle when writing python function

2011-08-24 Thread Red John 
> "We must constantly strive to remove multiplicity from our systems;
> lest it consumes us!"
>
> s/multiplicity/rantingrick/ and I'm in full agreement.

QFT
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Re: Free Software University - Python Certificate

2011-03-23 Thread Red John 
> To me all this does not look professional for somebody who want to
> attract students / instructors

I'm a big fan of the Menu containing a (useless) link to First Menu
Item

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Re: Google AI challenge: planet war. Lisp won.

2010-12-04 Thread Red John 
>
> Yeah, riiight.  So it's a crime to have any fun in life, right?  Go get
> a life.
>
> -- Benjamin L. Russell

+1
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Re: IDLE: A cornicopia of mediocrity and obfuscation.

2011-02-01 Thread Red John 
On Feb 1, 10:26 am, rantingrick  wrote:
> On Feb 1, 10:29 am, "Littlefield, Tyler"  wrote:
>
> > I hope everyone will
> > excuse me now, I must dash off to slit  my wrists in a tub of warm water
> > and listen to Free Bird,
>
> Free Bird! hmm, I would have chosen Chopin's nocturne 48-1 or 72-1 if
> i was feeling rather melancholy at the moment. Then there is always
> the funeral march if you really want to lay it on thick. However the
> march does have a rather lengthy "hopeful" section that may make you
> give second thoughts. Or perhaps the Berceuse in D-flat Major as a
> final glorious celebration of life as one journeys beyond the edge of
> transcendence. If there is a heaven it must sound like this...
>
>    http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=8TQ-AXJZqtg
>
> ...only a man who suffered so greatly can know what true beauty is.
> RIP Chopin.
>
> If you're going to met your end it should be at least to a piece that
> is truly timeless -- not some reefer+jack induced rockabilly ballad!

Go away. You are easily one of the worst (and definitely most
annoying) person I've encountered in person or online, which is saying
something because I used to frequent 4chan.

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Re: IDLE: A cornicopia of mediocrity and obfuscation.

2011-02-02 Thread Red John 
On Feb 1, 11:23 am, rantingrick  wrote:

> Hmm, that coming from someone who has two posts in this group. And the
> last he posted was a year ago! Alright, let me add you to the proper
> category...
>
> py> troll_group.append("Red John")

I realize that not agreeing with you is enough to be labeled a troll -
which is fine with me, a lot of my favorite posters were in that
group :) - but I fail to see how it's relevant that I prefer reading
others' ideas.

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Re: IDLE: A cornicopia of mediocrity and obfuscation.

2011-02-03 Thread Red John 
On Feb 2, 9:03 pm, alex23  wrote:
> rantingrick  wrote:
> > Hmm, that coming from someone who has two posts in this group. And the
> > last he posted was a year ago!
>
> Wait, I thought you had the approval of the silent majority?
>
> So once anyone actually posts, they lost the right to be counted,
> because only when they shut up can you consider them allies?

Lulz, +1 internetz for you
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