Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

On 22/08/2012 07:25, Bob Martin wrote: in 679182 20120821 181439 Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:07:33 +0200, Alex Strickland declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: On 2012/08/17 12:42 AM, Madison May wrote: As a lurker, I agree completely with Chris's sentim

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

in 679182 20120821 181439 Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: >On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:07:33 +0200, Alex Strickland >declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > >> On 2012/08/17 12:42 AM, Madison May wrote: >> >> > As a lurker, I agree completely with Chris's sentiments. >> >> I too, but I'd pref

Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

On Tuesday, 21 August 2012 12:41:39 UTC+5:30, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > [ Ramchandra Apte wrote on Sat 18.Aug'12 at 19:21:03 +0530 ] > > > > > I'll be using Google Groups (hopefully it won't top-post by default) to > > > post stuff. > > > > You are encouraged to get used to it i'm afraid

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:07:33 +0200, Alex Strickland wrote: > On 2012/08/17 12:42 AM, Madison May wrote: > >> As a lurker, I agree completely with Chris's sentiments. > > I too, but I'd prefer something top-posted than have to skip through 38 > pages of quoted e-mail to get to a (generally) 1 lin

Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

[ Ramchandra Apte wrote on Sat 18.Aug'12 at 19:21:03 +0530 ] > I'll be using Google Groups (hopefully it won't top-post by default) to > post stuff. You are encouraged to get used to it i'm afraid as any mailing list you use, its users will prefer you to use the correct formatting of responses.

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

On 2012/08/17 12:42 AM, Madison May wrote: As a lurker, I agree completely with Chris's sentiments. I too, but I'd prefer something top-posted than have to skip through 38 pages of quoted e-mail to get to a (generally) 1 liner at the bottom. -- Regards Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman

RE: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

> I'll be using Google Groups (hopefully it won't top-post by default) to post > stuff. Thanks for not top-posting. Even if it is the default, it is not difficult to change. :) Ramit This email is confidential and subject to important disclaimers and conditions including on offers for the pu

RE: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

>Look you are the only person complaining about top-posting. >GMail uses top-posting by default. >I can't help it if you feel irritated by it. He is most certainly not the only person to feel irritated nor even the only person who has requested you not to top post. He does happen to be the most

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

Zero Piraeus wrote: : On 17 August 2012 21:43, Steven D'Aprano wrote: There are cultures that marry five year old girls to sixty year old men, cultures that treat throwing acid in the faces of women as acceptable behaviour, cultures that allow war heroes to die of hunger and cold homeless i

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

On 20/08/2012 08:46, Chris Angelico wrote: On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:31 PM, rusi wrote: On Aug 19, 12:15 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote: is probably a really great person and kind to small animals and furry children, but... ROFL! The first we're all familiar with. Furry children? Something t

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:31 PM, rusi wrote: > On Aug 19, 12:15 pm, Steven D'Aprano +comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> is probably a really great person and kind to small animals and furry >> children, but... > > ROFL! > > The first we're all familiar with. > > Furry children? > > Someth

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

On Aug 19, 12:15 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > is probably a really great person and kind to small animals and furry > children, but... ROFL! The first we're all familiar with. Furry children? Something to do with heads the size of a planet? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-l

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

Hi Steve, > I don't think I'm some sort of hyper-evolved mega-genius with a brain the > size of a planet, I'm just some guy. Based on reading thousands of your posts over the past 4 years, I'll have to respectfully disagree with you on your assertion that you are not some hyper-evolved genius wi

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > The software equivalent of somebody handing you a "blank" piece of paper > and turning it around to see if maybe there's something on the back. Straight out of a Goon Show, that is. Heh. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:27:10 -0700, rusi wrote: > For example, my sister recently saw some of my mails and was mystified > that I had sent back 'blank mails' until I explained and pointed out > that my answers were interleaved into what was originally sent! No offence to your sister, who I'm sure

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

On Aug 18, 8:34 pm, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2012-08-17, rusi wrote: > > > I was in a corporate environment for a while.  And carried my > > 'trim&interleave' habits there. And got gently scolded for seeming to > > hide things!! > > I have, rarely, gotten the opposite raction from "corporate e-m

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

On 2012-08-17, rusi wrote: > I was in a corporate environment for a while. And carried my > 'trim&interleave' habits there. And got gently scolded for seeming to > hide things!! I have, rarely, gotten the opposite raction from "corporate e-mailers" used to top posting. I got one comment someth

Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

On 17 August 2012 18:23, Hans Mulder wrote: > On 16/08/12 23:34:25, Walter Hurry wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:20:29 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: > > > >> On 8/16/2012 11:40 AM, Ramchandra Apte wrote: > >> > >>> Look you are the only person complaining about top-posting. > >> > >> No he is not.

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

I am aware of this. I'm just to lazy to use Google Groups! "Come on Ramchandra, you can switch to Google Groups." On 17 August 2012 13:09, rusi wrote: > On Aug 17, 3:36 am, Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Ramchandra Apte > wrote: > > > On 16 August 2012 21:00, Mark L

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

: On 17 August 2012 21:43, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > There are cultures that marry five year old girls to sixty year old men, > cultures that treat throwing acid in the faces of women as acceptable > behaviour, cultures that allow war heroes to die of hunger and cold > homeless in the street, and

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:36:04 -0700, rusi wrote: > I was in a corporate environment for a while. And carried my > 'trim&interleave' habits there. > And got gently scolded for seeming to hide things!! Corporate email users are generally incompetent at email no matter what email conventions you us

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

On Aug 17, 10:19 am, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:42:54 -0700 (PDT), Madison May > declaimed the following in > gmane.comp.python.general: > > > > > As a lurker, I agree completely with Chris's sentiments. > >         I've been holding back on quoting the "netiquette RFC"...

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

On 2012-08-16, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Ramchandra Apte > wrote: >> On 16 August 2012 21:00, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> >>> and "bottom" reads better than "top" >> >> Look you are the only person complaining about top-posting. That may have been true -- in this thr

Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

On 16/08/12 23:34:25, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:20:29 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: > >> On 8/16/2012 11:40 AM, Ramchandra Apte wrote: >> >>> Look you are the only person complaining about top-posting. >> >> No he is not. Recheck all the the responses. >> >>> GMail uses top-posting

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

Hi. As a lurker, I agree completely with Chris's sentiments. +1 Best regards, Jurko Gospodnetić -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

On Aug 17, 3:36 am, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Ramchandra Apte > wrote: > > On 16 August 2012 21:00, Mark Lawrence wrote: > >> and "bottom" reads better than "top" > > > Look you are the only person complaining about top-posting. > > GMail uses top-posting by defau

Re: Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

> And FWIW, I add my voice to those who prefer to read replies > > underneath the original text. Even if Mark were the only person vocal > > enough to complain, you can still rest assured that there are many > > more who agree. You've now heard from quite a few regular posters; > > there are p

Top-posting &c. (was Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8)

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Ramchandra Apte wrote: > On 16 August 2012 21:00, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> and "bottom" reads better than "top" >> > Look you are the only person complaining about top-posting. > GMail uses top-posting by default. > I can't help it if you feel irritated by it. I p

Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:20:29 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 8/16/2012 11:40 AM, Ramchandra Apte wrote: > >> Look you are the only person complaining about top-posting. > > No he is not. Recheck all the the responses. > >> GMail uses top-posting by default. > > It only works if everyone does it

Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

On 8/16/2012 11:40 AM, Ramchandra Apte wrote: Look you are the only person complaining about top-posting. No he is not. Recheck all the the responses. GMail uses top-posting by default. It only works if everyone does it. I can't help it if you feel irritated by it. Your out-of-context

Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

On 08/16/2012 10:37 AM, Ramchandra Apte wrote: > nah.. "war" sounds better than "contest" Top-posting yet again? -- DaveA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

On Aug 16, 2012, at 11:40 AM, Ramchandra Apte wrote: > Look you are the only person complaining about top-posting. > GMail uses top-posting by default. > MANY of us find it irritating... and it only takes a second to move your cursor down and play nice. -Bill -- http://mail.python.org/mailma

Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

MRAB wrote: On 16/08/2012 16:40, Ramchandra Apte wrote: On 16 August 2012 21:00, Mark Lawrence wrote: and "bottom" reads better than "top" [snip] Look you are the only person complaining about top-posting. GMail uses top-posting by default. I can't help it if you feel irritated by it.

Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

On 16/08/2012 16:40, Ramchandra Apte wrote: On 16 August 2012 21:00, Mark Lawrence mailto:breamore...@yahoo.co.uk>> wrote: and "bottom" reads better than "top" [snip] Look you are the only person complaining about top-posting. GMail uses top-posting by default. I can't help it if you fe

Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

I think I'll use Google Groups now. On 16 August 2012 21:10, Ramchandra Apte wrote: > > > On 16 August 2012 21:00, Mark Lawrence wrote: > >> and "bottom" reads better than "top" >> >> >> On 16/08/2012 15:37, Ramchandra Apte wrote: >> >>> nah.. "war" sounds better than "contest" >>> >>> On 16 Au

Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

On 16 August 2012 21:00, Mark Lawrence wrote: > and "bottom" reads better than "top" > > > On 16/08/2012 15:37, Ramchandra Apte wrote: > >> nah.. "war" sounds better than "contest" >> >> On 16 August 2012 14:59, Jean-Michel Pichavant > >wrote: >> >> Lee Harr wrote: >>> >>> pybotwar is a fun and

Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

and "bottom" reads better than "top" On 16/08/2012 15:37, Ramchandra Apte wrote: nah.. "war" sounds better than "contest" On 16 August 2012 14:59, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: Lee Harr wrote: pybotwar is a fun and educational game where players write computer programs to control simulated r

Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

nah.. "war" sounds better than "contest" On 16 August 2012 14:59, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > Lee Harr wrote: > >> pybotwar is a fun and educational game where players >> write computer programs to control simulated robots. >> >> http://pybotwar.googlecode.**com/

Re: [ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

Lee Harr wrote: pybotwar is a fun and educational game where players write computer programs to control simulated robots. http://pybotwar.googlecode.com/ The focus of this release is making all functionality available from the PyQt interface and making PyQt the default interface. pybotwar use

[ANNC] pybotwar-0.8

pybotwar is a fun and educational game where players write computer programs to control simulated robots. http://pybotwar.googlecode.com/ The focus of this release is making all functionality available from the PyQt interface and making PyQt the default interface. pybotwar uses pybox2d for the