Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-09-01 Thread markspace
Gernot Hassenpflug wrote: Crap, what the hell are *you* doing here, Arved. This is so frightening! LOL Gernot (shocked to find people have other interests, hehe) Thanks for cross posting this to five different newsgroups. Your garbage is not wanted here, here being clj.programmer. Learn

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-28 Thread Arved Sandstrom
Xah Lee wrote: over the past 15 years, every few months i got emails from authors for permission request of materials on my website. today, while searching for my name on google, i found a result in books.google.com . Out of curiosity, i searched my name in books.google.com, and here's a hilario

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-27 Thread Xah Lee
over the past 15 years, every few months i got emails from authors for permission request of materials on my website. today, while searching for my name on google, i found a result in books.google.com . Out of curiosity, i searched my name in books.google.com, and here's a hilarious result: Machi

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-20 Thread Bruce C. Miller
On Mar 7, 6:52 pm, Xah Lee wrote: > Of interest: > > • Why Can't You Be Normal? Though I doubt this will do any good, I'll offer some advice that hasn't been mentioned here and solved a lot of the problems I've had early in life with resistance to overly-emotional negative reactions to my opinion

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-20 Thread David Kastrup
"Bruce C. Miller" writes: > On Mar 7, 6:52 pm, Xah Lee wrote: >> Of interest: >> >> • Why Can't You Be Normal? > > Though I doubt this will do any good, I'll offer some advice that > hasn't been mentioned here and solved a lot of the problems I've had > early in life with resistance to overly-em

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-11 Thread Craig Allen
> There you go: a 30-second psychological diagnosis by an > electrical engineer based entirely on Usenet postings.  It > doesn't get much more worthless than that... > > -- > Grant rolf but interesting post nonetheless. I have been really somewhat fascinated by AS since I heard of it about a dec

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-11 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
"Kenneth Tilton" wrote: > > ps. when the hell do I get an eponymous banning thread?! I have been > flaming this damn group for 13 years and no recognition!! k > Well you are obviously not trying hard enough, so you have nobody but yourself to blame if you get pipped at the post after 13 years

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-10 Thread Kenneth Tilton
Craig Allen wrote: There you go: a 30-second psychological diagnosis by an electrical engineer based entirely on Usenet postings. It doesn't get much more worthless than that... -- Grant rolf but interesting post nonetheless. I have been really somewhat fascinated by AS since I heard of it a

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-10 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
Anybody else notice that "xah lee" is "eel hax" spelt backwards? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-10 Thread Larry Gates
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:15:19 -0400, Lew wrote: > s...@netherlands.com wrote: >> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:08:54 -0400, Lew wrote: >> >>> Larry Gates wrote: For me, the worst thing is when I'm programming, and a bug *actually* gets on my monitor. In real life, I'm this tough person: a rug

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-10 Thread Alan Mackenzie
In comp.lang.lisp Xah Lee wrote: > Some people says that i don't participate in discussion, and this is > part of the reason they think i'm a so-called ?troll?. Actually i do, > and read every reply to my post, as well have replied to technical > questions other posted. Most replies to my posts a

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-10 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-03-10, Tim Wintle wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 21:28 -0700, Luis Gonzalez wrote: >> C'mon guys, Xha Lee always wins, because fools like you get mad at him >> instead of ignoring him. > > Here here! Hear hear! -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! FROZEN ENTREES ma

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-10 Thread TomSW
> Xah Lee schrieb (and how...) For Google Groups users, there is a kill file implementation for Firefox / Greasemonkey: http://www.penney.org/ggkiller.html hth, Tom -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-10 Thread Christian
Xah Lee schrieb: Christian wrote: On Mar 9, 1:22 pm, Christian wrote: XahLeeschrieb:> Of interest: • Why Can't You Be Normal? http://xahlee.org/Netiquette_dir/why_cant_you_be_normal.html IMHO the point that you never reply to responds is what makes it problematic. I have seen 10 or mor

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-10 Thread Tim Wintle
On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 21:28 -0700, Luis Gonzalez wrote: > C'mon guys, Xha Lee always wins, because fools like you get mad at him > instead of ignoring him. Here here! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Lew
s...@netherlands.com wrote: On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:08:54 -0400, Lew wrote: Larry Gates wrote: For me, the worst thing is when I'm programming, and a bug *actually* gets on my monitor. In real life, I'm this tough person: a rugged tradesmen. I'm so phobic of bugs that I'll run away screaming

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Luis Gonzalez
On 10 mar, 00:54, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2009-03-10, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > > > "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" writes: > >> Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > > >>> Don't worry, Xah. At least, my minds is running on your rails. > >>> Please do not stop. BTW, what do you think about using Gnus > >>> instead of G

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-03-10, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" writes: >> Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: >> >>> Don't worry, Xah. At least, my minds is running on your rails. >>> Please do not stop. BTW, what do you think about using Gnus >>> instead of G2/1.0? >> >> So you are going to repeat his postings

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread David Lyon
On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:25:16 -0700, Jürgen Exner wrote: >>I'm certain he's the smartest computer guy on his street. > > Make that "he ist certain, he is the smartest computer guy". Which street? in a modern city? someplace in the developed world? This we need to know -- http://mail.py

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread sln
On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:08:54 -0400, Lew wrote: >Larry Gates wrote: >> For me, the worst thing is when I'm programming, and a bug *actually* gets >> on my monitor. In real life, I'm this tough person: a rugged tradesmen. >> I'm so phobic of bugs that I'll run away screaming like a girl. > >I had

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread J�rgen Exner
Larry Gates wrote: >>> comp.lang.lisp is cool so here Xah participates as a normal contributor. >I'm certain he's the smartest computer guy on his street. Make that "he ist certain, he is the smartest computer guy". jue -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread J�rgen Exner
Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: >Xah Lee wrote: Subject: Ban Xah Lee My vote: YES jue -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Lew
Christian wrote: ... [Xah Lee] seems to be mostly doing a often highly intelligent monologue ... Really? -- Lew -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Lew
Larry Gates wrote: For me, the worst thing is when I'm programming, and a bug *actually* gets on my monitor. In real life, I'm this tough person: a rugged tradesmen. I'm so phobic of bugs that I'll run away screaming like a girl. I had a smudge on my monitor some years ago. It was on the fram

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Larry Gates
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:37:50 +, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: > Kenneth Tilton wrote: >> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: >>> Larry Gates wrote: On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:09:52 +, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: > Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: >> Well, don't worry - nobody is go

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
"D'Arcy J.M. Cain" writes: > On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:38:24 +0900 > Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: >> Xah Lee writes: > [snip] >> Don't worry, Xah. At least, my minds is running on your rails. Please do >> not stop. BTW, what do you think about using Gnus instead of G2/1.0? > > So you are going to repeat

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Tim Greer
Xah Lee wrote: > Christian wrote: > > On Mar 9, 1:22 pm, Christian wrote: >> XahLeeschrieb:> Of interest: >> >> > • Why Can't You Be Normal? >> > http://xahlee.org/Netiquette_dir/why_cant_you_be_normal.html >> >> IMHO the point that you never reply to responds is what makes it >> problematic

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
Kenneth Tilton wrote: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: Larry Gates wrote: On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:09:52 +, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: Well, don't worry - nobody is going to ban you from Usenet (except possibly the Chinese govt). OTOH, nobody here much cares.

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Xah Lee
Christian wrote: On Mar 9, 1:22 pm, Christian wrote: > XahLeeschrieb:> Of interest: > > > • Why Can't You Be Normal? > > http://xahlee.org/Netiquette_dir/why_cant_you_be_normal.html > > IMHO the point that you never reply to responds is what makes it > problematic. > I have seen 10 or more t

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Kenneth Tilton
Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: Larry Gates wrote: On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:09:52 +, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: Well, don't worry - nobody is going to ban you from Usenet (except possibly the Chinese govt). OTOH, nobody here much cares. So, rant on - it's what

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Tim Greer
Christian wrote: > Though I think you are misusing the > Usenet. For what you do you should rather write a weblog so people > interested in your monologues could follow them in a place where they > are by definition on topic. I would agree that is the issue in Xah Lee's case as well. I don't kno

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Christian
Xah Lee schrieb: Of interest: • Why Can't You Be Normal? http://xahlee.org/Netiquette_dir/why_cant_you_be_normal.html IMHO the point that you never reply to responds is what makes it problematic. I have seen 10 or more threads started by you and in not a single one of those I have seen an

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
Larry Gates wrote: On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:09:52 +, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: Well, don't worry - nobody is going to ban you from Usenet (except possibly the Chinese govt). OTOH, nobody here much cares. So, rant on - it's what Usenet is for. ☄ <--- what is

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Steve Sobol
On 2009-03-09, Kenneth Tilton wrote: > Buddha taught that the universe is ineluctably a single interconnected > web of cause and effect, which is my haughty preamble to this > observation: it depends on the newsgroup. > > comp.lang.lisp is cool so here Xah participates as a normal contributor.

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Haines Brown
A glance at Ban Xah Lee's web page reveals that he is what is called an autodidact - someone who is self-taught. While this is an admirable achievement, it carries with it certain dangers. One is that it gives the illusion that learning is not a social activity, but an individual one. This is not

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread William James
Haines Brown wrote: > If we have studied a field obsessively for some > years, it is natural that we end in a position where our knowledge will > generally be superior. But this does not make us superior. What does make us superior? Are you so dishonest or insane as to assert that everyone is eq

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Kenneth Tilton
Roedy Green wrote: On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 14:52:02 -0800 (PST), Xah Lee wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : I consider this post relevant because i've been perennially gossiped about in comp.lang.* groups today and in the past 5 or 10 years, many of the threads mentioning my name

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Arved Sandstrom
"Xah Lee" wrote in message news:a3ee929d-0b9b-4bbf-9cf3-5dcc6ddbc...@d19g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... [ SNIP ] This page is a short collection of online communities that banned me, in a way that i don't consider just. It illustrates the political nature among the tech geeking males. [ SNIP ]

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread RedGrittyBrick
Larry Gates wrote: On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:09:52 +, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: Well, don't worry - nobody is going to ban you from Usenet (except possibly the Chinese govt). OTOH, nobody here much cares. So, rant on - it's what Usenet is for. ☄ <--- what i

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Chris Rebert
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:12 AM, Larry Gates wrote: > On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:09:52 +, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: > >> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: > >>> Well, don't worry - nobody is going to ban you from Usenet (except >>> possibly the Chinese govt). >>> OTOH, nobody here much cares. >>> So,

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Larry Gates
On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:09:52 +, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: > Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: >> Well, don't worry - nobody is going to ban you from Usenet (except >> possibly the Chinese govt). >> OTOH, nobody here much cares. >> So, rant on - it's what Usenet is for. ☄ <--- what is that char

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-09 Thread Larry Gates
On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 03:19:19 + (UTC), Steve Sobol wrote: > On 2009-03-09, Kenneth Tilton wrote: > >> Buddha taught that the universe is ineluctably a single interconnected >> web of cause and effect, which is my haughty preamble to this >> observation: it depends on the newsgroup. >> >> com

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-08 Thread Tim Greer
Steve Sobol wrote: > > On 2009-03-09, Kenneth Tilton wrote: > >> Buddha taught that the universe is ineluctably a single >> interconnected web of cause and effect, which is my haughty preamble >> to this observation: it depends on the newsgroup. >> >> comp.lang.lisp is cool so here Xah particip

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-08 Thread Roedy Green
On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 14:52:02 -0800 (PST), Xah Lee wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : > >I consider this post relevant because i've been perennially gossiped >about in comp.lang.* groups today and in the past 5 or 10 years, many >of the threads mentioning my name are not started

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-08 Thread Boris Borcic
seconded. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-08 Thread r
On Mar 8, 1:24 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > r wrote: > > This is to all usenet readers who think they own c.l.py! > > [snip abusive, anti-social rant] > > Well, after kill-filing this kiddie for a few months, I thought I'd give him > a chance. By pure luck I chose this post to read. > > Good news

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-08 Thread Steven D'Aprano
r wrote: > This is to all usenet readers who think they own c.l.py! [snip abusive, anti-social rant] Well, after kill-filing this kiddie for a few months, I thought I'd give him a chance. By pure luck I chose this post to read. Good news "r", you've earned yourself a permanent kill-filing. I'll

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-08 Thread r
On Mar 7, 5:52 pm, Xah Lee wrote: > HARASSMENT BY JOHN BOKMA > > I was harassed by a newsgroup poster John Bokma (a regular of > comp.lang.perl.misc) to have my web hosting service provider kick me > off. This happened in 2006. I know the feeling. I have this super geek with nothing but time on

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-08 Thread r
On Mar 8, 7:50 am, "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" wrote: > So you are going to repeat his postings in their entirety so that those > that block him will see them anyway, right?  Wrong.  We'll just block > your posts too. > > *plonk* This is to all usenet readers who think they own c.l.py!

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-08 Thread D'Arcy J.M. Cain
On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:38:24 +0900 Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > Xah Lee writes: [snip] > Don't worry, Xah. At least, my minds is running on your rails. Please do > not stop. BTW, what do you think about using Gnus instead of G2/1.0? So you are going to repeat his postings in their entirety so that t

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-08 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
Xah Lee writes: > Of interest: > > • Why Can't You Be Normal? > http://xahlee.org/Netiquette_dir/why_cant_you_be_normal.html > > • Ban Xah Lee > http://xahlee.org/Netiquette_dir/ban_Xah_Lee.html > > I consider this post relevant because i've been pere

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-08 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
"Grant Edwards" wrote: >There you go: a 30-second psychological diagnosis by an >electrical engineer based entirely on Usenet postings. It >doesn't get much more worthless than that... Oh it is not entirely worthless - as a working hypothesis, it seems to cover and explain the observed facts

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-07 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-03-08, Tim Roberts wrote: > Xah Lee wrote: >> >>Summary: I was posting relevant but controversial opinions in a rude >>manner to “comp.lang.*” newsgroups. > > And that one (completely accurate) sentence is really the core of virtually > all of your troubles, isn't it? > > Usually, as pe

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-07 Thread Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: Xah Lee wrote: Of interest: • Why Can't You Be Normal? http://xahlee.org/Netiquette_dir/why_cant_you_be_normal.html • Ban Xah Lee http://xahlee.org/Netiquette_dir/ban_Xah_Lee.html I consider this post relevant because i've been perennially gossipe

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-07 Thread Tim Roberts
Xah Lee wrote: > >Summary: I was posting relevant but controversial opinions in a rude >manner to “comp.lang.*” newsgroups. And that one (completely accurate) sentence is really the core of virtually all of your troubles, isn't it? Usually, as people mature, they learn by experience that their

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-07 Thread Tim Greer
Xah Lee wrote: > Of interest: Unintesting stuff snipped. Perhaps it's the irrelevant, off topic posts you continue to make to groups that have nothing to do with your self gratifying rants? We get it, you think you're smarter than anyone else and that's the reason for you posting and arguing wi

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-07 Thread D Herring
Xah Lee wrote: This page is a short collection of online communities that banned me, in a way that i don't consider just. It illustrates the political nature among the tech geeking males. If anybody on this list visits Boston, contact me to claim your free beer. :) -- http://mail.python.org/

Re: Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-07 Thread Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
Xah Lee wrote: Of interest: • Why Can't You Be Normal? http://xahlee.org/Netiquette_dir/why_cant_you_be_normal.html • Ban Xah Lee http://xahlee.org/Netiquette_dir/ban_Xah_Lee.html I consider this post relevant because i've been perennially gossiped about in comp.lang.* groups to

Ban Xah Lee

2009-03-07 Thread Xah Lee
Of interest: • Why Can't You Be Normal? http://xahlee.org/Netiquette_dir/why_cant_you_be_normal.html • Ban Xah Lee http://xahlee.org/Netiquette_dir/ban_Xah_Lee.html I consider this post relevant because i've been perennially gossiped about in comp.lang.* groups today and in the pa