Re: Excellent Site for Developers

2005-06-28 Thread Mike Meyer
"Philippe C. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Woof! > > And I thought my english was improving ! > > I'm laughing very hard right now, thanks ! > > Philippe You might note that a fisherman who is trolling is *not* called a troll. In that context, the "troll" is the lure/line that is being us

Re: Excellent Site for Developers

2005-06-25 Thread Chinook
On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 15:36:06 -0400, Philippe C. Martin wrote (in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>): > Hi, > > Not being from anglo-saxon heritage, I keep wondering why spammers always > (or very often) get called 'trolls' ? > > I mean fantasy fiction has brought us many hugly beasts (goblin, warlock,

Re: Excellent Site for Developers

2005-06-25 Thread Philippe C. Martin
Woof! And I thought my english was improving ! I'm laughing very hard right now, thanks ! Philippe Skip Montanaro wrote: > > Philippe> Not being from anglo-saxon heritage, I keep wondering why > Philippe> spammers always (or very often) get called 'trolls' ? > > Fishing from a boa

Re: Excellent Site for Developers

2005-06-25 Thread Skip Montanaro
Philippe> Not being from anglo-saxon heritage, I keep wondering why Philippe> spammers always (or very often) get called 'trolls' ? Fishing from a boat that is moving slowly is called "trolling". You're slowly dragging bait or a lure through the water to entice a fish to bite your hook.

Re: Excellent Site for Developers

2005-06-25 Thread Philippe C. Martin
Sorry, limbs (plus I check in a dictionnary first!) Philippe C. Martin wrote: > limns -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Excellent Site for Developers

2005-06-25 Thread Philippe C. Martin
Hi, Not being from anglo-saxon heritage, I keep wondering why spammers always (or very often) get called 'trolls' ? I mean fantasy fiction has brought us many hugly beasts (goblin, warlock, orc, dark elf ) The trolls, as I recall, grow back their limns once those have been cut by the nice fo

Re: Excellent Site for Developers

2005-06-25 Thread Brian van den Broek
Brian said unto the world upon 25/06/2005 10:50: > Do Re Mi chel La Si Do wrote: > >>rather... super troll > > > 100% Agreed. > > Can anyone say, "This looks like spam... Feels like spam... and is about > as useful here in the Python forums as spam -- therfore my conclusion is > that his

Re: Excellent Site for Developers

2005-06-25 Thread Charles Krug
On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 14:50:48 GMT, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do Re Mi chel La Si Do wrote: >> rather... super troll > > 100% Agreed. > > Can anyone say, "This looks like spam... Feels like spam... and is about > as useful here in the Python forums as spam -- therfore my conclusion is

Re: Excellent Site for Developers

2005-06-25 Thread Brian
Do Re Mi chel La Si Do wrote: > rather... super troll 100% Agreed. Can anyone say, "This looks like spam... Feels like spam... and is about as useful here in the Python forums as spam -- therfore my conclusion is that his VB message probably IS SPAM." :-D Brian --- -- http://mail.python.

Re: Excellent Site for Developers

2005-06-25 Thread Do Re Mi chel La Si Do
rather... super troll -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Excellent Site for Developers

2005-06-25 Thread vb_dev2005
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