On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Larry Martell wrote:
> 18) If you're on AOL, don't worry about anything I've said here.
> You're already a fucking laughing stock, and there's no hope for you.
Ah, the email bigots. That's why I keep an AOL address around for
occasional use against these jerks.
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:49 PM, John Ladasky
wrote:
> On Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:32:46 AM UTC-8, larry@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> This reminds me of post that was circulating in the early 90's:
>>
>> Welcome to the Internet.
>>
>> No one here likes you.
>>
>> We're going to offend, insult,
On 2014-02-13, Larry Martell wrote:
> 9) Don't ever use the term "cyberspace" (only William Gibson gets to
> say that, and even he hasn't really used it for two or three books
> now). Likewise, you prove yourself a marketing-hype victim if you ever
> use the term "surfing".
9b) And don't use an
On Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:32:46 AM UTC-8, larry@gmail.com wrote:
> This reminds me of post that was circulating in the early 90's:
>
> Welcome to the Internet.
>
> No one here likes you.
>
> We're going to offend, insult, abuse, and belittle the living hell out
> of you. And when you
Larry Martell writes:
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
[…]
> > I suggest
> > 1. You focus on your goal -- learning python or whatever is the larger
> > personal goal of which learning python is a part
> > 2. A bullet-proof vest
>
> This reminds me of post that was circula
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
>
> This is Usenet. You'll learn much here and you'll find a bunch of rude people.
>
> No you are not going to crash your plane but you will likely crash your
> python-learning attempts if you give an occasional asshole more importance
> than is
On Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:52:51 PM UTC+5:30, Walter Hughey wrote:
> I am addressing this to the entire site - I thinks. And this will be my final
> answer on this subject.
> It remains to be seen if I remain on this site or tell all good bye.
> For the most part, the few people who resp
- Original Message -
From: "Chris Angelico"
Cc: "Python-List"
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 3:22:57 PM
Subject: Re: Newcomer Help
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Tim Delaney
wrote:
> On 13 February 2014 02:17, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> I
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Tim Delaney
wrote:
> On 13 February 2014 02:17, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> I've always worked in corporations where the email "culture" is the
>> Microsoft-induced "lazy and stupid" style as you describe. And yet
>> when I respond with editted quotes and interleaved
On 13 February 2014 02:17, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2014-02-12, Ben Finney wrote:
> >
> >> In other contexts eg corporates, often the culture is the opposite:
> >> top-posting with strictly NO trimming.
> >
> > I've never found a corporation that objects to the sensible
> > conversation-style,
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2014-02-12, Ben Finney wrote:
>>
>>> In other contexts eg corporates, often the culture is the opposite:
>>> top-posting with strictly NO trimming.
>>
>> I've never found a corporation that objects to the sensible
>> conversation-style, m
On 2014-02-12, Ben Finney wrote:
>
>> In other contexts eg corporates, often the culture is the opposite:
>> top-posting with strictly NO trimming.
>
> I've never found a corporation that objects to the sensible
> conversation-style, minimal-quotes-for-context interleaved posting style.
I've alwa
Rustom Mody writes:
> On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:19:53 PM UTC+5:30, Walter Hughey wrote:
> > I suppose what you mean by "top posting" is replying to an email by
> > entering a reply at the top
That's right. Top-posting is wasteful of the reader's time while it also
omits a lot of contextua
On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:19:53 PM UTC+5:30, Walter Hughey wrote:
>
> This "newcomer" apologizes for -- this crap came from you -.
Firstly, on the behalf of the list, Apologies for uncalled for and unhelpful
rudeness
> I suppose what you mean by "top posting" is replying to an
-
From: "Gisle Vanem"
To: "Walter Hughey"
Cc: python-list@python.org
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 4:13:44 PM
Subject: Re: Newcomer Help
"Walter Hughey" wrote:
> Thank you for your reply. One quick question, when
> I reply should it be replay to all
On Feb 10, 2014, at 11:10 AM, Walter Hughey wrote:
> I am new to Python programming, actually new to any programming language. I
> sent the email below to the "pythonmac-...@python.org a few days ago. So far
> I have not seen a reply, actually, I have not seen anything from pythonmac in
> any
ac list because I am trying to run Python 3.3 on a Mac
> computer.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Walter
> - Original Message -
>
> From: "Walter Hughey"
> To: pythonmac-...@python.org
> Sent: Friday, February 7, 2014 11:54:49 AM
> Su
dy"
To: python-list@python.org
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 11:07:14 AM
Subject: Re: Newcomer Help
On Monday, February 10, 2014 9:40:22 PM UTC+5:30, Walter Hughey wrote:
I am new to Python programming, actually new to any programming language. I sent the email below to the "python...@p
On 2014-02-10, Walter Hughey wrote:
> Apple does install a version of Python, normally a somewhat older
> version. My computer has 2.5 and 2.6 installed and I have opened it
> and inserted code that works. I do need a way to write the code, test
> it, and then save a copy to turn in for the assig
nt: Monday, February 10, 2014 11:07:14 AM
Subject: Re: Newcomer Help
On Monday, February 10, 2014 9:40:22 PM UTC+5:30, Walter Hughey wrote:
> I am new to Python programming, actually new to any programming language. I
> sent the email below to the "python...@python.org a few days ago.
list or answers to the issue below. I
> went to the pythonmac list because I am trying to run Python 3.3 on a Mac
> computer.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Walter
>
> From: "Walter Hughey"
> To: python...@python.org
> Sent: Friday, February 7, 2014 11:54
computer.
Thank you,
Walter
- Original Message -
From: "Walter Hughey"
To: pythonmac-...@python.org
Sent: Friday, February 7, 2014 11:54:49 AM
Subject: Newcomer Help
Greetings,
I am new at Python programming, technically a newbie at writing programming
code. I h
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