Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Temia Eszteri
>On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Xah Lee wrote: >> jason, are you trolling me, or me you? > >Am I Turing dreaming I am a machine, or a machine dreaming I am Turing? > >Personally, I've never Turred. > >ChrisA Turing got a pretty shit deal for all the great things he did - odds are a machine woul

RE: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Neru Yume
I did not sign up for this. ;_; -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Xah Lee wrote: > jason, are you trolling me, or me you? Am I Turing dreaming I am a machine, or a machine dreaming I am Turing? Personally, I've never Turred. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Temia Eszteri
>jason, are you trolling me, or me you? > >? > > Xah Depends on what you classify as "trolling" these days. In all honesty, the original concept of trolling seems to have become a lost art, with only a few people even knowing what the act actually was anymore, and in its absence everyone seems to

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Xah Lee
On Apr 29, 7:43 pm, Jason Earl wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28 2012, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:55:42 -0700, Xah Lee wrote: > > >> Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days > > >> Quote from man apt-get: > > >>     remove > >>         remove is identical to install except tha

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Jason Earl wrote: > It is considerably worse than that.  If you look at what the > documentation for apt-get actually says, instead of just the badly > mangled version that Xah shares you would realize that the post was > basically a bald-face troll. Not only tha

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Jason Earl
On Sat, Apr 28 2012, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:55:42 -0700, Xah Lee wrote: > >> Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days >> >> Quote from man apt-get: >> >> remove >> remove is identical to install except that packages are >> removed >> instead o

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Kiuhnm
On 4/28/2012 23:55, Xah Lee wrote: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days Quote from man apt-get: remove remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Translation: kicking kicking is identical to kissing ex

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Xah. In comp.emacs Xah Lee wrote: > Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days > Quote from man apt-get: >remove >remove is identical to install except that packages are > removed >instead of installed. > Translation: >kicking >kicking is identical

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread John O'Hagan
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:55:42 -0700 (PDT) Xah Lee wrote: > Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days > > Quote from man apt-get: > > remove > remove is identical to install except that packages are > removed > instead of installed. > > Translation: > > kicking >

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-28 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 29Apr2012 02:49, Steven D'Aprano wrote: | On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:55:42 -0700, Xah Lee wrote: | > Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days | > | > Quote from man apt-get: | > | > remove | > remove is identical to install except that packages are | > removed | > ins

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-28 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:55:42 -0700, Xah Lee wrote: > Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days > > Quote from man apt-get: > > remove > remove is identical to install except that packages are > removed > instead of installed. Do you also expect the documentation to d

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-28 Thread Andrew Berg
On 4/28/2012 6:45 PM, Temia Eszteri wrote: > Professional? He's boring! I agree. Ranting Rick is much more entertaining (usually). -- CPython 3.2.3/3.3.0a2 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17790 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-28 Thread Temia Eszteri
>On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Temia Eszteri wrote: >> And what does this have to do with a multiplatform language like >> Python? :P > >Nothing. Xah Lee is a professional troll. You can save yourself some >trouble by ignoring his posts altogether. > >ChrisA Professional? He's boring! I wanted

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-28 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Temia Eszteri wrote: > And what does this have to do with a multiplatform language like > Python? :P Nothing. Xah Lee is a professional troll. You can save yourself some trouble by ignoring his posts altogether. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-28 Thread Temia Eszteri
And what does this have to do with a multiplatform language like Python? :P ~Temia -- When on earth, do as the earthlings do. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list