Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-22 Thread Rotwang
On 21/07/2012 19:16, Rick Johnson wrote: [...] It's due to the new Google Groups interface. They started forcing everyone to use the new buggy version about a week ago EVEN THOUGH the old interface is just fine. I disagree - the old interface was dreadful and needed fixing. The new one is m

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-22 Thread Dave Angel
On 07/22/2012 05:30 AM, Alan Ristow wrote: > On 07/21/2012 12:48 PM, Dave Angel wrote: >> Has anybody else noticed the sudden double-posting of nearly all >> messages in the python mailing list? > [snip] >> I'm using Thunderbird 14.0 on Linux 11.04, with mail configured for >> non-digest mode. I r

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-22 Thread Alan Ristow
On 07/21/2012 12:48 PM, Dave Angel wrote: Has anybody else noticed the sudden double-posting of nearly all messages in the python mailing list? [snip] I'm using Thunderbird 14.0 on Linux 11.04, with mail configured for non-digest mode. I read the messages in threaded mode. I'm pretty sure it

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Dieter Maurer
Dave Angel writes: > Has anybody else noticed the sudden double-posting of nearly all > messages in the python mailing list? I am reading this list via "gmane" and do not see any double postings. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Rick Johnson wrote: > On Saturday, July 21, 2012 6:16:24 PM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> Just to clarify, I'm not advocating the > [...snip...] > > Well. Well. Backpedaling AND brown-nosing in a single post. Nice! Absolutely. Haven't you noticed that I'm one

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Rick Johnson
On Saturday, July 21, 2012 6:16:24 PM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote: > Just to clarify, I'm not advocating the [...snip...] Well. Well. Backpedaling AND brown-nosing in a single post. Nice! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 04:25:21 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> Use whichever service you like, but don't seriously expect anything that >> you don't pay money for to be perfectly featured AND not spy on you. > > http://duckduckgo.com/priva

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Dave Angel
On 07/21/2012 08:13 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 06:48:29 -0400, Dave Angel wrote: > >> Has anybody else noticed the sudden double-posting of nearly all >> messages in the python mailing list? > No I have not. > > It sounds like a problem with your Usenet provider. Remember that

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:07:28 -0400, Devin Jeanpierre wrote: > People hold grudges against MS too strongly, and they believe too much > in Google's righteousness. They are both big companies that don't > necessarily care about you. +1 Google's motto "Don't be evil" should really be, "Don't b

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 06:48:29 -0400, Dave Angel wrote: > Has anybody else noticed the sudden double-posting of nearly all > messages in the python mailing list? No I have not. It sounds like a problem with your Usenet provider. Remember that this news group is a mirror of the mailing list python

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Devin Jeanpierre wrote: > People hold grudges against MS too strongly, and they believe too much > in Google's righteousness. They are both big companies that don't > necessarily care about you. Just to clarify, I'm not advocating the "Google is perfect" stance ei

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Devin Jeanpierre
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 4:16 AM, Rick Johnson > wrote: >> It was a nice run Google. We had good times and bad times. A few smiles and >> cries. >> >> LMBTFY > > So, what... you reckon Microsoft is going to be the paragon of > righteousness

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 4:16 AM, Rick Johnson wrote: > It was a nice run Google. We had good times and bad times. A few smiles and > cries. > > LMBTFY So, what... you reckon Microsoft is going to be the paragon of righteousness against the squalor of Google's information-grubbing tactics? Fascin

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Rick Johnson
On Saturday, July 21, 2012 5:48:29 AM UTC-5, Dave Angel wrote: > Has anybody else noticed the sudden double-posting of nearly all > messages in the python mailing list? > > Previously, I've seen some messages double posted, and it was nearly > always a newbie, presumably posting via some low-end g

Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Sergi Pasoev
> I'm using Thunderbird 14.0 on Linux 11.04, with mail configured for > non-digest mode. I read the messages in threaded mode. I wonder how many decades should pass for linux to reach its 11.04 version. OK, I know you mean Ubuntu. There is already a lot of wrong use of names connected to Gnu, Li

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Dave Angel
On 07/21/2012 06:48 AM, Dave Angel wrote: > Has anybody else noticed the sudden double-posting of nearly all > messages in the python mailing list? > > Previously, I've seen some messages double posted, and it was nearly > always a newbie, presumably posting via some low-end gateway. But now > i'm

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Colin J. Williams
On 21/07/2012 6:48 AM, Dave Angel wrote: Has anybody else noticed the sudden double-posting of nearly all messages in the python mailing list? No. Colin W. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Dave Angel
On 07/21/2012 07:05 AM, Andrew Berg wrote: > On 7/21/2012 5:48 AM, Dave Angel wrote: >> Has anybody else noticed the sudden double-posting of nearly all >> messages in the python mailing list? > I am also using the mailing list, but I haven't experienced this. Well, my own message was doubled, but

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 21/07/2012 11:48, Dave Angel wrote: Has anybody else noticed the sudden double-posting of nearly all messages in the python mailing list? No. Previously, I've seen some messages double posted, and it was nearly always a newbie, presumably posting via some low-end gateway. But now i'm not

Re: Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Andrew Berg
On 7/21/2012 5:48 AM, Dave Angel wrote: > Has anybody else noticed the sudden double-posting of nearly all > messages in the python mailing list? I am also using the mailing list, but I haven't experienced this. -- CPython 3.3.0b1 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17803 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/list

Sudden doubling of nearly all messages

2012-07-21 Thread Dave Angel
Has anybody else noticed the sudden double-posting of nearly all messages in the python mailing list? Previously, I've seen some messages double posted, and it was nearly always a newbie, presumably posting via some low-end gateway. But now i'm noticing nearly every message appears twice, identic