Re: Thaughts from an (almost) Lurker.

2005-07-31 Thread Nigel Rowe
Benji York wrote: > Paddy wrote: >> Sometimes when reading c.l.p. I mentally stand off from what I have >> been reading and get an odd feeling that 'WE ARE BEING TESTED'. That >> someone else is purposefully posting a near repetitive post, or obvious >> flame bait etc - not for the usual reasons,

Re: Thaughts from an (almost) Lurker.

2005-07-31 Thread Benji York
Paddy wrote: > Sometimes when reading c.l.p. I mentally stand off from what I have > been reading and get an odd feeling that 'WE ARE BEING TESTED'. That > someone else is purposefully posting a near repetitive post, or obvious > flame bait etc - not for the usual reasons, but to track the dynamic

Re: Thaughts from an (almost) Lurker.

2005-07-31 Thread Paddy
L.OL :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Thaughts from an (almost) Lurker.

2005-07-31 Thread Peter Hansen
Paddy wrote: > Sometimes when reading c.l.p. I mentally stand off from what I have > been reading and get an odd feeling that 'WE ARE BEING TESTED'. That > someone else is purposefully posting a near repetitive post, or obvious > flame bait etc - not for the usual reasons, but to track the dynamic

Re: Thaughts from an (almost) Lurker.

2005-07-31 Thread Christopher Subich
Robert Kern wrote: > My experience with USENET suggests that there is always a steady stream > of newbies, trolls, and otherwise clueless people. In the absence of > real evidence (like traceable headers), I don't think there's a reason > to suspect that there's someone performing psychological

Re: Thaughts from an (almost) Lurker.

2005-07-31 Thread Robert Kern
Paddy wrote: > Sometimes when reading c.l.p. I mentally stand off from what I have > been reading and get an odd feeling that 'WE ARE BEING TESTED'. That > someone else is purposefully posting a near repetitive post, or obvious > flame bait etc - not for the usual reasons, but to track the dynamic

Thaughts from an (almost) Lurker.

2005-07-31 Thread Paddy
Sometimes when reading c.l.p. I mentally stand off from what I have been reading and get an odd feeling that 'WE ARE BEING TESTED'. That someone else is purposefully posting a near repetitive post, or obvious flame bait etc - not for the usual reasons, but to track the dynamics af the replies. Rat