Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-15 Thread alex23
On May 16, 12:09 am, "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" wrote: > It's sort of like when Bush said "The French don't even have a word for > entrepreneur." Or "The Russians have no word for it, therefore detente must be a one- way street." -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-15 Thread Colin J. Williams
On 15/05/2013 1:21 PM, MRAB wrote: On 15/05/2013 18:04, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: - Original Message - On 15/05/2013 14:19, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: This reflects a lack of understanding of Unicode. jmf And this reflects a lack of a sense of humor. :) Isn't that a crime

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-15 Thread Jean-Michel Pichavant
- Original Message - > On Wed, 15 May 2013 15:19:00 +0200 (CEST) > Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > > > British humour includes "double entendre", which is not > > > French-compliant. > > > > I didn't get that one. Which possibly confirm MRAB's statement. > > It's sort of like when Bush sa

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-15 Thread MRAB
On 15/05/2013 18:04, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: - Original Message - On 15/05/2013 14:19, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: This reflects a lack of understanding of Unicode. jmf And this reflects a lack of a sense of humor. :) Isn't that a crime in the UK? ChrisA The problem wi

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-15 Thread Jean-Michel Pichavant
- Original Message - > On 15/05/2013 14:19, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > >> >> >> This reflects a lack of understanding of Unicode. > >> >> > >> >> >> jmf > >> >> > >> >> > And this reflects a lack of a sense of humor. :) > >> >> > >> >> Isn't that a crime in the UK? > >> >> > >> >> Chri

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-15 Thread MRAB
On 15/05/2013 14:19, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: >> >> This reflects a lack of understanding of Unicode. >> >> >> jmf >> >> > And this reflects a lack of a sense of humor. :) >> >> Isn't that a crime in the UK? >> >> ChrisA > > The problem with English humour (as against standard humor) is that

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-15 Thread D'Arcy J.M. Cain
On Wed, 15 May 2013 15:19:00 +0200 (CEST) Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > > British humour includes "double entendre", which is not > > French-compliant. > > I didn't get that one. Which possibly confirm MRAB's statement. It's sort of like when Bush said "The French don't even have a word for ent

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-15 Thread Jean-Michel Pichavant
> >> >> This reflects a lack of understanding of Unicode. > >> > >> >> jmf > >> > >> > And this reflects a lack of a sense of humor. :) > >> > >> Isn't that a crime in the UK? > >> > >> ChrisA > > > > The problem with English humour (as against standard humor) is that > > its not unicode compliant

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-11 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > This simply shows bias to the English speaking world, as does Python > unicode, at least in 3.3+. I wouldn't mind betting that other languages > can't cope, e.g. can 3.3+ manage the top secret joke that's so deadly even > the Germans die la

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-11 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 10/05/2013 17:25, Chris Angelico wrote: On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 2:07 AM, rusi wrote: On May 10, 8:32 pm, Chris Angelico wrote: On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Ned Batchelder wrote: On 5/10/2013 11:06 AM, jmfauth wrote: On 8 mai, 15:19, Roy Smith wrote: Apropos to any of the myria

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-11 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 2:07 AM, rusi wrote: > On May 10, 8:32 pm, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Ned Batchelder >> wrote: >> > On 5/10/2013 11:06 AM, jmfauth wrote: >> >> >> On 8 mai, 15:19, Roy Smith wrote: >> >> >>> Apropos to any of the myriad unicode threads tha

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-11 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 11 May 2013 01:16:36 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 1:06 AM, jmfauth wrote: >> On 8 mai, 15:19, Roy Smith wrote: >>> Apropos to any of the myriad unicode threads that have been going on >>> recently: >>> >>> http://xkcd.com/1209/ >> >> -- >> >> >> This reflect

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-10 Thread Ethan Furman
On 05/10/2013 09:07 AM, rusi wrote: On May 10, 8:32 pm, Chris Angelico wrote: On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Ned Batchelder wrote: On 5/10/2013 11:06 AM, jmfauth wrote: On 8 mai, 15:19, Roy Smith wrote: Apropos to any of the myriad unicode threads that have been going on recently:

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-10 Thread MRAB
On 10/05/2013 17:07, rusi wrote: On May 10, 8:32 pm, Chris Angelico wrote: On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Ned Batchelder wrote: > On 5/10/2013 11:06 AM, jmfauth wrote: >> On 8 mai, 15:19, Roy Smith wrote: >>> Apropos to any of the myriad unicode threads that have been going on >>> recentl

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-10 Thread rusi
On May 10, 8:32 pm, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Ned Batchelder > wrote: > > On 5/10/2013 11:06 AM, jmfauth wrote: > > >> On 8 mai, 15:19, Roy Smith wrote: > > >>> Apropos to any of the myriad unicode threads that have been going on > >>> recently: > > >>>http://xkcd

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-10 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Ned Batchelder wrote: > On 5/10/2013 11:06 AM, jmfauth wrote: >> >> On 8 mai, 15:19, Roy Smith wrote: >>> >>> Apropos to any of the myriad unicode threads that have been going on >>> recently: >>> >>> http://xkcd.com/1209/ >> >> -- >> >> >> This reflects a lac

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-10 Thread Ned Batchelder
On 5/10/2013 11:06 AM, jmfauth wrote: On 8 mai, 15:19, Roy Smith wrote: Apropos to any of the myriad unicode threads that have been going on recently: http://xkcd.com/1209/ -- This reflects a lack of understanding of Unicode. jmf And this reflects a lack of a sense of humor. :) --N

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-10 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 1:06 AM, jmfauth wrote: > On 8 mai, 15:19, Roy Smith wrote: >> Apropos to any of the myriad unicode threads that have been going on >> recently: >> >> http://xkcd.com/1209/ > > -- > > > This reflects a lack of understanding of Unicode. By the skywriter, or by the two

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-10 Thread jmfauth
On 8 mai, 15:19, Roy Smith wrote: > Apropos to any of the myriad unicode threads that have been going on > recently: > > http://xkcd.com/1209/ -- This reflects a lack of understanding of Unicode. jmf -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-08 Thread Christian Gollwitzer
Am 08.05.13 15:19, schrieb Roy Smith: Apropos to any of the myriad unicode threads that have been going on recently: http://xkcd.com/1209/ http://xkcd.com/1137/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Unicode humor

2013-05-08 Thread Sven
I saw this this morning and the first thing I thought of was this list... unlike you I was too lazy to post it :) On 8 May 2013 14:19, Roy Smith wrote: > Apropos to any of the myriad unicode threads that have been going on > recently: > > http://xkcd.com/1209/ > -- > http://mail.python.org/mai

Unicode humor

2013-05-08 Thread Roy Smith
Apropos to any of the myriad unicode threads that have been going on recently: http://xkcd.com/1209/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list