Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2006-03-12 Thread dcrockett355
Please come to my forum. Why others hate America . and invite others to join in the conversation. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Xah%27s-Edu-Corner%3A-Examples-of-Quality-Technical-Writing-t684449.html#a3362284 Sent from the Python - python-list forum at Nabble.com. -- h

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2006-01-01 Thread alex . gman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dattebayo.jpg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-31 Thread Brad Baxter
Xah Lee wrote: > i had the pleasure to read the PHP's manual today. > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ > > although Pretty Home Page is another criminal hack of the unix lineage, > but if we are here to judge the quality of its documentation, it is a > impeccability. > > it has or possesses propert

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-18 Thread Thomas G. Marshall
Lars Rune Nøstdal said something like: > hi, > everyone thinks youreoay faggot and that youreh stupid .. now go > fugkght yourselfes > > peasse out .. yo! Idiot. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-17 Thread Roedy Green
On 17 Dec 2005 19:34:36 -0800, "Lars Rune Nøstdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >hi, >everyone thinks youreoay faggot and that youreh stupid .. now go >fugkght yourselfes If you want to insult someone, please spell it correctly and be accurate. Your a

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-17 Thread Lars Rune Nøstdal
hi, everyone thinks youreoay faggot and that youreh stupid .. now go fugkght yourselfes peasse out .. yo! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-15 Thread Keith Thompson
"javuchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why do you have such a need of being hating everything and everybody > and expressing it so offen? > Can you live without hate? > Can you let others live without your hates? Xah Lee is a well-known troll. Replying to him is a waste of time. Please just igno

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-14 Thread Luc The Perverse
"javuchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Why do you have such a need of being hating everything and everybody > and expressing it so offen? > Can you live without hate? > Can you let others live without your hates? A person can live without hate, living love and wor

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-14 Thread javuchi
Why do you have such a need of being hating everything and everybody and expressing it so offen? Can you live without hate? Can you let others live without your hates? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-07 Thread Gerald Klix
That's the most accurate description of Xah's behaviour I've read so far. Jon Perez schrieb: > Sherm Pendley wrote: > > >>Xah's a pretty well-known troll in these parts. I suppose he thinks someone >>is going to take the bait and rush to "defend" the other languages or some >>such nonsense. > >

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-06 Thread Erik Max Francis
Jon Perez wrote: > Actually, I think Xah often has a point, except he can't > seem to express it without resorting to profanity and > a controlled manner, thus giving the impression he's a > troll. > > Also, he seems to be blissfully unaware of the concept > of netiquette. ;-) His "points" have

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-06 Thread Jon Perez
Sherm Pendley wrote: > Xah's a pretty well-known troll in these parts. I suppose he thinks someone > is going to take the bait and rush to "defend" the other languages or some > such nonsense. Actually, I think Xah often has a point, except he can't seem to express it without resorting to profani

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-06 Thread Sherm Pendley
Ulrich Hobelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > btw, why is this posted to every newsgroup EXCEPT a PHP one? Xah's a pretty well-known troll in these parts. I suppose he thinks someone is going to take the bait and rush to "defend" the other languages or some such nonsense. sherm-- -- Cocoa pro

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-06 Thread Ulrich Hobelmann
Pascal Bourguignon wrote: > Do you have an "Approved by Xah Lee" seal logo they could put on their web > page? Funny, that'd *exactly* mirror the opinion I have of PHP :D (btw, why is this posted to every newsgroup EXCEPT a PHP one? make us feel good?) -- Majority, n.: That quality that dist

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-06 Thread Pascal Bourguignon
"Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i had the pleasure to read the PHP's manual today. > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ > > although Pretty Home Page is another criminal hack of the unix lineage, > but if we are here to judge the quality of its documentation, it is a > impeccability. > > it h

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-06 Thread Alex Stapleton
On 6 Dec 2005, at 04:55, Xah Lee wrote: > i had the pleasure to read the PHP's manual today. > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ To be fair, the PHP manual is pretty good most of the time. I mean, just imagine trying to use PHP *without* the manual?! It's not like the language is even vaguely

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-05 Thread Steve Holden
Xah Lee wrote: [...] > • No author masturbation. (if fact, you won't see a first-person > perspective, as is the case with most quality tech writing.) > > We [...] Will new readers please note that this author is well-known for posting inflammatory and irrelevant material on many inappropriate n

Xah's Edu Corner: Examples of Quality Technical Writing

2005-12-05 Thread Xah Lee
i had the pleasure to read the PHP's manual today. http://www.php.net/manual/en/ although Pretty Home Page is another criminal hack of the unix lineage, but if we are here to judge the quality of its documentation, it is a impeccability. it has or possesses properties of: • To the point and use