Re: Python Questions - July 25, 2015

2015-07-27 Thread mm0fmf via Python-list
resend all of the original for the sake of a seven word question and a one word answer? Yes? ;-) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Most pythonic way of rotating a circular list to a canonical point

2015-08-01 Thread wolfram.hinderer--- via Python-list
+ A[:i] Examples: f([0,2,0,1,0,3,0]) Out[23]: [0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0, 3] f([2,3,4,0,1]) Out[24]: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4] Wolfram -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python speed

2015-08-07 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
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Flan definition collision

2015-08-10 Thread smahabole--- via Python-list
dules? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04

2015-08-16 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
ivy ! (on Fedora-21 where no kivy repo package is available) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04

2015-08-16 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
On Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 10:14:29 PM UTC-6, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:19:49 -0700, rurpy--- via Python-list > writes: > >On Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 8:00:14 PM UTC-6, Chris Angelico wrote: > >>[...] > >> use pip (maybe in

Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04

2015-08-17 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
On 08/17/2015 01:52 AM, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Sun, 16 Aug 2015 22:05:29 -0700, rurpy--- via Python-list > writes: >> So I eventually found the kivy docs on their website where they >> list prerequisite packages for installing kivy on ubuntu. I'll

Re: Canopy editor-Variables browser and help

2015-08-23 Thread lbertolotti via Python-list
Anyone? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python handles globals badly.

2015-09-10 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
f writing a compiler or interpreter in those days, and there were far fewer tools to help, or easily accessible knowledge about how to do do it. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Terminology: "reference" versus "pointer"

2015-09-12 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
ata model" used in specifying the Python language for implementors but this thread seems to be about how to describe Python's behavior to users. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Terminology: "reference" versus "pointer"

2015-09-12 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
quot; from some other language. And for those people who don't then one could argue they are a clean slate and using the word "pointer" won't hurt. (JFTR, I am not against describing python in terms of "reference", "binding" etc, I just object to the vehement frothing at the mouth and insistence of one Single Truth that occurs here whenever anyone attempts to present some alternative. As I said in another post one size does not fit all.) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Terminology: "reference" versus "pointer"

2015-09-12 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
means in languages that use the word is *so* different than its meaning in the Python sense, that using it for Python is more misleading than helpful. You think so, perhaps because you focus on the unmanaged and memory-address aspects of its use. I consider those as non-determining characteristics of a thing that points to something and instead consider its pointingness to be its defining characteristic, in those languages and in Python, and thus find it perfectly descriptive for Python. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Terminology: "reference" versus "pointer"

2015-09-12 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
On 09/12/2015 04:14 PM, Emile van Sebille wrote: > On 9/12/2015 12:58 PM, rurpy--- via Python-list wrote: > >> The question is whether what "pointer" means in languages that use the >> word is*so* different than its meaning in the Python sense > > I can'

Re: Terminology: "reference" versus "pointer"

2015-09-12 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
On 09/12/2015 05:14 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 12/09/2015 23:34, rurpy--- via Python-list wrote: >> On 09/12/2015 04:14 PM, Emile van Sebille wrote: >>> On 9/12/2015 12:58 PM, rurpy--- via Python-list wrote: >>> >>>> The question is whether what "p

Re: Terminology: "reference" versus "pointer"

2015-09-12 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
On 09/12/2015 05:39 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 4:05:21 AM UTC+5:30, ru...@yahoo.com wrote: >> On 09/12/2015 04:14 PM, Emile van Sebille wrote: >>> On 9/12/2015 12:58 PM, rurpy--- via Python-list wrote: >>> >>>> The ques

Re: Terminology: "reference" versus "pointer"

2015-09-12 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
roperties are not intrinsic requirements for pointerness then describing the things "in" a python object that are used to identify and dereference other objects, as pointers is not at all unreasonable. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Terminology: "reference" versus "pointer"

2015-09-12 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
hon doesn't have pointers (or something that can be labeled as such), just that the existence of id() and cpython's internal use of pointers are not good arguments that it doesn't. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Terminology: "reference" versus "pointer"

2015-09-13 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
ou do not have a clear idea what I have written. One of the most effective ways for a community to discredit itself is to make accusations of trolling in response to unpopular but legitimate and reasonable opinion. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Terminology: "reference" versus "pointer"

2015-09-13 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
ion. It's one thing to respond when a person > comes into a thread to troll unbidden; it is quite another to taunt them > unprompted. Thank you for making that clear. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Terminology: "reference" versus "pointer"

2015-09-13 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
ion* of how names and variables are bound may (or may not) > involve pointers, but that is outside of the language abstraction, whether > we are talking about Python, C or Pascal. It is not outside the language abstraction if the description is "as-if" equivalent to every possible implementation choice, that is, it is isomorphic. (Probably not the right word but you get the idea). This discussion has bifurcated into two related but distinct issues: 1) Whether pointer is acceptable terminology for reference. 2) What in Python should or should not be described in terms of reference/pointer. There were some places above where I wasn't sure if your objection was on the grounds of 1 or 2. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [Datetime-SIG] Are there any "correct" implementations of tzinfo?

2015-09-14 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
On Monday, September 14, 2015 at 5:23:32 PM UTC-6, Laura Creighton wrote: >[...] > I don't know about the others, but I am finding this rather more > entertaining than another round of 'python -- does it have pointers' > in python-list. Could we please dispense wi

.bat file trouble.

2015-09-18 Thread bobertini--- via Python-list
echo. echo __ echo. echo Script processing has ended. echo Press any key to exit. . . pause>nul If there is anyone with any idea how to fix it I'd love you forever :) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Successfully send sms with python

2015-09-22 Thread mm0fmf via Python-list
ime.sleep(1) self.ser.write(chr(26)) time.sleep(1) print "message sent!" def disconnectPhone(self): self.ser.close() When run it, the "message sent!" is printed but no message is sent/delivered. Please assist on what I am missing. Thank you If it's like the GSM modem I used then you should replace those "\r" strings with "\r\n". -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

A little test for you Guys😜

2015-09-22 Thread Python_Teacher via Python-list
t;Hello", s) Questions : 1. Decorate the method 'hello' with 'str2printf' and write the corresponding code. 2. What is the effect of the decorator on a call to the new method 'hello' ? 3. What is the return value of hello.__doc__ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python IDLE won't start

2015-09-27 Thread mm0fmf via Python-list
you told us the error (cut & paste it, don't retype it) we could help? Similarly knowing the OS you are using would help. Without that info how can anyone help you? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Planet Scipy blog

2015-10-08 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
There used to be a blog about SciPy at https://planet.scipy.org/ , discussing the applications of Python to scientific computing. Now there is a static page about "MPI for Python". What happened? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Sets vs lists loop behaviour if size changes

2015-10-14 Thread candide via Python-list
code above falls into an infinite loop, printing : 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ... 198435 198436 198437 ^Z So why lists and sets don't react the same way? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Sets vs lists loop behaviour if size changes

2015-10-14 Thread candide via Python-list
Thanks for the response and the reference, indeed sets and lists behave differently... -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Idle subprocess error

2015-10-16 Thread briankeithroby--- via Python-list
Idle subprocess error cant use editor. Sent from Windows Mail-- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

string class variable to sqlite3

2015-10-17 Thread andybrookestar--- via Python-list
le or $this->somevariable which say equal "some string" I have played around with passing self.myText instead of 'alan turing' and it doesn't like it- oh Alan I wish you were here! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: string class variable to sqlite3

2015-10-18 Thread andybrookestar--- via Python-list
t; self.conn.close() x = do() x.doConn() #all select statements work , the first two strings are defined under class so referencing with 'self' works. other is defined inside method so doesn't need it. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: string class variable to sqlite3

2015-10-18 Thread andybrookestar--- via Python-list
ject to android via buildozer ,for an off line searchable version of the digital encyclopedia from SOSchildren. PHP version here: http://www.ginbrookesfoundation.org/showArticle/70 I'm just glad I have half a clue now! Loving python so far anyway! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Defamation

2015-10-19 Thread gaini2002--- via Python-list
Please remove the page https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2014-September/678498.html Thank You Gabriele Silvagni -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

installer user interface glitch ?

2015-11-01 Thread t_ciorba--- via Python-list
ndom stuff, like sending me to "optional features" (where i can finally see what i can choose from), either the installer starts installing it. -- Sent via EmailTray, my personal email concierge. Get yours at http://www.emailtray.com-- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: installer user interface glitch ?

2015-11-01 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
On 11/01/2015 03:06 AM, Chris Warrick wrote: > On 1 November 2015 at 09:23, t_ciorba--- via Python-list > wrote: >> >> hi, i am not sure what is wrong, but after launching the installer >> for windows XPsp3 python-3.5.0.exe i couldnt see what i have to >> select

Re: installer user interface glitch ?

2015-11-01 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
On Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 8:52:55 AM UTC-7, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 2:43 AM, rurpy--- via Python-list > wrote: > > Why, oh why, do the python.org front page and other pages that offer > > a Windows download not say a word about it not run

Re: installer user interface glitch ?

2015-11-01 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
On 11/01/2015 09:43 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 3:24 AM, rurpy--- via Python-list > wrote: >> I dont recall seeing anyone posting asking why they could not get >> Python to install on Windows 95 recently. I only read this group >> intermittent

Re: Python 2 vs Python 3 for teaching

2015-11-02 Thread beliavsky--- via Python-list
entist, or financial quant may still be better off learning Python 2.x but using print(x) rather than print x and doing other things to future-proof his code. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: installer user interface glitch ?

2015-11-02 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
for the reminder. You're welcome. And thanks for the reasonable response. Everytime I post to this list it is like stepping into Alice's Wonderland so it is a nice change. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Regular expressions

2015-11-02 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
here are people who misuse regexes. But I am quite sure, especially in the Python community, there are just as many who fail to use them when they are appropriate which is just as bad. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Regular expressions

2015-11-02 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
>nope(line) > > > > > >-tkc > > > > > > > > Because that is the part of Python I am trying to learn at the moment. > > Thanks > > -- > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > > > My completely unsolicited advi

Re: Regular expressions

2015-11-03 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
repeat I acknowledge regexs are not the the optimum solution in every case where they could be used. But they are very useful when one passes the border of the trivial; and they are nowhere near as bad as routinely portrayed here. [*] Yes, I made that number up. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Regular expressions

2015-11-03 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 9:38:24 PM UTC-7, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 11/02/2015 09:23 PM, rurpy--- via Python-list wrote: > >> My completely unsolicited advice is that regular expressions shouldn't be > >> very high on the list of things to learn. They are very us

Re: Creating PST files using Python

2015-11-03 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
tty thin and it wasn't worth the time to figure out how to use it. Of course things may have changed since then... -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Creating PST files using Python

2015-11-03 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
I should have checked the web site before posting, it appears that both libpst and libpff only read pst files, no write. Sorry for the noise. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Regular expressions

2015-11-04 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
need not even be a programmer > to use them: consider grep, sed, a zillion editors, database query > languages, etc. I thought the context, which you removed even to the point cutting text from the very same line you quoted, made that clear but perhaps not. Indeed it is quite eye-opening when one does learn a little CS and discovers these things that were just a useful "feature" actually have a deep and profound theoretical basis. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Regular expressions

2015-11-04 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
sufficiently complex regular expression. No, Christian was correct. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Regular expressions

2015-11-04 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
nswer and not be bombarded with reasons why they shouldn't be using regexes beyond mentioning some of the alternatives in a "oh, by the way" way. (And yes, I recognize in this case the OP did get a good answer from MRAB early on.) [*] yes, I know there is a lot of CS theory underlying floating point. I don't think it is as deep or as important as that underlying regexes, automata and language. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Regular expressions

2015-11-04 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
e them, but take them with a BIG grain of salt and continue learning about and using regexs. You will find they are an indispensable tool, not just in Python programming but in many aspects of computer use. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Regular expressions

2015-11-04 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
On 11/04/2015 05:33 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 11:13 AM, rurpy--- via Python-list > wrote: >> On 11/04/2015 07:52 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: >>> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 1:38 AM, rurpy wrote: >>>> I'm afraid you are making a category

Re: Regular expressions

2015-11-04 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
that profoundly insightful comment. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Regular expressions

2015-11-04 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
your arguments pedantic beyond the point of absurdity. For me, regular expressions are indispensable in that if they were not available in Python I would not use Python. The same is true of a number of other stdlib modules. I don't give a rat's ass whether they are in a "library" that has to be explicitly requested with import or a "library" that is automatically loaded at startup. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Regular expressions

2015-11-04 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
you can see from the other posts, there > are alternatives, which are often FAR superior. No, not FAR superior, just preferable and just in the simple cases, regexes generally being better in anything beyond simple. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Regular expressions

2015-11-06 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
ack the knowledge of > using such tools. I think in many cases those most hostile to regexes are the also those who use them (or need to use them) the least. While my use of regexes are limited to fairly simple ones they are complicated enough that I'm sure it would take orders of magnitude longer to get the same effect in python. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Regular expressions

2015-11-06 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
ntioned though, the term "slicing" is also used with a very specific and different meaning in Python, specifically referring to a part of a list using a syntax like "alist[a:b]". I can't seem to get to python.org at the moment but if you look in the Python docs index under "slicing" you'll find more info. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: using binary in python

2015-11-10 Thread mm0fmf via Python-list
On 10/11/2015 20:14, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: The Ada language defines the end of Text file to consist of It is 15 years this month since I last worked in place that used Ada. I think that calls for a wee dram to celebrate ;-) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

OT: Re: using binary in python

2015-11-10 Thread mm0fmf via Python-list
On 10/11/2015 21:02, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:36:52 +, mm0fmf via Python-list declaimed the following: On 10/11/2015 20:14, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: The Ada language defines the end of Text file to consist of It is 15 years this month since I last worked in place

Re: subprocess problem

2017-02-09 Thread Wildman via Python-list
died so I don't need your bull! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: subprocess problem

2017-02-09 Thread Wildman via Python-list
fullpath = p + "/" + target if os.path.isfile(fullpath) and os.access(fullpath, os.X_OK): return fullpath, True return None, False Thanks. -- GNU/Linux user #557453 Keyboard not detected! Press any key to continue... -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Problems with scripts

2017-02-13 Thread Wildman via Python-list
r " + str(item_num) + " ? ") > how_many = input("How many items at that price? ") > > if input == done: > print("The total price is $" + str(total_price) + ". And the number of > items for that price is " + str(total_items) + ".") Same here: while price != "done" and how_many != "done": -- GNU/Linux user #557453 May the Source be with you. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Problems with scripts

2017-02-13 Thread Wildman via Python-list
ne for you to figure out. -- GNU/Linux user #557453 The cow died so I don't need your bull! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Create ordering of points

2017-02-15 Thread spiess.benjamin--- via Python-list
to the defined initial point are specified by this pattern. Does somebody know a good technique for this problem? or can even give a hint to a existing python procedure? I would be really grateful! Regards Benny -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: print odd numbers of lines from tekst WITHOUT space between lines

2017-02-18 Thread Wildman via Python-list
nd="") For Python 2 use this: import sys . . . sys.stdout.write(line) Don' forget... f.close() -- GNU/Linux user #557453 The cow died so I don't need your bull! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Request Help With ttk.Notebook Tabs

2017-02-21 Thread Wildman via Python-list
Keyboard not detected! Press any key to continue... -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Request Help With ttk.Notebook Tabs

2017-02-21 Thread Wildman via Python-list
xample of what I have tried... > > nb.grid(row=2, column=2) > or > nb.place(x=10, y=10) > > Would be appreciated if anyone could provide any guidance. I posted too quickly. I found my answer... nb.pack(expand=1, fill="both", padx=20, pady=20) Sorry. -- GNU/Linux user #557453 The cow died so I don't need your bull! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Request Help With ttk.Notebook Tabs

2017-02-21 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 18:22:31 +, MRAB wrote: > On 2017-02-21 18:02, Wildman via Python-list wrote: >> Python 3.4.2 >> Linux platform >> >> >> I am working on a program that has tabs created with ttk.Notebook. >> The code for creating the tabs is worki

Problem With Tkinter Font

2017-02-25 Thread Wildman via Python-list
27;NoneType' object has no attribute 'call' >From my research, the syntax is correct but I am having doubts. Can anyone clarify? -- GNU/Linux user #557453 The cow died so I don't need your bull! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Problem With Tkinter Font

2017-02-26 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Sun, 26 Feb 2017 09:17:00 +0100, Peter Otten wrote: > Wildman via Python-list wrote: > >> Python 3.4.2 >> Tkinter 8.6 >> Linux >> >> I want to set the font in a GUI program I am working on. >> Here is the pertinent code I am using... >> >&

Re: FYI: Removing posts with All Cap Authors

2017-03-04 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
rt with the netnews protocol? You can get a > > machine-readable version of the newsgroup much more simply that way, I > > would have thought. > > > > ChrisA > > I don't know what a netnews protocol is. I use Google Groups to look at > usenet. As a lot of us do. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Where to find python GTK+ 3 reference documentation?

2017-03-10 Thread Wildman via Python-list
/ -- GNU/Linux user #557453 Hey Mr. Ed, why the long face? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Who are the "spacists"?

2017-03-21 Thread Wildman via Python-list
'd love to hear. > > ChrisA I would love to hear also. I've been using Linux for about 10 years and I have never had anything "break" because of a tab. Sounds like a case of Chicken Little to me. -- GNU/Linux user #557453 The cow died so I don't need your bull! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Who are the "spacists"?

2017-03-25 Thread Wildman via Python-list
e. -- GNU/Linux user #557453 The cow died so I don't need your bull! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Who are the "spacists"?

2017-03-26 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 15:18:06 +0200, Mikhail V wrote: > On 26 March 2017 at 06:16, Wildman via Python-list > wrote: >> On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 15:15:14 +0100, Mikhail V wrote: >> >>> And on linux console, by default one does not even have good >>> possibilities

Request Help With pkexec

2017-04-03 Thread Wildman via Python-list
display environment variable is set: $ echo $DISPLAY :0.0 And the program displays and works perfectly in every other way. I would appreciate any insight. -- GNU/Linux user #557453 May the Source be with you. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Request Help With pkexec

2017-04-05 Thread Wildman via Python-list
Linfo-tk as root auth_admin auth_admin auth_admin /opt/linfo-tk/linfo-tk.py TRUE -- GNU/Linux user #557453 The cow died so I don't need your bull! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python and the need for speed

2017-04-14 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
ish language to make your point (that people often prefer that which they're familiar with) without employing hateful stereotypes directed at a specific groups of people. Given that this is the second time in two weeks, I publicly ask the list moderators to invoke whatever procedures they use to deal with bigotry on this list. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Bigotry and hate speech on the python mailing list

2017-04-17 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
y. You cannot apply it when you want to unpopular posters and ignore it when it comes to a one of the clique of regulars. [*1] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2017-April/720531.html [*2] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2017-April/721106.html [*3] https://www.python.

Re: Bigotry and hate speech on the python mailing list

2017-04-17 Thread Wildman via Python-list
hough there is no evidence, the seriousness of the charge is what matters." --Tom Foley (D) Speaker of the House -- GNU/Linux user #557453 The cow died so I don't need your bull! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Bigotry and hate speech on the python mailing list

2017-04-17 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
On 04/17/2017 04:38 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > Rurpy via Python-list writes: > >> A couple weeks ago a frequent poster here (Steve D'Aprano >> ) called another participant an "ugly >> american" [*1]. > > He gave no explicit reference, and so I can see w

Re: Bigotry and hate speech on the python mailing list

2017-04-17 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
On 04/17/2017 08:19 PM, Wildman via Python-list wrote: > On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 08:23:34 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: >> Paul Rubin writes: >>> Rurpy writes: >>>> A couple weeks ago a frequent poster here (Steve D'Aprano >>>> ) called another participant a

Re: Bigotry and hate speech on the python mailing list

2017-04-18 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:54:17 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Wildman via Python-list writes: > >> "The seriousness of the charge mandates that we investigate >> this. Even though there is no evidence, the seriousness of >> the charge is what matters." >>

Re: Bigotry and hate speech on the python mailing list

2017-04-18 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
fense himself. If you want to shorten this thread then dont post inflammatory remarks that will perpetuate it. Please trim your replies and dont top post. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Bigotry and hate speech on the python mailing list

2017-04-18 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
On 04/18/2017 08:19 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 12:01 AM, Rurpy via > Python-list wrote: >> I have nothing personal against Steven. He called someone out >> for being bigoted, then repeated the exact same offense himself. > > The charge has b

Re: Bigotry and hate speech on the python mailing list

2017-04-18 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 03:28:32 +, Rurpy wrote: > On 04/17/2017 08:19 PM, Wildman via Python-list wrote: >> On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 08:23:34 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: >>> Paul Rubin writes: >>>> Rurpy writes: >>>>> A couple weeks ago a frequent poste

Re: Bigotry and hate speech on the python mailing list

2017-04-18 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 00:19:10 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 12:01 AM, Rurpy via Python-list > wrote: >> Whether you like it or not this list has a CoC governing it. >> Discussions about appropriate posts ARE on-topic. >> If you want a list where

Re: Bigotry and hate speech on the python mailing list

2017-04-18 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
On 04/18/2017 09:29 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 1:03 AM, Rurpy via > Python-list wrote: >> On 04/18/2017 08:19 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: >>> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 12:01 AM, Rurpy via >>> Python-list wrote: >>>> I have nothing p

Re: Bigotry and hate speech on the python mailing list

2017-04-18 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
On 04/18/2017 09:35 AM, Wildman via Python-list wrote: > On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 03:28:32 +, Rurpy wrote: >> On 04/17/2017 08:19 PM, Wildman via Python-list wrote: >>> [...] >>> Your words remind me of this: >>> >>> "The seriousness of the charge

Re: Bigotry and hate speech on the python mailing list

2017-04-18 Thread Wildman via Python-list
ewsgroup people, where there is no central > authority at all. > > ChrisA I believe the lack of moderator action supports the conclusion that the CoC was not violated. -- GNU/Linux user #557453 The cow died so I don't need your bull! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Bigotry and hate speech on the python mailing list

2017-04-19 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
oup people, where there is no central > authority at all. Perhaps you missed this rebuttal to Mr. Finney's "solid" argument? https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2017-April/721281.html Perhaps you also failed to notice that neither Mr. Finney nor you chose to dispute tha

Re: Bigotry (you win, I give up)

2017-04-19 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
tain number of posts? Again, I'd really appreciate it if you could clarify. I apologize for all the questions and sorry for sounding like a silly emotion-driven liberal before! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Bigotry (you win, I give up)

2017-04-19 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
On 04/19/2017 01:56 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Rurpy via Python-list writes: > >> I don't think stupid black people or senile old people should be >> allowable because those are not choosable *behaviors*. But is >> unable-to-learn old people a choosable behavior?

Re: Bigotry and hate speech on the python mailing list

2017-04-20 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
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Re: Bigotry (you win, I give up)

2017-04-20 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
On 04/19/2017 08:27 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Rurpy via Python-list writes: > >> You and Chris refused to find any fault with the use of the two >> stereotypes under discussion one of which was "unable-to-learn old >> people". > > I expressed absolutely no

Re: Bigotry (you win, I give up)

2017-04-20 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
alance should be changed, fine. My point is simply that whatever balance is chosen, it should apply to all participants equally. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Bigotry (you win, I give up)

2017-04-20 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
even-handedly." > > I agree entirely with that. Sadly, agreement is meaningless if ignored in practice. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Bigotry (you win, I give up)

2017-04-22 Thread Rurpy via Python-list
ffensive but acceptable. That being said, there are certainly sigs that are offensive enough to community standards as to be unacceptable. But the bar for sigs should be much higher than for bigotry directed towards a person in a discussion. And the point of my first post remains: whatever that bar is should be applied evenhandedly, with regard to both the poster and to the politics expressed. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Bigotry (you win, I give up)

2017-04-26 Thread m.n.summerfield--- via Python-list
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os.getlogin() Error

2017-05-04 Thread Wildman via Python-list
The cow died so I don't need your bull! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: os.getlogin() Error

2017-05-04 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Fri, 05 May 2017 07:46:32 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 6:03 AM, Wildman via Python-list > wrote: >> I will try to explain... >> The program reports system information based on the user's name. >> Things such as passwd, groups and shadow i

Re: os.getlogin() Error

2017-05-04 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Fri, 05 May 2017 08:31:15 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 8:18 AM, Wildman via Python-list > wrote: >> I am using pkexec to restart so $SUDO_USER is not set. For some >> reason sudo, su and su-to-root will freeze the first instance of >> the prog

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