(Andreas J. Koenig) wrote:
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 22:11:43 -0800, Joshua ben Jore [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I'd just read of Time::Cube, a disjointed rant full of hate speech.
This is the kind of content that is most deserving of deletion from
CPAN. Would the responsible parties please go
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 22:11:43 -0800, Joshua ben Jore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:
I'd just read of Time::Cube, a disjointed rant full of hate speech.
This is the kind of content that is most deserving of deletion from
CPAN. Would the responsible parties please go nuke this, please?
Thanks,
On Feb 8, 4:13 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Rockway) wrote:
David Landgren wrote:
Continuing as the devil's advocate, I still can't decide if that's just
a parody on the whole license issue. It's just too over the top.
That said, I agree that CPAN doesn't have to be the vector for
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 03:34:26PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Excuse me, but Time::Cubic is no joke. It is a testament to the great
Gene Ray, and the message he has brought us from the year 2051. If
CPAN is not a repository of testaments. No one opposes the publication
of the
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 01:28:12 -0800
Eric Wilhelm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
# from Andy Lester
# on Wednesday 07 February 2007 10:25 pm:
I'd just read of Time::Cube, a disjointed rant full of hate speech.
This is the kind of content that is most deserving of deletion from
CPAN. Would the
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On 8 Feb 2007, at 15:06, imacat wrote:
Correction: Time::Cubic.
I got some Time Cube madness on an old blog a few years ago:
http://www.shitshifter.com/forum.jsp?nid=237
See posts by HEED CUBIC PROPHECIES TO AVERT CUBELESS DOOM
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Andy
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From: imacat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 08 February 2007 15:06
To: Perl Module Authors List
Subject: Re: Delete hate speech module
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 01:28:12 -0800
Eric Wilhelm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
# from Andy Lester
# on Wednesday 07 February
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Joshua ben Jore wrote:
I'd just read of Time::Cube, a disjointed rant full of hate speech.
This is the kind of content that is most deserving of deletion from
CPAN. Would the responsible parties please go nuke this, please?
It is actually Time::Cubic.
Wow! Imagine if
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, alan wrote:
And it is not even a usable piece of code.
Well, it did pass all of the automated tests.
http://cpantesters.perl.org/show/Time-Cubic.html#Time-Cubic-1.0
But you are right. It pretty much doesn't even do anything useful at all.
On a more serious side, getting
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Chris wrote:
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, alan wrote:
And it is not even a usable piece of code.
Well, it did pass all of the automated tests.
http://cpantesters.perl.org/show/Time-Cubic.html#Time-Cubic-1.0
But you are right. It pretty much doesn't even do anything useful at
Joshua ben Jore wrote:
I'd just read of Time::Cube, a disjointed rant full of hate speech.
This is the kind of content that is most deserving of deletion from
CPAN. Would the responsible parties please go nuke this, please?
Ok, lot of valid arguments that I agree with more or less, so I'm
On 8 Feb 2007, at 17:20, David Landgren wrote:
And as we all know, 99% of modules these days are found through
searches. I would recommend a much more subtle approach: ask
Andreas and Randy to... oops... accidentally remove it from their
indices, and therefore when people search for Time::,
David Landgren wrote:
I recommend against deleting it, because that only add fuel to the fire.
The crackpot who uploaded this drivel in the first place will be able to
crow freedom of speech and it's all a communist plot, there really is a
perl cabal and they're out to get me and blah blah
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, David Landgren wrote:
Joshua ben Jore wrote:
I'd just read of Time::Cube, a disjointed rant full of hate speech.
This is the kind of content that is most deserving of deletion from
CPAN. Would the responsible parties please go nuke this, please?
Ok, lot of valid
Andy Armstrong wrote:
On 8 Feb 2007, at 17:20, David Landgren wrote:
And as we all know, 99% of modules these days are found through
searches. I would recommend a much more subtle approach: ask Andreas
and Randy to... oops... accidentally remove it from their indices, and
therefore when
-Original Message-
From: Jonathan Rockway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[snip]
If I were in charge, this module would be deleted and the
PAUSE account disabled.
++.
- Dmitri.
On 8 Feb 2007, at 17:36, David Landgren wrote:
And as we all know, 99% of modules these days are found through
searches. I would recommend a much more subtle approach: ask
Andreas and Randy to... oops... accidentally remove it from their
indices, and therefore when people search for Time::,
On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:34:12 -0600
Jonathan Rockway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But when it's useless AND in bad taste, it's not doing anything good
for anyone, so why should the CPAN mirror it? What's the advantage
for anyone?
Jonathan++. I'm all for removing it from CPAN and shutting off
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 08:58:01AM -0800, alan wrote:
On a more serious side, getting rid of it [Time::Cubic] should be
pretty open and shut. CPAN is a public resource managed by private
entities.
I'm generally against the idea of censorship in all its forms, and
/definitely/ against the
Given:
On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:20:18 +0100
David Landgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I recommed against deleting it, because that only add fuel to the fire.
and:
I would also recommend writing your (*) opinion about the module by
means of reviews on cpanratings, as well as annocpan
Tim Maher wrote:
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 08:58:01AM -0800, alan wrote:
On a more serious side, getting rid of it [Time::Cubic] should be
pretty open and shut. CPAN is a public resource managed by private
entities.
I'm generally against the idea of censorship in all its forms, and
Tim Maher wrote:
I'm generally against the idea of censorship in all its forms, ...
Are you equally outraged by the fact that this list goes through a spam
filter? That module is just spam.
--
Keith C. Ivey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Washington, DC
On Feb 8, 2007, at 11:48 AM, Tim Maher wrote:
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 08:58:01AM -0800, alan wrote:
On a more serious side, getting rid of it [Time::Cubic] should be
pretty open and shut. CPAN is a public resource managed by private
entities.
I'm generally against the idea of censorship in
Dave Rolsky wrote:
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Joshua ben Jore wrote:
I'd just read of Time::Cube, a disjointed rant full of hate speech.
This is the kind of content that is most deserving of deletion from
CPAN. Would the responsible parties please go nuke this, please?
Just to clarify for the
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 06:12:44PM +, Steve Pitchford wrote:
Tim Maher wrote:
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 08:58:01AM -0800, alan wrote:
On a more serious side, getting rid of it [Time::Cubic] should be
pretty open and shut. CPAN is a public resource managed by private
entities.
I'm
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Tim Maher wrote:
[ ... ]
I now understand why so many people were voting for censorship, with
so few defending the rights of the programmer. Given what we're dealing
with, I'm now in agreement that this Module is effectively spam, and
should be treated accordingly.
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Randy Kobes wrote:
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Tim Maher wrote:
[ ... ]
I now understand why so many people were voting for censorship, with
so few defending the rights of the programmer. Given what we're dealing
with, I'm now in agreement that this Module is effectively spam, and
Tim Maher schreef:
I'm generally against the idea of censorship in all its forms
This has nothing to do with censorship. Somebody is dropping garbage in
our yard. If that person just wants to cause trouble and doesn't remove
it, luckily somebody else will be so good.
--
Affijn, Ruud
Gewoon
Randy Kobes wrote:
[...]
Perhaps, if nothing else, the terms of usage of the package:
http://search.cpan.org/src/BANTOWN/Time-Cubic-1.0/LICENSE
by which one *must* commit at least three violations of the named parts
of the US Criminal Code to use it, makes it
unsuitable for CPAN.
On Feb 8, 2007, at 11:48 AM, Tim Maher wrote:
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 08:58:01AM -0800, alan wrote:
On a more serious side, getting rid of it [Time::Cubic] should be
pretty open and shut. CPAN is a public resource managed by private
entities.
I'm generally against the idea of censorship in
David Landgren wrote:
Continuing as the devil's advocate, I still can't decide if that's just
a parody on the whole license issue. It's just too over the top.
That said, I agree that CPAN doesn't have to be the vector for
distributing this useless drivel. While the license gave me a big
On 08/02/07, imacat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 01:28:12 -0800
Eric Wilhelm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
# from Andy Lester
# on Wednesday 07 February 2007 10:25 pm:
I'd just read of Time::Cube, a disjointed rant full of hate speech.
This is the kind of content that is most
On 2/8/07, IvorW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ahah, now I see the correct module name, I can browse the source and see
what the issue is. The only difficulty is that the module could be
somebody's incredibly poor taste sick joke, and people could raise the old
chestnut argument about free speech.
On Feb 8, 2007, at 9:24 AM, IvorW wrote:
Ahah, now I see the correct module name, I can browse the source
and see what the issue is. The only difficulty is that the module
could be somebody's incredibly poor taste sick joke, and people
could raise the old chestnut argument about free
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Feb 8, 2007, at 9:24 AM, IvorW wrote:
Ahah, now I see the correct module name, I can browse the source and
see what the issue is. The only difficulty is that the module could
be somebody's incredibly poor taste sick joke, and people could raise
the old chestnut
Randy Kobes wrote:
Perhaps, if nothing else, the terms of usage of the package:
http://search.cpan.org/src/BANTOWN/Time-Cubic-1.0/LICENSE
by which one *must* commit at least three violations of the named parts
of the US Criminal Code to use it, makes it
unsuitable for CPAN.
Hmm,
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Joshua ben Jore wrote:
I'd just read of Time::Cube, a disjointed rant full of hate speech.
This is the kind of content that is most deserving of deletion from
CPAN. Would the responsible parties please go nuke this, please?
Just to clarify for the curious, to see the bile
On Feb 7, 2007, at 10:11 PM, Joshua ben Jore wrote:
I'd just read of Time::Cube, a disjointed rant full of hate speech.
This is the kind of content that is most deserving of deletion from
CPAN. Would the responsible parties please go nuke this, please?
It's deserving, but I'd sure rather not
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