[Python-Dev] [OT] carping about irritating people (was: bytes / unicode)
Stephen J. Turnbull step...@xemacs.org writes: your base URL is gonna be b'mailto:step...@xemacs.org', but the natural thing the UI will want to do is formurl = baseurl + '?subject=うるさいやつだなぁ…' Incidentally, which irritating person was the topic of this Japanese-language message to you? (The subject in Stephen's example message translates roughly as “(unspecified third person) is an irritating rascal, don't you agree”.) -- \ “The userbase for strong cryptography declines by half with | `\ every additional keystroke or mouseclick required to make it | _o__) work.” —Carl Ellison | Ben Finney ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] [OT] carping about irritating people (was: bytes / unicode)
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au wrote: Stephen J. Turnbull step...@xemacs.org writes: your base URL is gonna be b'mailto:step...@xemacs.org', but the natural thing the UI will want to do is formurl = baseurl + '?subject=うるさいやつだなぁ…' Incidentally, which irritating person was the topic of this Japanese-language message to you? (The subject in Stephen's example message translates roughly as “(unspecified third person) is an irritating rascal, don't you agree”.) Given what he said about the base URL, it would appear to be a self-deprecating self-description. Nicely done :) (I can pronounce that subject line, but I didn't know what it meant without the translation). Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] [OT] carping about irritating people (was: bytes / unicode)
Given what he said about the base URL, it would appear to be a self-deprecating self-description. Nicely done :) Gah, no it isn't, you're right, the message leaves it unspecified. OK, no more posting after midnight for me... (well, not tonight, anyway) Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Python-Dev] [OT] carping about irritating people (was: bytes / unicode)
Ben Finney writes: Stephen J. Turnbull step...@xemacs.org writes: your base URL is gonna be b'mailto:step...@xemacs.org', but the natural thing the UI will want to do is formurl = baseurl + '?subject=うるさいやつだなぁ…' Incidentally, which irritating person was the topic of this Japanese-language message to you? (Kudos to Nick.) Urusai is also used to refer to the finicky. So, the RFC-toting pedant. Ie, me. (The subject in Stephen's example message translates roughly as (unspecified third person) Not quite. The subject of the copula, if omitted, is entirely context-dependent. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
