Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-26 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Gregory Ewing wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> But I learned a lot about hot ($2400F) iron too. > > > 2400 dollars farenheit? That's an intriguing unit... > > Or is it meant to be the temperature in hex? Hex, obviously. Which is

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-26 Thread Gregory Ewing
Gene Heskett wrote: But I learned a lot about hot ($2400F) iron too. 2400 dollars farenheit? That's an intriguing unit... Or is it meant to be the temperature in hex? -- Greg -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-26 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 26Mar2016 02:36, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: Ned Batchelder wrote: Chris, I apologize for Thomas. How dare you to speak for me, Because it is something you never say: sorry for my rudeness. and *again* the rest of the subscribers? He speaks for me at least,

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-26 Thread Michael Torrie
On 03/26/2016 11:49 AM, Michael Torrie wrote: > Well said, Ned, and a good reminder for me, and I suspect all of us, to > considering how we communicate. It's our nature to think problems lie ^^ Sigh. Consider. And proof read. > with everyone else but us (as witnessed by recent

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-26 Thread Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 24/03/2016 20:53, c...@isbd.net wrote: >> I use Python wherever I can and find this list (as a usenet group via >> gmane) an invaluable help at times. >> >> Occasionally I have to make forays into Javascript, can anyone >> recommend a place similar to this list where

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-26 Thread Michael Torrie
On 03/26/2016 05:37 AM, Ned Batchelder wrote: > [...] > Has anyone ever said to you, "Thanks, Thomas! Lots of people were giving > me answers, but they were all so kind and polite about it, I couldn't > see what they were saying. Finally, your blunt direct manner got > through to me, so now I

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 26 March 2016 11:35:52 Larry Martell wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 26 March 2016 07:52:05 Larry Martell wrote: > >> As my wife once said, "If you start with 'Listen, asshole, ...' > >> they probably won't hear what

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-26 Thread Larry Martell
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 26 March 2016 07:52:05 Larry Martell wrote: >> As my wife once said, "If you start with 'Listen, asshole, ...' they >> probably won't hear what you have to say after that. > > She is 100% correct, but try as I

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 26 March 2016 07:52:05 Larry Martell wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 7:37 AM, Ned Batchelder wrote: > > Thomas, you don't have to choose between correct and nice. It's > > possible to be both. > > "I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right." > > That was

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-26 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 24/03/2016 20:53, c...@isbd.net wrote: I use Python wherever I can and find this list (as a usenet group via gmane) an invaluable help at times. Occasionally I have to make forays into Javascript, can anyone recommend a place similar to this list where Javascript questions can be asked? The

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-26 Thread cl
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > c...@isbd.net wrote: > > > Occasionally I have to make forays into Javascript, can anyone > > recommend a place similar to this list where Javascript questions can > > be asked? The trouble is that there are very many usenet Javascript > >

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-26 Thread cl
Ned Batchelder wrote: > On Friday, March 25, 2016 at 5:17:21 PM UTC-4, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn > wrote: > > c...@isbd.net wrote: > > > > > Occasionally I have to make forays into Javascript, can anyone > > > recommend a place similar to this list where Javascript

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-26 Thread Larry Martell
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 7:37 AM, Ned Batchelder wrote: > Thomas, you don't have to choose between correct and nice. It's > possible to be both. "I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right." That was written by Stephen Sondheim and it's from his musical Into The Woods.

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-26 Thread Ned Batchelder
On Friday, March 25, 2016 at 11:37:34 PM UTC-4, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: > > > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn > > wrote: > >>> Thomas is not typical of the Python community. We are mostly nice > >>> people. > >>> :)

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-25 Thread Rustom Mody
On Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 9:55:15 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > > Chris Angelico wrote: > > > >> On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > Thomas is not typical of the Python community.

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-25 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn >> wrote: Thomas is not typical of the Python community. We are mostly nice people. :)

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-25 Thread Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn > wrote: >>> Thomas is not typical of the Python community. We are mostly nice >>> people. >>> :) >> >> You do not even know me. I *am* a nice person, if only for the fact that >> I do not

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-25 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >> Thomas is not typical of the Python community. We are mostly nice people. >> :) > > You do not even know me. I *am* a nice person, if only for the fact that I > do not let people suffer from their own

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-25 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 08:17 am, PointedEars wrote: ..^^^ > get a real name. You sign your posts "PointedEars". Do you not realise how hypocritical these repeated carping complaints about "real names" are? Not to mention pointless. Aside from the fact that

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-25 Thread Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Ned Batchelder wrote: > Chris, I apologize for Thomas. How dare you to speak for me, and *again* the rest of the subscribers? There is nothing to apologize for when I am *helping* someone by giving them useful information. You can apologize for your own presumptous behavior instead. > is

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-25 Thread Ned Batchelder
On Friday, March 25, 2016 at 5:17:21 PM UTC-4, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > c...@isbd.net wrote: > > > Occasionally I have to make forays into Javascript, can anyone > > recommend a place similar to this list where Javascript questions can > > be asked? The trouble is that there are very

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-25 Thread Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Mark Lawrence wrote: > […] It is so blatantly obvious that he knows precisely nothing about > Python, but still the moderators on this list let him get away with it. This is a mailing list? It is moderated? *Seriously*? -- PointedEars Twitter: @PointedEars2 Please do not cc me. / Bitte

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-25 Thread Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
c...@isbd.net wrote: > Occasionally I have to make forays into Javascript, can anyone > recommend a place similar to this list where Javascript questions can > be asked? The trouble is that there are very many usenet Javascript > lists and it's difficult to guess which one[es] might be good.

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-25 Thread Ben Bacarisse
Cousin Stanley writes: > >> Occasionally I have to make forays into Javascript, >> can anyone recommend a place similar to this list >> where Javascript questions can be asked ? > > > Several years back I found > the newsgroup comp.lang.javascript > to

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-25 Thread Cousin Stanley
> Occasionally I have to make forays into Javascript, > can anyone recommend a place similar to this list > where Javascript questions can be asked ? Several years back I found the newsgroup comp.lang.javascript to be helpful However, I haven't used that group for

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-25 Thread alister
On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 23:46:14 +, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 24/03/2016 23:33, Ian Kelly wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Mark Lawrence >> wrote: >>> No. While this idiot, BartC, is let loose on this forum, I'll say >>> what I like. >> >> Good to know. I've

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-25 Thread cl
Larry Martell wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 4:53 PM, wrote: > > I use Python wherever I can and find this list (as a usenet group via > > gmane) an invaluable help at times. > > > > Occasionally I have to make forays into Javascript, can anyone > >

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-25 Thread Ben Finney
Mark Lawrence writes: > No. While this idiot, BartC, is let loose on this forum, I'll say > what I like. That is the attitude of a petulant schoolyard bully. Stop, please. You are to behave well in this community, and this is not conditional on the behaviour of others.

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-24 Thread Ned Batchelder
On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 7:47:34 PM UTC-4, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 24/03/2016 23:33, Ian Kelly wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Mark Lawrence > > wrote: > >> No. While this idiot, BartC, is let loose on this forum, I'll say what I > >> like. > > > >

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-24 Thread Larry Martell
On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 4:53 PM, wrote: > I use Python wherever I can and find this list (as a usenet group via > gmane) an invaluable help at times. > > Occasionally I have to make forays into Javascript, can anyone > recommend a place similar to this list where Javascript

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-24 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 24/03/2016 23:33, Ian Kelly wrote: On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: No. While this idiot, BartC, is let loose on this forum, I'll say what I like. Good to know. I've been on the fence about this for a long time, but lately the frequency of

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > No. While this idiot, BartC, is let loose on this forum, I'll say what I > like. Good to know. I've been on the fence about this for a long time, but lately the frequency of your outbursts seems to have increased,

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-24 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 7:06 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 24/03/2016 22:45, c...@isbd.net wrote: > >> Mark Lawrence wrote: >> >>> On 24/03/2016 22:08, c...@isbd.net wrote: >>> If you do find anything like c.l.p for Javascript, let us

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-24 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 24/03/2016 22:45, c...@isbd.net wrote: Mark Lawrence wrote: On 24/03/2016 22:08, c...@isbd.net wrote: If you do find anything like c.l.p for Javascript, let us know... OK! :-) I'd try c.l.bartc as he is the world's leading expert on everything that you need

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-24 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 24/03/2016 22:49, Chris Angelico wrote: On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: On 24/03/2016 22:08, c...@isbd.net wrote: If you do find anything like c.l.p for Javascript, let us know... OK! :-) I'd try c.l.bartc as he is the world's leading

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-24 Thread cl
Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 24/03/2016 22:08, c...@isbd.net wrote: > > > >> If you do find anything like c.l.p for Javascript, let us know... > >> > > OK! :-) > > > > I'd try c.l.bartc as he is the world's leading expert on everything that > you need to know about any

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-24 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 24/03/2016 22:08, c...@isbd.net wrote: >> >> >>> If you do find anything like c.l.p for Javascript, let us know... >>> >> OK! :-) >> > > I'd try c.l.bartc as he is the world's leading expert on everything that

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-24 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 24/03/2016 22:08, c...@isbd.net wrote: If you do find anything like c.l.p for Javascript, let us know... OK! :-) I'd try c.l.bartc as he is the world's leading expert on everything that you need to know about any language, whereby the only thing to know is how fast is it. It's just

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-24 Thread cl
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2016-03-24, c...@isbd.net wrote: > > > I use Python wherever I can and find this list (as a usenet group > > via gmane) an invaluable help at times. > > > > Occasionally I have to make forays into Javascript, can anyone > >

Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

2016-03-24 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-03-24, c...@isbd.net wrote: > I use Python wherever I can and find this list (as a usenet group > via gmane) an invaluable help at times. > > Occasionally I have to make forays into Javascript, can anyone > recommend a place similar to this list where Javascript questions