Re: Access to comp.lang.python

2010-05-16 Thread Vincent Davis
I have no problem with threads Using gmail in a browser. That said I like how google groups handles email. I am also ways having to fix the reply on this list to send back to the list and not to the list and the last author. If someone knows a way to fix that I would be happy to hear it. Vincent

Access to comp.lang.python

2010-05-15 Thread cjw
This isn't about Python but I'm seeking suggestions as to the best way to access the newsgroup. It seems that messages are coming from a number of sources, such as gmane and google groups. The problem is that many messages seem to get unlinked from their threads. I use Thunderbird 3.0.5 and

Re: Access to comp.lang.python

2010-05-15 Thread Terry Reedy
On 5/15/2010 6:34 PM, cjw wrote: This isn't about Python but I'm seeking suggestions as to the best way to access the newsgroup. It seems that messages are coming from a number of sources, such as gmane and google groups. The problem is that many messages seem to get unlinked from their

Re: Access to comp.lang.python

2010-05-15 Thread Aahz
In article mailman.245.1273986020.32709.python-l...@python.org, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu wrote: On 5/15/2010 6:34 PM, cjw wrote: The problem is that many messages seem to get unlinked from their threads. Some people have said that that is due to newreaders not tagging responses properly.

Re: Access to comp.lang.python

2010-05-15 Thread James Mills
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Aahz a...@pythoncraft.com wrote: It's also at least partly due to problems with mail-news gateways and the differing fields used to maintain threading. Some blame goes on MUAs too :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: meta question - how to read comp.lang.python w/o usenet feed/google interface?

2009-03-29 Thread Aahz
In article 03081704-17b5-4c7d-82db-8efb7ebce...@q11g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, Esmail ebo...@gmail.com wrote: I've been reading/posting to usenet since the 80s with a variety of tools (vn, and most recently Thunderbird) but since my ISP (TimeWarner) no longer provides usenet feeds I'm stuck. You

Re: meta question - how to read comp.lang.python w/o usenet feed/google interface?

2009-03-29 Thread skip
aahz In article 03081704-17b5-4c7d-82db-8efb7ebce...@q11g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, aahz Esmail ebo...@gmail.com wrote: I've been reading/posting to usenet since the 80s with a variety of tools (vn, and most recently Thunderbird) but since my ISP (TimeWarner) no

Re: meta question - how to read comp.lang.python w/o usenet feed/google interface?

2009-03-21 Thread kshitij
On Mar 21, 2:17 am, Esmail ebo...@hottymail.com wrote: Terry Reedy wrote: Ditto, with T-bird. Just add a newsgroup account with news.gmane.org or snews.gmane.org (for ssl) as the server and set the rest as you please. gmane.comp.python.general is a mirror of python-list, from python.org,

meta question - how to read comp.lang.python w/o usenet feed/google interface?

2009-03-20 Thread Esmail
this in a nice threaded way, possibly with some sort of preview? I'm also worried about missing posts in specific threads (such as the ones I start :-) If you are reading/posting to comp.lang.python with something other than the regular web interface provided by google and you are happy with it, would you

Re: meta question - how to read comp.lang.python w/o usenet feed/google interface?

2009-03-20 Thread Esmail
I'd almost like to think there are a bunch of nice python programs out there that to this :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: meta question - how to read comp.lang.python w/o usenet feed/google interface?

2009-03-20 Thread Albert Hopkins
groups, is there another way to read/post this in a nice threaded way, possibly with some sort of preview? I'm also worried about missing posts in specific threads (such as the ones I start :-) If you are reading/posting to comp.lang.python with something other than the regular web

Re: meta question - how to read comp.lang.python w/o usenet feed/google interface?

2009-03-20 Thread Mark Tolonen
to comp.lang.python with something other than the regular web interface provided by google and you are happy with it, would you share it? I use the news.gmane.org usenet feeds. -Mark -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: meta question - how to read comp.lang.python w/o usenet feed/google interface?

2009-03-20 Thread Esmail
Thank you Mark and Albert, exactly the sort of information I was looking for. Cheers, Esmail -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: meta question - how to read comp.lang.python w/o usenet feed/google interface?

2009-03-20 Thread Terry Reedy
are reading/posting to comp.lang.python with something other than the regular web interface provided by google and you are happy with it, would you share it? I use the news.gmane.org usenet feeds. Ditto, with T-bird. Just add a newsgroup account with news.gmane.org or snews.gmane.org (for ssl

Re: meta question - how to read comp.lang.python w/o usenet feed/google interface?

2009-03-20 Thread Esmail
Terry Reedy wrote: Ditto, with T-bird. Just add a newsgroup account with news.gmane.org or snews.gmane.org (for ssl) as the server and set the rest as you please. gmane.comp.python.general is a mirror of python-list, from python.org, with its spam filtering that exclude most of the crap

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-28 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Grant Edwards a écrit : On 2009-01-27, Bruno Desthuilliers bruno.42.desthuilli...@websiteburo.invalid wrote: Please visit comp.databases or comp.lang.javascript for really unfriendly and unhelpful places where few happens except bickering and name-calling. I've always found comp.lang.c to

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-28 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
rantingrick a écrit : On Jan 27, 10:12 am, Bruno Desthuilliers bruno. 42.desthuilli...@websiteburo.invalid wrote: All you can say is that he didn't *post* here (at least under his real identity...) for the 9 past years - this doesn't mean he never *reads* (and this, you just have no way to

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-28 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-01-28, Bruno Desthuilliers bruno.42.desthuilli...@websiteburo.invalid wrote: very interesting. We should have a vote as to who would be the most likely candidate, now that would be a good thread :) Waste of time as far as I'm concerned. Usenet? Wasting time? Never! -- Grant

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-28 Thread Jeremiah Dodds
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:07 AM, rantingrick rantingr...@gmail.com wrote: I curious of how many are really out there. I have been watching the list for some time but basically see the same 10 or so people answering questions. Reply to this message so we can see how many exists here Thanks

How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread rantingrick
I curious of how many are really out there. I have been watching the list for some time but basically see the same 10 or so people answering questions. Reply to this message so we can see how many exists here Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Mike Driscoll
how you arrived at that low number. If you go to the main page on the Google Groups version, you'll count at least 20 on page 1: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/topics Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread rantingrick
comp.lang.python is a dead Parrot (but there could be other reasons?) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread rantingrick
Seems like the only thing people are interested in is bickering and name calling. I noticed the post Does Python really follow... has over 400 post mainly from the same 10 people. Maybe this is why Guido no longer wishes to be a part of this group. Where is the sense of community here? Anybody

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Mike Driscoll
at comp.lang.ruby. This makes me wonder if Guido thinks comp.lang.python is a dead Parrot (but there could be other reasons?) I've seen him on the distutils list, but I think he generally keeps to the dev lists mostly. This list is for general users (i.e. mostly newbs). We do get some good discussions

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Benjamin Kaplan
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:42 AM, rantingrick rantingr...@gmail.com wrote: Seems like the only thing people are interested in is bickering and name calling. I noticed the post Does Python really follow... has over 400 post mainly from the same 10 people. Maybe this is why Guido no longer

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread rantingrick
On Jan 27, 9:43 am, Mike Driscoll kyoso...@gmail.com wrote: I think Guido has better things to do...and his employer probably doesn't want him spending all day answering stuff like that. Mike I totally agree, and i would never expect him to field noob questions but i just thought it odd he

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
rantingrick a écrit : On Jan 27, 9:43 am, Mike Driscoll kyoso...@gmail.com wrote: I think Guido has better things to do...and his employer probably doesn't want him spending all day answering stuff like that. Mike I totally agree, and i would never expect him to field noob questions but i

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
rantingrick a écrit : Seems like the only thing people are interested in is bickering and name calling. I noticed the post Does Python really follow... has over 400 post mainly from the same 10 people. There are occasionally such kind of threads, indeed. And, as Mike mentionned, the usual

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Cameron Laird
comp.lang.python, OR that there is traffic in comp.lang.python other than bickering and name-calling? My own rough estimate of readership is at least 4,000. If motivated, one could refine the figure, I'm confident). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-01-27, Bruno Desthuilliers bruno.42.desthuilli...@websiteburo.invalid wrote: Please visit comp.databases or comp.lang.javascript for really unfriendly and unhelpful places where few happens except bickering and name-calling. I've always found comp.lang.c to be a rather dangerous

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Vincent Davis
Being a newbie and not aware of other good places to ask dump questions. I have been very happy with the help I have gotten. Some of the other discussions are a little interesting to me but I wonder/am grateful if these keep the knowledgeable people around so us newbies can ask questions. Since I

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread rantingrick
On Jan 27, 10:12 am, Bruno Desthuilliers bruno. 42.desthuilli...@websiteburo.invalid wrote: All you can say is that he didn't *post* here (at least under his real identity...) for the 9 past years - this doesn't mean he never *reads* (and this, you just have no way to know). Ah, this is a

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Paul Rubin
Bruno Desthuilliers bruno.42.desthuilli...@websiteburo.invalid writes: All you can say is that he didn't *post* here (at least under his real identity...) for the 9 past years - this doesn't mean he never *reads* (and this, you just have no way to know). Guido does post here once in a while,

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread rantingrick
On Jan 27, 12:00 pm, Paul Rubin http://phr...@nospam.invalid wrote: Guido does post here once in a while, under his own name.  I can't think of any very recent examples, but I can remember some from a few years back. I searched the archives for Guido van Rossum and there is nothing since May

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* rantingrick (Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:03:16 -0800 (PST)) On Jan 27, 12:00 pm, Paul Rubin http://phr...@nospam.invalid wrote: Guido does post here once in a while, under his own name.  I can't think of any very recent examples, but I can remember some from a few years back. I searched the

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Mark Wooding
Grant Edwards inva...@invalid writes: I've always found comp.lang.c to be a rather dangerous place as well. Hey, I grew up in comp.lang.c! I'd have to agree with you, though. (I try to play nice when I'm here.) In fact, comp.lang.* generally has a reputation as a place you don't want to

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Mike Driscoll
Of the newsgroups I read, c.l.python is probably the most friendly and has one of the highest S/N ratios.  People who would have been roasted alive in other newsgroups for their laziness or presumptuousness get surprisingly gentle treatment in c.l.python.  I do know of a few low-volume

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Steve Holden
rantingrick wrote: On Jan 27, 12:00 pm, Paul Rubin http://phr...@nospam.invalid wrote: Guido does post here once in a while, under his own name. I can't think of any very recent examples, but I can remember some from a few years back. I searched the archives for Guido van Rossum and there

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Duncan Booth
=as_sitesearch=as_qdr=as_mind=1as_minm=1as_miny=2009 as_maxd=1as_maxm=1as_maxy=2009 as_ugroup=comp.lang.pythonas_usubject=as_uauthors=guido+van+rossumsa fe=off Or even: http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?show=moreenc_user=RVb59hDAKHw2rKTOXQmYRzwTg33Egroup=comp.lang.python which shows 456

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Mike Driscoll
On Jan 27, 2:52 pm, Duncan Booth duncan.bo...@invalid.invalid wrote: Thorsten Kampe thors...@thorstenkampe.de wrote: * rantingrick (Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:03:16 -0800 (PST)) On Jan 27, 12:00 pm, Paul Rubin http://phr...@nospam.invalid wrote: Guido does post here once in a while, under his own

Re: How many followers of comp.lang.python

2009-01-27 Thread Mensanator
On Jan 27, 11:53 am, rantingrick rantingr...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 27, 10:12 am, Bruno Desthuilliers bruno. 42.desthuilli...@websiteburo.invalid wrote: All you can say is that he didn't *post* here (at least under his real identity...) for the 9 past years - this doesn't mean he never

Re: The First Law Of comp.lang.python Dynamics

2009-01-24 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
Martin P. Hellwig martin.hell...@dcuktec.org wrote: Or you can argue that even when an argument is repeated indefinitely it doesn't make it suddenly right. This is no good. It's a well known fact that anything I tell you three times is true. To demonstrate: Tim Rowe's post earlier in this

Re: The First Law Of comp.lang.python Dynamics

2009-01-23 Thread Kay Schluehr
On 23 Jan., 08:13, Philip Semanchuk phi...@semanchuk.com wrote: On Jan 23, 2009, at 12:39 AM, Kay Schluehr wrote: Whatever sufficiently sophisticated topic was initially discussed it ends all up in a request for removing reference counting and the GIL. Is this a variant of Godwin's Law

Re: The First Law Of comp.lang.python Dynamics

2009-01-23 Thread Tim Rowe
2009/1/23 Kay Schluehr kay.schlu...@gmx.net: Whatever sufficiently sophisticated topic was the initially discussed it ends all up in a request for removing reference counting and the GIL. Well, maybe, but it seems to me that the real issue here is that we need to remove reference counting and

Re: The First Law Of comp.lang.python Dynamics

2009-01-23 Thread Benjamin Kaplan
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Tim Rowe digi...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/1/23 Kay Schluehr kay.schlu...@gmx.net: Whatever sufficiently sophisticated topic was the initially discussed it ends all up in a request for removing reference counting and the GIL. Well, maybe, but it seems to me

Re: The First Law Of comp.lang.python Dynamics

2009-01-23 Thread J. Cliff Dyer
I dub it Schluehr's law. On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 21:39 -0800, Kay Schluehr wrote: Whatever sufficiently sophisticated topic was the initially discussed it ends all up in a request for removing reference counting and the GIL. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list --

Re: The First Law Of comp.lang.python Dynamics

2009-01-23 Thread Tim Rowe
2009/1/23 Benjamin Kaplan benjamin.kap...@case.edu: BTW, he said sufficiently sophisticated topic. Since there hasn't been an extremely long post here yet, I don't know if this counts. Had I waited until the thread became long enough, somebody else would have already raised the issue -- you

Re: The First Law Of comp.lang.python Dynamics

2009-01-23 Thread Martin P. Hellwig
Tim Rowe wrote: 2009/1/23 Kay Schluehr kay.schlu...@gmx.net: Whatever sufficiently sophisticated topic was the initially discussed it ends all up in a request for removing reference counting and the GIL. Well, maybe, but it seems to me that the real issue here is that we need to remove

Re: The First Law Of comp.lang.python Dynamics

2009-01-23 Thread Terry Reedy
Tim Rowe wrote: 2009/1/23 Kay Schluehr kay.schlu...@gmx.net: Whatever sufficiently sophisticated topic was the initially discussed it ends all up in a request for removing reference counting and the GIL. Well, maybe, but it seems to me that the real issue here is that we need to remove

Re: The First Law Of comp.lang.python Dynamics

2009-01-23 Thread Tim Rowe
2009/1/23 Martin P. Hellwig martin.hell...@dcuktec.org: Or you can argue that even when an argument is repeated indefinitely it doesn't make it suddenly right. No, but it makes for a confirmation of Schluehr's law :-) -- Tim Rowe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

The First Law Of comp.lang.python Dynamics

2009-01-22 Thread Kay Schluehr
Whatever sufficiently sophisticated topic was the initially discussed it ends all up in a request for removing reference counting and the GIL. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: The First Law Of comp.lang.python Dynamics

2009-01-22 Thread Chris Rebert
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Kay Schluehr kay.schlu...@gmx.net wrote: Whatever sufficiently sophisticated topic was the initially discussed it ends all up in a request for removing reference counting and the GIL. +1 QOTW - Chris -- Follow the path of the Iguana... http://rebertia.com --

Re: The First Law Of comp.lang.python Dynamics

2009-01-22 Thread Philip Semanchuk
On Jan 23, 2009, at 12:39 AM, Kay Schluehr wrote: Whatever sufficiently sophisticated topic was the initially discussed it ends all up in a request for removing reference counting and the GIL. Is this a variant of Godwin's Law for Python? --

comp.lang.python

2008-11-15 Thread shasha12
The Python computer language. Language: English -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

comp.lang.python u see website get some doller

2008-10-11 Thread kavitha
www.artsandscience4.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-27 Thread Bob Cortopassi
On 2008-09-26, nntpman68 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - I'm annoyed by any spam. It's tough to find good rules, but the incoming spams that I see currently on comp.lang.python have certain criteas. - most email addresses from gmail. ...snip rest of good filter criteria... Killing all messages

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-27 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/9/26 nntpman68 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It's tough to find good rules, but the incoming spams that I see currently on comp.lang.python have certain criteas. - most email addresses from gmail. - all never posted before and then they have multiple posts within a few minutes / seconds

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-27 Thread Aaron Castironpi Brady
On Sep 26, 1:04 pm, Aaron \Castironpi\ Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 26, 11:43 am, Tim Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/9/26 Steven D'Aprano [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't have any objective numbers, but subjectively it seems to me that the number of spams is significantly higher,

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-27 Thread Dotan Cohen
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Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-27 Thread Aaron Castironpi Brady
On Sep 27, 7:28 am, Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/9/27 Aaron Castironpi Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think in June and July they were selling watches a lot which I haven't noticed recently. Gucci 104 G-Bandeau Watches - Gucci Watches Discount Rolex Oyster Perpetual Lady

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-27 Thread Skip Montanaro
CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong.  Google Groups is a Usenet/c-l-py gateway.  Other gateways aren't contributing to spam.  What are they doing that G-Groups is not? Actually Google Groups appears to be just displaying the Usenet newsgroup comp.lang.python. The spam filtering which is the topic

Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread skip
comp.lang.python/python-list@python.org before I took over the task, so I have nothing to compare with. Does the level of spam leaking through the filter now seem excessive? Is it more or less than in June and July? Thanks, Skip Montanaro -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread Matt Nordhoff
actively reading comp.lang.python/python-list@python.org before I took over the task, so I have nothing to compare with. Does the level of spam leaking through the filter now seem excessive? Is it more or less than in June and July? Thanks, Skip Montanaro Over the last 24 hours, I think

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread Steven D'Aprano
each day), though I wasn't actively reading comp.lang.python/python-list@python.org before I took over the task, so I have nothing to compare with. Does the level of spam leaking through the filter now seem excessive? Is it more or less than in June and July? I don't have any objective numbers

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread MRAB
to be at a reasonable level as far as I can tell (I see a few spams leak through each day), though I wasn't actively reading comp.lang.python/[EMAIL PROTECTED] before I took over the task, so I have nothing to compare with.  Does the level of spam leaking through the filter now seem excessive

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread Tim Rowe
2008/9/26 Steven D'Aprano [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't have any objective numbers, but subjectively it seems to me that the number of spams is significantly higher, but not so high as to be a major nuisance. I consider *any* spam to be a major nuisance, but I don't see them as being the fault

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread Aaron Castironpi Brady
On Sep 26, 11:43 am, Tim Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/9/26 Steven D'Aprano [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't have any objective numbers, but subjectively it seems to me that the number of spams is significantly higher, but not so high as to be a major nuisance. I consider *any* spam to be

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread nntpman68
(or perlable) news reader running under windows / cygwin or any way (under WIN XP) to use scripts to filter newsgroups for Thunderbird? - I'm annoyed by any spam. It's tough to find good rules, but the incoming spams that I see currently on comp.lang.python have certain criteas. - most email

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread Terry Reedy
'. Improvements are appreciated here. It's tough to find good rules, but the incoming spams that I see currently on comp.lang.python have certain criteas. - most email addresses from gmail. - all never posted before and then they have multiple posts within a few minutes / seconds - the posts always

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread Aaron Castironpi Brady
day), though I wasn't actively reading comp.lang.python/[EMAIL PROTECTED] before I took over the task, so I have nothing to compare with.  Does the level of spam leaking through the filter now seem excessive?  Is it more or less than in June and July? Thanks, Skip Montanaro

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread skip
Aaron Is there such a thing as an open-source spam filter? That way Aaron any time anyone had spare time and got annoyed, they could dump a Aaron short snippet of code into the grinder. Yes: http://spambayes.sf.net/ though I think your model of how it works probably needs a bit of

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-09-26, nntpman68 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hm, I guess you just filter mailing lists and can do nothing about the newsgroup if I'm fetching via the nntp server of my ISP itself, right? I read the group via NNTP, and I find that blocking all articles posted from google.groups gets rid

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread George Sakkis
On Sep 26, 9:30 pm, Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2008-09-26, nntpman68 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hm, I guess you just filter mailing lists and can do nothing about the newsgroup if I'm fetching via the nntp server of my ISP itself, right? I read the group via NNTP, and I

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread Aaron Castironpi Brady
On Sep 26, 9:09 pm, George Sakkis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 26, 9:30 pm, Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2008-09-26, nntpman68 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hm, I guess you just filter mailing lists and can do nothing about the newsgroup if I'm fetching via the nntp

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread skip
I read the group via NNTP, and I find that blocking all articles posted from google.groups gets rid of all of the spam. ... along with a far from trivial (I guess) percentage of non-spam, such as this post. Aaron Every method has false positives, George.

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread Ben Finney
George Sakkis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sep 26, 9:30 pm, Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read the group via NNTP, and I find that blocking all articles posted from google.groups gets rid of all of the spam. ... along with a far from trivial (I guess) percentage of non-spam,

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-09-27, George Sakkis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 26, 9:30 pm, Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2008-09-26, nntpman68 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hm, I guess you just filter mailing lists and can do nothing about the newsgroup if I'm fetching via the nntp server of my

Re: Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

2008-09-26 Thread Aaron Castironpi Brady
On Sep 26, 9:33 pm, Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: George Sakkis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sep 26, 9:30 pm, Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read the group via NNTP, and I find that blocking all articles posted from google.groups gets rid of all of the spam. ... along

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2008-08-14 Thread Dick . Rutter
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2008-06-05 Thread dev
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Abuse in comp.lang.python

2008-04-28 Thread Torsten Bronger
Path: uni-berlin.de!fu-berlin.de!postnews.google.com!f63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: the pink patch Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:52:20 -0700 (PDT) Lines: 10 Organization: http://groups.google.com

Re: C++ equivalent of comp.lang.python?

2008-01-06 Thread Leo Jay
On Jan 4, 2008 1:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hopefully this isn't too OT. One thing I like about comp.lang.python is the breadth of topics discussed here. People can ask about Python installation and configuration issues on specific platforms, compare third party libraries, ask

Re: C++ equivalent of comp.lang.python?

2008-01-04 Thread Fredrik Lundh
on C++, then I doubt the folks at comp.lang.python can. I suggest you abandon C++ and try Python, Java, or Ada. note that for his specific example, we would of course direct him to the relevant portions of the CPython source code. /F -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

C++ equivalent of comp.lang.python?

2008-01-03 Thread brzrkr0
Hopefully this isn't too OT. One thing I like about comp.lang.python is the breadth of topics discussed here. People can ask about Python installation and configuration issues on specific platforms, compare third party libraries, ask for book recommendations, and discuss current Python projects

Re: C++ equivalent of comp.lang.python?

2008-01-03 Thread Russ P.
On Jan 3, 9:39 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hopefully this isn't too OT. One thing I like about comp.lang.python is the breadth of topics discussed here. People can ask about Python installation and configuration issues on specific platforms, compare third party libraries, ask for book

Re: 2007.comp.lang.python

2007-11-13 Thread Kay Schluehr
Is this headline a demand for Ruby style DSLs in Python? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

comp.lang.python 2007

2007-11-12 Thread ashik
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2007.comp.lang.python

2007-11-12 Thread ashik
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Searching comp.lang.python/python-list@python.org (was: UTF-8)

2007-03-10 Thread skip
comp.lang.python. That means you can visit http://groups.google.com/ and search for group:comp.lang.python utf8 2. GMane - go to http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general and search for utf8 3. Free Network Group - go

comp.lang.python Podcast - URL Change

2007-02-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unfortunately I have had to change domains. The feeds for the podcast are updated and available at: http://www.latedecember.co.uk/sites/pythonpod/ Thanks, Davy Mitchell http://www.latedecember.co.uk/sites/personal/davy/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: profanity on comp.lang.python (was Re: Pyro stability)

2006-11-09 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], skip wrote: Irmen So there. Finally back on the original subject ;-) And without satisfying Godwin's Law. Pretty good. Which was very hard with all those language nazis out there. Ooops… SCNR, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch --

Re: profanity on comp.lang.python (was Re: Pyro stability)

2006-11-09 Thread Paul Boddie
Cliff Wells wrote: But of course not everyone is a double-edged sword that can just as easily be turned against either party. If we limit ourselves to saying what is going to be the most palatable for the widest audience we will most likely find ourselves confined to discussing the weather.

profanity on comp.lang.python (was Re: Pyro stability)

2006-11-08 Thread Beliavsky
Cliff Wells wrote: On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 18:20 -0800, Beliavsky wrote: Carl J. Van Arsdall wrote: snip Pyro is fucking amazing and has been a great help to a couple of our projects. You should watch your language in a forum with thousands of readers. The LA Times had a story

Re: profanity on comp.lang.python (was Re: Pyro stability)

2006-11-08 Thread skip
Beliavsky English is a rich language, and there are better ways of Beliavsky doing that. aahz Oh, gimme a fucking break. I'm with Beliavsky on this one. I can't see any particular reason to curse in a forum such as c.l.py. It just coarsens the discussion with no obvious positive

Re: profanity on comp.lang.python (was Re: Pyro stability)

2006-11-08 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 06:49 -0800, Beliavsky wrote: Cliff Wells wrote: The LA Times had a story that claimed that 64% of U.S. citizens use the word fuck and that 74% of us have heard it in public (I'll assume the remainder are your fellow AOL users). I expect extrapolating these results

Re: profanity on comp.lang.python (was Re: Pyro stability)

2006-11-08 Thread BartlebyScrivener
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm with Beliavsky on this one. I can't see any particular reason to curse in a forum such as c.l.py. It just coarsens the discussion with no obvious positive benefit as far as I can see. All true. But it's like picking your nose. Yes, it's bad manners in public,

Re: profanity on comp.lang.python (was Re: Pyro stability)

2006-11-08 Thread Carl J. Van Arsdall
BartlebyScrivener wrote: Chaz Ginger wrote: it is supposed to be about PYTHON. Get it? I agree. And Python is an extremely serious matter calling for decorum and propriety. Lol, is it really now? And I suppose its your definition of decorum and not mine right? Things like

Re: profanity on comp.lang.python (was Re: Pyro stability)

2006-11-08 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 10:12 -0800, Carl J. Van Arsdall wrote: BartlebyScrivener wrote: I agree. And Python is an extremely serious matter calling for decorum and propriety. Lol, is it really now? And I suppose its your definition of decorum and not mine right? Things like that are

Re: profanity on comp.lang.python (was Re: Pyro stability)

2006-11-08 Thread olsongt
BartlebyScrivener wrote: Chaz Ginger wrote: it is supposed to be about PYTHON. Get it? I agree. And Python is an extremely serious matter calling for decorum and propriety. Don't say fuck, ni, peng, or ni-wom. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_who_say_Ni rd Does using foobar in

Re: profanity on comp.lang.python (was Re: Pyro stability)

2006-11-08 Thread Carl J. Van Arsdall
Cliff Wells wrote: On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 10:12 -0800, Carl J. Van Arsdall wrote: BartlebyScrivener wrote: I agree. And Python is an extremely serious matter calling for decorum and propriety. Lol, is it really now? And I suppose its your definition of decorum and

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