RE: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-30 Thread Neru Yume
I did not sign up for this. ;_; -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-30 Thread Temia Eszteri
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Xah Lee xah...@gmail.com wrote: jason, are you trolling me, or me you? Am I Turing dreaming I am a machine, or a machine dreaming I am Turing? Personally, I've never Turred. ChrisA Turing got a pretty shit deal for all the great things he did - odds are a

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 29Apr2012 02:49, Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote: | On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:55:42 -0700, Xah Lee wrote: | Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days | | Quote from man apt-get: | | remove | remove is identical to install except that packages

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread John O'Hagan
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:55:42 -0700 (PDT) Xah Lee xah...@gmail.com wrote: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days Quote from man apt-get: remove remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Translation

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Xah. In comp.emacs Xah Lee xah...@gmail.com wrote: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days Quote from man apt-get: remove remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Translation: kicking kicking

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Kiuhnm
On 4/28/2012 23:55, Xah Lee wrote: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days Quote from man apt-get: remove remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Translation: kicking kicking is identical to kissing

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Jason Earl
On Sat, Apr 28 2012, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:55:42 -0700, Xah Lee wrote: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days Quote from man apt-get: remove remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Jason Earl je...@notengoamigos.org wrote: It is considerably worse than that.  If you look at what the documentation for apt-get actually says, instead of just the badly mangled version that Xah shares you would realize that the post was basically a bald-face

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Xah Lee
On Apr 29, 7:43 pm, Jason Earl je...@notengoamigos.org wrote: On Sat, Apr 28 2012, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:55:42 -0700, Xah Lee wrote: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days Quote from man apt-get:     remove         remove is identical to install

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Temia Eszteri
jason, are you trolling me, or me you? ? Xah Depends on what you classify as trolling these days. In all honesty, the original concept of trolling seems to have become a lost art, with only a few people even knowing what the act actually was anymore, and in its absence everyone seems to draw

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Xah Lee xah...@gmail.com wrote: jason, are you trolling me, or me you? Am I Turing dreaming I am a machine, or a machine dreaming I am Turing? Personally, I've never Turred. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-28 Thread Xah Lee
Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days Quote from man apt-get: remove remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Translation: kicking kicking is identical to kissing except that receiver is kicked

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-28 Thread Temia Eszteri
And what does this have to do with a multiplatform language like Python? :P ~Temia -- When on earth, do as the earthlings do. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-28 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Temia Eszteri lamial...@cleverpun.com wrote: And what does this have to do with a multiplatform language like Python? :P Nothing. Xah Lee is a professional troll. You can save yourself some trouble by ignoring his posts altogether. ChrisA --

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-28 Thread Temia Eszteri
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Temia Eszteri lamial...@cleverpun.com wrote: And what does this have to do with a multiplatform language like Python? :P Nothing. Xah Lee is a professional troll. You can save yourself some trouble by ignoring his posts altogether. ChrisA Professional? He's

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-28 Thread Andrew Berg
On 4/28/2012 6:45 PM, Temia Eszteri wrote: Professional? He's boring! I agree. Ranting Rick is much more entertaining (usually). -- CPython 3.2.3/3.3.0a2 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17790 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days

2012-04-28 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:55:42 -0700, Xah Lee wrote: Learn Technical Writing from Unix Man in 10 Days Quote from man apt-get: remove remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Do you also expect the documentation to define