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From: Lie Ryan on 23 Feb 2010 21:22 On 02/24/10 12:38, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:06:09 +0100, Daniel Fetchinson wrote: > >>> Hmm. I wonder if all the spam is coming from the NG side. I'll have >>> to look at that. One of the reasons that I stopped reading UseNet over >>> ten years ago was because of the diminishinig S/N ratio. I have always >>> felt that it was a mistake to gateway this group. >> >> And this has to do with python programming in what way? > > > I think the question of whether or not comp.lang.python is being spammed, > and if so, what we can do about it, is a good question to raise on > comp.lang.python. > > Where else do you think it should be discussed? comp.lang.python.spam_prevention_discussion
From: Robert Kern on 23 Feb 2010 21:52 On 2010-02-23 20:22 , Lie Ryan wrote: > On 02/24/10 12:38, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:06:09 +0100, Daniel Fetchinson wrote: >> >>>> Hmm. I wonder if all the spam is coming from the NG side. I'll have >>>> to look at that. One of the reasons that I stopped reading UseNet over >>>> ten years ago was because of the diminishinig S/N ratio. I have always >>>> felt that it was a mistake to gateway this group. >>> >>> And this has to do with python programming in what way? >> >> >> I think the question of whether or not comp.lang.python is being spammed, >> and if so, what we can do about it, is a good question to raise on >> comp.lang.python. >> >> Where else do you think it should be discussed? > > comp.lang.python.spam_prevention_discussion Which doesn't exist and never will. Sorry, but meta-discussions about the group are typically on-topic for all groups with some few exceptions (e.g. non-discussion, binary-only groups with associated .d groups, for instance). -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco
From: Grant Edwards on 23 Feb 2010 23:09 On 2010-02-24, Robert Kern <robert.kern(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> comp.lang.python.spam_prevention_discussion > > Which doesn't exist and never will. Sorry, but > meta-discussions about the group are typically on-topic for > all groups with some few exceptions (e.g. non-discussion, > binary-only groups with associated .d groups, for instance). Since now we are discussing meta-discussions, is this now a meta-meta-discussion? -- Grant
From: Robert Kern on 24 Feb 2010 10:57 On 2010-02-23 22:09 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2010-02-24, Robert Kern<robert.kern(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>> comp.lang.python.spam_prevention_discussion >> >> Which doesn't exist and never will. Sorry, but >> meta-discussions about the group are typically on-topic for >> all groups with some few exceptions (e.g. non-discussion, >> binary-only groups with associated .d groups, for instance). > > Since now we are discussing meta-discussions, is this now a > meta-meta-discussion? If you like, but I tend to interpret "meta-" as idempotent. It's easier on my aspirin budget. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco
From: BJ Swope on 24 Feb 2010 22:34
> > If you like, but I tend to interpret "meta-" as idempotent. It's easier on > my aspirin budget. > > -- > Robert Kern And here I thought it was little blue pills for idempotentcy... ---- Life is a sexually transmitted disease with a 100% fatality rate. -- brazzy Auburn fans are like slinkys... not really good for anything but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs. To argue that honorable conduct is only required against an honorable enemy degrades the Americans who must carry out the orders. -- Charles Krulak, Former Commandant of the Marine Corps We are all slave to our own paradigm. -- Joshua Williams If the letters PhD appear after a person's name, that person will remain outdoors even after it's started raining. -- Jeff Kay |