From: Lie Ryan on
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
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
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
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
>
> 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...


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