In disGuiodoise?

Alf P. Steinbach

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Apr 4, 2010, 12:14:06 PM4/4/10

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* ratingrick:
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> A while back i had wondered why Guido never posts to c.l.py anymore.
> Was it because he thinks himself better than us, no, it's because of
> the "low-brow-infantile-Jerry-Springer-ish-nature" that this list has
> imploded into.

Perhaps Guido provides subtle guidance under some unrecognized nick?

"He walks among you, and you don't recognize him" - Old jungle proverb

Hm, interesting Google results for that phrase.

Cheers,

- Alf

Patrick Maupin

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Apr 4, 2010, 1:06:31 PM4/4/10

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On Apr 4, 11:14 am, "Alf P. Steinbach" <al...@start.no> wrote:
> "He walks among you, and you don't recognize him" - Old jungle proverb
>
> Hm, interesting Google results for that phrase.

Interesting self-promotion :-)

http://www.google.com/#q=%22He+walks+among+you,+and+you+don%27t+recognize+him%22&hl=en&safe=off&filter=0&fp=a2bb30ecf4f91972

Alf P. Steinbach

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Apr 4, 2010, 1:06:18 PM4/4/10

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* Patrick Maupin:

> On Apr 4, 11:14 am, "Alf P. Steinbach" <al...@start.no> wrote:
>> "He walks among you, and you don't recognize him" - Old jungle proverb
>>
>> Hm, interesting Google results for that phrase.
>
> Interesting self-promotion :-)

No, I'm not Guido.

Cheers,

- Alf

MRAB

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Apr 4, 2010, 1:47:24 PM4/4/10

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That's exactly what the true Guido would say! :-)

John Nagle

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Apr 4, 2010, 2:59:40 PM4/4/10

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Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
> * ratingrick:
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>> A while back i had wondered why Guido never posts to c.l.py anymore.
>> Was it because he thinks himself better than us, no, it's because of
>> the "low-brow-infantile-Jerry-Springer-ish-nature" that this list has
>> imploded into.

Maybe Google is making him do some real work.

John Nagle

Emile van Sebille

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Apr 4, 2010, 2:53:56 PM4/4/10

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On 4/4/2010 9:14 AM Alf P. Steinbach said...

> * ratingrick:
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>> A while back i had wondered why Guido never posts to c.l.py anymore.

As I recall, about the time of the 1.6/2.0 schism (2000?) the primary
developers split off as python had grown to the point where there was
enough new user support, and the traffic volume was seen as too much
noise to get meaningful work done.

Emile

r

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Apr 4, 2010, 7:05:37 PM4/4/10

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On Apr 4, 11:14 am, "Alf P. Steinbach" <al...@start.no> wrote:
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> Perhaps Guido provides subtle guidance under some unrecognized nick?
> "He walks among you, and you don't recognize him" - Old jungle proverb

Ah yes i have often wondered who could it be? I have a few good
suspects who could be Guido's sock-puppets. Although i don't know
Guido's personality enough to pick him out of the crowd. If it were
you i would be happy! Some of the other suspects are quite annoying,
but their knowledge level and self righteousness seem to be so
overwhelming. So finding out that they are Guido would be a
disappointment. But again i don't know Guido so it would be hard for
me to say...?

""" The White Wizard is cunning. He walks here and there they say, as
an old man, hooded and cloaked... And everywhere his spies slip past
our nets!"""

However i have also considered that maybe *all* the "well knowns" are
in fact the many colorful personalities of Guido.

* When he's in the mood for fire breathing debate and cunning
undermining he fires up the SD'A account.
* When he's feeling vindictive he drops one-line poop bombs from
Alex23.
* if someone announces a new module without documenting it he fires
off troll feeds from mensenator.
* When he's feeling nice he uses Chris Rebert.
* If he feeling like spreading propaganda he fires up the George
Sakkis or Bruno Desthuilliers.
* If he wants to feel stately he masquerades as Steve Holden (although
lately we've seen the grumpy side of this personality).
* And last but not least when he feels like trolling on a grandiose
scale he posts to c.l.lisp, c.p.ruby, and c.l.python, and five other
sites as xah lee.

Heck i may be the only non-Guido "regular" here! ;-)

PS: Sorry if i left anyone out.

Steven D'Aprano

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Apr 4, 2010, 7:58:26 PM4/4/10

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I AM SPARTACUS^W GUIDO!

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Martin P. Hellwig

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Apr 5, 2010, 6:20:36 AM4/5/10

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On 04/05/10 00:05, r wrote:
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> However i have also considered that maybe *all* the "well knowns" are
> in fact the many colorful personalities of Guido.
>

<knip>

De vraag is dan natuurlijk of al zijn persoonlijkheden nog steeds
nederlands machtig zijn.

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News123

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Apr 5, 2010, 7:48:15 AM4/5/10

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Good sock puppets would at least pretend to understand no Dutch even if
they would.

N

Andreas Waldenburger

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Apr 5, 2010, 9:39:30 AM4/5/10

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Is that in reference to the contents of Martins comment, in whatever
language that was? Because I, for one, don't understand a word of it.

/W

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News123

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Apr 5, 2010, 4:03:00 PM4/5/10

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Yes indeed:

Freely (and as far as I understand) translated:
"Question is of course whether all his personalities would still be
knowledgable in dutch"

Bruno Desthuilliers

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Apr 6, 2010, 4:35:57 AM4/6/10

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r a écrit :
(snip)

> * If he feeling like spreading propaganda he fires up the George
> Sakkis or Bruno Desthuilliers.

???

Thought most of my posts here were mostly in the "lame joke" category,
with perhaps sometimes a more technical contribution, but "propaganda" ???

I think you're confusing me with someone else...

Andreas Waldenburger

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Apr 6, 2010, 6:03:21 PM4/6/10

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Sigh, again text-based communication proves insufficient.

I guess I should have included a ;) in my post. Sorry. Thanks for your
time though. :)

/W

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