Victor Subervi wrote: > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Steve Holden, Chairman, PSF > <chair...@python.org <mailto:chair...@python.org>> wrote: > > Well, if we were looking for arrogance we could easily interpret that > last statement as such. Please remember that although we are mainly > left-brain types on this list some of us do have artistic and musical > skills. Some people will therefore probably be closer to your conception > than you anticipate (though I confess I am unlikely to be one of them). > > > Go here: > http://logos.13gems.com/ > if you really want to understand what I mean. It's not arrogance. It's > the recognition that I simply haven't met anyone who can penetrate what > I've discovered, even though I prove it factually, and it requires heavy > right-brain functionality. Even that book is but a glimpse into what > I've seen. > > Tim is correct, the Python list is a pretty friendly place as far as > netiquette standards go, and I am happy this thread didn't just turn > into ugly name calling (which it could have with a less adult approach > by the participants). > > > Good work, Steve! Two cheers! BTW, since I see I'm dealing with the > chairman of this organization, many years ago I got booted off this list > because (apparently) whoever was in charge of the list at that time > decided to boot me off when the people running the Zope list booted me > off, apparently because of my difficulties with programming. I didn't > deserve to be booted off the Zope list, much less this one! Ever since > then, I've been signing up under different pseudonames, the latest of > which is "Victor Subervi". My legal name (changed to) is actually > "beno". I would prefer to re-sign up under that. May I? If not, I'll put > Victor out of his misery and create another fictitious character. Silly > game I've had to play. Indeed, the whole concept of booting people off > lists is absurd on its face. The approach I see in your post indicates a > much more practical approach based in a profound level of maturity. Let > me know. > beno
I'm not aware that the python-list is subject to that kind of censorship. I don't see why you can't subscribe under any name you want, and I'm certainly not aware of any banning mechanism. However, you over-estimate the powers of the PSF chairman if you think I have anything to do with who gets to use the mailing list and who doesn't ... regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 PyCon is coming! Atlanta, Feb 2010 http://us.pycon.org/ Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ UPCOMING EVENTS: http://holdenweb.eventbrite.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list