On 2013-09-30, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > You actually need the tool that was used on King Edward >>>> > II. >>> >>> To be clear, Mark, you are calling for ?????????? to be >>> tortured to death with a red hot poker, yes? >>> >>> I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that such a >>> suggestion is outside what people generally consider >>> acceptable on this list. >> >> It's reassuring that even a guy like Nikos has his White >> Knights. > > Ahoy! Ahoy! Check! > > Actually, it's more that even those of us who will put him down > verbally don't actually want to see him tortured to death. I've > strongly recommended that he either shape up or ship out (learn to > code or get out of programming as a business), but that doesn't in any > way mean I would rejoice at his death.
This makes perfect sense. It's be sort of like being one of the police in Dallas protecting Oswald; it's from a sense of duty, rather than a generally sincere love. > But he is annoying. Very annoying. And I completely understand > the frustration that leads people to want him to suffer great > pain. I don't want him to suffer great pain, but it would please me if it were possible to annoy him in some way. Like maybe with the sound of a mosquito. BZZZZ! BzzzzzZZZZZ! -- Neil Cerutti -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list