On Monday, December 9, 2013 9:55:19 PM UTC+5:30, rusi wrote: > On Monday, December 9, 2013 9:14:08 PM UTC+5:30, Travis Griggs wrote: > > As long as we’re in full scale rant drift, I’d like to remind others > > of the time honored tradition of changing the post subject, when, > > er, uh, the subject changes. Because this obviously is not > > "programming help" anymore.
> I believe you are missing what's actually at issue here. > Lets just look at this thread: > New poster asks help for a homework problem without saying so > Different list members express concern/annoyance with this > [NO technological (3 different technologies) issues here yet] > This -- annoyance+answers -- continues for while until it morphs into > GG-annoyance > The *context* of the earlier annoyance -- kid asking for homework help > without clearly saying so -- is lost in the GG annoyance. > Now GG is clearly annoying > As are kids who ask for homework help without saying so > ¿¿Whats the connection?? I should have mentioned/asked: Are you using Google Groups to post? Your post suffers from one of GG's annoyances – long lines. If you are using it then I wonder about the *content* of your complaint If you are not – and the *form* of your post still has a classic-GG nuisance – then it weakens the anti-GG case. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list