Great Circle Associates List-Managers
(February 2003)
 

Indexed By Date: [Previous] [Next] Indexed By Thread: [Previous] [Next]

Subject: Re: [Fwd: EFF Mailing List Query]
From: J C Lawrence <claw @ kanga . nu>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 19:20:49 -0800
To: bwarsaw @ python . org (Barry A. Warsaw)
Cc: list-managers @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: Message from bwarsaw@python.org (Barry A. Warsaw) of "Tue, 25 Feb 2003 22:06:16 EST." <15964.12072.364914.86758@gargle.gargle.HOWL>
References: <4373E580-4904-11D7-B4B5-0003934516A8@plaidworks.com> <15964.12072.364914.86758@gargle.gargle.HOWL>


On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 22:06:16 -0500 
Barry A Warsaw <bwarsaw@python.org> wrote:

> Even I have false positives and negatives when I manually slog throw
> my raw inbox. :)

<the sound of breaking illusions>

The difference is that those are your fault, not your software's fault.
Subjectively there's frequently a large difference between, "My damned
computer told me the wrong thing," and "I screwed up."

-- 
J C Lawrence                
---------(*)                Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. 
claw@kanga.nu               He lived as a devil, eh?		  
http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/  Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.


Follow-Ups:
References:
Indexed By Date Previous: Re: Lurkers
From: J C Lawrence <claw@kanga.nu>
Next: Re: not about (was Re: PLEASE DO NOT CC ME ON MESSAGES TO THIS
From: Doug McNutt <douglist@macnauchtan.com>
Indexed By Thread Previous: Re: [Fwd: EFF Mailing List Query]
From: bwarsaw@python.org (Barry A. Warsaw)
Next: Re: false positives
From: Tom Neff <tneff@grassyhill.net>

Google
 
Search Internet Search www.greatcircle.com