[Chicago] ChiPy Announcement *only* list

Garrett Smith g at rrett.us.com
Tue Aug 26 21:32:46 CEST 2008


Whoever's moderating this list (chicago at python.org), I have an announcement for a beer night (this wed or thurs) that's being held up for some reason. Could you take a look?


----- "Carl Karsten" <carl at personnelware.com> wrote:

> sheila miguez wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Martin Maney <maney at two14.net>
> wrote:
> > 
> >> [style note for Carl:  see, I had had '"real"' there at first, but
> you
> >> don't need the scare quotes to understand that usage, do you? 
> they
> >> just made it look silly, and provided an unnecessary opportunity
> for
> >> some sensitive (or belligerent) soul to take offense...]
> > 
> > omit needless!
> 
> I see no needless to omit?
> 
> The fact that the initial version was '"real"' should show that it is
> optimal. 
> I don't see how dumbing it down makes it more informative.  But you
> are right, I 
> did understand you to mean '"real"' and not 'real'.  Feel free to stop
> using 
> periods at the end of sentences two - Eye can probably figure out what
> ewe average.
> 
> Carl K
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