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2005-01-01 Thread Danny Yoo
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Anna Ravenscroft wrote: > Anna Martelli Ravenscroft > 42, 2 children (13 and 11) live with their dad > Married this July to the martelli-bot (we read The Zen of Python at our > wedding!). We currently live in Bologna, Italy. Hi Anna, Congratulations! Say hi to Alex for m

Re: [Tutor] O.T.

2005-01-01 Thread Jacob S.
> In love with computers and programming since forever (well, maybe only since 1968 or so...) > Working as a professional programmer mostly since 1977. Languages I have actually been paid to > program in include It seems like forever to someone who hasn't seen before 1990. : ) > Python is a lot of

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2004-12-31 Thread Brian van den Broek
Jacob S. said unto the world upon 2004-12-27 16:31: I hate to sound weird... But who are you all, what are you're ages, what do you do, marriage status, etc? You obviously don't have to answer, I'm just curious who I'm boldly sending emails to. Jacob Schmidt P.S. I'm a student. 14 years. Play the p

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2004-12-31 Thread Michael Lange
> * Jacob S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041228 01:42]: > > But who are you all, what are you're ages, what do you do, marriage status, > > etc? 37, no kids but a girlfriend with a cat. I work at a clinical laboratory in a hospital in germany. I'm just a hobby programmer and started with python about 2

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2004-12-30 Thread Patric Michael
Hi Jacob... > But who are you all, what are you're ages, what do you do, marriage > status, etc? You obviously don't have to answer, I'm just curious who > I'm boldly sending emails to. I figure since I bit the bullet and actually posted a reply, I best answer this as well in the faint hope of w

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2004-12-30 Thread Tim Johnson
* Jacob S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041228 01:42]: > But who are you all, what are you're ages, what do you do, marriage status, > etc? I'm 55. 6 grown kids. 1 grandchild and another on the way. Been programming for 17 years, started in vax basic and assembler for the pdp-11. I've also worked as commer

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2004-12-30 Thread Andrzej Kolinski
I'm 60 years old living in Toronto in a very happy relationship with my second wife,  3 children, 2 grandchildren from the first marriage. Never programmed before hoping that I will sometimes in the (near) future. I love Python, but my problem is that I have never gone through the rigid logic of t

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2004-12-30 Thread Anna Ravenscroft
Jacob S. wrote: I hate to sound weird... Too late. ;-) Join the crowd! Anna Martelli Ravenscroft 42, 2 children (13 and 11) live with their dad Married this July to the martelli-bot (we read The Zen of Python at our wedding!). We currently live in Bologna, Italy. Started learning Python in 2002 b

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2004-12-30 Thread Ewald Ertl
Hi! I#m 33, married, 2 Children ( 9 months old girl & 3 year old boy ). We are living in the south of Burgenland in Austria. My mother tounge is german. I attended a secondary technical school studed electronics. After school I started working for a big company creating a power system control

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2004-12-29 Thread kumar s
30, Married, will soon be a dad., Live in Baltimore, U.S.A. and I am a Ph.D. student I lived in Denmark and Israel in the past as a part of my research life. Will finish my Ph.D., in Bioinformatics. Got introduced to computers at the age of 25 :-( and more happy it is not 52 :-) Programming l

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2004-12-29 Thread Roger Merchberger
Rumor has it that Bob Gailer may have mentioned these words: [snip] Programmed in more languages than I care to recall. The more interesting/arcane include Motorola 8080? Assembler and Machine language Yup - that sure is arcane -- It's either an Intel 8080 or a Motorola 6800. ;-) Me: 37, married

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2004-12-29 Thread Jeff Shannon
I'm 36, unmarried, male, and live in Seattle, Washington (USA). I've dabbled with computers and programming on and off since junior high (around 1980), but have only gotten serious about it in the last 10 years or so (almost entirely self-taught), and have only been employed in the field for a

Re: [Tutor] O.T.

2004-12-29 Thread Kent Johnson
Age 49, two children, getting divorced :-( Live in New Hampshire (US) with one daughter. In love with computers and programming since forever (well, maybe only since 1968 or so...) Working as a professional programmer mostly since 1977. Languages I have actually been paid to program in include Ass

Re: [Tutor] O.T.

2004-12-29 Thread Alan Gauld
> interested in computer science because (to me) writing programs > feels a lot like writing short stories or poetry. Hmm, given that several of the programs I've worked on have had more words in them than the bible, I'm not so sure about *short* stories. But I think I know what you mean...

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2004-12-29 Thread pcarey
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2004-12-29 Thread Robert, Andrew
04 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gonçalo Rodrigues Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:39 AM Cc: tutor@python.org Subject: Re: [Tutor] O.T. Jacob S. wrote: > I hate to sound weird... > > But who are you all, what are you'r

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2004-12-29 Thread Gonçalo Rodrigues
Jacob S. wrote: I hate to sound weird... But who are you all, what are you're ages, what do you do, marriage status, etc? You obviously don't have to answer, I'm just curious who I'm boldly sending emails to. Jacob Schmidt P.S. I'm a student. 14 years. Play the piano better than I write scripts. Si

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2004-12-29 Thread Eri Mendz
of course there's much more to Python than just clear syntax. it's powerful enough to be at par with other mainstream languages. -- Regards, erimendz - Original Message - From: "XemonerdX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tutor" Sent: Wednesday, December 29,

Re: [Tutor] O.T.

2004-12-29 Thread XemonerdX
I'm 31, male, living in the Netherlands, with the love of my life (not married tho). I work as a web developer for a small web agency, doing mostly Flash ActionScript, ColdFusion, PHP, MySQL and (X)HTML. Also involved as a moderator on several Flash communities and heavily intrigued by mathematics,

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2004-12-28 Thread Liam Clarke
I'm 23, married, 3 month old son, employed in New Zealand's social welfare department, in a totally non IT role, learning Python purely out of personal interest and a desire to stop working for New Zealand's social welfare department someday. I too climb mountains, having previously been based in

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2004-12-28 Thread Bob Gailer
I'm 64. Degrees in EE and MDiv. Career a mixture of engineering, computers, minister, teacher, Just started a new romantic relationship! Programmed in more languages than I care to recall. The more interesting/arcane include IBM 650: machine language (my first), SOAP, CLASSMATE GE 415: FORTR

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2004-12-28 Thread Alan Gauld
It was late last night and I messed up sending this. I'll try again in the cold light of day... :-( > But who are you all, what are you're ages, > what do you do, marriage status, 46, married, no kids, new house, big mortgage :-( I am an IT architect for the UK national telecomms company, BT

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2004-12-27 Thread tanja pislar
hi, ok i don't think i've ever written to this list before (although i've been a subscriber for quite some time) so here's a chance to introduce myself properly (and not sounding a complete idiot ;)) Tanya, 30, Slovenia (europe), single, student again (computer science, software engeneering) afte

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2004-12-27 Thread ææå
:) Hello I'm a postgradute student, 24 years old. May you can guess, I'm from Shanghai, China, PR., pacing on my single life studing and researching on wireless telecommunication (military products, if specified). I took up Python just one month and a half earlier, for leisure fun. I studied i

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2004-12-27 Thread Jacob S.
> Btw I'm single as well so if your sister looks like Salma Hayek please > send her my gorgeous picture. giggle,giggle,giggle... I don't know who Salma Hayek is or what she looks like, but I can almost assure you that my sister doesn't look like her. My sister is 29 as well, but I think she's had

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2004-12-27 Thread Bernard Lebel
29 years, in Montreal (Canada), friggin' geek, 3D artist and techical director. Been in 3D animation for 4 years. Use Python because it's one of the implemented langages in Softimage|XSI (a 3D software), but now use it for other stuff, generally related to 3D production. I like beer (favoring G

[Tutor] O.T.

2004-12-27 Thread Bob Gibson
Jacob: Age: 50 (ooh, I don't feel "that" old :-) Status: Married for 25 years (last Sept). Kids: 5 (all adopted) - ages: 20, 18, 6.5, 6.5, 6.5 Languages: "American" English only Programming Languages: (note, some are "forgotten" - i.e., haven't used in > 10 years) --

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2004-12-27 Thread Bud Rogers
I'm 53, married, father of two. I work for a power company. My title is systems analyst, but the work I do is mostly system administration. I've gotten a lot of mileage out of perl, mostly small ad hoc scripts for one thing or another. Just beginning serious study of python, partly because o

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2004-12-27 Thread Orri Ganel
Hello, 15, taught myself Python last year, attend high school in Maryland (USA), born in Israel, moved to Texas at 3, and to MD in 3rd grade . . . Currently learning Java in school, so those are the only languages I'm (semi)comfortable with. Orri -- Email: singingxduck AT gmail DOT com AIM: sin

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2004-12-27 Thread Guillermo Fernandez Castellanos
Hi, 26 years, single, spanish but having lived around Europe, communication systems engineer, working in Japan now for a year, going back to europe in April and looking for a job. I've done mainly network stuff, from system conception to network programming in C. I've worked in VoIP (SIP, Megaco,

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2004-12-27 Thread David Broadwell
As the sig says, I'm David Broadwell. I'm 29, 30 this July. Married in hurricane alley (Florida), with a 18 month old daughter. I'm a student as well, finishing my AA.ENGR and heading to USF for a Dual Bachelors of CS and EE. I'm instrumentally challenged as far as making music, but as far as carv

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2004-12-27 Thread John Purser
king, have some certifications in Unix and Windows. I guess my status would be "involved". Nice to meet you Jacob. John Purser -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jacob S. Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 13:31 To: tutor@python.org Subject

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2004-12-27 Thread Jason Child
Jacob S. wrote: I hate to sound weird... But who are you all, what are you're ages, what do you do, marriage status, etc? You obviously don't have to answer, I'm just curious who I'm boldly sending emails to. Jacob Schmidt P.S. I'm a student. 14 years. Play the piano better than I write scripts. Si

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2004-12-27 Thread Jacob S.
I hate to sound weird... But who are you all, what are you're ages, what do you do, marriage status, etc? You obviously don't have to answer, I'm just curious who I'm boldly sending emails to. Jacob Schmidt P.S. I'm a student. 14 years. Play the piano better than I write scripts. Single. etc. _