Testing A Proxy In Python

Re:Testing A Proxy In Python by gardarh on Friday May 14, 2010 @07:57AM (#1347125)

Wow, that's great! I'm going to run that script every time I'm considering opening a browser window. Perhaps this could be a Firefox add-on that would alert you every time your internet is not working... because you might not notice it otherwise and start browsing on a broken internet.

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Re:Testing A Proxy In Python by hartror on Friday May 14, 2010 @08:19AM (#1347143)

I would suggest there are a considerable range of use cases for this, for example you could want to automatically run this on connection to a wireless network.

Your lack of the need for this script does not excuse the short sightedness of your sarcasm. And I am glad you were brave enough to sign up to use a new account to make that comment, nice to see the dominion of the Internet troll extends it's stony fist into the halls of HN.

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Re:Testing A Proxy In Python by njharman on Friday May 14, 2010 @09:07AM (#1347218)

Yes, there are a considerable range of use cases. There are also considerable use cases for many blindingly obvious/simple snippets of Python code. That does not mean they deserve to be blogged about / posted to HN / upvoted or anything other than ridiculed.

Besides it's prone to false positives such as DNS not working. So, not only is it mind boggling obvious it's flippin wrong.

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Re:Testing A Proxy In Python by jodrellblank on Friday May 14, 2010 @10:00AM (#1347340)

But they do deserve something other than ridicule (Reddi-cule?), they deserve ignoring.

A HN with either good comments or no comments sounds much better than a HN with good comments or trollish smug mocking comments. Especially since there is so much more room for poor comments than good comments, I think there's a tendency for sites to get flooded with cheap shot replies.

"One word: Salads", 4 upvotes. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1346264. Come on!

"Word": http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1346662

It's annoying.

I do it and I shouldn't be allowed to get away with it either. Cheap shot one word answer: 4 upvotes, long detailed answer: 0 votes or replies. Sigh.

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