# A cautionary tale **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 28, 2007, 12:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-cautionary-tale/115772 "2007-09-28T12:34:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sijomo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sijomo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijomo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 12:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-cautionary-tale/115772/1 "2007-09-28T12:34:44Z")
Hi All, I’ve been on this list since 2005 and have always wondered why none of my (few) post have had responses. Were the questions I was asking really that misguided / boring / obvious? As I’ve got more and more familiar with Ruby I’ve also posted solutions and comments to already present threads (again never with any response, reference or comment). I’ve just realised that a combination of changing my “from:” in gmail to be the same as my “reply-to:” a long while ago and some degree of overactivity of the gmail spam filters means that none of my posts have ever made it to the list and I’ve never seen the response from ruby-talk-admin saying that I’m not subscribed… I am _officially_ an arse… haha! So, expect a couple of posts from me today… 🙂 Cheers SM ---
**Author:** ![sijomo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sijomo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijomo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-cautionary-tale/115772/2 "2007-09-28T13:14:37Z")
> So, expect a couple of posts from me today… > > 🙂 pong. 🙂 Well, good work for discovering you were in a singularity, and climbing out. ---
**Author:** ![sijomo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sijomo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijomo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-cautionary-tale/115772/3 "2007-09-28T13:31:34Z")
On 9/28/07, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > So, expect a couple of posts from me today… > > > > 🙂 > > pong. > > 🙂 Well, good work for discovering you were in a singularity, and > climbing out. > Like Beverly did from a shrinking universe, remember that one? Anyway welcome to the list 🙂 Robert ---
**Author:** ![sijomo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sijomo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijomo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-cautionary-tale/115772/4 "2007-09-28T20:28:37Z")
Robert D. wrote: > Like Beverly did from a shrinking universe, remember that one? “Computer, describe the nature of the universe.” “The universe is a spheroid mass approximately 1200km in diameter.” ---
**Author:** ![sijomo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sijomo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijomo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-cautionary-tale/115772/5 "2007-09-28T20:53:13Z")
On 9/28/07, Reid T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > [NOVA Online | Runaway Universe | How Big is the Universe?](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/howbig.html) Do you believe they know better than the computer equipping the enterprise, c’on 😉 R. ---
**Author:** ![sijomo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sijomo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijomo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-cautionary-tale/115772/6 "2007-09-28T20:32:40Z")
On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 03:28 +0900, Daniel L. wrote: > Robert D. wrote: > > > Like Beverly did from a shrinking universe, remember that one? > > “Computer, describe the nature of the universe.” > > “The universe is a spheroid mass approximately 1200km in diameter.” [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/howbig.html](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/howbig.html)