# The average Ruby ML Contributor

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-average-ruby-ml-contributor/109929>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 20, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-average-ruby-ml-contributor/109929 "2007-07-20T11:29:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flatekmonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-average-ruby-ml-contributor/109929/1 "2007-07-20T11:29:23Z")

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## Hmm this did not pass uncompressed, maybe it is ok compressed…

Hi

I was trying to upload a PDF report summarizing language backgrounds  
and locations of the ML Contributors, that report has a size of 26k.

In pure text form this data is quite unreadable.

Would there be a possibility to let this pass?

I’d appreciate.

Thx in advance

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**Author:** ![flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flatekmonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-average-ruby-ml-contributor/109929/2 "2007-07-20T15:27:19Z")

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On 7/20/07, Robert D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I was trying to upload a PDF report summarizing language backgrounds  
> and locations of the ML Contributors, that report has a size of 26k.

What’s that? You’re collecting all of our information?

Would you like my blood type as well?

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**Author:** ![flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flatekmonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-average-ruby-ml-contributor/109929/3 "2007-07-20T15:43:20Z")

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On Jul 20, 2007, at 8:26 AM, Sy Ali wrote:

> What’s that? You’re collecting all of our information?

There is an ongoing thread on the ruby-talk mailing list (subject  
line “Taking the bull by its horns”) where people are volunteering  
all sorts of information about themselves, and Robert’s report is  
presumably based on that. If you contributed to that thread, then  
yes, he has “collected” that information – as have the numerous web  
sites and search engines that mirror the contents of this mailing list.

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**Author:** ![flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flatekmonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-average-ruby-ml-contributor/109929/4 "2007-07-21T01:07:14Z")

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You mean - no image map on a spinning globe (or in Google Earth) with  
little push pins illustrating out geo-location?

No USA-Today style charts showing language experience?

No standard deviations graphs for ages?

Sheez!!

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**Author:** ![flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flatekmonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 10:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-average-ruby-ml-contributor/109929/5 "2007-07-21T10:11:59Z")

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On 7/20/07, Todd B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> You mean - no image map on a spinning globe (or in Google Earth) with  
> little push pins illustrating out geo-location?  
> No ☹
> 
> No USA-Today style charts showing language experience?  
> Neither ☹
> 
> No standard deviations graphs for ages?  
> A complete loss ☹
> 
> Sheez!!  
> I feel with you 😉
> 
> –  
> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).

I know I did a bad job, but had you tell the others ?  
Robert

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**Author:** ![flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flatekmonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-average-ruby-ml-contributor/109929/6 "2007-07-20T23:59:23Z")

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On 7/20/07, Lyle J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> sites and search engines that mirror the contents of this mailing list.  
> And furthermore there are no names, no addresses nothing which  
> identifies a person, only average age, locations and computer  
> languages.  
> Please have a look at the report yourself.

Sorry if I scared you, I had used a disclaimer explaining this before,  
it got somehow lost in this final post.

Cheers  
Robert

P.S.  
concerning the blood, no, not for me thanks, but donate once in a  
while anyway can save lives 😉  
R.

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**Author:** ![flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flatekmonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-average-ruby-ml-contributor/109929/7 "2007-07-21T14:32:25Z")

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2007/7/21, Robert D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> > Sheez!!  
> > I feel with you 😉
> 
> I know I did a bad job, but had you tell the others ?

🙂 Btw, interesting math you’re doing there…

Cheers

robert