What happened to NASA at Python? :(

[r]

The Python home page no longer sports a promotion from NASA. What
happened, did we lose NASA. Where did they go?

 

[Benjamin Peterson]

The Python home page no longer sports a promotion from NASA. What
happened, did we lose NASA. Where did they go?

The python.org guys just decided it would be nice to have some
different graphics.

 

[skip]

The python.org guys just decided it would be nice to have some
different graphics.

In fact, graphics were added for several organizations. I believe they will
be chosen randomly. NASA is still there.

 

[r]

In fact, graphics were added for several organizations.  I believe they will
be chosen randomly.  NASA is still there.

--http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Whew! Thats good news, i thought we had lost their support.

 

[Mensanator]

r <rt8396 <at> gmail.com> writes:




The python.org guys just decided it would be nice to have some
different graphics.

If they were so keen on new graphics, why did 2.6 revert
to the same icons that 2.4 used? (At least they did on my
machine. After installing 2.6, I no longer had the new
2.5 icons but had reverted to the earlier ones.)

 

[Michele Simionato]

Whew! Thats good news, i thought we had lost their support.

That's pretty much impossible. I am sure NASA uses all programming
languages in existence,
plus probably many internal ones we never heard of.

 

[Mikael Olofsson]

In fact, graphics were added for several organizations. I believe they will
be chosen randomly. NASA is still there.

In that case, they must be using the random number generator from
Dilbert. You know, the one that said 9, 9, 9, 9,...

I, at least, get the same parking lot graphics every time I reload the page.

/MiO

 

[Dotan Cohen]

I, at least, get the same parking lot graphics every time I reload the page.
If you click "and more" link, you will come to a page of success
stories, one of which is this:
http://python.org/about/success/usa/

It is not as prominent as the earlier Nasa logo, though.

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[skip]

Can you be more specific? Is this a Windows thing? Did you submit a bug
report?

 

[skip]

MiO> In that case, they must be using the random number generator from
MiO> Dilbert. You know, the one that said 9, 9, 9, 9,...

Sorry, randomly chosen whenever the front page is rebuilt by one of the web
gnomes. It's not chosen randomly on each page fetch.

Skip

 

[r]

That's pretty much impossible. I am sure NASA uses all programming
languages in existence,
plus probably many internal ones we never heard of.

True but...

all([NASA.does_endorse(lang) for lang in NASA['languages']])

False

As the code suggests NASA doesn't sport an endorsement of X languages
on every X language's webpage, which i feel is very important for
Python's image, along with Google(Even more important!!), ILM, and
others.

I am really not worried if NASA *actually* uses Python or not(or to
what extent), just as long as they "say" they do is good enough for
me. *wink-wink*

 

[Martin v. Löwis]

The Python home page no longer sports a promotion from NASA. What

If they were so keen on new graphics, why did 2.6 revert
to the same icons that 2.4 used?

None of the people selecting the graphics had anything to do with
the icon in the 2.6 MSI file. Why are you assuming there is any
connection?

Regards,
Martin

 

[Mensanator]

None of the people selecting the graphics had anything to do with
the icon in the 2.6 MSI file. Why are you assuming there is any
connection?

No reason, I guess. "Graphics" just kind of reminded me of
it. I am usually not programming when I read this newsgroup
and usually not reading this newsgroup when I'm starting
a Python session, which is the only time I ever think of it.
I don't ever read the bug reports and don't know if it's been
reported.

And I didn't want to whine about it.

I would have thought someone would have noticed by now. Am I
the only person who uses Windows?

 

[Martin v. Löwis]

I would have thought someone would have noticed by now. Am I

the only person who uses Windows?

No, but perhaps the only person who still uses 2.6.0.

Regards,
Martin

 

[Mensanator]

No, but perhaps the only person who still uses 2.6.0.

2.6b1, actually. I suppose I ought to get the latest version.

 

[skip]

Apparently just you and the guy who built the distribution. <wink>

Skip

 

[Steve Holden]

That's pretty much impossible. I am sure NASA uses all programming
languages in existence,
plus probably many internal ones we never heard of.

True but...

all([NASA.does_endorse(lang) for lang in NASA['languages']])

False

As the code suggests NASA doesn't sport an endorsement of X languages
on every X language's webpage, which i feel is very important for
Python's image, along with Google(Even more important!!), ILM, and
others.

I am really not worried if NASA *actually* uses Python or not(or to
what extent), just as long as they "say" they do is good enough for
me. *wink-wink*

There are about 40 people supporting the Mars Lander mission using
Python and aiming for a launch window this September. Wish them luck!

That's just one of the NASA groups relying heavily on Python.

regards
Steve

 

[Steve Holden]

MiO> In that case, they must be using the random number generator from
MiO> Dilbert. You know, the one that said 9, 9, 9, 9,...

Sorry, randomly chosen whenever the front page is rebuilt by one of the web
gnomes. It's not chosen randomly on each page fetch.

Though of course it easily *could* be, and I hope it soon *will* be.

More about that in my PyCon talk ...

regards
Steve

 

[Dotan Cohen]

There are about 40 people supporting the Mars Lander mission using

Python and aiming for a launch window this September. Wish them luck!

What, exactly, are they using Python for?

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[Aahz]

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