Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:16:42 -0400, Zero Piraeus wrote:

> :
> 
>> Steven, i can create a normal user account for you and copy files.py
>> into your home folder if you want to take a look from within.
> 
> Nikos, please, DO NOT DO THIS.
> 
> It must be clear to you that Steven is *much* more experienced than you.
> Your presumptions about what he can and can't do with the access you
> give him are therefore not much more than uninformed guesswork.
> 
> You have already been give a lesson about trusting the care of your (and
> by extension your clients) resources to people you don't know, and
> Chris, who gave you that lesson, is telling you that the course of
> action you propose is unwise.
> 
> Steven has given every impression, over a long period, of being one of
> the good guys, but *you don't know him*, and *you don't have any kind of
> legal agreement with him* that would protect you should he turn out to
> be malicious[1].
> 
> Given what's already happened to you, it would be the height of
> irresponsibility to continue as you propose. If I were one of your
> clients and I found out about it, I'd be seriously considering legal
> action against you for gross negligence.
> 
>  -[]z.
> 
> [1] Steven, I don't intend any insinuations about your character, as I'm
> sure you realise.

Curses! My cunning plan has been discovered!

1. Spend about 10 years helping people learn Python for free.

2. Lull them into a false sense of security.

3. Get somebody in Greece to give me access to his web server.

5. Profit!


*wink*


No offence taken.



-- 
Steven