On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:35:54 -0500, Steve Holden wrote: > On 12/20/2010 12:54 PM, mpnordland wrote: >> I give up, I will never try to use a usenet group again. For the ones >> of you who tried to help thank you. You helped to identify some of my >> troubles, as for you @usernet, you are a troll > > Don't give up after one experience. Usenet can be really useful as long > as you know who to listen to and who to ignore ...
More importantly, Usenet can be very useful so long as you know how to ask smart questions. If you insist on asking stupid questions, you will rapidly get disillusioned: people will either ignore you, abuse you, or give you helpful advice that you don't want to hear. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list