Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> writes: > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Steven D'Aprano > <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> > Do you get worried by books if the last page doesn't include the > > phrase "The End"? These days, many movies include an extra clip > > following the credits. When the clip finishes, and the screen goes > > dark, how long do you sit waiting before you accept that the movie > > is over? > You wait for the house lights to come up. That's your ending signal. You mean people still watch movies in theatres? The house lights need to be controlled by someone who knows when the movie's end signal should be sent. What is our ending signal if we're watching it from media in our home, and no-one in the house knows when the movie ends? -- \ “The best way to get information on Usenet is not to ask a | `\ question, but to post the wrong information.” —Aahz | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
