Steven D'Aprano ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au writes on 20 Oct 2009
05:35:18 GMT:
As far as I'm concerned, asking for help on homework without being honest
up-front about it and making an effort first, is cheating by breaking the
social contract. Anyone who rewards cheaters by giving
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:53:29 -0700, rurpy wrote:
On 10/21/2009 03:13 PM, Lie Ryan wrote:
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 10/21/2009 01:40 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
[...]
As a metaphor, which one do you think is better in the long term:
charities or microcredits?
Both of course. Why on earth
On 10/21/2009 03:13 PM, Lie Ryan wrote:
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 10/21/2009 01:40 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
[...]
As a metaphor, which one do you think is better in the long term:
charities or microcredits?
Both of course. Why on earth would anyone think there
is a simple, single, best
On 10/22/2009 12:35 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:53:29 -0700, rurpy wrote:
On 10/21/2009 03:13 PM, Lie Ryan wrote:
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 10/21/2009 01:40 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
[...]
As a metaphor, which one do you think is better in the long term:
charities or
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Dieter Maurer die...@handshake.de wrote:
Steven D'Aprano ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au writes on 20 Oct
2009 05:35:18 GMT:
As far as I'm concerned, asking for help on homework without being honest
up-front about it and making an effort first, is
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Dieter Maurer die...@handshake.de wrote:
Steven D'Aprano ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au writes on 20 Oct 2009
05:35:18 GMT:
As far as I'm concerned, asking for help on homework without being honest
up-front about it and making an effort first, is
On 10/22/2009 02:24 AM, Andre Engels wrote:
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Dieter Maurer die...@handshake.de wrote:
Steven D'Aprano ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au writes on 20 Oct
2009 05:35:18 GMT:
As far as I'm concerned, asking for help on homework without being honest
up-front
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
1) It may look like a homework problem to you but it
probably isn't.
Seehttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8ac6db43b09fdc92
Homework comes in many forms - school driven homework should be
treated the same as self driven research, IMO. You're not doing
On 10/20/2009 11:48 AM, Falcolas wrote:
On Oct 20, 11:18 am, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
Why *not* answering a question in comp.lang.python
because you think it is homework is BAD.
I got a little over-hyperbolic above and muddied the waters.
More accurately, this should have been, Why insisting
On Oct 20, 11:18 am, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
Why *not* answering a question in comp.lang.python
because you think it is homework is BAD.
1) It may look like a homework problem to you but it
probably isn't.
Seehttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8ac6db43b09fdc92
Homework
On 10/21/2009 01:40 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
1) It may look like a homework problem to you but it
probably isn't.
Seehttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8ac6db43b09fdc92
Homework comes in many forms - school driven homework should be
treated the same as
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 10/21/2009 01:40 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
1) It may look like a homework problem to you but it
probably isn't.
Seehttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8ac6db43b09fdc92
Homework comes in many forms - school driven homework should be
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 10/21/2009 01:40 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
1) It may look like a homework problem to you but it
probably isn't.
Seehttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8ac6db43b09fdc92
Homework comes in many forms - school driven homework should be
On 10/21/2009 02:56 PM, Tim Chase wrote:
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 10/21/2009 01:40 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
1) It may look like a homework problem to you but it
probably isn't.
Seehttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8ac6db43b09fdc92
Homework comes in
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:29:52 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:
Your arguments are most persuasive. Consider me convinced.
Even if the worst-case scenario is true (homework problem, ack!), either
the poster will learn from the answer in which case all is well, or the
poster will not, in which case
Actually I was working on a program to test the so-called 196-algorithm
as an extracurricular activity. MRAB was most helpful with pointing out
what I should have already thought of. My previous attempts were
hampered by my limited knowledge of python, and I had already mentally
committed to
Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Actually I was working on a program to test the so-called 196-algorithm
as an extracurricular activity. MRAB was most helpful with pointing out
what I should have already thought of. My previous attempts were
hampered by my limited knowledge of python, and I had
On 10/19/2009 03:24 PM, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
You think that was homework? Perhaps so but for the record
here are some posts by some other people who suspected
homework in the very recent past...
Updated...
2009-10-20
On 10/20/2009 03:16 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:18:55 -0700, rurpy wrote:
6) Please don't apply your abstract moral standards to
the entire rest of the world, knowing nothing about the particular
circumstances of the poster.
Perhaps you should apply this rule to
On Oct 18, 11:54 pm, alex23 wuwe...@gmail.com wrote:
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
One, it was suggested without any evidence the the OP was
probably asking about homework. My observation over
several years is that this group has a very poor record
of identifying homework problems. And if someone
gslindstrom wrote:
On Oct 18, 5:56 pm, Gary Herron gher...@digipen.edu wrote:
Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to
check a number for palindromic behavior (reading the
On Oct 19, 12:41 pm, Ethan Furman et...@stoneleaf.us wrote:
gslindstrom wrote:
On Oct 18, 5:56 pm, Gary Herron gher...@digipen.edu wrote:
Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Oct 19, 12:41 pm, Ethan Furman et...@stoneleaf.us wrote:
gslindstrom wrote:
On Oct 18, 5:56 pm, Gary Herron gher...@digipen.edu wrote:
Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
have one more simple problem
ru...@yahoo.com wrote in message
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On Oct 18, 4:20 pm, MRAB pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com wrote:
Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
have one more simple problem I'm
On Oct 18, 4:56 pm, Gary Herron gher...@digipen.edu wrote:
Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to
check a number for palindromic behavior (reading the same backwards
def is_palidrome (n):
return str(n) == ''.join (reversed (str(n)))
which will return True if integer n is a palidromic or False
otherwise.
I wouldn't normally provide a direct solution to this type of request; but
since you have, may I suggest:
def is_palindrome (n):
return
Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to check
a number for palindromic behavior (reading the same backwards and
forwards). So if I have an integer 1457 it can tell me this is not the
same from both
Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to
check a number for palindromic behavior (reading the same backwards
and forwards). So if I have an integer 1457 it can tell me this
On Oct 18, 4:20 pm, MRAB pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com wrote:
Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to check
a number for palindromic behavior (reading the same backwards and
On Oct 19, 12:32 pm, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Oct 18, 4:20 pm, MRAB pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com wrote:
Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to check
a number for
On Oct 18, 9:45 pm, alex23 wuwe...@gmail.com wrote:
On Oct 19, 12:32 pm, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Oct 18, 4:20 pm, MRAB pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com wrote:
Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
have one more simple problem I'm
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
One, it was suggested without any evidence the the OP was
probably asking about homework. My observation over
several years is that this group has a very poor record
of identifying homework problems. And if someone can
conclude that the OPs problem was homework with
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