Re: Google Not Universal Panacea [was: Re: Where to find python c-sources]

2005-10-08 Thread Alex Martelli
Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > >> Are people really too lazy to do elementary research on Google? > > goes a bit too far in imputing motives to the enquirer and overlooking > the fact that there are some very good reasons for *not* using Google. It's a good thing you don't actu

Re: Google Not Universal Panacea [was: Re: Where to find python c-sources]

2005-10-01 Thread Erik Max Francis
Steve Holden wrote: > I don't think "The source tarball on python.org" could claim to be > telling him "exactly where it was" given that my copy of the web site > has 341 MB of stuff in it. He doesn't have to search through the whole thing, there's a link on the front page, so this 341 MB figu

Re: Google Not Universal Panacea [was: Re: Where to find python c-sources]

2005-10-01 Thread Steve Holden
Erik Max Francis wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: > > >>While a snappish "go and look it up on Google" might suffice for a >>mouthy apprentice who's just asked their thirteenth question in the last >>half hour, it's (shall we say) a little on the brusque side for someone >>who only appears on the

Re: Google Not Universal Panacea [was: Re: Where to find python c-sources]

2005-09-30 Thread Erik Max Francis
Steve Holden wrote: > While a snappish "go and look it up on Google" might suffice for a > mouthy apprentice who's just asked their thirteenth question in the last > half hour, it's (shall we say) a little on the brusque side for someone > who only appears on the group last February, and has a

Re: Google Not Universal Panacea [was: Re: Where to find python c-sources]

2005-09-30 Thread Richie Hindle
[Steve] > In short, this group is a broad church, and those readers with brain s > the size of planets should remember that they are just as much in a > minority as the readers who appear on the list for the first time this > week. The vast majority are here to learn and grow, and I think that'

Google Not Universal Panacea [was: Re: Where to find python c-sources]

2005-09-30 Thread Steve Holden
Tor Erik Sønvisen wrote: > "Erik Max Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Tor Erik Sønvisen wrote: >> >> >>>I need to browse the socket-module source-code. I believe it's contained >>>in the file socketmodule.c, but I can't locate this file... Where should