On Sep 9, 10:09 pm, Nobody nob...@nowhere.com wrote:
On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:30:00 -0700, Baba wrote:
Who is licensed to judge what can and cannot be posted as a question?
Exactly the same set of people who are licensed to judge what can and
cannot be posted as an answer.
If you don't like
On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:30:00 -0700, Baba wrote:
Who is licensed to judge what can and cannot be posted as a question?
Exactly the same set of people who are licensed to judge what can and
cannot be posted as an answer.
If you don't like the responses you get here, you could try posting your
Nobody nob...@nowhere.com writes:
If you don't like the responses you get here, you could try posting your
questions on 4chan. If nothing else, that will give you a whole new
perspective on what an unfriendly response really looks like.
+1 QOTW
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On 8 sep, 02:07, Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au wrote:
Baba raoul...@gmail.com writes:
However the following Wiki excerpt seems to go in my direction:
No, it doesn't. It advises that people show kindness; as I've been
arguing, that's exactly what you were shown. You haven't shown how
Baba raoul...@gmail.com writes:
It is just unfriendly
to tell someone to go and look it up by themselves.
Someone seeing too many unthoughtful questions from you might tell you
to look it up yourself, in the hopes of getting you to change your
questioning style, so that your future questions
On 8 sep, 12:46, Paul Rubin no.em...@nospam.invalid wrote:
Baba raoul...@gmail.com writes:
It is just unfriendly
to tell someone to go and look it up by themselves.
Someone seeing too many unthoughtful questions from you might tell you
to look it up yourself, in the hopes of getting you to
Baba raoul...@gmail.com writes:
But where do you draw the line? Can we not just let people ask
questions regardless? And let those answer who want to and those who
don't just ignore the question? That seems so much easier to me.
The first few times, it's easy to ignore the questions. After a
On 2010-09-08, Baba raoul...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for your feedback. My question is: Who owns this forum? If we
all do then we are allowed to post questions that are simple and that
could otherwise be answered by doing research.
Of course you're allowed to post such questions.
And people
Baba a écrit :
Dear xyz,
Your question can easily be researched online. We suggest you give it
a try and to look it up yourself. This will be beneficial both to you
and to us. We do encourage to ask questions only when they have been
researched first.
On usenet - as well as on most technical
On 8 sep, 14:39, Paul Rubin no.em...@nospam.invalid wrote:
Baba raoul...@gmail.com writes:
But where do you draw the line? Can we not just let people ask
questions regardless? And let those answer who want to and those who
don't just ignore the question? That seems so much easier to me.
| Hi Paul
|
| If i look where i was 4 weeks ago and the progress i made in learning
| Python i am quite delighted. This forum has helped me and i appreciate
| it. I don't think i will ever tell a beginner to do me a favour and
| to look things up by himself nor will i use the RTFM line (refering
| HEREow can you be learning so much python if you're constantly expressing
typo there. I'm not sure how that happens, sometimes, but it's an
untimely abbrev-expansion, in emacs VM.
I meant to say, How can you...
Cheers,
Bar
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On 08/09/2010 23:56, Bar Shirtcliff wrote:
| HEREow can you be learning so much python if you're constantly expressing
typo there. I'm not sure how that happens, sometimes, but it's an
untimely abbrev-expansion, in emacs VM.
I meant to say, How can you...
An unkind soul would say that it's
Baba raoul...@gmail.com writes:
Thanks for your feedback. My question is: Who owns this forum? If we
all do then we are allowed to post questions that are simple and that
could otherwise be answered by doing research.
That's a rather subservient perspective. Why are you seeking permission
to
Grant Edwards inva...@invalid.invalid writes:
I'm sure you'd prefer that everything was handed to you for free on a
silver platter with a side order of beer and cookies. I'd prefer I was
20 years younger and 30 pounds lighter. Life's tough that way.
Hell no. I'd prefer to have the total of my
On 2010-09-09, Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au wrote:
Grant Edwards inva...@invalid.invalid writes:
I'm sure you'd prefer that everything was handed to you for free on a
silver platter with a side order of beer and cookies. I'd prefer I was
20 years younger and 30 pounds lighter. Life's
On 7 sep, 02:18, Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au wrote:
Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au writes:
We value respect for people here, and that's what you've been shown
consistently. But respect for opinions, or for delicacy about
learning, is not welcome here.
Sloppy wording, I
On 7 sep, 13:39, Baba raoul...@gmail.com wrote:
On 7 sep, 02:18, Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au wrote:
Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au writes:
We value respect for people here, and that's what you've been shown
consistently. But respect for opinions, or for delicacy
Baba a écrit :
(snip)
If i had
received a friendly response from Benjamin (as opposed to Please do
us a favor and at least try to figure things out on your own)
According to usenet standards and given your initial question, this is a
_very_ friendly answer.
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Baba raoul...@gmail.com writes:
to say Please do us a favour and at least try to figure things out on
your own is in my view inappropriate.
That's what the person wanted you to see. How would you prefer that
exact information to be imparted to you? How could it have been
communicated so that
On 2010-09-07, Baba raoul...@gmail.com wrote:
Sloppy wording, I apologise. This should say: If you find the
question you're reading too easy then just don't answer. Noone is the
owner of a democratic forum where freedom to ask the question one
likes is paramount (as long of course as it is
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 4:39 AM, Baba raoul...@gmail.com wrote:
On 7 sep, 02:18, Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au wrote:
Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au writes:
We value respect for people here, and that's what you've been shown
consistently. But respect for opinions, or for
On 7 sep, 16:50, Grant Edwards inva...@invalid.invalid wrote:
On 2010-09-07, Baba raoul...@gmail.com wrote:
Sloppy wording, I apologise. This should say: If you find the
question you're reading too easy then just don't answer. Noone is the
owner of a democratic forum where freedom to ask
Baba raoul...@gmail.com writes:
However the following Wiki excerpt seems to go in my direction:
No, it doesn't. It advises that people show kindness; as I've been
arguing, that's exactly what you were shown. You haven't shown how the
information being imparted could have been fully imparted in
On 6 sep, 00:01, Benjamin Kaplan benjamin.kap...@case.edu wrote:
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Baba raoul...@gmail.com wrote:
level: beginner
how can i access the contents of a text file in Python?
i would like to compare a string (word) with the content of a text
file (word_list). i
On 6 sep, 00:04, Seth Rees s...@sthrs.me wrote:
On 09/05/10 16:47, Baba wrote:
level: beginner
how can i access the contents of a text file in Python?
i would like to compare a string (word) with the content of a text
file (word_list). i want to see if word is in word_list. let's
On Monday 06 September 2010, it occurred to Baba to exclaim:
On 6 sep, 00:01, Benjamin Kaplan benjamin.kap...@case.edu wrote:
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Baba raoul...@gmail.com wrote:
level: beginner
how can i access the contents of a text file in Python?
i would like to
On 6 sep, 16:58, Thomas Jollans tho...@jollybox.de wrote:
On Monday 06 September 2010, it occurred to Baba to exclaim:
On 6 sep, 00:01, Benjamin Kaplan benjamin.kap...@case.edu wrote:
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Baba raoul...@gmail.com wrote:
level: beginner
how can i access
On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Baba raoul...@gmail.com wrote:
On 6 sep, 16:58, Thomas Jollans tho...@jollybox.de wrote:
On Monday 06 September 2010, it occurred to Baba to exclaim:
On 6 sep, 00:01, Benjamin Kaplan benjamin.kap...@case.edu wrote:
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Baba
On 6 sep, 18:14, geremy condra debat...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Baba raoul...@gmail.com wrote:
On 6 sep, 16:58, Thomas Jollans tho...@jollybox.de wrote:
On Monday 06 September 2010, it occurred to Baba to exclaim:
On 6 sep, 00:01, Benjamin Kaplan
Baba raoul...@gmail.com writes:
Thanks Jeremy, i will take your advice on board! Noone likes to be
taught lessons i think so it is only normal that i reacted.
Please reconsider this response. Many of us use this forum precisely
because we *do* like to be taught lessons. If you don't want to be
Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au writes:
We value respect for people here, and that's what you've been shown
consistently. But respect for opinions, or for delicacy about
learning, is not welcome here.
Sloppy wording, I apologise. This should say “… is not respect for a
person”.
In
level: beginner
how can i access the contents of a text file in Python?
i would like to compare a string (word) with the content of a text
file (word_list). i want to see if word is in word_list. let's assume
the TXT file is stored in the same directory as the PY file.
def is_valid_word(word,
may be something like this
f = open (file,r)
data = f.read()
f.close
if word in data:
print word, is present in file
On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Baba raoul...@gmail.com wrote:
level: beginner
how can i access the contents of a text file in Python?
i would like to compare a string
On 09/05/10 16:47, Baba wrote:
level: beginner
how can i access the contents of a text file in Python?
i would like to compare a string (word) with the content of a text
file (word_list). i want to see if word is in word_list. let's assume
the TXT file is stored in the same directory as
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Baba raoul...@gmail.com wrote:
level: beginner
how can i access the contents of a text file in Python?
i would like to compare a string (word) with the content of a text
file (word_list). i want to see if word is in word_list. let's assume
the TXT file is
On 05/09/2010 22:47, Baba wrote:
level: beginner
how can i access the contents of a text file in Python?
That's a very basic question.
I suggest you read a tutorial such as Dive Into Python:
http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html
i would like to compare a string (word) with the
Baba wrote:
level: beginner
how can i access the contents of a text file in Python?
i would like to compare a string (word) with the content of a text
file (word_list). i want to see if word is in word_list. let's assume
the TXT file is stored in the same directory as the PY file.
def
Em 05-09-2010 19:06, Alexander Kapps escreveu:
Baba wrote:
level: beginner
how can i access the contents of a text file in Python?
i would like to compare a string (word) with the content of a text
file (word_list). i want to see if word is in word_list. let's assume
the TXT file is
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