Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.051 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.90; '*S*': 0.00; 'scripts': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'subject:help': 0.08; 'subject:script': 0.09; 'url:faqs': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; '[1].': 0.16; 'carpenter': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'url:catb': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'code.': 0.18; 'pointed': 0.19; 'aug': 0.22; 'him.': 0.24; 'sort': 0.25; 'asking': 0.27; 'header :In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; '[1]': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'generally': 0.29; '[2]': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'that.': 0.31; 'arts': 0.31; 'fri,': 0.33; 'problem': 0.35; 'except': 0.35; 'problem.': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'achieving': 0.36; 'described': 0.36; 'fun,': 0.36; 'programming,': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'enough': 0.39; 'free,': 0.61; "you'll": 0.62; 'making': 0.63; 'high': 0.63; 'provide': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'chance': 0.65; 'dont': 0.67; 'url:v': 0.71; 'url:youtube': 0.71; 'to,': 0.72; 'money': 0.72; 'us,': 0.73; 'url:watch': 0.77; 'inevitable': 0.84; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=dAr9SafOWMJF9Mz2UWVk7llUncU3wWfKMpMeYYofKRI=; b=FR6uQ2cTrTTT+lc4tJHU+GkO6rLoDgyoix+7M5deNa1sIrA/Hmrsx+rt/6fGY2hfnU FG/uj7cDP5lrW7D31BKouX2PeeC3yp09y3yQEJm3F/8Md27Lvx55kaFaAXv2mWd+N9Os tP0/XgL+j5mBO8hCi355JFnt5QXUUO4GPCNqNUkDQTM+ax4fx8jeDUKlseIgbnEV0b+P Cd2KksD79gT/X3njO9BREPe2cZJwZ8UdjtspsNq4otydiMtPRXVrVsRv+5CcvNLo9I6i U8ATxBcuXEomrPtRWZZxdBltBJYle8NbxmMTLzeF9OcRilBElsPkwS7+qA82pWKZz76+ ATcw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.214.105 with SMTP id nz9mr1758323vec.58.1375437714760; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:01:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1faf05ad-2cd4-497e-a605-db4650c04103@googlegroups.com> References: <4566d0e7-2576-4d09-83f5-fca3b370710a@googlegroups.com> <1faf05ad-2cd4-497e-a605-db4650c04103@googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 11:01:54 +0100 Subject: Re: Python script help From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 20 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1375437723 news.xs4all.nl 15888 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:56829 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:51791 On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 10:46 AM, wrote: > I do know some Python programming, I just dont know enough to put together the various scripts I need...I would really really appreciate if some one can help me with that... Be aware that you might be paying money for that. If you know "some" carpentry but not enough to put together a bookcase, and you ask a professional carpenter to make you a bookcase, you'll have to pay him. The same is true in programming, except that there are more people willing to work for nothing, hence the vague "might be" rather than the inevitable "shall" or the mighty "must" [1]. To get people to work for you for free, you have to make them (us) want to, which in the geeky arts generally means making it an interesting problem. Achieving this is described well in esr's essay on asking smart questions [2], which Ulrich also just pointed you to. We do this sort of thing for fun, for love, so if you make your problem appeal to us, there's a high chance that someone will provide you with code. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVVTYII422k [2] http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ChrisA