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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:16:55 +1000
Subject: Re: Don't feed the troll...
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On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:03 AM,  <rurpy@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> if Python had perfect documentation,
>> he still wouldn't read it.
>
> If your crystal ball is that good, could you try using it
> to solve some of Nikos' problems?

I have done so, many times. Sometimes it helps, often it doesn't.
Once, it led me to accept his root password. You doubtless saw how
THAT went over.

ChrisA