> >> And keep asking questions. > > ... but this is definitely good advice. Want to get the most out of > your computer? Step one: Don't be afraid of it. Step two: Don't be > afraid of us, either. There's very little you can do on a computer > that's unexpectedly damaging, and it's easy to keep backups (tip: use > git/hg repositories and backups basically come "for free"); and we > don't bite, so keep on asking smart questions. > > Want to be sure your questions are smart? Willing to put in a bit of > effort to make yourself welcomed not just courteously, but > enthusiastically? Check out this essay, one of the more famous ones: > > http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > There are tips in there that will help you to make those really > awesome threads that we all dive into and enjoy helping with. You > learn what you wanted to know (and probably lots more besides), we > enjoy a thoroughly discussed topic, and the list/newsgroup archives > add that bit more to the internet's corpus of useful knowledge. > Everyone wins! > > ChrisA > -- >
Thank you for this link. I will do my best to ask *smart* questions. I struggle with explaining myself sometimes, especially when trying to grasp something that baffles me. Deb in WA, USA ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
