Steve Holden wrote: > Robert Kern wrote: >>Coincidentally, those are exactly the reasons why I posted it in the >>first place. I care not a whit about decluttering the newgroup, an >>impossible task. > > It's clear that you care not a whit about it. Unfortunately the only way > to preserve bandwidth on this (or any other) chanell is for those with > nothing to say to not say it.
Folks, if you want to preserve bandwidth from being wasted on irrelevant posts (like this one), delete your newsreader. USENET *is* clutter. Sometimes useful clutter. Entertaining clutter. *Shiny* clutter. But clutter. If you care about efficient use of bandwidth, this is not the place for you. James asked a question in such a way that I didn't think it would get answered. Judging from the other non-responses to his post, I was right. I showed him the way to ask questions such that they *will* get answered, and he came back, did so, and got his questions answered. That's worth 5 kb. -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
