Re: Basic question from pure beginner

2009-07-01 Thread sato.ph...@gmail.com
I understanding this correctly? Thanks! On Jul 1, 12:06 am, alex23 wrote: > On Jul 1, 3:38 pm, "sato.ph...@gmail.com" > wrote: > > > I have been able to make the module quit after entering a password > > three times, but can't get it to quit right away after th

Basic question from pure beginner

2009-07-01 Thread sato.ph...@gmail.com
I have been going through some Python Programming exercises while following the MIT OpenCourseWare Intro to CS syllabus and am having some trouble with the first "If" exercise listed on this page: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Python_Programming/Conditional_Statements#If_Exercises I have been able

Re: MIT OpenCourseWare Introduction to Computer Science and Programming

2009-06-30 Thread sato.ph...@gmail.com
I should note that the course utilized python when teaching computer science. On Jun 30, 5:23 pm, "sato.ph...@gmail.com" wrote: > I am wondering if anyone else is also going through the MIT > OpenCourseWare Intro to CS class. > > http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-En

MIT OpenCourseWare Introduction to Computer Science and Programming

2009-06-30 Thread sato.ph...@gmail.com
I am wondering if anyone else is also going through the MIT OpenCourseWare Intro to CS class. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-00Fall-2007/CourseHome/index.htm I've been doing the assignments and, as this class didn't include any answer key, was hoping to se

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-27 Thread sato.ph...@gmail.com
Thank you for all of the links and advice. What do I want to learn Python for? Again, pardon me for my lack of relevant information. I am also a journalist (an out of work one at the moment, like so many others) and I feel that learning python could be useful for computer assisted reporting, tha

Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-26 Thread sato.ph...@gmail.com
Hi, As you can imagine, I am new, both to this group and to Python. I have read various posts on the best book to buy or online tutorial to read and have started to go through them. I was wondering, as someone with virtually no programming experience (I am a photographer by trade), is Python the