Dieter Maurer wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano writes on 20 Oct
> 2009 05:35:18 GMT:
>> As far as I'm concerned, asking for help on homework without being honest
>> up-front about it and making an effort first, is cheating by breaking the
>> social contract. Anyone who rewards cheaters by giving them the
On 10/22/2009 02:24 AM, Andre Engels wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Dieter Maurer wrote:
>> Steven D'Aprano writes on 20 Oct
>> 2009 05:35:18 GMT:
>>> As far as I'm concerned, asking for help on homework without being honest
>>> up-front about it and making an effort first, is cheatin
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Dieter Maurer wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano writes on 20 Oct 2009
> 05:35:18 GMT:
>> As far as I'm concerned, asking for help on homework without being honest
>> up-front about it and making an effort first, is cheating by breaking the
>> social contract. Anyone who r
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Dieter Maurer wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano writes on 20 Oct
> 2009 05:35:18 GMT:
> > As far as I'm concerned, asking for help on homework without being honest
> > up-front about it and making an effort first, is cheating by breaking the
> > social contract. Anyone w
On 10/22/2009 12:35 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:53:29 -0700, rurpy wrote:
>
>> On 10/21/2009 03:13 PM, Lie Ryan wrote:
>>> > ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> On 10/21/2009 01:40 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
>> [...]
> >>> As a metaphor, which one do you think is better in the long
On 10/21/2009 03:13 PM, Lie Ryan wrote:
> > ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> >> On 10/21/2009 01:40 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
[...]
>>> >>> As a metaphor, which one do you think is better in the long term:
>>> >>> charities or microcredits?
>> >>
>> >> Both of course. Why on earth would anyone think there
>> >
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:53:29 -0700, rurpy wrote:
> On 10/21/2009 03:13 PM, Lie Ryan wrote:
>> > ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>> >> On 10/21/2009 01:40 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
> [...]
>>> As a metaphor, which one do you think is better in the long term:
>>> charities or microcredits?
>>> >>
>>> >>
Steven D'Aprano writes on 20 Oct 2009
05:35:18 GMT:
> As far as I'm concerned, asking for help on homework without being honest
> up-front about it and making an effort first, is cheating by breaking the
> social contract. Anyone who rewards cheaters by giving them the answer
> they want is pa
On 10/21/2009 02:56 PM, Tim Chase wrote:
> ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> On 10/21/2009 01:40 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
>>> ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> 1) It may look like a homework problem to you but it
>> probably isn't.
>> Seehttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8ac6db43b09fdc92
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 10/21/2009 01:40 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
1) It may look like a homework problem to you but it
probably isn't.
Seehttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8ac6db43b09fdc92
Homework comes in many forms - school driven homework should be
t
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 10/21/2009 01:40 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
1) It may look like a homework problem to you but it
probably isn't.
Seehttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8ac6db43b09fdc92
Homework comes in many forms - school driven homework should be
t
On 10/21/2009 01:40 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
> ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
1) It may look like a homework problem to you but it
probably isn't.
Seehttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8ac6db43b09fdc92
>>> Homework comes in many forms - school driven homework should be
>>> trea
On Oct 20, 11:18 am, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Why *not* answering a question in comp.lang.python
> because you think it is homework is BAD.
>
> 1) It may look like a homework problem to you but it
> probably isn't.
> Seehttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8ac6db43b09fdc92
Homewor
On 10/20/2009 11:48 AM, Falcolas wrote:
> On Oct 20, 11:18 am, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Why *not* answering a question in comp.lang.python
>> because you think it is homework is BAD.
I got a little over-hyperbolic above and muddied the waters.
More accurately, this should have been, "Why insistin
Why *not* answering a question in comp.lang.python
because you think it is homework is BAD.
1) It may look like a homework problem to you but it
probably isn't.
See http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8ac6db43b09fdc92
2) When you publicly accuse someone of "cheating" (and
even
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:18:55 -0700, rurpy wrote:
> 6) Please don't apply your abstract moral standards to
> the entire rest of the world, knowing nothing about the particular
> circumstances of the poster.
Perhaps you should apply this rule to yourself, and stop telling us how
to respond to pe
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
1) It may look like a homework problem to you but it
probably isn't.
Seehttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8ac6db43b09fdc92
Homework comes in many forms - school driven homework should be
treated the same as self driven research, IMO. You're not doing it
On 10/20/2009 03:16 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:18:55 -0700, rurpy wrote:
>
>> 6) Please don't apply your abstract moral standards to
>> the entire rest of the world, knowing nothing about the particular
>> circumstances of the poster.
>
> Perhaps you should apply this rul
On 10/19/2009 03:24 PM, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
> You think that was homework? Perhaps so but for the record
> here are some posts by some other people who suspected
> homework in the very recent past...
Updated...
2009-10-20
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/f7a8
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:29:52 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:
Your arguments are most persuasive. Consider me convinced.
Even if the worst-case scenario is true (homework problem, ack!), either
the poster will learn from the answer in which case all is well, or the
poster wi
Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Actually I was working on a program to test the so-called 196-algorithm
as an extracurricular activity. MRAB was most helpful with pointing out
what I should have already thought of. My previous attempts were
hampered by my limited knowledge of python, and I had already
Actually I was working on a program to test the so-called 196-algorithm
as an extracurricular activity. MRAB was most helpful with pointing out
what I should have already thought of. My previous attempts were
hampered by my limited knowledge of python, and I had already mentally
committed to my
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:29:52 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:
> Your arguments are most persuasive. Consider me convinced.
>
> Even if the worst-case scenario is true (homework problem, ack!), either
> the poster will learn from the answer in which case all is well, or the
> poster will not, in which
> >def is_palidrome (n):
> > return str(n) == ''.join (reversed (str(n)))
>
> >which will return True if integer n is a palidromic or False
> >otherwise.
>
> I wouldn't normally provide a direct solution to this type of request; but
> since you have, may I suggest:
>
> def is_palindrome (n):
>
On Oct 18, 4:56 pm, Gary Herron wrote:
> Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
> > Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
> > have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to
> > check a number for palindromic behavior (reading the same backwards
> > and forwards
> wrote in message
>news:63dea9e7-97af-4b20-aa0a-c762d9944...@a21g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...
>On Oct 18, 4:20 pm, MRAB wrote:
>> Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
>> > Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
>> > have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Oct 19, 12:41 pm, Ethan Furman wrote:
gslindstrom wrote:
On Oct 18, 5:56 pm, Gary Herron wrote:
Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to
ch
On Oct 19, 12:41 pm, Ethan Furman wrote:
> gslindstrom wrote:
> > On Oct 18, 5:56 pm, Gary Herron wrote:
>
> >>Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
>
> >>>Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
> >>>have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to
> >>>check a
gslindstrom wrote:
On Oct 18, 5:56 pm, Gary Herron wrote:
Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to
check a number for palindromic behavior (reading the same backwards
and f
On Oct 18, 11:54 pm, alex23 wrote:
> ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> One, it was suggested without any evidence the the OP was
>> "probably" asking about homework. My observation over
>> several years is that this group has a very poor record
>> of identifying homework problems. And if someone can
>>
On Oct 18, 5:56 pm, Gary Herron wrote:
> Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
> > Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
> > have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to
> > check a number for palindromic behavior (reading the same backwards
> > and forwards
ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
> One, it was suggested without any evidence the the OP was
> "probably" asking about homework. My observation over
> several years is that this group has a very poor record
> of identifying homework problems. And if someone can
> conclude that the OPs problem was homework
On Oct 18, 9:45 pm, alex23 wrote:
> On Oct 19, 12:32 pm, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > On Oct 18, 4:20 pm, MRAB wrote:
> > > Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
> > > > Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
> > > > have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want t
On Oct 19, 12:32 pm, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Oct 18, 4:20 pm, MRAB wrote:
>
> > Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
> > > Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
> > > have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to check
> > > a number for palindromic beha
On Oct 18, 4:20 pm, MRAB wrote:
> Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
> > Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
> > have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to check
> > a number for palindromic behavior (reading the same backwards and
> > forwards). So i
Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to
check a number for palindromic behavior (reading the same backwards
and forwards). So if I have an integer 1457 it can tell me this is
Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to check
a number for palindromic behavior (reading the same backwards and
forwards). So if I have an integer 1457 it can tell me this is
Thanks to everyone who helped with my query on reversing integers. I
have one more simple problem I'm having trouble solving. I want to check
a number for palindromic behavior (reading the same backwards and
forwards). So if I have an integer 1457 it can tell me this is not the
same from both e
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