New to Python

[Jeremy Bowers]

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:28:43 +0200, Erik Heneryd wrote:
> I can't help to crack a smile every time I see that URL.  I doubt it 
> ever helped anyone, 

I think you mis-understand who it is supposed to help. That link is not
"Hey, this might help you, the poster.", it's "If you want any more help
from us, the minimal standards of helping us help you is laid out in this
document, as you've demonstrated you don't know. Further inquiries not
meeting this standard will most likely be ignored." 

In other words, it is to help the helpers, by cleanly laying out the
requirements, not really the asker. In that regard it works; since that
link became popular I haven't seen a flamewar over the standards of asking
for help. It has done exactly what it was supposed to do.