Well, another try Re: while c = f.read(1)

[Steve Holden]

Robert Kern wrote:
> Paul Rubin wrote:
> 
>>Robert Kern <rkern at ucsd.edu> writes:
>>
>>
>>>>>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>>>
>>>>Is it a *smart* way or *necessary* way?
>>>
>>>It's the polite way. And probably the only way you're going to get
>>>your questions actually answered.
>>
>>I wonder if there's a way to killfile posts that contain that url.
>>They are cluttering up the newsgroup much more than repeated newbie
>>questions do.
> 
> 
> You can get a good start by killfiling me.
>
*plonk* :-)

> 
>>Sheesh people, if you see a question that you don't feel like
>>answering, then don't answer.
> 
> 
> Same goes to you. You don't like the "smart-questions.html" response, so 
> why do you respond? Because you want to change people's behavior. Or 
> perhaps because it pleases you to express your displeasure about it 
> (regardless of any effect that expression might have on other people).
> 
> 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.

regards
  Steve
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