Read a file with open command

AlbaClause you at cogeco.ca
Fri Aug 11 15:15:58 EDT 2006


jean-jeanot wrote:

> Dear Sybrel,
> 
> I am delighted to know that you have been enlighted through my
> question.
> I am aware of my stupidity and I would say of my ignorance.If all
> Python users were not ignorant I suppose  the Python group would be
> superfluous. I would suggest that if if you think that a question is
> supid please do not answer it.In French we say: "There is no stupid
> question but answers can be stupid". For the citation of Zappa I am
> convinced that when Zappa is speaking of world stupidity he is thinking
> to stupidity and wickedness of mankind and not to ignorance.

Ummm, he did not say that your question was stupid.   The Zappa quote is
included as part of what we refer to as a 'signature'.   In the case of
Sybren Stuvel's posts to this newsgroup, the Frank Zappa quote is included
in every message that he posts.  Not just messages that he posts to you.

Secondly, I notice that when you quoted Sybren's message in your reply, your
newsreader attributed the quoted text with:  "Sybren Stuvel a écrit :"  
Likewise, when Sybren replied to your message, his newsreader attributed
the quoted text with, "jean-jeanot enlightened us with:"  

Do you see what I mean?  You didn't write "Sybren Stuvel a écrit" because
Sybren was french, did you?  Of course, not!  Your mail/news application
included that attribution by default.   By the same token, Sybren's
mail/news application defaulted to this attribution:  'jean-jeanot
enlightened us with:"  

When reading people's responses to your queries, stick to the material that
they actually "write" at the time of the response.  Ignore the stuff that
they entered while configuring their respective news/mail reader.  Little
items like message signatures and quote attributions are, at best,
reflective of the personality and/or philosophy of the author, and say
nothing of the person receiving the message. :-)




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