Confused: Newbie Function Calls

[Aahz]

In article <2dd74ab4-5ed6-40ac-aea7-705977b61b21 at g21g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
fuglyducky  <fuglyducky at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>I am a complete newbie to Python (and programming in general) and I
>have no idea what I'm missing. Below is a script that I am trying to
>work with and I cannot get it to work. 

Side note: while it's fine to ask newbie questions on comp.lang.python,
you may want to use resources oriented more toward newbies, such as the
tutor list:

http://www.python.org/about/help/
http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
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