question about input() and/or raw_input()

[Larry Martell]

On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 19/01/2014 18:15, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>
>> On 2014-01-19, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Actually, to go off at a tangent, I'm just getting into GUIs via
>>> wxPython.  I've discovered there are distinct advantages having to
>>> write endless lines of code just to get a piece of data.  For example
>>> on a Sunday it helps pass the time between the two sessions of the
>>> Masters Snooker final being shown on TV.
>>
>>
>> Fair enough, but what do you do to pass the time _during_ Snooker
>> being shown on TV?
>>
>> I can still remember the point in my first trip to the UK when I
>> accidentally stumbled across darts on TV. Given the endless variety
>> (and quantity) of pointless crap that people watch here in the US, I
>> can't really explain why I was so baffled and amused by darts on TV --
>> but I was.
>>
>
> Just no comparison, darts and snooker.  This is excellent though
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHnBppccI0o

Now that we're way off on the tangent of what some people consider
boring and others don't, I'm really looking forward to watching
curling in the upcoming Olympics.