question about input() and/or raw_input()

[Mark Lawrence]

On 19/01/2014 19:24, Larry Martell wrote:
> 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.
>

Curling, now there's another good reason to allow Scottish independance :)

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Mark Lawrence