Google Not Universal Panacea [was: Re: Where to find python c-sources]

[Erik Max Francis]

Steve Holden wrote:

> While a snappish "go and look it up on Google" might suffice for a 
> mouthy apprentice who's just asked their thirteenth question in the last 
> half hour, it's (shall we say) a little on the brusque side for someone 
> who only appears on the group last February, and has a history of asking 
> reasonably pertinent though sometimes beginner-level questions.

I told him exactly where it was.  I just also pointed out that he could 
have trivially found out the answer on his own by using Google for 
fifteen seconds.  It would be one thing if I (and nobody else) answered 
his question and just rudely pointed him to Google.  But since I 
actually answered his question, looks to me like someone just wanted to 
stand on his soapbox today.

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