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Why Turn "Print" into "Print()"???? 11 12 (5/26/2008 12:26:04 AM) comp.lang.python Hi, your friendly neighborhood n00b here, just wondering why on earth the Py3K folks want to mess with a simple thing like the "print" "command" (is that what it's called, a command?), turning it into "print()... Prisoner

A Newbie's Must-Have Library 65 25 (5/15/2008 3:55:28 AM) comp.lang.javascript Well, in case anyone should need to know in the near future, here are my recommendations for best beginner's books: ** Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML, Head First JavaScript ** If you get only two books for... Prisoner

WinXP Suddenly Playing Win95 Start-Up Jingle!! 6 54 (4/28/2008 2:46:10 PM) comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc Hey, anyone know what happened here?? After I installed MS Office97 Small Business Edition the other day, my WinXP SP2 laptop has been booting up with the Win95 -- that's **95** -- jingle instead of the ... Prisoner

Making Site Opaque -- This Strategy Feasible? 25 83 (4/26/2008 6:43:49 PM) comp.lang.javascript I want to have a link, which when clicked, makes the whole page "opaque" -- it would look as if the click brought up a veil over the screen (say, 75% opacity). I'm thinking it would be possible to somehow use... Prisoner

Internet Explorer JavaScript Weirdness 41 57 (4/11/2008 8:37:58 PM) comp.lang.javascript Hi, All: I have a JavaScript search engine that always causes MSIE 7 to do a top-of-page security "warning" (that top-of-page-bar, and not an "alert" [dialog box])...but other websites' JavaScripts do not tri... Prisoner

re: Some Interesting Facts about India and Indians 16 73 (9/2/2007 5:26:03 AM) comp.programming On Aug 31, 2:28 am, drydem wrote: > > > > > 4. It appears that the author of the Forbes magazine story was > asserting that Sanskrit was > well suit to writing software requirements/specification because > Sa... Prisoner

Ye Olde Compleat Math Text Redactor??? 0 133 (11/21/2006 1:08:36 AM) comp.os.ms-windows.apps.word-proc Hi, anything else other than the excellent LiteralMath? I want to make a d-bar. Or even a y-bar, for that matter. So simple, yet so hard! I'm using MS Word, of course. LiteralMath is great for x-bars ... Prisoner

Crazy-Assed Synaptics Touchpad 11 24 (11/13/2006 6:38:35 AM) comp.sys.laptops Hi, anyone else with this issue? Every now and then the Synaptics touchpad becomes "wildly off the mark"...I'd move it a little but the pointer goes way across the screen! Worse, it doesn't simply land in a ... Prisoner

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Why Turn "Print" into "Print()"???? 11 12 (5/26/2008 12:26:04 AM) comp.lang.python Hi, your friendly neighborhood n00b here, just wondering why on earth the Py3K folks want to mess with a simple thing like the "print" "command" (is that what it's called, a command?), turning it into "print()... prisoner_at_war (12)

Crazy-Assed Synaptics Touchpad 11 24 (11/13/2006 6:38:35 AM) comp.sys.laptops Hi, anyone else with this issue? Every now and then the Synaptics touchpad becomes "wildly off the mark"...I'd move it a little but the pointer goes way across the screen! Worse, it doesn't simply land in a ... prisoner_at_war (12)