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Sun Apr 8 13:01:34 EDT 2001 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-April/077789.html

Michael Hudson <mwh21 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> "Steve Holden" <sholden at holdenweb.com> writes:
> 
> > "Aahz Maruch" <aahz at panix.com> wrote in message
> > news:9ai305$so3$1 at panix2.panix.com...
> > > Ever since I saw _Borland C++ for Dummies_, I have concluded that
> > > *nothing* is truly anathema to computer book publishers.
> > 
> > Yes, that is surely one of those books which should consist entirely of
> > blank pages. Nowadays, of course, it is considered elitist to claim not to
> > be a dummy. Next it will be "Nuclear Power Station Design for Dummies"
> 
> You can actually buy "Firewalls for Dummies" or "Computer Security for
> Dummies" (or something like that) which isn't much better, IMHO.
> 
> Cheers,
> M.

I'm waiting for "Being an Elected Government Official for Dummies" :-)

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