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Sun Apr 8 12:43:01 EDT 2001 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-April/098852.html

"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.

-- 
  First of all, email me your AOL password as a security measure. You
  may find that won't be able to connect to the 'net for a while. This
  is normal. The next thing to do is turn your computer upside down
  and shake it to reboot it.                     -- Darren Tucker, asr

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