The spam to content ratio of this group

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    Eric> is getting very high. Why aren't captcha's used to prevent all of
    Eric> this noise?

    Steven> /me opens mouth to make sarcastic comment
    Steven> /me shuts mouth again

    Steven> That's like saying "There's a lot of oil slicks washing up onto
    Steven> the beach. Why don't we put more trashcans by the road to the
    Steven> beach?" What good do you think captchas will do on a newsgroup?

Come on over the python-list at python.org.  The water's fine!

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