I learned very quickly to stay out of (i.e. - not even read, just mark as read) the Politics and World Conflict forums. Now that I'm working on becoming a bona fide pythonista, the tech fora here are indispensible--not because I couldn't get similar answers on a mailing list, but I get discussion from friends here. That makes all the difference in "new ventures" (with steep learning curves) for me.

So "thank you" semi-specifically (in random order) to: Ben, Scott, Scott, Greg, Karsten, Wade, Peter, Todd, Barry, Ross, Thane, Bill, Bill, ChrisR, Andrew, Steve, and Glen. Plus others, some past tense; I'm sure I've forgotten at least one.