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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def connect(self, *args, **kwargs):
 """ httplib2 uses this. Connects to the server I'm assuming. Only pass to the baseclass if we don't have a recorded response and are not write-protected. """


        if hasattr(self, '_vcr_request') and \
                self.cassette.can_play_response_for(self._vcr_request):
            # We already have a response we are going to play, don't
            # actually connect
            return

        if self.cassette.write_protected:
            # Cassette is write-protected, don't actually connect
            return

        from vcr.patch import force_reset
        with force_reset():
            return self.real_connection.connect(*args, **kwargs)

        self._sock = VCRFakeSocket()