Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 08:47:03 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, eivind@yes.no, jamie@itribe.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Provinciality (was: OS Comparisons.) Message-ID: <19980328084703.42441@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199803272214.JAA08208@cimlogic.com.au>; from John Birrell on Sat, Mar 28, 1998 at 09:14:05AM %2B1100 References: <19980328082721.36492@freebie.lemis.com> <199803272214.JAA08208@cimlogic.com.au>
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On Sat, 28 March 1998 at 9:14:05 +1100, John Birrell wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> I didn't answer that question. Why do so many web sites assume you're >> located in the US? Another favourite problem is that screens which >> ask for your address insist on a US zip code and, in some cases, a US >> state abbreviation. > > I guess they go with what they know. Oz post codes and state abbreviations > fit the US model: > > Yours: Echunga SA 5153, Australia > ^^^^^^^ > Mine: Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia > ^^^^^^^^ That's the point, they don't. The US zip codes may be either 5 or 9 digits, and there should be a - after the first 5 digits (95014-4711, for example). State codes are exactly 2 caps (so SA is formally correct, but Vic is not), and most programs check the exact code, so SA fails as well. > But for Singapore, I guess you'd leave the fields blank if they let > you. Singapore has post codes, too. Amusingly, also 4 digits. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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