From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 22 20:45:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD5E716A4CE for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 20:45:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from papagena.rockefeller.edu (user-0cdfenm.cable.mindspring.com [24.215.186.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6B33843FE0 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 20:45:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsidd@online.fr) Received: (qmail 788 invoked by uid 1002); 23 Nov 2003 04:45:17 -0000 Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 23:45:16 -0500 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Alex de Kruijff Message-ID: <20031123044516.GA734@online.fr> References: <20031104192215.GA848@online.fr> <3FA7FEA7.80205@potentialtech.com> <20031104201324.GA2654@online.fr> <20031108041538.GA806@online.fr> <20031123033759.GF532@dds.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031123033759.GF532@dds.nl> X-Operating-System: Linux 2.4.20 i686 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: Brad Knowles cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do hackers drive? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 04:45:19 -0000 Alex de Kruijff said on Nov 23, 2003 at 04:37:59: > Now also because of political reason. Everyone needs to be integraded > (fit in) in to the population. This not only means you have to learn > Dutch. It also means you have to take part in local activities, like > celibrating 'Sinterklaas', which is the holy person for the sailors. > This includes standing in a harbor when he arives on a boat from Spain > early novemeber, when its freezing and poring down on you. I doubt they can force you to take part, but I'm sure Americans would find it quite amusing, Sinterklaas is quite similar (in role and in costume) to Santa Claus if I remember right. > The smoke-room chat is going to be banned by potitics starting 2004. I presume you mean the smoke will be banned, not the room or the chat, and by health regulations not by politics. It's about time. R