Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 06:35:10 -0700 From: kevink@mindless.com To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New to FreeBSD Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980819063510.00694ed4@pop.netaddress.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980820082230.0079e7b0@pop3.sprint.ca> References: <19980820144227.46900@welearn.com.au> <35DBA22A.1651240E@athena.ualr.edu> <001c01bdcbec$289fbec0$5f8bf7ca@periscope.digital-canvas.com> <35DBA22A.1651240E@athena.ualr.edu>
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Oh great more American bashing...just what this list is for. I belive this thread started when someone from .jp told someone from .au to take that local talk off the list, so someone else had to start bashining on Americans. PLEASE kill this thread. ...now where did I put that cruise missle... At 08:22 AM 8/20/98 -0400, you wrote: >At 02:42 PM 8/20/98 +1000, Sue Blake wrote: >>I have two things to say on this: >> >>1. FreeBSD belongs to the world. Items of local interest have always >> been seen as appropriate for this and all other FreeBSD lists. Now >> maybe that only started because the "local interest" area was the USA, >> but the precedent has been set. In fact, we've enjoyed many >> disucssions relating specifically to what's going on in Canada, or >> Thailand, or on one day in one room in one suburb of one USA city. >> It's too late to stop now, even if we wanted to. > > >1. You're absolutely right Sue, only you have to be indulgent with >Americans. They're used to thinking in terms of "what's good for America is >good for the world," so their "local events" are actually world events >which they can talk about; but your local event is... well, a local event. >You have to learn to think big, like you American friends, and call it a >first-ever world-wide event. Then it'll be acceptable. ;o) > > >>2. Americans and others will attend this conference, just as Australians >> attended USENIX (you know, that highly local event that speckled the >> lists for weeks a while ago). We seem to value community more than >> reducing the number of interactions. That's the way it is 'round here. > > >2. No no Sue! Think BIG! The USENIX event was a world-wide event. ;o) > > >>3. In Australia, and in other places where microsoft is not used, >> we read quoted email from the top to the bottom :-) > > >3. Microsoft isn't used in Australia?!?!? Wow!!! You people are very >intelligent. I think I'll move to Australia. Btw, seen any good goanas lately? > > >>4. I can't count. > >5. Neither can I. > > > >G.R. Gaudreau >grgaud@sprint.ca >http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/5783/ > >President of Dooless & Seemore >A subsidiary of >Footloose Fancyfree & Dunworkin > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > ------------- gekk0@usa.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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