From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jul 6 0:58: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.ftf.dk (mail.ftf.net [129.142.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A963514C37 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 00:57:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from regnauld@ftf.net) Received: from ns.int.ftf.net (fw2.ftf.dk [192.168.1.2] (may be forged)) by mail.ftf.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3/gw-ftf-1.2) with ESMTP id JAA28276; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 09:58:58 +0200 (CEST) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.ftf.dk: Host fw2.ftf.dk [192.168.1.2] (may be forged) claimed to be ns.int.ftf.net Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by ns.int.ftf.net (8.9.2/8.9.3) id KAA00207; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:10:43 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19990706101043.31810@ns.int.ftf.net> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:10:43 +0200 From: Phil Regnauld To: "G. Adam Stanislav" Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , W Gerald Hicks , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to start to be a hacker? References: <19990704115215.B220@whizkidtech.net> <199907050304.XAA00502@bellsouth.net> <19990705015548.B238@whizkidtech.net> <19990705113309.11732@ns.int.ftf.net> <19990705132404.A220@whizkidtech.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <19990705132404.A220@whizkidtech.net>; from G. Adam Stanislav on Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 01:24:04PM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE i386 Organization: FTFnet Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org G. Adam Stanislav writes: > > I asked them to find Siberia, which they could not. Same with Slovakia. So, > I showed them: "Here is Slovakia, here is Siberia, here is Rhinelander. Since > Rhinelander is much closer to Siberia than Slovakia will ever be, why don't > *you* tell her all about Siberian customs." > > They were rather embarassed, and quite apologetic. :-) Sometimes, this also applies to europeans visiting the US -- they'll casually say "Oh, I'll just rent a car in Seattle and drive down to L.A." -- people are just not aware of the distances (well, there's also the fact that you have time to dessicate at the wheel when driving 65 MPH). -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message