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Date:      Sat, 28 Mar 1998 08:27:21 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>, John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
Cc:        eivind@yes.no, jamie@itribe.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Provinciality (was: OS Comparisons.)
Message-ID:  <19980328082721.36492@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199803272140.QAA00935@dyson.iquest.net>; from John S. Dyson on Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 04:40:31PM -0500
References:  <199803272133.IAA08097@cimlogic.com.au> <199803272140.QAA00935@dyson.iquest.net>

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On Fri, 27 March 1998 at 16:40:31 -0500, John S. Dyson wrote:
>> Greg Lehey wrote:
>>> On Fri, 27 March 1998 at 15:28:26 +0100, Eivind Eklund wrote:
>>>> They also have a test to suggest which OS you should run.  I got
>>>> FreeBSD :-) (They din't ask a single question relating to computers,
>>>> either!)
>>>
>>> Yup, so did I.  I wonder how accurate it is with advocates of other
>>> operating systems.
>>>
>>> Or maybe it always suggests FreeBSD? :-)
>>
>> I got FreeBSD too. 8-)
>>
>> Then I went back and changed the last answer to from "MTV" to "60 Minutes".
>> Then it told me to use Red Hat Linux. Doh.
>>
> Up until about 5 or more years ago, I would definitely had said MTV, but since
> it isn't very creative anymore, 60 Minutes would be my best choice.   I always
> liked 60 Minutes though.

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.

Greg

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