From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 27 13:58:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA22013 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:58:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA21945 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:58:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA26824; Sat, 28 Mar 1998 08:27:22 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id IAA07005; Sat, 28 Mar 1998 08:27:21 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980328082721.36492@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 08:27:21 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "John S. Dyson" , John Birrell Cc: eivind@yes.no, jamie@itribe.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Provinciality (was: OS Comparisons.) References: <199803272133.IAA08097@cimlogic.com.au> <199803272140.QAA00935@dyson.iquest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199803272140.QAA00935@dyson.iquest.net>; from John S. Dyson on Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 04:40:31PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message