From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 27 14:10:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA23881 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:10:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au ([203.36.2.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA23760 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:09:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.7) id JAA08208; Sat, 28 Mar 1998 09:14:05 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199803272214.JAA08208@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: Provinciality (was: OS Comparisons.) In-Reply-To: <19980328082721.36492@freebie.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Mar 28, 98 08:27:21 am" To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 09:14:05 +1100 (EST) Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, jb@cimlogic.com.au, eivind@yes.no, jamie@itribe.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Greg Lehey wrote: > 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. I guess they go with what they know. Oz post codes and state abbreviations fit the US model: Yours: Echunga SA 5153, Australia ^^^^^^^ Mine: Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia ^^^^^^^^ But for Singapore, I guess you'd leave the fields blank if they let you. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message