From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 27 14:11:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA24320 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:11:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA24191 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:11:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA01094; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 17:11:06 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199803272211.RAA01094@dyson.iquest.net> 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: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 17:11:05 -0500 (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 > 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. > There is still a problem here in the US, that we do tend to be US centric, and forget that the Net is worldwide. Missing either MTV or 60 Minutes, won't decrease the quality of your life very much :-). Recently, especially, not seeing MTV is definitely an advantage. John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message