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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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