Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 17:27:36 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, Annelise Anderson <andrsn@ANDRSN.STANFORD.EDU>, Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@regency.nsu.ru>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Country names (was: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha clock.c) Message-ID: <20020522172736.G45715@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3CEB4C8A.150E16F@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10205211257490.26365-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> <p05111712b9107dce9658@[10.0.1.4]> <3CEAE187.FC1CC966@mindspring.com> <p0511171eb910959a28f6@[10.0.1.4]> <20020522114303.D26107@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3CEB391E.C9C46A50@mindspring.com> <20020522155814.E45715@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3CEB3B8C.9FD6AD0E@mindspring.com> <20020522162144.F45715@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3CEB4C8A.150E16F@mindspring.com>
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On Wednesday, 22 May 2002 at 0:45:14 -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >>> Continental North America. Geopolitically, they are split >>> between North and Central America. >> >> Where does that definition come from? > > The world atlas; here's an online reference: > > http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/centralamerica.html Central America? That's a continent? >> I thought North America went down as far as Panama. > > So did the rest of us, until the US gave the canal back, and > then took Manual Noriega back, too. This doesn't seem to have anything to do with geography. I googled and followed the first link: http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/North_America/Mexico/. Interesting stuff in there, but I think the URL says it all. And yes, there's a http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Central_America/ as well. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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