Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 13:24:04 -0500 From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> To: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@ftf.net> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to start to be a hacker? Message-ID: <19990705132404.A220@whizkidtech.net> In-Reply-To: <19990705113309.11732@ns.int.ftf.net>; from Phil Regnauld on Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 11:33:09AM %2B0200 References: <19990704115215.B220@whizkidtech.net> <199907050304.XAA00502@bellsouth.net> <19990705015548.B238@whizkidtech.net> <xzpr9mnv4pj.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <19990705113309.11732@ns.int.ftf.net>
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On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 11:33:09AM +0200, Phil Regnauld wrote: > I agree with G. Adam's cautiousness -- when I first moved > to the US in 1983, the teacher (this was 4th grade :-) introduced > me to the class, and asked if anybody wanted to point out > France (where I'm from) on the globe. > > A kid volunteered, and put his finger on Russia. Five years ago I moved to Rhinelander, a small town in Northern Wisconsin. Several months later, as I walked into the local bookstore, I was immmediately approached by the people who worked there. They told me to expect a phone call from a local high school teacher. She was about to take a trip to Siberia. The bookstore people told her I was from Slovakia, so I should know all about Siberian customs, as Slovakia is very close to Siberia. One of the things the particular bookstore sells in abundance is the globe. I took one of the globes and placed it on the counter. I asked them to find Rhinelander on it, which they did even though its name was not printed on the globe. I asked them to find Siberia, which they could not. Same with Slovakia. So, I showed them: "Here is Slovakia, here is Siberia, here is Rhinelander. Since Rhinelander is much closer to Siberia than Slovakia will ever be, why don't *you* tell her all about Siberian customs." They were rather embarassed, and quite apologetic. :-) Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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