Re: RIPE 50: Registration Now Open
"Nigel" == Titley, Nigel <NTitley@flagtelecom.com> writes:
RIPE> RIPE 50 will be held 2-6 May, 2005 at the Clarion Hotel in RIPE> Stockholm, Sweden. >> Where else would Stockholm be but Sweden? Nigel> To our dear American cousins it could be a small town in Nigel> the mid west, for example, Cairo (Illinois), Rome Nigel> (Illinois) and Paris (Illinois). Hence their tendency to Nigel> qualify with country, for example, Cairo (Egypt), Paris Nigel> (France) and Rome (Italy). Exactly! I'm sure most of the Americans on our lists are well aware we're not referring to hick towns in the US. As are the rest of the people on the NCC's lists. Nigel> I'm somewhat disappointed to see the RIPE NCC adopting the Nigel> habit though. That's my point. Where will this idiocy end? Do we have to explain that Sweden's in Europe? Or Europe's a continent on Earth?
On Mar 8, 2005, at 11:10, Jim Reid wrote:
"Nigel" == Titley, Nigel <NTitley@flagtelecom.com> writes:
RIPE> RIPE 50 will be held 2-6 May, 2005 at the Clarion Hotel in RIPE> Stockholm, Sweden.
Where else would Stockholm be but Sweden?
Nigel> To our dear American cousins it could be a small town in Nigel> the mid west, for example, Cairo (Illinois), Rome Nigel> (Illinois) and Paris (Illinois). Hence their tendency to Nigel> qualify with country, for example, Cairo (Egypt), Paris Nigel> (France) and Rome (Italy).
Exactly! I'm sure most of the Americans on our lists are well aware we're not referring to hick towns in the US. As are the rest of the people on the NCC's lists.
Nigel> I'm somewhat disappointed to see the RIPE NCC adopting the Nigel> habit though.
That's my point. Where will this idiocy end? Do we have to explain that Sweden's in Europe? Or Europe's a continent on Earth?
An international address/reference is to include the name of a country according to UPU S42-1. I think it is a good thing Ripe follows the international standards that exists. paf
Well, At 05:10 PM 3/8/2005 +0000, Jim Reid wrote:
Nigel> I'm somewhat disappointed to see the RIPE NCC adopting the Nigel> habit though.
That's my point. Where will this idiocy end? Do we have to explain that Sweden's in Europe? Or Europe's a continent on Earth?
You may find listing the country superfluous information - However you'd be surprised how many people confuse the Scandinavian countries - How many times have I heard "You're from Oslo, is that the capital of Sweden?" Besides, most events are listed that way, as they are on the events calendar at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/calendar.html Same on Metallica's concert tour for instance: http://www.metallica.com/tour/dates.html :) Camilla
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