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Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn

Started byRS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
First post2014-05-19 15:44 +0000
Last post2014-05-21 13:06 +0000
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  Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-19 15:44 +0000
    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-19 15:47 +0000
      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-19 21:33 +0000
      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-21 10:32 +0000
        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-21 11:01 +0000
          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-21 11:38 +0000
            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-21 12:23 +0000
              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn bill@server3.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2014-05-21 12:40 +0000
                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-21 15:59 +0300
                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-21 13:16 +0000
                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-21 18:38 +0200
                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-21 13:18 +0000
                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) - 2014-05-21 13:46 +0000
                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2014-05-21 21:22 +0100
                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-21 15:03 +0000
                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-21 15:20 +0000
                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Elliott Roper <nospam@yrl.co.uk> - 2014-05-22 21:40 +1000
                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-05-22 08:20 +0000
                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2014-05-22 18:14 -0500
                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-05-23 07:21 +0000
                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn pechter@tucker.pechter.dyndns.org (William Pechter) - 2014-05-21 19:11 +0000
                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-21 20:18 +0000
                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2014-05-21 21:16 +0100
                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-21 22:19 +0100
                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-05-21 23:02 -0400
                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2014-05-22 05:42 +0100
                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-22 19:22 +0100
                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2014-05-22 19:26 +0100
                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-05-22 17:52 -0400
                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2014-05-22 18:02 -0800
                            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-23 02:02 +0000
                              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-05-23 13:16 +1000
                                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-23 06:51 +0000
                                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2014-05-23 09:35 +0100
                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-05-23 19:55 +1000
                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2014-05-23 09:49 -0600
                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2014-05-23 19:24 +0100
                                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2014-05-23 14:23 -0600
                                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-24 16:19 +0200
                              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-23 07:32 +0100
                                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-23 07:09 +0000
                              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-23 09:36 -0500
                                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-23 19:00 +0000
                                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-23 15:21 -0500
                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-23 21:58 +0000
                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-05-24 00:34 +0100
                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-05-24 10:22 +1000
                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2014-05-23 17:35 -0800
                                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2014-05-24 10:20 +0100
                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2014-05-24 21:41 -0400
                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-05-24 00:33 +0100
                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Christian Corti <use@reply.to> - 2014-05-24 10:39 +0200
                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-24 09:28 +0000
                                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-24 13:13 +0100
                                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-05-24 10:51 -0400
                                            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2014-05-24 18:50 +0100
                                            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-24 20:05 +0000
                                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stan Barr <plan.b@dsl.pipex.com> - 2014-05-24 16:22 +0000
                                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-24 19:30 +0000
                                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2014-05-26 09:36 -0800
                                            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-05-26 15:01 -0400
                                              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-26 22:02 +0300
                                            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-26 19:17 +0000
                                              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-05-26 15:40 -0400
                                                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-26 22:14 +0000
                                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Christian Corti <use@reply.to> - 2014-05-25 22:30 +0200
                                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-26 05:02 +0000
                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-05-24 20:34 +1000
                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-24 13:36 +0300
                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-24 16:29 +0000
                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-24 14:47 -0500
                                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Christian Corti <use@reply.to> - 2014-05-25 22:43 +0200
                                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-25 17:56 -0500
                                            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-26 11:49 +0100
                                              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-26 14:18 +0300
                                              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Christian Corti <use@reply.to> - 2014-05-28 17:46 +0200
                                                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-28 20:11 +0300
                                                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-28 13:29 -0500
                                                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-28 19:19 +0000
                                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-05-29 14:10 -0700
                                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-30 00:42 +0000
                                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-05-30 05:48 -0400
                                                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Christian Corti <use@reply.to> - 2014-05-29 18:00 +0200
                                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-29 13:17 -0500
                                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2014-05-30 15:57 +0000
                                                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-30 11:29 -0500
                                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2014-05-30 15:55 -0800
                                                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2014-05-30 20:32 -0400
                                                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-31 08:50 +0000
                                                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-06-01 10:11 -0500
                                                            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-06-01 16:07 +0000
                                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-29 18:42 +0000
                                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Lawrence Statton <lawrence@perl.mx> - 2014-05-29 14:15 -0500
                                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2014-05-29 15:32 -0400
                                                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-28 19:13 +0000
                                                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2014-05-28 14:44 -0500
                                                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-05-28 22:45 +0000
                                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2014-05-30 11:10 -0800
                                                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2014-05-29 05:48 +0100
                                            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2014-05-26 13:26 -0400
                                              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-26 13:06 -0500
                                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-26 12:35 +0000
                                            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Christian Corti <use@reply.to> - 2014-05-28 17:49 +0200
                                              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-28 13:06 -0500
                                                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "ratty" <ratty@gmail.com> - 2014-05-30 14:16 +1000
                                                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-30 04:47 +0000
                                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2014-05-30 11:41 +0100
                                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "ratty" <ratty@gmail.com> - 2014-05-30 21:05 +1000
                                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Bernd Felsche <berfel@innovative.iinet.net.au> - 2014-05-30 19:16 +0800
                                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2014-05-26 13:02 -0400
                                            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2014-05-26 18:44 +0100
                                              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-26 21:10 +0200
                                                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2014-05-26 21:14 +0100
                                                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2014-05-26 21:45 +0100
                                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-26 23:59 +0200
                                                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-26 23:44 +0200
                                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2014-05-27 11:35 +0100
                                              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2014-05-26 20:25 +0100
                                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-05-26 13:38 -0700
                                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2014-05-27 13:59 +0000
                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-06-14 18:05 +0100
                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Oeter Johns" <oj19854@nospam.com> - 2014-06-15 07:32 +1000
                                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-06-15 00:50 +0300
                                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-06-15 16:44 +0200
                                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-24 16:27 +0200
                                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-24 14:53 -0500
                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "2ju" <2ju@gmail.com> - 2014-05-25 06:59 +1000
                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-24 22:44 +0000
                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-29 13:40 -0500
                                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-29 20:01 +0100
                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-05-24 19:01 -0400
                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-05-25 00:58 +0100
                                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-25 13:17 +0000
                                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2014-05-26 17:08 -0500
                                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2014-05-25 10:17 +0100
                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-22 09:54 +0000
                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-22 15:56 +0000
                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-05-22 14:07 -0400
                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2014-05-23 12:44 +0000
                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2014-05-21 08:20 -0800
                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2014-05-22 17:58 -0500
                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-23 00:00 +0000
                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2014-05-22 18:12 -0800
                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-23 09:50 -0500
                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-05-23 18:37 +0300
                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-24 16:59 +0200
                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn bill@server3.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2014-05-23 16:22 +0000
                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-23 12:08 -0500
                            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2014-05-23 12:03 -0800
                              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-23 21:58 +0100
                                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-24 03:20 -0500
                                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-24 13:11 +0100
                                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2014-05-24 21:47 -0400
                                  What constitutes being a Yankee? [was Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn] Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2014-05-29 14:58 -0400
                            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-24 15:59 +0200
                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Morten Reistad <first@last.name> - 2014-05-23 23:41 +0200
                            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-24 04:09 -0500
                              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2014-05-24 21:52 -0400
                        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2014-05-24 21:31 -0400
                          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-05-25 14:34 -0500
                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Bernd Felsche <berfel@innovative.iinet.net.au> - 2014-05-23 16:15 +0800
                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2014-05-21 14:15 +0000
                  Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn bill@server3.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2014-05-21 14:35 +0000
                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn bill@server3.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2014-05-21 14:38 +0000
                      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2014-05-21 08:22 -0800
                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2014-05-21 15:43 +0000
                    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-22 15:54 +0000
              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Andy Valencia <vandys@vsta.org> - 2014-05-21 07:07 -0700
            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-05-21 15:23 +0100
    Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-19 23:10 +0200
      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-19 22:54 +0100
        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-20 19:52 +0200
          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-20 23:22 +0100
      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-20 11:10 +0000
        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-05-20 11:56 +0000
          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-20 12:32 +0000
            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2014-05-20 15:24 -0500
              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) - 2014-05-21 14:08 +0000
                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-21 16:06 +0000
          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-20 13:50 +0000
            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Rob Brown <brown@greenslade.gmcl.internal> - 2014-05-20 19:49 +0000
              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-21 10:35 +0000
            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-05-20 21:11 +0000
              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-20 21:20 +0000
        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-05-20 13:45 +0100
          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2014-05-21 05:31 +1000
            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2014-05-21 09:35 +0200
        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-20 15:14 +0100
          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Rob Brown <brown@greenslade.gmcl.internal> - 2014-05-20 20:00 +0000
        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2014-05-20 16:45 -0400
        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 21:14 -0700
          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-21 09:42 +0100
        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-21 10:33 +0000
      Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2014-05-20 13:40 +0000
        Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-21 09:40 +0200
          Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-05-21 08:27 -0400
            Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2014-05-21 16:10 +0100
              Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-05-21 12:11 -0400
                Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2014-05-21 20:52 +0100
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#3005

From"Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com>
Date2014-05-22 17:58 -0500
Message-ID<lllvee$oru$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#2978
"Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in message 
news:535.289T2107T5005012@kltpzyxm.invalid...
> In article <bu3ndcF8gbeU6@mid.individual.net>, Huge@nowhere.much.invalid
> (Huge) writes:
>
>> Interesting that although America has retained much obsolete British
>> terminology, usage and units, they have discarded the stone. And the
>> fortnight.
>
> Maybe they just don't like the number 14.
>

Charlie, in a sense, everyone in North and South America... are Americans. 
So do folks in Canada like the number 14, eh???  Is the measure "stone" used 
in Canada normally???

--

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#3008

FromBob Eager <news0002@eager.cx>
Date2014-05-23 00:00 +0000
Message-ID<bu7hd7Fmh2vU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#3005
On Thu, 22 May 2014 17:58:19 -0500, Charles Richmond wrote:

> "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in message
> news:535.289T2107T5005012@kltpzyxm.invalid...
>> In article <bu3ndcF8gbeU6@mid.individual.net>,
>> Huge@nowhere.much.invalid (Huge) writes:
>>
>>> Interesting that although America has retained much obsolete British
>>> terminology, usage and units, they have discarded the stone. And the
>>> fortnight.
>>
>> Maybe they just don't like the number 14.
>>
>>
> Charlie, in a sense, everyone in North and South America... are
> Americans. So do folks in Canada like the number 14, eh???  Is the
> measure "stone" used in Canada normally???

Yes, but they got rid of all of the odd numbers, not just victimising one 
or two of them!



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#3009

From"Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date2014-05-22 18:12 -0800
Message-ID<1122.290T1013T10924218@kltpzyxm.invalid>
In reply to#3005
In article <lllvee$oru$1@dont-email.me>, numerist@aquaporin4.com
(Charles Richmond) writes:

> "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in message
> news:535.289T2107T5005012@kltpzyxm.invalid...
>
>> In article <bu3ndcF8gbeU6@mid.individual.net>,
>> Huge@nowhere.much.invalid (Huge) writes:
>>
>>> Interesting that although America has retained much obsolete British
>>> terminology, usage and units, they have discarded the stone. And the
>>> fortnight.
>>
>> Maybe they just don't like the number 14.
>
> Charlie, in a sense, everyone in North and South America... are
> Americans.  So do folks in Canada like the number 14, eh???  Is
> the measure "stone" used in Canada normally???

I've never seen it used here.  I've heard "fortnight" used rarely,
if ever.

On the other hand, the number 14 bus in Vancouver is popular enough
that a stage show was based on it.

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#3026

FromStephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>
Date2014-05-23 09:50 -0500
Message-ID<llnn8e$3vv$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#3005
On 22-May-14 17:58, Charles Richmond wrote:
> "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:535.289T2107T5005012@kltpzyxm.invalid...
>> In article <bu3ndcF8gbeU6@mid.individual.net>,
>> Huge@nowhere.much.invalid (Huge) writes:
>>> Interesting that although America has retained much obsolete
>>> British terminology, usage and units, they have discarded the
>>> stone. And the fortnight.
>> 
>> Maybe they just don't like the number 14.
> 
> Charlie, in a sense, everyone in North and South America... are 
> Americans.

Technically, yes, but in common usage, "Americans" refers only to people
from the US, while "North Americans" refers to people from the US and
Canada and, depending on context, Central America and/or the Caribbean.
 "South Americans" is unambiguous, except some in the US might
misinterpret that as people from the South(east)ern US.

S

-- 
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#3028

FromMarko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
Date2014-05-23 18:37 +0300
Message-ID<877g5cik0d.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net>
In reply to#3026
Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>:

> Technically, yes, but in common usage, "Americans" refers only to
> people from the US, while "North Americans" refers to people from the
> US and Canada and, depending on context, Central America and/or the
> Caribbean. "South Americans" is unambiguous, except some in the US
> might misinterpret that as people from the South(east)ern US.

Words have many meanings. You have the Organization of American States
(OAS), which is *not* a synonym for the USA.

However, calling the USA "America" is understandable since the full name
is so awkward. Similarly, the EU is often called simply "Europe"
nowadays (to the chagrin of the Norwegians and the Swiss).

Funny enough, the Cypriots see themselves as European because Cyprus
belongs to the EU. However, geographically speaking they're Asian.

Similarly, "Europe" extends to South America, where French Guiana
belongs to France, and Africa, where Ceuta and Melilla belong to Spain.


Marko

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#3083

FromPaul Sture <nospam@sture.ch>
Date2014-05-24 16:59 +0200
Message-ID<hno65b-u7s.ln1@news.chingola.ch>
In reply to#3028
On 2014-05-23, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>:
>
>> Technically, yes, but in common usage, "Americans" refers only to
>> people from the US, while "North Americans" refers to people from the
>> US and Canada and, depending on context, Central America and/or the
>> Caribbean. "South Americans" is unambiguous, except some in the US
>> might misinterpret that as people from the South(east)ern US.
>
> Words have many meanings. You have the Organization of American States
> (OAS), which is *not* a synonym for the USA.
>
> However, calling the USA "America" is understandable since the full name
> is so awkward. Similarly, the EU is often called simply "Europe"
> nowadays (to the chagrin of the Norwegians and the Swiss).
>
> Funny enough, the Cypriots see themselves as European because Cyprus
> belongs to the EU. However, geographically speaking they're Asian.
>
> Similarly, "Europe" extends to South America, where French Guiana
> belongs to France, and Africa, where Ceuta and Melilla belong to Spain.

Here's an article I remember reading at the time about the Euro's acceptance
in French Guiana.  Having just re-read it, it's a reminder of the good
quality journalism I used to enjoy on the internet.

<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jan/14/euro.eu>

Other stories from the same time, including a reminder that becoming a
millionaire by the simple expedient of moving to Italy was a thing of the
past :-)

"A short history of the euro"
<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jun/09/euro.eu1>

"Euro notes"
<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/dec/22/euro.money3>

-- 
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#3030

Frombill@server3.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon)
Date2014-05-23 16:22 +0000
Message-ID<bu9augFgp3cU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#3026
In article <llnn8e$3vv$1@dont-email.me>,
	Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> writes:
> On 22-May-14 17:58, Charles Richmond wrote:
>> "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in message 
>> news:535.289T2107T5005012@kltpzyxm.invalid...
>>> In article <bu3ndcF8gbeU6@mid.individual.net>,
>>> Huge@nowhere.much.invalid (Huge) writes:
>>>> Interesting that although America has retained much obsolete
>>>> British terminology, usage and units, they have discarded the
>>>> stone. And the fortnight.
>>> 
>>> Maybe they just don't like the number 14.
>> 
>> Charlie, in a sense, everyone in North and South America... are 
>> Americans.
> 
> Technically, yes, but in common usage, "Americans" refers only to people
> from the US, while "North Americans" refers to people from the US and
> Canada and, depending on context, Central America and/or the Caribbean.
>  "South Americans" is unambiguous, except some in the US might
> misinterpret that as people from the South(east)ern US.

Contrary to popular notions, US citizens are not that stupid and we
know what South America means.

bill

-- 
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#3031

FromStephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>
Date2014-05-23 12:08 -0500
Message-ID<llnvae$1nc$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#3030
On 23-May-14 11:22, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article <llnn8e$3vv$1@dont-email.me>, Stephen Sprunk
> <stephen@sprunk.org> writes:
>> On 22-May-14 17:58, Charles Richmond wrote:
>>> Charlie, in a sense, everyone in North and South America... are 
>>> Americans.
>> 
>> Technically, yes, but in common usage, "Americans" refers only to
>> people from the US, while "North Americans" refers to people from
>> the US and Canada and, depending on context, Central America and/or
>> the Caribbean. "South Americans" is unambiguous, except some in the
>> US might misinterpret that as people from the South(east)ern US.
> 
> Contrary to popular notions, US citizens are not that stupid and we 
> know what South America means.

Certainly not all of us, but a non-trivial fraction are shockingly
ignorant of any geography (and politics, culture, etc.) outside our
borders.  Many can't even find the US itself on an unlabeled map.

S

-- 
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CCIE #3723         "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the
K5SSS        dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking

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#3036

From"Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date2014-05-23 12:03 -0800
Message-ID<1389.291T2105T7235354@kltpzyxm.invalid>
In reply to#3031
In article <llnvae$1nc$1@dont-email.me>, stephen@sprunk.org
(Stephen Sprunk) writes:

> On 23-May-14 11:22, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>
>> In article <llnn8e$3vv$1@dont-email.me>, Stephen Sprunk
>> <stephen@sprunk.org> writes:
>>
>>> On 22-May-14 17:58, Charles Richmond wrote:
>>>
>>>> Charlie, in a sense, everyone in North and South America... are
>>>> Americans.
>>>
>>> Technically, yes, but in common usage, "Americans" refers only to
>>> people from the US, while "North Americans" refers to people from
>>> the US and Canada and, depending on context, Central America and/or
>>> the Caribbean. "South Americans" is unambiguous, except some in the
>>> US might misinterpret that as people from the South(east)ern US.
>>
>> Contrary to popular notions, US citizens are not that stupid and we
>> know what South America means.

"Y'all makin' fun of us, boy?"

> Certainly not all of us, but a non-trivial fraction are shockingly
> ignorant of any geography (and politics, culture, etc.) outside our
> borders.  Many can't even find the US itself on an unlabeled map.

"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography."  -- Ambrose Bierce

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#3043

FromTim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net>
Date2014-05-23 21:58 +0100
Message-ID<230520142158065729%timstreater@greenbee.net>
In reply to#3036
In article <1389.291T2105T7235354@kltpzyxm.invalid>, Charlie Gibbs
<cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

> In article <llnvae$1nc$1@dont-email.me>, stephen@sprunk.org
> (Stephen Sprunk) writes:
> 
> > On 23-May-14 11:22, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> >
> >> In article <llnn8e$3vv$1@dont-email.me>, Stephen Sprunk
> >> <stephen@sprunk.org> writes:
> >>
> >>> On 22-May-14 17:58, Charles Richmond wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Charlie, in a sense, everyone in North and South America... are
> >>>> Americans.
> >>>
> >>> Technically, yes, but in common usage, "Americans" refers only to
> >>> people from the US, while "North Americans" refers to people from
> >>> the US and Canada and, depending on context, Central America and/or
> >>> the Caribbean. "South Americans" is unambiguous, except some in the
> >>> US might misinterpret that as people from the South(east)ern US.
> >>
> >> Contrary to popular notions, US citizens are not that stupid and we
> >> know what South America means.
> 
> "Y'all makin' fun of us, boy?"

Hell yes, you Yankee pipsqueak.

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#3061

FromStephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>
Date2014-05-24 03:20 -0500
Message-ID<llpknv$ve4$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#3043
On 23-May-14 15:58, Tim Streater wrote:
> In article <1389.291T2105T7235354@kltpzyxm.invalid>, Charlie Gibbs 
> <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>> "Y'all makin' fun of us, boy?"
> 
> Hell yes, you Yankee pipsqueak.

"Yankee" is an interesting word:

To those from outside the US, it means someone from the US.

To those from the Southern US, it means those from the North.

To those from the Northern US, it means those from New York City.

To those from New York City, it means a baseball team.

S

-- 
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#3071

FromTim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net>
Date2014-05-24 13:11 +0100
Message-ID<240520141311474993%timstreater@greenbee.net>
In reply to#3061
In article <llpknv$ve4$1@dont-email.me>, Stephen Sprunk
<stephen@sprunk.org> wrote:

> On 23-May-14 15:58, Tim Streater wrote:
> > In article <1389.291T2105T7235354@kltpzyxm.invalid>, Charlie Gibbs 
> > <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
> >> "Y'all makin' fun of us, boy?"
> > 
> > Hell yes, you Yankee pipsqueak.
> 
> "Yankee" is an interesting word:
> 
> To those from outside the US, it means someone from the US.
> 
> To those from the Southern US, it means those from the North.
> 
> To those from the Northern US, it means those from New York City.
> 
> To those from New York City, it means a baseball team.

And my riposte was incomplete anyway. It should have been:

Hell yes, you damned Yankee pipsqueak!

-- 
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friend.... if you have one." - GB Shaw to Churchill "Cannot possibly
attend first night, will attend second...  if there is one." - Winston
Churchill, in response.

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#3154

FromShmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid>
Date2014-05-24 21:47 -0400
Message-ID<53814bc2$22$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net>
In reply to#3061
In <llpknv$ve4$1@dont-email.me>, on 05/24/2014
   at 03:20 AM, Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> said:

>On 23-May-14 15:58, Tim Streater wrote:
>> In article <1389.291T2105T7235354@kltpzyxm.invalid>, Charlie Gibbs 
>> <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>>> "Y'all makin' fun of us, boy?"
>> 
>> Hell yes, you Yankee pipsqueak.

>"Yankee" is an interesting word:

>To those from outside the US, it means someone from the US.

>To those from the Southern US, it means those from the North.

>To those from the Northern US, it means those from New York City.

That's a funny way to spell New England.

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#3355 — What constitutes being a Yankee? [was Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn]

FromRich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com>
Date2014-05-29 14:58 -0400
SubjectWhat constitutes being a Yankee? [was Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn]
Message-ID<mddsinsjtt5.fsf_-_@panix5.panix.com>
In reply to#3061
Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> writes:

> On 23-May-14 15:58, Tim Streater wrote:
>> In article <1389.291T2105T7235354@kltpzyxm.invalid>, Charlie Gibbs 
>> <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>>> "Y'all makin' fun of us, boy?"

>> Hell yes, you Yankee pipsqueak.

> "Yankee" is an interesting word:

> To those from outside the US, it means someone from the US.

> To those from the Southern US, it means those from the North.

> To those from the Northern US, it means those from New York City.

> To those from New York City, it means a baseball team.

Hmph.  Damn kids!

When I first read this (in Jackson, Miss., in the early 1960's, in a humor
column in the Jackson Daily News, which I delivered every afternoon for several
years), it ran

    To those in other conutries, Yankee means someone from the US.
    To those in other parts of the US, it means someone from the North.
    To those in the North, it means someone from New England.
    To those in New England, it means someone from Vermont.
    To those in Vermont, it means someone who eats pie for breakfast, so a lot
    of Southerners are Yankees!

Those from the post-Civil War western states were not considered Yankees in the
South (Texas and Mississippi at least, and I would guess elsewhere) of my
childhood, so the second line is more generic than in Mr. Sprunk's version.

-- 
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#3080

FromPaul Sture <nospam@sture.ch>
Date2014-05-24 15:59 +0200
Message-ID<l7l65b-h8p.ln1@news.chingola.ch>
In reply to#3031
On 2014-05-23, Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> wrote:
> On 23-May-14 11:22, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> In article <llnn8e$3vv$1@dont-email.me>, Stephen Sprunk
>> <stephen@sprunk.org> writes:
>>> On 22-May-14 17:58, Charles Richmond wrote:
>>>> Charlie, in a sense, everyone in North and South America... are 
>>>> Americans.
>>> 
>>> Technically, yes, but in common usage, "Americans" refers only to
>>> people from the US, while "North Americans" refers to people from
>>> the US and Canada and, depending on context, Central America and/or
>>> the Caribbean. "South Americans" is unambiguous, except some in the
>>> US might misinterpret that as people from the South(east)ern US.
>> 
>> Contrary to popular notions, US citizens are not that stupid and we 
>> know what South America means.
>
> Certainly not all of us, but a non-trivial fraction are shockingly
> ignorant of any geography (and politics, culture, etc.) outside our
> borders.  Many can't even find the US itself on an unlabeled map.

Is that because US maps put it in the middle rather than it's proper place
on the LHS?

<ducks and runs for cover>

-- 
Paul Sture

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her to change her maiden name                                  -- @gojomo

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#3045

FromMorten Reistad <first@last.name>
Date2014-05-23 23:41 +0200
Message-ID<gtr45b-5sb.ln1@wair.reistad.name>
In reply to#3030
In article <bu9augFgp3cU1@mid.individual.net>,
Bill Gunshannon <billg999@cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
>In article <llnn8e$3vv$1@dont-email.me>,
>	Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> writes:
>> On 22-May-14 17:58, Charles Richmond wrote:
>>> "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in message 
>>> news:535.289T2107T5005012@kltpzyxm.invalid...
>>>> In article <bu3ndcF8gbeU6@mid.individual.net>,
>>>> Huge@nowhere.much.invalid (Huge) writes:
>>>>> Interesting that although America has retained much obsolete
>>>>> British terminology, usage and units, they have discarded the
>>>>> stone. And the fortnight.
>>>> 
>>>> Maybe they just don't like the number 14.
>>> 
>>> Charlie, in a sense, everyone in North and South America... are 
>>> Americans.
>> 
>> Technically, yes, but in common usage, "Americans" refers only to people
>> from the US, while "North Americans" refers to people from the US and
>> Canada and, depending on context, Central America and/or the Caribbean.

And Mexico. Always a part of North America. 

For Panama, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and El Salvador
the reference is a bit more floating.

BTW: For Latin America, do you include Belize, which speaks English?

>>  "South Americans" is unambiguous, except some in the US might
>> misinterpret that as people from the South(east)ern US.
>
>Contrary to popular notions, US citizens are not that stupid and we
>know what South America means.

Normally all land between the Darien gap and Tierra del Fuego, I presume?

-- mrr

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#3064

FromStephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>
Date2014-05-24 04:09 -0500
Message-ID<llpnje$i7s$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#3045
On 23-May-14 16:41, Morten Reistad wrote:
> In article <bu9augFgp3cU1@mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon 
> <billg999@cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
>> In article <llnn8e$3vv$1@dont-email.me>, Stephen Sprunk 
>> <stephen@sprunk.org> writes:
>>> On 22-May-14 17:58, Charles Richmond wrote:
>>>> Charlie, in a sense, everyone in North and South America...
>>>> are Americans.
>>> 
>>> Technically, yes, but in common usage, "Americans" refers only
>>> to people from the US, while "North Americans" refers to people
>>> from the US and Canada and, depending on context, Central
>>> America and/or the Caribbean.
> 
> And Mexico. Always a part of North America.

Friends and coworkers from Mexico didn't consider themselves
"norteamericanos", even after moving to the US.  My HS Spanish teacher,
who was from Panama, didn't consider Mexicans to be "norteamericanos"
either.

> For Panama, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and
> El Salvador the reference is a bit more floating.

Indeed; the definition of "North America" seems to vary depending on
whether the context also references South America, Central America
and/or Latin America.

> BTW: For Latin America, do you include Belize, which speaks English?

I'm not sure; that's an odd one; it's certainly part of Central America.

Spanish-speaking islands in the Caribbean, which is sometimes part of
North and/or Central America and sometimes not, are also troublesome;
that probably also depends on context.

Countries that speak neither English nor Spanish nor Portuguese are also
troublesome; for instance, even though French is a Latin-based language,
French-speaking people aren't considered "Latinos".

>>> "South Americans" is unambiguous, except some in the US might 
>>> misinterpret that as people from the South(east)ern US.
>> 
>> Contrary to popular notions, US citizens are not that stupid and we
>> know what South America means.
> 
> Normally all land between the Darien gap and Tierra del Fuego, I 
> presume?

Either the Darien Gap or the Panama Canal, depending.

Whether various islands _near_ South America are considered part of the
continent or not varies as well, just as the UK and Ireland are
sometimes considered part of Europe and sometimes not.

S

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#3153

FromShmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid>
Date2014-05-24 21:52 -0400
Message-ID<53814cd1$24$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net>
In reply to#3064
In <llpnje$i7s$1@dont-email.me>, on 05/24/2014
   at 04:09 AM, Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> said:

>Friends and coworkers from Mexico didn't consider themselves
>"norteamericanos",

Perhaps not, but their government doesn't agree with them.

NAFTA.

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#3156

FromShmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid>
Date2014-05-24 21:31 -0400
Message-ID<53814803$19$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net>
In reply to#3026
In <llnn8e$3vv$1@dont-email.me>, on 05/23/2014
   at 09:50 AM, Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> said:

>Technically, yes, but in common usage, "Americans" refers only to
>people from the US, while "North Americans" refers to people from 
>the US and Canada and, depending on context, Central America 
>and/or the Caribbean.

What is Mexico, chopped liver?

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#3175

FromStephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>
Date2014-05-25 14:34 -0500
Message-ID<lltgl1$vpm$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#3156
On 24-May-14 20:31, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
> In <llnn8e$3vv$1@dont-email.me>, on 05/23/2014 at 09:50 AM, Stephen
> Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> said:
>> Technically, yes, but in common usage, "Americans" refers only to 
>> people from the US, while "North Americans" refers to people from 
>> the US and Canada and, depending on context, Central America and/or
>> the Caribbean.
> 
> What is Mexico, chopped liver?

If the grouping Central/Latin America is used in the context, then it is
part of that rather than North America.  This is an indication that the
distinction being made is cultural rather than continental.

S

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