Mathieu Roy wrote:
Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Nederland means "low land". The Slovak term for "low land" would be another
possible name for the country.
I am surprised to hear there is no official translation of Netherlands
in Slovakia.
I have done just a search with google, a
Julian Mehnle wrote:
Erik Steffl wrote:
That's why I think it is better to use standard names, even though some
of them might be objectionable from certain perspectives.
But that's the point! The name is objectionable from a technical
perspective: it's unnecessarily long and bul
John Hasler wrote:
Erik Steffl writes:
so you're going to call germany deutschland?
Is Deutschland being labeled "Germany" to appease a powerful neighbor
despite the objections of the inhabitants?
I thought we're not into political disputes.
that could make the lis
Bas Zoetekouw wrote:
Hi Erik!
You wrote:
and while we're at it - netherlands is really holland.
No, it's not, actually. Holland is only part of the Netherlands.
well, yes. but: in slovakia the name for the country is holandsko
(slovak spelling for holland). maybe it insults some people i
Andreas Barth wrote:
* John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040405 04:55]:
Anthony Johnson writes:
Yes, you love living in China Taiwan. Will you stand on the other side
when you live in China mainland?
The people who live on the island call it Taiwan. What's wrong with using
the name they choose?
Miles Bader wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Claus Färber) writes:
BTW, there are a lot of other names from ISO 3166 that IMO should be
changed for everyday use:
Short name contains unnecessary parts from the full official name
(probably for political hyper-correctness):
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF;I
Package: boot-floppies
Version: 20010309
Severity: normal
there is a network config during install process, if user chooses
ppp then one can configure ppp, giving some name to a configuration file.
right after this the install process tries to start ppp but uses the
default name 'provider' instea
Package: boot-floppies
Version: 20010309
Severity: normal
at some point during the installation from floppies (I guess it's the same
when using cd or other methods) the user is asked for root password,
the password is accepted and later on a user can log in using this
password (root accou
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