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Patrik Fältström
paf at cisco.com
Tue Mar 8 23:23:25 CET 2005
On Mar 8, 2005, at 11:10, Jim Reid wrote: >>>>>> "Nigel" == Titley, Nigel <NTitley at 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
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