Re: Debian was hacked: The Canterbury Distribution
On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:17:42 +0100, Lisi wrote:
> On Friday 01 April 2011 10:05:54 Liam O'Toole wrote:
>> >> I guess it is a joke.
>> >
>> > 04/01/11 !
>>
>> What does the 4th of January have to do with it??!!!!
>
> Perhaps on an international list we should say the month names as Liam
> has here. Otherwise one is playing guessing games to work out the
> upbringing of any writer who uses an ambiguous form for the date. In
> this case the context made guessing easy, but that is rarely the case.
Not only date format can be a problem but its full meaning, as not every
country is aware of this "special day".
Here in Spain we celebrate it on December 28th instead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day#Other_prank_days_in_the_world
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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