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From: kifox AT hotmail DOT com (kifox)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: zoneinfo
Date: 3 Dec 1997 01:44:30 GMT
Organization: Your Organization
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In article <3487c3a8 DOT 6329195 AT news DOT uni-duisburg DOT de>, michael DOT mauch AT gmx DOT de 
says...
>
>On 2 Dec 1997 00:53:09 GMT, kifox AT hotmail DOT com (kifox) wrote:
>
>> How would you react if you asked someone for directions and
>> they threw a traffic map in your face?
>
>Nobody threw a map in your face. I'd be happy if I asked for directions
>and someone would give me a map and point out where I am and which way I
>have to go. That's much better than telling me half an hour of "go left,
>then right...". And I can even call him on the cell phone and ask him
>"Umm, what does this blue line on your map mean?" if I don't understand
>it. Having a copy of the map with me, I could also ask other people
>precise questions like "see, there's a place on the map, but I can't
>find it, where is this?".

Yeah, and what happens when the only answer you get for the questions you 
were asking was "READ THE MAP"?

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