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 Lines: 20 Message-ID: <662dhu$c30$1@winter.news.erols.com> References: <65vm5l$5kv$1 AT winter DOT news DOT erols DOT com> <3487c3a8 DOT 6329195 AT news DOT uni-duisburg DOT de> NNTP-Posting-Host: user10.firstsaga.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk 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"?