RE: West Wing Episode

["jt" <jt@xxxxxx>]

Dale,

Please see inline...;=)

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-nontech-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-nontech-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Draper, Dale
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 9:40 AM
To: 'midrange-nontech@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: West Wing Episode


I don't blame them, I mean jeeze, Ontario is in the U.S. You wouldn't have
to cross the border going from SoCal to Vt.!

We US citizens are pretty ignorant sometimes, eh?

===> Speak for YOURSELF, Dale:

> BTW, I have rarely watched the news in the past few years, and I missed
the one about Ontario becoming part of the U.S.

> When did this happen...?

> This is HUGE.  Imagine if this becomes a trend, and Quebec ends up
splitting off from Canada:  Maybe we can pick up Niagra Falls outright...!
(ROFLMAO...  Whew...!)

> (Joke's on me, though, because geography actually WAS my worst subject.
My wife thinks Quebec is IN Ontario, and I have no idea what province Niagra
Falls is in...)

===> Like I said, speak for YOURSELF, Dale...:=)

> jt


PS  Dave Winer has a negative reaction to the West Wing episode, but I since
I don't have time to watch, I'm not getting it...  I thought this week's
show WAS the premier...?  (www.scripting.com for 10/4/01)

I agree with a lot, but not all, of Mr. Winer's views.  For example, his
"One year ago today" (10/4/00):

OS Opinion: The failure of Linux. "Some software houses have been made to
feel guilty about charging for their wares, as if their talent and effort
are somehow less important than the will of the community. I think most
experienced programmers would agree that it is not only silly but morally
wrong to deny someone a fair price for a good product, and yet that is all
too often what the Linux hordes do to smaller software companies."


A link to some humor, courtesy Mr. Winer's weblog today, "Microsoft Patents
Ones, Zeroes": http://www.theonion.com/onion3311/microsoftpatents.html



> -----Original Message-----
> From: neilp@dpslink.com [SMTP:neilp@dpslink.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 6:32 AM
> To:   midrange-nontech@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: West Wing Episode
>
> They were making fun of something in that episode on the CTV (Canadian)
> National News last night.
> The producers/writers (and I guess the cast members for not catching it)
> showed their geographical ignorance in a line where they claimed someone
> was intercepted attempting to cross the border from "Ontario to Vermont".
>
> ...Neil
>