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Why are we missing so many nations on GLP?

 
Luvapottamus
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Why are we missing so many nations on GLP?
When Localization came to LINUX I went and read the whitepapers at the W3C on the convention.

I can't find them now.

But what I read went like this:

"Due to several factors be them financial or due to disfavor of certain nations, what we need to achieve is the appearance of functionality[of the www] in disfavored nations."

Anybody else have a clue?
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
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Because they DONT EXIST!
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Because they DONT EXIST!
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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
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no they're all there,arent they?
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 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1435658


Yeah, no linky, I stinky,

But I read that("the appearance of functionality").

Show me how many nations we have here.
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
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When Localization came to LINUX I went and read the whitepapers at the W3C on the convention.
 Quoting: Luvapottamus


I don't understand a thing. What?
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hi
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GLP even has Antarctica dude.

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When Localization came to LINUX I went and read the whitepapers at the W3C on the convention.
 Quoting: Luvapottamus


I don't understand a thing. What?
 Quoting: Vlad Tepes


When Localization came to linux, I had to pick a timezone to install my distro. I started with SUSE around 2003.

I was curios what that meant(I knew it wasn't just for daylight savings time)

So I looked around the web. There was a company that specialized on "localization, pinpointing the location of a web site visitor by IP address within a few city blocks of their actual geolocation. Their website was racist. All southern hemisphere countries had black flags except Australia and South Africa.

So I went to the W3C, and looked at their requests for comments, and they had concluded the session, but the papers were still there.

Discrimination.

I wonder if anyone has a mirror of those old comments. I ask because I've been on this site for many months, and haven't seen many people from the "non-favored nations" on here.
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
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Last time I'll masturbump tonight.

Anybody got an answer?

I've seen a lot of Northern Hemisphere posters, and that probably correlates with development, so I'm not trying to be a wingnut here.

But that's kind of my point. How many African countries have posted here?

Are all South American ones accounted for?

Surely there are English speakers everywhere. Colonialism(that's what the papers reeked of too).

Last Edited by Luvapottamus on 06/22/2011 03:50 AM
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
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no they're all there,arent they?
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The important ones are.
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Just curious if any OG GLP veterans have any observations.

(It's not about GLP, I'm using GLP as a "barometer" for third world web access sort of.) Anybody ever make a list of countries people have posted from?

I think World Wide Web is something that hasn't been realized yet.

Last Edited by Luvapottamus on 06/22/2011 01:20 PM
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
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For answers.

I ask a legitimate question.
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
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Last time I'll masturbump tonight.
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I like that term. I'll use it.
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Last time I'll masturbump tonight.

Anybody got an answer?

I've seen a lot of Northern Hemisphere posters, and that probably correlates with development, so I'm not trying to be a wingnut here.

But that's kind of my point. How many African countries have posted here?

Are all South American ones accounted for?

Surely there are English speakers everywhere. Colonialism(that's what the papers reeked of too).
 Quoting: Luvapottamus


You realize that 90% of the worlds population lives in the Northern hemisphere don't you?

Hell you do realize that Africa is on the equator and that 60% of Africa's population lives in the Northern hemisphere don't you?
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My astrological sign is The Rolling Stones.

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where have the russkies and chinks gone?

haver they been blocked?
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where have the russkies and chinks gone?

haver they been blocked?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1429526


we do not have a lot of crazy peace
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where have the russkies and chinks gone?

haver they been blocked?
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I'm blocked.
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GLP even has Antarctica dude.

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And the Vatican!!
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where have the russkies and chinks gone?

haver they been blocked?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1429526


we do not have a lot of crazy peace
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yay!

welcome, comrade!

cheers

we do not have a lot of crazy peace

1rof1

no, I suppose not, after they have a nice warming cup of polonium tea?

lol
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where have the russkies and chinks gone?

haver they been blocked?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1429526


we do not have a lot of crazy peace
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yay!

welcome, comrade!

cheers

we do not have a lot of crazy peace

1rof1

no, I suppose not, after they have a nice warming cup of polonium tea?

lol
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Do not make general conclusions about anyone who lives in Russia please
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GLP even has Antarctica dude.

bs
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bsflag
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where have the russkies and chinks gone?

haver they been blocked?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1429526


we do not have a lot of crazy peace
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1299070


yay!

welcome, comrade!

cheers

we do not have a lot of crazy peace

1rof1

no, I suppose not, after they have a nice warming cup of polonium tea?

lol
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1429526


Do not make general conclusions about anyone who lives in Russia please
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i'll do what I want

who are you? my mum?
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we do not have a lot of crazy peace
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yay!

welcome, comrade!

cheers

we do not have a lot of crazy peace

1rof1

no, I suppose not, after they have a nice warming cup of polonium tea?

lol
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1429526


Do not make general conclusions about anyone who lives in Russia please
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i'll do what I want

who are you? my mum?
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I Putin. Any questions?
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Which nations are you missing?

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My ISP, Optus has apparently been banned since Sunday, so maybe it's cause of the "Large range ISP ban" they have going on, im still pretty certain the ban was aimed at me though. After atleast 70 aussie users were on at one point, and that is in the high range of average Australian users on GLP at one time. So i concluded that at least 20 to 30 percent of these users were using the Optus network, the same ISP as mine.
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GLP is randomly showing national flags linked to posters. I live in Taiwan, last time I got United States so we'll see what flag I get today.
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Which nations are you missing?

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 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1438781


There are over 300 countries right?
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
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