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thepowersgang wrote:I think he means a region, although I think any New Zealanders would be annoyed to have to be bunched in with Australia, maybe that could be changed to Oceania? To include the surrounding islands?
I agree. I'm going to vote for Antarctica instead.
GeniusCobyWalker wrote:This is for anyone that is dealing with OS Development,
Just select Country, no posts please.
Don't want to disclose anyones specific location.
I kinda like the results, but I'm surprised there are no people here from Latin (Middle) America!
Solar wrote:It keeps stunning me how friendly we - as a community - are towards people who start programming "their first OS" who don't even have a solid understanding of pointers, their compiler, or how a OS is structured.
Well, what you're seeing is a strong bias towards countries with a high standard of living, people having lots of spare time, computers, and an internet connection to actually end up on a site about something (when we're honest) completely pointless.
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Solar wrote:Well, what you're seeing is a strong bias towards countries with a high standard of living, people having lots of spare time, computers, and an internet connection to actually end up on a site about something (when we're honest) completely pointless.
Should I regard that as smartassery or bitter distaste for my post?
What I meant was I like the fact that Antarctica and Asia are tied for fourth place.
Solar wrote:It keeps stunning me how friendly we - as a community - are towards people who start programming "their first OS" who don't even have a solid understanding of pointers, their compiler, or how a OS is structured.
You can safely assume that people voting antartica just want to cast magic missile at this poll.
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Too weak, I think they're going for disintegrate or fireball. Possibly even Summon Monster IX.
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Solar wrote:It keeps stunning me how friendly we - as a community - are towards people who start programming "their first OS" who don't even have a solid understanding of pointers, their compiler, or how a OS is structured.
Combuster wrote:You can safely assume that people voting Antarctica just want to cast magic missile at this poll.
I was watching the Discovery channel once and saw these epic f*cking mountains in Antarctica. Ever since, I've had this desire to go there sometime and climb them to their summits.... <Tingles at thought of laying down in the snow and viewing the vast emptiness around.>
Hi,
I am from India , I initially did not have a permanent Internet connection . I had to go to cafe's to browse the forums and they charge a lot (comparatively ) .
