T1 (was Re: [plug] Mailing list archive)

Richard Sharpe sharpe at ns.aus.com
Wed Sep 6 21:40:44 WST 2000


At 12:41 AM 9/7/00 +0800, Mike Holland wrote:
>On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Richard Sharpe wrote:
>
>> That is true. Japan and Canada for example, although, Canada is perhaps
>> cheating, as it is almost the 53rd state of the Union.
>
>OK, I'll bite. Which are 51 and 52?

Well, it seems I was wrong :-) I have always believed that there were 52
states, but a check on http://www.123world.com/usstates/ (after running it
through wc to check my counting) shows 51 states.  Of course, the site
could be wrong, but the names look familiar.

As to which is the 51st state, take your pick.

>-- 
>Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
>                          --==--
>
>
>

Regards
-------
Richard Sharpe, sharpe at ns.aus.com
Samba (Team member, www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member, www.zing.org)
Contributing author, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours
Author, Special Edition, Using Samba





More information about the plug mailing list