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Writing Software for Worldwide Distribution Proves Difficult

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the least-common-denominator dept.

lupa1420 writes "Insensitive computer programmers with little knowledge of geography have cost the giant Microsoft company hundreds of millions of dollars in lost business and led hapless company employees to be arrested by offended governments."

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  1. Re:Insular US by glenrm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You poor bastard, here you are in the US and you spend your time watching new and current affairs programming, get thee to a LAN party!

    If your going to be indoors spend your time playing Circle of Heros with less lag or pick up a US copy of DOOM 3.

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  2. Nova? Si va!!!! by QEDog · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Well, I'm from a spanish-speaking country, and my parents had a Nova when I was growing up. ALL the kids in my neighborhood made fun of me because my parents had the car that doesn't go. I remember the chanting:

    "No va! No vaaaa!"

    To what I would reply:

    "Si vaaa! Si vaaaa!"

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  3. Re:Specific Ocean? by thomasdelbert · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    OT, but I know who the head of gov't in 35 different countries is, but I have no idea who the mayor of the city I live in is.

    - Thomas;

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  4. Mod me down... by drinkypoo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ...and I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. Modding down a statement of opinion (which is pretty much fact - but we could dispute it all day) because you disagree with it is not only petty but basically demonstrates the truth of the statement. If you want to remove the power you must refute it once and ignore it thereafter.

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  5. Re:Of course not! by pilgrim23 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Another similar case to this was the evening a TV sitcom was first aired in South Korea. The Sitcom: Joanie Loves Chachi. I have heard that this one night had the greatest single viewership in all of Korean television history. You see, in Korean, "Chachi" means ........penis.

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