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  • C Chris Maunder

    Yes, this is a rant but it's also an issue that affects many programmers and most web users. Have you ever seen those forms where they ask you to enter your State or Province from a drop down, while also asking for your country. And, of course, the dropdown only contains US states? If you are going to go to the trouble of actually offering other than the US in the 'Countries' drop down, then maybe it might be worth offering a choice of State that isn't in the US. I don't get it. What do you guys do in this situation?

    a) Email the webmaster with an angry email saying their site sucks (yes - I know many of you do that. I have examples in my intray ;)) b) Try and work around it then essentially give up c) Say you are from Alabama.

    cheers, Chris Maunder

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    I make it easy for me. I ignore ignorant web sites. :) -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

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    • R Ranjan Banerji

      Somehow, I can never get myself to say I am from Alabama.... lol choosing a random state is a lot better....

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      Ranjan Banerji wrote: choosing a random state is a lot better and if it happens to be Alabama, then what? :-D My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers

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      • C Chris Maunder

        Yes, this is a rant but it's also an issue that affects many programmers and most web users. Have you ever seen those forms where they ask you to enter your State or Province from a drop down, while also asking for your country. And, of course, the dropdown only contains US states? If you are going to go to the trouble of actually offering other than the US in the 'Countries' drop down, then maybe it might be worth offering a choice of State that isn't in the US. I don't get it. What do you guys do in this situation?

        a) Email the webmaster with an angry email saying their site sucks (yes - I know many of you do that. I have examples in my intray ;)) b) Try and work around it then essentially give up c) Say you are from Alabama.

        cheers, Chris Maunder

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        Bill Gates Antimatter Particle
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        It's this very attitude of the great U S of bloody A, that really gets on the tits of every other nation on earth (well especially us brits). i.e this idea that America is the centre of the Universe, the sun revolves around america. That any american champions in a 2 bit sport that the only the americans play seriously e.g. baseball (or should I say rounders), are automatically dubbed 'WORLD champions'.... the 'World Series....blah blah'. Then they have the audacity to ignore the world's greatest game played by every other nation on earth with a passion, and not only that they rename it 'soccer', so that it doesnt CONFUSE their people with that amazingly witless game they play in pathetic costumes. God it makes me puke. This same attitude is the one responsible for crappy forms which only show American states, and zip codes. Im not sayin I hate america, or its people, but the fact is, 'on average' they are probably the least intelligent, most arrogant, most self-centred, most ignorant nation on earth. (France pushes them close though -but thats another long rant :) ); :mad: "Life begins at 140"

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        • B Bill Gates Antimatter Particle

          It's this very attitude of the great U S of bloody A, that really gets on the tits of every other nation on earth (well especially us brits). i.e this idea that America is the centre of the Universe, the sun revolves around america. That any american champions in a 2 bit sport that the only the americans play seriously e.g. baseball (or should I say rounders), are automatically dubbed 'WORLD champions'.... the 'World Series....blah blah'. Then they have the audacity to ignore the world's greatest game played by every other nation on earth with a passion, and not only that they rename it 'soccer', so that it doesnt CONFUSE their people with that amazingly witless game they play in pathetic costumes. God it makes me puke. This same attitude is the one responsible for crappy forms which only show American states, and zip codes. Im not sayin I hate america, or its people, but the fact is, 'on average' they are probably the least intelligent, most arrogant, most self-centred, most ignorant nation on earth. (France pushes them close though -but thats another long rant :) ); :mad: "Life begins at 140"

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          Two words for you: Anger Management ------------------------------------------ "What happened in that Rhode Island club is shocking. To think that over a hundred people would attend a Great White concert." - The Onion

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            Two words for you: Anger Management ------------------------------------------ "What happened in that Rhode Island club is shocking. To think that over a hundred people would attend a Great White concert." - The Onion

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            :laugh: -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

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            • C Chris Maunder

              Yes, this is a rant but it's also an issue that affects many programmers and most web users. Have you ever seen those forms where they ask you to enter your State or Province from a drop down, while also asking for your country. And, of course, the dropdown only contains US states? If you are going to go to the trouble of actually offering other than the US in the 'Countries' drop down, then maybe it might be worth offering a choice of State that isn't in the US. I don't get it. What do you guys do in this situation?

              a) Email the webmaster with an angry email saying their site sucks (yes - I know many of you do that. I have examples in my intray ;)) b) Try and work around it then essentially give up c) Say you are from Alabama.

              cheers, Chris Maunder

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              Wait a minute; You mean the internet exists in other countries, too??? ------------------------------------------ "What happened in that Rhode Island club is shocking. To think that over a hundred people would attend a Great White concert." - The Onion

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                Two words for you: Anger Management ------------------------------------------ "What happened in that Rhode Island club is shocking. To think that over a hundred people would attend a Great White concert." - The Onion

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                Bill Gates Antimatter Particle
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                Who says i'm angry? I was stating simple facts. Plus it seems you got no sense of humour. Your ID says 'Brit', but you seem to be another clueless american who doesnt understand british wit. :laugh: "Life begins at 140"

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                • B Brit

                  Wait a minute; You mean the internet exists in other countries, too??? ------------------------------------------ "What happened in that Rhode Island club is shocking. To think that over a hundred people would attend a Great White concert." - The Onion

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                  Bill Gates Antimatter Particle
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                  :-D thanks for that...that just about sums it up.;P "Life begins at 140"

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                  • D David Cunningham

                    Chris Maunder wrote: c) Say you are from Alabama. I think we, as the international community should all get together and pick 1 state to be from, and we should pick on that will look statistically suspicious like, say, Idaho or Maine. David

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                    I say Alaska. It's fairly remote, and it's close to the top of the list.

                    "How many more people have to die before no one ever dies again?" - Daniel Haley, The Onion

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                    • B Bill Gates Antimatter Particle

                      It's this very attitude of the great U S of bloody A, that really gets on the tits of every other nation on earth (well especially us brits). i.e this idea that America is the centre of the Universe, the sun revolves around america. That any american champions in a 2 bit sport that the only the americans play seriously e.g. baseball (or should I say rounders), are automatically dubbed 'WORLD champions'.... the 'World Series....blah blah'. Then they have the audacity to ignore the world's greatest game played by every other nation on earth with a passion, and not only that they rename it 'soccer', so that it doesnt CONFUSE their people with that amazingly witless game they play in pathetic costumes. God it makes me puke. This same attitude is the one responsible for crappy forms which only show American states, and zip codes. Im not sayin I hate america, or its people, but the fact is, 'on average' they are probably the least intelligent, most arrogant, most self-centred, most ignorant nation on earth. (France pushes them close though -but thats another long rant :) ); :mad: "Life begins at 140"

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                      Kevnar
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                      Don't all countries do those things in someway or another? If not, why would they be so upset at the 'US of bloody A'? The US is just famous for it for some reason.

                      "How many more people have to die before no one ever dies again?" - Daniel Haley, The Onion

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