18 Feb
2012
18 Feb
'12
1:05 p.m.
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:17:17 +0000 (GMT), ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony
Duell) wrote:
A few comments...
1) I can find nothing to suggest that this has anythign to do with the
UK. The televisoin company is not a UK one (AFAIK), and while is at least
one small village in England called Melbourne, I cna't beleive it had
much of a hacker./cracker community.
They are based in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. They must mean
Melbourne, Australia.
/Jonas
20 Feb
20 Feb
12:43 p.m.
New subject: ATTN: Nerds UK and Down Under: Television Program about, 1980s
A few
comments...
1) I can find nothing to suggest that this has anythign to do with the
UK. The televisoin company is not a UK one (AFAIK), and while is at least
one small village in England called Melbourne, I cna't beleive it had
much of a hacker./cracker community.
They are based in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. They must mean
Melbourne, Australia. 
1:37 p.m.
New subject: ATTN: Nerds UK and Down Under: Television Program about, 1980s
On Mon, 20 Feb 2012, Tony Duell wrote:
Sore, I had guessed that. In general 'Melbourne' means the one in
Australia, just as 'London' would man the one in England (there are
others in the World). I added the comment in case somebody said
'Well, it could be in England, there's a village called Melbourne there'.
My original quesiton remains. Is three any eeason to think this
production has anythign to do with England?
Just for fun, it could be the Melbourne in Florida. I'm in Bakersfield.
There's a few of those scattered about.
--
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dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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A few comments...
1) I can find nothing to suggest that this has anythign to do with the
UK. The televisoin company is not a UK one (AFAIK), and while is at least
one small village in England called Melbourne, I cna't beleive it had
much of a hacker./cracker community.
They are based in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. They must mean
Melbourne, Australia. 
5:18 p.m.
New subject: ATTN: Nerds UK and Down Under: Television Program about, 1980s
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Griffith" <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: ATTN: Nerds UK and Down Under: Television Program about, 1980s
For further laughs, I live near Cambridge. The last time I searched for
Cambridge online, I discovered that there is (atleast) one in Canada, and
one in every US state! Since then I always write Cambridge, UK when
referring to Cambridge to avoid any possible confusion.
As far as the original topic goes, I received an email about this on another
email list which points to an article here:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/02/old-school-hacker-movie-set-in-melbourne-…
It seems highly likely that they mean Melbourne, Australia, due to the fact
that they contacted John Ferlito, president of Linux Australia, asking for
help and the fact that this article appears on an Australian website.
I don't like this line in the article though "Because if you use Linux,
chances are there's a long-forgotten Amiga 500 in your fridge.", as I would
never ditch my Amiga's just for Linux and I also vaguely recall a discussion
somewhere (not sure if it was on here or another group) about Linux on
Amiga's about a year or so back.
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
On Mon, 20 Feb 2012, Tony Duell wrote:
>>> A few comments...
>>>
>>> 1) I can find nothing to suggest that this has anythign to do with the
>>> UK. The televisoin company is not a UK one (AFAIK), and while is at
least
>>> one small village in England called
Melbourne, I cna't beleive it had
>>> much of a hacker./cracker community.
>>
>> They are based in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. They must mean
>> Melbourne, Australia.
>
> Sore, I had guessed that. In general 'Melbourne' means the one in
> Australia, just as 'London' would man the one in England (there are
> others in the World). I added the comment in case somebody said
> 'Well, it could be in England, there's a village called Melbourne
there'.
My original quesiton remains. Is three any eeason to think this
production has anythign to do with England?
Just for fun, it could be the Melbourne in Florida. I'm in Bakersfield.
There's a few of those scattered about.
21 Feb
21 Feb
12:44 p.m.
New subject: ATTN: Nerds UK and Down Under: Television Program about, 1980s
For further laughs, I live near Cambridge. The last
time I searched for
Cambridge online, I discovered that there is (atleast) one in Canada, and
one in every US state! Since then I always write Cambridge, UK when
referring to Cambridge to avoid any possible confusion.
Yes, but which 'Cambridge, UK'? The City with a well-known university, or
the small village in Gloucestershire?
-tony
2:42 p.m.
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On 21 Feb 2012 at 20:44, Tony Duell wrote:
I don't know who the original post is by, but it's not true that
there's a "Cambridge" (or a river named Cam) in every US state. Not
even close. A quick check shows, for instance, that there's no city
or town named "Cambridge" in Oregon, Hawaii or Alaska--the closest
one seems to be in Idaho.
--Chuck
For further
laughs, I live near Cambridge. The last time I searched
for Cambridge online, I discovered that there is (atleast) one in
Canada, and one in every US state! Since then I always write
Cambridge, UK when referring to Cambridge to avoid any possible
confusion.
Yes, but which 'Cambridge, UK'? The City with a well-known university,
or the small village in Gloucestershire? 
2:58 p.m.
New subject: ATTN: Nerds UK and Down Under: Television Program about, 1980s
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I don't know who the original post is by, but
it's not true that
there's a "Cambridge" (or a river named Cam) in every US state. Not
even close. A quick check shows, for instance, that there's no city
or town named "Cambridge" in Oregon, Hawaii or Alaska--the closest
one seems to be in Idaho.
How many states are there in USA without a "Springfield"?
3:07 p.m.
New subject: ATTN: Nerds UK and Down Under: Television Program about, 1980s
I don't
know who the original post is by, but it's not true that
there's a "Cambridge" (or a river named Cam) in every US state. Not
even close. A quick check shows, for instance, that there's no city
or town named "Cambridge" in Oregon, Hawaii or Alaska--the closest
one seems to be in Idaho.
How many states are there in USA without a "Springfield"?
28 Feb
28 Feb
2:46 p.m.
New subject: ATTN: Nerds UK and Down Under: Television Program about, 1980s
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: ATTN: Nerds UK and Down Under: Television Program about, 1980s
On 21 Feb 2012 at 20:44, Tony Duell wrote:
I don't know who the original post is by, but it's not true that
there's a "Cambridge" (or a river named Cam) in every US state. Not
even close. A quick check shows, for instance, that there's no city
or town named "Cambridge" in Oregon, Hawaii or Alaska--the closest
one seems to be in Idaho.
That would be me.
Not sure where that thought came from, and since I'm not from the USA I'll
have to do a little research this weekend and see how wrong I was. A quick
google reveals one in Massachusetts. That makes a grand total of 2 so far...
:(
(*bangs head against wall*)
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
For
further laughs, I live near Cambridge. The last time I searched
for Cambridge online, I discovered that there is (atleast) one in
Canada, and one in every US state! Since then I always write
Cambridge, UK when referring to Cambridge to avoid any possible
confusion.
Yes, but which 'Cambridge, UK'? The City with a well-known university,
or the small village in Gloucestershire?
2:37 p.m.
New subject: ATTN: Nerds UK and Down Under: Television Program about, 1980s
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: ATTN: Nerds UK and Down Under: Television Program about, 1980s
The one with the well-known university, hospital (Addenbrookes) and other
things. I'm only a few miles from the outskirts. I didn't know there is
another Cambridge in Gloucestershire.
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
> For further laughs, I live near Cambridge. The
last time I searched for
> Cambridge online, I discovered that there is (atleast) one in Canada,
and
one in every
US state! Since then I always write Cambridge, UK when
referring to Cambridge to avoid any possible confusion.
Yes, but which 'Cambridge, UK'? The City with a well-known university, or
the small village in Gloucestershire?
-tony
21 Feb
21 Feb
12:33 p.m.
New subject: ATTN: Nerds UK and Down Under: Television Program about, 1980s
Just for fun, it could be the Melbourne in Florida.
I'm in Bakersfield.
There's a few of those scattered about.
Indeed. A lot of times when the Brits settled in another country, they
founded places with the same names that they rememebred from the UK.
But in this case, the original message did specify Australia or the UK,
so I think it's reasonable to assuem the Melbourne is one of the oens in
theose 2 countries, probably the well-known city in the former.
-tony
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