The great Polish Sea from Raymond Chen's blog
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I thought this was a funny wtf, I never noticed it before but my Time Zones tab is missing Poland. Time zones are difficult enough without having them changing.
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/10/27/880411.aspx
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Arise, Poland! Arise!
That timezone map has caused trouble before. A couple pixels representing Kashmir in a "does not belong to either country" color managed to get both India and Pakistan so frenzied that Windows was, as I recall, banned in some places.
Considering the ephemeral nature of political boundaries and timezone policies, it's probably not wise to base a UI on them.
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At least they did not split up the Polish territory between Germany and Russia in the map. Imagine the political consequences...
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[quote user="VGR"]
Arise, Poland! Arise!
That timezone map has caused
trouble before. A couple pixels representing Kashmir in a "does
not belong to either country" color managed to get both India and
Pakistan so frenzied that Windows was, as I recall, banned in some
places.
Considering the ephemeral nature of political boundaries and timezone policies, it's probably not wise to base a UI on them.
[/quote]Yes, I read about that. That was in Raymond's blog too, I think.
As for the original link, I was laughing out loud at Raymond's reply to the first guy's comment. Some people shock me when they manage to remember to breathe each day.