Richard Rauch wrote:
> the latter---though I think for most people, the greatest
> difficulty is going to be getting their geographic coord-
> inates.)
> 

This may be cheating a bit...

If you live in a reasonably populated area, your city may be listed at 
Your Sky ( http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky ). This is a nifty site put 
together by John Walker to map the sky at a given lat/long. If you 
select the 'Set for nearby city' option, you will be taken to a fair 
listing of large cities around the globe. Hopefully, you can find one 
that's close by.

A worldwide NetBSD User's Group does sound interesting, too. (A winbug?, 
with an i for International). Although I do know of more knowledgeable 
folks in my area, who have written published books on the subject, it 
may be a worthwhile campaign to raise awareness and gel the user base.

Regards,
Jim DeLisle

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