On Jun 19, 2013, at 10:07 PM, SM <s...@resistor.net> wrote: > Hi Aaron, > At 11:40 19-06-2013, Aaron Yi DING wrote: >> Relating to the statement above(I assume Phillip is addressing the US >> Academia), not quite sure are we still discussing the same topic? >> sorry, I am bit confused .. since IETF is an international organization. > > I changed the subject line as I am as confused as to whether the IETF is an > international organization. > > There was a mention of "First the Civil Rights act, then Selma... ;)". I > assume that the act is an Act for the United States of America. Harvard was > also mentioned. I did a quick search and I found out that "Harvard > University is an American private Ivy League research university".
Yeah, and "act" is what Americans call statutes, and Selma is a city in Alabama where there was some controversy about voting rights. You sure need to know a lot of Americana to participate meaningfully in some of these discussions.
