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Re:UVA Computer Science professor resigns over incompetence ... by chrisrhoden on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @10:01AM (#4136975)
NY is different from VA, that's true. But I think part of that is that you're never that far from a seriously major metro (even upstate). Have you been to Maine?
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Re:UVA Computer Science professor resigns over incompetence ... by scott_s on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @10:07AM (#4137010)
No, I haven't. But did you ever encounter people in Maine who felt kinship with the Confederacy?
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Re:UVA Computer Science professor resigns over incompetence ... by chrisrhoden on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @10:15AM (#4137047)
Do you mean people who are overly zealous about the history of their state, people who are bigoted, or both? Because yes. Everywhere. Not just Maine.
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Re:UVA Computer Science professor resigns over incompetence ... by scott_s on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @11:33AM (#4137444)
Given the distant and not-so-distant history of the South, my personal experience is that attitudes are different there than elsewhere. But, of course, that's anecdote, not data.
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