[plt-scheme] Is today special

Lo, on Tuesday, March 2, ifconfig did write:

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> Texas is independant? Isn't it part of the USA?

Yes, now.  At the risk of spoiling a joke by injecting cold hard fact
into the debate (yes, I know, I'm such a spoilsport), Texas was an
independent country from 1836-1845, when it joined the US.  Previously
it had been Mexican territory.

Richard


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Matthew Flatt" <mflatt at cs.utah.edu>
> To: "ifconfig" <ifconfignslookup at hotmail.com>
> Cc: <plt-scheme at po.cs.brown.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 8:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [plt-scheme] Is today special
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> > At Tue, 2 Mar 2004 20:01:43 +0200, "ifconfig" wrote:
> > > Is today special or is this a random date? Why am I getting a special
> PLT
> > > picture on DRScheme's boot?
> >
> > Happy Texas Independence Day!
> >
> > Matthew
> >   who now lives in a state that takes itself even more seriously, with
> >   fireworks on July 24 (state holiday) to rival those on July 4
> >   (national holiday)
> >
> >