Nordic FAQ - 1 of 7 - INTRODUCTION

        A Frequently Answered Questions (FAQ) file for the newsgroup
                    S O C . C U L T U R E . N O R D I C
                        *** PART 1: INTRODUCTION ***
                                      
   
    Index
                  1.1
                         An ASCII map of Scandinavia
                  1.2
                         So what's this FAQ thing anyway?
                  1.2.1
                         A notice to spaghetti publishers
                  1.2.2
                         What are FAQs?
                  1.2.3
                         Who are the net.gods and goddesses of s.c.n?
                  1.2.4
                         Why are all the names and stuff garbled? - about
                         the Nordic alphabets
                  1.2.5
                         What should I know about copyright laws and the
                         Usenet?
                  1.3
                         Welcome to soc.culture.nordic!
                  1.3.1
                         What sort of a group is s.c.n?
                  1.3.2
                         What's all this flaming about?
                  1.3.3
                         Well, are there any positive things about this
                         group?
                  1.3.4
                         Whatever you say. So, what sort of postings are
                         o.k. in here?
                  1.3.5
                         What about cross-posting?
                  1.3.6
                         What languages are welcome in
                         soc.culture.nordic?
                  1.3.7
                         What should I do when someone posts a flamebait?
                  1.3.8
                         I have this bridge in Stavanger that I'd like to
                         sell...
                  1.4
                         Looking for a Nordic girl-friend?
                         - How do I say [ ... ] in your language ?
                  1.4.1
                         Contacts through the Net
                  1.5
                         Complaining to a person's postmaster - how, when
                         and why?
                  1.6
                         The soc.culture.nordic drinking game!
                  1.7
                         Which are the related newsgrops? ...
                  1.7.1
                         ... in international hierarchies?
                  1.7.2
                         ... in Nordic hierarchies?
                  1.7.3
                         @ What about mailing lists?
                  1.8
                         What are the Nordic Graphemes?
                  1.8.1
                         How are these represented in Usenet postings and
                         E-Mail?
                  1.8.2
                         Pros and cons of the different representations.
                  1.8.3
                         How do I set up support for 7-bit ISO-646
                         representation?
                         ({|}, [\])
                  1.8.4
                         How do I set up support for 8-bit ISO-8859-1
                         representation?
                         (ежрншцюъэ..., БЕДЖРЮЙНУШЦЪЭ...)
                  1.9
                         About measures and figures
                  1.9.1
                         Why is it advisable to use the metric system in
                         s.c.n?
                  1.9.2
                         How long is a Nordic mile?
                  1.9.3
                         A warning about decimal commas and delimiters
                  1.9.4
                         All XXXs are YYY, ain't that so?
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Subject: 1.1 An ASCII map of Scandinavia

   Well, if you can't recognise your own country/province/suburb/house on
   the map (Iceland is tricky!), blame the American Standard Code for
   Information Interchange, not me. :-)


+-----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ***       **    |                                                         |
|****  *********  |                      ARCTIC SEA       Nordkapp          |
|  *****ICELAND** |                                     ////                |
|   R************ |                            //   //////////++++++        |
|  *************  |                           /  //////////////+++++++++++  |
|    ********     |                       L// ///////////####/++++++++++++++|
+-----------------+                      //  ////..###///####+++++++++++++++|
|                                          ////:::::###########+++++++++++++|
|                                        ///.:::::::::##########++++    ++++|
|     ATLANTIC SEA                    /////::::::::::::########++++++       |
|                                    ////::::::::::::::#########+++++++     |
|   %                              /////::::::::::::::  ########++++++++++++|
|  F% %                           /////:::::::::::::   ###########++++++++++|
|                              ///////.:::::::::::    #############+++++++++|
|                           //////////:::::::::::   ###############+++++++++|
|                         ///////////:::::::::     #####FINLAND####+++++++++|
| Capital cities:         ///NORWAY//:::::::::     ###############+(Russia)+|
|                         //////////::::::::::.    ##############+++++++++++|
| C = Copenhagen          ////////O:::::::::::::    ##########++++   +++++++|
| H = Helsinki             /////// ::::SWEDEN:::: #A  ###H       +++++++++++|
| O = Oslo                 /////    ::::::::::S:           +++++++++++++++++|
| R = Reykjavik    NORTH            ::::::::::      + ++++++++++++++++++++++|
| S = Stockholm     SEA       %      :::::::: .:   ++ +++++(Estonia)++++++++|
|                           %%%      :::::::  :G        ++++++++++++++++++++|
|             DENMARK -->  %%%%%  %%% :::          ++   ++++++++++++++++++++|
| Islands:                 %%%%  %%%C     BALTIC  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
|                           %%%        B%  SEA    ++++(Latvia)++++++++++++++|
| L = Lofoten Isl.          ++++                 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
| B = Bornholm              +++++++    ++++++  +++++(Lithuania)+++++++++++++|
| F = Faroe Isl.  ++++  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
| G = Gotland    ++++++++++++++++++++++++(Poland)+++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
| A = Aland    +++++++++++++(Germany)+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
|             ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
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