Maybe this should be in tech humour?

I was looking at a box this morning that has had a tendency to turn off the monitor at random intervals. The power stays on, but the screen goes black.

I figured that it was probably the video card, as I got the famous "ati3d1ag" reference on a blue screen...........................there was also a possibility of java being involved.

So I downloaded the latest ATI drivers etc and loaded them and got this message that it was:

"changing the language from Canadian English to United States English

This was right at reboot time, so it had nothing to do with the installation language...........the installation did not really need a language anyway as it was virtually automatic.

I can understand word processors offering different versions of English to load their dictionaries and grammar checks, but this was a new one on me.

I have just checked the keyboard, and the input locale is UK English??????????????

I suspect it is politics, as I have done some experiments with word processing packages and most flavours of English are the same..................I guess it is just to pay lip service to national identities?