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My job at the dick sucking factory is likewise safe.

Oh yeah? Fleshlite: https://au.askmen.com/dating/p... (NSFW)

As a INSERT_PROFESSIONAL_TITLE prospect, do you respect yourself enough to refuse this kind of slavery?

This is the Western suite-and-tie culture. You bring work home. You miss your kids games and your friends' birthdays. You work holidays. Want a vacation? Go get a blue collar job in an industry with a union, be born with money or be a high-level manager. Everyone else has to work. Even after retirement.

You can thank the Calvinists, the farmer laboer ethic or 1920s propiganda all you want. It is a fact of corporate life since the industrial revolution and craft life before then.

For what it's worth, Japanese culture is much much worse. The only way to describe Japanese work culture is abusive serf punishment. Wealth out of misery is considered a noble thing in the Land of the Rising Sun.

You're right, here's 10 reasons to LOVE Apple... http://au.askmen.com/top_10/en...

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Homeland Security will jump on this as the perfect opportunity to build a prison large enough to hold us.

Already been done, at least in the movies.

Escape from L.A.
Escape from New York

That, of course, pubs all of the criminals behind walls, leaving the innocent people outside. And now a slight change of topic: did you know there are so many laws that everyone is guilty of something.

...what an interesting coincidence.

And tightening down the straps on my way too-thin tinfoil cap here, having a humongously-long wall would be handy to use as a backstop for all of the bullets Homeland Security has purchased. The question is: who are they going to put with their back to it?

Or do they really expect Titans to break through?

Uh, yeah, I'm gonna need some proof on that. Everything I've read about US prisons have indicated that they're a barbaric hell of inhumanity and sadism. Given the current political and legal climate, that's what I'm inclined to believe until evidenced otherwise.

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Wow, you really don't know do you? Well here you are:

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Minimum security prisons no longer as nice as you claim them to be.

Is that so?

http://www.askmen.com/fine_living/top_10/13_top_10.html

Oooo, and look right there: LOMPOC is number 8 on the list...

Given the perfect climate and time to spend outside, the bars are barely a bother as you plot your corporate comeback. Former home to Ivan Boesky and the Watergate guys, youâ(TM)ll be surrounded by a eucalyptus grove in a great wine region not far from Santa Barbara. Itâ(TM)s a pity the tennis courts were removed as a PR gesture to critics who felt guests at this luxury prison had it too easy, but (the good) life continues with the baseball field and volleyball courts.

Oh, and this: "Former inmate's description of minimum security Federal prison: sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll..."

http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/former-inmates-description-o.html

Yeah, "Real1/1" Federal minimum security is tough business.

Minimum security prisons no longer as nice as you claim them to be.

Is that so?

http://www.askmen.com/fine_living/top_10/13_top_10.html

Oooo, and look right there: LOMPOC is number 8 on the list...

Given the perfect climate and time to spend outside, the bars are barely a bother as you plot your corporate comeback. Former home to Ivan Boesky and the Watergate guys, youâ(TM)ll be surrounded by a eucalyptus grove in a great wine region not far from Santa Barbara. Itâ(TM)s a pity the tennis courts were removed as a PR gesture to critics who felt guests at this luxury prison had it too easy, but (the good) life continues with the baseball field and volleyball courts.

Oh, and this: "Former inmate's description of minimum security Federal prison: sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll..."

http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/former-inmates-description-o.html

Yeah, "Real1/1" Federal minimum security is tough business.

i never went through marriage and divorce, but I can read just fine.
Recently there was an outrage that the repubs refused to renew the Violence Against Women Act and on that occasion there was plenty of opportunity to become familiar with the finer details of the laws related to marriage, divorce and domestic violence.

quick google:
http://www.askmen.com/daily/austin_60/92_fashion_style.html

In America, men are forced to pay around 40% of their income to ex-wives, regardless of wrongdoing on the woman's parts (often called "no-fault" alimony). She could commit adultery and beat her husband or kids, and none of it will influence the court's decision. More shockingly still, a woman can simply accuse her husband of sexual or physical abuse (or simply express a fear of it) and instantly win a restraining order forcing him away from his home and children, without so much as a hearing. In fact, most divorce lawyers will advise a woman to do this, and those who do not can be sued for legal malpractice.
And once she has the kids, the family court will be loath to enforce visitation rights for the father. All the mother has to do is ask.

With divorce on the rise -- today, more than 50% of all marriages in the U.S. result in divorce -- men's rights are being increasingly overlooked to the benefit of women. Consider this: statistically, the first person to file for divorce usually wins. While 70% of all divorces are initiated by women, 85 to 90% of custody awards go to the women.

Blame? really? Last time I checked, people have a free choice as to what field they want to work/study in. If women choose not to do CS then its entirely their choice. No one is to blame.

Spoken like the ignorant white middle class male you most likely are. Last time you checked? That would be never, you're not paying any fucking attention.

I've heard the same thing at the office from various women, you aren't going to attract quality workers to a field by overselling it or forcing them into it. While people tend to agree that the IT fields in have an overall image problem, it's also not something that is going to change over night either as cultural changes require time. Furthermore, most women who are still college, that I have talked to also indicate they aren't exactly too interesting in working in a high stress field with the perception of mandatory overtime. Needless to say they are generally aren't interested in medical fields for the same reason.

Because those are for the most part low-status, low-paying servant style jobs.

I know a number of nurses and healthcare workers who would love to argue that point with you. But since we are looking at the bulk of the list as opposed to piecemeal, if you really look at that list, they are all jobs with fixed schedules and generally don't require overtime or place unexpected demands upon workers. In contrast, if you look at the lists of fields that are dominated by men (my apologizes for the horrible link, but it is the second hit on Google, most of the other links seem to be about men going into fields that are traditionally dominated by women, or about women breaking into men's fields as opposed to a strict listing) you will note they tend to be higher stress, more physically demanding, or have unpredictable schedules which most women seem to avoid.

That isn't too bad. The Egyptian pyramids took the lifetime of a Pharoah each. Cathedrals in Europe took 300 years to complete.
As for some government projects.
The Great Wall of China (technically many smaller projects) continued on for 2000 years.

  http://uk.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment/top-10-longest-construction-projects_1.html

As for some government projects...

only when they are fed RIGHT NOW will they breed in a totally unsustainable manner and be back to square 1 (or worse) within 10 years

Fixed.

Africa keeps having famines because they wildly exceed the carrying capacity of their land. Bailing them out with crisis aid every time they overpopulate YET AGAIN doesn't achieve anything in the long run, except wasting money and flooding the west's welfare state with those members of their surplus population that are able to escape.

See also: http://lawschoolscam.blogspot.com/
http://insidethelawschoolscam.blogspot.com/
http://www.askmen.com/entertainment/better_look_3800/3816_law-school-scam.html

Or:
http://www.google.com/search?q=law+school+scam
"About 2,940,000 results (0.10 seconds)"

No dude Fuck you! Canada generally well ordered? LOL... I have lived in Canada for 18 years, and now I live in Switzerland. Now that is a country with order and well behaved people. Canada has the impression of being well behaved, but it really ain't. Just google Canadian riots and wow here is a list: http://ca.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment/top-10-canadian-riots.html Or how about the following list: http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=capress-hkn_stanley_cup_riots_list-7164094 Topping the list are HOCKEY riots. You would have figured that MAYBE just MAYBE the police would have been prepared...

So next time do some soul searching before saying that Canada is so good and the rest are bad!

Dumb Ass!

Oh wait... Dumb Ass Eh!

Male and female brains do differ structurally.

So do gay and straight brains

And if I must be lynched, please do it with this one, immediately and repeatedly.

I know /.ers hate discoursing in stereotypes, but are all Russian men brilliant chess players and mathematicians and all Russian women gorgeous femme fatales?

>>>Slashdot still isn't sexy

Maybe somebody could submit this article: Top 10 Horniest Countries http://www.askmen.com/top_10/travel/top-10-horniest-countries_10.html

No.10 - Mexico
No. 9 - Switzerland
No. 8 - Spain
No. 7 - Malaysia
No. 6 - Italy
No. 5 - Poland
No. 4 - China
No. 3 - Russia
No. 2 - Brazil
No. 1 - Greece (where farming is king and the sheep are scared) - Note that Europe made this list 6 times, and North America not at all. Bunch'a prudes. :-(

Understood. My apologies. Here are my sources:

The costs of certain elements vary greatly, so I went by this site, which adds the fees/costs using averages.

The quality of a nations public transportation system is, of course, a matter of opinion. But here are several sites that put German cities in the 'one of the best in the world' (or as the the best in Europe) category:

TravelPod.com: Hamberg listed as having ..."one of the best public transportation systems in the world..."
The book Germany: Unraveling an Enigma (Greg Ness - copyright 2000) list Germany as having "...one of the worlds's best public transportation systems..."
AskMen.com: rates the U-Bahn as #9 in the world
HelpGlobe.com: rates the U-Bahn as #11 in the world
USA Today: "Munich has Europe's best public transportation
VirtualTourist.com: "Munich has one of the best...public transport systems in Europe"
Plus countless Germany sites saying how superior it is (not exactly non-bias, so I didn't list them).

Don't. You know that euphoria you have when you're watching porn and then after you're done jacking off you feel guilty about it. This is the same thing only instead of a woman's skin, you're jacking off to steel, glass an silica. If you go over the top and buy it, you'll wont' just feel guilty, you'll feel like an idiot.

I disagree:
- I never feel guilty about jacking off; it lowers the risk of prostate cancer
- paying for a woman can be quite cost-effective
- judging by how often they feel the need to flash their phones, those that pay for iPhones never seem to act like they feel idiots; they just are idiots.

Male pattern baldness coming from the mother's side is a myth
http://ca.askmen.com/sports/health_60/92_mens_health.html

Too bad it wasn't Nelly McKay http://www.askmen.com/women/galleries/singer/nellie-mckay/picture-2.html

If somebody is talking about the glory in IT; they really just want to be like this guy: http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/08/17/elon_musk/index.html
http://www.askmen.com/celebs/men/business_politics/elon-musk/index.html

Try eating small amounts more frequently. Make sure you stick to a schedule and restrict your intake every time you eat. See http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt_60/69_eating_well.html for some more details or google "eat small meals throughout the day" yourself. And, try to be active during your breaks from work, step away from your desk. Always take the stairs. Bike to work if you're able.

Are there any records of (other) animals in nature, namely mothers, culling off her weaker children? Here are three examples.

Askmen Top 10 Bad Animal Kingdom Mothers

Lioness:

Any cubs of less than 2 years old are killed by the male to stop any future rivals challenging him for the pride, and also to encourage the lionesses to go into heat, allowing him to begin his own dynasty. The lionesses allow this to happen -- a cruel edge to their mothering nature.

Black Bears:

Black bears like to have litters of two or three cubs, as it takes a similar amount of effort to raise one cub as it does three. Because of this, it has been documented that if a black bear gives birth to just one cub, she will sometimes simply abandon it and will hope for a larger litter the following year. Unlike many animals that may abandon young which are sick or weak, the bear will abandon the youngster simply for being on its own.

African Black Eagle:

The African Black Eagle usually lays two eggs, although one is generally no more than an insurance policy. The idea of an insurance policy is quite common in the animal kingdom, but it is the manner in which the unwanted young is disposed of which is particularly shocking. The mother will feed only one chick, and as it grows stronger it will peck its weaker sibling to death. What is especially gruesome about this is that the mother will look on impassively as her youngster is dispatched.

In hindsight, aborting a potential human in the womb seems a lot less brutal.

So you're agreeing that they're the same thing? If so we might as well make laws that make it legal to abandon your children at any age. Oh wait...

Are there any records of (other) animals in nature, namely mothers, culling off her weaker children? Here are three examples.

Askmen Top 10 Bad Animal Kingdom Mothers

Lioness:

Any cubs of less than 2 years old are killed by the male to stop any future rivals challenging him for the pride, and also to encourage the lionesses to go into heat, allowing him to begin his own dynasty. The lionesses allow this to happen -- a cruel edge to their mothering nature.

Black Bears:

Black bears like to have litters of two or three cubs, as it takes a similar amount of effort to raise one cub as it does three. Because of this, it has been documented that if a black bear gives birth to just one cub, she will sometimes simply abandon it and will hope for a larger litter the following year. Unlike many animals that may abandon young which are sick or weak, the bear will abandon the youngster simply for being on its own.

African Black Eagle:

The African Black Eagle usually lays two eggs, although one is generally no more than an insurance policy. The idea of an insurance policy is quite common in the animal kingdom, but it is the manner in which the unwanted young is disposed of which is particularly shocking. The mother will feed only one chick, and as it grows stronger it will peck its weaker sibling to death. What is especially gruesome about this is that the mother will look on impassively as her youngster is dispatched.

In hindsight, aborting a potential human in the womb seems a lot less brutal.

The idea of 4.36 million cubic yards of concrete alone doesn't sound like much of a landmark. But when that cement is The National Toilet, people sit up and take notice. Forget the toilet seat-shaped tourist trap that now defaces the Grand Canyon. Come survey the "Real" National Toilet from one or both of its pristine vantage points. Photos can't convey the symbolism and substantial presence of this landmark, and the somber reminder to the momentous event that took place over 65 years ago. Sure, it's a tourist trap (3.5 million yearly) and the lines for the elevators will keep you waiting to get to the 86th floor observation deck. But there's no better view than from inside the south rim, where you can reflect on so much. One day a year, the "Bush Years Legacy" comes alive when a lucky individual chosen at random is invited to "pull the handle", initiating a flush of Godzillan proportions. No wide angle lens can come close to conveying the magnitude of this, our Numero Uno American landmark.



(random snips from the top ten natl monuments plus some judicious editing)

Are you sure people aren't defined by their physical characteristics?

I thought casting Hayden Christensen is on this list. The original Vader was played by a fellow who was nearly 6' 7" / 250lbs and a former champion-contender level bodybuilder who has remained committed to his work ever since. The voice was provided by the most iconic voice actor of the last century.

His replacement is about 6' 1" / 190lbs, needed a special effects suit to fake the transformation, and at one point decided "Hollywood no longer interested him" after being handed the role of the decade over some 400 other applicants. (Though IMDB reports he's been involved in a few things since.)

http://www.askmen.com/gossip/hayden-christensen/hayden-christensen-to-quit-acting.html

Meh, let me know when someone surpasses Rockefeller. In today's dollars, he would have been worth around $200 billion. And you wanna talk about monopolies, predatory pricing, and anti-trust? The Sherman Antitrust Act was DIRECTED at Rockefeller's Standard Oil.

Oh, I guess since it was over 100 years ago, no one cares anymore.

Abraham Lincoln would have been proud then.

And these blokes need to re-evaluate what they are doing in life

Having said that Abe Lincoln probably would have preferred to finish/receive an education.

(For this, pretend that I am "Hawkeye" from M.A.S.H. The whole thing will sound better.)

The only choice you have made that I really like is the Paris Hilton one.
I'd watch all of the newscasts she appears in, and not listen to a word she says, although she is a thoughtful and fairly intelligent young woman to be so good looking. Did I mention "Good Looking", good, I'm glad you noticed, as visions of her loveliness float in your head.
In case you don't exactly remember what she looks like, here she is.
Thank you.

What a schlemiel this APK is! Truly a shandah for the goyim.

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Oh. My. God. I can't even tell you how hard I laughed after reading these two insane screeds of yours. Either one of two things is going on here:

1) You're kidding around and trolling, which would be funny all by itself because it REALLY seems like you're serious
2) YOU'RE ACTUALLY SERIOUS, which is possibly the most lol thing I can imagine

You have managed to singlehandedly wipe out any credibility you've ever had, alllll by yourself. And you have the nerve to call ME "paranoid" simply for calling you out on your little case of multiple personality disorder? As a philosopher from the late 40's might say (Daffy Duck, of course), "It is to laugh!" Wow. What are you going to do for your next trick, Alex? Start quoting the Protocols of the Elders of Zion?

Hey, if nothing else, Jews are hot. Come on, APK! Embrace your inner bagel nosh!

Sincerely,
StarKruzr McRubenstein

Just link the loser who wrote it: http://www.askmen.com/dating/curtsmith_100/149_dat ing_advice.html

If you want my advice, stop spouting that kind of nonsense and you might get laid.

Wow, that sounds so ... FAMILIAR!

http://www.askmen.com/dating/curtsmith_100/149_dat ing_advice.html

These sorts of things crop up every few years: poll a bunch of people - prominent scientists, celebrities, politicians, bum-on-the-street, [insert other demographic here] - on what the best invention of the last X years (or ever) was. You can get some interesting results. I would be facinated to see a histographic breakdown of the results of this contest among space enthusiasts.

If they cannot create anything, then the next thing that comes their way is:

"A fool and his money are soon parted"

When all the money is gone, that's it.

Creativity and imagination are the real wealth, upon which all new and desirable goods and services depend.
Well, almost, anyway.
 

I've been in IT for 20 something years now, and have one divorce to my credit. After that divorce, however, I found out that it was pretty much all my fault. A friend suggested I get some advice from www.DocLove.com and www.askmen.com/dating/doclove. I actually paid $99 for his book (when you can easily buy it used on eBay for half that price, or less) and it made a huge difference in my life.

Before reading his book, I was pretty much a man with no standards, no self respect, no self control, and was, in a word, boring. I thought the mark of a good relationship was avoiding fights, when in fact the mark is being able to effectively deal with the underlying problems that cause fights.

Now nearly 8 years later I am engaged to the most wonderful, honest, loyal, flexible, and plain *fun* woman I have ever met. I've even started giving advice to friends, who keep trying to convince me to start a business around giving guys advice.

My view is quite simply most men have the relationship skills of a 12 year old. They treat their wives/women like their mothers, and expect her to take care of them. Fact of the matter is that you have to be somewhat of a leader, a decision maker, and you have to provide your wife and family with quality time. "Quality" being the keyword there, not so much "time" as so many men would like to think. I am always amazed to hear of guys who spend 8 hours working, then 4-6 hours playing computer games or surfing the 'net when they get home, and then they wonder why their woman left them.

Likely, in my opinion, if your woman cheats or leaves, it was because of something you lacked. The *trick* is to LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES, something so few men do. :(

I do give out advice on a forum nowadays, but I'll be hard pressed to get slashdotted!

> All they need to do now is prove the health benefits of beer and my life will be complete.

You mean like this?

http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/45_eating_w ell.html

Well...it wouldn't even make the list on the Top 10: Most Expensive Divorce Settlements.

It just depends on who you wanna believe

This has got to be one of the oldest cliches in the book... matter of fact I've heard plenty of Microsoft interviewing stories and they always seem to turn on some goofy cliche of a technique that, once you know it, seems obvious, and if you don't, seems impenetrable.

These are the computing equivalents of the sorts of tricks you keep on hand for bar bets...

You know, it's really hard to hire people. but testing them on recall of something out of the CS Grad's Standard Toolkit is perfectly fine, if you want to know if they're loaded and ready to roll, but it's kind of a dumb way to figure out if you'd want to hire them. Three questions of this nature and that's it? I'd be insulted.

spoiler alert, but oh my god this is one of the oldies...

bitwise:
A = A xor B
B = A xor B
A = A xor B

and you've swapped the values.

Wikipedia entry

Apparently the answers are already here.

Women want men who are aloof and unavailable, yet still social and personable. It may seem like a paradox, but it's not. It's best summed up by saying, "Look like you're interesting but never interested."

Women do like smart men very much. The "geek effect" is when smart men do stupid social things like acting too interested in a woman or acting like an idiot around her. Just walk up to her, talk to her, make her laugh, ask for her phone number, and if she gives it to you, wait at least a week to call her. Don't make a date on a weekend, make it on a weeknight. If she is otherwise taken, ask if she has a friend that she'd like to set up on a blind date. Never walk away embarrassed or disappointed -- that's weak and women don't like it.

Women don't want what is bad for them, they want what they think they can't have. It makes them think that they might not be good enough for you, and if you play your cards right in dating and socializing, she will be happy to be with a smart, intelligent man who has piqued her interest . She'll feel like she's doing better than she should be.

Go read Doc Love's column on AskMen.com. It's damn good advice, and it works.

Number 9 on the AskMen 2003 top 99. That's who.
AskMen
2004 not yet published.

I dunno.. maybe because winning at Jeopardy isn't this wonderfull intellectual achievment people make it out to be? There use to be a time when knowing trivia was considered trivial. Now it's as if Ken Jennings won the Nobel prize.

As far as celebrity, well you've got me there. But then that's not really such a high post these days, considering the company

From the story: "How is this functionally different from a national ID card?"

It isn't different. The driver's license name is the kind of lying with which many things are sold to U.S. citizens. Other examples are: 1) The "Patriot" Missile, as though you are not patriotic unless you are in favor of a particular weapon of mass destruction. 2) The "Patriot" Act, as though you are not patriotic unless you are in favor of laws that most congress people passed without reading. And, 3) The "Peacekeeper" Missile, which tries to give people the idea that a nuclear weapon keeps the peace.

This kind of lying takes advantage of the fact that most U.S. citizens have to trust their government because they simply don't have time to understand what their government is doing.

Most media exists to make money. Advertisers are understandably careful not to alienate anyone. It is not possible to develop an accurate opinion of government activities only by listening to the carefully crafted phrases from media employees who would lose their jobs if they seemed to indicate a preference for one policy over another.

Books are the major media that are not ad-supported. Have a quick look at the reviews of 3 movies and 35 books that try to tell you a little about U.S. goverment corruption: Unprecedented Corruption: A guide to conflict of interest in the U.S. government. If you don't read about the subjects mentioned, you are not informed. If you don't like the books listed, pick your own.

Even though most people simply don't have time to understand their government, it is still amazing how much distrust U.S. citizens have of their government, and yet they don't take control.

There is good reason not to trust a more efficient national driver's license, because it would be used by the government to suppress political dissent. For example, see the New York Times article, F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies. Here's a quote: "Critics of the Bush administration's Iraq policy, for instance, have sued the government to learn how their names ended up on a "no fly" list used to stop suspected terrorists from boarding planes." There are many people whose jobs depend on their ability to fly. They may be forced to stop any analysis of government activity if they are harassed when they try to fly.

That article discusses a few of the other abuses. If you didn't like the Vietnam War, and demonstrated against it, the FBI would go to your neighbors and friends and "investigate" you. Merely the investigation caused enough fear to discourage most people; they could not afford to lose friends and the support of neighbors. People would think, "If someone is being investigated, that person must have done something wrong."

(Note that you can read that article at the New York Times web site, but only under extremely adversarial conditions. You can pay more than the entire cost of the newspaper in which the article was originally printed. Or, you can get a discount under plans which cause you to lose your money in a short time if you don't use the plans quickly enough. No one should underestimate the self-destructive rapacity of managers of ad-supported media.)

Driver's licenses are already a national ID card. The U.S. government is only trying to make the data gathering more efficient. The fundamental problem is not whether or not a national ID card is a good idea, the problem is that, although the U.S. government functions well in many ways, the government is corrupt in many other ways.

If you truly love your country, you will not just enjoy the advantages, you will be there for your country when there are problems.

• Cuban founded MicroSolutions, a computer consulting firm, in 1983, which went on to become a leading National Systems Integrator. By 1990, his company was grossing $30 million per year, but the real payoff came when he sold his company to CompuServe and bagged millions of dollars.

Actually as a child I had a dalek, created for a stage production of Doctor Who. They were piloted from the inside, and I could fit and move the thing fairly easily. Of course, that's before I reached 6'4". Nor did I wear a rubber suit, but that goes without saying :-)

What I find amusing is the part about Billie Piper being the sidekick.

For the most part, I recommend each person do their due diligence because you learn more doing the research.

However, I'll give you one interesting piece I ran into when I was searching for someone who believed, as I do, that the trade deficit was deterorating America's wealth at a rapid rate. I never suspected it would be one of the richest men in the world sounding the alarm since most economists and large corporations were preaching free trade too much to confess the graveness of the trade deficit.

America's Growing Trade Deficit Is Selling the Nation Out From Under Us (Warren Buffet) (pdf)
America's Growing Trade Deficit Is Selling the Nation Out From Under Us (Warren Buffet) (html)
America's Growing Trade Deficit Is Selling the Nation Out From Under Us (Warren Buffet) (html, Fortune Article, paid subscription required)

The problem that most guys have is that they don't understand women and thus have no clue to be what they want (hint: asking them directly and following suit will not work). However, this article says in two pages exactly what is expected for men to be datable. Women wont ever willingly admit that the jerk attatude attracts them, but most of us sensitive guys have seen this occur first hand.

And, when meeting someone new, the key will always be confidence. You can wear a clown suit, but if you are clam, witty and confident, then it wont make a difference.