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  1. Re:Names don't matter... by Pantero+Blanco · · Score: 2, Funny · on Linux's Difficulty with Names

    No, no. You're supposed to say: My name is Sue! How do you do!? Now you gonna die!

  2. Re:In my family by Mr.+Slippery · · Score: 2, Informative · on People with real l337 speak names?
    This is a reference to a song by Johnny Cash in which a boy is named Sue...

    No disrespect to the Man In Black, but it was written by Shel Silverstein.

    See also his "sequel" to it, The Father of the Boy Named Sue.

  3. Re:In my family by Mr.+Slippery · · Score: 2, Informative · on People with real l337 speak names?
    This is a reference to a song by Johnny Cash in which a boy is named Sue...

    No disrespect to the Man In Black, but it was written by Shel Silverstein.

    See also his "sequel" to it, The Father of the Boy Named Sue.

  4. Re:Don't do it by RobertB-DC · · Score: 4, Insightful · on People with real l337 speak names?

    Do you really want people laughing at your kid behind his/her back the rest of their life?

    No fooling: my wife works at a children's hospital, and once had a child come through whose middle name was "Trash". The parent (singlular, of course) was just as caring as you might expect from someone who would do that to her child. In a fair world, a name like that on a birth certificate would be prima facie evidence of child abuse... whether you were thinking along the lines of Boy Named Sue or not.

  5. Re:Do younger minds absorb quicker? by jmb-d · · Score: 1 · on Ageism in IT?

    Unless you're interviewing exclusively with blind employers, they probably don't have to.

    [snip]

    Preventing the employer from asking will not prevent them from recognizing your age, sex, etc.

    And your age can be inferred from your resume, which is typically what a perspective employer sees before you set foot anywhere near the office.

    If you've got 20 years' (paid) experience listed, chances are you're at least in your thirties.

    Likewise, if you've only got a few years' experience listed, it's not likely that you're a greybeard, unless you've been living in a cave somewhere.

    As for gender, well, that's *usually* pretty easy to spot once you get there, and in many cases from your name, unless you're a Boy Named Sue, or a Girl Named Michael.

  6. Re:These guys would love it! by Bombcar · · Score: 1 · on Simulation Of An Asteroid Impact In The Year 2880

    The Perfect Wave

  7. A bit teary-eyed... by jkdufair · · Score: 1 · on Shel Silverstein Dies

    ...especially after re-reading "Where the Sidewalk Ends" again - thanks for the post. I look forward to reading "Sidewalk" to my daughter when she's 5 and "The Perfect High" when she's 15.

    Jason Dufair
    "Those who know don't have the words to tell