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Not Enough Women In Computing, Or Too Many Men?
itwbennett writes "Do geeks really 'drive girls out of computer science,' as the headline of a LiveScience article contends? Blogger Cameron Laird doesn't think so. In fact, 'I don't think "gender issues in computing" is important enough to merit the attention it gets,' says Laird in a recent post. And maybe the problem isn't that there are too few women in computing, but that there are too many men. 'I'm waiting to read the headline: "Women too smart for careers with computers,"' says Laird, 'where another researcher concludes that only "boys" are stupid enough to go into a field that's globally-fungible, where entry-level salaries are declining, and it's common to think that staying up all night for a company-paid pizza is a good deal.'"
Since when is a tilde a negation? Isn't it supposed to be an exclamation point?
I've got better things to do than tilde at windmills.
Do not mock my vision of impractical footwear
Yep, this one sounds like it might be even as tame as your average climategate discussion.
Speaking of rational discussions I haven't seen a good comparison of databases recently. I am building a database application. Which server should I use? MySQL, Oracle, Firebird. or Postgres?