I just read this article re: geeks finding women and I had to struggle to not gag myself with my index finger. Why the hell wouldn't a geek girl be just about the perfect match for a lovelorn geek guy?
Speaking as a geek guy, I can honestly say that one of the reasons I find my fiancee attractive is that she and I can converse about the same interesting subjects. I can come home and talk to her about different releases of Solaris and she'll know what I'm talking about, and conversely, she can talk to me about her PERL/PHP projects and I'll understand what they're for.
In fact, she's probably more of a geek than I am--she reads more SF, posts to more internet newsgroups, and all-around is more educated than I am. And I feel absolutely no competition from her because of her technical knowledge. Also, why should anyone specifically feel the need to seek out a woman who does things like cook, run bath water, etc, when in a healthy relationship, both parties should share those duties. I don't know about the other readers here, but my fiancee and I pretty much both cook, both run the bath water, both give each other backrubs, and both look over each others' PERL code.
Also, the article mentions "The best way to handle conversation with a woman..." Well duh, that's common sense with any person--you listen to THEM! And if their interests happen to be computers, well then you've hit the jackpot and you can talk about things like run levels, software piracy, and how MAC addresses are allocated.
I just don't think the author is giving enough geek guys credit--maybe not even himself. Why settle for someone who isn't the perfect match merely because you're worried that she'll be competition for you?
Oh yeah, and the assertion that it's pointless to persue the attractive females because they're not geeks is also incorrect. My fiancee is a six foot tall blonde babe who sits around all day coding naked.
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I just read this article re: geeks finding women and I had to struggle to not gag myself with my index finger. Why the hell wouldn't a geek girl be just about the perfect match for a lovelorn geek guy?
Speaking as a geek guy, I can honestly say that one of the reasons I find my fiancee attractive is that she and I can converse about the same interesting subjects. I can come home and talk to her about different releases of Solaris and she'll know what I'm talking about, and conversely, she can talk to me about her PERL/PHP projects and I'll understand what they're for.
In fact, she's probably more of a geek than I am--she reads more SF, posts to more internet newsgroups, and all-around is more educated than I am. And I feel absolutely no competition from her because of her technical knowledge. Also, why should anyone specifically feel the need to seek out a woman who does things like cook, run bath water, etc, when in a healthy relationship, both parties should share those duties. I don't know about the other readers here, but my fiancee and I pretty much both cook, both run the bath water, both give each other backrubs, and both look over each others' PERL code.
Also, the article mentions "The best way to handle conversation with a woman..." Well duh, that's common sense with any person--you listen to THEM! And if their interests happen to be computers, well then you've hit the jackpot and you can talk about things like run levels, software piracy, and how MAC addresses are allocated.
I just don't think the author is giving enough geek guys credit--maybe not even himself. Why settle for someone who isn't the perfect match merely because you're worried that she'll be competition for you?
Oh yeah, and the assertion that it's pointless to persue the attractive females because they're not geeks is also incorrect. My fiancee is a six foot tall blonde babe who sits around all day coding naked.