to prevent this post from being too offtopic, i'd just like to add this observation:
i'm a girl *whoa* and i like computers *gasp*. problem is, so does my older brother. he has the typical 'guys know everything about computers, girls (especially my little sister) know dicksquat' attitude. hence it's very hard to learn more when there's this disapproving shadow lurking over your shoulder all the time.
i realize that not every guy out there who's my age has that attitude, but it's undeniable that many do.
i also realize that guys who have that attitude will hang onto it until some female knocks some sense into their heads.
then again, there aren't that many females to do so.
so, this bias is understandable (if not tolerable). i think that given a few more years, when more women enter the computer industry, THEN guys will realize that 'hey! chicks DO have brains!'.
hopefully, there will also be some female executives by then, too.
================= TOTALLY OFF-TOPIC
i hope this doesn't sound like flame, but i've met a few guys (and girls) who meet and greet fellow hackers over the internet...
frankly, they scare the living bejesus out of me...or maybe i should say 'disturb'...
i know some really nice guys who are always on icq (or something similar) but then again some really strange people are on, too...
*it's story time* i was working in toronto for one of my work terms (i think it's a canadian thing...). my friend also happened to be working nearby. so, i went to visit her one weekend and met her housemates (i was boarding with a family, she was living in a student house).
we ate while plonked on the sofa in front of the tv. the station was playing a hockey game (and, yes, i DO like hockey, even if i've somewhat lost touch). there was this *guy* there, let's call him...'bleep'... who was also watching the game. naturally, being the unantisocial person i am, we chitchatted about hockey and commercials during the commercials.
it took me about half an hour to eat. half an hour -> maybe 8 minutes of commercials?
well, after that, bleep apparently decided that i was in love with him, and started to follow me everywhere and constantly ask me to go out. i won't go into the gory details, but i WON'T go out with a guy i've talked to with half my mind for eight minutes...especially not a badger.
apparently after i left, he badgered my friend for my telephone number and e-mail address...she gave him my e-mail address simply because he could have found it on the university student directory. bleep then proceeded to send me the most disturbing and suggestive e-mails as well as a most obscene valentine's card. something to do with sex very 'cleverly' described via some obscure syntax...
gag me with a spoon.
he doesn't e-mail me anymore *thank god*, but apparently up until a little while ago, he would icq my friend and 'casually' mention how there were so many girls going ga-ga over him and how he was dating one of them. oh, he also mentioned how all these girls were *Asian* (did i mention i'm asian?) he's caucasian, so maybe he thought that i wouldn't go out with him because of that... geez... =====
anyways, the storal of the mory is... umm... well... oh what the hell - i'll make something up:
there are plenty of computer chickish girls out there. problem is, there are also a LOT of 'just-plain-idiotic/disgusting/gross' guys out there who just kinda turn us off this whole 'finding love thru the encoded bits of the world wide web' thing.
oh god, this was a pointless post.. sorry:o( i've just realized that the guys to whom this is aimed at probably think they're casanovas and hence not this post's target. geez.
*rant*
(sorry my sig didn't turn out - i'll go check that)
== HEDGEHOG SAYS: \\\\\_o "It could well be that your question makes sense, \\\\\/,, I just can't figure it out." - Cormack, CS 444
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== HEDGEHOG SAYS:
\\\\\_o "It could well be that your question makes sense,
\\\\\/,, I just can't figure it out." - Cormack, CS 444
i'm a girl *whoa* and i like computers *gasp*. problem is, so does my older brother. he has the typical 'guys know everything about computers, girls (especially my little sister) know dicksquat' attitude. hence it's very hard to learn more when there's this disapproving shadow lurking over your shoulder all the time.
i realize that not every guy out there who's my age has that attitude, but it's undeniable that many do.
i also realize that guys who have that attitude will hang onto it until some female knocks some sense into their heads.
then again, there aren't that many females to do so.
so, this bias is understandable (if not tolerable). i think that given a few more years, when more women enter the computer industry, THEN guys will realize that 'hey! chicks DO have brains!'.
hopefully, there will also be some female executives by then, too.
=================
TOTALLY OFF-TOPIC
i hope this doesn't sound like flame, but i've met a few guys (and girls) who meet and greet fellow hackers over the internet...
frankly, they scare the living bejesus out of me...or maybe i should say 'disturb'...
i know some really nice guys who are always on icq (or something similar) but then again some really strange people are on, too
*it's story time*
i was working in toronto for one of my work terms (i think it's a canadian thing...). my friend also happened to be working nearby. so, i went to visit her one weekend and met her housemates (i was boarding with a family, she was living in a student house).
we ate while plonked on the sofa in front of the tv. the station was playing a hockey game (and, yes, i DO like hockey, even if i've somewhat lost touch). there was this *guy* there, let's call him
it took me about half an hour to eat. half an hour -> maybe 8 minutes of commercials?
well, after that, bleep apparently decided that i was in love with him, and started to follow me everywhere and constantly ask me to go out. i won't go into the gory details, but i WON'T go out with a guy i've talked to with half my mind for eight minutes...especially not a badger.
apparently after i left, he badgered my friend for my telephone number and e-mail address...she gave him my e-mail address simply because he could have found it on the university student directory. bleep then proceeded to send me the most disturbing and suggestive e-mails as well as a most obscene valentine's card. something to do with sex very 'cleverly' described via some obscure syntax...
gag me with a spoon.
he doesn't e-mail me anymore *thank god*, but apparently up until a little while ago, he would icq my friend and 'casually' mention how there were so many girls going ga-ga over him and how he was dating one of them. oh, he also mentioned how all these girls were *Asian* (did i mention i'm asian?) he's caucasian, so maybe he thought that i wouldn't go out with him because of that
=====
anyways, the storal of the mory is
oh what the hell - i'll make something up:
there are plenty of computer chickish girls out there. problem is, there are also a LOT of 'just-plain-idiotic/disgusting/gross' guys out there who just kinda turn us off this whole 'finding love thru the encoded bits of the world wide web' thing.
oh god, this was a pointless post
i've just realized that the guys to whom this is aimed at probably think they're casanovas and hence not this post's target. geez.
*rant*
(sorry my sig didn't turn out - i'll go check that)
== HEDGEHOG SAYS:
\\\\\_o "It could well be that your question makes sense,
\\\\\/,, I just can't figure it out." - Cormack, CS 444