Which is it? Are we (as a profession) are being jerks? Or is it that women "just can't do it". Personally, I know which side I'm on: somehow, we're being jerks. And I wish the rest of you would stop it!
There is a third option: They don't want to do it. Maybe IT doesn't fill a part of them that needs to be satisfied. I am sure there are just as many women as men capable of doing IT, but they choose not to. If places weren't allowing women into the field based on their gender( or race or whatever) that is wrong and should be stopped, but I really don't think that's the issue.
Wouldn't it make things easier for your company though? When you deal with other companies, they will use the same units as you. If you want to buy parts from them, they are in the same standard.
But if you had selected dihydro pentoxy sulfate as the liquid you would find that 1 pound of this is equal to 1000 cubic inches. Laugh but it's only slightly more arbitrary than water.
I am not a scientist, but I would say it's a little more than slightly arbitrary. Water is all around us, and everybody knows what it is. I would tell you most people don't know what dihydro pentoxy sulfate, so they don't really care how much of it makes up 1000 cubic inches. Also, you can use decimal english measure, but it still means you have to do conversions, rather then just a decimal shift, if you want it in different units. I would need to look up how many firkins is in a hogshead, but I can convert from decimeter to decameter without ever having encountered either of them before.
The problem is evolution can't keep up with our ability to trash the planet. If the changes to the river had happened over many generations, then they may have been able to adapt. When the changes happen over only a couple of generations, the species doesn't have time to react.
My answer goes beyond "because we are intelligent" I think it has more to do with the face that we have learned to use tools. The dolphins did not. When we see a problem, we can try and connect it through tools, whereas the dolphin would have to rely on evolution, which doesn't happen nearly as fast
I don't know if it counts as natural selection if it happens over the period of a few generations. Their habitat was drastically changed, and they couldn't keep up with that. What happened to their habitat could hardly be considered natural. They were unable to adapt to this. It doesn't mean they were unfit, just unfit for such a different environment. Now, we lose another species. It doesn't make the rest of us fitter. In fact, I would think it's just the opposite. We won't be able to study the white dolphin, and maybe learn things from it. Maybe we could have figured out how it's sonar worked, and then adapted that for our own use...who knows
The problem is, the employees will not be able to use it. To us, using one operating system or another isn't really a big deal, but to your average office worker, it's a huge shift. I have seen users struggle to use XP after learning windows 2000. To the average computer person, there is no learning curve, but to these users, it's completely different. Now, try and do the same thing with an operating system that is truly different...
Seriously...the guy was the first person to walk on the moon. I would be pretty nervous to. Who hasn't had something come out wrong, when they were making a presentation, or leading a group or something? People get nervous. Now, multiply that by a million, since the whole world is watching...you have to give some elbow room. Sure, if you look at it in a strict sense, it didn't make sense, but I would imagine most intelligent people would still get the jist of it.
The value of those things is definetly not $200. I already have a harmony remote which does a great job, and the thought of watching King Kong again caused a rather unplesant reaction
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There is a third option: They don't want to do it.
Maybe IT doesn't fill a part of them that needs to be satisfied. I am sure there are just as many women as men capable of doing IT, but they choose not to.
If places weren't allowing women into the field based on their gender( or race or whatever) that is wrong and should be stopped, but I really don't think that's the issue.
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Wouldn't it make things easier for your company though? When you deal with other companies, they will use the same units as you. If you want to buy parts from them, they are in the same standard.
I am not a scientist, but I would say it's a little more than slightly arbitrary. Water is all around us, and everybody knows what it is. I would tell you most people don't know what dihydro pentoxy sulfate, so they don't really care how much of it makes up 1000 cubic inches.
Also, you can use decimal english measure, but it still means you have to do conversions, rather then just a decimal shift, if you want it in different units. I would need to look up how many firkins is in a hogshead, but I can convert from decimeter to decameter without ever having encountered either of them before.
But that is one special case. I guess you could use this knowledge to convert things, but I find shifting decimals a lot easier
Most people are stupid. There is really nothing I can do about this
Credit card still seems easier, when you consider you get other options, like cash back and extended warranty.
That depends on your bank plan. Some only allow a limited number of free transactions. That's why it's better you use a credit card
I hope the irony in that statement was intended.
You missed the first sentence. News for Nerds.
Sometimes the context matters
I concur!
How does Trailer Park Boys for Top Gear sound?
That still happens over thousands of generation. They just have a much shorter life span
The problem is evolution can't keep up with our ability to trash the planet. If the changes to the river had happened over many generations, then they may have been able to adapt. When the changes happen over only a couple of generations, the species doesn't have time to react.
My answer goes beyond "because we are intelligent"
I think it has more to do with the face that we have learned to use tools. The dolphins did not.
When we see a problem, we can try and connect it through tools, whereas the dolphin would have to rely on evolution, which doesn't happen nearly as fast
I don't know if it counts as natural selection if it happens over the period of a few generations.
Their habitat was drastically changed, and they couldn't keep up with that. What happened to their habitat could hardly be considered natural. They were unable to adapt to this. It doesn't mean they were unfit, just unfit for such a different environment. Now, we lose another species. It doesn't make the rest of us fitter. In fact, I would think it's just the opposite. We won't be able to study the white dolphin, and maybe learn things from it. Maybe we could have figured out how it's sonar worked, and then adapted that for our own use...who knows
You forgot to start with:
In the year 2000:
I will second this one. There was a lot of trash talk over this game
Make sure it is Vogon poetry
That's exactly what I was thinking.
Correlation does not imply causation
The problem is, the employees will not be able to use it. To us, using one operating system or another isn't really a big deal, but to your average office worker, it's a huge shift.
I have seen users struggle to use XP after learning windows 2000. To the average computer person, there is no learning curve, but to these users, it's completely different.
Now, try and do the same thing with an operating system that is truly different...
Off topic, but what software are you using for the imaging?
Seriously...the guy was the first person to walk on the moon. I would be pretty nervous to.
Who hasn't had something come out wrong, when they were making a presentation, or leading a group or something? People get nervous. Now, multiply that by a million, since the whole world is watching...you have to give some elbow room.
Sure, if you look at it in a strict sense, it didn't make sense, but I would imagine most intelligent people would still get the jist of it.
The value of those things is definetly not $200. I already have a harmony remote which does a great job, and the thought of watching King Kong again caused a rather unplesant reaction
I hope they do go to MS. I bought a 360 when my ps2 quit working. The only thing I miss from the PS2 is Dragon Warrior 8