When I asked him if it wasn't against his religion he replied that he was willing to reincarnate as a low life form in exchange for so much deliciousness:-) (in reality he was a fellow atheist, but I didn't know at the time).
"Excessive paperwork like 30 min to fill out a change request form to do something like make a 30 second edit to a config file and sighup a daemon is stupid"
It seems stupid, until one day you do it without the controls, you break somebody's vital process, and had to start with the explanations.
If you are working in a real business with real money or reputation to be lost, telling people that you are messing with their machines is a damn good idea, even if you think reconfiguring a daemon is nothing.
"Whoever thinks that women would be treated bad in IT/FOSS culture, obviously has never seen how one women in a IT team can make all the men there their slaves who want to fulfill her every wish. If anything, then men would love to see more women in their teams."
You see? This is exactly the kind of mentality that drive women away.
It is not normal that 1 out of 65 people doing something is a woman, that would be acceptable in Saudi Arabia, that people in Slashdot defend this state of affairs is an ominous indictment.
That is all great, until the day you get a bigoted joke or comment against you.
Most majorities will never get the hurt it causes, but then when people on those majorities experience life as a minority (a great example is British immigrants to Spain or France), they realize how wrong they were, once they experience the discrimination and "jokes" on their own skin.
People here saying I have not seen it, not realizing that people that actually bully women know it is worng, and in general will not publish it as a fine accomplishment.
As fro feminism being anti male, you frankly don't know what you are talking about. You should educate yourself first before saying something that is so clearly untrue, which you would know if you have cared to inform yourself at least minimally.
The term PC is used by people who wished their prejudices would have free reign. The term is the refuge of the scoundrel, the proverbial hole in the sand where they firmly stick their head.
Many women are pointing out to this problem, as well as many statistics, and how they are ostracised when they raise the issue.
The typical answer is to point out that it is somehow their fault. Typical blame the victim mentality.
I have witnessed how female colleagues are literally hounded out of jobs because the men around them cant stomach the idea of working in a even field with a woman, and even more unthinkable, that they have to report to one.
I fail completely to see what is subversive about pointing out this issue, a real failing of the Computing and IT industry, to our collective shame.
You see, the problem of many people deriding gambling is that they have no idea of the numbers involved.
You can happily spend only $10 or $20 and have a couple of enjoyable hours, or more if you are lucky.
If you are so afraid of yourself then take only the amount of money you can lose and leave you credit card at home.
The adults amongst us are rational enough to set a limit and go home once we reach it. We can also drink only a glass of wine a night and have stopped smoking. In other worlds we have self control. You should try it some time.
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When I asked him if it wasn't against his religion he replied that he was willing to reincarnate as a low life form in exchange for so much deliciousness :-) (in reality he was a fellow atheist, but I didn't know at the time).
"Excessive paperwork like 30 min to fill out a change request form to do something like make a 30 second edit to a config file and sighup a daemon is stupid"
It seems stupid, until one day you do it without the controls, you break somebody's vital process, and had to start with the explanations.
If you are working in a real business with real money or reputation to be lost, telling people that you are messing with their machines is a damn good idea, even if you think reconfiguring a daemon is nothing.
I am sick and tired of this kind of knee jerk reaction.
Unless is somebody that consistently has been messing things up and has been warned, I don't see why this should be a firing somebody issue.
It is not like we are all perfect, right?. RIGHT?
"The public key itself - the modulus - might be subject to copyright. "
If it is a *public* key it is meant to be copied.
In any case a key is just a number, how the heck can you copyright a single number in isolation?
... I am sure they could pay for the development of an application that could cover their needs.
It is simply that company bosses are unimaginative and care only about their bonuses, not about technological progress or what is best for their firm.
Who forced you to read the thread?
Why discussions should be always done in terms that satisfy the males participants? Why should people be interrupted for example?
Why are you mentioning "whininess" (sic) as an intrinsically female trait?
Sexism is very subtle, as your comments above demonstrate amply.
We must be reading a different website.
"Whoever thinks that women would be treated bad in IT/FOSS culture, obviously has never seen how one women in a IT team can make all the men there their slaves who want to fulfill her every wish. If anything, then men would love to see more women in their teams."
You see? This is exactly the kind of mentality that drive women away.
It is not normal that 1 out of 65 people doing something is a woman, that would be acceptable in Saudi Arabia, that people in Slashdot defend this state of affairs is an ominous indictment.
Unsupported assertions...
Your comment is a typical example of sexist commentary.
To see how bad it really is replace Women with "blacks" or "gays" and see how well that sounds.
.... that most couples reach the same conclusion, often irrespective of the fact that the woman has better professional prospects.
And then people wonder what women find distasteful about dealing with males on this field.
That is all great, until the day you get a bigoted joke or comment against you.
Most majorities will never get the hurt it causes, but then when people on those majorities experience life as a minority (a great example is British immigrants to Spain or France), they realize how wrong they were, once they experience the discrimination and "jokes" on their own skin.
Only somebody seriously derided considers normal that 98 of each 100 people, doing an activity with no apparent barriers of entry, are male.
Check statistics in any other parts of the industry, or in any other industries, and you may get a clue.
... is a clear a validation of a point as I have ever seen in Slashdot.
that is all what I see (irony aside).
People here saying I have not seen it, not realizing that people that actually bully women know it is worng, and in general will not publish it as a fine accomplishment.
As fro feminism being anti male, you frankly don't know what you are talking about. You should educate yourself first before saying something that is so clearly untrue, which you would know if you have cared to inform yourself at least minimally.
.... and the people that fail to recognize that as a major problem.
"Are you raising the subject of sexism just based on the fact that only 1.5% of FOSS developers are women? I"
I frankly rest my case there.
How somebody can be so blind to such a statistic is beyond the realms of the understandable.
That is Satanism, or something like that.
No sane Engineer will go and check everything himself. It is simply impractical, expensive and stupid.
If you really do what you are preaching I reckon you either are your own boss or have a very stupid one that is not doing his job.
How ironic, and unsurprising.
What do you suggest? Compassionate conservatism?
The term PC is used by people who wished their prejudices would have free reign. The term is the refuge of the scoundrel, the proverbial hole in the sand where they firmly stick their head.
Many women are pointing out to this problem, as well as many statistics, and how they are ostracised when they raise the issue.
The typical answer is to point out that it is somehow their fault. Typical blame the victim mentality.
I have witnessed how female colleagues are literally hounded out of jobs because the men around them cant stomach the idea of working in a even field with a woman, and even more unthinkable, that they have to report to one.
I fail completely to see what is subversive about pointing out this issue, a real failing of the Computing and IT industry, to our collective shame.
Why should anybody be prepared to be discriminated against and abused in order to progress in any pursuit?
I find the misogynist attitudes of some truly telling.
Do you need to infantilize women so badly?
When inflation is considered, gold has not kept its value. You would be better off having put your money in a savings account at 3% pa 30 years ago.
You see, the problem of many people deriding gambling is that they have no idea of the numbers involved.
You can happily spend only $10 or $20 and have a couple of enjoyable hours, or more if you are lucky.
If you are so afraid of yourself then take only the amount of money you can lose and leave you credit card at home.
The adults amongst us are rational enough to set a limit and go home once we reach it. We can also drink only a glass of wine a night and have stopped smoking. In other worlds we have self control. You should try it some time.