That's exactly what I thought when I read the article. It's one big add with no specifics. It sounds like the writer read a press release and rewrote it without checking any details. I'm guessing the company is hoping to capitalize on the fears of CIO's (hence, mycio.com) and other upper management types who know less about the technology.
Growing up with my brothers we had a Nintendo play system. While they were playing military Rambo games, I was mostly interested in Mario Brothers, Tetris, etc. I enjoyed the racing games too, but didn't see much point in their military games.
Now I own a Playstation and what I like are games like Spyro, Tomba, and Oddworld. I've learned recently that these are puzzle games. Mortal Kombat is okay for awhile, but not something that I would play for a long time.
That would be me. I have to say that Jon's assessment of women on the internet doesn't apply to me. I've tried going to those female websites and discussion lists and frankly, they bore me. They're okay every now and then, especially when I'm looking for something specific, but other than that, no. And I wouldn't say that I'm 100% a geek, but I do like tinkering around with my various OS's (I've even installed an older version of Slackware on an older PC) and knowing what is going on under the hood.
I'd have to say I'm more of an information junkie than anything. Slashdot is about the best place to get a variety of techy news and read the discussions (at +2). I don't usually post, not because I'm a woman or that I feel the environment is too hostile, but because I'm here to soak up all the information I can. Usually the discussion is about something I don't know a lot about or have a lot of experience with.
Just thought I should give my $.02 on being a female Slashdot member.:)
Two of my younger brothers have been involved in the FIRST competition in the last couple of years (THS in FL...Go Terriers!) and it sounds like a really good project. It's too bad that I live too far away to see their competitions. I suppose I could search out some in my area, though.
As I clicked on the link above, a co-worker came into my cubicle so I turned around to talk to him. All of a sudden his eyes got really big so I turn around and there's this...thing on my monitor. I was soo embarrased.:)
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That's exactly what I thought when I read the article. It's one big add with no specifics. It sounds like the writer read a press release and rewrote it without checking any details. I'm guessing the company is hoping to capitalize on the fears of CIO's (hence, mycio.com) and other upper management types who know less about the technology.
Growing up with my brothers we had a Nintendo play system. While they were playing military Rambo games, I was mostly interested in Mario Brothers, Tetris, etc. I enjoyed the racing games too, but didn't see much point in their military games.
Now I own a Playstation and what I like are games like Spyro, Tomba, and Oddworld. I've learned recently that these are puzzle games. Mortal Kombat is okay for awhile, but not something that I would play for a long time.
That would be me. I have to say that Jon's assessment of women on the internet doesn't apply to me. I've tried going to those female websites and discussion lists and frankly, they bore me. They're okay every now and then, especially when I'm looking for something specific, but other than that, no. And I wouldn't say that I'm 100% a geek, but I do like tinkering around with my various OS's (I've even installed an older version of Slackware on an older PC) and knowing what is going on under the hood.
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I'd have to say I'm more of an information junkie than anything. Slashdot is about the best place to get a variety of techy news and read the discussions (at +2). I don't usually post, not because I'm a woman or that I feel the environment is too hostile, but because I'm here to soak up all the information I can. Usually the discussion is about something I don't know a lot about or have a lot of experience with.
Just thought I should give my $.02 on being a female Slashdot member.
Two of my younger brothers have been involved in the FIRST competition in the last couple of years (THS in FL...Go Terriers!) and it sounds like a really good project. It's too bad that I live too far away to see their competitions. I suppose I could search out some in my area, though.
As I clicked on the link above, a co-worker came into my cubicle so I turned around to talk to him. All of a sudden his eyes got really big so I turn around and there's this...thing on my monitor. I was soo embarrased. :)