I dunno man. To be honest, I can see that happening no matter what advice is followed. Even with my big ol' ego I wouldn't pretend to be able to get anybody I wanted.
Funny you should mention that. GIMP is the reason I like that feature. It really sucks having all your tasks so narrow that you can't read which one is which because you have GIMP + several other windows open.
"If you think every girl on the planet has the same interests, you've got some re-thinking to do my friend."
Gimme some credit, will ya? I couldn't possibly come up with a generalization that would encompass every last female on this planet. Given that, why would it be assumed that I meant everybody as opposed to playing the odds? Additionally, why is assumed that this guideline must be strictly followed even after it is discovered the femme likes Monty Python? Heh.
I just had a thought. What if, as a result of fearing litigation from MS for attaining a patent, anybody working on UI doodads were to try to come up with something different. Isn't it possible that a new better way would be found? If only there was a way to have something good happen when stuff was patented...
"Who's going to file a case? The Xfree86 committee? Sun? BeOS (which I also read had prior art)? There is no company even interested in fighting this."
Sounds like the beef should be with the patent office instead of Microsoft. Afterall, they didn't do anything that Apple or IBM wouldn't do.
I don't think that I've ever seen that die. I thhink I had the video card cause a blue screen once, but I don't think that's happened in the last year.
Microsoft (as well as any other corp out there) patents everything they can. The real headline should be "USPO grants Patent to MS for $DUH_GUIFEATURE". That's who your pitchforks should be pointed at unless you'd like to point them at IBM, Apple, Palm, Sun....
"You know, this is all the stuff I don't bother bringing up around my boyfriend because it's too geeky for him. Well-- except for Star Trek, but he actually likes Star Trek quite a bit more than I do so it's hardly a regular topic of conversation."
Oh yeah, rule L.), when you see a female on Slashdot that likes Star Trek, don't reply with "Gotta pic?"
... when something like iTunes for video becomes available. I have some extra $$$ in my pocket, and I've been eyeballing the Archos Jukebox thingamabob. Unfortunately, I'm having real serious trouble thinking of a good way to get content to it. My ReplayTV might be the answer, but.. well it's hooked up to my TV! Heh.
"Does anyone else find these MS offerings utterly tepid compared to Apple innovation the day before?"
Usually when I do, it's not because the product sounds stupid, it's because of my attitude about Microsoft. It's hard to give them the benefit of the doubt.
"Except that the recent versions of Windows have been extremely stable. I've got XP Pro on my laptop, and it has never crashed. On my workstation, I've got Server 2003. It's never crashed either."
I've had good luck, too. Sadly, though, some people's machines don't fair so well. My boss has a machine virtually identical to mine. Niether of us have much installed. Despite that, my machine's damn near bullet proof while his likes to randomly crash. I can't help but wonder if there's some odd variable that randomly appears on some people's machines that gives them nothing but trouble with XP/2K/NT. If I'm right, it explains how XP or 2K earned the unstable reputation. Like somebody who switched to Linux because XP was unstable is going to listen to my stories of excellent stability across multiple machines.
I've only successfully talked about Trek once. That's because it had to do with my ambitions. I'm a CG artist. Trek's one of those shows that helped make CG FX common place in TV today. I explained my fascination with the fx and how I've made a career out of it, and completely avoided using the word Klingon.
It worked. Although if I had spent more than 2 minutes doing it, I wouldn't be posting this comment.
"All of this pre-supposes that someone is capable of getting a date. I'll agree that in my limited experience with (a) woman, your advice sounds right to me, but as one of those poor bastards who define every bad stereotype about geeks (er, I do shower and groom at least daily. But all the other ones), let me just say the chances of getting so far as an actual "date" have a lot in common with quasars, nebulae and black holes."
Not really true. The advice I mentioned isn't specifically intended for dating. It's general advice about interacting with femmes in any real scenario. You'd be surprised how making these changes makes dating possible. It takes a little warming up, but it can happen. You can ask women to join you places without it being a date. (Better off that way anyway...) If the worst thing you do is have a few laughs with her, then it's a good night. After a couple of those, she might actually consider dating you. This is pre-supposing they'd never touch you because every time they see you you have your nose in a Game Boy.
Sadly, society isn't very nice to us geeks. So we're down on ourselves. It doesn't help that we think women are attracted to blond
haired blue eyed athletic gits. Combine low-self esteem with a misunderstanding of what women are attracted to, and you've got
yourself two people who'll never hook up.
What can you do about it?
a.) Don't approach a woman like she's the most precious thing on the planet. They hate that. Besides making them feel
not-so-special, it also feels like talking to you isn't possible without strings attached. Chicks dun wanna hurt your feelings.
b,) Don't draw attention to what a loser you are by telling them that you haven't had many girlfriends. I don't mean lie. Instead,
resist the temptation to tell them your sad story. They dun like damaged goods.
c.) A date is about having fun, not about showing the girl how nice you are. There's no need to pull a chair out for her. Put yoru
energy into being entertaining.
d.) Don't talk about Star Trek, Slashdot, Linux, or quote Monty Python. They don't have the slightest interest in any of those topics
so it's not like they can interact with what you're saying.
e.) It's okay to have a cheeky sexual side. Resist the temptation to hide the fact that you're interested in sex. (Don't hump her
leg, either.)
f.) It's okay to have your own opinions. If she asks if you like Ricky Martin, the answer is NO, not "well I guess he's okay".
Chicks dun like yes-men.
g.) If you have to fart near her, make a show of it. I don't know why this works. (Note: Do not aim at her more than once.)
h.) Don't give her your phone number without getting hers. DO yourself a favor and avoid the whole "I'll call you" brush off.
i.) It's okay to OCCASIONALLY tell a woman she's pretty, but never ever EVER say "not as pretty as you".
j.) If they ask for an honest opinion that you know will get you into trouble, say "Yeah right, I know better." Telling them what they want to hear won't get them closer to you, niether will telling them their ass looks big.
k.) It's okay to have passion, but it's not okay to be fanatical.
I could keep going, but these are the big ones. The most most most important one is to treat her like a friend, not like you're applying for the job of boyfriend.
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I dunno man. To be honest, I can see that happening no matter what advice is followed. Even with my big ol' ego I wouldn't pretend to be able to get anybody I wanted.
Sometimes they're just not interested.
Funny you should mention that. GIMP is the reason I like that feature. It really sucks having all your tasks so narrow that you can't read which one is which because you have GIMP + several other windows open.
"If you think every girl on the planet has the same interests, you've got some re-thinking to do my friend."
Gimme some credit, will ya? I couldn't possibly come up with a generalization that would encompass every last female on this planet. Given that, why would it be assumed that I meant everybody as opposed to playing the odds? Additionally, why is assumed that this guideline must be strictly followed even after it is discovered the femme likes Monty Python? Heh.
"I don't know of one woman who you could even fart in the vicinity of without them leaving immediately. What the hell kind of women do you date???"
Women that understand that farting is a natural bodily function. They're called normal women.
"Microsoft (MSFT) today announced it's new patent on H2O and will begin licensing talks soon."
I agree, it sure sucks that the Patent Office isn't pickier.
I just had a thought. What if, as a result of fearing litigation from MS for attaining a patent, anybody working on UI doodads were to try to come up with something different. Isn't it possible that a new better way would be found? If only there was a way to have something good happen when stuff was patented...
"Who's going to file a case? The Xfree86 committee? Sun? BeOS (which I also read had prior art)? There is no company even interested in fighting this."
Sounds like the beef should be with the patent office instead of Microsoft. Afterall, they didn't do anything that Apple or IBM wouldn't do.
"what happens when the GDI subsystem dies?"
I don't think that I've ever seen that die. I thhink I had the video card cause a blue screen once, but I don't think that's happened in the last year.
"Grouping in the taskbar has to be one of the most annoying "Features" ever seen in a taskbar."
It is? Funny, I've found it quite useful when having tons of windows open. Is my personal opinion insightful, too?
Microsoft (as well as any other corp out there) patents everything they can. The real headline should be "USPO grants Patent to MS for $DUH_GUIFEATURE". That's who your pitchforks should be pointed at unless you'd like to point them at IBM, Apple, Palm, Sun....
"You know, this is all the stuff I don't bother bringing up around my boyfriend because it's too geeky for him. Well-- except for Star Trek, but he actually likes Star Trek quite a bit more than I do so it's hardly a regular topic of conversation."
Oh yeah, rule L.), when you see a female on Slashdot that likes Star Trek, don't reply with "Gotta pic?"
Well I, for one, am very pleased with the change we'll see with Dan Glickman in charge. His name is SO much easier to make fun of than Jack's.
... when something like iTunes for video becomes available. I have some extra $$$ in my pocket, and I've been eyeballing the Archos Jukebox thingamabob. Unfortunately, I'm having real serious trouble thinking of a good way to get content to it. My ReplayTV might be the answer, but .. well it's hooked up to my TV! Heh.
"Does anyone else find these MS offerings utterly tepid compared to Apple innovation the day before?"
Usually when I do, it's not because the product sounds stupid, it's because of my attitude about Microsoft. It's hard to give them the benefit of the doubt.
"a.) Not try to follow a list of rules that assumes that all women are exactly the same, and just be yourself.'
Two problems with your argument here:
1.) These are not rules
2.) Never said women are exactly the same. However, 9 out of 10 women would not argue with me that you shouldn't aim a fart at them more than once.
"win2k hasnt crashed on me once unless I was being a fscktard and doing something stupid."
Well you really shouldn't be retarding files while checking them.
"Except that the recent versions of Windows have been extremely stable. I've got XP Pro on my laptop, and it has never crashed. On my workstation, I've got Server 2003. It's never crashed either."
I've had good luck, too. Sadly, though, some people's machines don't fair so well. My boss has a machine virtually identical to mine. Niether of us have much installed. Despite that, my machine's damn near bullet proof while his likes to randomly crash. I can't help but wonder if there's some odd variable that randomly appears on some people's machines that gives them nothing but trouble with XP/2K/NT. If I'm right, it explains how XP or 2K earned the unstable reputation. Like somebody who switched to Linux because XP was unstable is going to listen to my stories of excellent stability across multiple machines.
"When my X dies, it doesn't pull down the whole machine with it."
When Explorer dies, it doesn't take everything with it.
"What's the difference? About $299."
And think of the added productivity boost you'll have when all your games stop working!
I've only successfully talked about Trek once. That's because it had to do with my ambitions. I'm a CG artist. Trek's one of those shows that helped make CG FX common place in TV today. I explained my fascination with the fx and how I've made a career out of it, and completely avoided using the word Klingon.
It worked. Although if I had spent more than 2 minutes doing it, I wouldn't be posting this comment.
"All of this pre-supposes that someone is capable of getting a date. I'll agree that in my limited experience with (a) woman, your advice sounds right to me, but as one of those poor bastards who define every bad stereotype about geeks (er, I do shower and groom at least daily. But all the other ones), let me just say the chances of getting so far as an actual "date" have a lot in common with quasars, nebulae and black holes."
Not really true. The advice I mentioned isn't specifically intended for dating. It's general advice about interacting with femmes in any real scenario. You'd be surprised how making these changes makes dating possible. It takes a little warming up, but it can happen. You can ask women to join you places without it being a date. (Better off that way anyway...) If the worst thing you do is have a few laughs with her, then it's a good night. After a couple of those, she might actually consider dating you. This is pre-supposing they'd never touch you because every time they see you you have your nose in a Game Boy.
Digital World != real world in the eyes of the law.
"The question is, what does one do about it?"
Sadly, society isn't very nice to us geeks. So we're down on ourselves. It doesn't help that we think women are attracted to blond
haired blue eyed athletic gits. Combine low-self esteem with a misunderstanding of what women are attracted to, and you've got
yourself two people who'll never hook up.
What can you do about it?
a.) Don't approach a woman like she's the most precious thing on the planet. They hate that. Besides making them feel
not-so-special, it also feels like talking to you isn't possible without strings attached. Chicks dun wanna hurt your feelings.
b,) Don't draw attention to what a loser you are by telling them that you haven't had many girlfriends. I don't mean lie. Instead,
resist the temptation to tell them your sad story. They dun like damaged goods.
c.) A date is about having fun, not about showing the girl how nice you are. There's no need to pull a chair out for her. Put yoru
energy into being entertaining.
d.) Don't talk about Star Trek, Slashdot, Linux, or quote Monty Python. They don't have the slightest interest in any of those topics
so it's not like they can interact with what you're saying.
e.) It's okay to have a cheeky sexual side. Resist the temptation to hide the fact that you're interested in sex. (Don't hump her
leg, either.)
f.) It's okay to have your own opinions. If she asks if you like Ricky Martin, the answer is NO, not "well I guess he's okay".
Chicks dun like yes-men.
g.) If you have to fart near her, make a show of it. I don't know why this works. (Note: Do not aim at her more than once.)
h.) Don't give her your phone number without getting hers. DO yourself a favor and avoid the whole "I'll call you" brush off.
i.) It's okay to OCCASIONALLY tell a woman she's pretty, but never ever EVER say "not as pretty as you".
j.) If they ask for an honest opinion that you know will get you into trouble, say "Yeah right, I know better." Telling them what they want to hear won't get them closer to you, niether will telling them their ass looks big.
k.) It's okay to have passion, but it's not okay to be fanatical.
I could keep going, but these are the big ones. The most most most important one is to treat her like a friend, not like you're applying for the job of boyfriend.
"...what it was like to sit there all day. "My mouth hurts," Jessica responded." "Kind of makes you wonder...." ... why she was sitting on her mouth.
" it's funny when guys come up to me and tell me that it's their first time touching a girl."
Okay, time to come clean. Which one of you was it?