Hmmm. Well you do have an interesting point. I do admit I am not too good at understanding how/why people think the way they do.
All I really know about is how I think. People around me need to earn my admiration or deep respect. That's not to say I don't respect somone I first meat, it just means that I have no idea what their capabilities are, and I tend to "question" them till i figure it out.
That being said, there are many women, and many many more men who have simply not earned it in my opinion. Then again, there are those who have.
I don't understand, and cannot relate to the directing of questions to the male when a female in the lead, unless the discussion had been prompted by the male. I speak to anyone the discussion involves.
I have even met a few men who are in childcare and while I can see they like working with kids I can't realy relate to that desire.(I, myself, find children to be exceedingly annoying)
But I don't see how it makes them any less of a person for doing that. If men in my field really feel the way that you describe, perhaps I am also a minority in the field. But I'm not going anywhere... >:)
I hope you realize that most of us men feel the same way about many of the people we work with...
"How the hell did he get that job...?"
"How is he not failing out of school...?"
"That guy is a moron..."
It's male driven competition; no one is safe. If you want in on it kudos to you, but don't feel bad because e question your intelligence, we do it to everyone around us.
What the hell is it that you want exactly? This is a news board. It provides people with information about what is happening in the world around them. This particular news board is tech related.
As hard as it may be for your A.D.D.-ridden brain to understand, new and exciting stuff does not happen every day. And MOST people would rather hear about all of the similar things rather than stare at a blank page.
If you are tired of the content here, move on. Otherwise, get used to the fact that you aren't going to be held at the edge of your seat by a news board.
Movies and TV ads do not effect anyone's ability to breed before they die. There is barely any evolutionary pressure on us. I would say we aren't evolving at all. We are mutating.... not evloving. While mutation is part of evolution it is NOT evolution in itself.
By the way, this is a very good book on the subject of evolution:
Climbing Mount Improbable
Why can't we have a machine to make the voting process easy? Have a display with a touch screen that has the candidate's picture on it and a min-bio or something so the senile can still vote, and when it is done, it prints out a ballot with the candidates name and any other information, and a machine readable bar code. The voter would then turn in that ballot.
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Hmmm. Well you do have an interesting point. I do admit I am not too good at understanding how/why people think the way they do.
All I really know about is how I think. People around me need to earn my admiration or deep respect. That's not to say I don't respect somone I first meat, it just means that I have no idea what their capabilities are, and I tend to "question" them till i figure it out.
That being said, there are many women, and many many more men who have simply not earned it in my opinion. Then again, there are those who have.
I don't understand, and cannot relate to the directing of questions to the male when a female in the lead, unless the discussion had been prompted by the male. I speak to anyone the discussion involves.
I have even met a few men who are in childcare and while I can see they like working with kids I can't realy relate to that desire.(I, myself, find children to be exceedingly annoying)
But I don't see how it makes them any less of a person for doing that. If men in my field really feel the way that you describe, perhaps I am also a minority in the field. But I'm not going anywhere... >:)
I believe you are refering to the the three great virtues of a programmer: laziness, impatience, and hubris.
Well, the last one anyway.
I hope you realize that most of us men feel the same way about many of the people we work with... "How the hell did he get that job...?" "How is he not failing out of school...?" "That guy is a moron..." It's male driven competition; no one is safe. If you want in on it kudos to you, but don't feel bad because e question your intelligence, we do it to everyone around us.
What the hell is it that you want exactly?
This is a news board. It provides people with information about what is happening in the world around them. This particular news board is tech related.
As hard as it may be for your A.D.D.-ridden brain to understand, new and exciting stuff does not happen every day. And MOST people would rather hear about all of the similar things rather than stare at a blank page.
If you are tired of the content here, move on. Otherwise, get used to the fact that you aren't going to be held at the edge of your seat by a news board.
The point is I shouldn't HAVE to. So I chose to not use their software. Do what you wish.
Divx sucks now and is loaded with spyware. Xvid can play most divx content...
there is a codec for windows here.
amen
ipods don't smell like hotcakes...
Movies and TV ads do not effect anyone's ability to breed before they die. There is barely any evolutionary pressure on us. I would say we aren't evolving at all. We are mutating.... not evloving. While mutation is part of evolution it is NOT evolution in itself.
By the way, this is a very good book on the subject of evolution: Climbing Mount Improbable
Why can't we have a machine to make the voting process easy? Have a display with a touch screen that has the candidate's picture on it and a min-bio or something so the senile can still vote, and when it is done, it prints out a ballot with the candidates name and any other information, and a machine readable bar code. The voter would then turn in that ballot.