Thank you for the compliment, though I don't understand the "it is also an excellent answer for why geeks are fascinated by women" part. I thought it would be for the same reasons most men are fascinated by women. Am I missing something?
Eww... awful formatting - my oldest pc is certainly not from the pre-PC area:-(
What it SHOULD have looked like...
Sorry but I never check anything... before ir is too late.
Well, today might be Friday the 13th, but that doesn't mean I can't forgive you
We can fix that... just stay with us here on/. and you will enjoy reading Tänenbaum's books in your bathtub.
I have personally converted 4 or 5 people from "I don't need a computer"-state to almost-geek-state in the past few years.
Thanks, but no thanks:-)
...and btw. chocolate is not incompatible with beeing a geek... I consume daily 250g chocolate (preferably Toblerone) a day.... and my oldest computer is from the pre-PC era.
I don't know any real "geeks" outside of what I encounter in my work - we just don't have the same interests.
I guess the "Preview" button is there for a reason:-( Sorry.
mmmm... excuse moi... but isn't a fake orgasm totally worthless... for both parts ?
Remember the movie "When Harry Met Sally?" The restaurant scene?
It might be a cliche that men want sex, but women want love, but there's a lot of truth in it.
I'm not pointing this out to be mean or throw stones or anything. Its the way we're made. We might be equals, but we're definitely NOT the same. There is nothing wrong with that, and if "faking it" helps him feel good about himself, why not?
I'm sure you've done the same when we ask "Does this dress make me look fat?" or "How do you like my new hairdo?" And you've learned not to disagree when we look at a closet full of clothes and say "I have nothing to wear!" After all, you're still alive:-)
Sorry but I never check anything... before ir is too late.
Well, today might be Friday the 13th, but that doesn't mean I can't forgive you...
That doesn't make me a "geek"
We can fix that... just stay with us here on/. and you will enjoy reading Tänenbaum's books in your bathtub.
I have personally converted 4 or 5 people from "I don't need a computer"-state to almost-geek-state in the past few years.
Thanks, but no thanks:-)
...and btw. chocolate is not incompatible with beeing a geek... I consume daily 250g chocolate (preferably Toblerone) a day...
I don't know any real "geeks" outside of what I encounter in my work - we just don't have the same interests....and my oldest computer is from the pre-PC era.
I'm sorry to have to disappoint you, but its also obviously never been used in real life - otherwise the "fake orgasm" button would show a LOT of wear.
..and what are you doing on/. if you really are a poor woman with a remote-fixated man ?
if you are here, you are a geek... and if you are a geek you can do something about it, that's what beeing geek is about.
If you had bothered to check my account history, you'd have seen that I created this account over a year ago (November 2004, I think - it might have been 2003) when a coworker, stayed for a day or two, then left.
Recently, a friend of mine reminded me of it, so I said "what the heck, why not give it another try?"
That doesn't make me a "geek". Sure, I know html - who doesn't nowadays? I kind of have to since my job includes making web sites and doing flash stuff. It's just a job. I don't play computer games, and I don't get all "gee whiz" over the latest hardware. The machine I'm typing this on now is about 5 years old, and it does me just fine, thank you.
Now if you had said shopping, chocolate, or lazing in bed (or the bathtub) with a really good book, I would have agreed.
It's been a long time since I dared post - the first day I posted anything, the very first response I got was some jerk trying to trick me with a link to you-can-guess-who's picture (hint - its pretty disgusting).
I had been warned, but still, it turned me off from posting for a long time. I decided to give it another chance today. So far, so good:-)
Find a better man.
I listen to my wife, and have 1 remote that control me dvd/vcr/tv.
I am not the only guy like that.
So, get someone who respects you.
... as you pointed out, there are men like you... the problem is, while they come with only one remote, they usually, like you, have another accessory - one wife. Unfortunately, there aren't enough men like that.
Maybe I should look into this HTPC thing and search the shopping channel for one?
Ummm, most men want the remote to turn women ON. No off.
... not when you say "Can we talk?"
... and expecially when you say "We have to talk."
Men definitely want an OFF button for that... Its the women who wish men would find a way, any way (but not a remote, please - I saw that movie) to turn us ON.
I already count 7 remotes. TV, VCR, DVD, AC, Stereo, and a couple others that I don't even know what they're for. I know - I'm not supposed to know what they're for - its a "guy thing"... right:-(.
... next, you'll be wanting a remote so you can turn me off instead of talking to... *click*
The problem is you're going to have to hold onto any gases you generate. With only 1/2 the gravity of earth, leakage is going to be rather high, so terraforming will be a challenge.
BTW - We already have the technology to drastically change the Earth's climate within a matter of hours. Nuclear winter;-)
It's just that you said "naturally occuring disease, transmitted naturally. Evolution at work." Glad we agree that this was NOT nature at work:-)
And, yes, I see your point. Gonorrhea and syphilis were transmitted by "normal" vectors (rape) - normal for a conquering invader at that time. It's the same stuff we see with UN aid workers being the biggest users of prostitutes lately in some countries:-(
Unfortunately, it seems that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Distributing smallpox-infected blankets was an atrocity, to be sure. But the "genocide" was caused by naturally occuring diseases, transmitted naturally. Evolution at work.
Sorry, but I have to disagree. It was a natural disease, but the transmission was not natural - it was intentional:
"You will do well to inoculate the Indians (with smallpox) by means of blankets, as well as to try every other method that can serve to extirpate this exorable race. I should be very glad your scheme for hunting them down by dogs could take effect."
-General Amherst to Colonel Henry Bouquet, July 1763
here's
a link to a page that has links to microfiches of the original letters.
It was known at the time that disease could be spread through contact with contaminated objects.
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Thank you for the compliment, though I don't understand the "it is also an excellent answer for why geeks are fascinated by women" part. I thought it would be for the same reasons most men are fascinated by women. Am I missing something?
Too often. Its not that there's nothing in there. Just nothing appropriate for that particular time and place. I've tried to explain it here.
Maybe for men, its remotes and gadgets and stuff, and for women, its clothes. That's just the way it works.
Maybe it would be better to explain it in my journal.
Eww ... awful formatting - my oldest pc is certainly not from the pre-PC area :-(
What it SHOULD have looked like ...
I guess the "Preview" button is there for a reason :-( Sorry.
Remember the movie "When Harry Met Sally?" The restaurant scene? It might be a cliche that men want sex, but women want love, but there's a lot of truth in it.
I'm not pointing this out to be mean or throw stones or anything. Its the way we're made. We might be equals, but we're definitely NOT the same. There is nothing wrong with that, and if "faking it" helps him feel good about himself, why not?
I'm sure you've done the same when we ask "Does this dress make me look fat?" or "How do you like my new hairdo?" And you've learned not to disagree when we look at a closet full of clothes and say "I have nothing to wear!" After all, you're still alive :-)
Sorry but I never check anything... before ir is too late.
Well, today might be Friday the 13th, but that doesn't mean I can't forgive you ...
That doesn't make me a "geek"
We can fix that... just stay with us here on /. and you will enjoy reading Tänenbaum's books in your bathtub.
I have personally converted 4 or 5 people from "I don't need a computer"-state to almost-geek-state in the past few years.
Thanks, but no thanks :-)
I don't know any real "geeks" outside of what I encounter in my work - we just don't have the same interests. ...and my oldest computer is from the pre-PC era.
A "bit" sexist?
I'm sorry to have to disappoint you, but its also obviously never been used in real life - otherwise the "fake orgasm" button would show a LOT of wear.
If you had bothered to check my account history, you'd have seen that I created this account over a year ago (November 2004, I think - it might have been 2003) when a coworker, stayed for a day or two, then left.
Recently, a friend of mine reminded me of it, so I said "what the heck, why not give it another try?"
That doesn't make me a "geek". Sure, I know html - who doesn't nowadays? I kind of have to since my job includes making web sites and doing flash stuff. It's just a job. I don't play computer games, and I don't get all "gee whiz" over the latest hardware. The machine I'm typing this on now is about 5 years old, and it does me just fine, thank you.
Now if you had said shopping, chocolate, or lazing in bed (or the bathtub) with a really good book, I would have agreed.
Apology accepted :-)
It's been a long time since I dared post - the first day I posted anything, the very first response I got was some jerk trying to trick me with a link to you-can-guess-who's picture (hint - its pretty disgusting).
I had been warned, but still, it turned me off from posting for a long time. I decided to give it another chance today. So far, so good :-)
Maybe I should look into this HTPC thing and search the shopping channel for one?
Men definitely want an OFF button for that ... Its the women who wish men would find a way, any way (but not a remote, please - I saw that movie) to turn us ON.
I already count 7 remotes. TV, VCR, DVD, AC, Stereo, and a couple others that I don't even know what they're for. I know - I'm not supposed to know what they're for - its a "guy thing" ... right :-(.
BTW - We already have the technology to drastically change the Earth's climate within a matter of hours. Nuclear winter ;-)
And, yes, I see your point. Gonorrhea and syphilis were transmitted by "normal" vectors (rape) - normal for a conquering invader at that time. It's the same stuff we see with UN aid workers being the biggest users of prostitutes lately in some countries :-(
Unfortunately, it seems that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Sorry, but I have to disagree. It was a natural disease, but the transmission was not natural - it was intentional:
here's a link to a page that has links to microfiches of the original letters.
It was known at the time that disease could be spread through contact with contaminated objects.
So I guess all those studies about terraforming Mars are another plot, like Capricorn 1 ("we never landed on the moon" :-)
After all, do we really need to repeat THIS:
Source: here . We already know the polar ice caps are shrinking.