"The argument of many computer scientists is that women who study science or technology, because they are defying social expectations, are in an uncomfortable position to begin with. So they are more likely to be dissuaded from pursuing computer science if they are exposed to an unpleasant environment, bad teaching, and negative stereotypes like the image of the male hacker"
Am I a male chauvinist? Am I a sexist megalomaniac consumed with notions of male superiority? Am I an idealist who builds hopelessly complex, politically correct, and nonsensical arguments [like the above quote] to justify the realities of nature?
Human beings of different race and sex are different, each with characteristic strengths and weaknesses. Why people feel the intrinsic need to homogenize humans, perhaps to their irrational beliefs...is irritating. They are grossly underrepresented because they are genetically equipped to accelerate at other things!
People who fight for equality* are either ethnocentric, biggoted, racist, or sexist [perhaps all three]. Their inability to accept different means they can't stand difference. Hence, they verbally mongrolize the entire human race. Stop pussyfooting around rationality.
This has striking contrails to another form of contractual obligation: marriage. History has shown that faking vivaciousness, love, jollity, etc is a recipe for disaster. You'd think a construct as ancient as marriage would give this corporation something that resembles a clue... apparently not.
Besides, I worked at Harris Teeter when I was in high school and trust me: perpetual, absurd happiness was definitely a criterion!
The game is a technical marvel that highlights the graphical refinement (and mastery) developers have achieved on the ps2. It'll be interesting to see how killer-apps like this affect 360 sales this holiday season.
I'd be interested in the gender-gap between readers of Science Fiction. You know: William Gibson, Isaac Asimov, Clark, Card, Phillip K Dick, and the like...
The masters; the genius' behind real sci-fi. I've been an avid reader for years, and I pose this very legitimate question: does Xena even qualify as Science Fiction?
A pseudo 'la-femme nakita' (sp?)/ man-slayer parading around in grandiose fashion on a horse. If that is what my contemporaries consider sci-fi, then the genre is in shambles!
...and he was carried up until he viewed a lake so vast, with an island dense at its center... but something was wrong, as he realized the lake was not a lake, but a vast eye... and the center was not an island, but the pupil of god...
Outsourcing isn't a 'cultural phenomenon' or a 'fad,' it is a result of unrestrained capitalism. It's just appaling that here the United States is, on the literal brink of economic collapse, and people still argue the 'merits' of globalization.
I now study Computer Science as an interest, because an entry level graduate competing against jobless veterans in this field is laughable at best. That is the state of affairs in America. If an Indian can code sorting algoritms every bit as well as I can, at a tenth the cost, why hire the American?
This nation has been sold out, and our 'leaders' let it happen.
Yes absolutely, in so many words. I'm an x-patriot, now looking for the financial resources to return to Europe. After living in the United States for 5 years and watching its labor-force be sucked away by the tens of thousands, I'm ready for a little socialism. The job security will be more than worth it......It's stunning that things degraded so rapidly.
The EU's entire argument stems from gross distrust of the United States. Interestingly, the American counter-argument stems from distrust (and ineptness) of the supposed 'international' body. For my own part, I would NEVER heed control of something so critical to our national infrastructure to a body composed of Pakistan, China, and equally totalitarian countries. 'Yeah! Let's give the REDS control of our main communication medium!' If our country submits we will have officially failed to live up to our own ideals. What a shock that would be...
Lets not forget the estimated century geneticist predicted it would take to decipher the human genome. It took less than a decade...
If anything should be obvious at this point, making predictions based on current trends in technology is futile at best.
I think I'll mail google a copy of 'The Singularity is Near' to celebrate their 9th birthday.
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"The argument of many computer scientists is that women who study science or technology, because they are defying social expectations, are in an uncomfortable position to begin with. So they are more likely to be dissuaded from pursuing computer science if they are exposed to an unpleasant environment, bad teaching, and negative stereotypes like the image of the male hacker"
...is irritating. They are grossly underrepresented because they are genetically equipped to accelerate at other things!
Am I a male chauvinist? Am I a sexist megalomaniac consumed with notions of male superiority? Am I an idealist who builds hopelessly complex, politically correct, and nonsensical arguments [like the above quote] to justify the realities of nature?
Human beings of different race and sex are different, each with characteristic strengths and weaknesses. Why people feel the intrinsic need to homogenize humans, perhaps to their irrational beliefs
People who fight for equality* are either ethnocentric, biggoted, racist, or sexist [perhaps all three]. Their inability to accept different means they can't stand difference. Hence, they verbally mongrolize the entire human race.
Stop pussyfooting around rationality.
These comments are largely rife with denial and defeatism.
This has striking contrails to another form of contractual obligation: marriage. History has shown that faking vivaciousness, love, jollity, etc is a recipe for disaster. You'd think a construct as ancient as marriage would give this corporation something that resembles a clue... apparently not.
Besides, I worked at Harris Teeter when I was in high school and trust me: perpetual, absurd happiness was definitely a criterion!
The game is a technical marvel that highlights the graphical refinement (and mastery) developers have achieved on the ps2. It'll be interesting to see how killer-apps like this affect 360 sales this holiday season.
I'd be interested in the gender-gap between readers of Science Fiction. You know: William Gibson, Isaac Asimov, Clark, Card, Phillip K Dick, and the like...
...and he was carried up until he viewed a lake so vast, with an island dense at its center... but something was wrong, as he realized the lake was not a lake, but a vast eye... and the center was not an island, but the pupil of god...
The masters; the genius' behind real sci-fi. I've been an avid reader for years, and I pose this very legitimate question: does Xena even qualify as Science Fiction?
A pseudo 'la-femme nakita' (sp?)/ man-slayer parading around in grandiose fashion on a horse. If that is what my contemporaries consider sci-fi, then the genre is in shambles!
Lets get serious here.
This is a real eye-opener as to our exponentially accelerating reliance on technology.
What if this had been a more severe glitch? What if murderers were set free?
If software inexorably harms society, who is responsible? The programmers?
Imagine the comeback p0rn magazines would make if they adopted this technology. It'd be a revolution in 'printed' media!~ ^-
Outsourcing isn't a 'cultural phenomenon' or a 'fad,' it is a result of unrestrained capitalism. It's just appaling that here the United States is, on the literal brink of economic collapse, and people still argue the 'merits' of globalization. I now study Computer Science as an interest, because an entry level graduate competing against jobless veterans in this field is laughable at best. That is the state of affairs in America. If an Indian can code sorting algoritms every bit as well as I can, at a tenth the cost, why hire the American? This nation has been sold out, and our 'leaders' let it happen.
Yes absolutely, in so many words. I'm an x-patriot, now looking for the financial resources to return to Europe. After living in the United States for 5 years and watching its labor-force be sucked away by the tens of thousands, I'm ready for a little socialism. The job security will be more than worth it... ...It's stunning that things degraded so rapidly.
The EU's entire argument stems from gross distrust of the United States. Interestingly, the American counter-argument stems from distrust (and ineptness) of the supposed 'international' body. For my own part, I would NEVER heed control of something so critical to our national infrastructure to a body composed of Pakistan, China, and equally totalitarian countries. 'Yeah! Let's give the REDS control of our main communication medium!' If our country submits we will have officially failed to live up to our own ideals. What a shock that would be...
Lets not forget the estimated century geneticist predicted it would take to decipher the human genome. It took less than a decade... If anything should be obvious at this point, making predictions based on current trends in technology is futile at best. I think I'll mail google a copy of 'The Singularity is Near' to celebrate their 9th birthday.