#if coder
> As a male I would have to say id be terrified of any peroson attempting
> to beat me with their penis.
As another male I'd quite like that :P
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#if Mary Wood
> If one is looking to learn a little more about a given religion from
> an unbiased source (not always easy to find), a good start is
> Religious Tolerance.org;
[...]
Cool :) I'm actually quite interested in religions, despite not
liking them in general (I blame them for lots of th
#if Erin Clarke
[...]
> It is more than I can ever hope to encompass in any one email reply... [=^J
Sounds like me, though I'd just call myself a scientist, and a
gentle person. Perhaps I can call myself 'spiritual' instead :)
I've been reading a lot about systems thinking recently (Capra's
'Web
#if Mary Wood
> - Mary; hoping she threw enough disclaimers and qualifiers
> on this post to avoid total barbecue.
Yes, well put :)
I too love the idea of 'him' being a Good Man, and like
the things he's reported to have said and done. He seems to
have been one of the few truly 'pure'
#if Erin
> Snarfblat wrote:
> >
> > On a
> > somewhat similiar tangent, are very many of you religious?
>
> I am spiritual but not religious.
I am neither. Sometimes I wish I was religious. Then perhaps I wouldn't
have to think about the Universe so much.
> Principally, and in my understandi
#if Jeff
> I always think of it as $DEITY, an environmental variable set by my .login or
>.profile scripts, I set mine to Kibo, y'all can set yours to whatever god/goddess you
>worship most (my current understanding of polytheism is that one would believe in
>many gods, but have one they primar
#if Kirrily 'Skud' Robert
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rik Hemsley wrote:
> >
> >If you have more (qualified) women than men applying for posts, then
> >you can hardly be accused of reverse discrimination.
>
> They can't take it to court and e
#if Kelly Lynn Martin
> Why? The only reason for having this is to make it easier for guys
> who are attracted to bisexual women (yeh) but are themselves not
> actually bisexual to more easily identify their prey.
Good point. Sod it.
Rik
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#if Jenn V.
> We *actually have* a unisex descriptor word for a category of
> human beings where sex/gender is irrelevent - and you want to
> split it?
>
> Why? I don't understand. Genuine question, not sarcasm. WHY?
Good point, actually. Leave it ambiguous :)
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> > If I sit in front of a screen all day and program, does that
> > necessarily make me a geek ? :)
>
> Nope. There's plenty of proto-suits who do it, after all.
Hmm. I noticed the word 'suit' in there. Having never worn
one on principle, I don't think I count for that cat
#if Kirrily 'Skud' Robert
> Suits me. Cept that if I hire any more female geeks, I'm going to start
> getting accused of reverse discrimination.
>
> Actually, you recall what I said about training courses, that we're
> getting more women than men attending them? We're also getting more
> women
#if Dan McGarry
> Dan (still pining for a mixed-brain-dominant job) McGarry
Wots one of them ?
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#if Snarfblat
> does anyone dislike the idea of non platonic relationships in general?
> Anyone choose not to date and and such, using your time concentrate on
> other things?
I've never asked anyone out, nor been on a 'date'.
I don't understand how all that works. Call me different.
Rik
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#if Jenn V.
> Lets make Melbourne an enclave of Linux-wielding hippie geek
> vegan dykes - and those who don't quite fit that description.
> (linux-wielding hippie geek vegan males are welcome too. And
> those who don't quite fit...)
Is it ok if I don't call myself a geek ?
If I sit in front of
#if J B
>
> Personally, (and the person that I am dating feels the same way) sexual
> frustration builds up if it is not relieved on occasion. And sexual
> frustration tends to be distracting...can sometimes keep me from thinking
> straight.
After 4 years, you forget about it, believe me.
R
#if Tania M. Morell
> I've met 2 men who I really enjoy talking to, though.
I win. I've found 4. Wanna buy one off me ?
> > Rik - one of those days...
>
> uh huh..
One of them days where you have to recompile with debugging symbols.
Oh for the day when we port KDE to Java...
Rik
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#if Tania M. Morell
> Boy, do I even belong here? I'm a geek... but not queer, is this ok?
No. Go away. You responsible for over-population and adverts for chewing gum.
> I wish the women I've met were as expressive and intellectual as the
> people here.
Arse.
> I never considered myself a
#if Laurel Fan
> On a completely different subject, what is a better, non-adversarial way
> of analyzing a design? The whole "you point out problems and I'll tell
> you why they're not" thing seems to work pretty well for me...
If you haven't got it written down in English, with diagrams, do tha
#if Dianna Gregory
> I didn't have a car for the longest time. Mostly for financial
> reasons. But the problem I found with not having a car is that 1) If
> it's a pain in the butt to get to the grocery store, I won't go more
> than once every 3 months, and if I want to eat reasonably healthy, I
#if Deb Richardson
> I hate to do this, but could you folks move the cars discussion to the
> grrltalk list? It's not really "on topic" for the issues list. Thanks
> :)
moved :)
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#if coder
> get a new volkswagon bug. Paint it weird colors. play your music
> loud. Driving will be tolerable. ;)
That's two people who've recommended a Beetle. Perhaps I will :)
Ah.. no the best thing about driving is probably hollering at the
top of your voice to the music. Until you get f
#if Shad Young
> Sorry, Rik. Reading that back to myself I realize the inappropriateness
> of the choice of the word "resent". Please accept my apologies.
No problem :) I'm still working on being bothered enough to
write things like 'obviously there are plenty of cases where
this doesn't apply' j
#if Shad Young
> > Hmm. I'd say that left to their own devices men will just start
> > getting worse again. They certainly need some prompting.
>
> As a man I resent that statement. Men are not "Neanderthals". We have a
> brain. We have morals. We know the differece between right and wrong. We
>
#if Jenn V.
> > Hmm. I'd say that left to their own devices men will just start
> > getting worse again. They certainly need some prompting.
>
> *grin* is that an admission of guilt? :)
Hehe, don't look at me. I've been training my brain. I'm a real
human being these days. Woops, I found myself
#if Sunnanvind
> Just saw something odd on http://www.windowmaker.org that I though we
> might be interested in...
> "In light of a recent article about geek chicks which was posted on
> Freshmeat, I felt it was a good time to renew our call for volunteers.
> The current core Window Maker team is
#if Jenn V.
> In my experience, though, if females attempt to change male
> behaviour - the male behaviour gets worse. So I'm inclined to let
> the males who /are/ sympathetic//equalist take charge of the male
> change.
Hmm. I'd say that left to their own devices men will just start
getting wors
#if J B
> I know that I, as a geek boy, prefer geek chix to "norms". It is so hard to
> have an intelligent conversation with your average, stereotypical female,
> whereas the geeks can and will talk about everything. Includung, but not
> limited to computers, movies, books, etc.
Same here.
#if Sunnanvind
> 2) Trouble will be huge for those who doesn't fit the mold, like queers,
> hippies, punkrockers etc etc.
Mmm.. well, I'm a bi hippie punk and I've never had any trouble. Perhaps
it's because I look like a serial killer ? :)
> Sunnan (mm, trouble will be huge for me)
Not yet. I a
#if srl
> > The truth is that while many of these sorts of reasons may be true
> > in some cases, it's actually quite usual for kids who attend single-sex
> > schools to have contact with the opposite sex outside of school hours.
>
> are we talking primary/secondary schools here, or colleges? I t
#if srl
> [me]
> > I really can't bring myself to say that single sex schools are a
> > Good Thing, despite the obvious academic advantages.
> >
> > I agree with Sunnan. The costs of segregation are too high.
>
> As a graduate of a single-sex institution, i might agree with you; but
> what do yo
#if Sunnanvind
> Single-sex environments are very bad for society in the long run in my very
> humble opinion.
I really can't bring myself to say that single sex schools are a
Good Thing, despite the obvious academic advantages.
I agree with Sunnan. The costs of segregation are too high.
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