Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-25 Thread jenn
Deirdre Saoirse wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Lynn Siprelle wrote: > > > *snort* this is hysterical. My dh is a telco/router guy and I'm a web > > designer/entrepreneur/programmer/really-just-want-to-be-a-housewife-at-this-poin > > t-but-can't-put-the-damn-mouse-down gal. When we lost our DSL

Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-25 Thread Deirdre Saoirse
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, helen newman wrote: > this point has really stuck with me. i think in many cases it can be > wrong, but more importantly i think this point sums up the problem with > this article. it assumes that all men want need in life is some bimbo > woman that he cant talk to but cook

Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-25 Thread Deirdre Saoirse
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Lynn Siprelle wrote: > *snort* this is hysterical. My dh is a telco/router guy and I'm a web > designer/entrepreneur/programmer/really-just-want-to-be-a-housewife-at-this-poin > t-but-can't-put-the-damn-mouse-down gal. When we lost our DSL connection > for two weeks (and thus

Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-24 Thread Deb Richardson
> > Heehee... You just described a good chunk of our relationship. as > > a result, we each have our own copies of various techie books. [snip] > oohh. that is a bad one. We have a similar issue, I have a 17" > newish happy iiyama monitor. He has a 14" *vga* (that's 9, count [snip] If possible

Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-24 Thread Ian Hall-Beyer
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 17:06:08 -0700, Nico Hailey wrote: >> new hardware... It's a sad fact of life that a given flatscreen >> can only be used by one person at a given time: >oohh. that is a bad one. We have a similar issue, I have a 17" >newish happy iiyama monitor. He has a 14" *vga* (that's 9,

Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-24 Thread helen newman
some random thoughts about this article: > - Robs assertion that geeks need a partner who is a supporter also > offended many people. this point has really stuck with me. i think in many cases it can be wrong, but more importantly i think this point sums up the problem with this article. it

Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-24 Thread Nico Hailey
On Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 05:17:02PM -0600, Ian Hall-Beyer wrote: > Heehee... You just described a good chunk of our relationship. as > a result, we each have our own copies of various techie books. > The other big quarrel is shortly after the acquisition of cool > new hardware... It's a sad fact

Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-24 Thread lilith
You know, parts of this article had some rather good advice... "There's More To Life Then Computing" in particular, but the article has a flaw in the opening where it is essentially recommending the 1950's self-sacrificing, meek, and walk-upon version of the wife. IMHO, if someone is lo

Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-24 Thread Lynn Siprelle
>>I donno. Kinda had a point about geek-on-geek relationships. >Heehee... You just described a good chunk of our relationship. as a >result, we each have our own copies of various techie books. The other big >quarrel is >shortly after the acquisition of cool new hardware... *snort* this is hyste

Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-24 Thread Ian Hall-Beyer
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 15:36:45 -0700, Nico Hailey wrote: >I donno. Kinda had a point about geek-on-geek relationships. >When one of your first questions to a prospective mate is >"You're not, an, um, erm, /emacs/ user, are?" >it is sort of worrisome. And long nights of MUTT vs MH as MU >is good fun

Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-24 Thread Nico Hailey
On Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 04:48:47PM -0400, Rikki McGinty wrote: > oh my god. i just read Rob's ridiculous "article" and am truly nauseous. > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/23/202252&mode=thread I donno. Kinda had a point about geek-on-geek relationships. When one of your first questions

Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-24 Thread Steve Kudlak
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rikki McGinty wrote: > > oh my god. i just read Rob's ridiculous "article" and am truly nauseous. > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/23/202252&mode=thread > I don't know if I can even go to slashdot anymore. Ok. Is this another example of things-that-turn-peopl

Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-24 Thread Steve Kudlak
  Rikki McGinty wrote: oh my god. i just read Rob's ridiculous "article" and am truly nauseous. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/23/202252&mode=thread it is the most condescending, egomaniacal, offensive, ignorant piece of crap i've seen in a lng time. Apparently, attractive women are

Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-24 Thread jenn
Rikki McGinty wrote: > > oh my god. i just read Rob's ridiculous "article" and am truly nauseous. > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/23/202252&mode=thread > I don't know if I can even go to slashdot anymore. Ok. Is this another example of things-that-turn-people-off? And can we analy

Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-24 Thread Deb Richardson
> I don't know if I can even go to slashdot anymore. The stupidest thing as that someone (clueless) said to be "but it's catagorized under 'humour', it's funny". Catagorizing something unfunny as "funny" does not make it funny. If you want a real Linux news site, I recommend LinuxToday (http://

Re: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-24 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
> Roblimo posted an article on /. with advice for lonely guys about how to > find a woman. This has drawn a variety of responses, some of them > complaining about its attitude toward women. At first blush, it seems > that most of those comments were written by men. I thought I'd ask some > wome

RE: [issues] /. Uncle Robin's Advice for Lovelorn Geeks

1999-10-24 Thread Rikki McGinty
oh my god. i just read Rob's ridiculous "article" and am truly nauseous. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/23/202252&mode=thread it is the most condescending, egomaniacal, offensive, ignorant piece of crap i've seen in a lng time. Apparently, attractive women are fake and stupid and do