Re: [issues] How not to attract geeks

1999-10-22 Thread Steve Kudlak
Kelly Lynn Martin wrote: > On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 09:55:31 -0400, "Blackjax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >People keep saying that as if I should recognize the name or > >something. Could someone explain because I don't. > > Weekly World News is a major supermarket tabloid. The kind that run >

Re: [issues] How not to attract geeks

1999-10-22 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 09:55:31 -0400, "Blackjax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >People keep saying that as if I should recognize the name or >something. Could someone explain because I don't. Weekly World News is a major supermarket tabloid. The kind that run stories about alien babies with two head

RE: [issues] How not to attract geeks

1999-10-22 Thread Henti Smith
would give to a situation Henti / bain > -Original Message- > From: Blackjax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 3:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [issues] How not to attract geeks > > > > -Original Message- >

Re: [issues] How not to attract geeks

1999-10-22 Thread J B
Weekly World News is a SuperMarket Tabliodnot a source of valid media storiesbased in sensationalism, and to wierd to be be true stories(ie-Aliens Fathered my Baby, Who Was Born With Two Heads and Looks like Satan) People keep saying that as if I should recognize the name or someth

Re: [issues] How not to attract geeks

1999-10-22 Thread Blackjax
-Original Message- From: Ian Hall-Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 3:39 AM Subject: Re: [issues] How not to attract geeks >On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Blackjax wrote: > >> I certainly hope this is a jok

Re: [issues] How not to attract geeks

1999-10-21 Thread Aaron Malone
> > I certainly hope this is a joke. > > Well, consider the source. I just had to mention... I was at the grocery store this evening, and happened to glance at the cover of this week's Weekly World News... next to the "Why some women fall for nerds" headline was the declaration that a massive a

Re: [issues] How not to attract geeks

1999-10-21 Thread Deirdre Saoirse
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Blackjax wrote: > http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1476.html http://chickmagnet.org/for_the_ladies.htmlf Since the main link is broken, here's the piece that does work. I have always found this pretty hysterical, especially the line: "After this point, you will nee

Re: [issues] How not to attract geeks

1999-10-21 Thread Steve Kudlak
Rikki McGinty wrote: > it's not meant as a joke, but for crying out loud, look at the source. > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Blackjax > > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 5:48 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [iss

Re: [issues] How not to attract geeks

1999-10-21 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
it's weekly world news, isn't that synonymous? :) Vinnie On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Blackjax wrote: > http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1476.html > > > I certainly hope this is a joke. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > -- Reality is a formality, an agree

Re: [issues] How not to attract geeks

1999-10-21 Thread Ian Hall-Beyer
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Blackjax wrote: > I certainly hope this is a joke. Well, consider the source. -- wow, this is kinda nifty. the win98 protocol stack is like a chinese finger puzzle, twist and turn in the right places, and it pops right off --Seen on EFNet IRC

RE: [issues] How not to attract geeks

1999-10-21 Thread Rikki McGinty
it's not meant as a joke, but for crying out loud, look at the source. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Blackjax > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 5:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [issues] How not to attract geeks > > > h