RE: [issues] Pet peeve

1999-12-08 Thread Ian Phillips
> How come DVD (and other cool electronics ads) are so heavily aimed at men? Ahhh, the tyranny of statistics . . . Yours, Ian. #ifndef __COMMON_SENSE__ | Ian Phillips #include | TIBCO Software Inc. #endif| www.TIBCO.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchi

Re: [issues] Pet peeve

1999-12-07 Thread Jenn V.
Terri Oda wrote: > > How come DVD (and other cool electronics ads) are so heavily aimed at men? > > Don't worry, it's a rhretorical question. :) I just heard one too many > radio ads yesterday of the "buy your husband a cool dvd player" sort. There Aint No Sich Critter As A Female Geek.

Re: [issues] Pet peeve

1999-12-07 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 7-Dec-99 [issues] Pet peeve by Terri [EMAIL PROTECTED] > How come DVD (and other cool electronics ads) are so heavily aimed at men? Radio Shack has an ad where a woman asks a man (presumably a husband/boyfriend) for slectronics-type stuff... [EMAIL PROTECT

RE: [issues] Pet peeve

1999-12-07 Thread clsmith
I agree :) I'm the only in our family that wants Santa to bring a DVD player. The pup and kitty could care less ;D Clare -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Terri Oda Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 1:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [iss