[issues] natural language vs. programming language

2001-03-25 Thread TiMoNeiRa
Hi, Interesting, this natural language vs. programming language discussion... I'm very much a language person, my mother language is Dutch and when I was growing up I learned English and German from tv (we were very close to the German border, and English shows and movies were subtitled) and a

Re: [issues] ESR's Sex Tips for Geeks

2001-04-05 Thread TiMoNeiRa
On Tue, 03 Apr 2001 19:10:04 -0400, after a long, deep thought, Terri Oda spoke: >I worried, however, about the suggestion about coming up to a woman >in an >elevator, looking her in the eye, and saying "You're very pretty". >Sure, >it's not *really* threatening behaviour, but it's unusual behavio

Re: [issues] ESR's Sex Tips for Geeks

2001-04-05 Thread TiMoNeiRa
On Wed, 04 Apr 2001 17:43:55 -0400, after a long, deep thought, Terri Oda spoke: >Definitely start with friendships. I know a number of women who >take a >look at the number of female friends a guy. It's just one of those >things >some people tend to notice, the same way you'll notice physical >