RE: [MLUG] THE COMPUTER GENDER GAP

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

My computer wants to be a crack whore. It keeps begging me to slip some
hardware in and let it's software handle things. Next thing you know it'll
be pimping itself out.. damn influence of distributed.net. At least it is
careful about all those viruses. :)

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Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://www.kavlon.com

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Ross, Matt wrote:

> Yours doesn't want to be a princess?  My computer demands to be waited on
> hand and foot, refuses to accept new hardware because apparently it's not
> good enough for it, and will make me wait till its good and ready to
> cooperate.  I'm tempted to rip out its guts and put in SuSE, but I'm not as
> cruel and heartless as my computer is.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcus Semanek [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 3:37 PM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: RE: [MLUG] THE COMPUTER GENDER GAP
> 
> 
> Well turning your own logic around, that men want to
> order things around and women want to nurture them. 
> Ever try to nurture a computer it just doesn't work
> too well, command it what to do and it will do it :) 
> And the computer never complains about wanting to be a
> princess either ;)
> 
> -marcus
> 
> --- "Spurling, Shannon " <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > That's because we big males want to order the little
> > children around and
> > make them do war re-enactment. Women nurture, we
> > simulate. :-)
> > "Okay, Billy will be Joe Montana. Sally, I want you
> > to"...
> > " But these helmets and pads are heavy, I wanna be a
> > princess!"
> > "Sally, I want you to launch your self through the
> > offensive line and tackle
> > Billy before he has time to pass the ball!"
> > "But I wanna be a princess!"
> > ...
> > You get the idea. :-)
> > 
> > Shannon Spurling
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> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marcus Semanek [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 3:15 PM
> > To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > Subject: RE: [MLUG] THE COMPUTER GENDER GAP
> > 
> > 
> > Or teaching, it doesn't seem to be so bad in the
> > university, but elementary is definately mostly
> > women.
> >  Or preschool, have you ever seen a male preschool
> > teacher?
> > 
> > -marcus
> > 
> > --- Jennifer Dozar <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > > Oo, you made me think of a nice career with a
> > gender
> > > gap the Other
> > > way. Nursing!! It is strange too, i know male
> > > nurses. and it seems like
> > > people would rather talk to a female nurse. and I
> > > think a lot of times
> > > Hospitals and patients feel more liable for having
> > > male nurses.  I am not
> > > being sexist. i have seeeen this working at
> > > University Hospital and in
> > > Nursing homes. Older people don't feel comfortable
> > > with male nurses for
> > > some reason (that i have seen. not all) 
> > 
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