Re: [Plug] Re: At the risk of getting flamed to my dying day, I'mgoing to pose a question...

[Eugene Sotirescu <eugene@snailgem.org>]

perl-geeks has a hormonal component that surfaces periodically in these locker
room elucubrations. it subsides pretty fast, tho. (and there are also fast
ways to get off the list).

(I don't know about PhDs: Perl and pr0n are the only popular p-words around
here ;---------------)  )


Sean_Geist/ATC@atceramics.com wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am a group member who has NEVER posted a message to this point. Believe
> it or not, I reside in (or on, if you would) LONG ISLAND, NY! I probably
> will never attend a meeting, or maybe if I do it would be the Jersey
> location. . .anyway, I was told that you are all highly intelligent
> educators and other professionals (even a few PhD.'s?) whose words and
> wisdom were more than worth my time mulling through all these E-Mail
> "plugs" I receive on a daily basis. . .
>
> But I would have to vehemently disagree with that person at this point!
>
> UNIX like a woman?? NT like a stripper?? What the *&%#$@ is going on here?
>
> Just my .02 cents. . .
>
> Sean G.
>
> bainsworth@vertical.net on 06/25/99 11:18:29 AM
>
> Please respond to plug@nitrous.nothinbut.net
>
> To:   perl-geeks@neverlight.com, perl-geeks@neverlight.com,
>       plug@lists.nothinbut.net, eschaufler@fleetcc.com, puzleboy@erols.com
> cc:    (bcc: Sean Geist/ATC)
> Subject:  [Plug] Re: At the risk of getting flamed to my dying day, I'm
>       going to pose a question...
>
> Perhaps UNIX is like a kind, caring, cute girlfriend and NT is like a hot,
> sleazy stripper...
> At 03:45 PM 6/24/99 -0400, Vale_Kenny@vanguard.com wrote:
> >As a C.M.A., I'll be making this comment/question to my wife as well..
> >Is it just my perception of my Wife and women in general, or are there
> many
> >similarities between the *ahem* gentler gender and UNIX????
> >
> >Follow me for a moment here....  I'll be taking this from a UNIX first
> >perspective, as I feel I understand UNIX more thoroughly..
> >UNIX is multi-tasking, as are women.
> >UNIX performs exceptionally well, as long as the proper attention is paid
> to it.
> >UNIX carries out tasks that guys usually will not, and often cannot.
> >UNIX is incredibly complex, and often cryptic.
> >The shortest requests can have incredibly powerful reactions.
> >UNIX is constantly in flux.
> >Many of the tools/capabilities of UNIX are open source, if someone takes
> the
> >time to read them.
> >
> >
> >
> >I'm beginning to grasp at straws here, but does anyone here get where I'm
> comng
> >from?
> >I'm not being sexist, nor am I trying to compartmentalize women for the
> sake of
> >comparison, but this thought just crossed my mind.
> >In fact, I wonder if a strong understanding on UNIX lends itself to better
> >interactions with women?  Ladies, verification/refutation?  Are UNIX geeks
> good
> >guys?
> >
> >The corollary to the above is it occurs to me that men are very similar to
> >DOS...I'll let you draw your own conclusions and examples.
> >
> >In fact, I am a longtime suporter of NOW, for the activists out here.
> >
> >
> >Hey, I am occasionally subject to bizzare trains of thought, and this is
> one of
> >them, I hope all of the female geeks will forgive me.
> >
> >
> >
> >Peace,
> >Vale
> >
> >
> >P.S.
> >The list has been kinda dead for a few days, so I figgured I'd liven it up
> a
> >bit...there are whole boatloads of threads that can be spawned here....no
> pun
> >intended..
> >V
> >
>              *\----- When I see you I see a new star in the Sky -----/*
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