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Re: [Plug] Re: At the risk of getting flamed to my dying day, I'mgoing to pose a question...
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Eugene,
Just by using the word "elucubrations" you have singlehandedly restored
honor and dignity to this thread :)
-Bill
At 06:05 AM 6/26/99 +0000, Eugene Sotirescu wrote:
>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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