I would have to say that many of us do the invisiable ray thing but that it is without malice and that we don't know we do it. I know I do and I also know that I feel bad and try to correct it when I do. But many of us are just stupid about such things and geeks tend to be worse about it. So in short sorry but cut us poor inept males a bit of slack please? On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 11:58:35AM -0700, Deirdre Saoirse wrote: > On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > > It could be because a lot of women are brushed off, or feel that they are. > > > I must confess that sometimes it seems like men have invisible rays with > > > which they communicate, because women aren't a part of that hive mind, not > > > > how the hell did you find out? it was supposed to be > > never-to-be-revealed secret. > > Like I said, I'm a female engineer. This means I have Awesome Secret Geek > Tools at my disposal. > > > > even women engineers with 25 years experience. > > > > erik (notice no smiley) > > No smiley here either.... I think those invisible rays are a part of why I > never quite felt like I fit in on my last job -- and perhaps a factor in > being laid off. At least, that's what I fear. > > (Oh yeah, Linux geek-for-hire here...) > > -- > _Deirdre NEW Stash-o-Matic: http://fuzzyorange.com http://deirdre.net > "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." > - Douglas Adams > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- Random numbers are to computers what freewill is to humans. RAH I'm afraid it is you who are mistaken about a great many things. Palpatine
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