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harold aptroot8-Aug-14 4:39

harold aptroot

8-Aug-14 4:39

To restore balance to the Force.

Jeremy Falcon8-Aug-14 4:41

8-Aug-14 4:41

harold aptroot wrote:
To restore balance to the Force.

If chicks wanted to be in IT, they would. Thus balance is already restored. And I've met more than one geek type chick, they're boring. I'd much rather see more chicks getting their wild on so they stay interesting.

Jeremy Falcon

Argonia8-Aug-14 4:56

Argonia

8-Aug-14 4:56

Jeremy Falcon wrote:
And I've met more than one geek type chick, they're boring.

Come again ? They are not boring you are boring to them. If you could find a interesting mutual topic you will find that they are not so boring after all.

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Jeremy Falcon8-Aug-14 4:59

8-Aug-14 4:59

Argonia wrote:
They are not boring you are boring to them. If you could find a interesting mutual topic you will find that they are not so boring after all.

Oh trust me I've tried. I have a geek side, but most of them have way too much of a shell.

Jeremy Falcon

Argonia8-Aug-14 5:29

Argonia

8-Aug-14 5:29

Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Oh trust me I've tried. I have a geek side, but most of them have way too much of a shell.

So they are boring, because they know more than you ? D'Oh! | :doh:

Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

Jeremy Falcon8-Aug-14 6:01

8-Aug-14 6:01

Argonia wrote:
So they are boring, because they know more than you ?

Feeling threatened aren't we? And no, they don't know much outside of video games or some computer crap actually. But that's not even it. They're boring because, like this message you're posting, they'd rather attack anyone real and are closed off, than to do something like grow up and come out of their shell.

Jeremy Falcon

Richard Deeming8-Aug-14 6:59

Richard Deeming

8-Aug-14 6:59

Jeremy Falcon wrote:
than to do something like grow up

Says the man who, a few messages ago, referred to women as "chicks", denied that there was any reason for them not to enter IT, and then suggested that they should "get their wild on" in order to "stay interesting". Suspicious | :suss:

I think you've single-handedly answered the question of why there are so few women in IT.

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- Homer

Jeremy Falcon8-Aug-14 7:14

8-Aug-14 7:14

Richard Deeming wrote:
Says the man who, a few messages ago, referred to women as "chicks"

You think that means I'm not mature?

Laugh | :laugh:

Richard Deeming wrote:
denied that there was any reason for them not to enter IT, and then suggested that they should "get their wild on" in order to "stay interesting".

Try again when you have a tenth of a percent of the experience I have being around women. I'm not wasting my time with you.

Jeremy Falcon

Richard Deeming8-Aug-14 7:26

Richard Deeming

8-Aug-14 7:26

Jeremy Falcon wrote:
You think that means I'm not mature?

Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Try again when you have a tenth of a percent of the experience I have being around women.

I think you've just answered your own question.

Bragging about how much "experience" you've had with women isn't something that makes people think, "wow, he's really mature!". You should have out-grown that kind of macho BS when you left high-school. Suspicious | :suss:

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

PIEBALDconsult8-Aug-14 5:01

8-Aug-14 5:01

Want to come up to my place and see my DEC? Cool | :cool:

Edit: DEC MicroVAX 3100 and VT220[^]

You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.

modified 9-Aug-14 12:10pm.

Jeremy Falcon8-Aug-14 5:04

8-Aug-14 5:04

PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Want to up to my place and see my DEC?

Never in the history of ever, would that line ever work. D'Oh! | :doh:

Jeremy Falcon

Ian Shlasko8-Aug-14 5:24

Ian Shlasko

8-Aug-14 5:24

Ugh, I've been working in finance too long... First thing that popped into my head was DECS[^]

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Argonia8-Aug-14 5:27

Argonia

8-Aug-14 5:27

PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Want to up to my place and see my ~~DEC~~ ancient pc ?

FIFY
I would like to see that piece of history and disassemble it to pieces (not in the bad meaning I would like to see the motherboard.)Is is using 8 inch floppy ?
I missed the time of the first computers. So far I haven't seen a punch card machine Cry | :((

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PIEBALDconsult8-Aug-14 6:03

8-Aug-14 6:03

That, my friend, is no mere "ancient pc", it's not any kind of ancient micro-computer, it's an ancient mini-computer!
A label on the back says it was converted from one model to another in 1986, so it's at least that old, I have no idea when it was first assembled. The VT200 was manufactured in 1986.

As it stands, it has two hard drives, no floppy drives. I saw systems of this type used as front-ends to larger systems*, so there would generally be (at most) one hard drive and no other devices.
I had to buy an adapter to attach it to my home network so I can Telnet into it.
I can open it up and show you what's inside, but there's not much in it.

* Sort of like having a number of web servers as the front-end to a central database server.

You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.

Roger Wright8-Aug-14 8:12

Roger Wright

8-Aug-14 8:12

You would have loved the machines I first programmed; I had to build them before I could program them. SN74181 ALU, SN74xx registers and flip flops, AND, OR, NOR and NAND gates, and lots of SN7406 inverters made a computer. Then we had to make up a command set, and program the control store in diode arrays. DIP switches and LEDs were the I/O. Later it got easier when they introduced the Altair 8800. Big Grin | :-D

Will Rogers never met me.

Roger Wright8-Aug-14 6:53

Roger Wright

8-Aug-14 6:53

I knew an excellent lady programmer in college. Her favorite "other subject" was sex, so I found her very interesting! Big Grin | :-D

Will Rogers never met me.

Karen Mitchelle8-Aug-14 14:37

Karen Mitchelle

8-Aug-14 14:37

Jeremy Falcon wrote:
And I've met more than one geek type chick, they're boring.

Wanna see a girl in IT who has a geeky and wild sides? Come here. Laugh | :laugh:

Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
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Abhinav S8-Aug-14 6:44

Abhinav S

8-Aug-14 6:44

harold aptroot wrote:
the Force.

I disagree. The Force will be too busy ogling and soon enough, they will cease to be a Force.

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modified 8-Aug-14 12:55pm.

Jeremy Falcon8-Aug-14 4:40

8-Aug-14 4:40

MehGerbil wrote:
Why do girls need to be in programming?

Because he wants one for a BFF.

Jeremy Falcon

PIEBALDconsult8-Aug-14 5:00

8-Aug-14 5:00

I was just looking for the thread about the program that has professionals volunteeering in schools. It was from earlier this year.

I did find these related threads, though:

http://www.codeproject.com/Insider.aspx?msg=4728416#xx4728416xx[^]

http://www.codeproject.com/Insider.aspx?msg=4718433#xx4718433xx[^]

You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.

W∴ Balboos, GHB8-Aug-14 5:59

W∴ Balboos, GHB

8-Aug-14 5:59

Maximilien wrote:
Code Project should be visible in schools.

By now you've read enough posts to the lounge to understand that what you're saying is illegal in most civilized countries?

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

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Mark_Wallace8-Aug-14 6:33

Mark_Wallace

8-Aug-14 6:33

Maximilien wrote:
Outreach programs for kids and in particular girls to get them into programming.
Code Project should be visible in schools.
Code project should offer mentoring for young kids who wants to know about programming.
Code Project could start contacting schools to discuss programs and activities that can be included in extracurricular activities.

Walgle translate:

CP should do Everyone's homework, whether they ask for it or not.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

PIEBALDconsult9-Aug-14 6:14