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devvvy wrote: Then, why are we not? ..it's the other way around; it's not being geeky that makes unsexy - it's unsexy that has a larger chance at becoming geeky.
It's a huge generalization of course, but the market would have been quite different if a certain mister Gates would have been a chick-magnet.
devvvy wrote: So if you make tangible things it makes you sexy? Again, being sexy has an impact before you even choose a career-path. If it weren't, one would be able to become sexy by (part time) working as an architect.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Under no circumstances can I be even remotely considered to be sexy. My code, on the other hand, exudes an allure that causes most women to swoon.
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: My code, on the other hand, exudes an allure that causes most women to swoon. A fart, if done just right (i.e., the noxious gases that emanates from under my dogs tail - dear lord, how can such a small creature produce an odour that fills a room like that), also exudes something to cause most women to swoon.
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Gawd I wish I knew.
When Dij was a kitten, he was really tiny - he comfortably fit in a single hand.
But the smells he could "produce" - seemingly at will - filled the room with a noxious miasma that glued itself to your throat...
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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The last time I showed my code to a woman, I also thought she swooned.
Actually she had just fallen asleep.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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In my case it was the 14 goto statements in a short method that caused her to swoon. Apparently she misunderstood when someone had described me as being the "go to guy" in the group.
/ravi
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Perhaps in Hong Kong you aren't seen as sexy.
However in Europe geeks are major league sex symbols: we have to "Beat them off with a stick" and pretend ineptitude with anything electronic if we want a quiet drink...
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Beat them off with a stick" and pretend ineptitude with anything electronic if we want a quiet drink
i need to wear this attitude next time i go for a drink, see if this energy will draw a different attention
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reminds me friend of mine who's an engineer complained his gf made his plays guitar under a tree in a park, he felt quite uncomfortable as he's not an exhibitionist
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Nearly half the developers I have met seem to think brushing teeth and wearing underwear are optional. Personal hygiene goes a long way and devs, by and large, seem to get away with not having much, just the bare minimum.
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote: wearing underwear are optional
Because it is. And how would you know anyway?
"I rarely wear underwear and when I do it's something pretty unusual." -- John Winger
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Tangible?
Are we talking about the same kind of architect?
All the architects I've known just come up with bright ideas that programmers/carpenters/builders have to rework several times, just to reach even the remotely possibility of bringing them into tangibility.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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And then then melt cars, cook eggs...
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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Spot on.
You can tell there were no software houses near that building, because you would have been able to smell the bacon for miles.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It says "Architects are the sexiest profession".
There is a typo.
They meant "Architects are the sexist profession".
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by removing traditional desktop, or making it a lot less accessible, m$ is basically telling us work is bad, we really should consider abandon keyboard/mouse (and our jobs as well, probably linux as well i dont see why command prompt is any less evil than keyboard/mouse) - and let the operating system take over the dirty work. Human being should just sit back and chill (ask the Saudi prince, only poor people work) - just as what they promised back in the 1970's? That computer is to alleviate human being from having to work right?
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one click is "a lot less accessible?"
Lighten up Francis.
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+5 for Stripes quote.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Stripes
One of my favorites, and I gave him a +5 for the quote as well
"I've seen more information on a frickin' sticky note!" - Dave Kreskowiak
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Well, you know what they say. 8ers gonna 8.
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That made me laugh, thanks
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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