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Cute! - BeeLing

OMG... how did I miss this?? WANT! - Cyndy

you missed this 'cause you're not subscribed to me. lol - Cee Bee

""From yesterday's New York Times: ' What Has Driven Women Out of Computer Science?' In many US universities, over the past decade, there has been deliberate effort to integrate and encourage women and girls to get more involved in the 'hard' sciences, engineering, and math. However, instead of the proportion of women to men increasing, in Computer Science the opposite is actually true. Specifically, in 2001-2, only 28 percent of all undergraduate degrees in computer science went to women. Now many computer science departments report that women now make up less than 10 percent of the newest undergraduates. What's going on here, folks?"" - Geoff Schultz via Bookmarklet

My female CS major friends all claimed there was a hostile environment in their classrooms. Women students physically in the room were usually ignored and women as a general topic were dismissed, mocked, and overtly, often crudely sexualized. Of course this particular institution was twice marched on by the rest of the Consortium student population in hopes of having it closed, so perhaps it was a particularly bad enviroment - Soup

Part of me wants to attribute the hostile environment to the clustering of the socially immature men in IT. That is not to say that all men in IT are socially immature but that it could be a higher concentration. *whistles innocently while fanning the flames* - Geoff Schultz

Wow! They need to look after their toys! - Joe Dawson (beta)

huh, that's cheap :) - silpol

That tells the whole story :) - Thom Allen

3 out of 4 Dentists agree: a hosed Domino is better than a hosed Exchange. Glad you like the article. Recalling that part of the story where he was (my words) alone in the wilderness foreign code, slowly absorbing - almost all coders can appreciate that. - Micah Wittman via twhirl

"It's truly easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission" -- Best quote of that story. So true. - Mike

I'd rather chew aluminum foil than listen to emo. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons

cockroaches eat my liver, the Jonas Brothers - Helen Sventitsky

I'd rather insert my head inside the womb of a female Sperm Whale than listen to Pop music - Terence Washington

Looking for "The Bishop"... - William, CPU Media

"The new engine, from ExRo Technologies, runs efficiently over a wider range of conditions. The design replaces a mechanical transmission with what amounts to an electronic one. Magnets attached to a rotating shaft create a current, but individual coils can be turned on and off electronically at different wind speeds."" - Geoff Schultz via Bookmarklet

Start farting. - Steve Isaacs

Yeah...farting's a good deterrent. - Helen Sventitsky

ew, no. I draw the line right there. - Geoff Schultz via Bookmarklet

I've eaten chocolate-covered bacon, and while it wasn't bad, it was still a stretch. This, though...bacon should never be creamy. - Amanda H.

even further down the bacon-lined path: http://theeatenpath.com/2008/1... - Gregg Smith

I'd rather be forced to eat my own eyes that listen to a full Nickelback album. - Steve Isaacs

@Cee Bee, and country music listeners who mistake Nickelback for rock music. - Helen Sventitsky

I'd rather cut my arm off with a rusty teaspoon than listen to Nickelback. - Chris Nixon

She got out of his dreams and into his car and they drove away. - Steve Isaacs

Who? - Aaron Krug

I think the Caribbean Queen divorced him, so he changed his name to William Lake and is now in a common law marriage with a woman he refers to only as "Lagoony Lady". - thepete

Did the car not have any gauges? He couldn't see how fast he was going? Also, what's with all the Elise hating, those are freakin' sweet? Also. I would like a Tesla, but maybe the sedan. Now, please. - felix

My boss has the Elise and it's pretty sweet. Not for those who want a luxurious driving experience though. - saeba

"All that's left of the dream I hold..." - Aaron Krug

Is a band.of.gold. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

"And the memories of what love could be..." - Aaron Krug

If you were still here with me. - Jill, Superhero Librarian

"Musical traditions and recollections of eight retired African-American railroad track laborers whose occupational folk songs were once heard on railroads that crisscross the South. They recount experiences in the segregated South, describe organized labor and occupational safety standards, and demonstrate railroad calls that survive today as expressions of religious faith, social protest and sexually explicit poetry. A film by Barry Dornfeld and folklorist Maggie Holtzberg." link: http://www.folkstreams.net/pub... - Cee Bee via Bookmarklet

"Prison Songs" from the Alan Lomax archives (distributed on Rounder records) has some excellent railroad-chain-gang recordings, I highly recommend if you like the sound... - Marko Bon

wow! thanks so much for posting this link. This is great stuff! - Beth K

It always tells me it doesn't recognise anything but gmail :P - heather ♥s fauns on mars.

WELL THAT'S NOT USEFUL. - eve shot first

Maybe they should just go have a drink and look at some old yearbook picts...and come back when your done. lol - Larry Lewis

Parking lot was completely full, most were well-kept late model cars. A sign of the times... - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina) via mail2ff