Really dug the article. Steve was a great, great comedian once. Then he stated making cheaper by the dozen and stuff like that. C'est la vie.

Not sure what's up with the grammer nazi. I understood what you were saying just fine. Homeboy got something wrong with him.

Very neat! Thanks for the post. Happy Fourth everyone.

I'm just not a fan of this stuff. I'd prefer to see the town itself. Plant some tree's. Put up a nice, useful building that fits in with the environment.

I see plenty of modern art sculpture garbage here in Denver, if it makes you feel any better Middlesborough.

Credit for trying. Might be minimal, but then again, if there's some accepted way to handle off shore oil decapitations, please let's use that.

I agree that some people don't feed their kids well and that will mess up the kids health over the years. That said, IMHO, schools are meant to teach math, writing and science, and that's it. When they try to tell you what to eat, how to live, they're exceeding their authority. I like this just about as much as the born-again crowd telling kids to abstain from sex.

Right On. Good for you Danielle.

Clever.

"I don't want to stereotype all men, obviously there are men who treat women with respect regardless of the occasion or situation, but a lot of guys treat women interested in math/science/technology/gaming as if we're either to ignorant to really understand it or some sort of rarity like an albino deer."

Interesting. I'd imagine that'll decrease as time goes on. I've worked with older guys who came from a time when there were no women around. Now that's rare.In my experience anyway. My previous project manager was a woman. The GM of the place where I work is a woman. Probably 1/4 of the professors I had in CS were women.

I work as a developer and I am male and I can attest to the environment often being hostile. Not just to women, but overall. It's competitive and there's a macho side to it. I've seen people brag about working til 1 AM. There's yelling when schedules slip. There's sometimes a locker room vibe. I don't know if that's exclusive to CS though. It's something that I've seen in male dominated places in other fields. I'd have to say construction sites were worse. (Was there a study on that?)

There are probably a lot of reasons why women don't go into CS as much. I would note the statistics classes I had, which were quite technical, had a lot of women in them, maybe half or more. The Operating Systems class I took though, had less than 10% women in it and it was a requirement for the CS degree.

As far as this study, I can see dumb inferences being made from it, ie, women don't like Sci Fi posters or something. "That stereotype doesn’t appeal to many women who don’t like the portrait of masculinity that it evokes." I'd be inclined to assume they don't like the indication of unprofessionalism it evoked in them as compared with the other non-tradional workplaces, (rightly or wrongly).

I'd be interested in just hearing directly from female college students why they weren't going for CS degrees. Something as subjective as why you go into a particular field isn't going to be easy to study scientifically.

These amateurs will still probably skinnier than the average woman, and young, with smooth skin, etc.

It is kind of a stunt. Fashion magazines are all about obsessing over physical appearance.Now they are going to show great looking amateurs as if that's different somehow.

To be fair though, people buy these magazines want to see conventionally attractive women. If images of women with average body-mass indexes sold better, I'm sure they put them in the magazine.

"Uh-oh, awaiting the not so kind messages about a particular religion."

Yeah, Allah forbid people stick up for freedom of speech or anything.

Niftiness.

just look..., I think you nailed it.

Sadistic? Nope. Rational? Yes. Sorry you don't understand the difference profile. Your politically correct thinking credentials are in order though, good for you.

Overpopulation is a problem. I can see a future that looks a lot like much of Africa does now. People will have six kids, most of them will die of malnutrition or disease by the age of five. Deforestation. Lack of water.Poor sanitation. Disease. What little resources exist are poorly distributed and civil war is routine as people battle for their meager share.Plus it'll be hot too.