I'll have to see how that works at Lockheed Marietta... my cousin (female) is one of
the engineers.

And yes, I've been TRYING to get her into POV'ing... she also has an art degree from
Reed, which could be a very dangerous thing.

"Greg M. Johnson" wrote:

> From my church to my workplace to the Sunday Parade, I'm hearing about how women
> are wired differently.   Some scientist put a bunch of men and women in a maze.
> The scientist then tested both whether they could find their way home AND what
> details they could remember from the walls on their path.  The men were better
> at finding their way out (better 3D reasoning); the women were better at
> remembering what they saw along the way (noticing details and patterns).
>
> I'd bet that a woman with equal creativity, intelligence, and love of computers
> to the POV-community would get into FRACTALS instead of 3D raytracing. That's my
> rough impression from the number of web sites by women fractal artists.
>
> Of course, a woman with equal intelligence and educational opportunities might
> try something more nurturing (nursing), or language related (law, languages)
> than engineering.
>
> I've also heard that men like to compete, to win, to lose, to find out how they
> rank against others. Women like to nurture relationships and make friends.
> Thus, a female raytracer might be more likely to set up a web site full of tips
> to help others (ala Sonya Roberts) rather than to enjoy the confrontational
> risks of the IRTC.
>
> ________________
> Greg M. Johnson
> Of course there are exceptions, but my church and employer said so!

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 george erhard
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