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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:44:45 +0100, Doctor John <joh### [at] home com> wrote:
>Excellent! Umm, btw I've managed to delete both your and Stephen's
>addresses from my contacts list - don't ask, boring story
You might find mine somewhere, if you reply to this.
It would be nice to have another drink or two too.
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Stephen
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:08:11 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> Ah, I remember the occasion well :-)
>>>
>>> She was Polish, her name's Ada (as in Lovelace) and she's due back in
>>> London in September to study at UCL. She's considering whether to work at
>>> The Jack Horner to earn extra cash atm.
>>
>> Cool, I thought she was nice friendly girl. :)
>
>Does anybody *else* find it ironic that the world's first programmer was
>a women??
Noo. Why should it be ironic or even mentionable?
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Stephen
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>> Does anybody *else* find it ironic that the world's first programmer was
>> a women??
>
> Noo. Why should it be ironic or even mentionable?
Because today all programmers are male? (Indeed, all people remotely
connected with computer technology are male.)
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:14:05 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> Does anybody *else* find it ironic that the world's first programmer was
>>> a women??
>>
>> Noo. Why should it be ironic or even mentionable?
>
>Because today all programmers are male? (Indeed, all people remotely
>connected with computer technology are male.)
You are just plain wrong, Andrew. Maybe thirty years ago your statement would
have been truer. On my present project about 25% of the functional and technical
people are female. That is not counting administrative staff or business
representatives.
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Stephen
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>>>> Does anybody *else* find it ironic that the world's first programmer was
>>>> a women??
>>> Noo. Why should it be ironic or even mentionable?
>> Because today all programmers are male? (Indeed, all people remotely
>> connected with computer technology are male.)
>
> You are just plain wrong, Andrew. Maybe thirty years ago your statement would
> have been truer. On my present project about 25% of the functional and technical
> people are female. That is not counting administrative staff or business
> representatives.
Well let me see now. At college, there were 0 girls in the class. At
uni, there was 80 males and 3 females. And most of them went into
service or support. All of the programming lectures had 0 females. As
far as I can tell, the entire Haskell mailing list has 1 female on it,
and several dozen males. Need I continue?
--
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:53:26 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
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>Well let me see now. At college, there were 0 girls in the class. At
>uni, there was 80 males and 3 females. And most of them went into
>service or support. All of the programming lectures had 0 females. As
>far as I can tell, the entire Haskell mailing list has 1 female on it,
>and several dozen males. Need I continue?
As you know, you need to get out of your present job and into the modern world.
I'll admit men predominate in technical jobs but it is not exclusive. Even here
in the geeky world of PovRay there are a few women who post regularly. So there
must be lots who don't. From my personal experience I've worked with at least a
dozen programmers who are women. Not to mention engineers and consultants.
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Stephen
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St. wrote:
> Is it the one that starts docjohn1? If so, got it.
>
Nope, it starts john.sunfighter then is the same after the @
>
>> Additional btw, don't trust London cabbies :-D
>
> LMAO! You're not kidding mate! :o)
Additionally, Stephen and I have started using the Round Table. Its even
harder to find :-)
John
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Stephen wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:44:45 +0100, Doctor John <joh### [at] homecom> wrote:
>
>> Excellent! Umm, btw I've managed to delete both your and Stephen's
>> addresses from my contacts list - don't ask, boring story
>
> You might find mine somewhere, if you reply to this.
> It would be nice to have another drink or two too.
This is a reply :-)
BTW what are you doing on Thursday?
John
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On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:25:54 +0100, Doctor John <joh### [at] homecom> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:44:45 +0100, Doctor John <joh### [at] homecom> wrote:
>>
>>> Excellent! Umm, btw I've managed to delete both your and Stephen's
>>> addresses from my contacts list - don't ask, boring story
>>
>> You might find mine somewhere, if you reply to this.
>> It would be nice to have another drink or two too.
>
>This is a reply :-)
>
>BTW what are you doing on Thursday?
>
I'm in South Wales during the week and London at the weekends.
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Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:25:54 +0100, Doctor John <joh### [at] homecom> wrote:
>
> I'm in South Wales during the week and London at the weekends.
(((8(|) Completely forgot!
Ok, wot u doing on Saturday?
John
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