Comments on: Let’s have a mass debate http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2008/01/20/lets-have-a-mass-debate/ I'll get there one day. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:10:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta3 hourly 1 By: Maxo http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2008/01/20/lets-have-a-mass-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-40243 Maxo Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:44:00 +0000 http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2008/01/20/lets-have-a-mass-debate/#comment-40243 I frequent http://www.dslreports.com/ and I find this all the time. When network neutrality first started I debated the hell out of it. A few weeks later I had said everything i felt was worthy saying and then some and others had said their spiel. To this day people keep debating tirelessly, repeating the same points that have been made over and over again. Once the initial head banging has taken place I see no point in going on about that topic anymore. I frequent http://www.dslreports.com/ and I find this all the time. When network neutrality first started I debated the hell out of it. A few weeks later I had said everything i felt was worthy saying and then some and others had said their spiel. To this day people keep debating tirelessly, repeating the same points that have been made over and over again. Once the initial head banging has taken place I see no point in going on about that topic anymore.

]]> By: Tara http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2008/01/20/lets-have-a-mass-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-40053 Tara Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:36:38 +0000 http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2008/01/20/lets-have-a-mass-debate/#comment-40053 It's not surprising there are so few women at LUGs: Answer: The men - many greasy, you know, the kind - are all after them from the off! Talk about "social computing"! It’s not surprising there are so few women at LUGs: Answer: The men - many greasy, you know, the kind - are all after them from the off! Talk about “social computing”!

]]> By: Flash Bristow http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2008/01/20/lets-have-a-mass-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-40027 Flash Bristow Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:01:34 +0000 http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2008/01/20/lets-have-a-mass-debate/#comment-40027 Does anyone ever ask WOMEN why there are so few in "their" LUG? I nearly went to a LUG meet, once. Then I realised that I knew a couple of people on the list and I really didn't want to talk to them ever again; life's too short. And judgementally, I reckoned the rest might be like these guys too. Maybe I missed a treat, who knows? IME women are more likely to go to lectures and personal development stuff, like UKUUG talks, than geek bloke pub meets. But I guess that people just sit there going "why are there very few women here?" and never actually ask any! Does anyone ever ask WOMEN why there are so few in “their” LUG?

I nearly went to a LUG meet, once. Then I realised that I knew a couple of people on the list and I really didn’t want to talk to them ever again; life’s too short. And judgementally, I reckoned the rest might be like these guys too. Maybe I missed a treat, who knows?

IME women are more likely to go to lectures and personal development stuff, like UKUUG talks, than geek bloke pub meets.

But I guess that people just sit there going “why are there very few women here?” and never actually ask any!

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