[clug] New list?
Andrew Boyd
facibus at gmail.com
Thu Aug 19 16:55:38 MDT 2010
Iron? Goodness, woman, do you think I'm made of money? If a brick heated by the fire wrapped in an old sock was good enough for my mother... :)
In all seriousness, I can't see that the women in technology discussions are that off topic or numerous enough to justify their exclusion from this list. Else have 20 lists, and I'll join the ones I want.
Cheers, Andrew
Andrew Boyd facibus at gmail.com
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On 20/08/2010, at 8:45 AM, Jim Croft <jim.croft at gmail.com> wrote:
> yeah, according to #MrRabbit a tv tuner is the the way to go because
> she doesn't deserve NBN fibre... but only after she's done the
> ironing...
>
> jim *ducks*
>
> On Friday, August 20, 2010, Andrew Boyd <facibus at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...and will we make the woman with a tv tuner wear a head scarf before posting?
>>
>> Andrew Boyd facibus at gmail.com
>> http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss
>>
>>
>> On 20/08/2010, at 8:08 AM, Lana Brindley <lanabrindley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 19 August 2010 21:59, Eyal Lebedinsky <eyal at eyal.emu.id.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't see your point. If we keep to the spirit of the original subject
>>>> (technical or not) then people can easily decide what thread to follow.
>>>>
>>>> e.g. If the subject is "how do I get this TV tuner driver to work" and
>>>> you want to discuss a license issue then it probably does not belong
>>>> in the same thread. But it is OK on this list.
>>>>
>>>> And if I mention that a friend of mine "he has it running OK" and you
>>>> want to say that there are also women using Linux then it again should
>>>> go in another thread. But it is OK on this list.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> But if it's a woman with a TV tuner running on Linux? Is that a different
>>> thread?
>>>
>>> I'm getting confused already ...
>>>
>>> L
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