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[PaoloM]

http://web.media.mit.edu/~stefanm/research.html#AII

I NEED THE SQUIRREL!

Watch the videos!

(I can only imagine the cats totally freaking out when a call arrives)
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[Jeremy Reimer]

Everybody needs a bluetooth squirrel.
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"Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries."
-- Carl Sagan

"Its not a rule. Its just something I noticed. Several of us have more than one sig." - Mord

"No, you are a troll, and I should have never let you back to Ars in after the first 16,000 bannings." - Caesar, to He Who Shall Not Be Named

[lewis]

When and where did this whole thing of using "her" as the personal pronoun for the user in technical writing start? Not that I object, just curious, seems to crop up more and more
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"I don't think that's where their brains are." - Paul Hill

[Jeremy Reimer]

Well, it's one way to be gender neutral (by simply balancing out the existing content that uses "him") without using the clunky "his or her" or "his/her".

If it seems visually jarring to read "her" for a nonspecific person rather than "him", that's kind of the point.

In tech writing we were taught to step around the entire issue and just pluralize all users, turning them into "them" and "their".
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"Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries."
-- Carl Sagan

"Its not a rule. Its just something I noticed. Several of us have more than one sig." - Mord

"No, you are a troll, and I should have never let you back to Ars in after the first 16,000 bannings." - Caesar, to He Who Shall Not Be Named

[Magus]

Meh. Politically correct crap. People who'd actually be offended by the gender of an example user really need to consider growing up.

What's your phrase, Dvixen? Cattle wrangler of the male persuasion, I think?
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<Paolo|Work> anything that has to do with Java is by definition stupid

1 The Network is my domain, I shall not want; 2 though it makes me wait upon collision, it leads me to the Internet; 3 it restores my connection. It leads me in paths of hypertext transfer for google's sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of power failures, I fear no data corruption; for backups art with me; thy UPS and thy status light, they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a firewall before me in the presence of my enemies; thou anointest my CD-R with BurnProof, my buffer never underflows. 6 Surely good deals and pr0n shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Datacenter for ever.
-HitScan

Wilde is a 4' chinese man in a bright pink tutu, lime green pimp hat with peacock feathers, and a purple feather boa, wearing tissue stuffed snakeskin combat boots, holding a gun bigger than he is, smoking a cigarette in the parking garage, trying to look menacing while pouting and head banging to Godsmack I stand alone

[Jeremy Reimer]

[Magus]

Since it's an example user who doesn't actually exist, I assume nothing about his existence. Words are powerful in their flexibility, and their meaning evolves with their users. Perhaps at one time there was gender exclusion inherent in language, but I'd like to think we've outgrown such exclusion. Deliberately making readers think of such exclusion argues otherwise.

Any time you draw attention to a division that once existed or still marginally exists, you're being divisive, even though the intent may be the complete opposite. Problems of this nature are already dying, so as our mothers used to say, "It'll never heal if you keep picking at it."
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<Paolo|Work> anything that has to do with Java is by definition stupid

1 The Network is my domain, I shall not want; 2 though it makes me wait upon collision, it leads me to the Internet; 3 it restores my connection. It leads me in paths of hypertext transfer for google's sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of power failures, I fear no data corruption; for backups art with me; thy UPS and thy status light, they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a firewall before me in the presence of my enemies; thou anointest my CD-R with BurnProof, my buffer never underflows. 6 Surely good deals and pr0n shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Datacenter for ever.
-HitScan

Wilde is a 4' chinese man in a bright pink tutu, lime green pimp hat with peacock feathers, and a purple feather boa, wearing tissue stuffed snakeskin combat boots, holding a gun bigger than he is, smoking a cigarette in the parking garage, trying to look menacing while pouting and head banging to Godsmack I stand alone

[Jeremy Reimer]

I can understand that point of view. In a world where sexism had been completely eradicated, I would probably support it wholeheartedly. However, as the pendulum seems to be swinging back in the wrong direction these days, I try to make the extra effort to be gender-neutral in my writing. Emphasis on try--I often forget.
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"Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries."
-- Carl Sagan

"Its not a rule. Its just something I noticed. Several of us have more than one sig." - Mord

"No, you are a troll, and I should have never let you back to Ars in after the first 16,000 bannings." - Caesar, to He Who Shall Not Be Named

[DuffMan]

I find it somewhat appropriate to refer to heartless, souless, very expensive and time consuming projects as "her".


J/K
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[Jay]

[MasterOfTheHat]

[Jeremy Reimer]

[kingpinmc]

We had the why do you have to put white/black in front of woman/man question come through on a call-in tv show the other day. And I wanted so bad to say, why call them woman/man, you are just describing, what's the big deal? As far as using her instead of him, I could give a rat's ass about. People making a big deal of it is what irritates me.
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"Then I saw little Tiffany. I'm thinkin', you know, eight year old white girl, middle of the ghetto, bunch of monsters, this time of night with quantum physics books? She's about to start some shit, Zed.” - J - Men in Black

So.....

Maxi Does Dallas?

- Mord

[Magus]

[Macgyver]

I have some duct tape to solve all your problems. Yeah?
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[Mord]

I had the distinct pleasure of watching Paolo act out the squirrel demo over lunch.
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Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God. - Superintendant Pang, Lashou shentan (a.k.a. Hard-Boiled)
I note that you don't have any OSY member quotes in your sig. - the twinkster
Nonsense. "Bias" is people whom don't agree with me. - FondueDaredevil

Gabe: I wish you weren't a fucking liar.
Tycho: I'm not a liar.
Gabe: Well, I wish you didn't lie.

[PaoloM]

[Dvixen]

Sure, we 4 have a great day, leave the town a glowing wasteland, and all you two can talk about are the gorram squirrels!
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[PaoloM]

[HitScan]

She wasn't wearing Eau de Acorn was she? To the squirrelicular crowd, that's like liquid sex.
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[Mord]

[Mord]

I forgot to show you both the coolest thing about my Lifedrive: the episodes of Firefly I put on there to watch during the flights.
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Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God. - Superintendant Pang, Lashou shentan (a.k.a. Hard-Boiled)
I note that you don't have any OSY member quotes in your sig. - the twinkster
Nonsense. "Bias" is people whom don't agree with me. - FondueDaredevil

Gabe: I wish you weren't a fucking liar.
Tycho: I'm not a liar.
Gabe: Well, I wish you didn't lie.

[PaoloM]