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Hope somebody can offer me some good advice. I met this guy almost two years ago in an ICQ chat room. Well we started emailing each other a lot and sending pics and chatting a lot. This month he finally flew over to meet and he stayed in a hotel in town. We had a lot of fun together it was great, but towards the end of the first week I found he really did not know anything about computers :(( and was just really a user. I think I would hate to stay in a relationship where I was totally the technology savvy partner. Is it right for me to dump him, just because he does not understand OSes and can not program? Am I being selfish wanting somone who can boot from a floppy? I hope I have not bothered anyone by posting this here, but I thought I would turn to my friends first. :rose: Janice :rose:
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Hope somebody can offer me some good advice. I met this guy almost two years ago in an ICQ chat room. Well we started emailing each other a lot and sending pics and chatting a lot. This month he finally flew over to meet and he stayed in a hotel in town. We had a lot of fun together it was great, but towards the end of the first week I found he really did not know anything about computers :(( and was just really a user. I think I would hate to stay in a relationship where I was totally the technology savvy partner. Is it right for me to dump him, just because he does not understand OSes and can not program? Am I being selfish wanting somone who can boot from a floppy? I hope I have not bothered anyone by posting this here, but I thought I would turn to my friends first. :rose: Janice :rose:
Janice wrote: Am I being selfish wanting somone who can boot from a floppy? LOL !!!! Seriously, if you guys had a great time and like each other, who cares if he doesn't know the first thing about programming ? Imagine for a moment that there is more to life than computers ( yeah, I know, it's rich coming from me ), or even that if he wants to learn more that you could teach him... Janice wrote: sending pics Is that REALLY you in your CP profile ? Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002
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Janice I think you better dump him before he dumps you. Cause I am sure that the moment he sees this post he's gonna dump you, if he has even an ounce of self respect :-) And you can then start your hunt for the computer nerd husband. Good luck hunting! Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
Nish - Native CPian wrote: And you can then start your hunt for the computer nerd husband. Good luck hunting! Are you saying they are in short supply ? Look around you !!! Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002
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Hope somebody can offer me some good advice. I met this guy almost two years ago in an ICQ chat room. Well we started emailing each other a lot and sending pics and chatting a lot. This month he finally flew over to meet and he stayed in a hotel in town. We had a lot of fun together it was great, but towards the end of the first week I found he really did not know anything about computers :(( and was just really a user. I think I would hate to stay in a relationship where I was totally the technology savvy partner. Is it right for me to dump him, just because he does not understand OSes and can not program? Am I being selfish wanting somone who can boot from a floppy? I hope I have not bothered anyone by posting this here, but I thought I would turn to my friends first. :rose: Janice :rose:
Janice I think you better dump him before he dumps you. Cause I am sure that the moment he sees this post he's gonna dump you, if he has even an ounce of self respect :-) And you can then start your hunt for the computer nerd husband. Good luck hunting! Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
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Nish - Native CPian wrote: And you can then start your hunt for the computer nerd husband. Good luck hunting! Are you saying they are in short supply ? Look around you !!! Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002
Christian Graus wrote: Are you saying they are in short supply ? Look around you !!! The whole point is that nerds won't accept a female just because she says she wants a nerd guy for a husband. Nerds want some love and affection too. Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
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Christian Graus wrote: Are you saying they are in short supply ? Look around you !!! The whole point is that nerds won't accept a female just because she says she wants a nerd guy for a husband. Nerds want some love and affection too. Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
Nish - Native CPian wrote: The whole point is that nerds won't accept a female just because she says she wants a nerd guy for a husband. Nerds want some love and affection too. I dunno - remember the guy who wanted to spam dating sites and asked how to speak to girls ? Personally though, I must admit the idea of someone wanting me for my coding skills is just too bizarre. Even if she does look like the photo in the bio, I reckon I'd run for my life from anyone who was more interested in that than my obvious good looks and smouldering sex appeal.... I mean how does she want to spend the evenings - discussing the benefits of the STL ? That's what I have CP for, not a wife !!! Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002
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CG I wonder whether you've noticed, but you and me are the only two people who seem to have taken the bait :-) Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
Why do you think we're the top two posters ? :P Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002
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Nish - Native CPian wrote: The whole point is that nerds won't accept a female just because she says she wants a nerd guy for a husband. Nerds want some love and affection too. I dunno - remember the guy who wanted to spam dating sites and asked how to speak to girls ? Personally though, I must admit the idea of someone wanting me for my coding skills is just too bizarre. Even if she does look like the photo in the bio, I reckon I'd run for my life from anyone who was more interested in that than my obvious good looks and smouldering sex appeal.... I mean how does she want to spend the evenings - discussing the benefits of the STL ? That's what I have CP for, not a wife !!! Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002
Christian Graus wrote: I mean how does she want to spend the evenings - discussing the benefits of the STL ? That's what I have CP for, not a wife !!! That sums up everything I would want to say :-) Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
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Janice wrote: Am I being selfish wanting somone who can boot from a floppy? LOL !!!! Seriously, if you guys had a great time and like each other, who cares if he doesn't know the first thing about programming ? Imagine for a moment that there is more to life than computers ( yeah, I know, it's rich coming from me ), or even that if he wants to learn more that you could teach him... Janice wrote: sending pics Is that REALLY you in your CP profile ? Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002
CG I wonder whether you've noticed, but you and me are the only two people who seem to have taken the bait :-) Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
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Nish - Native CPian wrote: The whole point is that nerds won't accept a female just because she says she wants a nerd guy for a husband. Nerds want some love and affection too. I dunno - remember the guy who wanted to spam dating sites and asked how to speak to girls ? Personally though, I must admit the idea of someone wanting me for my coding skills is just too bizarre. Even if she does look like the photo in the bio, I reckon I'd run for my life from anyone who was more interested in that than my obvious good looks and smouldering sex appeal.... I mean how does she want to spend the evenings - discussing the benefits of the STL ? That's what I have CP for, not a wife !!! Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002
Christian Graus wrote: I mean how does she want to spend the evenings - discussing the benefits of the STL ? That's what I have CP for, not a wife !!! But imagine what it would be like if you could discuss STL with your wife :) :) :) I personaaly would prefer my wife to be a geek, but that's not high on the priority list. I should love her ans she should love me that is most important to me. Real Programmers Practice Safe HEX Sonork ID 100.9997 sijinjoseph
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Hope somebody can offer me some good advice. I met this guy almost two years ago in an ICQ chat room. Well we started emailing each other a lot and sending pics and chatting a lot. This month he finally flew over to meet and he stayed in a hotel in town. We had a lot of fun together it was great, but towards the end of the first week I found he really did not know anything about computers :(( and was just really a user. I think I would hate to stay in a relationship where I was totally the technology savvy partner. Is it right for me to dump him, just because he does not understand OSes and can not program? Am I being selfish wanting somone who can boot from a floppy? I hope I have not bothered anyone by posting this here, but I thought I would turn to my friends first. :rose: Janice :rose:
Hmm - methinks we need a troll emoticon. cheers, Chris Maunder
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Why do you think we're the top two posters ? :P Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002
Christian Graus wrote: Why do you think we're the top two posters ? Good point CG. I guess I missed that ;-) Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
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Janice wrote: Am I being selfish wanting somone who can boot from a floppy? LOL !!!! Seriously, if you guys had a great time and like each other, who cares if he doesn't know the first thing about programming ? Imagine for a moment that there is more to life than computers ( yeah, I know, it's rich coming from me ), or even that if he wants to learn more that you could teach him... Janice wrote: sending pics Is that REALLY you in your CP profile ? Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002
I'm a software developer and as so I have to work with users too often. I find they really give me headaches. Most of the people I work with are male and I prefer the smart ones by far. I really enjoy stimulating conversation and discovering, having to teach a guy anything doesn't interest me. If we get in to a long term relationship and I have continually have to explain things to him I'll be driven crazy. :rose: Janice :rose:
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Christian Graus wrote: I mean how does she want to spend the evenings - discussing the benefits of the STL ? That's what I have CP for, not a wife !!! But imagine what it would be like if you could discuss STL with your wife :) :) :) I personaaly would prefer my wife to be a geek, but that's not high on the priority list. I should love her ans she should love me that is most important to me. Real Programmers Practice Safe HEX Sonork ID 100.9997 sijinjoseph
Sijin wrote: But imagine what it would be like if you could discuss STL with your wife Hmmmm. I don't have a problem with a computer aware wife. But I'd much rather prefer it that we don't discuss programming issues all the time. Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
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Hmm - methinks we need a troll emoticon. cheers, Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote: Hmm - methinks we need a troll emoticon. How about an icon for:- [I am a guy pretending to be a girl] Nish :-)
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
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'Janice', it seems that the CPians have had a discussion and decided you're really a guy. Could you please prove them wrong for me ? Just take another photo ( in different undies if you could ), and this time have a book in one hand, ( any book on C++ or the STL will be fine ), and a sign that says 'I am woman, see me browse' in the other. Conversely, could you tell me where you got the photo from ? If it's copyrighted I should remove it from my CP screensaver.... Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002
Christian Graus wrote: Just take another photo ( in different undies if you could ), ROTFLMAO, again ROTFLMAO and once more ROTFLMAO..... Christian Graus wrote: If it's copyrighted I should remove it from my CP screensaver.... CG, you better remove it. For all you know, it might be an FTV copyrighted pic stolen from the FTV site :-) Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
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Sijin wrote: But imagine what it would be like if you could discuss STL with your wife I will soon know what it would be like. My fiancee is a programmer. Not only that I can discuss Java and Oracle too. Only time when we had technical discussion was when I said that Oracle was a crap but she stood for oracle. Ofcourse I had to stop the discussion and since then we never had any technical discussion.:)
Rama Krishna wrote: since then we never had any technical discussion Keep it that way Rama, keep it that way! Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
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'Janice', it seems that the CPians have had a discussion and decided you're really a guy. Could you please prove them wrong for me ? Just take another photo ( in different undies if you could ), and this time have a book in one hand, ( any book on C++ or the STL will be fine ), and a sign that says 'I am woman, see me browse' in the other. Conversely, could you tell me where you got the photo from ? If it's copyrighted I should remove it from my CP screensaver.... Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002
Christian Graus wrote: 'Janice', it seems that the CPians have had a discussion and decided you're really a guy. Christian Graus wrote: Just take another photo ( in different undies if you could ), and this time have a book in one hand, ( any book on C++ or the STL will be fine ), and a sign that says 'I am woman, see me browse' in the other. Mmmm, the other CPans must have also noticed that my pic is a photo of a painting. I can hardly be expected to find an artist this early in the morning. :rose: Janice :rose:
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Hope somebody can offer me some good advice. I met this guy almost two years ago in an ICQ chat room. Well we started emailing each other a lot and sending pics and chatting a lot. This month he finally flew over to meet and he stayed in a hotel in town. We had a lot of fun together it was great, but towards the end of the first week I found he really did not know anything about computers :(( and was just really a user. I think I would hate to stay in a relationship where I was totally the technology savvy partner. Is it right for me to dump him, just because he does not understand OSes and can not program? Am I being selfish wanting somone who can boot from a floppy? I hope I have not bothered anyone by posting this here, but I thought I would turn to my friends first. :rose: Janice :rose:
'Janice', it seems that the CPians have had a discussion and decided you're really a guy. Could you please prove them wrong for me ? Just take another photo ( in different undies if you could ), and this time have a book in one hand, ( any book on C++ or the STL will be fine ), and a sign that says 'I am woman, see me browse' in the other. Conversely, could you tell me where you got the photo from ? If it's copyrighted I should remove it from my CP screensaver.... Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002
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Janice I think you better dump him before he dumps you. Cause I am sure that the moment he sees this post he's gonna dump you, if he has even an ounce of self respect :-) And you can then start your hunt for the computer nerd husband. Good luck hunting! Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
Nish - Native CPian wrote: I think you better dump him before he dumps you. Who dumps whom really doesn't worry me, because there would be nothing worse for me thqan to get into a bad relationship. I guess I'm just upset that I lost a lot of time getting involved with Internet dating, and when I finally met the guy he wasn't what I expected. :rose: Janice :rose: