Forum: Site_Feedback Topic: HF Author Message pterodactyl #1 posted July 12, 2003 at 12:28am (EST)   Can you implement something whereby the system "freezes" a survey that is re-posted continually after being HF'ed? Some dweeb is continually re-posting their crappy survey so that the number of HF's can never get to 5.

Forum: Site_Feedback Topic: HEY?!?! Author Message pterodactyl #2 posted July 4, 2003 at 3:03pm (EST)   I'm using IE 5.5. I wish I tried going forward again, but I didn't, I hit refresh and then came to feedback Different instructions would be helpful... pterodactyl #3 posted July 3, 2003 at 11:10pm (EST)   I just created a survey, submitted it, and realized I needed to go back and change something. Following the instructions onscreen, I hit the back button of my browser, only there was nothing there. Did SC eat my survey or is it in your db somewhere? The question was about whether people celebrate major holidays as intended or not. And the answer options took some real time and work, I'm annoyed all that work was for naught!

Forum: General Topic: A simple challenge. Author Message pterodactyl #4 posted March 27, 2003 at 5:49pm (EST)   The flip side of that "neverending meddlesomeness" is that the US also goes in and offers humanitarian aid where many other countries don't. Amazing how no one complains then...

Forum: General Topic: Egg explosion Author Message pterodactyl #5 posted January 21, 2003 at 12:41am (EST)   I've had them explode when I tried to microwave 'em. Never on the stove.

Forum: General Topic: Re: How can i talk my parents into letting my get my bellybotton peirced? Author Message pterodactyl #6 posted January 17, 2003 at 6:47pm (EST)   Yeah, me and a zillion other female programmers are "exceptions". (Is there an eye-rolling icon available on this site?) What constitutes a good programmer? Sure, math skills, a logical mind. Ok. But there is a LOT more to it than that. Perhaps the average male is more mathematically inclined. But perhaps also he is more likely to be arrogant about his abilities, which leads to innumerable downfalls. Perhaps he writes buggier code and can't be bothered to test it (it MUST be right, after all, HE wrote it!). Perhaps he is less likely to conform to conventions. Perhaps less likely to comment, and when he does, maybe it's often not terribly helpful because of his inferior English language skills! Maybe males don't think as much about how components they're writing fit into the big picture. Maybe they don't think as much about the end user. If a "good programmer" is one who solves a difficult, esoteric problem and wins a contest, yep, it'll probably be a male. If a good programmer is one who actually produces a robust product that users can use and other programmers can understand, my money is no longer on the guys. I will go with my own experience on this anyday over some research. There's no way a study could encompass all the variables that I believe go into good programming. Yes, the following is an anecdotal example, but it's one of many: I'm in the process of re-writing some of a former (male) coworker's code. He'll write a hundred lines of code and I'll easily re-write it as ten. His logic is not often wrong, but it isn't done in a way that indicates he has any understanding of how users will actually interact with the application. For example, he will test for an unlikely problem first. If it's found, he'll stop processing. If it isn't found, go on to test for much more likely conditions (!). I will not dispute you that there may be fewer female programmers, but I do not think they're inferior. Perhaps they are on average even superior because it's still perceived as an intimdating field for women, so those who go into it have to be a little bit braver. By the way, I am making no claim here to being a top-notch programmer. I started too late. I am proud enough to be competent. I'm also not saying I haven't encountered programming Gods who were male. Bill, for example, is really attuned to his users, and that's one reason he's so good! And that's not typically male! pterodactyl #7 posted January 16, 2003 at 7:27pm (EST)   cody, I have neither the time nor the inclination to read all your babbling. Since I cannot filter you out in forum, I occasionally read a post or two of yours, re-realize what a gigantic butt-hole you are, and, to let off a little steam, respond to a post of yours as though you were a human being. I am under no delusions that you are capable of meaningful discourse. I would suggest you save your "research" and long-winded condescending posts for people who give a crap, if indeed there are such people. pterodactyl #8 posted January 15, 2003 at 6:07pm (EST)   In other words, nothing. Thought so. pterodactyl #9 posted January 15, 2003 at 6:07pm (EST)   Upon what do you base your ASSumption that men are better programmers? pterodactyl #10 posted January 14, 2003 at 11:01pm (EST)   Just exactly what earth-shattering contributions have you made in life? Next page (only 10 shown here)