[Ruby] memcached-like Ruby+Erlang implementation

Jeff Hughes jeffdh at u.washington.edu
Mon May 21 19:30:15 PDT 2007


On 5/21/07, shane becker <veganstraightedge at gmail.com> wrote:
> i tried so hard to avoid responding, but this needs to be said.
>
>
>
> > Why doesn't someone do that now for "all" genders you sexist pig!
> people do. men have plenty of encouragement and opportunity to do
> this already.
>
> > I'd attend! :)
> attend any of the many already available.
>
> > Sure, just 'cause I'm hung like a race-horse you gotta be tryin' to
> > discriminate against a brutha.
> classic. all too often men think it's what's in between their legs
> defines them. and the size of that definition is somehow meaningful.
> (but this one's got a hemi.)
>
> > Women already have _all_ the power. Trust me. We spend our entire
> > lives trying to find "the right one". They're in control, not us.
> > Fucking
> > "Ladies Nights". Girls drink free. Girls get in free. We buy them
> > drinks and dinner all the time. We are always trying to impress
> > them. Guys are suckers.
>
> all the power. absolutely, dude. the power of making 70¢ to the
> dollar of men. the power of having a 33% of getting raped. the power
> of feeling unsafe walking alone at night. the power of only being
> interesting as peers as programmers (or any other area, for that
> matter) if they are 'cute chicks.' (see below)
>
> > BTW, I have a super-cute model friend who lives in Spokane, and we
> > were talking about how her college classes were going, and she told
> > me she's taking a Ruby class. I was shocked. [a] that they even
> > taught that as a bona fide accredited class, [b] that it was the
> > 101 class, and [c] that she would sign-up for it! I was teasing her
> > that all the boys must be falling over themselves to help her and
> > she just smiled, knowing that was absolutely true. HAHA!
>
> no, seriously. i'm not racist. my neighbor buddy in fourth grade was
> black. honest.
>
> > *smirk*
>
> i don't know if "*smirk*" is code for "this was all just a big joke
> not to be taken seriously" or not. but either way, top to bottom this
> was total fucking bullshit.
>
> > P.S. despite my jadedness, I do think it would be great if there
> > were more chicks in programming. I get tired of looking at dudes
> > all day long. Then again, they gotta at least be cute chicks,
> > otherwise what's the point.
>
> grow the fuck up.

Amen.

Daevid, I've lurked on this list for a year and though you've been
quintessentially wrong and offensive before, I've never been compelled
to say anything until now. You've outdone yourself this time.  Enact
some change or find somewhere else to troll.

-Jeff


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