"No Soap, Radio!"

You have never heard of a Shaggy Dog Story?

Yeah. 99% of all users don't care about stability (3, 4) or security (5).

Just because he uses ugly computer terms doesn't mean that those don't translate into improvements that a mother could love.

Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz, Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law, Rock and Roller Cola wars, I can't take it anymore.

Of course you're right--I started with the presumption of guilt.

About the only difference I would make is I would be fine with the government keeping the cash but paying it back if the person is found not guilty. So they don't have to return the original $20,000 but if found not guilty, I'd better be getting a check for $20,000 posthaste.

All that really does is move the particular problem underground. So the person wouldn't overtly say something like, "Women aren't good programmers--they don't have the brains for it." But they'd still think it. And they'd still go out of their way to not hire women for the position using other criteria: "I just think Dan is a better choice than Barbara--he seemed to communicate better than Barbara did."

Assuming it's a legal weapon, sell it. Otherwise melt it down.

Keep it.

Sell it.

Sounds sexist to me. I've spent time in hospitals and the male nurses seemed just as compassionate as the female nurses.

Such as runaways, etc. Also, these have been on file since 1967. Figure 50,000 divided by 48 years is a bit over 1000 cases a year.

So, in that case, the chances of your child becoming "missing" is about the same as them dying in a fire. They're still far more likely to die of poisoning, drowning, or in a car accident.

You're right. So you don't take the job.

I always say that an interview goes both ways. I also like to see how people deal with me--I'm going to have to work with these people after all. If the interviewer is a jerk in the interview, they're probably a jerk to work with. You need to decide if the job is worth it or not.

Because they're not allowed in the water?

"Women aren't good programmers--they don't have the brains for it."

That is sexist comment which I've heard before. Which means that person is not going to hire a woman because he's convinced that women won't be able to do the job. If you have enough of those people hiring, a woman won't even get a chance to prove otherwise.

So, yes, you're forcing them to confront their stereotypical image of a woman's skills by forcing them to hire women. Perhaps they'll learn that their stereotypes are not correct.

I somewhat agree with you--yes, hiring someone who may not be as skilled as someone else just because that someone is a woman is bad. But how would you suggest countering these stereotypes?

Conversely, denying someone a position because they do or do not happen to have a dick is also a bad move.

If I deny a nursing position to a man because "men aren't compassionate enough to be nurses," wouldn't you say that's a bad thing?

So what happens to the fluid?

We have a couple of "Nostalgia Channels" around--MeTV and Antenna TV. I recently spent some time in a hospital (and recuperating at home) and got hooked on Adam-12.

Some of those old shows are amusing to watch with a contemporary eye.