http://www.the5k.org/

It seemed so long ago. Didn't /. have an entry as well?

Why Troll? mod this funny.

This coming from another native German speaker.

Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung = speed limit. Funny!

I live & eat out of a dumpster.

I remember reading/hearing in geology (or astronomy? whatever) class that every so-many-thousands of years, the magnetic poles just switch.

If i'm not just making that up, then this is the first articles of many we'll see...

a valid point. i like it.

nature vs nurture then? that's fair. i would argue that most societal differences b/w men and women at some point come from evolutionary differences. for example, for the longest time (lesser now, but still very prominent) is the male's domination in the household, in gov't, etc. I would say that stems from the biological differences, let me explain....

men, because of their testes, produce more testosterone, which in turn aids in the production of muscle tissue. Men (traditionally) have had the stigma of being the hunters, while women (again, traditionally) had stereotype of staying with the young/children and collecting food. fast-forward a few hundred generations, with men staying in power (if you are stronger than someone, it's easy to stay dominant over that person. in certain ways, we're still cavemen inside) and we have our societal 'roles', that yes in some way are very unfair, but also have their roots in evolution and the differences in our physical make-up.

We all know men and women are different, physically, psychologically, etc....so allow me to offer my viewpoint (these are gross generalizations, but I think you'll get the point)

Women act more based on emotions and feelings than guys do, whereas guys will act on logic and black & white facts. That's why you see more guys in fields like physics and mathematics, and more women in things like psychology, education, etc. (it's also why guys are more sports-inclined and women prefer yapping about everything and nothing over coffee)

Based on this, I think it's perfectly natural to point out that computers fields (very fact- and logic-oriented) are dominated by guys....

Flame this if you have something meaningful to say, I love debates on male/female dynamics & differences....