Tech Replaces Diamonds As Girl's Best Friend

Tech Replaces Diamonds As Girl's Best Friend 313

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:34AM from the dog-still-man's-best-friend dept.

Ant writes to tell us that 'diamonds are no longer a girls best friend', at least according to a recent study commissioned by the Oxygen Network. From the article: "The survey, commissioned by U.S. cable television's Oxygen Network that is owned and operated by women, found the technology gender gap has virtually closed with the majority of women snapping up new technology and using it easily. Women were found on average to own 6.6 technology devices while men own 6.9, and four out of every five women felt comfortable using technology with 46 percent doing their own computer trouble-shooting."

Tech Replaces Diamonds As Girl's Best Friend

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Great, just great... (Score:5, Funny)

by allanj ( 151784 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:39AM (#15830095)

with 46 percent doing their own computer trouble-shooting
In my book, this means that 46 percent of the women we'll never have a chance of doing a favorable impression on. Not much of a chance to begin with, but now - no chance!

Seems a bit misleading.. (Score:2, Funny)

by Murodese ( 991864 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:42AM (#15830106)

The only troubleshooting women in my life do with their computers is spamming me for help, and I'm not sure that counts.

Warning (Score:5, Funny)

by Atario ( 673917 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:43AM (#15830110) Homepage

First joker to ask if one of those women's "technology devices" is waterproof and vibratory gets...um...well, modded heavily, probably.

NICE!! (Score:3, Funny)

by brunokummel ( 664267 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:46AM (#15830120) Journal

Does that mean then that I should buy a palmtop instead of a diamond ring to my girlfriend when we decide to get married?
I'm pretty sure that I'll enjoy the present as well! Not to mention that it's way more useful than a ring unless, of course we're talking about this ring [thinkgeek.com]

Whole Devices (Score:5, Funny)

by Redwin ( 805980 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:46AM (#15830121)

"Women were found on average to own 6.6 technology devices while men own 6.9"

The men assured the women that it will be 7 technology devices soon, but they just need to tinker with a couple of parts in the last device and that they are certain they are supposed to come apart its just that the device is being a bit stubborn...

As someone who spent time in tech support... (Score:5, Funny)

by Opportunist ( 166417 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:46AM (#15830122)

I can say that about 100% of the male population try to solve their own computer related problems, with about 20% solving them, 20% not solving them and 60% making them worse. And those 60% being a VERY conservative estimate.

hmm (Score:4, Funny)

by Fusione ( 980444 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:47AM (#15830124)

I wonder how many slashdotters are gonna show this to their girlfriends the next time they ask fo- oh wait.. nevermind. I forgot where I was for a moment. :P

Re:Great, just great... (Score:3, Funny)

by earnest murderer ( 888716 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:47AM (#15830126)

In my book, this means that 46 percent of the women we'll never have a chance of doing a favorable impression on. Not much of a chance to begin with, but now - no chance!

I suspect that 46 percent of women already had a "nerd" over to fix their computer.

Don't fret, as long as they don't talk there is still the other 54 percent.

Re:Great, just great... (Score:4, Funny)

by tktk ( 540564 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:48AM (#15830127)

You never had a chance with those 46 percent in any case.
Knowing how to run AV software never got any woman hot.

Warning, sexism coming your way (Score:4, Funny)

by Opportunist ( 166417 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:49AM (#15830131)

Hmm... 6.6 devices on average. In other words: cellphone, cellphone, ladyshaver, vaccuum cleaner, can opener, erhm... personal vibratory relaxation helper and a car that spends 40% of its time in the garage for repairs 'cause she can't figure out how to drive stick without ruining the transmission.

But when will he...? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:51AM (#15830138)

Okay, so how do I get my boyfriend to buy me that big shiny engagement beowulf cluster I've always dreamed of?

Girls prefer tech huh? (Score:5, Funny)

by Aphrika ( 756248 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:54AM (#15830146)

'diamonds are no longer a girls best friend', at least according to a recent study commissioned by the Oxygen Network.
I wonder how the results would have panned out if the survey was done by Tiffany and Co. [tiffany.com]...

Vista comes to your Rescue! (Score:3, Funny)

by jkrise ( 535370 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:56AM (#15830151) Journal

Just wait a few months more... when all the lasses go in for the fancy, schmancy, kewl, cute, li'l stuff from Microsoft, you'll be busy Upgrading your Girlfriends to Linux. And it'll take a lifetime to sort out all those rpms, version conflicts, libraries, sockets etc. Enough time to develop your 'relationship', methinks!

Question is: How many Girlfriends can One Geek Man (TM) handle with his Linux expertise?

Yeah right! (warning...on-topic rant!) (Score:5, Funny)

by Lissajous ( 989738 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:58AM (#15830158)

[rant]
They obviously didn't ask *my* SOH. Here I sit in front of 5 TFT monitors, 3 computers, hi-def projector, a plethora of consoles, and is she content with that? No! She still wants the diamonds! I mean - seriously! Where did they get these mythical women from? Shoes?! Don't even get me started on shoes! Have you seen our shoe closet? It's applying for its own post code next month. You can see it from Google Earth. And TFA wants me to believe that women would choose to have tech *instead* of holidays, shoes, gems? I call foul, I tell you - FOUL! They want the lot! Tech and shoes. Shoes and tech. Techy shoes would have my grrl in a shopping frenzy. Ohgodohgodohgodohgod can you imagine? The horror! THE HORROR!!!!! (5 exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind)
*ahem*
[/rant]

Re:Great, just great... (Score:5, Funny)

by NMerriam ( 15122 ) writes: <NMerriam@artboy.org> on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @03:59AM (#15830162) Homepage

with 46 percent doing their own computer trouble-shooting

Well, geez, women are only 51% of the population, so that leaves only 5% of the women that we can impress with our intelligence!

Re:Questionable statistic... (Score:5, Funny)

by kfg ( 145172 ) * writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @04:00AM (#15830165)

Besides, who conducts a survey comparing the preferences of men and women with a sample set of one group (men, in this case) half the size of the other.

Someone who thinks that instant messaging is a "tech area"?

KFG

Re:Vista comes to your Rescue! (Score:5, Funny)

by Goth Biker Babe ( 311502 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @04:16AM (#15830207) Homepage Journal

Nah! As another poster said. Girls are more intelligent than boys. We buy Macs! We realise that time costs money too!

Square root of 69? (Score:5, Funny)

by Stripsurge ( 162174 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @04:27AM (#15830236) Homepage

What's the square root of 69?
8 something

Re:Warning (Score:5, Funny)

by RsG ( 809189 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @04:32AM (#15830250)

Also, does it play MP3's?
The Apple brand ones do. However, the "nano" varient hasn't been a huge success.

The Microsoft version is larger, but there have been complaints about the power adapter and USB port getting in the way, and not being adequatly waterproofed. The Sony ones seem to have problems with DRM screwing the user (and not in the good way)... :-)

Oh... (Score:4, Funny)

by Doc Ruby ( 173196 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @04:41AM (#15830273) Homepage Journal

Ever since mobile phones started to vibrate, the gender gap has been more filled.

Re:Great, just great... (Score:5, Funny)

by WhodoVoodoo ( 319477 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @05:32AM (#15830401)

Seduce you say? ...Which university was this?

Re:Well, of course (Score:2, Funny)

by jordank2001 ( 544543 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @05:34AM (#15830405)

Or you could give into De Beers and fuck with a girl from this day forward. Although remember go with De Beers the diamond company...if you go with the other kind of De Beer, you may be fucking a girl who isn't so desirable :)

Re:Warning (Score:3, Funny)

by Ohreally_factor ( 593551 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @05:44AM (#15830423) Journal

So, you're saying that Sony has managed to get root to my girlfriend's box? Damn! I knew we should have been using condoms!

Re:Yeah right! (warning...on-topic rant!) (Score:4, Funny)

by cruachan ( 113813 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @05:44AM (#15830426)

Yeah love to know where the shoe thing comes from. Starts young though, when the whole family went on holiday this year - travelling around europe and carrying stuff in backpacks - my 12 year old daughter was told to she could only take two pairs of shoes in addition to the ones she was wearing. Also as the youngest she had a smaller pack and the rest of us would each carry some of her stuff.

It was only after a several days out we figured that she'd managed to pring 9 pairs, having individually talked the me, my wife and my son into carrying her 'extra two pairs'.

Re:Square root of 69? (Score:4, Funny)

by Ohreally_factor ( 593551 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @05:49AM (#15830433) Journal

Why is 69 better than 61?

You get 8 more

Re:Questionable statistic... (Score:3, Funny)

by Oswald ( 235719 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @05:51AM (#15830437)

The Central Limit Theorem is just that: a theorem. Why do you not give equal time and consideration to the Intelligent Distribution Theorem?

Re:Warning (Score:3, Funny)

by stunt_penguin ( 906223 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @06:42AM (#15830556)

Root [urbandictionary.com] kit takes on a different meaning in this context.

Root: Kiwi/Australian slang that is used in place of the more commonly used term "fuck."

Re:But when will he...? (Score:3, Funny)

by CCFreak2K ( 930973 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @06:48AM (#15830572) Homepage Journal

Surely you mean an engagement token ring...

Re:Great, just great... (Score:5, Funny)

by Jester998 ( 156179 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @06:54AM (#15830588) Homepage

Did you hear that? That was the sound of a joke passing overhead.

Re:Vista comes to your Rescue! (Score:5, Funny)

by x2A ( 858210 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @07:30AM (#15830656)

"We buy Macs!"

That's so cool... so, what colour did you pick? :-p

Re:Great, just great... (Score:3, Funny)

by yurnotsoeviltwin ( 891389 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @07:47AM (#15830729) Homepage

I think by "doing their own PC troubleshooting" they mean "rebooting, reinstalling the offending program, and calling the friendly neighborhood geek if it still doesn't work."

Re:Great, just great... (Score:5, Funny)

by ElleyKitten ( 715519 ) writes: <kittensunrise AT gmail DOT com> on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @09:11AM (#15831134) Journal

Speak for yourself. I want a Xbox 360 for my birthday. I can't frag people with a sparkly necklace.

Re:Great, just great... (Score:3, Funny)

by Hoi Polloi ( 522990 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @09:56AM (#15831520) Journal

My wife got very excited when I recently bought her a Canon 830 printer (she has a home office). Before going to bed we both hit the color copy button together.

Re:Great, just great... (Score:3, Funny)

by Da_Weasel ( 458921 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @10:32AM (#15831828)

sure you can! Just imagine all of the catty gold diggin girls that would drop like flies when they see that 10K rock...

Re:Vista comes to your Rescue! (Score:4, Funny)

by ElleyKitten ( 715519 ) writes: <kittensunrise AT gmail DOT com> on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @10:33AM (#15831839) Journal

Some of us are actually upgrading our boyfriends to Linux.

Re:Great, just great... (Score:3, Funny)

by ElleyKitten ( 715519 ) writes: <kittensunrise AT gmail DOT com> on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @10:37AM (#15831870) Journal

But think about all the games and the pretty pretty TV I could get with the money it would cost to get an impressive diamond?

Re:Vista comes to your Rescue! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @11:21AM (#15832299)

Nothing gets a guy hoter than coming home from a long day at work and hearing "I upgraded your kernel for you"

Re:NICE!! (Score:2, Funny)

by AmberBlackCat ( 829689 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @01:10PM (#15833157)

And get her Windows Mobile when you get divorced.

Cluster fsck (Score:5, Funny)

by saskboy ( 600063 ) writes: on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @02:18PM (#15833710) Homepage Journal

"Question is: How many Girlfriends can One Geek Man (TM) handle with his Linux expertise?"

I just imagined a Beowulf cluster of girls running Linux, and almost had a kernel leak.

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Great, just great... (Score:5, Funny)

Seems a bit misleading.. (Score:2, Funny)

Warning (Score:5, Funny)

NICE!! (Score:3, Funny)

Whole Devices (Score:5, Funny)

As someone who spent time in tech support... (Score:5, Funny)

hmm (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Great, just great... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Great, just great... (Score:4, Funny)

Warning, sexism coming your way (Score:4, Funny)

But when will he...? (Score:5, Funny)

Girls prefer tech huh? (Score:5, Funny)

Vista comes to your Rescue! (Score:3, Funny)

Yeah right! (warning...on-topic rant!) (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Great, just great... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Questionable statistic... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Vista comes to your Rescue! (Score:5, Funny)

Square root of 69? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Warning (Score:5, Funny)

Oh... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Great, just great... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Well, of course (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Warning (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Yeah right! (warning...on-topic rant!) (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Square root of 69? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Questionable statistic... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Warning (Score:3, Funny)

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Re:Great, just great... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Vista comes to your Rescue! (Score:5, Funny)

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Re:Great, just great... (Score:5, Funny)

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Re:Great, just great... (Score:3, Funny)

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Cluster fsck (Score:5, Funny)

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