Five minutes, usually 5 first minutes of interaction. So basically from the moment you notice each other. Looking away immediately when your eyes cross is not going to reflect good. (Seems your hiding something, like being a perv)

Then personality would almost never come into play for me. Usually I'm at a concert or something and I scan the crowd and notice what guys are there, but it's usually not until the middle of the concert or afterwards that someone comes up to me and starts talking. In Iceland it's kind of seen as a sign of desparation to hit on someone when sober. The nature of concerts changes dramatically as time goes on and people drink more. You could have Muck (death metal) play first and everyone would sit still listening, but if Sigur Rós played at 3 AM you could even have a mosh pit break out during some of their faster-paced songs ;)

It's not so much as making them look good physically. But good character lends to confidence and charisma and those are attractive to women. Women will take confidence and charisma over looks most of the time.

Lol, um... oh, never mind, if you haven't figured it out yet, I won't bother to mention it. ;)

And I disagree, it's almost as if they do look better. You notice their negatives less and their positives more. Just the very fact that the guy has the confidence to approach me and start talking, to me, makes him seem more attractive. That doesn't mean that I'm interested in anyone who approaches me, but it stresses the importance of confidence and boldness. Nothing more frustrating than a guy who comes up and starts chatting or dancing, and you get the impression that he likes you, but he just never makes any moves - it's like, geez, do I have to be the dominant one here? And it's not just that boldness in a guy is attractive in and of itself (although it is); there's also the subtle implication that, hey, this is probably the sort of guy who'd push me up against a wall and just... well, you get the picture. ;) Not everyone's into the same stuff, but at least for me, that sort of knowing-what-he-wants-and-not-being-afraid-to-go-for-it is really appealing - *within bounds*. If it crosses the line to where it seems like he won't take no for an answer, it rapidly goes from "attractive" to "scary". Heck, most "no"s in such a situation would in effect really be "not yet" anyway. *Always* listen for "no", spoken or implicit in her actions, and whatever you do, don't delay in responding to it. Trying to take another 5-10 seconds before backing off will seem like an eternity to her in which she goes from "concerned" to "totally freaked out". "Pro-tip": Don't freak the hell out of your partner!

An additional thing to mention: a major negative is if a guy seems drunk. Not just a little buzzed, but drunk. Drunks aren't cute. They can also be dangerous, especially in regards to the above. And there's even legal issues with sleeping with drunk people (drunks can't legally consent), although in practice that's usually only an issue the other way around. But it's still both illegal and immoral to sleep with someone, either gender, who's too drunk to realize (or later remember) what they're doing.

Oh, isn't the 101 like the high-class, rich part of Reykjavík? lol

Lol, I'm not exclusive to the 101, it's just happened to be where most of the people I've dated are from because I usually meet people at concerts or clubs in the 101, and a lot of people walk there. It's not all high class, but it is expensive. But you can live there without lots of money by living in a smaller place, having a roomate, stuff like that. Plenty of people with mundane jobs live there too.

Haha, skimmed that and most of it is right, although I personally strongly disagree with the "Fact: Women love long hair! It's an instant chick magnet." - to each their own! Got a number of my own comments that aren't in there, too. But in general, looks pretty solid.

And lol, I'm currently in the middle of playing the Reykjavík circuit, so unless you live in the 101... ;) Oh, and there should be a extra addendum to that guide, just for Icelandic guys: Stop talking about your penis! I get it, it's really impressive...

Oh, and another thing about that guide - it focuses on evolution too much. For example, they stress the confidence, boldness stuff, which is really good. But then they mention it as if it's *only* a side effect of evolution, when it can have some... um... practical applications. ;)

Oh, and at risk of going too far off tangent, my favorite thing (in the context of "amusing") that a guy I was dating said to me.... Context: we were driving home to my place, and he had previously been talking about how much he wanted to sleep with me, what he planned to do to me... then it was suddenly derailed by an offhand comment I made on a side tangent of conversation. Him: “Wait, you've never seen Dr. Who!?!" (beat) "Okay, we're going to get to your place, download and watch the first episode of Dr. Who, and *THEN* we're going to have sex!”

Nerd priorities - so endearing. ;)

I'd personally say it's more comfortable, although I sleep without one.

What I'm wondering is, what is the concept here, that you wear the same bra every day? Or do you have a dozen separate anti-cancer bras, and if so, how expensive are these things expected to be? And how do you wash them? And when they wear out, does the data transfer to the next bra? Does it have to be recalibrated? Does it come in different types (for example, some people prefer underwire, some hate them)? Will I have to plug in and charge my bra every day?

Just seeing some potential real-life challenges here...

A woman knows within five minutes of meeting you if she'll have sex with you or not. Your personality determines her reaction to your checking out her assets

That statement seems contradictory. Either she's made the decision and the personality is irrelevant, or she hasn't and it is. Or are you describing the "meeting" as when conversation begins, rather than when you see the other person?

I can only speak for myself, but a guy seems a lot more attractive if he has a good personality, and vice versa. The difference can be quite significant. A good personality can't make an ugly person look good, but it definitely can make a more marginal person look good (and a personality bad can make me question a person who I previously found attractive).

BTW, am I the only person here who ever made a User's Guide to yourself for potential dating partners? ;) I really should add some technical diagrams after the first "This page intentionally left blank"...

Ooh, fun ;)

What are you doing to protect your house from the Jólasveinarnir this year?
  - Hiding my spoons so that nobody can lick them.
  - Not buying any skyr until January 2nd
  - Thoroughly cleaning my pots
  - Locking my doors
  - Nothing - I forgot to give my kids new clothes last year, and well, you know....

You realize that one can also apply your same sort of logic to Mohammed, Buddha, and pretty much every major religious figure in world history, right?

Therefore... they're all divine! All religious doctrines are true, even the ones which contradict the others!

Right?

That article was published on 11 october 5:44 PM. The paywall went right back up and here's what Anonymous posted on their website just a few hours later. I'm especially interested in seeing what's in their dossier on Wikileaks. It's about time WikiLeaksLeaks turned from a joke into reality ;)

So danged scummy. People went to jail to give them that information. And they didn't go to jail so Assange could raise money to run from rape charges.

So damned ironic given that Assange was just a couple weeks ago saying that a vendor in Tunisia didn't set himself on fire so Obama could win an election after Obama mentioned the Arab spring in a speech.

To anyone who hasn't realized Assange's ego, they clearly haven't read anything he's ever written or said ;) His old blog at IQ.org is one of the biggest collections of naval gazing I've ever seen in one place, and that was back in 2006, before his self-aggregandizing hit new levels. Complete with such great hits as his "women's brains can't do math" and "I am a god to women" posts.

Oh, and on that subject, just for any women who happen to meet him: his standard tactic (which women have over and over mentioned he's tried (and/or succeeded with)) is the "little lost boy" approach. That is, in his initial and/or remote dealings, he plays himself up, usually describing the danger he lives in and plots against him, generally with some fictional storybook-style accounts of his past. When he's there in person, however, he acts sick, lost, confused, etc to try to get you to take care of him in your home (he only does this with women). "Take care of" ends up running the mundane from doing his laundry up to and including sleeping with him, depending on what his needs are at a given point in time.

Lol, now even Anonymous has a conspiracy against Assange?

Get over the guy... he's a self-aggregandizing narcisist and self-described "chauvinist" who lives his life like he's a character in a fiction book, complete with "retconning" his past. It's a real pity that he ended up the central figure in such an important cause as transparency instead of someone more stable.

I read an article with an interview with an Anonymous spokesman on this issue who took the time to drive home the fact this statement doesn't speak for all members of Anonymous because Anonymous does not have a single voice or opinion on anything; however, he stated that this has become the predominant view in the organization as of late and there's been a lot of anger over it, and that this has been brewing for a while as Wikileaks increasingly turns away from leaks and more toward lionizing and defending Assange.

Personally, the only way I'd ever lionize Assange would be in an arena, and it'd involve real lions.

Also, 8 weeks? Um.... why? It took my ship under 2 weeks to go from the US (Virginia, I think) to Iceland. A couple days for domestic travel on the US end and a fraction of a day on the Iceland end and a couple days in port on each end.

First off, I'm one of the few people commenting on this thread who's actually moved overseas and sent a computer in their personal belongings crate.

This whole question and most of the answers is a whole lot of hullaballoo over nothing. First, as to carrying the computer onboard carryon or checked baggage: the person will have so much airplane baggage when moving that they're not going to have room to be hauling all their electronics in it, and it'd *definitely* be safer in the shipping crate than in checked baggage.

You know the most dangerous time for shipped goods? Going to and from the port. *Not* while on the ship, not even when being loaded. It's no more dangerous to move by ship than by moving company. Just make sure everything is strapped down *WELL*. It helps if your shipping container is as small as you can possibly get all of your stuff into. Are you using palettes and a partial load or getting a whole crate? Remember that if you get a whole crate you may not be able to have it lowered all the way to the ground, so if you're loading it yourself, you should rent a forklift to help get your stuff in, whether you use palettes or not.

Neither heat nor cold nor static will be a problem. Oceans are temperature moderators and you don't get much more grounded than being surrounded by a giant steel box. Of course your ink will survive; why wouldn't it? And I should reiterate, buy as much of whatever you consume regularly *before* the move because your life will be hectic after it and it takes time to learn where you can buy everything (if it's even available in your new location), esp. if there's a language barrier.

You're thinking of the wrong stuff. When it comes to packing, the primary thing you need to be thinking about is, "how tightly can I wedge all this in and how tightly can I strap it all down?" Whether computer parts or not. And if you're moving to a place with different power, Buy Way More Inverters Than You Think You Need. Get big heavy duty ones and lots of them, not "just enough", because they will break eventually.

Best of luck with your move. I bet you'll be watching the port for your ship like I was! ;)