I'm hoping this will change. Yes IT has been perceived as a young person's game but that is just going to have to change as more of us stick around and resist going into management. One of the things I've always really liked about IT is that it's about getting the job done - and as it stands people will accept just about anyone when something needs to be done.

I should know. As a female techie I've endured enough surprised looks over the years, but I've never been shown the door. The best one was when I turned up at a navy base 7 months pregnant to sort something out with a server, and had to ask the guy to move the rack (it was on wheels) because I couldn't fit behind it!

Is it possible that what you need is not actually to leave IT entirely, but to do something different in IT? After 15 years in IT, and having taken some time off for my second baby, I thought I was over it, but then I got into a whole new technical area that excited me again. I learnt lots of new skills, brushed up my CV, moved from internal IT staff to a consultancy firm. I'm now 3 years down the line from that time and I'm loving being a techie more than ever. I've had friends who've left IT and eventually regretted it.

Also there is a good chance she would not have been wearing it in bed anyway.

Nice! I commented and blew my mod points, but yes this link is much better.

I'm still not entirely convinced by his arguments about how high a temp you need to burn cardboard. Seriously - 258C??

Don't make me imagine what you might be imagining >

Still cool?

Yeah I also understood they did better than us because of the Maori being fighters - but more because the arriving whiteys realised they couldn't just walk all over the natives and had better cut some deals. In Australia we just hunted them down, poisoned their flour, etc etc

Firefox 3.5 very stable here - but then I make a point of keeping plugins to a minimum. I'm evening running it on shitsta (not my choice).

My irony detector was obviously set too low - ta for that.

Sorry - humanity would be poorer if you had to take responsibility for your own actions? Isn't that what adults are supposed to do??

I found the skank case pretty bizarre, particularly since no-one was even reading that woman's petty little blog, but I also think trolls who hide behind anonymity to say hurtful things they'd never have the courage to say in person are despicable little weasels who should be held up to public ridicule. I've seen some pretty vicious attacks, including anonymous posts on a board and emails to a friend who had lost a baby in a drowning accident, basically saying she was a murderer and had no right to get pregnant again. Really - do people like that deserve protection?

This interests me because I've seen the same thing in the last couple of days. Normally the only reason anyone registers on my blog is to post a comment. I have my settings so I have to approve the first comment and after that they're good to go - so it was odd to see a couple of registrations with no comment approval coming straight after.

Now I've gone to check... they're all gmail accounts. *suspicious*

What do all the other $50K sedans have over it? It sure looks [supergreencar.com] like a $50K sedan.

You're basing your argument on it's outward appearance? Isn't that rather shallow/naive?

It's main disadvantage is, of course, it's limited range. While it's fine for most uses, it would still force me to make alternate travel arrangements at least 2-3 times per year. Another issue may be the life-span/replacement cost of the battery packs, although I suspect it wouldn't be a big issue. Other than that, AFAIK there is nothing about this vehicle which would make it inferior to "other $50k sedans", but that's irrelevant because you won't catch me shelling out that kind of cash for ANY car. I don't see a reason to pay such a large premium for, say, a Lexus, when I can get a similar vehicle for $20k less.

Now, if Tesla had managed to package the same technology in a frame that isn't too much smaller for a price under $30k, then yeah, I'd be all over it. Unfortunately it appears that at this point we still don't have a way to make this technology affordable for most people.

Given enough time, and economy of scale, it's quite possible that EV's may retail for prices which are competitive with comparable gasoline fueled vehicles. It might even happen within the next decade. None of that changes the fact that the technology isn't there NOW, let alone 10 years ago.

But what are points. On the BBC website IQ test I scored higher than my husband - but he's wayyy smarter than me in lots of ways, like knowing loads about history and politics and understanding how these things fit together. So what if I can kick his ass on IT amd maths?

I also think they'd do better in the presence of the woman and other men - bring out that competitive spirit.