Ha! True. The point is: Of the small percentage of Slashdotters that are women, there is a high percentage that actively hide their gender when posting, in order to avoid getting those kinds of comments. I'd like a more welcoming atmosphere for women geeks here. It would help to make a better atmosphere if those kinds of comments would get modded down.

Some freelance/flexible workplace websites: 1) flexjobs - job site offering over 50 career categories and jobs ranging from entry-level to executive, freelance to full-time. http://www.flexjobs.com/About.aspx 2) Elance and oDesk - online employment sites for freelancers/contractors. https://www.elance.com/q/about-elance and https://www.odesk.com/ 3) Mom Corps - offers part-time, flexible work for working moms http://www.momcorps.com/home.aspx Also check out info on http://sites.google.com/site/techcareerreentry about networking and online classes. (It's aimed at tech career re-entry, but also has info useful for your situation.) Linux groups often are good sources for info on work opportunities, often small short-term projects are advertised on the email list for a couple Linux groups I'm a member of.

Yeah, that's why there are few women who post here, and even fewer who identify that they are women. The frat club atmosphere needs to change, and we need to be welcoming to women geeks here.

Way to make women feel really welcome in this space.... NOT. Few women post to here, and even fewer identify themselves as women. Wonder why?

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I can understand why video on a driver's screen would be disabled during drive time. A couple years ago, I saw music videos playing on the 'GPS screen' in Panama. I was in a car used for tourist taxi services, and they played during the whole 3-hour trip. Not sure if it was legal though.

Video for the person on the OTHER side of the conversation would actually add to driving safety. If the other side could see the driver's view (windshield, looking out) then they would know to be quiet and let the driver concentrate if there's a near-accident or obstacle in view. Even better if they could see expressions on the driver's face as well as the view out from the windshield. One reason cellphone conversation is more dangerous than conversation with car passengers is that the other participant doesn't know when to pause for the driver to focus.