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VladSun wrote:
Laura-Jane wrote:Oh, did I mention that I'm a writer? :)
1) Your avatar; 2) post in a PHP forum; 3) you are a woman - it is obvious :D ;) :P :twisted:
That's sexist hah... Id like to write one day, am I a woman? :D ( dont answer that )
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jshpro2 wrote:
VladSun wrote:
Laura-Jane wrote:Oh, did I mention that I'm a writer? :)
1) Your avatar; 2) post in a PHP forum; 3) you are a woman - it is obvious :D ;) :P :twisted:
That's sexist hah...
No - that's an axiom :) A statement based on practice :P
"A woman who writes about spelling mistakes in a software developer forum during the winter is definitely a writer" :)
PS: The oposite my be not true ;)
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Sexism is an axiom though... bah w/e, its moot lol
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VladSun wrote: No - that's an axiom :) A statement based on practice :P
"A woman who writes about spelling mistakes in a software developer forum during the winter is definitely a writer" :)
PS: The oposite my be not true ;)
Hehe, but why does the winter matter? If it was summer would you think differently? :P
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Laura-Jane wrote:
VladSun wrote: No - that's an axiom :) A statement based on practice :P
"A woman who writes about spelling mistakes in a software developer forum during the winter is definitely a writer" :)
PS: The oposite my be not true ;)
Hehe, but why does the winter matter? If it was summer would you think differently? :P
That's why it's called "axiom" - don't ask any questions and thanks for all the fish!

:D :D :D
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Thats a lot of smilies... :P :D :) :| :( ;)
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PCSpectra wrote:Thats a lot of smilies... :P :D :) :| :( ;)
Happy faces make the world a better place!

Smilies are ridiculous...but they're important at the same time. They totally change the tone and let the reader know where the writer is coming from.

I wish we had smilies in real life. Life would be simpler!
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Laura-Jane wrote:I wish we had smilies in real life. Life would be simpler!
Best statement of 2008! 8O
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Happy faces make the world a better place!
Ugh...if everyone that talked to me smiled (Disclaimer: The following in no way reflects the beliefs, behaviors or business practices of PCSpectra -- show me the money and I'm 110% professional) I'd probably walk around with a handful of rolled pennies with my fist cocked ready to release on the goofiest face. :lol:

Actually steel boots...if I broke my fist I couldn't write software.

Of course it wouldn't hurt if more people genuinely smiled, initiated hand shakes, and randonly hugged strangers, etc. I think the world could use a lot of improvement. The Pope for instance, should probably be replaced by a homosexual Aetheist. Women in small village Africa should probably be given the status of President of the United States. I should probably be Knighted and maybe awarded a few Nobel Prize(s) -- is that word singular or plural...like mices and mouses...hahaha.
Smilies are ridiculous...but they're important at the same time. They totally change the tone and let the reader know where the writer is coming from.
I find them confusing...in a forum board like this where the population is 99% Male...when another dude winks at me...I'm not sure what to think:

a. He likes me, despite never having seen my face, but he likes me for me and my personality -- no I'm not a teenage girl
b. He's winking to suggest my inexperience, naievty, etc and he knows better -- kick in the balls in real life
Best statement of 2008!
:D :P :) :lol: :drunk:

:offtopic:

It's 4 minutes past Xmas eve...and I'm sitting here all alone...the Internet is my home and this forum my virtual soup Kitchen or Salvation Army...I still have to buy presents...I hate XMAS shopping...I've been so busy lately I haven't had time to blink...

Does anyone have the number to Doctor Phil?
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PCSpectra wrote:I've been so busy lately I haven't had time to blink...
Or wink for that matter ;)
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No winking, no :)

It's so cold here right now, if I winked, my eyelids would be hermetically sealed and I wouldn't be able to see the keyboard, at least out of one eye, until spring when my face thawed. :P
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Most communication in nonverbal, and the smilies are an unverbose way of emulating inaudable communications. My guess is people put the wink to convey sarcasm where only voice tone would have done otherwise, ahhh who am I kidding man, I've had a little crush on you ever since we met :wink:
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Ooooooh...Josh and Chris up a tree....KISSING...first come nibbles then come bytes...then comes a divorce cause life is the shytes. :lol:
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Hah. One time I hired ( and subsequently fired for being incompetent ) a female PHP coder, I dont think anyone here would disagree that that would be an ideal companion :D She actually called me up several months later but she turned out to be kind of a nut.

ps. I was referring to you, PCspectra... haha not Chris :wink: What can I say your code is so *hawt*
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Chris Corbyn wrote:Best statement of 2008! 8O
Hehe, see, now I'm confused, because that smilie is kind of a weird one...

8O

Look at that smilie right there. He's not happy. And he's not sad. What is he? What does he mean exactly? He looks a bit shocked, but other than that is he completely without emotion?? (Um, inserting one of these to take the edge off: :) )

This thread is getting a bit crazy, but that's okay, right?
PCSpectra wrote:I still have to buy presents...I hate XMAS shopping...I've been so busy lately I haven't had time to blink...
Ah man, I feel for you. I felt like this for a number of years, which made me hate Christmas. One year I did all my Christmas shopping in a drugstore one-and-a-half-days before Christmas. I was not very happy about that. You're standing there, looking at pre-packaged box sets of junk thinking, "Is this good enough? Will this work?" Hehe, ugh, I hate doing that!

My solution to all this was to move 6000 kilometres away from my entire family. Now, I don't have to buy presents for anyone because we all decided that I'm too far away. It's awesome. We just send cards. I can handle cards.
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