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Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by mhb »

vorador wrote: post #147
mwexler wrote: post #110

Out of 101 comments, no one mentions that this site is hosting an illegal copy of an artist's work? I mean, sure, the whole book is great... but shouldn't we be having a bit of respect for someone's intellectual property and not linking to it? If Gorgorat.com has permission to print the book, or it's now in public domain, then I'm the first to say link to that pup... but I didn't see anything on the site to say this.…

Actually, I've been captivated by this book and I'm planning to buy it, thanks to this pirated version.

I robbed a bank last week and I liked the money so much I decided to get a job.

Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by mwexler »

grinich wrote: post #140
mwexler wrote: post #110

Out of 101 comments, no one mentions that this site is hosting an illegal copy of an artist's work? I mean, sure, the whole book is great... but shouldn't we be having a bit of respect for someone's intellectual property and not linking to it? If Gorgorat.com has permission to print the book, or it's now in public domain, then I'm the first to say link to that pup... but I didn't see anything on the site to say this.…

Hackers and Painters is actually available on Scribd in its entirety. http://www.scribd.com/doc/47180/Paul-Graham-Hackers-And-Pain...

Whoops. That was a bad example, wasn't it? Ah well, the rest of the comment (hopefully) is still valid.

Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by _debug_ »

restruct wrote: post #130
blackguardx wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You cut off the quote. Why? Here is the rest: "On the other hand, he is the only one who ever explained quantum mechanics to me as if I could understand it." That was the essence of Richard's charm.

Are you suggesting that it is all right for a charming man to be sexist, but not an uncharming man?

I'm saying it's not OK for a sexist man to be excused for being charming.

Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by Dove »

I wanted to respond with a rant about how terribly degrading and insulting it is to women to classify them all as bitches, to presume a few dollars worth of drinks, in a just world, entitles one to intercourse.

And then I realized the women involved are the sort who would gladly manipulate a guy's emotions and waste his time for a few dollars in drinks.

And I realized that justice was probably being served without my intervention.

Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by vorador »

mhb wrote: post #161
vorador wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, I've been captivated by this book and I'm planning to buy it, thanks to this pirated version.

I robbed a bank last week and I liked the money so much I decided to get a job.

It was something more along the lines of : "I went to Barnes & Noble, found this book, read extensive passages of it and decided to buy it". Besides, suggesting that is thievery is a bit over the top.

Re: Richard Feynman on getting laid: "You Just Ask Them?"

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Post by frossie »

yummyfajitas wrote: post #119
frossie wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, I can do better than that in 5 minutes but that's because I have paid a lot of attention to this question. I think the most conclusive evidence that M/F math gaps are cultural in origin lies in international studies, where the gap ranges from negligible in progressive countries (eg. Scandinavia) to massive in less equal societies (eg Turkey). http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-136-1-103.pdf Generally…

Just curious, why do you believe Scandinavia is more equal than the US, UK or Australia?

Just curious, why do you believe Scandinavia is more equal than the US, UK or Australia?

Gender equality metrics, eg. see the World Economic Forum report, generated from "hard" indicators:

http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gendergap/rankings2008.pdf

where the top 3 countries are Scandinavian (4 if you include Iceland). On the same list, the UK is 13th, Australia is 21st, and the USA is 27th.

This list is consistent with my own impressions. You will also note the reasonably high correlation with the math gap list I referenced upthread.

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