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Article #99642Re: Female Computer Pioneers - May 7
From: Joe Pfeiffer
Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 10:13
Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 10:13
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jmfbahciv@aol.com writes: > > >She wasn't always a nice person, either. > > Sigh! Why do people have to be _nice_ if they've also > done some useful stuff. Why should doing useful stuff be an excuse for being a lousy human being? (note: I hadn't heard the personality comments about her, and have no idea whether they're true. But I object to the notion that being sufficiently successful gives one the right to be a jerk) -- Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D. Phone -- (505) 646-1605 Department of Computer Science FAX -- (505) 646-1002 New Mexico State University http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer VL 2000 Homepage: http://www.cs.orst.edu/~burnett/vl2000/
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