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Article #99653Re: Female Computer Pioneers - May 7
From: gcash
Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 18:38
Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 18:38
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Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> writes: > 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) Because of the large number of idiots that hassle you and give you grief while you're trying to get something useful done, and the large number of other idiots that intentionally try to stop you from getting something useful done. -gc
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