| 4/16/2010 10:46:44 PM |
Where are all the female geeks? |
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ylekiot
Stateline, NV
age: 54
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Awesome, ladies. I love conversing with ladies "in the field" (well ladies in general for that matter). I've found this forum, and some of its posters, very informative to augment my technical knowledge base and provide useful tips and techniques. 
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| 4/27/2010 6:05:17 PM |
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1seashell1
El Granada, CA
age: 65
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I don't know that I am a "geek" but I do know that I am the only female on my crew at work. I am a DR Tech (disconnect/reconnect) - I tear apart desktop systems, then after they are moved, I put them all back together (I hope). This week I will be tearing down servers and putting those back together. I first ran a computer in the 60's before everyone had their own. It was an IBM 360 Mod 20. I was chosen to run it because I was a microfilmist and worked so fast that all of the film came out blank and my boss couldn't understand why. He watched me one day and realized I was faster than the machine. I had to slooooooooooow down and redo it and then they had IBM train me and I have been into computers ever since. I had an Apple2E at home to start with. I was always the first, an early adopter before the phrase was used. First to get a pager, an answer machine, a cordless phone, then a cell phone, computer, scanner, digital camera - first in my family and the first of my friends. Now I wait - let everyone else get the newest thing and wait until all the bugs are out of them and the price drops!
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| 4/29/2010 11:39:04 PM |
Where are all the female geeks? |
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ylekiot
Stateline, NV
age: 54
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I don't know that I am a "geek" but I do know that I am the only female on my crew at work. I am a DR Tech (disconnect/reconnect) - I tear apart desktop systems, then after they are moved, I put them all back together (I hope). This week I will be tearing down servers and putting those back together. I first ran a computer in the 60's before everyone had their own. It was an IBM 360 Mod 20. I was chosen to run it because I was a microfilmist and worked so fast that all of the film came out blank and my boss couldn't understand why. He watched me one day and realized I was faster than the machine. I had to slooooooooooow down and redo it and then they had IBM train me and I have been into computers ever since. I had an Apple2E at home to start with. I was always the first, an early adopter before the phrase was used. First to get a pager, an answer machine, a cordless phone, then a cell phone, computer, scanner, digital camera - first in my family and the first of my friends. Now I wait - let everyone else get the newest thing and wait until all the bugs are out of them and the price drops!
Seashell, have you ever worked on a Sytem 36, 38, or AS/400?
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| 5/2/2010 2:53:32 PM |
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little_red_lucy
Independence, KY
age: 40
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I am not formally educated in IT, but I know my way around a PC. Inside and out.
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| 5/25/2010 9:16:47 PM |
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foxy_woman_49
Omaha, NE
age: 51
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and there you have a few female geeks.
quite frankly, i don't think i would mind dating a female geek. it would be a nice change compared to trying to teach someone how to do something besides sitting on a chat sight. (like turning the pc on for example).
pc talk is a turn on learning programs building your own designs etc.. 
I've learned a lot on my own and would love to learn more
without a doubt its Fascinating
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| 5/26/2010 2:40:27 AM |
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aha2
Zürich
Switzerland
age: 45
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D&D?? ooh no....
first program I used was OLD ...original BASIC back in jr high. in 7th grd they had me doing the catalog! Tandy 1000.....nice.. haha
My first game was the original flight sim for the Mac.
Hi! We'd make a fine couple. 
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| 5/26/2010 6:00:50 PM |
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1seashell1
El Granada, CA
age: 65
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Yes - Worked on the 400 way long time ago............
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| 5/26/2010 6:24:22 PM |
Where are all the female geeks? |
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1seashell1
El Granada, CA
age: 65
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Today I installed servers and switches on racks. Drives me crazy because there must be 20 different kinds of rails and shelves to put the servers on and you have to learn which ones to use for each install. It was crazy today - must have been about 100 of us running all over - people inches away from the next person - people on all four sides in the narrow aisles racking and stacking hundreds and hundreds of servers and other equipment. Cold aisles were freezing and blowing strong air - hot aisles were too warm - sweatshirt on, sweatshirt off..........LOUD too but oh so much fun! Maybe we will be doing all the cabling tomorrow - that is fun too cords and cables of all different colors hanging from the back of the rack and the front of the rack - then keeping them all numbered and in order.............WHEW! 
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| 5/26/2010 7:28:12 PM |
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liberalextinct
Anderson, IN
age: 28
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dude there is no women on the net
legal age women = fat bald guy
under age women = FBI
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| 5/27/2010 9:37:35 PM |
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ylekiot
Stateline, NV
age: 54
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Yes - Worked on the 400 way long time ago............
Hi Seashell  ..."wrkactjob", Qinter, QBatch, Qspool, "crtoutq", etc. yeah, I'm an old AS/400 developer, among other things.
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| 5/27/2010 9:39:22 PM |
Where are all the female geeks? |
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ylekiot
Stateline, NV
age: 54
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Today I installed servers and switches on racks. Drives me crazy because there must be 20 different kinds of rails and shelves to put the servers on and you have to learn which ones to use for each install. It was crazy today - must have been about 100 of us running all over - people inches away from the next person - people on all four sides in the narrow aisles racking and stacking hundreds and hundreds of servers and other equipment. Cold aisles were freezing and blowing strong air - hot aisles were too warm - sweatshirt on, sweatshirt off..........LOUD too but oh so much fun! Maybe we will be doing all the cabling tomorrow - that is fun too cords and cables of all different colors hanging from the back of the rack and the front of the rack - then keeping them all numbered and in order.............WHEW!
Just lost the cooling system in my server room the other night, and got the call at 4:00 AM that systems were starting to shut down. I got onsite, and the temp in my server room was 97 degrees.
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| 5/28/2010 6:09:08 PM |
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1seashell1
El Granada, CA
age: 65
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Glad to meet you -What did you do about that 97 degree problem! SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| 5/28/2010 10:18:54 PM |
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ylekiot
Stateline, NV
age: 54
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Glad to meet you -What did you do about that 97 degree problem! SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got my engineering department involved. It turns out there was a bad breaker in the electrical box that tripped, which shut down the cooling system. At 97 degrees farenheit, my servers were running at about 140 degrees internally, and eventually they start shutting down. That was the most fun I've had since the Halon system in my AS/400 computer room went off years ago. 
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| 5/28/2010 10:45:11 PM |
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tigger_bounce
Tempe, AZ
age: 35 online now!
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Elementary Education.
Actually I was looking into the security end of it. But I'm changing my first major to graphics design because teaching doesnt appeal much to me anymore.
I know I'm late to the party, just the same that's pretty cool... I started out primarily interested in design, and did a lot of work on hardware/networking/sysadmin type things.. Kind of fell into programming. Wish I could afford to go back into doing artwork again. I think it's probably been 15+ years since I've even held a paint brush.
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| 5/28/2010 10:48:38 PM |
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tigger_bounce
Tempe, AZ
age: 35 online now!
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I have issues finding single geeky males that actually take care of themselves and that aren't creepy. xD
Well, you're in Layton... *kidding* ...honestly, most guy geeks do take care of themselves, it's probably more to do with your age group than anything else. The better/worse ones will weed themselves out a bit more as you get older. Though I think the culture there is geared towards pairing off, so a lot of the "good ones" are probably taken.
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| 5/28/2010 10:58:23 PM |
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tigger_bounce
Tempe, AZ
age: 35 online now!
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D&D?? ooh no....
first program I used was OLD ...original BASIC back in jr high. in 7th grd they had me doing the catalog! Tandy 1000.....nice.. haha
My first game was the original flight sim for the Mac.
*geeking out* "Original" BASIC would have been before 7th grade for you.. just the same, it's all cool. I knew jack about computers until I hit about 19 myself... I liked doing art/design stuff, and it was kind of a natural (although primitive by todays standards) mix... Loved the ANSi art scene back then though, didn't really pick up until the early 90's though.
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| 5/28/2010 11:04:35 PM |
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tigger_bounce
Tempe, AZ
age: 35 online now!
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I have experience in all the major databases both as a DBA and development against the databases. I have experience in all the major programming languages.
Very cool, have you done much with Document/Object databases? (to be honest, I really like document databases, they "feel" right) Been playing around with MongoDB a bit, though couch was cool, and RavenDB looks pretty compelling. I've worked with a few different RDBMSs myself, though I really don't care for most of them, favs probably being MS-SQL and PostgreSQL, hate Oracle, and *REALLY* hate MySQL.
 *calming down* /geek:overload
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| 5/28/2010 11:10:01 PM |
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tigger_bounce
Tempe, AZ
age: 35 online now!
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I'm a female geek! I program in Java, .NET, C++ ... I do some IT troubleshooting, I can beat all 96 levels of Super Mario World... and most men don't find all that attractive in the least...(sigh)...
You had me at C++ ... seriously, you should put that in the bottom of your profile..
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| 5/29/2010 12:29:11 AM |
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magchan
Springfield, MA
age: 20
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Ouch. NO female geeks?
Not pretty enough?
*feels like chopped liver*
I guess it's because I prefer the term 'nerd'.
I may not be a computer science major, but I know my share or two about computer programming. My guy friends, some who happen to be computer science majors, give me extensive lectures on logic, databases, memory leaks... etc.
Actually, I'm working on game design as a career.
I'm not logical enough for CompSci. I wish I was. u__u Computer scientists get more money than silly ol' concept artists.
And I prefer Python to C++. Just... is less complicated.
I will still try to make my own programs. Actually, that's part of my summer....
The better question is, who is participating in Google Summer of Code. :3
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| 5/29/2010 10:09:33 AM |
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1seashell1
El Granada, CA
age: 65
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Do you have plastic strips hanging down on the end of every other aisle to keep the warm air in? Worked in a new building yesterday in a brand new server room and they had installed these very classy clear thin doors that open and close automatically when you enter and exit the aisles. Very efficient.
Do your racks use cage clips? The new racks that were installed would not work with any of our rails or shelving and they don't use cage clips which is primarily how we rack and stack. SO WOOPS - a huge snafu that will have to be addressed over this weekend.
That does sound like fun solving the heating problem - adrenaline must have been pumping like crazy for all of you!
Have a great weekend!
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| 5/29/2010 8:40:12 PM |
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ylekiot
Stateline, NV
age: 54
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Do you have plastic strips hanging down on the end of every other aisle to keep the warm air in? Worked in a new building yesterday in a brand new server room and they had installed these very classy clear thin doors that open and close automatically when you enter and exit the aisles. Very efficient.
Do your racks use cage clips? The new racks that were installed would not work with any of our rails or shelving and they don't use cage clips which is primarily how we rack and stack. SO WOOPS - a huge snafu that will have to be addressed over this weekend.
That does sound like fun solving the heating problem - adrenaline must have been pumping like crazy for all of you!
Have a great weekend!
Seashell~ No hanging plastic baffle strips in my server room. In that scenario I described in which my room got so hot, there was an inherent design flaw. I've got one Mitsubishi cooling system as my primary, and a backup Honeywell system as well. However, as far as the design flaw goes, both of the cooling systems were on the same circuit, so when the breaker went down, they obviously both went down. Engineering had it re-wired within a few hours. In the long run, it was actually a good exercide because, in the process of checking things out, I had another circuit that was overloaded, and the wiring was hot to the touch, which could have obviously been another problem in the making, so I had to do some load balancing with some of my servers. You have a nice holiday weekend, too.
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| 5/30/2010 12:41:35 PM |
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1seashell1
El Granada, CA
age: 65
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ylekiot~ Wiley Coyote? How long was that cooling design flaw in place before the big heat up? Seashell
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| 5/30/2010 1:04:27 PM |
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ylekiot
Stateline, NV
age: 54
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ylekiot~ Wiley Coyote? How long was that cooling design flaw in place before the big heat up? Seashell
Correct...
That was the first time I had trouble with that breaker in the cooling system. Once I got the system powered back up, the room cooled back down to 68 degrees in a couple of hours.
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| 5/31/2010 10:28:05 AM |
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1seashell1
El Granada, CA
age: 65
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Cute pix of Wiley....
68 degrees - seems pleasant - our rooms are never pleasant - absolutely freezing in the cold aisles and stifling in the warm - I wonder what the overall temp is in that room - it is never comfortable for humans, I guess it is ideal for the servers. Saw the most amazing system Friday - Cisco - I have never seen one like it. I should have looked at the model etc. so I could ask you if your have seen one. It has a clear slide up cover and looks like a hi tech soda dispenser. It is sleek, silver and I would love to see what it looks like at night.
I am unexpectedly off today - I was scheduled to work and we all got an email last night that it was canceled and not to come in today. I guess they had a lot of people calling in to take the day off.
Now the weather is cloudy - wanted to go to the beach.
I wanted to tell you about some great footage in case you haven't seen it. Flooding in the server room in, gosh I have forgotten what country.....Turkey I think. Just go to YOU Tube and do a server room flooding search. Talk about a nightmare...........I would imagine it was a total loss - they were completely under water. It's a few years old so you have probably seen it.
Have a good one....SS
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| 5/31/2010 7:44:38 PM |
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ylekiot
Stateline, NV
age: 54
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Hi Seashell. More server room horror stories, eh? I'll have to look that one up. Have you ever seen a halon tank go off? Crazy stuff. I had that happen in an AS/400 shop years ago (I may have mentioned that previously in a prior post - please bare with me ). Because of that server room temperature problem I was talking about last week, today I had the engineering guys install an outside temp guage in the hallway outside of my server room so that security can monitor it without actually going in the room. When it does get too hot, an alarm is sent to the observation room here on property (you know, where we casino operators keep the hundreds of surveillance monitors and equipment). Next time you go to the beach, let me know - I wanna go. being up here in the mountains now, I really miss the beach.
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| 6/1/2010 10:06:32 AM |
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1seashell1
El Granada, CA
age: 65
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HOW EXCITING! Server rooms are fascinating as it is but to have one in a casino must really be fun. I had no idea that's where you were.
Temp gauge outside the room - great idea - viewable on a monitor - brilliant!
I go to the beach all the time - I live right near it on the coast as far west as you can go- on the edge.........of California.
So - do you gamble? I love to shoot craps.
I don't know how much you can say on here but what R those servers there doing? Anything to do with gambling or admin type things? Is a hotel involved?
I work right in Silicon Valley and commute 80 freakin' miles a day when I work.
Stateline was part of my life growing up and later on too but in the past 17 years or so I have been going to Reno more. Less hassle - calmer - not as much crazy traffic - easier to get around.
TTYL - have a good one. SS
PS I don't think you answered this.............do your racks use cage nuts/rails? Shelves? No, never saw an AS/400 problem like you described. I do remember the day I was running an IBM 360 at a credit bureau and someone ran a credit check on JOHN SMITH and all hell broke loose. Thousands and thousands and thousands of listings for JOHN SMITH - we were down for hours trying to clean up that mess of papers. It was all because of one key punched card. It was almost scary and yet very funny at the same time. Had to shut down the whole operation to get it to stop.
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| 6/3/2010 10:02:49 PM |
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ylekiot
Stateline, NV
age: 54
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HOW EXCITING! Server rooms are fascinating as it is but to have one in a casino must really be fun. I had no idea that's where you were.
Temp gauge outside the room - great idea - viewable on a monitor - brilliant!
I go to the beach all the time - I live right near it on the coast as far west as you can go- on the edge.........of California.
So - do you gamble? I love to shoot craps.
I don't know how much you can say on here but what R those servers there doing? Anything to do with gambling or admin type things? Is a hotel involved?
I work right in Silicon Valley and commute 80 freakin' miles a day when I work.
Stateline was part of my life growing up and later on too but in the past 17 years or so I have been going to Reno more. Less hassle - calmer - not as much crazy traffic - easier to get around.
TTYL - have a good one. SS
PS I don't think you answered this.............do your racks use cage nuts/rails? Shelves? No, never saw an AS/400 problem like you described. I do remember the day I was running an IBM 360 at a credit bureau and someone ran a credit check on JOHN SMITH and all hell broke loose. Thousands and thousands and thousands of listings for JOHN SMITH - we were down for hours trying to clean up that mess of papers. It was all because of one key punched card. It was almost scary and yet very funny at the same time. Had to shut down the whole operation to get it to stop.
Hi Seashell. Do I gamble? No, not in the traditional sense of blackjack, craps, and slot machines. Way back when I was a punk kid (22) right after I moved to Tahoe, I went out partying on paycheck night and promptly gambled away my entire paycheck. I told myself i would never do that again - and I haven't to this day. When you are around gaming for as many years as I have been, you see the horror stories of people gambling, and the attraction just dissipates, at least in my case. I do, however, delve into some sports handicapping and line setting. 
The servers I run host lots of varied and different applications: Micros point of sale system (restaurants, bars), payroll and H/R, Kronos timeclock/timekeeping, Daylight sales/catering, Softbrands hotel/property manangement, IGT slot machine system, and various systems that control and govern different servers which allow the IGT slot system to provide player tracking, comps, TITO (ticket in/ticket out), slot bank controllers (which is a collection point for all of my 600 slot machines via serial connections - yah, old technology), and a few other ancillary systems. I've got a few special machines that run the various reader boards throughout the property, one that controls all of the 38 plasma TV's in the race/sportsbook area, and a couple of others that run my promotion kiosks on the casino floor. The server racks are HP slide-out rails, and generally run about 60 "U's".
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| 6/10/2010 9:30:11 PM |
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ylekiot
Stateline, NV
age: 54
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Hey Seashell.... Where did you go? 
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| 6/11/2010 10:06:00 PM |
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1seashell1
El Granada, CA
age: 65
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HI Wiley - My daughter and son-in-law welcomed twin baby boys on Monday night so between running back and forth to the hospital which is a good hour away - and trying to squeeze in some work = I have been way too busy and sooooo happy!
The babies are precious and perfect and my daughter is doing great. They came home today so I was busy cooking a lot of stuff for them so they could get some rest and have a few dinners and lunches ready to eat.
The babies have to eat every three hours and it seems as soon as we finish with them it is nearly time for the next feeding and diaper changes and burping etc.
Then a lot of company came so I was helping with that and cleaning up after all that and helping with the babies.................WHEW! Just got home! Sorry I haven't answered your prior email. It is fascinating what your servers do - I am so curious which casino .....any hints?????
I can give a hint about where I have been working this week - there is this thing called a "Generation ---". I am working at their flagship office tearing down desktops this week getting ready for them to be moved and reinstalled on Sunday. Working on a Sunday...rare...but since there has been a slowdown - I need to work whenever I can.
I know you probably can't discuss a lot of things - just like I can't because I have to sign confidentiality agreements - but I would love to be a fly in your server room.
Anyway - I should be on more regularly now ...
I can completely understand why gambling is not a good idea if you live near it - makes total sense. Good for you. It's like a lot of drinking isn't a good idea if you are a bartender.
CIAO! SS
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| 6/12/2010 4:11:31 AM |
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ylekiot
Stateline, NV
age: 54
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Hey Seashell. Congrats to the new Grandma.  That's awesome. Check your Inbox, please.
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| 6/12/2010 10:12:06 PM |
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1seashell1
El Granada, CA
age: 65
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Thanks for the congrats Y - I enjoyed your mail today and partially answered - sleepy....TTYL
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| 6/12/2010 11:05:37 PM |
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aha2
Zürich
Switzerland
age: 45
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Now that's what I call a sexy user:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGY9cwSjZsU&feature=PlayList&p=DFAD27525FDD6B1A&playnext_from=PL
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| 6/12/2010 11:15:08 PM |
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ylekiot
Stateline, NV
age: 54
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Now that's what I call a sexy user:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGY9cwSjZsU&feature=PlayList&p=DFAD27525FDD6B1A&playnext_from=PL
Pretty girl, fo' sho'.
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| 6/14/2010 10:56:23 AM |
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1seashell1
El Granada, CA
age: 65
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AHA2 -LOVED THE SNOWSTORM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seashell
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| 6/19/2010 10:56:21 PM |
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snowwy66
Salt Lake City, UT
age: 44
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that was way over my head. i need to get me a spare pc strictly for linux.
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| 6/25/2010 12:05:57 AM |
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aha2
Zürich
Switzerland
age: 45
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Much simpler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhnLk3gviWY
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| 7/5/2010 1:16:21 PM |
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ladyhawk91
Sykesville, MD
age: 39
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I have a problem with the term "geek." A "geek" is a sideshow act in the old traveling circus days. The "geek" would bite the heads off live animals, usually chickens. I just don't want to be placed in that category. I much prefer the term nerd.
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| 7/8/2010 11:00:45 AM |
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1seashell1
El Granada, CA
age: 65
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I think "geek" is considered cool and "nerd" is not. Geeks are intelligent and trendy and into the latest gadgets and technology. The word "nerd" connotates a person with their head stuck in a manual, always INDOORS - pale, never goes into the sunlight, rather boring. A nerd sticks to that one topic they are an expert in. Geeks, however, are lively and curious about everything and great conversationalists. I also find that geeks love to share their knowledge and lend their expertise to others who need problems solved. Nerds seem more into their own little worlds. The word "trendy" would most likely be banished by both types. It is a very annoying word.
This is just my opinion, but it did get me to join this board. If it had said "Where are all the female nerds", I would never have posted.
Bottom line..........................there is room in this world for both and they are both needed for different reasons.
Whatever you like to be called - WELCOME!
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| 7/9/2010 9:19:18 PM |
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ylekiot
Stateline, NV
age: 54
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I've been called a lot worse. 
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| 7/13/2010 8:33:59 PM |
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1seashell1
El Granada, CA
age: 65
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U lil devil yle!
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| 7/22/2010 8:22:19 PM |
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nienna
Oakdale, NY
age: 42
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I am a female geek from way back, and proud of it. I code, I d&d, I game, I even read books on physics just for the fun of it. But I doubt you would guess any of that by looking at me.
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| 7/23/2010 9:55:42 AM |
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proverbwoman
Salisbury, NC
age: 48
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I want to be a female geek when I grow up....the alternative was to smash my computer because it doesn't listen... But realized it was a communication problem on my end so I am will to learn so I can have a more productive relationship with my PC instead of rebooting it all the time....lol are there any good online schools for IT?
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| 8/14/2010 7:06:36 PM |
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msjofisher
Marion, NC
age: 54
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I was a RPG/400 programmer for 12 years and a pc tech for 3 years. I can build a pc from the ground up. I would think I would qualify.....
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