More college educated Women than Men===ramifications.

A bunch of articles of note have been released that have tried to address the issue of disproportionate number of college educated men and women. This has been happening for years with women tipping the scale years ago. Now, it's almost 1.5 women for every man in college. That's cool. But it's simply not a quirky statistic that merely highlights how equitable our society has become.

It's an big, interesting, issue with very far reaching consequences. Ironically, every ramification I've seen, and the commentary surrounding women's rise in high education has been negative. Here are some of the things that have change and why they suck for women. To be clear, these discussion is probably most pertinent to the class of society that is college educated, and not gay (obviously for both), and let me reiterate that while big number these observations address few in proportion. But here they are.

Best/worst tech support ever?

Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:32 AM] -- Automatically generated message:
A support specialist will be with you shortly.
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:44 AM] -- Automatically generated message:
You are now chatting with support specialist Mxxxxx.
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:45 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
Welcome to HP Total Care for Notebooks. My name is Mxxxxx. Please give me a few moments while I review your problem description details.

NOTE: For security reasons, PLEASE DO NOT send credit card information via chat.

[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:48 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
Hello Tim. How are you doing today?
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:48 AM] -- Tim Williams says:
Fine.
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:49 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
Tim, for any Hp model there will be an 10 digit serial number and 7 digit product number
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:49 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
we can find the product and serial number on the rear panel of the computer on a white bar coded sticker which is followed by a P/n and a S/n.

[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:51 AM] -- Tim Williams says:
i don't have the laptop with me, but i checked the panel several times, and the s/n is 9 digits: XXX-XXX-XXX. It is a F767NR Compaq Presario, bought in July 2008.
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:52 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
You can also find the product and serial number in the help and support window
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:53 AM] -- Tim Williams says:
what is the help and support window?
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:53 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
Click on start, type help and support in the start search and select it from the list

[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:53 AM] -- Tim Williams says:
the laptop is broken, i cant turn it on
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:53 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
Then the help and support window will open and there you will find the serial and product number

[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:56 AM] -- Tim Williams says:
thus, i will not be able to use the help and support window.
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:57 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
Let me check if I can pull any data
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:58 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
May I know the model of the notebook?

[Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:58 AM] -- Tim Williams says:
Like I said before, it is a F767NR Compaq Presario, bought in July 2008.
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:01 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
May I know the full model name Compaq Presario?
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:01 AM] -- Tim Williams says:
what other information is there?
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:03 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
Like Compaq Presario cq 60 , g60.
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:03 AM] -- Tim Williams says:
f767nr is the model number
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:03 AM] -- Tim Williams says:
it is a model from 2008
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:04 AM] -- Tim Williams says:
here is a link to the model: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?product=3682526&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en〈=en&cc=us
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:04 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
Thank you for the necessary information
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:04 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
May I please, place the chat session on hold for 2-3 minutes while I research on the tool and get you the required information?
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:04 AM] -- Tim Williams says:
sure

[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:11 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
Do you have the proof of purchase?
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:11 AM] -- Tim Williams says:
No, I am getting a copy of my Bestbuy receipt later today.
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:12 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
Tim, the serial number would be present on the purchase receipt.
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:12 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
I wish I could provide the correct serial number but as per the process policies we are not authorized to reveal such information.
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:13 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
I suggest you to check the purchase receipt to find the correct serial number.
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:13 AM] -- Tim Williams says:
Okay, but what if the receipt has the same 9-digit serial number on it?
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:14 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
It cannot be possible because a Notebook serial number (2008 model) will be of 10 digits only.
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:14 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
If you find 9 digit serial number even on the receipt then please get back to our support, we will escalate the case.

[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:14 AM] -- Tim Williams says:
OK, sounds good.
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:16 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
The solution provided should work. However, if the problem persists, please get back to us with the SR id:XXXXX, and we will continue troubleshooting to resolve this issue

[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:16 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
You have been a great customer to assist .Moreover, is there anything else regarding your Notebook I may guide you with?
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:17 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
Is there any thing else that I can help you with?
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:18 AM] -- Tim Williams says:
No, thank you.
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:18 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
You are most welcome. It was a pleasure assisting you today. I appreciate the patience you presented while we worked together on this issue. May health and happiness be yours in all seasons?
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:18 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
May the good times and treasures of the present become the golden memories of tomorrow. Wish you lots of love, joy and happiness.
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:18 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
Have a nice dat
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:18 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
*Day
[Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:18 AM] -- Mxxxxx says:
take care

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

Friday Night Lights ends this summer. Actually production on the fifth season will end, and yes that means that the series Friday Night Lights will end on it's fifth season. Most people who don't use Ninjavideo or DirectTV haven't even seen the 4th season pilot episode. People who don't like change should not see that season, but let me tell you emphatically, this season is one of the most rewarding story arcs in the entire series.

Now it's time for me to tell you that if you haven't seen Friday Night Lights, you probably should. I don't push TV too often, and even when I do, I can't do it so definitively. In the case of non-comedic scripted television, it just takes too great a time commitment to match its rewards among broad an audience. So disregard me if you want, but know that Friday Night Lights is a good show whether you choose to watch it or not.

wear yo versez @?

Rah-rah-rah-Raaaaaaaandy

http://www.urb.com/2010/02/23/raaaaaaaandy-dave-sitek-annnnnnnngry-wrza/

Rand McNally's Atlas leads the way to the purple dawn

"Brilliant men, beautiful jazz babies, champagne baths, midnight revels, petting parties in the purple dawn, all ending in one terrific smashing climax that makes you gasp."
-From the pitch of the 1924 film Alimony. Image from La Dolce Vita

Why, Keanu, Why?

So I do like to nerd out from time to time and watch anime. That being said, I really enjoy Cowboy Bebop and I recently heard it's being made into a live-action film. Potentially really cool, right? WRONG. Keanu Reeves signed on to play Spike. My friend Natalie thinks it's a brilliant choice considering Keanu cannot act, but can stand quietly and look hip while gazing intently into the camera. This may be true, but I don't think he will do Spike justice. I'm trying to think of a better alternative and I'm also racking my brain for who will play Faye and the other characters (the studio has yet to sign anybody for any roles besides Spike). What do you guys think? Is Keanu a good choice? Who should play Faye?

Why Taylor Swift Offends Little Monsters, Feminists, and Weirdos

Taylor Swift may be catchy as fuck and relatively harmless as far as pop music goes, but her Grammy victory and pop-darling status are ridiculous and undeserved, no matter what McFadden might have to say.

I could probably rag on her a while, and hell, I might even drag in a comparison to Lady Gaga, who despite a slim age divide seems decades more mature than Swift.

Somebody, however, has already done a much, much better job of that. Instead I point you, dear reader, to a superior article. Infographic analysis of Swift's song-writing cliches a definite bonus.

Why Taylor Swift Offends Little Monsters, Feminists, and Weirdos

Hipster puppies!

lola got booted from the kickball team after just showing up every week and drinking

Click here for more poopies

Playing God

Man from clay was pretty impressive, God- a very neat trick, really. For all of our earthly attempts to unseat Your miracles with our scientifical magicks- be it bioengineering, robotics, cloning and AI- none of them quite come close to the divine alchemy inherent in that leap.

Well unless you look at this: Engineered RNA, made sans biological processes and supposedly immortal- as long as it's environment can provide the materials, it'll replicate indefinitely.

“The aim is to create systems that have inventive capabilities, that can develop novel solutions to challenges posed by the environment. But that we don’t have yet,” he said

“What we do have is a self-sustained chemical system that undergoes Darwinian evolution."

 Sounds pretty keen to me.

via Slashdot: "Life-like evolution in a test-tube"

Goethe...as Goethe would have wanted it

For those of you not in the know, a little over two hundred years ago, Goethe, at the ripe old age of twenty four, in order to help himself get over a broken heart, wrote a little book called The Sorrows of Young Werther. Its story of a sensitive young man pained by unrequited love touched the hearts of young men all over Europe, and soon people from all walks of life began dressing as Werther did in the novel, paying visits to Weimar, writing their own poetry, and in general pursuing the Romantic way of life, which Goethe later in life found irritating to no end. But far from being the manifesto of a now gone cultural phenomenon, today Werther is as alive as ever, thanks to modern technology. You see, the novel was actually a series of letters written from Werther to his friend Wilhelm, but the crude technology of the 18th century offered no option other than to publish them all in one great book. Today, however, you can get Werther's letters emailed to you, one per day, and read this literary classic as Goethe would have wanted it. I'm seriously considering it.

Also, the German page says that you can choose to receive his emails according to the dates on the letters, so you might go a couple weeks without hearing from Werther and wonder how he's doing. I don't know if the English one has this option though. The English page also doesn't have a FAQ, so who knows.

The Sorrows of Young Werther
Die Leiden des Jungen Werther

I also just found out that the German one has an option where you can get each letter sent to you as a text message with up to 160 characters. Awesome.