Womenz in the forumz?

gd_barnes · 2010-08-19, 05:50

I'm just curious: Are there any current women members in the forum? Secondly, how many have there ever been in the forum?

I would be impressed with by any woman who could tolerate us for an extended period of time.

lfm · 2010-08-19, 07:09

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Originally Posted by gd_barnes

I'm just curious: Are there any current women members in the forum? Secondly, how many have there ever been in the forum?

I would be impressed with by any woman who could tolerate us for an extended period of time.

It's pretty hard to tell sometimes. Like when they just use their initials.

Oddball · 2010-08-19, 07:38

A quick search brings up this thread:

http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=746

Here's a woman who crunched for the NPLB project you administer:

http://primes.utm.edu/bios/page.php?id=1565

em99010pepe · 2010-08-19, 07:53

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Originally Posted by Oddball

Here's a woman who crunched for the NPLB project you administer:

http://primes.utm.edu/bios/page.php?id=1565

Lauren is a man....

Oddball · 2010-08-19, 08:02

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Originally Posted by em99010pepe

Lauren is a man....

Interesting. Nearly all of the Lauren's on this list are female:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren

Mini-Geek · 2010-08-19, 12:24

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Originally Posted by lfm

It's pretty hard to tell sometimes. Like when they just use their initials.

Like...you? Are you a woman?

kar_bon · 2010-08-19, 12:48

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Originally Posted by Mini-Geek

Like...you? Are you a woman?

See his HP on his profile! -> "his" not "her"!

joblack · 2010-08-19, 17:16

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Originally Posted by gd_barnes

I would be impressed with by any woman who could tolerate us for an extended period of time.

What do you mean with 'us'? I don't think women have to tolerate 'us' (I can't speak about your manners of course) - I hope you're not thinking about discrimating (Mersenne) guys in general.

gd_barnes · 2010-08-19, 20:33

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Originally Posted by joblack

What do you mean with 'us'? I don't think women have to tolerate 'us' (I can't speak about your manners of course) - I hope you're not thinking about discrimating (Mersenne) guys in general.

lol I had a feeling I'd open a can of worms there. What I mean is that, being a mostly male forum, many of us have a tendency to express ourselves in a not very nice way. Myself included in that category. To avoid offending the masses, note the term "many of us", not "all of us". In other words, there's not a lot of "gentle feelings" being expressed around here. :-)

Oddball, to the best of my knowledge NPLB has had no female crunchers but there are a couple of IDs in our recent rally that I'm not familiar with that do not make it very clear.

I had not seen the previous forum link about women on GIMPS. It's nice to know that there are a few around, even if they aren't particularly active on Mersenneforum.

R.D. Silverman · 2010-08-19, 20:43

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Originally Posted by Oddball

A quick search brings up this thread:

http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=746

Here's a woman who crunched for the NPLB project you administer:

http://primes.utm.edu/bios/page.php?id=1565

NPLB?

No pussy left behind?

Uncwilly · 2010-08-19, 20:45

How do you know that, some of us don't try to project a male image on this site, while being biologically female. Men frequently do the same on-line. If I were Danica McKeller, I would assume an identity while visiting this forum.

2010-08-19, 05:50	#1
gd_barnes May 2007 Kansas; USA 2⁷·3·29 Posts	Womenz in the forumz? I'm just curious: Are there any current women members in the forum? Secondly, how many have there ever been in the forum? I would be impressed with by any woman who could tolerate us for an extended period of time. Last fiddled with by gd_barnes on 2010-08-19 at 05:51

2010-08-19, 07:38	#3
Oddball May 2010 499 Posts	A quick search brings up this thread: http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=746 Here's a woman who crunched for the NPLB project you administer: http://primes.utm.edu/bios/page.php?id=1565

2010-08-19, 20:45	#11
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 2994₁₆ Posts	How do you know that, some of us don't try to project a male image on this site, while being biologically female. Men frequently do the same on-line. If I were Danica McKeller, I would assume an identity while visiting this forum.