> And I have to say, any girl saying "My best event is base-12 math" has got *my* attention. :-)
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> Trav"didn't read the whole transcript, but that line caught my eye"holt.

This got me thinking a bit. Why does this get my attention?

Well... I'm a boy. (Well, I'm 27, but I count myself as a boy. I don't want to be a *man* man, if you know what I mean. I want to be a boy, to be able to play and stuff.) I'm interested in programming. I'm not much of a programmer, really, although I've been toying with it a bit before and am playing around with a Java these days.

Through programming I've learned about the concepts of different base number systems. I've also learned that most girls aren't interested in programming *at all*. Most guys I know aren't, either, but the people I know who are into programming are invariably guys, but still wouldn't know what the expression 'base-12 math' means. I'm over average interested in math, but I still had kind of a hard time getting these concepts in the start, so that's understandable.

So a *girl* who knows what base-12 math is, is not as much impressive as it is surprising and unusual to me. (I don't mean to say it's not impressive, I would be a bit impressed by *anyone* saying that, really.)

I think girls are just as good as math as boys, if not better. But I also think that most girls just aren't interested enough in it to pursue that line of education. Girls are mostly drawn towards social jobs, I think. While guys like to put numbers in system and make it all work out to be zero in the end, girls like to juggle people, feelings, social situations etc. and make it all work out nicely. Guys like to put material things in order, while girls care about the immaterial stuff. Or am I wrong?

Anyway, I think the Internet is great for giving me a the opportunity to meet people who challenge my perception of the world -- in the most positive ways. :-)

Oh! And a short bio on me, too:
Gender: You already know that one. :-)
Born: April 1973.
Nationality: Norwegian, living in Oslo (capital) at the moment.
Work: Freelance graphic designer.
Music: Likes mostly Jazz/Jazz Rock/Fusion/Funk etc. Pat Metheny is one of my big heroes.
Books/movies: Fantasy/SF, but enjoys many other things, too.
Pets: A goldfish called "ROM".
Hobbies: Too many, so I don't get to do much with any of them. Especially not since I went freelance and have to work a lot. But, the Internet is one of them. Also, I like photography.
Other: Shoe size I don't know exactly. It's 45-46 here in Norway, but I don't have a clue what that is in the US.


Trav"When you say 'nerd', does that mean that you *do* know programming?"holt