31 Jan
2004
31 Jan
'04
7:18 p.m.
Andrea Glorioso wrote:
iriXx <m(a)iriXx.org> writes:
:-D
or imagine to have a nordic name whose gender seems not to be
obvious in a number of languages and be spammed with both breast
*and* penis enlargements :)
when the new LAD site is up, i will suggest LAUD as the new
general-purpose acronym for the community around the lists. however,
for practical reasons, i would like to retain LA[DAU] as shorthand
for the individual lists. those who don't like the accidental
connotation can spell it out :)
i'm with andrea in that changing the name is not going to change the
attitude.
i'll come up with a thread on LAD once the new site is up, and we
can then discuss the acronym in the proper place...
--
"I never use EQ, never, never, never. I previously used to use mic
positioning but I've even given up on that too."
- Jezar on http://www.audiomelody.com
Jörn Nettingsmeier
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for a long time i felt it was LAD by name, LAD by
nature. there are few
women on the list, and all of us who have been there have found it
difficult to get in to the group. i'm sure this is unintentional - but
changing the name would help an awful lot in removing this image.
That's (very unfortunately) the general situation of women in
computing. I don't think that changing a name is going to change
long-standing (bad) habits, but if it in some way can help attract
more female users/developers/writers/whatever, I'm all for not using
the term "LAD".
<joking>
On the other hand, think about those poor guys whose name is male in
Italy but female in every other part of the world - we get treated as
females but we need to shave every morning just like males!
</joking>