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Geekgirl, ‘girls need modems’ display in the Powerhouse Museum


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I can’t find anything more about it in the PHM collections online and wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://geekgirl.com.au doesn’t contain much, which is a shame cos I’d love to see and share more about this.

Weirdly, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek_girl says "The widespread recognition of "geek girls" as a community occurred in summer 2010, when the annual San Diego Comic-Con International included a panel entitled "Geek Girls Exist"." – hmm, really? The Webgrrls etc date back to c1995 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliza_Sherman#Cybergrrl_and_Webgrrls) and the Internet Archive crawl of geekgirl.com.au dates back to 1996, though sadly the content seems unreadable now.

I can’t find much with a cursory search for the old Webgrrls groups on Yahoo! groups, but @pkej suggested the usenet archive. Let me know if you have any leads or suggestions! It’d be great to get enough information together to properly document this history on Wikipedia – while women might not be fully represented in the tech world, they’ve always been present.

Checkouty this mega cool jobdescription of Microsoft from the past


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From the usenet archives, a *COOL* Micorosft
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"there is minimal bullshit.."

"never do anything stupid because some manager/MBA/suit-type has power without knowledge. "

"Likewise, there are no "politics", just engineering."

"Your work won’t be canceled due to some political/financial upheaval,"

Very cool, very history. MSFT is everything BUT this. A fat enterprise with more suits the nerds and more politics then code.

First up, the era of recording everything we see is upon us. Earlier this month we saw some photos shot with Google Glasses, but now Google has released the first video footage captured with its fancy new eyewear. And if you’re a fan of trampolines, this is the POV shot you’ve been waiting for. The 15 second clip shows the user bouncing and doing flips in a picturesque backyard. Most of the glasses’ specs are still under wraps but we do know that this footage was shot in 720p which is pretty impressive for a device that’s supposed to be barely noticeable on your face. Get ready for Youtube to become flooded with first-person video when Google Glasses hit the market later this year. gizmodo.com Next up, if you thought we’d reached a saturation point with advertising in media, you thought wrong. Sony recently filed a patent that would allow them to warn a player their game is about to be interrupted by an ad, and then allow them to continue playing once the ad has finished. Way to suck the fun out of gaming Sony. What’s next is Youtube gonna start running ads mid-video…For 60 bucks a game I want to get lost inside an adventure, not watch ads. Start releasing games for free and we’ll talk. What do you guys think? Vent your rage in the comments below. kotaku.com And finally some steamy news from the Cannes Film Festival where audiences and critics are swooning over Nicole Kidman’s steamy performance in Lee Daniel’s The Paperboy. The 44-year-old actress stars as an …

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Comparison between Usenet vs Torrents. In this video I show how both Torrents and Usenet work, and give you their advantages and disadvantages in the use of Legal & Illegal downloads. With Torrents (or Peer-to-Peer) you’re sharing data between multiple users and are relying on them to transfer data at a reasonable speed. Whereas with Usenet you’re connecting directly with a Newsgroup server and can download at high speed, and theres no need to share with other users. In the final part of the video I show the sort of content available on the NZB searcher NZB.su, there certainly is a large verity available, including: 3D Blurays, HD 1080P movies, DVDs, TV episodes, MP3 & FLAC Audio, Games (XBox360 / PS3 / Wii / PC / Android), and ebooks 0:01 Intro 1:36 How Torrenting Works 3:30 How Usenet Works 5:04 Look at NZB.su How to Setup SabNZBD to download from Usenet: youtu.be Wallpaper: imgur.com
Video Rating: 5 / 5

Question by tom r: How can I move an existing google group to the usenet alt. category?
Or how can I register a google group into the usenet alt. category?

Best answer:

Answer by dwightl.geo
i bet you didn’t read the help pages

What do you think? Answer below!

Usenet App Review: NBRemote for iOS – In this video we take an in-depth look at NBRemote, the app for iOS from the creators of Newsbin Pro. NBRemote allows you to remote control your downloads in Newsbin Pro happening on your PC. We love this app – it’s available in both free and paid versions. For more videos and reviews visit www.usenetlearningcenter.com

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“An examination of presidential-election advertising spending by the top four secret big-money political groups — all of them right-wing — found that 85 percent of their money over a recent six-month period went to ads that independent fact-checkers determined were in some way deceptive. The Annenberg Public Policy Center calculated that those top four groups spent .3 million on advertising related to the presidential race from December 1, 2011 to June 1, 2012…”.* Could these ads give Mitt Romney a win over President Obama in 2012? The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. *Read more here from Dan Froomkin at The Huffington Post: www.huffingtonpost.com Support The Young Turks by Subscribing bit.ly Like Us on Facebook: www.fb.com Follow Us on Twitter: twitter.com Find out how to watch The Young Turks on Current by clicking here: www.current.com

www.giganews.com Giganews Usenet accelerator video explains all of the advantages of using the Giganews Accelerator™ for Usenet Newsgroups.
Video Rating: 4 / 5