Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.singles,net.social Subject: Re: Intelligence Message-ID: <452@unc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 16-Jun-85 14:48:44 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.452 Posted: Sun Jun 16 14:48:44 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 18-Jun-85 04:18:44 EDT References: <253@unc.UUCP> <270@looking.UUCP> <371@h-sc1.UUCP> <2763@nsc.UUCP> <1209@cbosgd.UUCP> <1571@hao.UUCP> Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 19 Xref: linus net.singles:6405 net.social:657 Summary: In article root@trwatf.UUCP (Lord Frith) writes: > >Oddly enough, the "geeks" who were lousy at sports and ostracised by >everyone, turned out to be among the most successful. In this age of >computers and high-technology, it's not the jock that gets the good >job and the classy girls, it's the nerd who once sported the >slide-rule on his belt. Is this really true? I will admit that I am treated with more respect than when I was younger, but I assumed that was merely because adults are more polite than adolescents. People do appreciate my ability to earn a comfortable living, but let's face it -- most of our incomes are much closer to that of a plumber or crane operator than that of a physician or an ESTABLISHED lawyer. Judging from the complaining I read in this newsgroup, I believe that techies do NOT such have an easy time attracting "classy" women. Frank Silbermann