rpanning
02-18-2005, 03:48 PM
A co-worker asked me an interesting question today. If she was in charge of the Web server, would she be considered a Webmistress? Guys are normally Webmasters, such as myself, but what would a women be?? LOL
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pohopo
02-18-2005, 05:58 PM
i think a woman would also be a webmaster.
goldbug
02-19-2005, 06:10 PM
Yeah, "mistress" has too many other connotations. :) A webmistress might be a woman you have work on the site without telling your current female webmaster :D
Weedpacket
02-19-2005, 08:36 PM
Whip me! Beat me! Make me use ColdFusion!
piersk
02-21-2005, 05:15 AM
Originally posted by Weedpacket
Make me use ColdFusion!
WP, I think you need to learn the difference between kinky and just plain bad taste :p
Make me use ColdFusion!
WP, I think you need to learn the difference between kinky and just plain bad taste :p
vaaaska
02-21-2005, 06:52 AM
Originally posted by Weedpacket
Whip me! Beat me! Make me use ColdFusion!
Or Comic Sans! *shudders*
Whip me! Beat me! Make me use ColdFusion!
Or Comic Sans! *shudders*
davidjam
02-21-2005, 11:18 AM
Originally posted by goldbug
A webmistress might be a woman you have work on the site without telling your current female webmaster :D
That's funny.
A webmistress might be a woman you have work on the site without telling your current female webmaster :D
That's funny.
dalecosp
02-21-2005, 07:41 PM
Originally posted by goldbug
Yeah, "mistress" has too many other connotations. :) A webmistress might be a woman you have work on the site without telling your current female webmaster :D Hmm. After hours, no doubt. Using 'Nix, preferably:[badboy@pub] view webmistress
[badboy@taxi] touch webmistress
[badboy@motel] <snip>And I think that's probably enough for a family forum. :eek:
Just consider though, which GNU tool discards symbols from object files, how RFC 1196 is implemented, how devices or nodes are added to the filesystem tree, what you type if a disk crashes, etc., etc...
Yeah, "mistress" has too many other connotations. :) A webmistress might be a woman you have work on the site without telling your current female webmaster :D Hmm. After hours, no doubt. Using 'Nix, preferably:[badboy@pub] view webmistress
[badboy@taxi] touch webmistress
[badboy@motel] <snip>And I think that's probably enough for a family forum. :eek:
Just consider though, which GNU tool discards symbols from object files, how RFC 1196 is implemented, how devices or nodes are added to the filesystem tree, what you type if a disk crashes, etc., etc...
goldbug
02-21-2005, 10:12 PM
Originally posted by dalecosp
Hmm. After hours, no doubt. Using 'Nix, preferably:[badboy@pub] view webmistress
[badboy@taxi] touch webmistress
[badboy@motel] <snip>And I think that's probably enough for a family forum. :eek:
Just consider though, which GNU tool discards symbols from object files, how RFC 1196 is implemented, how devices or nodes are added to the filesystem tree, what you type if a disk crashes, etc., etc...
In order to maintain privacy, stick with standard /bin/sh
If the jilted webmaster finds out, watch out, she might use /bin/bash..... or worse, kill -9 (.. whereas if she were your wife she might just "su", then chown -R <her> / )
Hmm. After hours, no doubt. Using 'Nix, preferably:[badboy@pub] view webmistress
[badboy@taxi] touch webmistress
[badboy@motel] <snip>And I think that's probably enough for a family forum. :eek:
Just consider though, which GNU tool discards symbols from object files, how RFC 1196 is implemented, how devices or nodes are added to the filesystem tree, what you type if a disk crashes, etc., etc...
In order to maintain privacy, stick with standard /bin/sh
If the jilted webmaster finds out, watch out, she might use /bin/bash..... or worse, kill -9 (.. whereas if she were your wife she might just "su", then chown -R <her> / )
dalecosp
02-22-2005, 12:33 AM
Originally posted by goldbug
In order to maintain privacy, stick with standard /bin/sh
If the jilted webmaster finds out, watch out, she might use /bin/bash..... or worse, kill -9 (.. whereas if she were your wife she might just "su", then chown -R <her> / ) Well she might. At the very least, she'll get /home and you'll be stuck living in /tmp ... probably alone, as any webmistress in her right mind would never stick for long with a cheating webmaster ;)
In order to maintain privacy, stick with standard /bin/sh
If the jilted webmaster finds out, watch out, she might use /bin/bash..... or worse, kill -9 (.. whereas if she were your wife she might just "su", then chown -R <her> / ) Well she might. At the very least, she'll get /home and you'll be stuck living in /tmp ... probably alone, as any webmistress in her right mind would never stick for long with a cheating webmaster ;)
Merve
02-26-2005, 12:32 PM
As I see it:
master -- mistress
headmaster -- headmistress
webmaster -- webmistress
But I don't think it really makes that much of a difference
/me ducks and hopes he doesn't get punished...
master -- mistress
headmaster -- headmistress
webmaster -- webmistress
But I don't think it really makes that much of a difference
/me ducks and hopes he doesn't get punished...
Weedpacket
02-26-2005, 10:02 PM
I propose we revive the British military's use of "wallah" to denote someone working in a particular capacity. It is nicely gender-neutral (the Hindi word it derives from isn't even a noun, let alone a gender-specific noun describing a type of person). Let's use "wallah" instead of "master" or "mistress", if matters of genitalia are irrelevant.
Thus, just as the teaboy is called a charwallah, and the guy mucking out the toilets is the ****house wallah, we can have chairwallahs, headwallahs, stationwallahs and webwallahs.
Thus, just as the teaboy is called a charwallah, and the guy mucking out the toilets is the ****house wallah, we can have chairwallahs, headwallahs, stationwallahs and webwallahs.
Merve
02-27-2005, 05:22 PM
The only wallahs I know are kulfi wallahs...and they sell Indian ice cream...:rolleyes:
I propose instead of the word master, we use some sort of slang term, such as: big boss, big cheese, etc.
I propose instead of the word master, we use some sort of slang term, such as: big boss, big cheese, etc.
Weedpacket
02-27-2005, 07:29 PM
Originally posted by Merve
The only wallahs I know are kulfi wallahs...and they sell Indian ice cream...:rolleyes: Exactly my point: "kulfi" is Indian ice cream. A kulfi wallah is someone employed in the Indian ice cream business. I just thought that it was unnecessary to translate the occupation.
The only wallahs I know are kulfi wallahs...and they sell Indian ice cream...:rolleyes: Exactly my point: "kulfi" is Indian ice cream. A kulfi wallah is someone employed in the Indian ice cream business. I just thought that it was unnecessary to translate the occupation.
bubblenut
02-28-2005, 03:53 AM
Well, I for one am a big wallah cheesy web boss.
Elizabeth
02-28-2005, 12:14 PM
I was going to suggest Webinatrix, but then I thought twice :)
I guess that's where Dishwalla got their name - thanks Weed I never knew that.
<--- considers adding the phrase "Thanks, Weed, I never knew that" to her list of standard phrases...
I guess that's where Dishwalla got their name - thanks Weed I never knew that.
<--- considers adding the phrase "Thanks, Weed, I never knew that" to her list of standard phrases...
piersk
02-28-2005, 12:27 PM
Originally posted by Elizabeth
considers adding the phrase "Thanks, Weed, I never knew that" to her list of standard phrases...
Can we see a list of these standard phrases. I for one would be interested to see this
considers adding the phrase "Thanks, Weed, I never knew that" to her list of standard phrases...
Can we see a list of these standard phrases. I for one would be interested to see this
BuzzLY
02-28-2005, 12:28 PM
You have a standard list of phrases?
[edit]Wait, I remember... but she used to refer to her phrases by number <reminisces>
[edit]Wait, I remember... but she used to refer to her phrases by number <reminisces>
rpanning
02-28-2005, 03:51 PM
LMAO, this got way off topic but hey, it's funny. I must see this standard list of phrases.
BuzzLY
02-28-2005, 03:53 PM
It's not that far off topic. Betsy is pretty much the Webinatrix of the Lounge, what with her PFL and all...
piersk
02-28-2005, 04:38 PM
Ahhh, the PFL... that brings back some good memories ;)
Elizabeth
02-28-2005, 07:09 PM
Originally posted by piersk
Ahhh, the PFL... that brings back some good memories ;) Gee, I haven't had to whip out the ol' PFL in so long, I wonder if it still works!
As far as the standard phrases (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10254699&perpage=15&highlight=standard%20phrase&pagenumber=2) go, I believe I was able to condense many of my PHPBuilder ones into one, which has since become #473 - "Bite me, $username". :)
Ahhh, the PFL... that brings back some good memories ;) Gee, I haven't had to whip out the ol' PFL in so long, I wonder if it still works!
As far as the standard phrases (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10254699&perpage=15&highlight=standard%20phrase&pagenumber=2) go, I believe I was able to condense many of my PHPBuilder ones into one, which has since become #473 - "Bite me, $username". :)
dalecosp
02-28-2005, 11:01 PM
Originally posted by Elizabeth
#473 - "Bite me, $username". :) Hrm, still coding for globals="ON"??
Just a troll to see whether it's PFL or SP for me this time....
#473 - "Bite me, $username". :) Hrm, still coding for globals="ON"??
Just a troll to see whether it's PFL or SP for me this time....
BuzzLY
02-28-2005, 11:27 PM
Gee, I haven't had to whip out the ol' PFL in so long, I wonder if it still works!It only works if people respect it... and that bird flew the coop long ago ;)
As far as the standard phrases (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10254699&perpage=15&highlight=standard%20phrase&pagenumber=2) go, I believe I was able to condense many of my PHPBuilder ones into one, which has since become #473 - "Bite me, $username". :) :eek: I thought you had that one reserved for me! I feel so ... insignifcant.
As far as the standard phrases (http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10254699&perpage=15&highlight=standard%20phrase&pagenumber=2) go, I believe I was able to condense many of my PHPBuilder ones into one, which has since become #473 - "Bite me, $username". :) :eek: I thought you had that one reserved for me! I feel so ... insignifcant.
Elizabeth
02-28-2005, 11:30 PM
Originally posted by dalecosp
Just a troll to see whether it's PFL or SP for me this time.... SP? Super Pickle? Oh don't worry, I save that for the "free ipod" posters.
Just a troll to see whether it's PFL or SP for me this time.... SP? Super Pickle? Oh don't worry, I save that for the "free ipod" posters.
Elizabeth
02-28-2005, 11:33 PM
Originally posted by BuzzLY
:eek: I thought you had that one reserved for me! I feel so ... insignifcant. Actually, if you recall, twas you who originally made the suggestion:
Originally posted by Buzzly
Originally posted by piersk
Wow! A new phrase. What number is that?
Are you kidding? It's standard phrase #462. Actually, it's
echo "Bite me, $username"
They say the mind's the first to go...
:eek: I thought you had that one reserved for me! I feel so ... insignifcant. Actually, if you recall, twas you who originally made the suggestion:
Originally posted by Buzzly
Originally posted by piersk
Wow! A new phrase. What number is that?
Are you kidding? It's standard phrase #462. Actually, it's
echo "Bite me, $username"
They say the mind's the first to go...
BuzzLY
02-28-2005, 11:38 PM
They say the mind's the first to go...
$username = "Lizzie";
echo $phrase[462];
Now where's my fru-fru drink?
$username = "Lizzie";
echo $phrase[462];
Now where's my fru-fru drink?
Elizabeth
02-28-2005, 11:42 PM
/me passes the little umbrella drink down to Buzzly
/me smacks gb's hand as he tries to swipe a swig on the way by
/me sips her Killian's and wonders what the hell this thread was originally about.
/me smacks gb's hand as he tries to swipe a swig on the way by
/me sips her Killian's and wonders what the hell this thread was originally about.
dalecosp
03-01-2005, 01:03 AM
/me sips her Killian's and wonders what the hell this thread was originally about."Webmistresses".
Webmistresses. So, it's all about you, anyway. What else is new? A bunch of old geeks harassing the only geekgirl who'll give the time of day to make a post...
Heh, feels like old times (especially since Buzz is involved, and used that nickname you hate.)SP? Super Pickle? Oh don't worry, I save that for the "free ipod" posters.Umm, "Standard Phrase". One of your two queenly tools of recrimination and punishment.
"Super Pickle"? You probably shouldn't have revealed that. Although, it was a neat/cute toy. I think my wife had one back in college or high school; probably out in storage now.
All right, you ... over there ... get your mind out of the gutter! It was a cartoon character!!!! (iirc)
Webmistresses. So, it's all about you, anyway. What else is new? A bunch of old geeks harassing the only geekgirl who'll give the time of day to make a post...
Heh, feels like old times (especially since Buzz is involved, and used that nickname you hate.)SP? Super Pickle? Oh don't worry, I save that for the "free ipod" posters.Umm, "Standard Phrase". One of your two queenly tools of recrimination and punishment.
"Super Pickle"? You probably shouldn't have revealed that. Although, it was a neat/cute toy. I think my wife had one back in college or high school; probably out in storage now.
All right, you ... over there ... get your mind out of the gutter! It was a cartoon character!!!! (iirc)
jayant
03-01-2005, 05:19 AM
Originally posted by Weedpacket
Exactly my point: "kulfi" is Indian ice cream. A kulfi wallah is someone employed in the Indian ice cream business. I just thought that it was unnecessary to translate the occupation.
man!!! where did you get to learn all these hindi words??? you folks started to learn hindi.
koi madad chahiye ho to bata dena :D
just as the teaboy is called a charwallah
chai-wallah
Exactly my point: "kulfi" is Indian ice cream. A kulfi wallah is someone employed in the Indian ice cream business. I just thought that it was unnecessary to translate the occupation.
man!!! where did you get to learn all these hindi words??? you folks started to learn hindi.
koi madad chahiye ho to bata dena :D
just as the teaboy is called a charwallah
chai-wallah
piersk
03-01-2005, 06:18 AM
Jayant!! You're back!
jayant
03-01-2005, 06:25 AM
yeah...
get ready for the damage!!! :D
get ready for the damage!!! :D
Elizabeth
03-01-2005, 09:46 AM
Originally posted by dalecosp
A bunch of old geeks harassing the only geekgirl who'll give the time of day to make a post... Funny, I thought it was the other way around :)
Hey Jayant, my birthday buddy - glad to have you back around!
A bunch of old geeks harassing the only geekgirl who'll give the time of day to make a post... Funny, I thought it was the other way around :)
Hey Jayant, my birthday buddy - glad to have you back around!
BuzzLY
03-01-2005, 11:11 AM
Yeah, dalecosp, I thought you knew her better than that! Just keep your back to the wall and your head on a swivel, and you just MIGHT save yourself from a LARTing.
She'll give you more than the time of day, if you're not careful. I mean... she IS a woman, so if you ask her for the time of day, you're liable to know how much her mother complains about the cold weather this time of year, and what her baby had for dinner 3 nights ago.
<runs away and hides in the corner>
She'll give you more than the time of day, if you're not careful. I mean... she IS a woman, so if you ask her for the time of day, you're liable to know how much her mother complains about the cold weather this time of year, and what her baby had for dinner 3 nights ago.
<runs away and hides in the corner>
dalecosp
03-01-2005, 01:52 PM
She'll give you more than the time of day, if you're not careful. I mean... she IS a woman, so if you ask her for the time of day, you're liable to know how much her mother complains about the cold weather this time of year, and what her baby had for dinner 3 nights ago.Well, we've never discussed her mother, but we talk about our (um, her kids, my kids, not the same kids, well, duh, whatever) kids quite a bit. And I'm not overly afraid of the LARTing, after all, I'm married, and my wife's LART is pretty dad-gummed accurate and can sting quite well, I'm afraid. God didn't give women superior linguistic wiring so they could simply blab on about life details ... they'll put you in your place if you cross 'em wrong, too.
Plus, anyone can find out some of that stuff now that she's blogging. Need to go check that out again soon...
yeah...
get ready for the damage!!!Hee, hee. Glad to hear from ya as well. Now, what new EL mayhem are we contemplating currently?
Plus, anyone can find out some of that stuff now that she's blogging. Need to go check that out again soon...
yeah...
get ready for the damage!!!Hee, hee. Glad to hear from ya as well. Now, what new EL mayhem are we contemplating currently?
Elizabeth
03-01-2005, 02:54 PM
Originally posted by BuzzLY
She'll give you more than the time of day, if you're not careful. I mean... she IS a woman, so if you ask her for the time of day, you're liable to know how much her mother complains about the cold weather this time of year, and what her baby had for dinner 3 nights ago.
<runs away and hides in the corner> And then I'll ***** at you for not listening.
/me hands Buzz a broom and tells him to make himself useful while he's hiding in the corner.
Originally posted by dalecosp
God didn't give women superior linguistic wiring so they could simply blab on about life details... He didn't? Uh-oh. Great, now what am I gonna talk about?
/me runs off to buy an encyclopedia
She'll give you more than the time of day, if you're not careful. I mean... she IS a woman, so if you ask her for the time of day, you're liable to know how much her mother complains about the cold weather this time of year, and what her baby had for dinner 3 nights ago.
<runs away and hides in the corner> And then I'll ***** at you for not listening.
/me hands Buzz a broom and tells him to make himself useful while he's hiding in the corner.
Originally posted by dalecosp
God didn't give women superior linguistic wiring so they could simply blab on about life details... He didn't? Uh-oh. Great, now what am I gonna talk about?
/me runs off to buy an encyclopedia
Weedpacket
03-01-2005, 11:02 PM
Originally posted by jayant
man!!! where did you get to learn all these hindi words??? you folks started to learn hindi. Um, episodes of It Ain't Half Hot, Mum, to be honest.
It seems I'm not the only one who has had this idea. I was in a class today getting my first aid recertification, and someone mentioned being made "OSHwallah" - law says every workplace needs one for every fifteen staff.
man!!! where did you get to learn all these hindi words??? you folks started to learn hindi. Um, episodes of It Ain't Half Hot, Mum, to be honest.
It seems I'm not the only one who has had this idea. I was in a class today getting my first aid recertification, and someone mentioned being made "OSHwallah" - law says every workplace needs one for every fifteen staff.
jayant
03-02-2005, 01:23 AM
Originally posted by Weedpacket
Um, episodes of It Ain't Half Hot, Mum, to be honest.
It seems I'm not the only one who has had this idea. I was in a class getting my first aid recertification, and someone mentioned being made "OSHwallah" - law says every workplace needs one for every fifteen staff.
kewl!!!
Um, episodes of It Ain't Half Hot, Mum, to be honest.
It seems I'm not the only one who has had this idea. I was in a class getting my first aid recertification, and someone mentioned being made "OSHwallah" - law says every workplace needs one for every fifteen staff.
kewl!!!
Merve
03-05-2005, 10:03 PM
And now a really OT story about wallahs: Travelling in India once, I stopped at a place owned by, for lack of a better term, a milkshake-wallah. I had a strawberry milkshake. It was delicious. What it did to my intestines wasn't delicious.
The lesson: Don't fill a genetically Indian stomach raised on a Western and Indian diet with Western-inspired food made from Indian-grown ingredients.
And now back on topic: We should've made this a poll. That way, we could've seen who's in favour of webmaster, who's in favour of webmistress, and who's in favour of neither (and who doesn't care).
Speaking of polls, we haven't seen one for a long, long time...they seemed to have gone out of fashion...:D
Speaking of LARTing, we haven't had victims in a long time...in fact, we haven't had many n00bs to rant about for a long time...BTW, what happened to the PEBoD (and what happened to PEBoDMyAdmin...hey wait, that was my idea!)
The lesson: Don't fill a genetically Indian stomach raised on a Western and Indian diet with Western-inspired food made from Indian-grown ingredients.
And now back on topic: We should've made this a poll. That way, we could've seen who's in favour of webmaster, who's in favour of webmistress, and who's in favour of neither (and who doesn't care).
Speaking of polls, we haven't seen one for a long, long time...they seemed to have gone out of fashion...:D
Speaking of LARTing, we haven't had victims in a long time...in fact, we haven't had many n00bs to rant about for a long time...BTW, what happened to the PEBoD (and what happened to PEBoDMyAdmin...hey wait, that was my idea!)
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