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Re: 'Geek' image scares women away from tech industry ? The Register

Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@gmail.com> Mon, 30 April 2012 17:04 UTC

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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:03:57 -0800
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On 4/30/12 7:33 AM, Riccardo Bernardini wrote:
> So it seems (by this anecdotal and very limited evidence) that
 > [ ... ]

So it seems to me that when in possession of only anecdotal,
limited evidence that it might be a good idea to acquire more
evidence before drawing conclusions.

Melinda

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