Am 03.07.2008 um 20:32 schrieb Craig Latta:

>
> > Hehe - but it's the very definition of geeks/nerds to lack "social
> > skills", they have a hard time doing small talk, they feel chatting
> > about irrelevant things is a waste of time. Hence the word has a
> > negative taste in these circles. And the percentage of them among
> > computer professional is higher than average.
>
>     Heh, that may also be true, but I wasn't talking about those  
> people. :)  And I'm not saying that striking up a conversation with  
> people about superficial things isn't an important skill, I'm saying  
> that most people, geeks or otherwise, find it annoying and would  
> prefer to engage in meaningful discussion. Surely the geeks here can  
> find plenty of URLs to support this. :)
>
>     But apparently we disagree, probably best to leave it there. :)  
> I've spoken my peace: "Smalltalk" is an awful name.


How does "Squeak" stack up then?

*ducks and runs*

- Bert -