> 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.


-C

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Craig Latta
improvisational musical informaticist
www.netjam.org
Smalltalkers do: [:it | All with: Class, (And love: it)]