I believe they're called graduate students.

If you do any business in Asia at all, especially in Japan, it will be extraordinarily awkward for you if you get rid of your business cards. You will come across as someone who doesn't know their business culture, or--depending on how well known your company is there, and how often you work in Japan--as someone who just doens't care that you're being rude. The exchange of business cards is a ritual, in which you carefully present your business card to your new colleague, and an exchange takes place. This is a key part of introducing yourself. The first time I went to Japan, I didn't bring enough. It was absolutely mortifying to run out halfway through the trip, because you exchange business cards with absolutely everyone you meet. I went as my organization's representative, as we were participating in an international exhibition. I had to exchange cards with my translator, my escort, the representative from the newspaper sponsor, the multiple representatives from the airline our cargo was transported on, the customs brokers we worked with--and that's before I even met the people who work in my field! I went through 40 business cards in two days. When I got back, I mailed cards to those people who hadn't gotten one. I've found that this level of exchange also holds true when working with China, Cambodia, and Thailand. As for the idea that they're useless--I disagree. When I get back from one of these trips, I take a photo of the business card and upload it to Evernote, along with a note of on which trip and project that person was part of. Eventually Evernote gets around to OCR'ing the text in the card. I now have a record of everyone I've met through work which is mine. Not my employer's, mine, that I can take with me if I leave to go somewhere else.

I have the Sony Touch 6" model, and while it definitely has its limitations, I don't understand why it isn't taken more seriously. (IE, all I ever hear about are the Kindle, the Nook, and the iPad.) It allows the most freedom in terms of format and purchasing--it does not require DRM. New books (not in the public domain) from the Sony bookstore have DRM, but you don't have to buy something from the Sony Bookstore. I can shop somewhere else, download from Google Books, or fill it up with research PDFs. As long as it's in ePub, PDF, TXT, rich text, or BBeB I'm good. Because there are multiple places I can go to in addition to Sony's Reader Store (Kobo, Fictionwise, etc) there's no problem if one store gets in a spat with a publisher. I can go to another store that isn't fighting with them. Also, and importantly in my view, Sony is not tracking what I put on the e-reader. (The big exception is again things purchased through the Sony Reader Store--which I don't really use.) There won't be any instances like Amazon's deletion of 1984, because the Sony software is set up to not have this kind of interface with its store. While e-readers have a long way to go, this was a good investment for me because I travel for work a lot. If you think it's worth it right now (for me it was), look at the Sony models. They're the most flexible available made by a reputable company. That said, I'm hoping the technology moves along quickly as it'd be nice to have color in something smaller than an iPad.

The ratio of male to female golddiggers has much more to do with the fact that men make much more than women on average than any sort of inability in women to focus on anything other than looks and man-hunting. If men were paid less than women, the situation would reverse.

Does being at the top of the geek game seriously require the lack of a 15 minute shower or a 10 minute trip to the washer/dryer for laundry? Isn't there some sort of larger personality issue involved there?

I question the approach of books like this. The underlying assumption here, whether or not the reviewer agrees with me, is that women will use a computer differently. But from what's described, that's not what's in this book. Most people, men and women, need the exact same things out of their computer. (Internet, word processing, basic tasks--I'm not including gaming because I think most people not slashdot readers have use a X-box/Playstation/Wii for that these days.) These same people don't want to spend a lot of time doing what's in the setup part of the book. The extra chapters on social networking and keeping children safe online are again concepts that everyone needs. Keeping that embarrassing photo of you at last year's party (LAN or not!) private is universal. I would honestly get a female friend a book that was NOT specifically geared towards women. (God help my boyfriend if he ever gives me this!) At least I would know that it would have sound advice without all the "Gee, you're female, so this must be a Brave New World for you" marketing/targeting. The debate about the lack of women in computer science/tech/geek is separate from this. The book here is meant to get women who are non-computer literate adults able to set up a wireless connection and accessing their Facebook account safely at home. There's quite simply more to being geeky than that. If women are interested something, we'll look into it--just like men do. (As a final note, I'm sure this book will sell very well--not because it's a valid idea, but because it's an easy way to look thoughtful.)