You know you're a geek when........

[money2themax]

Exactly. He is moving on to the alpha before work on it has even started.well i guess we have to have somebody do the alpha tests and if anybody is more qualified its Frak

[Frak]

well i guess we have to have somebody do the alpha tests and if anybody is more qualified its Frak
Wait for it... wait for it... wait... for... it...










Yep, it broke...

[NightwishFan]

Wait for it... wait for it... wait... for... it...










Yep, it broke...

:lolflag:

[jakupl]

HAHAHA LOL!!!!

well... should I do the same on a different partition... how would it behave at this point?

[money2themax]

Wait for it... wait for it... wait... for... it...










Yep, it broke...yeah alphas are guaranteed to break on a daily basis or hourly depending on your lever of tinkering

[Frak]

yeah alphas are guaranteed to break on a daily basis or hourly depending on your lever of tinkering
It fixed itself for a minute there.

At least I think it did.

[money2themax]

yeah i'm upgrading now but it won't be done for a while [i'm done getting the stuff to install now it's moving on to the actual installation]

[Duskblade]

You know you're a geek when you use the words "party" and "computer" in the same sentence when talking about your weekend.

[Kopachris]

Actually, the 10 types of people in the world are the ones who know trinary, the ones who don't, and the ones who mistake it for binary.
10 types of people in the world: those who know quaternary, those who don't, those who mistake it for trinary or binary, and those who have girlfriends/boyfriends.:)

You know you're a geek when people get mad at you for holding up your index and middle fingers and say, "we have this many minutes left until the bell rings." It's 6 minutes, but they think it's two.;) Your fingers can be up or down, 1 or 0, why not make use of it?

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when people get mad at you for holding up your index and middle fingers and say, "we have this many minutes left until the bell rings." It's 6 minutes, but they think it's two.;) Your fingers can be up or down, 1 or 0, why not make use of it?

I never learned how to count like that. Who wants to teach me? o.o

[scragar]

I never learned how to count like that. Who wants to teach me? o.o

it's easy, I do it all the time. You just add up your fingers values:
left hand
little finger = 1
ring finger = 2
middle = 4
index = 8
thumb = 16
right hand
little finger = 32
ring finger = 64
middle = 128
index = 256
thumb = 512

eg: 310 = 256+32+16+4+2 = left ring finger+left middle+left thumb + rught little+right index.

Highest number you can reach on your hands in this way is 1023, although once you've learnt to count this way it becomes hard to downgrade to the normal method of counting, where 1 finger always repesnts 1, this method after all is 102 times better in terms of range...

[popch]

Highest number you can reach on your hands in this way is 1023, although once you've learnt to count this way it becomes hard to downgrade to the normal method of counting, where 1 finger always repesnts 1, this method after all is 102 times better in terms of range...

Then, there are still the toes.

[scragar]

Then, there are still the toes.

I don't think my toes like counting binary, they tend not to be all that good at moving seperatly...


On a side note, why don't we count in a different base normaly? The Mayans counted in base5, roman, Japanese and the Chinese used to count using biquinary(which is a combo of base 2 and base 5 to allow for base 10 comparisons while still allowing for base 5)...

[popch]

On a side note, why don't we count in a different base normaly? The Mayans counted in base5, roman, Japanese and the Chinese used to count using biquinary(which is a combo of base 2 and base 5 to allow for base 10 comparisons while still allowing for base 5)...

The Romans could not be said to be counting in any particular 'base'. Their notation for numbers lacked a few very essential concepts and was not all that useful for any kind of calculations.

There used to be civilisations which used twelve, sixty and three-hundred-and-sixty as bases. Some residues of those number systems are still with us.

I don't think anyone knows why base ten (0..9) prevailed. That system is certainly not superior to base twelve. It mght be superior to base 7 or 11, though.

[GepettoBR]

Thanks a lot, scragar! This'll take some getting used to.

[gwoodard]

i see i should wait until the "First Release" bugs are worked out. is that what your saying?

yes

You know you're when: your teacher wakes you up and asks if you were asleep, you say no, I was in screensaver mode

[GepettoBR]

Did you actually say that? Huge lulz from the rest of the class I bet o.o

[tech9]

... you dream about code - programming

[Jmania]

you salivate at the command line.

[money2themax]

10 types of people in the world: those who know quaternary, those who don't, those who mistake it for trinary or binary, and those who have girlfriends/boyfriends.:)

You know you're a geek when people get mad at you for holding up your index and middle fingers and say, "we have this many minutes left until the bell rings." It's 6 minutes, but they think it's two.;) Your fingers can be up or down, 1 or 0, why not make use of it? i wish i knew binary by heart

[popch]

i wish i knew binary by heart-

Repeat solemnly after me:

one - two - four - eight - sixteen --- 32 - 64 - 128 - 256 - 512

(repeat until I tell you to stop).

(yawn) Good night, I'm off to bed.

[money2themax]

-

Repeat solemnly after me:

one - two - four - eight - sixteen --- 32 - 64 - 128 - 256 - 512

(repeat until I tell you to stop).

(yawn) Good night, I'm off to bed.
so is 2 times the previous number thats simple as hell

[Barrucadu]

Yes, it is just two times the previous number. Much like in decimal, it is just ten times the previous number: 1, 10, 100, 1000, etc.

[scragar]

if your learning binary the only thing you really need to know is the powers of 2 till around 1,024(2^10 - note that 10 fingers counts till 1023, 1 bellow the next power of 2, 1 is 2^0 :P)


personaly I know a little more...(1,2,4,8,16,32,64,1228,256,512,1024,2048,40 96,8192,16384,32768,65536 is about where I need to start working it out again, once over I could count another 10+ numbers...)

[gwoodard]

Did you actually say that? Huge lulz from the rest of the class I bet o.o

No, I thought it would be funny

[DMK62]

When you consider reading the previous 2000 + posts and for fun convert all the answers to octal

[iPodAddict181]

you know youre a geek when...

instead of using the eraser of your pencil, you write "clear" in hope that the paper is a command line

[chaosfactor10]

You know youre a geek....
when you wish you had a hearthstone
when you google dating tips
when your sister bys your clothes (ok i sound realy bad with that one)
when everyone else is dodling cartoons and your writing pc component lists

[talsemgeest]

when you google dating tips
when everyone else is dodling cartoons and your writing pc component lists
How did you know!?

[sci-fi guy]

...when you google dating tips


Why? That sort of thing is for people who date.

[Joeb454]

It's just in case date's ever happen :)

And in response to the binary sub-thread ;) I know it up to 65536 too :)

[twin_57103]

really i wanna know where you get some of those [cat = walking static electricity conductor]

Sorry, didn't get back to this thread for a while (busy seeing how many distros I can get going simultaneously on an old P3)...the air filters came built into the case (Enermax Chakra). Makes the high-end computer case worth it :)

...when your idea of entertainment is seeing how many distros you can get going on a computer (bonus geek points if it's 500 MHz or less)

...if you can use 2 mice on 2 separate computers simultaneously (a mouse in each hand).

[money2themax]

...when your idea of entertainment is seeing how many distros you can get going on a computer (bonus geek points if it's 500 MHz or less)

I have a pavilion thats a 444mHz with 192MB of RAM and it ran SuSE 10.1 perfectly fine on 10GB HDD [space was a a premium as you can no doubt tell]

[LaRoza]

i wish i knew binary by heart

1 and 0

[scragar]

yeah, you know your a geek when:
you know binary to anything over 1024 (or even how to work that out).
You have more than 4 desktop enviroments installed, even though you have less Operating systems tham that.
someone asks you for your weight and you answer in newtons.

[Dark Hornet]

you know your a geek when your on a friend's flippin' Windows box at the moment, and you realize that the middle mouse button won't paste!!!! Argh, that is so maddening!

Darkhornet

[scragar]

you know your a geek when your on a friend's flippin' Windows box at the moment, and you realize that the middle mouse button won't paste!!!! Argh, that is so maddening!

Darkhornet

I keep trying that on windows, drives me nuts. Absolute worst part of using a windows computer though is that nothing to be done repeatedly can be fixed by writing a shell script to be run as required, since windows has such little respect for the power of a command line.

[money2themax]

I keep trying that on windows, drives me nuts. Absolute worst part of using a windows computer though is that nothing to be done repeatedly can be fixed by writing a shell script to be run as required, since windows has such little respect for the power of a command line.
Forget dogs CLI is man's [Geek's] best friend

[popch]

so is 2 times the previous number thats simple as hell

Of course it's simple. How else could computers do it?

Now to the next step. In order to convert a number to its binary notation, find the largest power of two (that's one of the numbers you memorised above) which is not greater than your number. Subtract that power of two from your number and write down a '1' (that's the digit). If the next smaller power of two is greater than the remainder, write down a '0' to the right of what you've written so far, otherwise subtract that from the remainder and write down a '1'. Repeat until there are no more powers of two left.

Voila. Here you are. A binary number, especially made for you.

[dmacdonald111]

You know you're a geek when you find out you can create your own distribution of linux, and set about ruining your computer setups to get it 'just right'.

[corney91]

you know youre a geek when...

instead of using the eraser of your pencil, you write "clear" in hope that the paper is a command line

I write 'alias scribble='clear $1' at the top of my page :p

[LaRoza]

You know you're a geet when you find out you can create your own distribution of linux, and set about ruining your computer setups to get it 'just right'.

I am glad I am not a "geet" then. A geek would use a virtual machine for testing.

[GepettoBR]

you know you're a geek when you realize you've ended up doing tech support for your girlfriend's entire family (including aunts, uncles, grandparents and the dog) and after only a few months they all run one distro or another of GNU/Linux, except her brother who needs AutoCAD for work.

[ricky_cullen]

you know your a geek when you have read 200+ pages of "You know your a geek when......."

you have written an essay on linus torvalds

the song white and nerdy by wierd AL discribes you to a tee

you can quotes Pure Pwnage (gamers only or at lest i think so)

[LaRoza]

you know your a geek when you have read 200+ pages of "You know your a geek when......."


You know when you are a geek when everytime someone writes "read <current number> pages of You Know you are a geek..." you cringe, as it happens too often on this thread.

[MONODA]

You know when you are a geek when everytime someone writes "read <current number> pages of You Know you are a geek..." you cringe, as it happens too often on this thread.
LOL!

You know when you are a geek when everytime someone writes "read <current number> pages of You Know you are a geek..." you cringe, as it happens too often on this thread.
beat me to it!

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you have a lot of fun reading this article (http://splasho.com/blog/maxwell-thermodynamics-meets-the-demon/) and decide that your life goal is now to break the Second Law of Thermodynamics by creating a computer with infinite memory space.

[Kopachris]

You know youre a geek....
when everyone else is dodling cartoons and your writing pc component lists
Dang you!
Another note on the "just double the previous number...Wow that's easy" and the "Of course it's easy, how else could computers do it". Technically, computers can't do it. The ones and zeros are just pulse-on or pulse-off in the transistors. Those pulses being on or off mean nothing without software to turn on-on-off-on to 1101 to 13 to [insert random instruction here]. Scientists are experimenting with other types of computing, such as quantum computing, which uses particles that can have 4 spin states (0,1,2,3) instead of just off or on. Another that they're working on works in about the same way that neurons connect in brains. Instead of using distinct particles (electrons), they use waveforms (still electrons, but using some quantum mechanics mumbo jumbo) going through the entire circuit, through every connection, bypassing broken connections. Imagine having a video processor with the size and flexibility of a handkerchief! You know you're a geek when you enjoy reading "Nanocosm" by William Atkinson. sudo read --book Nanocosm

[sci-fi guy]

Yep, it broke...

Now it is broken.X isn't working. Is it likely to resolve after a round of updates or should I re-install (or can I do a downgrade)?

[DBrocks]

You hit the Pipe key (|) instead of "P"

[popch]

Of course it's easy, how else could computers do it". Technically, computers can't do it.

My computer not only can do it, it does do it, as does yours. They spend some of the time converting representations of decimal numbers into representations of binary numbers, and they have a whole battery of instructions to perform calculation on those binary numbers.

It does not matter at all if they do it with electrical charges, ultrasonic pulses in mercury or hot air.

And then, the point is not actually relevant to the posts you quoted because they just explained how to arrive at binary numbers. Manually, that is.

[money2themax]

1 = open/yes
0 = closed/no

[talsemgeest]

You know you're a geek when you enjoy reading "Nanocosm" by William Atkinson. sudo read --book Nanocosm
When you type that in the terminal and it actually works...

[coyote._.solitario]

... you can help an absolutely noob setting up a wifi router only by telling what steps to take.... and it works

... you reed this thread saturdays till 3 in the morning and enjoying it more than going out

... you have more messenger contacts than friends

... you prefer linux and get everything running without a problem

[The_Shock_Master]

Yep, definately have more messenger contacts then friends.... But I thought that was normal? Does that mean I am an uber geek? Oh, and I also prefer Linux, and didn't know there actually was problems in getting things going.

[GepettoBR]

Yep, definately have more messenger contacts then friends.... But I thought that was normal? Does that mean I am an uber geek? Oh, and I also prefer Linux, and didn't know there actually was problems in getting things going.

Depending on your hardware/packages/random chance, there can be tons of problems or none at all. In Gutsy, I had a hard time getting my wireless going but the rest worked fine, except for the eventual breaking of GRUB when I tinkered with my partition tables. Since I upgraded to Hardy, wireless works better OOTB than even in Windows with the supplied drivers (where I get disconnected all the time - Hardy has 100% uptime) but Firefox crashes X, Tux Racer crashes X, ATITVOUT crashes X, X crashes X and scratching my ear crashes X. Oh, and Compiz is boinked, which makes it not work - and crash X.

Gotta love upgrades. At least Hardy has an awesome wallpaper.

As for preferring Linux, seriously - we're just right. Windows does stuff Linux doesn't because of all those proprietary WINE-unfriendly programs (a ton of which I use), but what they both do Hardy does with 1/2 of my CPU usage and 1/4 of RAM writing (this with swappiness all but disabled) and in spite of the aforementioned crashes, still runs smoother, boots faster and does my laundry.

[Frak]

Now it is broken.X isn't working. Is it likely to resolve after a round of updates or should I re-install (or can I do a downgrade)?
Downgrading involves using old packages (APT doesn't allow this unless the repos allow it). Basically, just replace all instances of Intrepid with Hardy and it should naturally downgrade back to stable.

Also, you might just want to put Intrepid on its own partition (share the /home partition if you have one) and update it every so often.

[Barrucadu]

You know you are a geek when you hide the appropriate geek code for yourself on your blog, as a treat for any other geeks who stumble upon it in their reading.

[CSquared]

You confuse the staff in Maplin (or whatever electronics/computer shops your country has)

I do this all the time. Of course, I'm also one of the staff at Maplin, but hey...

You know you're a geek when people you've never met start phoning you to ask for help with their computers - and you're not tech support.

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when people you've never met start phoning you to ask for help with their computers - and they're tech support.

[marty1011]

When you realize that all you talk about is computers and linux with your friends, when you start to read How To's or anything linux related whenever you access the net, when the teacher keeps ranting about some forgotten thing of past but your mind wonders back to your room where your computer is sitting on a table, when you stop going out with your friends just to troubleshoot problems of your computer, and when you get a kick out of solving complex mathematical problems.:lolflag:

[GepettoBR]

Doesn't everyone get a kick out of solving complex math problems?

[pricetech]

, still runs smoother, boots faster and does my laundry.

OK, I tried /dev/maytag and /dev/whirlpool but neither of those work. Throw me a bone.

[scragar]

you know your a geek when you wonder how they could convict reiser with nothing but circumstantial evidence, esspecialy when his behaviour isn't very far from your own(to me using a hose to clean mud of the floor of the car makes sense, why wouldn't they put a hole there? if your being investigated you want to read more about the police, if only to get a better understanding of what they can/can't do because no-one ever does...).

Petition anywhere?

[Barrucadu]

You know you're a geek when you use a tiling WM...

[The_Shock_Master]

you know your a geek when you wonder how they could convict reiser with nothing but circumstantial evidence, esspecialy when his behaviour isn't very far from your own(to me using a hose to clean mud of the floor of the car makes sense, why wouldn't they put a hole there? if your being investigated you want to read more about the police, if only to get a better understanding of what they can/can't do because no-one ever does...).

Petition anywhere?

Who what huh? Wha did I miss? Well of course police can convict anyone with circumstantial evidence. Look what happened to Damian, Jesse, and Jason.

[GepettoBR]

Wait, what are we talking about here? Who's Reiser?

The only Reiser I know is the filesystem.

[scragar]

Who what huh? Wha did I miss? Well of course police can convict anyone with circumstantial evidence. Look what happened to Damian, Jesse, and Jason.Wait, what are we talking about here? Who's Reiser?

The only Reiser I know is the filesystem.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/reiser-guilty-o.html

It's the guy who invented the file system, he was basically not believed because the behavior is not normal to those people. Certainly sounds suspicious, but definitely not 'beyond a shadow of a doubt' as the law demands.

[btolle]

You youngsters don't even know what a real geek knows:

0=naught and 1=not naught.

[tech9]

-

Repeat solemnly after me:

one - two - four - eight - sixteen --- 32 - 64 - 128 - 256 - 512

(repeat until I tell you to stop).

(yawn) Good night, I'm off to bed.


nice one - popcorn!

[GepettoBR]

What the hell, they can't lock him up just because he's a sociopath. They need evidence.

This is a perfect example of why a people's jury is the worst currently practiced form of criminal trial.

[scragar]

as I said, with what they said he did right after his wife disapeared it's all very suspect, but there is no concrete proof.

Remember the movie Psycho, the one where the persons stabbed in the shower?

Did you see her get stabbed?






Really think about it.









Real answer = no, there's just the knife, falling shower curtain, music and in the end the water flowing down the drain, yet it's rating got bumped up to an 18 in 4 countries because people thought they saw her get stabbed. This trial is just the same, no-one has any proof, yet the people are putting things together and filling in the blanks(based on their personal assumptions), then taking that as being the way things truly happened.

[old_geekster]

You know your a geek when you can only talk in acronyms; ROM, CPU, PSU, Mobo, CD, DVD, etc. Also, when your nickname is old_geekster. :)

[LaRoza]

Who what huh? Wha did I miss? Well of course police can convict anyone with circumstantial evidence. Look what happened to Damian, Jesse, and Jason.

The police can't convict anyone at all in the USA.


This is a perfect example of why a people's jury is the worst currently practiced form of criminal trial.

The jury right is in place because in places where it doesn't exist, there are worse problems. It is specifically stated in the US Constitution.

Also, he didn't have to have a jury trial if he didn't want one. Furthermore, he went against his lawyers wishes by testifying on the stand. He went against his lawyers advise and did something that most likely caused him to be convicted. The jury is made of people, and they were there in person.

He chose to have a jury, and he chose to take the stand.

[scragar]

The jury right is in place because in places where it doesn't exist, there are worse problems. It is specifically stated in the US Constitution.

Also, he didn't have to have a jury trial if he didn't want one. Furthermore, he went against his lawyers wishes by testifying on the stand. He went against his lawyers advise and did something that most likely caused him to be convicted. The jury is made of people, and they were there in person.

He chose to have a jury, and he chose to take the stand.

As much as I agree with you, when did a Jury of your peers become "a jury of pretty much anyone"? I'm not saying he had to be judged by 12 Uber geeks or something, but at least people who would understand how a person can see things in a different way to everyone else,

Trusting the opinion of a single Judge is always a bad idea(since with a Jury you have a choice of about 20, and with greater numbers comes a more balanced opinion.

Honestly, he wanted to take the stand to explain himself in some mistaken opinion that people would see it his way, trusting the opinion of other people has always been a bad idea in my opinion(Honestly, unless I give explicit instructions to a person I know will follow them I expect nothing)

[GepettoBR]

This trial is just the same, no-one has any proof, yet the people are putting things together and filling in the blanks(based on their personal assumptions), then taking that as being the way things truly happened.

That's exactly why (a) circumstancial evidence shouldn't stand alone as proof of anything and (b) a people's jury is not the best way to go - randomly selected people who have no proven ability to impartially judge a situation, or even any good will or a feeling of duty towards justice (especially since IIRC jury duty in the USA is obligatory for registered voters). There's no guarantee that they won't be swindled by the attorneys, unlike a battle-hardened judge.

The police can't convict anyone at all in the USA.



The jury right is in place because in places where it doesn't exist, there are worse problems. It is specifically stated in the US Constitution.

Also, he didn't have to have a jury trial if he didn't want one. Furthermore, he went against his lawyers wishes by testifying on the stand. He went against his lawyers advise and did something that most likely caused him to be convicted. The jury is made of people, and they were there in person.

He chose to have a jury, and he chose to take the stand.

His choosing it or not doesn't make it a less awful institution. Furthermore, there isn't a binary situation between "people's jury" and "no people's jury". There are many ways to judge a case, including a people's jury in which the members have to attend a short course beforehand so they can make a better-informed decision.
Saying the constitution mentions it isn't any argument either, since there have been numberless examples in the past of downright fascist Constitutions (Literally even, in Italy, Portugal and Spain). One way or another, subjectiveness will always be a barrier in criminal trial, and a people's jury is a way to protect defendants from the eventual biased judge, but all that effort falls down the drain simply because the jurors are, with exceptions, obviously, not prepared to decide.

[Frak]

as I said, with what they said he did right after his wife disapeared it's all very suspect, but there is no concrete proof.

Remember the movie Psycho, the one where the persons stabbed in the shower?

Did you see her get stabbed?






Really think about it.









Real answer = no, there's just the knife, falling shower curtain, music and in the end the water flowing down the drain, yet it's rating got bumped up to an 18 in 4 countries because people thought they saw her get stabbed. This trial is just the same, no-one has any proof, yet the people are putting things together and filling in the blanks(based on their personal assumptions), then taking that as being the way things truly happened.
It's like one big f***ed up mad-lib.

[money2themax]

ahh...the US judicial system at its best [i mean worst]

[The_Shock_Master]

The police can't convict anyone at all in the USA.



The jury right is in place because in places where it doesn't exist, there are worse problems. It is specifically stated in the US Constitution.

Also, he didn't have to have a jury trial if he didn't want one. Furthermore, he went against his lawyers wishes by testifying on the stand. He went against his lawyers advise and did something that most likely caused him to be convicted. The jury is made of people, and they were there in person.

He chose to have a jury, and he chose to take the stand.

So I said the wrong term, jury instead of police whatever, my point still stands, look what happened to Damian, Jessie and Jason

[Kopachris]

Watched a great episode of Voyager on Spike last night that seems to apply here...

[artir]

You know your a geek when you try to sudo apt-get install friends

You know your a über geek when you try to compile people from source like i do XDD

[The_Shock_Master]

sudo apt-get install better-g/f

[artir]

sudo apt-get install better-g/f

I did that yesterday, but it said "Unmet dependencies: non-geek guy" :( Now im trying to compile her from source...

[GepettoBR]

You know your a geek when you try to sudo apt-get install friends

You know your a über geek when you try to compile people from source like i do XDD

You know you're a world-class hypermode geek when you sudo apt-get remove friends job family because they interfere with your computer time.

[gwoodard]

You know you're a world-class hypermode geek when you sudo apt-get remove friends job family because they interfere with your computer time.

or sudo apt-get complete homework

(Algebra 2 AP) Really takes a toll on me

[money2themax]

Sudo apt-get real-life infinite-money

[The_Shock_Master]

I did that yesterday, but it said "Unmet dependencies: non-geek guy" :( Now im trying to compile her from source...

sudo apt-get remove pocket_protector

[jerzydirtracer]

You know when you are a geek when you have all manly racing stickers on your truck and right on the end where everyone can see is a "Ubuntu" Linux sticker.

[jlo-nypr]

You find it more natural to count 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 than 1,2,3,4,5,6..
The most physical part of your day is gowing up and down the stairs, getting more coke
Your chair has over time grown into a perfect replica of your ***
Somebody yells at you, and you're desperately looking for the "mute"-button

You find it more natural to count binary on your fingers to 1 k.:KS

[jjthomas]

wget megamillions.2008may09.tar.gz
tar -xvzf megamillions.2008may09.tar.gz
cd megamillions.2008may09
./configure --options winning_numbers
make
make install
# megamillions -winnums
predicting.....................done
4,21,46,53,54 Mega Ball = 26
#_


-JJ

[DrDaxxy]

You know you're a geek when you:
* got at least one static internet IP address at home
* and it's on a full 100-Mbit/s-connection or even 1Gbit/s
* and your computers have own domain names
* or you had that if it wasn't so expensive in your home
^-- that's me :(

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you blame your poor sports skills on having the wrong drivers for your limbs, so you write better drivers and modprobe them into your cerebellum. I did, and it's made me really better at tennis :guitar:

[Zephalie]

You know you're a geek when:

-your feet are propped up on energy drink cases
-your printer's paper tray doubles as a food and drink holder
-your nightmares involve Terminal errors
-you carry LiveCDs, USB sticks and cables around in your purse
-your ISP company's employees know you by name because you call and complain when they go offline all the time
-you've been sent to the office for repeatedly screwing with the website filtering programs
-you still do the above anyways
-your software/computer CDs far outnumber your music ones

[scragar]

You know you're a geek when:

-your feet are propped up on energy drink cases
false, that's a lie. It's collection of old pringles tubes held together with elastic bands.
-your printer's paper tray doubles as a food and drink holder
That's right.
-your nightmares involve Terminal errors
almost, they just involve compiling errors.
-you carry LiveCDs, USB sticks and cables around in your purse
not a purse, but in my pockets yeah, who doesn't carry around an Xubuntu liveCD and pendrive with portable apps/pendrive linux on?
-your ISP company's employees know you by name because you call and complain when they go offline all the time
I send them a log once a week demanding refunds, so far they've not paid up anything, but I'm gonna complain a bit more, see what I can get.
-you've been sent to the office for repeatedly screwing with the website filtering programs
and running liveCDs, people can get so scared of that.
-you still do the above anyways
guilty as charged
-your software/computer CDs far outnumber your music ones
by a ratio of around 50 to 1 :P

[Frak]

almost, they just involve compiling errors.

QUIT READING MY MIND!!!

I'm guessing you compile programs while you sleep too?
(Sorta like, out of site is out of mind?)

[The_Shock_Master]

Now if you tell me you are into BDSM I am proposing to you. lol

You know you're a geek when:

-your feet are propped up on energy drink cases
-your printer's paper tray doubles as a food and drink holder
-your nightmares involve Terminal errors
-you carry LiveCDs, USB sticks and cables around in your purse
-your ISP company's employees know you by name because you call and complain when they go offline all the time
-you've been sent to the office for repeatedly screwing with the website filtering programs
-you still do the above anyways
-your software/computer CDs far outnumber your music ones

[jjthomas]

Now if you tell me you are into BDSM I am proposing to you. lol


I read BSOD.... Dang Windows computers at work.

How about, you know your a geek when you ask the IT department if you can get a computer loaded with Linux?

I gotten 6 "I wish", 2 "absolutely NOT!", a "Let me transfer to your companies IT department" (stupid outsourcing) and a final reply: company policy will not permit you to have a pet lynx in your cubical. :rolleyes: Whatever!

[talsemgeest]

I read BSOD.... Dang Windows computers at work.

How about, you know your a geek when you ask the IT department if you can get a computer loaded with Linux?

I gotten 6 "I wish", 2 "absolutely NOT!", a "Let me transfer to your companies IT department" (stupid outsourcing) and a final reply: company policy will not permit you to have a pet lynx in your cubical. :rolleyes: Whatever!
...When you put Linux on it anyway.

[Flicflak]

... it's the middle of the night and you have to be up at six (am!), but you can't resist tweaking the config files one more time, which leaves you with a screwed up MBR - and you know how to fix it!

... you realize that you understand everything in this thread.

:D

[MONODA]

You cant use your schools' computers to write reports because by the time you finish, you read over your paper and realize that there are random "x"'s and ":w"'s everywhere and a ":x" at the end ;).
whenever you see an entry in this thread that you dont think is true you get really pissed.

[Zephalie]

Another one for me:

-you FINALLY go to bed at 5:00 am and get up 20 minutes later because you can't sleep until your upgrades are done
-your upgrades are done so you have to tweak things before you're satisfied
-this involves further upgrades

[The_Shock_Master]

I read BSOD.... Dang Windows computers at work.

How about, you know your a geek when you ask the IT department if you can get a computer loaded with Linux?

I gotten 6 "I wish", 2 "absolutely NOT!", a "Let me transfer to your companies IT department" (stupid outsourcing) and a final reply: company policy will not permit you to have a pet lynx in your cubical. :rolleyes: Whatever!

No no no, not Blue Screen of Death. BDSM. Bondage Dominance Submission and Masochism, or the few other definition that some of the letters have, but it all equates to the same thing....... Beautiful!

[GepettoBR]

I thought it stood for "Bears Do Smell Moist!"

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek when you want your tombstone to read "Respawn in 9..."

[Frak]

You know you are a geek when you want your tombstone to read "Respawn in 9..."
lol, you have inspired me ;)

[Zephalie]

No no no, not Blue Screen of Death. BDSM. Bondage Dominance Submission and Masochism, or the few other definition that some of the letters have, but it all equates to the same thing....... Beautiful!I agree there's a definate art form to it. Have you seen any of the photos done by Mapplethorpe?

Oh and I have another few:

-the only time your computer is shut off and not immediately rebooted is during a power outage
-your computer space is a mess but your other rooms are clean because you simply don't use them
-you've found a comfortable way to sleep in your computer chair

[scragar]

-the only time your computer is shut off and not immediately rebooted is during a power outage
Does time taken to take out parts and upgrade them count in this?
-your computer space is a mess but your other rooms are clean because you simply don't use them
I use the bathroom and kitchen...
-you've found a comfortable way to sleep in your computer chair
I have a bed in the same room as the comp, I sleep there, can just about see monitor and reach keyboard without streching either, so it's not too bad a placement(took me half a month to get it all right :P)

[The_Shock_Master]

I agree there's a definate art form to it. Have you seen any of the photos done by Mapplethorpe?

Oh and I have another few:

-the only time your computer is shut off and not immediately rebooted is during a power outage
-your computer space is a mess but your other rooms are clean because you simply don't use them
-you've found a comfortable way to sleep in your computer chair

No, I can honestly say I have not seen any of those photos as I have never heard of Mapplethorpe, you will have to point me in the right direction.

[p_quarles]

No, I can honestly say I have not seen any of those photos as I have never heard of Mapplethorpe, you will have to point me in the right direction.
I'd suggest googling his name, since direct links would be very likely to break this forum's content rules.

Mapplethorpe's work is critically acclaimed, but is not usually "sfw." It was also at the center of a minor political scandal in the U.S., due to the fact that he received funding from the government (an arts advocacy agency). Many people saw this, at the time, as the U.S. financially backing immorality.

[money2themax]

I have a bed in the same room as the comp, I sleep there, can just about see monitor and reach keyboard without streching either, so it's not too bad a placement(took me half a month to get it all right :P)
my set up happened by accident

[keeler1]

You look at a clever math formula or program algorithm and think it is the most beutiful poetry you have ever read.
[/LIST]

I just saw the source code for strcpy yesterday. It was amazing. One line!

Well 3, but the other two dont actually do anything.

[LaRoza]

I just saw the source code for strcpy yesterday. It was amazing. One line!

Well 3, but the other two dont actually do anything.
This?

void strcopy(char *x,char *z){while(*x++ = *z++);}

[Zephalie]

Does time taken to take out parts and upgrade them count in this?

I use the bathroom and kitchen...

I have a bed in the same room as the comp, I sleep there, can just about see monitor and reach keyboard without streching either, so it's not too bad a placement(took me half a month to get it all right :P) Oh I wish I could do that, unfortunately I'm on a desktop and my room is too small for all my crap. Can't wait until later this month, I'm getting my new notebook.

Oh I've just configured my computer to run Ubuntu, Windows (damn Photoshop lol) and Linux Mint.

[Kopachris]

When you have a plan to win the Lunar X-Prize that involves your own Linux distro.

[sci-fi guy]

(damn Photoshop lol)

You know, WINE had a code-a-thon of sorts a few weeks back with the sole goal of getting fully compatible with Photoshop. CS is now 'Platinum', and CS2 is 'Gold'.

[Tomatz]

You are reading this page through Lynx :(

[The_Shock_Master]

You know, WINE had a code-a-thon of sorts a few weeks back with the sole goal of getting fully compatible with Photoshop. CS is now 'Platinum', and CS2 is 'Gold'.

CS? CS2?

[Mr A Mouse]

CS? CS2?

CS and CS2 are version numbers for Photoshop CS, which Adobe's marketing as part of their "Creative Suite."

[The_Shock_Master]

Ahh ty. I still say Gimp is better then photoshop any day Heck, OO drawing is better then photoshop.

[Mr A Mouse]

Heck, I can't get either one of them to work. The last time I tried to open the gimp, I got an error saying "Unresolved dependency: required package "artistic_talent" missing." :D

[scragar]

Heck, I can't get either one of them to work. The last time I tried to open the gimp, I got an error saying "Unresolved dependency: required package "artistic_talent" missing." :D

strange, that should be a suggested package not a dependency. Try installing it anyway, it's a part of the life-beyond-the-screen package.

[inportb]

... when you know, down to the letter, your unresolved dependencies.

You know, WINE had a code-a-thon of sorts a few weeks back with the sole goal of getting fully compatible with Photoshop. CS is now 'Platinum', and CS2 is 'Gold'.

Yep. The only thing they need to fix now is that annoying z-order bug. And hopefully get CS3 working:)

[Tomatz]

Heck, I can't get either one of them to work. The last time I tried to open the gimp, I got an error saying "Unresolved dependency: required package "artistic_talent" missing." :D

HeHe

[Mr A Mouse]

strange, that should be a suggested package not a dependency. Try installing it anyway, it's a part of the life-beyond-the-screen package.

I tried to find that package on the server ... no luck.

Wonder why? :lolflag:

[ibuclaw]

You know you're a geek when you get barred from PCWorld for getting caught messing in the commandline of the Asus EeePC...
I only removed the horrible Windows Style Bar with a better one...
...
Then removed the Anti-Virus App (Why! Oh for heaven sake why would the end-user need it?)...
...
Then Installed the newest 2.6.25 Kernel on it... (The display models had no passwords put in, so I changed the sudoers file and I was off!).

Although, I only told them that I was looking at the lspci spec. They didn't have a clue what I was on about, but knew it must have involved some form of sourcecode or compiling...

It turns out the EeePC is part of the American Megatrends Family of Motherboards...:popcorn:
kudos to ASUS!

Iain

[scragar]

I tried to find that package on the server ... no luck.

Wonder why? :lolflag:

Have you enabled the irl (in real life) repository?
deb http://xx.archive.ubuntu.com/irl/ dist universe (doesn't work btw :P)

[Mr A Mouse]

Have you enabled the irl (in real life) repository?
deb http://xx.archive.ubuntu.com/irl/ dist universe

I tried. The repository evidently insists that the user actually has a real life. I don't qualify. #-o

:-)

[daemon3]

You know you're a geek when:


You use a Windows login tune for your alarm clock.
You begin your essays in school with System.out.println( or cout <<.
You I.M. your girlfriend on a date when you're sitting at the same table.
You write ampersands on baseballs before you throw them to another person.
You call buddies you hang out with, your "array."
When someone you don't like calls you, you keep saying "Backslash away!" (too obsessed with IRC).
You sleep with your computer (still hooked up wirelessly, of course).
You treat Microsoft Word like vim.
You have a calculator watch.
You have partitioned your cell phone to be an iPhone, Windows Mobile, and Linux mobile.
You show off your flashdrive collection to your girlfriend. (Won't she be impressed?
You spend half a page writing "you know you're a geek" instead of doing what you're supposed to be doing.

[GepettoBR]

Ahh ty. I still say Gimp is better then photoshop any day Heck, OO drawing is better then photoshop.

Not to start a flame war, but you've obviously never used Photoshop, at least not while knowing what you were doing.

[bielawski]

You know you're a geek when you repeatedly try typing in things like ls, mv, cp, rm, or pressing tab when something other than a file is expected, etc. in Windows until after five minutes you realize that it's cmd, not bash, that you're talking to.
When you install Cygwin, GIMP, Inkscape, Firefox, Evolution, PuTTY, and every other piece of free software imaginable until you feel right at home (except for the unconfigurable POS that the Windows taskbar is).
EDIT: Also, when you try typing ^[:w^M:q after editing a file in notepad and are surprised that the text you typed actually ends up in the file itself.

[Barrucadu]

You know you're a geek when you cross something out, look at the piece of paper for a minute, and at the top write in small letters:
alias scribble='clear'

I'm sure I got that from this thread somewhere, and now I can't resist doing it!

[bielawski]

You know you're a geek when you get barred from PCWorld for getting caught messing in the commandline of the Asus EeePC...
I only removed the horrible Windows Style Bar with a better one...
...
Then removed the Anti-Virus App (Why! Oh for heaven sake why would the end-user need it?)...
...
Then Installed the newest 2.6.25 Kernel on it... (The display models had no passwords put in, so I changed the sudoers file and I was off!).

Although, I only told them that I was looking at the lspci spec. They didn't have a clue what I was on about, but knew it must have involved some form of sourcecode or compiling...

It turns out the EeePC is part of the American Megatrends Family of Motherboards...:popcorn:
kudos to ASUS!

Iain

Whoa. The exactly same thing happened to me a week ago.

[bielawski]

You are reading this page through Lynx :(
No. W3m.

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you repeatedly try typing in things like ls, mv, cp, rm, or pressing tab when something other than a file is expected, etc. in Windows until after five minutes you realize that it's cmd, not bash, that you're talking to.
When you install Cygwin, GIMP, Inkscape, Firefox, Evolution, PuTTY, and every other piece of free software imaginable until you feel right at home (except for the unconfigurable POS that the Windows taskbar is).
EDIT: Also, when you try typing ^[:w^M:q after editing a file in notepad and are surprised that the text you typed actually ends up in the file itself.

This is also a very good indication that you are a smart person who does not like throwing money down the toilet.

[spupy]

... when you create little *.bat files named ls, mv, clear, etc. and put them in the PATH of Windows, so you feel more comfortable while using the windows "terminal".

... when you press ctrl+w or ctrl+q trying to close a program in Windows and after they wont work you feel mad at M$ for making you stretch your hand to press alt+f4... god!

[ibuclaw]

You know your a geek when your in a room full of Windows System Admins that synchronously give you blank looks when they don't know what the hell your talking about...

You know your a geek when you laugh at the "sudo make me a sandwich" (http://xkcd.com/149/) joke.

You know your a geek when your girlfriend is named "popradish275".

You know your a geek when you write a program to give to the answer to Graham's Number inside Ackermann's function "A(Gr, Gr)"

You know your a geek when you write that program in whitespace (http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/whitespace/).

You know your a geek when all your PC's run MikeOS (http://mikeos.berlios.de/).

You know your a geek when you buy a Wii just to play the SNES games from the online store.

You know your a geek when you whip out your old TurboGraFX with the anticipation of playing a new game after watching this advert. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyxkY70p4EU)

You know your a geek when you've turned someone else into a geek too...


Iain

[Redrazor39]

you know you're a geek when your new laptop makes you create sperm (if you're a guy, obviously)

[sci-fi guy]

No. W3m.

wget & vim.

[Mr A Mouse]

wget & vim.

And lemme guess--you code with a magnetized needle and a steady hand, eh? ;)

eta: I code with butterflies (http://xkcd.com/378/).

[sci-fi guy]

eta: I code with butterflies (http://xkcd.com/378/).

Hover your mouse over that picture for a second or two and read the text that pops up.

[Leo9s]

When skimming through a book you think to press CTl+F only to realize its a book.


you start to wish books had CTL+F

[scragar]

When skimming through a book you think to press CTl+F only to realize its a book.


you start to wish books had CTL+F

ebooks do. Not quite the same though...


You know your a geek when you wonder if it's possible to convert a binary processor into a ternary processor to get better performance(since logicaly it would accept smaller bytes, which means more bytes per second at same rate = better speed right), but dismiss this when you realize that such a processor would need an appropriately compiled os, to which ends you start editing gcc for such goals.

[Barrucadu]

You know your a geek when you wonder if it's possible to convert a binary processor into a ternary processor to get better performance(since logicaly it would accept smaller bytes, which means more bytes per second at same rate = better speed right), but dismiss this when you realize that such a processor would need an appropriately compiled os, to which ends you start editing gcc for such goals.

Hmm, good luck with completely rewriting the fundamental workings of a computer. I have, however, often wondered what a base-3 (or higher) computer would be like.

[KaliVoid]

when... you reading this thread and start giggling quietly ...

[Kopachris]

Hmm, good luck with completely rewriting the fundamental workings of a computer. I have, however, often wondered what a base-3 (or higher) computer would be like.
I don't know about trinary computers, but they're working on a couple different quaternary computers. One uses DNA (4 states: A,C,G, or T), the other [indirectly] detects the spin of a particle (right, left, both, none). Still a loooong way from being perfected, though.

[artir]

wget & vim.

Like RMS XD

[Barrucadu]

You know you're a geek if you're using anything other than IE on Windows to browse the web. Well, according to most people I know, anyway.

[hermes0710]

You are a geek when you read this thread...Come on, go out for a coffee!

[Barrucadu]

I don't like coffee. Does Tea count?

[hermes0710]

I don't like coffee. Does Tea count?

:lolflag:

[Peet42]

I just did a new install of windows 2000. I was playing quake 3 arena when I started getting little popups, like system popups... Telling me my PC was infected and I should go to a website to get a spyware program. They happen every couple minutes.

You forgot to disable the "Messenger" service. Note, this is not the same as "MS Messenger". It's enabled by default to allow the network administrator to send system-wide "The system is going down in x minutes" type messages, but can propogate from a badly configured ISP server to all the clients logged on at the time. They're particularly insidious because they *look* like locally generated system messages.

Go through system manager and change the startup type of the "Messenger" service to "Disabled". This will *not* affect "MS Messenger". If you install windows 2000 regularly it becomes second nature to disable this before connecting to the internet - the messages themselves are harmless, if irritating, but the social engineering aspect of them can lead to the user installing unsafe software.

(You know you're a geek when you give Windows advice on a Ubuntu forum...)

[ibuclaw]

You know when your a geek when you routinely visits LUGs...

[darth_indy]

I don't like coffee. Does Tea count?

Yes, but for maximum Geek Effect, it should be a Bawls, or at least a Monster, Red Bull, or some other extra-caffeinated beverage.

[Frak]

Yes, but for maximum Geek Effect, it should be a Bawls, or at least a Monster, Red Bull, or some other extra-caffeinated beverage.
Or Mana

[darth_indy]

There are so many of these that apply to me (and yes, I read the entire thing), but I still had to share a couple more:

You know by heart the encryption key to the three wireless networks you use most often (and have available at 'nano wifi' the keys to all others).

You mess with display computers at any local electronics store, ESPECIALLY if running Vista. Bonus points if you add wallpaper that alludes to it being pirated, and/or says something about Linux.

Your 6-year-old brother can beat you in Xbox... because you taught him how to play.

You can do the "Daft Hands." Bonus points for double time. Quadruple bonus points for backwards.

You truly are pale enough to blind people. Bonus points if your bf/gf is too. Double bonus if they find that sexy. (I know some people will say ewwwww right about now)

When you work on the desktop computer, and have your laptop in your lap to use while you're aiting for the desktop to finish.

When you name all your computers and talk about them as if they were people ("Bernardo's not doing too well today. I updated him, and the wifi's borked.")

When you yell at a computer for doing something you don't want it to do (usually a Windows box). Bonus points if the other person in the room is offended because they think you're talking to them.

You hack your work computer to install Notepad++ and other programs (but kudos to the IT dept. for making a fairly secure box in the first place).

You have to repeat most of what you say twice, because you have to dumb it down for most people (i.e. remove words like "drivers" and "compile" and "sudo")


And Another list: You know you AND your boyfriend are geeks when...

You and your boyfriend have calm, rational, normal conversations about how you will one day take over the world.

You IM your boyfriend far more than you talk to him (and you both don't mind).

If you were to print up all the emails between you and your boyfriend, there would be over 500 pages (10pt Arial font, if you're curious. And we live in different states. There's a reason for this :P)

Your boyfriend says you look sexy in the backlight of your laptop... and you think that's romantic.

Your boyfriend emails PNGs of roses... and you think that's romantic.

And that's all I can think of for now. *grin*

[scragar]

you recognise darth_indy's avatar. :P

[Captain Oblivious]

You haven't been outdoors since 1990

[chinaski]

you use email to communicate with your girlfriend

and... she's in the other room

[bjschuma]

You haven't been outdoors since 1990

What is this "outdoors" you speak of?

[GepettoBR]

What is this "outdoors" you speak of?

Its a place only heard of in legends, where the Sun shines without open windows and there are no power outlets.

[Tomatz]

You try to modprobe your gf instead of.......

[sci-fi guy]

Its a place only heard of in legends, where the Sun shines without open windows and there are no power outlets.

Sounds awful.

[popch]

you use email to communicate with your girlfriend

and... she's in the other room

er - she's in the same room.

[darth_indy]

you recognise darth_indy's avatar. :P

Ha ha! Thanks.

User Friendly FTW!!

[scragar]

Its a place only heard of in legends, where the Sun shines without open windows and there are no power outlets.

Sounds like something from a fantasy game, maybe people are just confused.
I've heard the new oblivion mod can make the game very convincing.

[ibuclaw]

Sounds like something from a fantasy game, maybe people are just confused.
I've heard the new oblivion mod can make the game very convincing.

Hmm... I wouldn't be so sure.
No power outlets?
Sounds very barbaric to me.
Where do all the calculators go?:D

...

When you fall in love with a girl at the sight of her avatar...
But you evidently retrieve back to your recluse state, thinking to yourself:
"If only I had the courage... If only we lived in the same country..."

...

When you admire Stephen Fry for his brain more than your could ever admire anyone else for anything else...

...

When you get told by your boss that you're in the wrong job... (Muttering to yourself, dammit, my secret is out)

Iain

[Barrucadu]

When you frequently correct your ICT teacher...

[money2themax]

Ha ha! Thanks.

User Friendly FTW!!
dust puppy? it's cute but whats it mean?

[Frak]

Its a place only heard of in legends, where the Sun shines without open windows and there are no power outlets.
N...n...n...no outlets...

WHAT A NIGHTMARE!!!

[ibuclaw]

When you frequently correct your ICT teacher...

When you frequently scare your Maths teacher by showing her diagrams of Graham's Number inside Ackermann's Function!

[squidmaster]

You unplug your fridge, from the one working outlet, during a power outage to play Fantasy Star on Dream Cast..... not that I did that...
<<
>>

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you realize that you do expect the Spanish Inquisition.

[lakedragon]

when your wife asks you why you didn't marry your computer instead!

[GepettoBR]

when your wife asks you why you didn't marry your computer instead!

When your answer is "the judge wouldn't let me".

[sci-fi guy]

When you frequently scare your Maths teacher by showing her diagrams of Graham's Number inside Ackermann's Function!

Nerd Sniping (http://xkcd.com/356/) ftw!

[igfud]

I don't believe these have been posted yet....

Signs You're Spending Too Much Time on Your Computer
11. You tilt your head 90 degrees to smile.
10. You try to switch views while driving.
9. You wait for Windows to crash before taking a break.
8. You use PayPal to give your kids their allowance.
7. You miss your friends when you're away from the computer.
6. Just before the accident everything goes blue and you see "YOU.EXE caused a General Protection Fault in module YOURLIFE.EXE at 0011:000000a0".
5. You have monitor "tan".
4. Your spouse has to IM you for dinner.
3. You start using expressions like AFAIK or LMFAO during face-to-face conversations.
2. You set a power supply up in your bedroom, so you can fall asleep to the familiar hum of the fan.
1. You're arrested for punching monkeys at the zoo.

Startup Messages You Don't Want to See
11. The Department of Homeland Security thanks you for letting us watch you use this computer.
10. Deleting all illegal files... 1% done
9. Welcome to Gator OS
8. \root\system32\ntoskernel.exe is missing or corrupted. Please install this file and try again.
7. **** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 ****
64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE
6. English language module not found. Switching to Klingon
5. Welcome to Mac OS
4. This machine has been assimilated. Thanks for joining the Borg
3. Stormtroopers? Here? We're in danger. I must tell the others. Oh, no! I've been shot!
2. beeeeeep-beeeeeep-beeeeeep
1. Welcome back, Professor Falken. Would you like to play a game?

Computer Guides You'll Never See
11. Installing Spyware for Dummies
10. Teach Yourself to Crash Windows 95 in 28 Days
9. 1,001 Ways to Tweak Your Keyboard.
8. Be Cool and Hip with Visual Basic!
7. The Zip Drive Bible
6. Screen Resolution: The Mission Manual, Counting Pixels Edition
5. Newton's Laws of Motion for Dynamic Web Sites
4. Absolute Beginners Guide to Whining Effectively in Forums
3. Beginning COBOL and Ada for Game Programmers
2. Mastering AOL 9.0 Installation
1. Microsoft Word Autoformatting: The Definitive Guide

[money2themax]

I don't believe these have been posted yet....

Signs You're Spending Too Much Time on Your Computer
11. You tilt your head 90 degrees to smile.
10. You try to switch views while driving.
9. You wait for Windows to crash before taking a break.
8. You use PayPal to give your kids their allowance.
7. You miss your friends when you're away from the computer.
6. Just before the accident everything goes blue and you see "YOU.EXE caused a General Protection Fault in module YOURLIFE.EXE at 0011:000000a0".
5. You have monitor "tan".
4. Your spouse has to IM you for dinner.
3. You start using expressions like AFAIK or LMFAO during face-to-face conversations.
2. You set a power supply up in your bedroom, so you can fall asleep to the familiar hum of the fan.
1. You're arrested for punching monkeys at the zoo.

Startup Messages You Don't Want to See
11. The Department of Homeland Security thanks you for letting us watch you use this computer.
10. Deleting all illegal files... 1% done
9. Welcome to Gator OS
8. \root\system32\ntoskernel.exe is missing or corrupted. Please install this file and try again.
7. **** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 ****
64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE
6. English language module not found. Switching to Klingon
5. Welcome to Mac OS
4. This machine has been assimilated. Thanks for joining the Borg
3. Stormtroopers? Here? We're in danger. I must tell the others. Oh, no! I've been shot!
2. beeeeeep-beeeeeep-beeeeeep
1. Welcome back, Professor Falken. Would you like to play a game?

Computer Guides You'll Never See
11. Installing Spyware for Dummies
10. Teach Yourself to Crash Windows 95 in 28 Days
9. 1,001 Ways to Tweak Your Keyboard.
8. Be Cool and Hip with Visual Basic!
7. The Zip Drive Bible
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1. Microsoft Word Autoformatting: The Definitive Guide
very nice i give it an C++ [i mean A++] lol

just one question what is Gator OS?

and isn't your sig morris code?

[scragar]

very nice i give it an C++ [i mean A++] lol

just one question what is Gator OS?

and isn't your sig morris code?

morse code, it say's hamradiorules which makes me think that the translation messed up.

[talsemgeest]

I guess he left out the spaces...

Just wondering, what is morse code for <space>?

[anxfisa]

You install Linux on any used computer that comes your way just to see if you can make it work.

Oh my gods, I have been doing that lately!

[MONODA]

when you find this funny:
Newton, Einstein and Pascal were playing hide and seek. Einstein begins to count, Pascal runs off and hides but Newton stays in his place and draws a square with length of 1 meter around him.
Einstein: Newton, I see you, you are out.
Newton: No, I am 1 newton, per meter squared, Pascal is out.

yeah I know it's lame, but I thought it was really funny :P

[oninjao]

This hilarious

[roaldz]

You want to give your nagging wife another side of the cube, so you can continue on your own side.

You are fantasizing about gl-apps or screensavers to be able to enjoy sex.

[spupy]

Joke from a "geek" tv series:
This farmer has the problem that his chickens don't lay eggs. So he calls a physicist for help. The physicist makes some calculations, and finally says to the farmer:
- I have a found solution! But it only works for spherical chickens in vacuum!

o_O

[spupy]

You don't use torrents to share files - you just netcat them to your friends.

(Actually you would pipe them to tar and pipe the tar to netcat)

[Trail]

Microsoft Word Autoformatting: The Definitive Guide

Mehehehehehehehe...

[LaRoza]

I guess he left out the spaces...

Just wondering, what is morse code for <space>?

There isn't any really. A timed gap would be the closest, or visuall spaces between the sets.

[Frak]

I guess he left out the spaces...

Just wondering, what is morse code for <space>?
Pause I believe.

[Stroisblaeter]

You read all this and draw a smile in your face cause everything here is just to weird and you simply realize you understand it...:)

[jjthomas]

While driving a replacement keyboard over to your girlfriends house; you see the plug laying there in the seat and indistinctly plug it into the cigarette lighter. Laptop users might better understand this...

-JJ

[anxfisa]

Mehehehehehehehe...

you did that on purpose! LOL! :popcorn:

[anxfisa]

Oh come on, tin-foil is so 20th-century, these are much better: http://www.stopabductions.com/

You have won the, "Thank you for making it harder for us to get our quota!" Award!

[talsemgeest]

Hey anxfisa (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=579903), what happened to your posts? I've seen it happen to a coulple of people, they have 0 posts and yet there is one right there. Whats happening?

[bjschuma]

You know you're a geek when:
-You're a frood that knows where his/her towel is
-You run for president to steal a starship
-You name your computer "Deep Thought" or "Eddie

[Frak]

Hey anxfisa (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=579903), what happened to your posts? I've seen it happen to a coulple of people, they have 0 posts and yet there is one right there. Whats happening?
You don't get beans in the cafe or backyard.

[pricetech]

You stay til after quitting time, on a Friday no less, to finish reading this list. On purpose mind you, not by accident.

[talsemgeest]

You don't get beans in the cafe or backyard.

Gee, forgot about that. My bad...

[schauerlich]

You know you're a geek if you watch these videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX_is9LzFSY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9OkFTDG4fY&feature=related

Bonus points if you thought they over simplified it all.

[Ripfox]

you use email to communicate with your girlfriend

and... she's in the other room

I just did that. :lolflag:

[Twitch6000]

Yes, but for maximum Geek Effect, it should be a Bawls, or at least a Monster, Red Bull, or some other extra-caffeinated beverage.

Rockstar FTW :P.

Anyways you know you are a geek when...You don't want anything but Linux From Scratch(sorry I couldn't think of anything).

[Ptero-4]

you know your a geek when you wonder how they could convict reiser with nothing but circumstantial evidence, esspecialy when his behaviour isn't very far from your own(to me using a hose to clean mud of the floor of the car makes sense, why wouldn't they put a hole there? if your being investigated you want to read more about the police, if only to get a better understanding of what they can/can't do because no-one ever does...).

Petition anywhere?

They did it because M$ framed him and to top it M$ bribed the jury. The M$ CEO
wanted to jail him, not because he wrote a kewl filesystem, but because when he and his cronnies told him to name it rfs instead of reiserfs he refused and the M$ CEO, well, he and his drones screwed him over that.

[Shachiel]

You know you're a geek when:

You make a mistake at math and you inmediately press 'ctrl+z' with your left hand on the paper.

Your girlfriend gave you a medal with the inscription 'x < 3 | Dx:[2007,inf)' for your anniversary (that's me guys! xD)

[anxfisa]

Hey anxfisa (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=579903), what happened to your posts? I've seen it happen to a coulple of people, they have 0 posts and yet there is one right there. Whats happening?

LOL! Wow! thats cool! Maybe i should stop joking about Aliens. They noticed and are messing with me :P hahah!! :KS

No really, I have no idea.

[firestorm_v1]

You know when you're a geek when:

- You've compiled a linux kernel while drunk.
- you've done the above and had it work without missing a driver.
- you go shopping for gadgets and your first thought is "Can I make it run Linux?"
- You bought a 50" plasma screen so that WoW and Quake look pretty.
- You take "Warranty Void" stickers as a personal challenge
- You've tried to put Linux in a toaster.
- And succeeded.
- You date women based on their skills in Quake, linux distro or favored processor brand.
- you SSH into your friend's computer and execute the command "eject /dev/cdrom && eject -t /dev/cdrom" over and over as a practical joke.
- You know exactly what "cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp" does, and set up a cron job to act as an alarm clock.
- You have more computers than most IT departments.
- you read text files with cat, know that less is more and that vi rocks.
- before you go to sleep, you think/whisper, shutdown -h now
- when you wake up, you see yourself booting Linux, "Ok, booting the kernel....."
- there's no place like ~ or /home or 127.0.0.1
- <esc>:wq! is a godsend.

[GepettoBR]

- you go shopping for gadgets and your first thought is "Can I make it run Linux?"Unfair, all linux users have to wonder that.
- You take "Warranty Void" stickers as a personal challenge
- you read text files with cat, know that less is more and that vi rocks.
- there's no place like ~ or /home or 127.0.0.1
I lol'd

[DeVonne]

You know you are a geek when your power goes out and you collect all your batteries in hope to run the computer for a mere few more seconds before calling the electric company

[Zephalie]

This is one I've actually done as well:

You purposely sabotage your PC beyond all means of repair so that you have an excuse to get a better one.

[00arthuryu]

You get confused between your graphics card and your girlfriend.
You ask people where their other monitor is.
You call your room the control center.
Your uni room looks like this
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1397/roomyd1.th.jpg (http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=roomyd1.jpg)
(Yes I am a uni student and I live by myself)

[pricetech]

You hesitate to take a shower or have sex because you don't have a place to put your PDA, Cell, etc while you're naked.

[gwoodard]

you can create your own kernal for all to enjoy (or some to dislike)

[compgeek83]

you get married to a woman that has barely ever used a PC, she gets mad at you because your idea of a relaxing evening is to set in the recliner with a beer and your laptop browsing and replying forums.

but.... in a turn about of astronomically evil proportions, or pay back as she calls it.... 2 years down the road you cant do that anymore because your wife is now hooked on myspace and facebook and uses your laptop to talk to all the people she works with and knew in high school....

I know, i've been neutered...

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek when you get depressed that the repos aren't up-to-date immediately after a release (FF3rc1).

[Jessica Belle]

u know ur geek when u
click start
then run and then you type regedit and you go to windows settings
lol

[LaRoza]

u know ur geek when u
click start
then run and then you type regedit and you go to windows settings
lol

"clicking start" is never the sign of a geek...

[GepettoBR]

"clicking start" is never the sign of a geek...

"clicking" is never the sign of a geek. CLI is the true path of the Force.

You know you're a geek when you randomly quote Star Wars/Star Trek/Battlestar Galactica/random sci-fi not written by L. Ron Hubbard.

[Dr Small]

You know you are a geek when you get depressed that the repos aren't up-to-date immediately after a release (FF3rc1).
You are a true geek when you compile Firefox 3 RC 1 from source and install it :)

Hey, that's what you do with `makepkg` on ArchLinux :)

[darth_indy]

u know ur geek when u
click start
then run and then you type regedit and you go to windows settings

You know you're a geek when you type your custom shortcut to the terminal (mine's Alt+T), type in "sudo vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf" and THAT is as close to registry cleaning as you get.

[sci-fi guy]

...custom shortcut to the terminal (mine's Alt+T)...

F1

[schauerlich]

You know you're a geek when you type your custom shortcut to the terminal (mine's Alt+T), type in "sudo vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf" and THAT is as close to registry cleaning as you get.

F1

Alt+Return

[scragar]

<Win>+<space>

opens a tilda terminal(I love it folding down :P)

[GepettoBR]

<Win>+<space>

opens a tilda terminal(I love it folding down :P)

Blasphemy! It's called <Super>, not <Win>!

[Barrucadu]

Blasphemy! It's called <Super>, not <Win>!

I use Super+3, I have a series of shortcuts bound to Super+Num.

[scragar]

Blasphemy! It's called <Super>, not <Win>!

unfortunatly that's what tilda calls it, personaly I refer to it as <super>...

with any luck though, no more editing that config and I can forget about it. :P

(ooh, and who else got rid of the windows logo's and did penguins?)


@ Barrucadu -- I use letters, <super>+
f = firefox
o = opera (what can I say, I have to test different browsers)
v = VLC
l = liferea (rss feed's)
g = checkgmail
p pidgin
s = startup (pidgin, ktorrent, liferea and checkgmail) incase for some reason I wind up closing them all.
q = quanta
a = audacity
k = konqueror
i = IEs4linux launches IE6
<shift>+i = IEs4linux launches IE7 (kinda a beta, since iterface is IE6, engine = IE8)
w = custom apache manager(basic perl script to show state of apache, along with options to restat/stop/start/kill apache)

others are all sites and custom scripts etc.

[vboblinux]

You know you're both geeks (you and your girlfriend) when........
Your girlfriend fall in love with you, the time you was explaining to her how you you can "connect your computer with her computer"...together.....using a UTP cable...etc..etc...:lolflag:
(This is a real event...) :P :P :P :P

You know you're a geek when........you are counting internet attacks, spyware, viruses, etc entering/breaking through your windoze machine with your mind ....just for fun/to get to sleep when you have insomnia (like the thoughts of the sheeps jumping the fence, hehe)...!!! (You can feel "unsafe" only in your dreams, when you have Linux installed in your computer) :-)

[Barrucadu]

You know you're a geek when you think one day "Hmm, that command is difficult to remember, I'll make an alias in .bashrc", and you now add at least one alias per day

[talsemgeest]

When you can get a BSOD on any windows machine in 5 seconds.

[GepettoBR]

When you can get a BSOD on any windows machine in 5 seconds.

That's how you know you're a carbon-based life form.

[money2themax]

That's how you know you're a carbon-based life form.
and not some microsoft based life form [<--evil]

[Thirtysixway]

You get confused between your graphics card and
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1397/roomyd1.th.jpg (http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=roomyd1.jpg)
(Yes I am a uni student and I live by myself)

That's a sweet setup:popcorn:

[Jordanwb]

For me I'm a programmer so:

Whenever I see a problem on a Windows box I think "Linux is way better"
I try to figure out how to fix the problem and why the problem is occuring.

[criskat777]

when you fall asleep in front of your computer and you don't even notice.:confused:

[darth_indy]

Whenever I see a problem on a Windows box I think "Linux is way better"
I try to figure out how to fix the problem and why the problem is occuring.

That's exactly what I do. Only problem is, I fix the problem, so others ask me to fix MORE problems, and I can't just leave them unfixed.

If I get really sick of someone, someday I'll load Ubuntu (maybe just a LiveCD - I'm nt evil enough to delete all their data), and say, "There. It's fixed." and walk away.

[GepettoBR]

@darth_indy

Your sig is awesome. I bet I can walk into Info2 and convince a random buyer that it's true.

[darth_indy]

Thanks. I have never actually tried saying it in real life. I definitely have to start doing that.

And related: You know you're a geek when you feel cool when someone addresses your avatar and sig in a forum.:guitar:

[Thirtysixway]

You know you're a geek when instead of searching for friends on facebook, you're searching the net for info about the servers running facebook ;p

I do this quite often for major sites.

[anxfisa]

I run folding@home. I have though about running SETI@home. Upon learning that radio waves are lost in static after 2 light years of travel, I think SETI may be a waste.


This has shattered my world, it is going to take me hours to recover, (and beer.)

You know you are a geek when finding out SETI may be a waste of time because radio waves are lost in static after two years is devastating news.

I have been runing BOINC and seti before that on every computer I have ever owned. :confused:

[talsemgeest]

This has shattered my world, it is going to take me hours to recover, (and beer.)

You know you are a geek when finding out SETI may be a waste of time because radio waves are lost in static after two years is devastating news.

I have been runing BOINC and seti before that on every computer I have ever owned. :confused:
Maybe this would b better for seti http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/05/20/120239.shtml

[Frak]

Maybe this would b better for seti http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/05/20/120239.shtml
Lets set off Hydrogen Bombs in morse code like method in space. That'll really give the world something to smile about.

(It takes alot of nuclear energy to create Nuetrinos, and there isn't one guy sitting by a fusion reactor hitting a switch on and off)

[anxfisa]

Maybe this would b better for seti http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/05/20/120239.shtml

Very cool! Certainly there must be a way to send a (to rip off... um, borrow from Star Trek,) "sub-space communication," or some type of intergalactic short wave. Maybe this century humanity will find it.

Lets set off Hydrogen Bombs in morse code like method in space. (It takes alot of nuclear energy to create Nuetrinos, and there isn't one guy sitting by a fusion reactor hitting a switch on and off)

:lolflag: @ Morse Nukes, :lolflag: Well, Hillary did say she would Nuke Iran IF (unlikely hypothetical situation!) If it should happen then might as well be creative with it, IMHO!

But if Nuetinos were detected would that prove (arguably) intelligent life? Intelligent enough to blow things up creatively, (questionable intelligence.) Do suns give off the same energy? If a "Flash" were detected where there is no sun? Do I ask too many questions? :)

Now on topic:

... anata wa kore ga wakarimasu!

[schauerlich]

You know you're a geek if your password could be an md5 sum.

[Frak]

Very cool! Certainly there must be a way to send a (to rip off... um, borrow from Star Trek,) "sub-space communication," or some type of intergalactic short wave. Maybe this century humanity will find it.



:lolflag: @ Morse Nukes, :lolflag: Well, Hillary did say she would Nuke Iran IF (unlikely hypothetical situation!) If it should happen then might as well be creative with it, IMHO!

But if Nuetinos were detected would that prove (arguably) intelligent life? Intelligent enough to blow things up creatively, (questionable intelligence.) Do suns give off the same energy? If a "Flash" were detected where there is no sun? Do I ask too many questions? :)

Now on topic:

... anata wa kore ga wakarimasu!
Suns and Planets give off nuetrinos.

[talsemgeest]

Lets set off Hydrogen Bombs in morse code like method in space. That'll really give the world something to smile about.

(It takes alot of nuclear energy to create Nuetrinos, and there isn't one guy sitting by a fusion reactor hitting a switch on and off)
Hey, but whos to say other civilisations haven't figured out how to send messages more easily than that.

Would it not be possible to detect it?

[anxfisa]

Suns and Planets give off nuetrinos.

They must be aliens! I knew it!

[agorex]

... type "exit" to close a Pidgin window.

[LaRoza]

You know you're a geek if your password could be an md5 sum.

Hey! I do use md5 hashes of words as passwords. That way, I just have to remember the word but have a strong password.

[Frak]

Hey, but whos to say other civilisations haven't figured out how to send messages more easily than that.

Would it not be possible to detect it?
Yes, but I believe they are smart enough to not waste vast amounts of resources just to say "Who is out there... there... there... We have TACOS!!! tacos... tacos..."

We're getting there, but until we have a standard of every civ using the same waves, I doubt we could hear anything.

[GepettoBR]

Hey! I do use md5 hashes of words as passwords. That way, I just have to remember the word but have a strong password.

What if you're stumped without a way to hash the word?

[myusername]

...you look on the forums every hour to make sure the world hasn't exploded

[SoftwareExplorer]

You're a geek when you refer to the dash of your car as the system tray and the lights as icons.

When 4 primary partitions isn't enough. When you install Linux more than twice a month.:)

[talsemgeest]

You're a geek when you refer to the dash of your car as the system tray and the lights as icons.

When 4 primary partitions isn't enough. When you install Linux more than twice a month.:)
You can never have enough partitions!

When you are unbelievably amazed that you got Post 2500 on a "You know you're a geek when....." thread!