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

[NightwishFan]

You are a geek if the first thing you do when you install a new os is configure the cpu freq stepping. :)

[Barrucadu]

You know you're a geek if you install an OS without a GUI as standard, and then have lots of fun installing and configuring one :)

[Fenris_rising]

you know your a geek when..........you only want to build another computer so you install another linux distro :lolflag::lolflag:

[anxfisa]

you know your a geek when..........you only want to build another computer so you install another linux distro :lolflag::lolflag:

OMGs, I have been looking for cheep computers and gathering my spare parts to build one to install various forms of Linux.

Linux is more addictive than crack! Not quite as addictive as caffeine however but does go nicely hand in hand.

Ah, and if it was missed... You know you are a Geek when... anata wa kore ga wakarimasu! :P

[jjthomas]

...while apartment hunting you get the previous tenants phone number so you can run a line test to determine the DSL speed.

...you have a friend that will do line tests for you.

...the first question to your reality agent is "What is the line speed?"

-JJ

[AcidHawk]

I'm not a geek IRL...

[mulek]

I'm not a geek IRL...

if you arent a geek them i am Bill Gates =)

[Joeb454]

I'm not a geek IRL...

When you say the above ;)

[GepettoBR]

anata wa kore ga wakarimasu! :P

Wakarimashita, but that only proves if you can read romanji, not if you're a geek.

[anxfisa]

Wakarimashita, but that only proves if you can read romanji, not if you're a geek.

I couldn't figure out how to do Hirigana and Kanji. And yeah, it really isn't proof, but it does send the probability indicator off the chart! :lolflag:

[kelinu]

You know you're a geek when you write huge viruses and then test your anti virus software using your own virus...on your own home desktop!

[GepettoBR]

I couldn't figure out how to do Hirigana and Kanji.

Don't forget katakana!

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you phone your girlfriend to tell her about how you started using OpenDNS and it made a huge difference in your navigation speed.

I just hung up. Last week I called her to tell her that using MySQL actually does speed up Amarok's playlist. We were both skeptical.

[Achetar]

:lolflag::lolflag::lolflag::lolflag::lolflag::lolf lag:


...when you talk to your pc('s) and you feel emotionally attached to it...

Or better yet when you call it 'him' or 'her'...

...when you believe that science is a part of modern culture and any person
who would like to think of himself educated should be mathematically
literate. At least to be able to calculate mentally about how much
he must pay to the cashier at the supermarket with an error of about 10%
and know the main ideas of Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Chaos Theory...:rolleyes:
Ooh! Ooh! Don't forget the Multi-Dimensional Existence Theory!

[GepettoBR]

Ooh! Ooh! Don't forget the Multi-Dimensional Existence Theory!

And String Theory!

[Frak]

And String Theory!
You mean the String Cheese Theory...

It's very fun.

[ShrapnelHunter]

you start these damn threads

[Achetar]

you start these damn threads
and you manage to end them

[GepettoBR]

and you manage to end them

</thread>

Like that? :lolflag:

[LaRoza]

</thread>

Like that?

See 'Delete' thread.

[tdrusk]

See 'Delete' thread.

When you beg for this thread to not be deleted.

Please don't do it :P

[Achetar]

Seen that thread. Still confused as to why it is still there. The title just begs for deletion.

[SomeGayDude]

YouTub MySpace and I'll Google you Yahoo!

[LaRoza]

When you beg for this thread to not be deleted.

Please don't do it :P

They ask for it to be deleted: it gets deleted.

You ask for this not to be deleted: it isn't deleted.

A pattern I see.

[Ptero-4]

.

[modmadmike]

You know your a geek when you read AI love you and then have a dream about compiling your own OS that would be you girl friend who would retrieve responses via the internet.

You repaint you Super (windows) key to a tux penguin.

You yell at your friend when he is holding your laptop on a bed, for you think he is blocking ventilation.

You refuse to use the schools windows computers and would rather carry around your own.

You have removed every (Designed for Windows) sticker off of your laptop.

You build every desktop you own.

You confuse the windows \ dir format with Linux's / dir format.

When you hit the \ key a yen sign appears and your not Japanese.

You read and understood all of this.:lolflag:

[FuturePilot]

_
_ _|_ ._ _ _|_|_ o _ _ _|_ o._ _|_o _ | __|_
\/(_)|_| |_\/|_)(/_ |_| ||_> (_)|_||_ || | | |(_||(/_|_
/ / | _|


http://www.figlet.org/

[modmadmike]

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

That me lol my password is 20 characters long and involves a old wep key. :biggrin:


When you think the human brain is just a computer and your personality is just a unique Operating System.

When you call gimp Gnu Image Manipulation Program while describing it as better than photo shop.

When you never seem to learn anything in school... its just reveiw.

[scragar]

That me lol my password is 20 characters long and involves a old wep key. :biggrin:
:( my CPU's password is only 37 characters long...
When you think the human brain is just a computer and your personality is just a unique Operating System.nah, we all run the same OS, it's just some of us worked out how to get more performance(ex command line over GUI)

When you call gimp Gnu Image Manipulation Program while describing it as better than photo shop.does "the only image editor you'll properly ever need" count?
When you never seem to learn anything in school... its just review.I didn't bother paying attention enough to review anything, the exams still struck me as way too easy. I think I was the only person in the entire school got ordered to bring something to do after finishing tests because I got bored with 30 mins to wait.(who gives 45 minutes for a 15min test?)

[jgni]

127.0.0.1 (http://xstitchcharts.com/images/uploads/127sweet127.jpg)

[popch]

127.0.0.1 (http://xstitchcharts.com/images/uploads/127sweet127.jpg)

When you don't get the point of 'Localhost, sweet localhost'.

:lolflag:

[liquidfunk]

You know your a geek when you can speak C++ better than you can English.

[SigmaSanti]

You know your a geek when:
1. You have a picture of the blue gene supercomputer instead of a sports player on your bedroom wall.
2. You read rows of lights as binary for fun
3. You own a binary clock
4. You dream of programming missles and bomb robots instead of being a GI Joe.

[qsr.nrwn]

You know you're a geek, when the warranty expires you say "cool, now I can take it apart".
Hey that's me...

[spupy]

...you know the text to the opening song of your favorite anime. And the song is in japanese. And you don't speak any japanese.


Zankoku no tenshi no youni, shoonen yo shinwa ni nare...

[liquidfunk]

You know your a geek when you call your bedroom 'My Control-Centre'.

[Joeb454]

You know you're a geek when your bedroom is the control centre (to the rest of the house)

[corney91]

_
_ _|_ ._ _ _|_|_ o _ _ _|_ o._ _|_o _ | __|_
\/(_)|_| |_\/|_)(/_ |_| ||_> (_)|_||_ || | | |(_||(/_|_
/ / | _|


http://www.figlet.org/

/ __ _ _ _ \
| / _(_) __ _| | ___| |_ _ ___ _____ _____ __ _ _ _ _____ |
| | |_| |/ _` | |/ _ \ __| _| |_ / __/ _ \ \ /\ / / __|/ _` | | | | |_____| |
| | _| | (_| | | __/ |_ |_ _| | (_| (_) \ V V /\__ \ (_| | |_| | |_____| |
| |_| |_|\__, |_|\___|\__| |_| \___\___/ \_/\_/ |___/\__,_|\__, | |
| |___/ |___/ |
| __ |
| / _|_ _ _ __ |
| | |_| | | | '_ \ |
| | _| |_| | | | | |
| |_| \__,_|_| |_| |
\ /
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\ ^__^
\ (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||

[anxfisa]

... you walk into an electronic store and it reminds you of home, except everything is in packages and the selection is much smaller.

[amingv]

...you know the text to the opening song of your favorite anime. And the song is in japanese. And you don't speak any japanese.


Zankoku no tenshi no youni, shoonen yo shinwa ni nare...

You actually have the song, and think it's hands down cool, also you have a vague idea of what it means.

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek when your post-apocalyptic survival kit includes archives of source code.

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you've installed a Clapper switch, but instead of powering the lights, it boots up one of your PCs - which has a startup script for turning on the lights.

[talsemgeest]

Oh that is a brilliant idea! I want to do it!

[lordievader]

You are able to name every part in your pc, in great detail.

(yay I can do that with most of it)

[Redrazor39]

You know you're a geek when you open your new laptop, sit on it, and get an ere- wait... there might be children here o_O

You get the point ;)

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you open your new laptop, sit on it, and get an ere- wait... there might be children here o_O

You get the point ;)

You're not a geek if you sit on your laptop while it's open (and unless it has a reinforced case, while it's closed as well).

[starcannon]

you've been up all night tweaking config files and instead of going to bed you grab another mountain dew and sudo reboot yourself.

[money2themax]

...you know the text to the opening song of your favorite anime. And the song is in japanese. And you don't speak any japanese.


Zankoku no tenshi no youni, shoonen yo shinwa ni nare...
what anime? Chobits by any chance?

[xdarkxanarchyx]

when you wish life had a google bar.

when you wish your glasses had adblock (i'd freakin' use glasses just for that!)

your definition of "leisure" sums up in two words: linux and anime.

It'd be GNU/Linux, anime and music for me. And I wish I had the glasses from They Live (only perscription). :guitar:

[Satinkisses2004]

You dream about screensavers.

[anxfisa]

what anime? Chobits by any chance?

Zankoku na tenshi no youni
Like an angel that has no sense of mercy...

Shounen yo shinwa ni nare
Rise, young boy, to the haevens like a legend.

Aoi kaze ga ima
Cold winds, as blue like the wind,

Mune no door wo tataitemo
Tear open the door stand up

Watashidake wo Tada Mitsumete
You seem to look at me with blank stare

hoho enderu anata
a smile bringing pleasure

sotto fureru mono motomeru
wanting to touch something

koto ni muchuu de
touch me like a fantasy

[anxfisa]

here is a better translation than my own:

http://www.angelfire.com/anime/gabi/08.htm

[anxfisa]

...you know the text to the opening song of your favorite anime. And the song is in japanese. And you don't speak any japanese.


Zankoku no tenshi no youni, shoonen yo shinwa ni nare...

This song is beyond beautiful, like a Japanese conundrum has so many ways to interpret. So many angles in which to behold its beauty. Even in English no less. Thank you for showing it to me!

anxfisa is unavailable at the moment!

[Joeb454]

You know you're a geek when you write a program to respond to a thread.

Post in question is here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5041817&postcount=12)

[reponzo01]

You know you're a geek when you have a new multimedia keyboard with new multimedia buttons that you've never seen before. And you instinctively hover your finger over the button waiting for the tooltip to pop up and tell you what the button does. Guilty as charged... :oops:

[reponzo01]

...when you feel special that you're on the 2^8th page of this thread...

[corney91]

You dream about screensavers.
I count electric sheep (http://www.electricsheep.org/)!

(well set up:))
...when you feel special that you're on the 2^8th page of this thread...
I'm on 2^6.426264755
When you feel the need to customize every setting on internet accounts you own ;)

[GepettoBR]

When you use OpenDNS aliases instead of bookmarks, so you not only have access to your bookmarks werever you go, but also an excuse to change the default DNS adresses wherever you go.

[money2themax]

Zankoku na tenshi no youni
Like an angel that has no sense of mercy...

Shounen yo shinwa ni nare
Rise, young boy, to the haevens like a legend.

Aoi kaze ga ima
Cold winds, as blue like the wind,

Mune no door wo tataitemo
Tear open the door stand up

Watashidake wo Tada Mitsumete
You seem to look at me with blank stare

hoho enderu anata
a smile bringing pleasure

sotto fureru mono motomeru
wanting to touch something

koto ni muchuu de
touch me like a fantasy
neon genesis evangelion

i watch that i know the lyrics in english

[Koori23]

You know you're a geek when...

You spend hours upon hours downloading and tweaking GTK themes so that are a reflection of your taste.

If start thinking in HTML colors "That's not white, that's #FFFFFF"

[GepettoBR]

neon genesis evangelion

i watch that i know the lyrics in english

NGE is the reason I hate Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. The anime is sub-par, compared to the manga, which follows the traditional "the book is better than the movie" formula, except for the fact that the manga never actually ended.

I haven't sent my henchmen after him for one reason and one reason only: FLCL

Ride on shooting star, kokoro no koede...

[money2themax]

NGE is the reason I hate Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. The anime is sub-par, compared to the manga, which follows the traditional "the book is better than the movie" formula, except for the fact that the manga never actually ended.

I haven't sent my henchmen after him for one reason and one reason only: FLCL

Ride on shooting star, kokoro no koede...
as you live in Brazil you probably could find henchmen/drug dealers jklol

[GepettoBR]

as you live in Brazil you probably could find henchmen/drug dealers jklol

I'm not very happy about that comment. Have you ever been to Brazil?

[money2themax]

I'm not very happy about that comment. Have you ever been to Brazil?
sry about that i'm a kidder it's hard to not do stuff like that i make cracks on and at everyone even myself

and no i haven't but i know a very close friend who has and he likes it down there

[Ryth8]

when you can use 3 computers at once and have it not be enough

And then you forget which mouse belongs to which computer screen...

Or why the spacebar doesn't pause the show you're watching just when you actually need to concentrate on your game...


You know your mother isn't a geek when she doesn't understand that there is a difference between having email access and having an internet connection. (I think its to do with how the ISPs always give you one)

You install Linux on any used computer that comes your way just to see if you can make it work. I wish my husband would stop doing that.

...when there are at least four people who try to make sure they catch the same bus home as you just to get free tech support.

...when you ask your seven month old "where's daddy" and she points at the computer desk (even when she can hear him in another room!)

...when you are so proud that your Grandfather worked on one of the first computers in the country! - size of a gym and plate-sized punch cards.

...when you check on your downloads before your children in the mornings.

...when you turn off the heater to make yourself go to bed sometime in the next hour ... ... ... maybe.

...when you tell your husband you weren't cheating on him, you just wanted the kids to open source!

...when you actually turn off your torrents so that the Ubuntu Forums pages refresh quicker.

...when you fight with your husband because he says we don't need to upgrade since Linux makes everything work so well, but you think Linux deserves the best of everything.

[GepettoBR]

sry about that i'm a kidder it's hard to not do stuff like that i make cracks on and at everyone even myself

and no i haven't but i know a very close friend who has and he likes it down there

Cool, but try to avoid stereotyping a whole country. The fifth largest in the world, no less.

[money2themax]

Cool, but try to avoid stereotyping a whole country. The fifth largest in the world, no less.
ok

...if you've thought about making a gameshark from scratch

[GepettoBR]

If you get into a cab after the concert, and when the driver asks where you're going, you answer "127.0.0.1"

[Sam Lars]

If you get into a cab after the concert, and when the driver asks where you're going, you answer "127.0.0.1"

Well I think if you're in the cab, then 127.0.0.1 would be the cab, since that's where you are... you would have to know the IP of your house, unless you have a DNS service...

[|{urse]

You know you're a geek when you're a geek, you know?

[GepettoBR]

You, sir, are a geek.


You know you're a geek when someone informs you of it with sufficient evidence to back it up:

Well I think if you're in the cab, then 127.0.0.1 would be the cab, since that's where you are... you would have to know the IP of your house, unless you have a DNS service...

[fig_jam_uk]

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

You make a mistake and the 1st thing you think about is wheres the delete key.


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

Your watching films and can pick massive holes in anything to do with computers!!! i.e most of Die Hard 4.0.


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

You start playing World of Warcraft.... Damn its to late for me lol

God damn even saying lol makes me a g33k :lolflag:

[money2themax]

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

Your watching films and can pick massive holes in anything to do with computers!!! i.e most of Die Hard 4.0.


lol if it was windows we'd all have to point out the problems

[mulek]

when u find useful the command prompt

[reponzo01]

Your watching films and can pick massive holes in anything to do with computers!!! i.e most of Die Hard 4.0.


Ha! So true! I wish that just once, movies would be accurate about computer usage. I especially love when they show a ton of random images flashing on a screen really really fast (which would never happen on a Windows PC by the way), and for some reason, there's a random high-speed, high-pitched beeping. Where's that beeping coming from?

[GepettoBR]

They probably think that's how the CPU beep works.

And what about every corporate computer having a huge 3D screensaver with the company logo and a personalized login prompt with a particle-rendered background?

Or how every time someone "hacks in"to a computer from the network, they do it via a virtual desktop?

[Ptero-4]

Or how they have windows in computers that obviously aren't x86/x64 and are too underpowered to handle it.

[|{urse]

YOu know you're a geek when you draw a { on your coffee pot and a } on your computer and hang a sign that says while(i=conscious) from the ceiling.

[jjthomas]

when you use Vista against your will and feel like you are suffocating without your multiple workspaces (and are sick of UAC after less than 5 minutes).

...when you are able to find and install a utility that allows Vista to have 4 "desktops". PS It didn't work, multiple BSOD's.

-JJ

[talsemgeest]

BTW Ptero-4 (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=925), I love your sig!

[smartboyathome]

When you can boot up to level 7 in your inittab. :p

[sci-fi guy]

...when you are able to find and install a utility that allows Vista to have 4 "desktops". PS It didn't work, multiple BSOD's.

-JJ

KDE 4.1 beta is available for Windows (http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KDE_on_Windows/Installation).

[G_man]

You know when you are a geek when you find yourself want to talk,read, and study about computers all the time

[KingTermite]

Some editors won't handle your GRUB's menu.lst file because it's too big of a file for the editor to handle.

[ninjabob7]

You think this is hilarious:
http://www.monmouth.com/~colonel/chess/soltis.html
And you're an uber-geek if you don't have to use a chessboard.
And you're a geek if it bothers you that there is no umulaut over the u.

[KingTermite]

And you're a geek if it bothers you that there is no umulaut over the u.
Or an umlaut either. :rolleyes:

[pricetech]

When you look forward to your spouse's Sunday afternoon naps so you can actually do work on your computer.

[Jon11393]

Your more concerned with your cpu temperature than your own or you childrens.



That one made me :lolflag:

[CarlosinFL]

...when your vehicle license plate reads "APT-GET" & my 2nd car has "L1NUX".

[GepettoBR]

...when your vehicle license plate reads "APT-GET" & my 2nd car has "L1NUX".

APT-GET! That would make a sweet license plate!

COBOL and PYTHON would also be very nice.

[KingTermite]

APT-GET! That would make a sweet license plate!

COBOL and PYTHON would also be very nice.
I'm not sure COBOL or PYTHON would have the same effect.

COBOL was not really a "geek" language...more of a business language. If I saw COBOL, I'd expect some business type guy more than a hard core code geek.

PYTHON....most people would think it was a reference to Monty Python, I suspect. Of course..maybe people "not getting" it makes the appeal even stronger. ;)

[GepettoBR]

I'm not sure COBOL or PYTHON would have the same effect.

COBOL was not really a "geek" language...more of a business language. If I saw COBOL, I'd expect some business type guy more than a hard core code geek.

PYTHON....most people would think it was a reference to Monty Python, I suspect. Of course..maybe people "not getting" it makes the appeal even stronger. ;)

Well, Python was named after Monty Python.

If non-alphanumeric characters were allowed, NI!!!! would be awesome too o.o

[KingTermite]

Well, Python was named after Monty Python.

If non-alphanumeric characters were allowed, NI!!!! would be awesome too o.o

Are enough license plate letters allowed to make, "KNIGHTSGONI" or "NI KNIGHTS"? :D

[talsemgeest]

The double meaning of Python would make it awesome for any geek.

You know you're a geek when you have a large pile of ubuntu stickers from all of the shipit cd's you have ordered...

[|{urse]

When you can boot up to level 7 in your inittab. :p

lol init 7... awesome

[|{urse]

I'm not sure COBOL or PYTHON would have the same effect.

COBOL was not really a "geek" language...more of a business language. If I saw COBOL, I'd expect some business type guy more than a hard core code geek.

PYTHON....most people would think it was a reference to Monty Python, I suspect. Of course..maybe people "not getting" it makes the appeal even stronger. ;)
Just because COBOL is Common Business Oriented Language doesn't mean much. LOTS of geeks use it still. The gimbling for the thrusters on the modern space shuttle is written in cobol. =p

[Joeb454]

When you have this car (see attachment - and no - it isn't mine)

[ninjabob7]

APT-GET! That would make a sweet license plate!

COBOL and PYTHON would also be very nice.

Or how about SUDO or ROOT?

[ibuclaw]

PS FU

MAN WOMAN

AR R GOD

Along with some other Linux/Unix based SH and CSH jokes...

[ibuclaw]

You know your a geek when you start programming in Ternary based Machine Code (-1, 0, 1)

Post Number 2600... :D

[Joeb454]

Post Number 2600... :D

On page 260 no less :D Ahh...I'm on 261 :(

[GepettoBR]

2602!

[ercferret18]

you know you're a geek when you have nothing to do so you start a thread about geeks.

[sci-fi guy]

you know you're a geek when you have nothing to do so you start a thread about geeks.

Sounds familiar. Cue the "you know you are a geek when you read X pages about knowing you're a geek" post.

[ercferret18]

hmm... good one... you know your a geek when you make a post in reply to a person who is commenting about someone being a geek because they had nothing to do so they started a thread about a geek... wait, im lost lol

[p_quarles]

Sounds familiar. Cue the "you know you are a geek when you read X pages about knowing you're a geek" post.
They always seem to have read all the posts in those 260 pages except the posts that say that exact same thing. *sigh*

[ercferret18]

um actually i didnt read any of the posts except the last page... lol i have a life

[talsemgeest]

That is a very good point. Luckily I had read enough not to say it...

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek when you submit all your passwords to reverse md5 lookup websites after you are finished with them to discourage yourself from using them again.

[Doncr]

You try not to use public computers because you don't want to see all the problems with the way they are administered- cause you will see them.


You try not to use a public computer because you wind up fixing it.

You give your ISP configuration advice

mind you that could just be my ISP :-(

Your home page can only be veiwed in Lynx

[ercferret18]

you install ubuntu...

wow that classifies me as a geek :(

[Victormd]

When you've passed the 100 bean count in the forum... :)

[Joeb454]

Try 2,500 ;)

[p_quarles]

When you've passed the 100 bean count in the forum... :)
Try 2,500 ;)
Newbs. ;)

* waits for aysiu *

[Frak]

Newbs. ;)

* waits for aysiu *
I am too

BE AFRADE OF MAI 25,000 BEEN COWNT!!!

[Joeb454]

Newbs. ;)

* waits for aysiu *

Who's post count is higher? aysiu's or taurus'?

[p_quarles]

Who's post count is higher? aysiu's or taurus'?
aysiu has the most posts here, followed by KiwiNZ and then taurus.

[talsemgeest]

I think that only having enough beans to allow you to get a custom user title (about 3500 from memory...) really classifies you as a geek.

I'm working on it...

[qsr.nrwn]

You are planning to do some statistical analysis of this page ... and strip all quotes in order to make a fortune file...

;)

[|{urse]

You know you're a geek when you posted on this thread on a saturday night @ 9:45 pm.

[Joeb454]

My clock's telling me its 3:47am :)

It's getting light outside ;) And @talsemgeest - that's my next milestone (not 3000, but 3500 ;))

[talsemgeest]

Well the best of luck with that. But I will be trying for it too.

The competition is on! ;)

[corney91]

We're on page 88 for me ...and I'm watching Back To The Future!

[Joeb454]

I got up too late for that :(

[|{urse]

when you refuse to pay for a linux t-shirt.

[imronak]

1. when someone is talking about processor cores, and you imagine the bits flying by the in the accumulator and the registers:lolflag:

2. When someone is irritating, and you look for her/his process id, to kill -f pid ;)

3. When you buy a delicious ice-cream and then think of using a fork(). :D

[popch]

When you walk by a restaurant offering moules (mussels) and read 'modules'.

[talsemgeest]

When you buy a delicious ice-cream and then think of using a fork

Make it a spork then you have it dead on: http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/kitchen/8ace/

[imronak]

Make it a spork then you have it dead on: http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/kitchen/8ace/

:lolflag::lolflag:

I intended of using the function call fork(), which would create an identical thread/process ;)


:guitar:

[talsemgeest]

Good point, but just look at that beutiful spork!

[LaRoza]

When you walk by a restaurant offering moules (mussels) and read 'modules'.

I see stuff like that all the time. I get excited for no reason, seeing technical words everywhere.

[corney91]

I see stuff like that all the time. I get excited for no reason, seeing technical words everywhere.
Same. And then I get (in kind of a sad way) extra excited when it actually is a technical word:)

[jjthomas]

When you can't sleep and read the geek thread so you can relax.
Back to bed...

-JJ

[Unix_Slayer]

When you eat binaries for breakfast.

[dmond]

When you can't sleep and read the geek thread so you can relax.
Back to bed...

-JJ

so true. right now i should be sleeping but instead im doing this.

[tille]

You know your a geek when you watched all the Star Wars movies from ep I to ep VI last night and remember all the dialogues.

And you also know you are a geek when you have Darth Maul model, the Millenium Falcon, an ep I poster and a whole wall of Star Wars comics in your room.

[Sam Lars]

when you refuse to pay for a linux t-shirt.

Or that you're willing to pay money for one.

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek if you checked back here every five minutes while the server was down for maitenance.

[money2themax]

You know you're a geek if you checked back here every five minutes while the server was down for maitenance.
i'll attest to that one

[talsemgeest]

You know you're a geek if you checked back here every five minutes while the server was down for maitenance.
Make it a refresh every 30 seconds and you've got me.

[darth_indy]

You know you're a geek if you checked back here every five minutes while the server was down for maintenance.

Hell yes. I was panicking. I had a (minor) problem to fix, and I kept waiting to search the support threads. Yes, I got it fixed while it was down, but it felt... wrong.

Also, when I finish reading all my RSS feeds (a monumental task... I usually have over 1000 news items to read when I wake up after perusing them the night before), this is my time-killer. I had nothing to do. I was lost. UBUNTU FORUMS, DON'T LEAVE ME NOW!!!!

[Frak]

You know you're a geek if you checked back here every five minutes while the server was down for maitenance.
Refresher Fx plugin set for 5 minutes.

[Unix_Slayer]

You know you're a geek if you checked back here every five minutes while the server was down for maitenance.

Not for me. I've got plenty of boards I'm on. There's always something going on.

[LaRoza]

Refresher Fx plugin set for 5 minutes.

That is an input feature of Opera.

[scragar]

Refresher Fx plugin set for 5 minutes.

check4change plugin set to same timer works about 300% better for checking when the site comes back. :P

[money2themax]

Hell yes. I was panicking. I had a (minor) problem to fix, and I kept waiting to search the support threads. Yes, I got it fixed while it was down, but it felt... wrong.

Also, when I finish reading all my RSS feeds (a monumental task... I usually have over 1000 news items to read when I wake up after perusing them the night before), this is my time-killer. I had nothing to do. I was lost. UBUNTU FORUMS, DON'T LEAVE ME NOW!!!!
lol ditto

[Toshibawarrior]

You know you're a geek when...

- You desperately look for the "restart" option on a failed attempt at something.
- You try to sudo gedit a locked doorknob.
- You try to access your car's BIOS when it turns the "Check Engine" light on.
- You wish to drag & drop everything with your trackpad or mouse.
- You search the USB port on your wife. :lolflag:
- You wish to have copy-paste on your school tests. (I did)
- When your girlfriend/wife starts yelling at you and you wish to have a "Mute" button. :p
- You ask your doctor if your anti-virus scan completed successfully.
- Your answer to anyone's buying needs or questions is..."eBay". (Yuck! I hate eBay...)
- You try to pause and fast-forward your local TV channels.
- You teach your son how to hack the microwave..........:mad:

LOL!!!

[schauerlich]

You know you're a geek when Python takes precedence over hygiene.

Who needs to shave, anyways...

[Joeb454]

if(shave == 1)
{
shave(face);
}


When you write that as a reply

[bjschuma]

Make it a spork then you have it dead on:

Be careful with your sporks...

72859

[Unix_Slayer]

if(shave == 1)
{
shave(face);
}


When you write that as a reply

Where does the sql database end up? In the bottom of the sink.

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when Python takes precedence over hygiene.

Who needs to shave, anyways...

Shaving isn't hygiene, it's grooming. Grooming isn't necessary unless you're leaving the house - which is never, if you're a total hardcore geek.

[money2themax]

You know you're a geek when...
- Your answer to anyone's buying needs or questions is..."eBay". (Yuck! I hate eBay...)

i like amazon more

[Joeb454]

Where does the sql database end up? In the bottom of the sink.

It gets rm -rf 'd

[LaRoza]

Shaving isn't hygiene, it's grooming. Grooming isn't necessary unless you're leaving the house - which is never, if you're a total hardcore geek.

Grooming isn't cutting off natural parts of your body.

Shaving is very curious social development. It significanly alters the natural look of the male, and is very effeminate.

[Joeb454]

It changes the look of females too, it just depends on whether they choose to shave or not. Though there is that social pressure for women to shave...but that's for a different thread.

You know your a geek when you say stuff like that at 3:50am

[Unix_Slayer]

It changes the look of females too, it just depends on whether they choose to shave or not. Though there is that social pressure for women to shave...but that's for a different thread.

You know your a geek when you say stuff like that at 3:50am


You know your a geek when threads end up strangely.

[GepettoBR]

Grooming isn't cutting off natural parts of your body.

Shaving is very curious social development. It significanly alters the natural look of the male, and is very effeminate.

It is grooming, because it's appearance-altering behavior aimed at increasing one's social acceptance. It doesn't have to be instinctive. Nail clipping is also grooming (though that may be instinctive - people who don't clip their nails usually bite or tear them off when they get too big). Hair and nails are both natural parts of the human body.

[darth_indy]

Be careful with your sporks...

72859

...When you see a post and you have an XKCD in mind and know exactly where to get it (either which # comic, or the file name on their server). Such as...

[mastermatt63]

you know your a geek when you go to the forums for your tech. i.e.:
PPCGeeks.com
iPodtouchforums.com
and the wonderful, ubuntuforums.org

[richyrichuk]

you know your a geek when.......you've replied to this thread

[talsemgeest]

you know your a geek when.......you've replied to this thread
When you wish that people would do a search for what they are about to post before they post on this thread. I must admit, I'm getting tired of repeats.

[pricetech]

Your spouse gets a new blood glucose tester and you get exited because it has a jack to connect it to the computer.
(alas it only supports winders, but it's a start)

[LaRoza]

When you wish that people would do a search for what they are about to post before they post on this thread. I must admit, I'm getting tired of repeats.

I agree, I mentioned this before.

[Unix_Slayer]

I agree, I mentioned this before.

Yeah... I kinda understand about the repeat threads on your part. But repeat performances are great.

[darth_indy]

Only when you *ask* for an encore. Reruns suck. If I wanted to see an episode again, I'd buy the show on DVD/download it somewhere (if your lawyer asks, I mean legally.)

Not that I'm bitter or anything...

[corney91]

...When you see a post and you have an XKCD in mind and know exactly where to get it (either which # comic, or the file name on their server). Such as...

Be careful with your sporks...

72859

When you wish that people would do a search for what they are about to post before they post on this thread. I must admit, I'm getting tired of repeats.
Same goes for XKCD quotes:evil:

[Unix_Slayer]

Only when you *ask* for an encore. Reruns suck. If I wanted to see an episode again, I'd buy the show on DVD/download it somewhere (if your lawyer asks, I mean legally.)

Not that I'm bitter or anything...


That wasn't the repeat performances I was referring too.http://www.tech-faq.com/emoticons/free-animated-emoticons/smiley_73.gif

[darth_indy]

I know. *grins* I was going off on a tangent, as I am wont to do. Repeat posts suck just as much as reruns.

[Joeb454]

I know. *grins* I was going off on a tangent, as I am wont to do. Repeat posts suck just as much as reruns.

Hehe ;)

[Frak]

When your average work day is like this...

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/compiling.png

[Pethegreat]

Your spouse gets a new blood glucose tester and you get exited because it has a jack to connect it to the computer.
(alas it only supports winders, but it's a start)
You kill you wife by hacking the tester and installing linux on it. You can do all sorts of cool things with it, except measure blood glucose. She can't find her glucouse level and dies from too much glucose.

[Toshibawarrior]

You kill you wife by hacking the tester and installing linux on it. You can do all sorts of cool things with it, except measure blood glucose. She can't find her glucouse level and dies from too much glucose.

LOL! Yeah you can actually use Firefox to read the tester's instruction manual online and you're able to view full resolution pictures but your wife isn't able to read her glucose level.

In the other hand, if you'd installed Windows the tester would've got a backdoor virus during installation and would've been busted by the time your wife used it to test her blood...

LOL!!:popcorn:

[GepettoBR]

LOL! Yeah you can actually use Firefox to read the tester's instruction manual online and you're able to view full resolution pictures but your wife isn't able to read her glucose level.

In the other hand, if you'd installed Windows the tester would've got a backdoor virus during installation and would've been busted by the time your wife used it to test her blood...

LOL!!:popcorn:

Kids, use BSD to measure glucose levels!

[darth_indy]

When your average work day is like this...


Does it count if you *wish* your workday was like that?

[Frak]

Does it count if you *wish* your workday was like that?
Yes :)

[talsemgeest]

Oh, don't we all?

[Joeb454]

Problem is, you have to sit and write the code first :p

[Unix_Slayer]

Problem is, you have to sit and write the code first :p

Whats so hard about writing code? Binaries are your friends. I write code from scratch for 98% of my projects. I'm no geek/nerd. I learned how to write code a long time ago on my own.

[darth_indy]

Problem is, you have to sit and write the code first :p

Actually, that's the fun part. The lightsaber fights and USB missle launchers are just a consolation prize while you're waiting to write more code. Or is that just me?

I guess there's another for the list - You know you're a geek when you think writing the code is the fun part.

[ninjabob7]

You know you're a geek when you write code that writes your code for you.
Bonus points for writing a code generator that writes a code generator, to as many levels as you can stand.

[darth_indy]

You know you're a geek when you write code that writes your code for you.
Bonus points for writing a code generator that writes a code generator, to as many levels as you can stand.

Damnnnnn... I need to write me one of those. *plots fiendishly*

[sci-fi guy]

You know you're a geek when you write code that writes your code for you.
Bonus points for writing a code generator that writes a code generator, to as many levels as you can stand.

I'd rather have my pet AI write it for me.

[Joeb454]

You know you're a geek when you get home from work, & turn on your PC

Then the first thing you do (getting changed/a drink etc. excluded) is go on ubuntuforums.org ;)

[scragar]

You know you're a geek when you write code that writes your code for you.
Bonus points for writing a code generator that writes a code generator, to as many levels as you can stand.

and the truly geeky write a program that generates programs in the opposite direction(adding layers instead of counting down :P).

[sci-fi guy]

You_know_you_are_a_geek_if_you_find_it_more_natura l_to_type_an_underscore_rather_than_a_space.

[money2themax]

You_know_you_are_a_geek_if_you_find_it_more_natura l_to_type_an_underscore_rather_than_a_space.
funny cuz you had a space

[amingv]

You_know_you_are_a_geek_if_you_find_it_more_natura l_to_type_an_underscore_rather_than_a_space.

CamelCaseFansBegToDiffer

[PurposeOfReason]

camelcasefansbegtodiffer
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[amingv]

01001111011010000010000001100100011011110110111000 10011101110100001000000110010101110110011001010110 11100010000001100111011001010111010000100000011011 01011001010010000001110011011101000110000101110010 01110100011001010110010000100000001000000010111000 10000000101110

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I hope that finishes it then :).

[Unix_Slayer]

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I hope that finishes it then :).

Does not compute.

[talsemgeest]

NOT MORE BINARY!!!! Ah well, time to get out the old binary to ascii converter...

[GepettoBR]

old repeated things are old and repeated.

[SpenceMakesSense]

You Laugh in the face of people who claim to have their computer destroyed by limewire.:twisted::twisted:

[|{urse]

when you laugh at people who still use computers because you link and compile code in your head.

[Eisenwinter]

When someone asks you how long you have been awake, you tell them the output of the uptime command.

[spupy]

when you laugh at people who still use computers because you link and compile code in your head.

... when you non-geek friends call you The Compiler or The Wikipedia. :|

(i call them The Oblivious Windows Users :P)

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek when you pick your meals based on what will keep you from your computer for the shortest amount of time.

[Toshibawarrior]

You know you are a geek when you pick your meals based on what will keep you from your computer for the shortest amount of time.

Damn, I do that...:(

You know you're a geek when...

-your first question to a girl is: "Do you have MySpace?!" (I've actually seen this happen...it's disgusting, just like MySpace itself...:mad:)

-you tell someone "See Ya On MSN!!"(or any other IM client)...This is equally disgusting and I've seen this happen tons of times. You CAN'T see someone on an IM client, unless you use a webcam, which 80% of people don't use.

[amingv]

Damn, I do that...:(

You know you're a geek when...

-your first question to a girl is: "Do you have MySpace?!" (I've actually seen this happen...it's disgusting, just like MySpace itself...:mad:)

-you tell someone "See Ya On MSN!!"(or any other IM client)...This is equally disgusting and I've seen this happen tons of times. You CAN'T see someone on an IM client, unless you use a webcam, which 80% of people don't use.

-MySpace is overrated, it's all about "This is me, this is a photo of my kitten, this is my boyfriend (xoxoxo), and here's some music which I don't have the right to redistribute.", everybody uses blogs now (Cory Doctorow is very disappointed at you :))

-A lot of people use their photo in the avatar thing msn has (or have one in their profile), which you can effectively see even if it's not "live".

...when you carry a backpack that is full of stuff/guides/weird artefacts that are useless in the eyes of other people, but that are vital for you (I've been doing this for years and just noticed now...), bonus points if it has a towel.

[Toshibawarrior]

-MySpace is overrated

My point exactly! Wise words amingv...not only overrated...it SUCKS!...

And yeah, I know about msn pics and profile thingies...BUT people actually say it like if they were on the phone and tell the other person: "Ok, see you later on the party" or something like that. like they were actually going to see the other person live...:(...on a damn computer! LOL...:p

Please don't let my post mislead this threads topic :)!

[GepettoBR]

bonus points if it has a towel.

Would that be worth 42 bonus points?

[Unix_Slayer]

Ok people.... that should be enough for this topic. http://www.tech-faq.com/emoticons/free-animated-emoticons/smiley_67.gif

[Boris and Bailey]

...when you write love letters in html.

[talsemgeest]

ok People.... That Should Be Enough For This Topic. http://www.tech-faq.com/emoticons/free-animated-emoticons/smiley_67.gif
Never!!!

[sci-fi guy]

...when you write love letters in html.

Wrong. Everybody should know the proper way (http://www.xkcd.com/340/) to write a love note.

You know you are a geek if you know what I linked to without clicking it first.

[swoll1980]

You take an internet geek test twice, because you didn't think you got a high enough score the first time.

[Captain Oblivious]

You take an internet geek test twice, because you didn't think you got a high enough score the first time.

Just twice?

[talsemgeest]

... when you don't have to take it twice because you got 100%

[jjthomas]

You know you're a geek when...

- You try to access your car's BIOS when it turns the "Check Engine" light on.


... you put a disk in the CD player and hit the reset button.

-JJ

[sci-fi guy]

You take an internet geek test twice, because you didn't think you got a high enough score the first time.

This one (http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html)?

EDIT: 31.36095% - Total Geek

[pricetech]

You tie your pony tail up with a coble tie.

[klange]

When someone asks "do you know X language?" and you don't, you respond no, and then spend the next hour learning it.

X86 assembly and a few hours to kill.

[TheLocalGraveDigger]

"a, hacking the pc next to u"
i was not hacking but


'net send * HI EVERYBODY' in a .bat file really scares the secretarys so i got 3 days computer prohibition.

you know you are a geek when you try to setup a ppp over serial connection to get tcp/ip networking to play doom(still working on this, pm me if you can help).:)

[Redrazor39]

You know you're a geek when you make this by hand:

http://100mb.nl

You're going to have to zoom out... a lot


Don't worry, not a browser crasher.

[money2themax]

This one (http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html)?

EDIT: 31.36095% - Total Geek

i think it's bad i got this

SCORE: 49.5069 - Super Geek

[klange]

You know you're a geek when you make this by hand:

http://100mb.nl

You're going to have to zoom out... a lot


Don't worry, not a browser crasher.

I don't think it was made by hand, it's too exact to the original Tux image.

[Cyborg_572]

.. Your sitting in the dark, reading this forum using a laptop and dail-up because the power's out.

[Unix_Slayer]

When your in the middle of a power outage, but your APC UPS system is running your system on battery. And you ignore the shutdown in five minutes notices.

[Joeb454]

That's what laptop's are for :)

[schauerlich]

You know you're a geek when you watch this entire speed run of LoZ:OoT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi2QTnitpQo

Bonus points if you know and can reproduce every glitch used.

[mordantae]

you find lots of haphazard colons, letters and number combinations in your day to day word processing documents

for example things like
:x :w :q! de d} o O v

etcetera....its embarrassing really



also if u know what im talking about you're probably a little closer to geekdom


i must confess i do the tab complete thing everywhere too :$ *blush* *blush*

[Dr Small]

you find lots of haphazard colons, letters and number combinations in your day to day word processing documents

for example things like
:x :w :q! de d} o O v

etcetera....its embarrassing really



also if u know what im talking about you're probably a little closer to geekdom


i must confess i do the tab complete thing everywhere too :$ *blush* *blush*
I even made :q an alias to close my terminal :D
Yes, tab completion rules. I hate it when I can't use it in my browser... but it works in IRC ;)

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you make this by hand:

http://100mb.nl

You're going to have to zoom out... a lot


Don't worry, not a browser crasher.

That's just a text overlayed with the Tux image. You can tell by the gradients inside the letters.

[schauerlich]

That's just a text overlayed with the Tux image. You can tell by the gradients inside the letters.

I don't think the gradients are within the letters. It looks like each letter is solid. That said, there are plenty of programs that could do that automatically.

[swoll1980]

I don't think the gradients are within the letters. It looks like each letter is solid. That said, there are plenty of programs that could do that automatically.

Either way your still a geek for the fact that you created in the first place regardless of how you actually did it.

[GepettoBR]

I don't think the gradients are within the letters. It looks like each letter is solid. That said, there are plenty of programs that could do that automatically.

The letters are not solid. Look at the beak's outline.

[keiichidono]

That's just a text overlayed with the Tux image. You can tell by the gradients inside the letters.
*points up* You know you're a geek when you can easily spot that.

[GepettoBR]

*points up* You know you're a geek when you can easily spot that.

w00t, I'm a geek!

[schauerlich]

The letters are not solid. Look at the beak's outline.

I still see each letter having only one color. The changes in color from one letter to the next are so subtle that your brain sees it as a gradient as a whole, but if you block out the other surrounding letters, each letter is only 1 solid color.

EDIT: Also, looking at the page source, it uses a long series of <FONT COLOR=$hex_code>$letter</FONT> tags.

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek when you use ribbon cables and RAM for bookmarks (bonus points if they are IT books of some kind)

[Joeb454]

You know you're a geek when you have "arguments" on a forum about an image of Tux...

[ercferret18]

you know that you're a geek when the computer chair has the shape of your #$$ in it

[schauerlich]

You know you're a geek if you design this map:

http://kotaku.com/387830/this-hands+free-super-mario-world-level-plays-sweet-sweet-music

o.o

[jjfourtwenty]

you wake up after a night drinking to find you installed ubuntu (yup, that happened)

[Joeb454]

:lolflag:

[spotspot]

I count electric sheep (http://www.electricsheep.org/)!

(well set up:))

I'm on 2^6.426264755
When you feel the need to customize every setting on internet accounts you own ;)

Thanks :) FYI the new beta is way way better: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=826554

[eyesmiles]

When everyone starts pushing you around...

[Achetar]

You know you're a geek when you installed gentoo on your work computer just to trash it :)
Ok not really, just if you installed it to loop { break it => fix it )

[awahid2020]

When U get A Dvd Of Ubuntu From your friend, u check it and say to your friend that "YOU MADE MY DAY" and give him a dinner instead of saying thanks

[ph1]

You know you're a geek when...

you can't find something in your house and you find your fingers involuntarily twitching, trying to press ctl+f.

you email the guy in the office next to you rather than walking around the corner, and then you get upset when he doesn't reply in 30 seconds.

you can talk about something for more than fifteen minutes and have someone ask you afterward what the hell you just said.

you and your friend are im'ing each other on laptops while sitting next to each other, even if there aren't any people around to hide your conversation from.

[sci-fi guy]

When everyone starts pushing you around...

Real Geeks (tm) don't ever get pushed around (http://members.iinet.com.au/~bofh/index.html).

[schauerlich]

You know you're a geek if you won't let this thread die.

Bump'd, yo.

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek if you won't let this thread die.

Bump'd, yo.

You know you're not a geek if you use pseudo-gang slang.

[nate305]

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

you can recite multiple windows product keys off the top of your head, i swear i hates me some windows, even though i gets paid to fix it, ya won't catch me runnin it...

[sci-fi guy]

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

you can recite multiple windows product keys off the top of your head, i swear i hates me some windows, even though i gets paid to fix it, ya won't catch me running it...

Spell it out backwards and convert it from base64 to read a message from Satan.

[LaRoza]

When you read this thread.

(It has been a full page without this very old post, so I thought I would join in)

[schauerlich]

When you read this thread.

(It has been a full page without this very old post, so I thought I would join in)

Ah, but have you read all 275 pages of this thread, like all of the other fine internet denizens that post THIS message?

[z0mbie]

When you have emotional debates over formats, DRM, & propriatary technologies.

[darth_indy]

When you have emotional debates over formats, DRM, & propriatary technologies.

... when they devolve into Wii boxing matches.