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

[Toshibawarrior]

... when they devolve into Wii boxing matches.

...when the Wii Boxing matches are settled with a "street race" on Need For Speed Carbon...(Incredible and stupid as it sounds, I've seen this happen. People decide who is better than the other in a certain game, by playing another...:mad:)

[@_R_|\/|_@_G_E_|)_|)_0|\|]

When you try to get up to the bathroom, but can't go to it because you don't want to leave you're computer alone so you call in a plumber and you tell him to install a toilet right next to the chair.

[Joeb454]

Why do that? You could just have a modified toilet.

I.e. A toilet with a comfortable office chair seat :) Naturally you would need to make the hole in the middle...

[@_R_|\/|_@_G_E_|)_|)_0|\|]

Hm, I guess you're right there. Thanks, man I'll have that done ;) That is what I call true innovation!

[Tomatz]

Hm, I guess you're right there. Thanks, man I'll have that done ;) That is what I call true innovation!

Or you could be a real geek and do it in a pringles tube without even leaving the room!

[Joeb454]

That's not being a geek - that's called being lazy.

And you know you're a geek when you've made 2,500 posts in ~3 months, and got a Custom User Title :D

[LaRoza]

And you know you're a geek when you've made 2,500 posts in ~3 months, and got a Custom User Title :D

You know you are a geek when you get 10500 beans in 13 months and you didn't have the internet at home for the beginning of it.

[schauerlich]

You know you are a geek when you get 10500 beans in 13 months and you didn't have the internet at home for the beginning of it.

And another few thousand posts in non-bean-earning forums,

[ninjabob7]

You know you're a geek when you have memorized your 10-digit library card number, your 30 hex-digit WEP key, and 50 digits of pi.
You know you're a geek when you use 50 digits of pi more often than you use your WEP key, which is more often than you use your library card number.

[Joeb454]

You know you are a geek when you get 10500 beans in 13 months and you didn't have the internet at home for the beginning of it.

You win :)

[GepettoBR]

Or you could be a real geek and do it in a pringles tube without even leaving the room!

This statement matches your avatar so perfectly...


You know you're a geek when you have your own personal naming convention for the Ubuntu releases:

Whelping Wyvern
Hairy Hummingbird
Demented Donkey
Energetic Elephant
Frolicking Ferret
Godly Giraffe
Hovering Hamster
Incestuous Iguana
Jealous Jellyfish (or maybe Jurassic Jackal?)
Still haven't decided on 9.10 and beyond, except for 12.04 Platinum Platypus, and 17.10 Arrogant Anteater (this (http://www.evilmilk.com/pictures/Ant_Eater.jpg) would be the mascot).

[Anjin_san]

You know ur a geek when you try to ALT+TAB every time there is a comercial on TV .
Or .. if you use chating shortcuts in a real life convo like LOL AFK BRB and things like that ...

[AFarris01]

this whole thread is rich...but how 'bout this?

You name all of your computers after hot chicks you know
You get excited when you meet a stranger who has heard of Linux
You wont play a game in its original form (w/o MODs)
You try to use bash commands in the Windows terminal at work :D

come to think of it...
You refer to a non-GUI environment as a terminal instead of command line
Your most engaging conversations between friends are over the latest computer hardware, or your latest GUI MODs

[rudihawk]

You try to use bash commands in the Windows terminal at work :D


Ive done that on many occasions!

[darth_indy]

You try to use bash commands in the Windows terminal at work

*raises hand* Guilty!

Also, I don't name my computers after hot chicks I know (that'd just be weird, seeing as how I'm female as well) but I do name them after my favorite sci-fi guys.

My laptop has recently been renamed to Ghent, after the slicer in Star Wars EU books.

[Fingel]

When you have a WiFi detector t-shirt

[ninjabob7]

You try to use bash commands in the Windows terminal at work :D

I had that problem when I used Windows at home, so I installed Cygwin. I've also installed explore2fs to access my Linux files, and moved the taskbar to the top. Now if I could just get virtual desktops, Windows would be fairly tolerable...
You know you're a geek when you try to make Windows more like Linux, instead of the other way around.

[geekx]

In few weeks before moving to a new place, you called ISP to ensure that the network will be ready by teh day of moving in, and you set up the computer first before those furniture are placed in rooms.


[ it is very true , it always happens to me each time i move to new place, i gotta make sure the network is ready and i always set up computers first, then i chill w computers 4 couple days then move in all of my **** ] [ i have 10 computers and i use em for servers n experiement purpose ]

I might as well build a lab room if theres a room for my **** heh hheeh heeehh.. but my finacee always BITCHED OUT each time i am on computer after work , on my day off, or weekends. BUT MY EXCUSE TO TELL HER IS THAT I GOTTA MAKE SOME MONEY OFF FROM THE NET... ( ROFLAMO )

[LaRoza]

You try to use bash commands in the Windows terminal at work :D


Everyone does that.

I had that problem when I used Windows at home, so I installed Cygwin. I've also installed explore2fs to access my Linux files, and moved the taskbar to the top. Now if I could just get virtual desktops, Windows would be fairly tolerable...
You know you're a geek when you try to make Windows more like Linux, instead of the other way around.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

(For XP)

[klange]

You write "[tab]" when in the middle of a word to finish to it.
You think your friend is psychotic because he's majoring in Computer Science but still uses IE. No, wait... That just means you're sane...

[sci-fi guy]

but I do name them after my favorite sci-fi guys.

Wait, what?

[darth_indy]

Wait, what?

*laughs* Sorry, didn't mean you. :-P

[jjthomas]

When you spend hours building a WFWG machine, finally get all the software copied to a spare drive, install everything (after all, you had all the disks... somewhere), reboot and at the prompt type startx.

-JJ

[myusername]

when you spend hours perfecting your system only to get sick of the theme and start over

[GepettoBR]

when you spend hours perfecting your system only to get sick of the theme and start over

Guilty as charged.

[Barrucadu]

when you spend hours perfecting your system only to get sick of the theme and start over

Doesn't everyone do that?

[Joeb454]

I've had this system running since April 26th :)

[Cope57]

-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.12
GU d- s:+ a+ C++ UL P L++ E- W+++ N+++ o K- w+
O M- V- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP+ t- 5 X R- tv-- b- DI-- D+
G e h r+++ y++++
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

[KingTermite]

....you get so excited over a $25 Amazon gift certificate because you can buy a new programming book (to add the 100 or so you already have).

[ComputerGeek31618]

You know you're a geek when people you know use words like "format" and "configuration" out of context

[spacesearcher]

you know when your a geek when you are on a public computer and hold your finger over an old cd in a car waiting for it to play.

or when you cant find something and wish there was an f12 in real life.

or when downloading ubuntu you are entertained by watching the speed and where all of the pieces are coming from and how many hash fails there are.

[daemon3]

You know you're a geek when:

You use vim to take notes in class.
On a date, you reach into your pocket to pull out your wallet, you accidentally pull out your PDA, then try again and pull out your cell phone, then your iPod, then your Ubuntu install CD, then...
When you monitor children, you play the game "Traverse the Linear Linked List" (A harder game: Traverse the Binary Search Tree)
When you don't remember something, you say "Sorry, I just had a seg fault."
You look for a "Start" button on your TV remote.
You're paying more attention to the Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux debate than the 2008 Presidential Election.

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you're losing sleep from excitement over the prospect that Intel might build 2T-DRAM into their next generation of processors.

[Toshibawarrior]

You know you're a geek when:

You use vim to take notes in class.
On a date, you reach into your pocket to pull out your wallet, you accidentally pull out your PDA, then try again and pull out your cell phone, then your iPod, then your Ubuntu install CD, then...
When you monitor children, you play the game "Traverse the Linear Linked List" (A harder game: Traverse the Binary Search Tree)
When you don't remember something, you say "Sorry, I just had a seg fault."
You look for a "Start" button on your TV remote.
You're paying more attention to the Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux debate than the 2008 Presidential Election.


LOL! Quite frankly the OS battle is farther much more important than the Presidential debate :):p:lolflag:...Oh NO I'm A GEEK!!!

[soulier22]

You know you're a geek when you dont need a girlfriend

[Joeb454]

That's easy enough sudo apt-get install girlfriend

[lisati]

That's easy enough sudo apt-get install girlfriend

Might need to preceed it with sudo inaptitude remove wife or find funeral director

[Toshibawarrior]

Might need to preceed it with sudo inaptitude remove wife or find funeral director

LMAO!!!

sudo apt-get install girlfriend modules

sudo aptitude remove wife

sudo aptitude remove mother-in-law

sudo firestarter <lockdown> <children>

I just doodled the last one, I don't even know how to work firestarter in command-line...anyways, it's supposed to lockdown any incoming or outgoing children activity...

So yeah, you know you're a geek when you use this command instead of a condom as an anti-conceptive device...:lolflag:

Oh yeah and to compile the girlfriend modules, you should use "do" instead of "make" and "do it" instead of "make install".

Damn I'm bored...:lolflag:!! :p

[penguin steve]

You know you're a geek when you hacked the encrypted wireless network at school to have internet access on your ipod touch.

yes i did that. lmao

[darth_indy]

You know you're a geek when:

You're paying more attention to the Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux debate than the 2008 Presidential Election.


Doesn't everyone?

----------

You know you're a geek when you add your new boyfriend to your Sims and see if you can make him fall in love with your Sim (after evicting and bulldozing the house of your ex, that is).

[amingv]

When you have your ups...
http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/0601/060120.png

and downs...
http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/0601/060121.png

(Happens all the time to me, though not with a 2Thz processor)

[money2themax]

You know you're a geek when you hacked the encrypted wireless network at school to have internet access on your ipod touch.

yes i did that. lmao

yeah i'm gonna do that for my Archos 605 but first i have to get the Browser Key [$30]

[jaithehulk]

when u r stuck to the PC 24/7...

[Toshibawarrior]

You know you're a geek when :

*the first thing you do in the morning is turn on your Linux/Unix (Ubuntu ftw!) computer to read your e-mails and headline news...BEFORE brushing your teeth or drinking coffee...:)

*you forgot your homework at home, but you have you iPod in your pocket.

*you have a cell phone that none of your friends and/or family understands or knows how to use it.

*you engage on a heated debate on an online-forum...over huge companies' lawsuits and business decisions...:mad:

*you type numbers to make words or mix numbers and l3tt3r5!!!:lolflag:

*you ask your neighbor if he has a spare hard-drive to restore your data from a XP->Vista upgrade gone awry...:eek::-k:-({|=

*you wish to have an "Alt+F4" in real life to close unwanted situations...

*you can type in instant messaging with just one hand, while looking for something with the other...:(I have done this...

:popcorn:

[klange]

- You set any device you own to a language you don't know. And leave it that way.

[radical3]

you know your a geek when you find yourself surrounded by idiots

[VitaLiNux]

you know you're a geek when you try to compile the kernel of your box while at the same time you're playing World of Warcraft using your left brain and your right hand at the very same minute you're getting frags with your last copy of Counter Strike using your right brain and your left hand!

[money2themax]

- You set any device you own to a language you don't know. And leave it that way.
i did that to help me learn japanese

[jamieh]

Your wallpaper is a photo of the inside of your computer.

[sci-fi guy]

Your wallpaper is a photo of the inside of your computer.

I would make it a picture of what is on the other side of my monitor.

[Joeb454]

You need the picture of the insides of the monitor - so it looks like you have no screen :)

[cpetercarter]

--- you order pizza from the terminal.

[klange]

i did that to help me learn japanese
I don't think it's helping me much. Though maybe in a few weeks time I'll have some of the items on the PSP menu memorized... (Japanese here as well)

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you cracked a random neighbor's WEP key to play your Wii online without having to lower your router's security level, but felt guilty about it, and not knowing which neighbor the network belonged to, you taped a note to the inside of the elevator with the ESSID, BSSID, passphrase and instructions to switch his router's configuration to WPA2-PSK, along with an apology and five bucks to cover the losses for your few hours of exploiting his network - all this done anonymously, of course.

edit: Oh my God, that's quite a run-on sentence I put up there.

[Toshibawarrior]

You know you're a geek when you cracked a random neighbor's WEP key to play your Wii online without having to lower your router's security level, but felt guilty about it, and not knowing which neighbor the network belonged to, you taped a note to the inside of the elevator with the ESSID, BSSID, passphrase and instructions to switch his router's configuration to WPA2-PSK, along with an apology and five bucks to cover the losses for your few hours of exploiting his network - all this done anonymously, of course.

edit: Oh my God, that's quite a run-on sentence I put up there.

I wouldn't feel guilty about it...and if i did, I'd just put a note saying "Check your router's encryption settings" on the elevator...:)...no five bucks...:p

[JustAnotherWinblowzHater]

Not so much a geek, but you know you love linux when you cant stop laughing at this:...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CD7uZAU2gmU

[|{urse]

You need the picture of the insides of the monitor - so it looks like you have no screen :)

zomg thats even cooler than the transparent screen trick.. Do you have a wallpaper of the insides of a crt?

[amingv]

You know you're a geek when you cracked a random neighbor's WEP key to play your Wii online without having to lower your router's security level, but felt guilty about it, and not knowing which neighbor the network belonged to, you taped a note to the inside of the elevator with the ESSID, BSSID, passphrase and instructions to switch his router's configuration to WPA2-PSK, along with an apology and five bucks to cover the losses for your few hours of exploiting his network - all this done anonymously, of course.

edit: Oh my God, that's quite a run-on sentence I put up there.

Now, you're a real geek when, after feeling guilty, you configure both the router and his PC for him from the comfort of your room :).

[swoody]

You know when you're a geek, when after reading a forum post titled "You know you're a geek when..." you think about responses all day long, and come up with a lot of ideas.... so here goes, lol.

.... when you're internet connection's faster than your car.
.... when slow connections **** you off more than slow drivers.
.... when searching for /insert_item_here/ in your basment you came across the computer you bought when you were 12, and instead of thinking "garbage goes out on Tuesday" you think "oo000oo!! Xubuntu!"
.... you blow off your girlfriend and her friends at a bar to play around with new distros.
.... you used a line from Caddyshack, Spaceballs, or Monty Python on your first date with a girl... if she laughed, you married her :D
.... when you know WoW works perfectly in Windows, yet you still insist on going through all the trouble just to run it on Linux.

[p_quarles]

.... when you're internet connection's faster than your car.
How would this be measured?

[sci-fi guy]

How would this be measured?

I am not sure. A sentence of text sent over dial-up can travel pretty quickly, but if you want to send many hundreds of terabytes somewhere, a station wagon full of tapes hurling down the highway...

[swoody]

It's the well known, MB/mile conversion. But you'd have to use the metric conversion of KB/km if you're planning on measuring it in Europe :) Or the fact you have the fastest internet connection available in your country, and drive an econo-box car.

[talsemgeest]

How would this be measured?
If you were really getting geeky you would compare it to the time a single byte takes to move a set distance. Anybody?

[Toshibawarrior]

.... when searching for /insert_item_here/ in your basment you came across the computer you bought when you were 12, and instead of thinking "garbage goes out on Tuesday" you think "oo000oo!! Xubuntu!"
.... you blow off your girlfriend and her friends at a bar to play around with new distros.

Too funny! I couldn't stop laughing, which makes me a geek again! :p

[klange]

If you were really getting geeky you would compare it to the time a single byte takes to move a set distance. Anybody?
Electrons travel at around a foot per minute or something really slow like that. A single byte takes an amazingly short amount of time to reach its destination as almost immediately upon introducing a field to the cable the electrons on the other end will have net movement. Just like how when you turn a light on with a switch it goes on immediately.

So... Are all cars faster than internet connections or are all internet connections infinitely faster than cars?

[scragar]

a connection is the global speed, not the speed of individual electrons, so yeah, connection is faster, but then at the same time most of your connection is wasted, what with missing packets and timeouts etc occuring on a huge scale(but the browser/whatever covers up for this by sending multiple requests/answers for each connection), so although it's far faster it's also a lot more signals sent at the same time, if you accounted for this it would still be much faster though(40 connections to google.com takes around 1 sec(rounding up a huge amount) from the uk, since that's a USA server I'm guessing no-one has a car fast enough to beat that right?), and as if that wasn't enough, your connection is not direct, to connect to a house across the street often requires 2 or 3 other connections along the way, and would still beat your car across the road.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

Here goes
You know you're a geek when you start to notice that people are crazy.
You find it more natural to count 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 than 1,2,3,4,5,6..
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 use "zeroth" as the first position in a queue or other sequence of arbitrary size.
You were actually excited when you discovered caca output for xine.
You can no longer watch TV because adverts make you reach for alt-f4.
When you get annoyed at the fact they use Windows at school.
You frequently think in English or a programming language instead of whatever language is spoken at your location.
The case of your computer stays open.
When you can troubleshoot a computer by the noise it's doing.
You know something is wrong when your harddrive is writing when it shouldn't.
You know your a geek when you get up in the morning and check this forum instead of reading the daily local.
Your more concerned with your cpu temperature than your own
Your comp has a name ("SUSE"..my first distro)
One of mine has the name: "The little matrix box", to distinguish of other I sometimes use "Big matrix box" for other one.
Your a geek when insted of looking outside the window to see the weather you go and find a weather forcast on google
My method is more sophisticated though... I use Google Earth to watch the cloud cover, Gnome's Weather Applet to check for Wind and I DO look out the window to see if it all fits.
Today I managed to make exactly the same forecast as on news.
You arrive late from a party, you are drunk as a pig, but you need to check your bittorrent queue before going to bed.
You know you're a *real geek* when you sleep in your room with the computer despite the noise.
I got two (not in same room though)
when you can use 3 computers at once and have it not be enough
You know what HTTP, FTP, POP, RAM, ROM, USB, CPU, URL, WYSIWYG, ISP, MIME, ADSL, PPP, IDE, ISDN, ASCII, TCP/IP, and IRQ stand for.
You expect others to know at least half of those.
you get sent down to the principals office
for misorderly conduct in computer class

for 1 of 3 reasons
a, hacking the pc next to u
b, making a windows user cry
or c, confusing your computer teacher
or d - for installing a restricted network printer and sending 100 copies of blank pages for it to print
You install Linux on any used computer that comes your way just to see if you can make it work.
...someone asks you about something computer related and you know answering them would take more time than their patience would allow so you decide not to.
...you do tech support calls for the whole neighborhood.

it's all me... all from only first ten pages.
I must be one helluva geek!

p.s.
You're geek when you spend an hour collecting suitable proof for your geekiness instead of going to sleep at 1am.

[klange]

You know you're a geek when you enter the Konami Code in every new game you buy.

↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A

[SoftwareExplorer]

When you re-master Knoppix to your taste and use Linux at school, and everyone is like whoa, whats that?
(And the first time, your teacher gets scared, "you ... installed .... Linux?")

[dane_braddy666]

When you don't giggle at the word "root".

/aussie humour

[sci-fi guy]

When you ... use Linux at school, and everyone is like whoa, whats that?

Unfortunately that only happens when I use Compiz.

[GepettoBR]

When you don't giggle at the word "root".

/aussie humour

What taboo body part is "root" slang for down under?

[klange]

Unfortunately that only happens when I use Compiz.

Usually it happens with either extreme - you're in a VT or you're spinning a cube/sphere. Hell, I get interesting responses from cmatrix in a terminal at work.

[untermensch]

The wallpaper of your phone is the blue screen of death, to remind you of your hatred for Windows, and your love for Linux.

You can't stand to leave work, cause you fear that 10 minute drive without a computer.

[RiceMonster]

You know you're a geek when you try to use vim commands like :w and :q! in graphical text editors/word processors.

[Neon Lemmy Koopa]

you fap at pictures of motherboards. *shot*

[schauerlich]

What taboo body part is "root" slang for down under?

I believe it's a vulgar term for sexual intercourse.

[paulderol]

you post to this thread in an achingly self-referential way?

...oh dang.

[jjthomas]

You know you're a geek when:

You're paying more attention to the Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux debate than the 2008 Presidential Election.

That's THIS year??? Already? Again????

-JJ

[jjthomas]

That's easy enough sudo apt-get install girlfriend

No No No!

su -
rm -rf /home/wife

wget http://www.playboy.com/perfectmate.bz.tar
tar -xvjf perfectmate.tar.bz
cd perfectmate
./configure <--- critical step
make
make install

I mean if your going to go through all the trouble, install from source code.

-JJ

[Achetar]

When you rig up a filter for the UbuForums to **** out vulgar posts.

[klange]

When you carry all three Flash plugins. Just in case.

Also, script to switch between them.

[LaRoza]

When you rig up a filter for the UbuForums to **** out vulgar posts.

It does that automatically.

[klange]

It does that automatically.

Depends on what he considers vulgar.

[gitano]

you bite the head off a rodent

[LaRoza]

Depends on what he considers vulgar.

True, so far "Em**s" hasn't been added to the filter.

[sci-fi guy]

you bite the head off a rodent

...because it's a closer source of nourishment than the kitchen 15' away.

[starcannon]

...because it's a closer source of nourishment than the kitchen 15' away.

*burp*
that makes one a geek?
....guilty as charged

*resumes listening to Ozzy

[money2themax]

*burp*
that makes one a geek?
....guilty as charged

*resumes listening to Ozzy
he bit the head off a bat

[ninjabob7]

You know what HTTP, FTP, POP, RAM, ROM, USB, CPU, URL, WYSIWYG, ISP, MIME, ADSL, PPP, IDE, ISDN, ASCII, TCP/IP, and IRQ stand for.

You expect others to know at least half of those.

What do you mean, "half??"

[sci-fi guy]

he bit the head off a bat

Was it an LOLBat?

[GepettoBR]

he bit the head off a bat

bat, rat, what's one litter?

[ninjabob7]

bat, rat, what's one litter?

You ate a whole LITTER of rats?? :lolflag:

[Joeb454]

bat, rat, what's one litter?

:lolflag: I like what you did there :p

And you know you're a geek when you're writing a speech, and mark parts that you're not sure about like so /* uncertain about this part here */

And you know you're a geek when you think "why don't I do that?"

[Yudraciell]

You wanna ./configure make && make install a Linux government at /home/user[tab-complete]

and i thought i had a dirty mind lol

[GepettoBR]

:lolflag: I like what you did there :p

:guitar: Thanks :p

[Dr Small]

You know you're a geek when you try to use vim commands like :w and :q! in graphical text editors/word processors.
I have done that, lots of times. :D

[money2themax]

and i thought i had a dirty mind lol
i like your sig

Windows users converted: 14

[Ptero-4]

I got 50 done at college. Up that yudraciel.

[GepettoBR]

I got 50 done at college. Up that yudraciel.

You know you're a Linux geek when you brag about how many Windows users you've converted.

[daemon3]

You know you're a geek when you use wine in Ubuntu to run qemu (windows version), loaded with Fedora in order to run VMWare, in order to use Windows XP (that's a mouthfull). 8|

You know you're a geek when you lock your computer to get coffee when only you and your cat are in the house.:-$

You know you're a geek when, with each upgrade of Ubuntu, you take your old disc out to your backyard and bury it. Then, with tears in your eyes, you say "We gather here today to mourn the passing of Gutsy Gibbon....":-({|=

You know you're a geek when you think that "I use Vista" is the funniest thing you've ever heard. :lolflag:

[sci-fi guy]

You know you're a geek when, with each upgrade of Ubuntu, you take your old disc out to your backyard and bury it. Then, with tears in your eyes, you say "We gather here today to mourn the passing of Gutsy Gibbon....":-({|=

Save it for April '09.

[daemon3]

Save it for April '09.

Why? Is there a new Ubuntu coming otu April '09? What's the name of it? I've been thinking the name could be Indigionous Iguana or Indestructable Iguana. :)

[ladr0n]

No, Intrepid Ibex is October. April '09 will be J. Jolly Jackal? Just Jaguar? Who knows?

[Frak]

Why? Is there a new Ubuntu coming otu April '09? What's the name of it? I've been thinking the name could be Indigionous Iguana or Indestructable Iguana. :)
That's when Gutsy's official support ends. Gutsy is still supported by canonical.

[money2themax]

You know you're a Linux geek when you brag about how many Windows users you've converted.

Damn Skippy

That's when Gutsy's official support ends. Gutsy is still supported by canonical.

I still use Gusty
i didn't care for hardy it's still a little buggy [how ever i did like the new Gnome i wish i could install it without hardy]
sry to those who put work into it but i figured i'd tell the truth

[Greyed]

You know you're a geek when you issue vim comands to fix typos and expect others to get it.

%s/comands/commands/g

[talsemgeest]

No, Intrepid Ibex is October. April '09 will be J. Jolly Jackal? Just Jaguar? Who knows?
The debate has been on for some time. Have a look here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=779718

[gwoodard]

you reverse engineer DirectX, finding the code, making copies, and selling (or giving...) to "other" companies or OS users

aka: Unix, Linux, Apple to name a few

Or you create your own gaming kernal to run ALL games ever made

Or find a way to make a 512 mb pc run like a 2 gig pc...idk

[gwoodard]

You know you're a geek when, with each upgrade of Ubuntu, you take your old disc out to your backyard and bury it. Then, with tears in your eyes, you say "We gather here today to mourn the passing of Gutsy Gibbon....":-({|=


Do I hear TAPS?

[money2themax]

just one question how do you get 2 OSes to run off one HDD i have mine on 2 different HDD liunx on a 30GB and XP on my 200GB [yeah i know why gix XP more (cuz its bigger)]
i just change in BIOS between HDDs to change OSes [mainly i stick with linux]

[talsemgeest]

just one question how do you get 2 OSes to run off one HDD i have mine on 2 different HDD liunx on a 30GB and XP on my 200GB [yeah i know why gix XP more (cuz its bigger)]
i just change in BIOS between HDDs to change OSes [mainly i stick with linux]
You just have to make two partitions, or is that not what you were looking for?

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

just one question how do you get 2 OSes to run off one HDD i have mine on 2 different HDD liunx on a 30GB and XP on my 200GB [yeah i know why gix XP more (cuz its bigger)]
i just change in BIOS between HDDs to change OSes [mainly i stick with linux]
You just have to make two partitions, or is that not what you were looking for?
That's probably the only way to put two OSs on one HDD.

In short
Make
1. NTFS (or FAT) patrition the size you want for Windows
2. swap partition (like some 256MB to 1GB)
3. ext3 (or other POSIX-compatible) partition for Linux

(4.) any partiton for your /home if you want it to be separate (helps on reinstalls)

Use parted or gparted to do this (latest gparted can resize NTFS!)

[talsemgeest]

Or you can use wubi and run it from your windows partition.

[money2themax]

That's probably the only way to put two OSs on one HDD.

In short
Make
1. NTFS (or FAT) patrition the size you want for Windows
2. swap partition (like some 256MB to 1GB)
3. ext3 (or other POSIX-compatible) partition for Linux

(4.) any partiton for your /home if you want it to be separate (helps on reinstalls)

Use parted or gparted to do this (latest gparted can resize NTFS!)

ok i can do all that but linux seems to take over i can't switch between them when they are on the same HDD do i need to edit the boot menu manually? [for example "Menu.lst"]
[funny my swap is 5GB and my paging file on XP is 5GB]

[untermensch]

"ok i can do all that but linux seems to take over i can't switch between them when they are on the same HDD do i need to edit the boot menu manually?"

sorry, don't know how to quote people on the forums =\

On start up it should ask which OS you would like to boot up. If it doesn't you could edit the GRUB menu on start up. Or I think there is some way to change it in windows.

[GepettoBR]

Just edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add a command to boot the Windows partition. You can edit it through Windows Notepad if you want, as long as Windows can read your Linux partition. Funny, though, is that Ubuntu usually sets GRUB up for you when you install it. It should find Windows and automatically add it to your boot list.

sorry, don't know how to quote people on the forums =\

At the bottom of each post is a button labeled "Quote". Just click it and you'll be taken to the reply page with a quote box for that post.

[untermensch]

At the bottom of each post is a button labeled "Quote". Just click it and you'll be taken to the reply page with a quote box for that post.


Lol yea, I was going to refresh the page and I was just thinking "hey I thik that might quote someone.." thanks =] That'll come in handy.

[scragar]

you can also type:

quote here

Oh, and you can write things like that out using and

[untermensch]

you can also type:



Oh, and you can write things like that out using and

What does noparse do?

[Ptero-4]

you can also type:



Oh, and you can write things like that out using and

You can also put to make the quote include the name of the user you quoted.

You know you're a Linux geek when you brag about how many Windows users you've converted.

Guilty as charged.

[ninjabob7]

Or find a way to make a 512 mb pc run like a 2 gig pc...idk
Install Puppy Linux. It will run in 512MB way better than Vista in 2GB. And by install I mean poor-man's install as it can run completely in RAM that way.

[scragar]

What does noparse do?

it doesn't parse the contents, so the contents appear as you write instead of being converted to quotes, bold, underlined or whatever.

[untermensch]

it doesn't parse the contents, so the contents appear as you write instead of being converted to quotes, bold, underlined or whatever.

Ah ok, Thank you.

[Unanimated]

You scream "Just ******* google it" when somebody asks a simple question
EVERYBODY says that. I'm not even joking.

[starcannon]

Your ideal night includes a bag of Dorrito's a half rack of Mountain Dew, a Computer, and a "Teach yourself C++ in 21days" doorstop.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

ok i can do all that but linux seems to take over i can't switch between them when they are on the same HDD do i need to edit the boot menu manually? [for example "Menu.lst"]
[funny my swap is 5GB and my paging file on XP is 5GB]

You can configure menu.lst by yourself, if for some reason it doesn't detect Windows by itself....

use this in ubuntu for opening menu.lst
gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

entry for windows would look like this
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
makeactive

change (hd0,0) with your partition (start to count from zero)
like hda1 = (hd0,0) and hdc2 = (hd2,1)

there are more menu.lst options to change, but i can't remember all of them at once

and for swap - If you have very resource intensive software, you might put swap to 2 or more GB, but 5 is too much, unless you are really sure.

[Th3Professor]

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

[daemon3]

You know you're a geek if you cried at the end of Terminator 2. Brownie points if you cried when John just threw in the chip.

You know you're a geek if you wrote an essay about similarities and differences between Star Trek and Star Wars.

[money2themax]

You can configure menu.lst by yourself, if for some reason it doesn't detect Windows by itself....

use this in ubuntu for opening menu.lst
gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lstentry for windows would look like this
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
makeactivechange (hd0,0) with your partition (start to count from zero)
like hda1 = (hd0,0) and hdc2 = (hd2,1)

there are more menu.lst options to change, but i can't remember all of them at once

and for swap - If you have very resource intensive software, you might put swap to 2 or more GB, but 5 is too much, unless you are really sure.
cool cuz i have XP Pro is there a way to see the HDD in terminal [like the way you see usb in terminal using some thing like lsusb]
i installed XP second

[starcannon]

@Money2theMax

when you ask for geek advice on a "you know your a geek when" thread hehe

[money2themax]

@Money2theMax

when you ask for geek advice on a "you know your a geek when" thread hehe
well i get carried away some times :redface:

[untermensch]

Ok, so.. my girlfriend today was texting me about how she's going to be doing some house sitting for her father over this upcoming week because her father and step mother are going on vacation.. she said "I'll be at the house.. all alone.. if you wanna come over and... " and my first reply was "YOU WANNA INSTALL LINUX?!?" which sadly was a no :(

[scragar]

Ok, so.. my girlfriend today was texting me about how she's going to be doing some house sitting for her father over this upcoming week because her father and step mother are going on vacation.. she said "I'll be at the house.. all alone.. if you wanna come over and... " and my first reply was "YOU WANNA INSTALL LINUX?!?" which sadly was a no :(
she said no?!?

if your on your own what's better than to launch a nice command line on a spare box and build a nice custom kernel and the rest of the OS, honestly I don't know why the windows users arn't intrested in such things...

[untermensch]

she said no?!?

if your on your own what's better than to launch a nice command line on a spare box and build a nice custom kernel and the rest of the OS, honestly I don't know why the windows users arn't intrested in such things...

yea.. She also got pissed at me for blowing off her date so I could build a couple programs from source. I was ticked.

[LaRoza]

yea.. She also got pissed at me for blowing off her date so I could build a couple programs from source. I was ticked.

Well, if there was a computer available there, you could have SSH'd you way in (recommend live cd to avoid leaving traces)

[untermensch]

She wanted to go to a park or something.. yards away form even an electrical outlet. although to this day I have yet to leave my laptop at home when going on a date. Or actually for about 90% of anytime I leave the house.

[sci-fi guy]

...I leave the house.

You are a braver man than I.

You know you are a geek when your username for is just a password that's not hidden by bullet points.

[swoody]

... when after someone mentioned that "your skin is looking awfully pale lately, and you should get out more" you move your desk a little closer to the window.

... when someone mentions that "you should get a new hobby" you decide to install Gentoo on an old comp.

... you don't let anyone with food, beverage, long hair, or too much cologne in the same room as your computer.

[swoody]

"YOU WANNA INSTALL LINUX?!?" which sadly was a no :(

lol, I'm waiting to get my hands on my girl's laptop again. She was wondering why her XP was running so slow, so I told her to give it to me for a day. After replacing her Norton AV (](*,)) and defragging it seemed to pick up quite a bit, lol. But she's really open to letting me switch her to Ubuntu (she loves the wobbly windows, hahaha). And when I told her there's no need for anti-virus or adware to slow down her comp, she's psyched! :D

[Toshibawarrior]

... you don't let anyone with food, beverage, long hair, or too much cologne in the same room as your computer.

I do that! :p...With my guitar too.

lol, I'm waiting to get my hands on my girl's laptop again. She was wondering why her XP was running so slow, so I told her to give it to me for a day. After replacing her Norton AV (](*,)) and defragging it seemed to pick up quite a bit, lol. But she's really open to letting me switch her to Ubuntu (she loves the wobbly windows, hahaha). And when I told her there's no need for anti-virus or adware to slow down her comp, she's psyched! :D

Now that's a girl worth being with!! ;)

:popcorn:

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

...when you say this when your PC dies: "May the soul of this computer rest in peace and reach the heavens of master kernel."... which I did, right here in forums.

[theravenproject]

Whenever you conversate with friends you relate everything they say in an analogy to computer life,
Whenever you talk computers with non-tech friends you end up like one of those roadside evangelists and your friends are saying "Yeah, Uh Huh" trying to get away,

[daemon3]

You know you're a geek when you use subversion to back up your desktop theme.

[ninjabob7]

EVERYBODY says that. I'm not even joking.

You know you're a geek when everybody you know fits one or more of these descriptions.

[Toshibawarrior]

You know you're a geek when:

- use your cellphone to play games.
- you download videos of Linux-related tutorials.
- you search YouTube for some person's video-blog...just because he's "funny".
- you ask your girlfriend to be careful not to bump into your computer desk when having **x.
- you don't take a break even when you've been on your PC for 6+ hours.

[sci-fi guy]

- you search YouTube for some person's video-blog...just because he's "funny".


I would bet that even "normal" people do that. I personally like Zero Punctuation (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation).

[GepettoBR]

I would bet that even "normal" people do that. I personally like Zero Punctuation (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation).

I like him a lot too, but I watch him on The Escapist. If somebody is getting paid for the ads my Adblock is blocking, it should be the people he works for, not the already-rich, already-getting-my-ad-money-from-some-other-sites-I-visit Google.

[sci-fi guy]

...I watch him on The Escapist...

So do I. The video quality is better than Youtube, it's more up-to-date, easier to browse... (and he gets about half of the ad revenue as part of his deal with Escapist).

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek if you tell people who ask how tall you are your height when sitting.

[Frak]

You know you are a geek if you tell people who ask how tall you are your height when sitting.
42ft

[sci-fi guy]

42ft

HGTTG reference aside, inches are more believable.

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek if you found out about the aliases for 42 and 1 on the Google calculator by accident.

[talsemgeest]

I found 42, but what is 1?

[GepettoBR]

I found 42, but what is 1?

The number of horns on a unicorn.

[goforlinux]

based on what yall said then im a geek lol

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek when you don't think of clothing when you here the word 'Tux'.

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you don't think of insects when you hear the word "bug"

[LaRoza]

You know you're a geek when you don't think of insects when you hear the word "bug"

When you don't think of sheep when you hear "ram".

[Th3Professor]

When you don't think of sheep when you hear "ram".

when you don't think of computer software when you hear "program".
(another type of geek... program = repertoire.)

[Rim3nX]

I ain't a geek, but I know a few... Ur a geek when u ignore HOT HOT HOT Girl in front of u while u r typing commands in terminal:popcorn:

[Th3Professor]

lol since when does geek require no interest in another person, especially a hottie? :tongue:

[ninjabob7]

when you don't think of computer software when you hear "program".
When you don't think of popcorn when you hear the word "kernel."

[Tomatz]

When the doctor tells you you have a terminal illness so you think thats cool all i need to do is:

sudo apt-get remove --purge gnome-terminal && sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal

[ninjabob7]

sudo apt-get remove --purge gnome-terminal && sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal
Or you could save some keystrokes and use "sudo apt-get purge" instead of "sudo apt-get remove --purge"

[Toshibawarrior]

lol since when does geek require no interest in another person, especially a hottie? :tongue:

I've caught myself typing erroneous commands because a hottie went by or stopped to talk to me. I also forget what the heck i was doing and when she leaves I have to recap all I've done...

:popcorn:

[Tomatz]

Or you could save some keystrokes and use "sudo apt-get purge" instead of "sudo apt-get remove --purge"

I know but it looks geekier!

:lolflag:

[misterhead]

When your stuck at work and all you can think about is going 127.0.0.1

[|{urse]

when you legally change your name to Z3u5 and sincerely believe you can hurl "linuxy lightnin' bolts" at all the other 933k 90d5 on 0lympu5.

Oh, lol and you call inexperienced "hackers" l335 (not quite leet yet lol)

[schauerlich]

Oh, lol and you call inexperienced "hackers" l335 (not quite leet yet lol)

Oh lawd.

:D

[darth_indy]

When you don't think of popcorn when you hear the word "kernel."

When you are afraid of corn.

Kernel panic. Get it? HA! I kill myself.

Ahem. I'll get back in my straitjacket now.

[daemon3]

You know you're a geek when you write an essay about the theory of the outside world, where you recant all your beliefs that there was ever a place called "outside."

[Dr Small]

Whenever you conversate with friends you relate everything they say in an analogy to computer life,
Whenever you talk computers with non-tech friends you end up like one of those roadside evangelists and your friends are saying "Yeah, Uh Huh" trying to get away,
Happens to me all the time.
Unfortuantly, none of my friends in life are interested in anything techical. You guys here are the only ones that I can carry a normal conversation with :D

[Pethegreat]

When you hear dd the first thing you think of is cloning entire discs, and not *****. linux dd is better than the other dd. The other dd gets in the way of things.

[Frak]

When you string internet protocals into somewhat complete sentences and only your geek buddies (coworkers in my case) actually understand you and chuckle.

I love working here. :D

[money2themax]

Your a Member [if your atheist] of the Church Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster

[no offence to anyone who does have a legit religion]

[scragar]

Your a Member [if your atheist] of the Church Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster

[no offence to anyone who does have a legit religion]

I am deeply offended by your statement, it implies the FSM isn't a real religion, we are technically, check the census results :P

P.S. not really offended, but it is technically a legit religion, invisible pink unicorn isn't quite yet though, which is a shame since I have one in my back garden, it keeps leaving invisible pink droppings in the middle of my path.


P.P.S. this post is in no way intended to be serious.

[Chame_Wizard]

when people say that Gnu/Linux is for geeks:lolflag:

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

when you don't think of computer software when you hear "program".
(another type of geek... program = repertoire.)

depending who is saying "program" I sometimes think of my gym exercise plan (=program), I guess that might be one point against my geekiness :)

[ukripper]

you know you are a geek when you take your Linux books in toilet to read!

[Th3Professor]

you know you're a geek when you spend more ubuntu forums time in "community cafe games" or "omg pink ponies" than any of the other categories.

http://www.urban75.org/photos/newyork/images/ny199.jpg

http://www.everafterstore.com/media/webkinz_pink_pony.jpg

[geek_Man]

When you're on the Ubuntu Forums (at all) at least once a day...

[slaming]

1. When you get annoyed at the fact they use Windows at school.
that happened today when i gte bored using ubunut i play with the windows as i have the effects on and i move them from screeen to screen i tried doing it at school today LOL

[misterhead]

You discuss with your wife, the possibility of naming your future daughter "Devon" because you can call her "DEV" for short.

[VitaLiNux]

when you say things like:Well, if there was a computer available there, you could have SSH'd you way in (recommend live cd to avoid leaving traces)

COUGH, COUGH...LAROZA...COUGH, COUGH!:lolflag:

[misterhead]

When you try to put as many threads in a row with you as the last poster.

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek when you identify countries by TLD. I am from .us

[pavel989]

when u know what linux is at all?
(if i had a dime for everytime i tried to explain the concept of linux and an operating system...)

[milia]

You can dream of a real girl
who wants to have great time with you
and you think its important to prove
mathematically her existance in your dream world.
And the above makes you smile, 'cos you eventually
managed to combine $EX + maths !

[talsemgeest]

...When you get a graphics card for your birthday, and it is you're favorite ever.

YAY!!! Nvidia 9600GT!!!

[LaRoza]

when you say things like:

COUGH, COUGH...LAROZA...COUGH, COUGH!:lolflag:

Yes?

I have used SSH to use another computer, however, the computer was right next to me, (even had a monitor) but I felt it was easier to use the computer with ssh than its own monitor (I use terminal apps anyway)

[GepettoBR]

you know you are a geek when you take your Linux books in toilet to read!

Does taking my DS to play FFXII Revenant Wings count?

[scragar]

Does taking my DS to play FFXII Revenant Wings count?

not unless your attempting to reverse engineer something to do with the game(personally I like to find out the formulas so I can exploit them, for example in FF:TA a blind magic user has higher dodge without losing any accuracy, in FF6 invis&X-zone=ultimate combo, in FF3 monks are powerful cheap characters with the best HP gain(which is the ONLY that makes any difference when switching classes), having 3 of them and a white mage for the first 10 or so levels makes the game ultra easy...)

[geek_Man]

... when your handle is scragar...

[scragar]

what is that supposed to imply? just because it was the result of one of my earliest programing attempts(generated random character combo's between 5 and 10 characters, then checks against a couple of rules for pronouciation, then finaly searched for the term on yahoo. scragar was the first result out, and the only one out within an hour(you have any idea how many random letter combo's someone has used before and how pathetic early computers where?)), and has been used for a long time(I hate so guess, but I know it was back during high school...)


Or were you just implying that I am a geek?


You know your a geek when you watch films a second time just to count the mistakes(mostly with any form of technology) and often find more than 20(WITHOUT CHECKING moviemistakes.com or similar sites).

[geek_Man]

what is that supposed to imply? just because it was the result of one of my earliest programing attempts(generated random character combo's between 5 and 10 characters, then checks against a couple of rules for pronouciation, then finaly searched for the term on yahoo. scragar was the first result out, and the only one out within an hour(you have any idea how many random letter combo's someone has used before and how pathetic early computers where?)), and has been used for a long time(I hate so guess, but I know it was back during high school...)


Or were you just implying that I am a geek?

The latter.

[worldknits]

when you feel you can sleep with your computer

[darth_indy]

when you feel you can sleep with your computer

When you feel you can't sleep WITHOUT your computer.

[lukjad007]

...you sleep with a notepad at the top of your bed, just in case.
...you sleep near a list of formulæ, just in case.
...you wake up at midnight, grab the afore mentioned items and start to write this:
(sin^2 t)-1=-(cos^2 t)
(sin^2 t)-1=-(cos t)(cos t)
SINCE:(sec t)=1/(cos t)=>(sec t)=(cos^-1 t)=>(cos t)=(sec^-1 t)
THEREFORE:(sin^2 t)-1=-(cos t)(sec^-1 t)
SINCE:(sin^2 t)(cos^2 t)=1
THEREFORE:(1-cos^2 t)-1=-(cos t)(sec^-1 t)
(-cos^2 t)+1-1=-(cos t)(sec^-1 t)
(-cos^2 t)=-(cos t)(sec^-1 t)
(cos^2 t)=(cos t)(sec^-1 t)
(cos^2 t)=√{[(cos t)(sec^-1 t)]^2}
(cos^2 t)=√[(cos^2 t)(sec^-1 t)(sec^-1 t)]
(cos^2 t)=√[(cos^2 t)(sec^-2 t)]
(cos^2 t)(cos^2 t)(sec^-2 t)=√[(cos^2 t)(sec^-2 t)](cos^2 t)(sec^-2 t)
(cos^4 t)(sec^-2 t)=(cos t)(sec^-1 t)(cos^2 t)(sec^-2)
(cos^4 t)(sec^-2 t)=(cos^3 t)(sec^-3 t)
(cos^4 t)(sec^-2 t)/(sec^-2 t)=(cos^3 t)(sec^-3 t)/(sec^-2 t)
(cos^4 t)=(cos^3 t)(sec^-1 t)
SINCE:(sin^2 t)+(cos^2 t)=1
THEREFORE:(cos^4 t)=(cos^3 t)(sec^-1 t)/[(sin^2 t)+(cos^2 t)]
(cos^4 t)=(cos t)(sec^-1)/(sin^2 t)
...you find yourself feeling bad that you don't know certain Unicode characters off by heart.
...you understood this and had fun with it.

[GepettoBR]

...you sleep with a notepad at the top of your bed, just in case.
...you sleep near a list of formulæ, just in case.
...you wake up at midnight, grab the afore mentioned items and start to write this:
(sin^2 t)-1=-(cos^2 t)
(sin^2 t)-1=-(cos t)(cos t)
SINCE:(sec t)=1/(cos t)=>(sec t)=(cos^-1 t)=>(cos t)=(sec^-1 t)
THEREFORE:(sin^2 t)-1=-(cos t)(sec^-1 t)
SINCE:(sin^2 t)(cos^2 t)=1
THEREFORE:(1-cos^2 t)-1=-(cos t)(sec^-1 t)
(-cos^2 t)+1-1=-(cos t)(sec^-1 t)
(-cos^2 t)=-(cos t)(sec^-1 t)
(cos^2 t)=(cos t)(sec^-1 t)
(cos^2 t)=√{[(cos t)(sec^-1 t)]^2}
(cos^2 t)=√[(cos^2 t)(sec^-1 t)(sec^-1 t)]
(cos^2 t)=√[(cos^2 t)(sec^-2 t)]
(cos^2 t)(cos^2 t)(sec^-2 t)=√[(cos^2 t)(sec^-2 t)](cos^2 t)(sec^-2 t)
(cos^4 t)(sec^-2 t)=(cos t)(sec^-1 t)(cos^2 t)(sec^-2)
(cos^4 t)(sec^-2 t)=(cos^3 t)(sec^-3 t)
(cos^4 t)(sec^-2 t)/(sec^-2 t)=(cos^3 t)(sec^-3 t)/(sec^-2 t)
(cos^4 t)=(cos^3 t)(sec^-1 t)
SINCE:(sin^2 t)+(cos^2 t)=1
THEREFORE:(cos^4 t)=(cos^3 t)(sec^-1 t)/[(sin^2 t)+(cos^2 t)]
(cos^4 t)=(cos t)(sec^-1)/(sin^2 t)
...you find yourself feeling bad that you don't know certain Unicode characters off by heart.
...you understood this and had fun with it.

You know you're a geek when you don't consider basic trigonometry a geek thing.

[lukjad007]

You bought a 40-disc CD wallet just to hold your collection of distros


How did you KNOW?!?

[lukjad007]

You know you're a geek when you don't consider basic trigonometry a geek thing.
Spoilsport. :P

[scragar]

...you sleep with a notepad at the top of your bed, just in case...

:( these forums don't have superscript, much better to use superscript than the caret, since it should mean XOR.

[lukjad007]

Agreed. Let's threaten to go out and buy VISTA if they don't add that feature! ;)

[milia]

........................

[lukjad007]

........................
My, but you are verbose!

[Toshibawarrior]

Agreed. Let's threaten to go out and buy VISTA if they don't add that feature! ;)

Damn, now THAT'S a drastic measure...You must really want that feature badly! LOL!

[sci-fi guy]

Hey, milia: How many Mhz are you getting out of those hamsters you mention in your sig?

[scragar]

How many Mhz are you getting out of those hamsters you mention in your sig?
Everyone knows that you get 4Mhz per hamster unless it's a Microsoft hamster where each hamster has to contact Microsoft before it can do any calculation giving you around 0.000001kHz of power per hamster, so 4Ghz.

[lukjad007]

Damn, now THAT'S a drastic measure...You must really want that feature badly! LOL!
Oh, yeah!
And for the thread topic...
,,,you don't actually carry out your threat to go and buy VISTA!

[lunanueva]

you know you're a geek when: your listening to "you know you're a geek" jokes being im-ed by a friend while playing dragon warrior 2

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you believe this should be in the dictionary under "facepalm": http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2002.4.8.6013.33465.html

[GepettoBR]

Spoilsport. :P

Be serious! A real geek wakes up at night to try and beat the Carnot machine, or play with random matrices until they all turn into perfect symmetric square matrices with phi as the single position value.

[schauerlich]

You know you're a geek when you believe this should be in the dictionary under "facepalm": http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2002.4.8.6013.33465.html

http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/img/facepalm.jpeg

[gaspard.leon]

you go to buy some computer hardware and confuse the sales rep with technical questions which (s)he can't answer.

you get that warm fuzzy feeling if you talk to a sales rep at a store and they don't get that confused look or start agreeing with everything you ask.

[Frak]

you go to buy some computer hardware and confuse the sales rep with technical questions which (s)he can't answer.

you get that warm fuzzy feeling if you talk to a sales rep at a store and they don't get that confused look or start agreeing with everything you ask.
You just described 99% of the computer stores out there.

[talsemgeest]

you go to buy some computer hardware and confuse the sales rep with technical questions which (s)he can't answer.

you get that warm fuzzy feeling if you talk to a sales rep at a store and they don't get that confused look or start agreeing with everything you ask.
Thats just too easy!

[SoftwareExplorer]

When you press 3 on the elevator to get to floor 4.

[scragar]

When you press 3 on the elevator to get to floor 4.

I don't think I've ever done that, since floors tend to start at 0 for the ground floor anyway :P

[swoody]

So I got arrested. Nothing shocking besides the way the cops were being complete jerks to my fiance and I after we were in a BAD car crash (car was totalled). I was arrested for some b.s. since the officer thought I had been drunk (he later realized I wasn't when I passed the breathalizer at the station, and that I was just shaken up from the crash). But I felt like a complete nerd when an officer was taking my information at the station:

Officer 1 is typing my information into the "secure cop computer"; just name, birthday, address, etc.
Officer1: "... hmmmm.... damn. Hey Officer2 were you having problems with this thing earlier?"
Officer2: "Yeah, that's why I was using the other one all day. It's been glitchy."
Me: "Computer problems?"
Officer1: "Yeah, I don't know what's wrong with this thing, just gimme a minute here..."
Me:" What operating system you guys got on there?"
Officer1: "Windows."
Me:" Hahaha, oh, well there's your problem. What version?"
Officer1:"Windows XP"
Me:"Ah, yeah, I'm much more of a linux guy myself. No viruses, spyware, and it's a lot more secure than Windows."
Officer1:"Oh, so are ya some kind of tech guy or something?"
Me: "eh, something like that. You guys looking for an IT guy? I'm sure I could get your system running smoothly."
Officer1:"Well we might be if these comps keep freezing up like this, hahaha."

I told my fiance about this afterwards, and all I said her was:
"So I was talking to an officer back there, and asked him what os they're running..."
Then she cut me off to call me a nerd, so it must be true :)

[lukjad007]

Be serious! A real geek wakes up at night to try and beat the Carnot machine, or play with random matrices until they all turn into perfect symmetric square matrices with phi as the single position value.

Schshschshchsch!

[GepettoBR]

Schshschshchsch!

wut?

[klange]

You know you're a geek when you hack your way into the Seat Control Unit (http://www2.avionpartners.com/) you're interfacing with at work, scp over cmatrix for arm processors (from the debian package repos), kill the GUI, and ./cmatrix -fb > /dev/tty1 from an ssh terminal, just to laugh as you watch the green text fill the amazing 640x480 touch screen.

It has vi on it. I was going to put nano on it, but nano (of course) relies on libncurses and I'm dealing with a read-only file system, so I can't properly place libraries.

[schauerlich]

So I got arrested.... <snip>

:lolflag:

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

I don't think I've ever done that, since floors tend to start at 0 for the ground floor anyway :P
Not in my country! They don't!

[Ptero-4]

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[talsemgeest]

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Very useful post that...

[Th3Professor]

...that post useful Very

[Kprojekt]

Definitely know you're a geek when someone asks you what languages you know and you reply: 'French, German, Python, C, Pearl, Java Script, and of course, HTML & CSS'

[scragar]

Definitely know you're a geek when someone asks you what languages you know and you reply: 'French, German, Python, C, Pearl, Java Script, and of course, HTML & CSS'

or:
"Japanese, C, C++, Perl, Javascript, PHP, PEAR, XHTML, HTML, CSS, brainf*ck (http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/bf/) and actionscript"

and you still have to add that your learning Python and smalltalk. :P

[ninjabob7]

You bought a 40-disc CD wallet just to hold your collection of distros
Actually I have a small one full of Live CD's and a MSDN case full of distro installs... plus my free ShipIt Ubuntu disk which has its own cool sleeve.

[ninjabob7]

(sin^2 t)-1=-(cos^2 t)...
Pssh. I can beat that from memory.
Proof that 2 = 1:
Given: a = b
a^2 = ab
a^2 - b^2 = ab - b^2
(a+b)(a-b) = b(a-b)
a+b = b
a+a = a
2a = a
2 = 1
Q.E.D.

You know you're a geek if you find the fallacy without Googling.

[schauerlich]

Pssh. I can beat that from memory.
Proof that 2 = 1:
Given: a = b
a^2 = ab
a^2 - b^2 = ab - b^2
(a+b)(a-b) = b(a-b)
a+b = b
a+a = a
2a = a
2 = 1
Q.E.D.

You know you're a geek if you find the fallacy without Googling.

Divide by zero.

[wannadumpwindows]

You take your EeePC camping. Just in case there's wifi.:lolflag:

[HappyHenry]

Pssh. I can beat that from memory.
Proof that 2 = 1:
Given: a = b
a^2 = ab
a^2 - b^2 = ab - b^2
(a+b)(a-b) = b(a-b)
a+b = b
a+a = a
2a = a
2 = 1
Q.E.D.

You know you're a geek if you find the fallacy without Googling.

Oh crap! im a geek! lol, I just happend to work this out with my kids. We have a "daily thinker" book that we pick a problem on each day to figure out and this was in it. I didnt see the error and had to look in the back of the book to see if my kid was right-he was lol. So i guess im not only a geek but am responsible for starting a new generation. Ah man and i soooo wanted to be one of the cool guys!:guitar:

[HappyHenry]

Well, maybe its not so bad, being a geek. I mean all the "cool" folks are using windonts and not sleeping nights. If I slept any better I would have to get external speakers for my Linux Laptop to continue waking me.

Oh theres another measure of a geek:

Your morning alarm clock is your laptop telling you, "Master, Im awake and want to play"

[lisati]

Pssh. I can beat that from memory.
Proof that 2 = 1:
Given: a = b
a^2 = ab
a^2 - b^2 = ab - b^2
(a+b)(a-b) = b(a-b)
a+b = b
a+a = a
2a = a
2 = 1
Q.E.D.

You know you're a geek if you find the fallacy without Googling.
Saw that one in a book by Martin Gardner (Scientific American) a few years back. There's another similar one I've encountered.....if I remember how it goes, maybe we'll see.

[lisati]

Not in my country! They don't!
Ditto, though these days there seems to be some variation according to circumstances. "G" (for ground) is common here.

[scragar]

You know I once tried to prove that 2=1 to an American in university over a chat, he couldn't work out how you can assume a=b from his point of view you can't have a balanced equation with only a single value on each side(which does make sense, you would never allow it, but it's by no means wrong), so he then assumed that the equation must be a+b which then made the entire thing fall apart. Worst part of this, is that I know the person was not stupid, they just got taught badly :(

oh, and G for ground is common in the UK, although in recent years I've heard a few people(maybe 5 or 6 at most) call the ground floor the first floor, which, depending on the circumstances, can cause a little confusion.


P.S = the easy way to see the failure, replace b with a:
2 = 1:
a = a
a^2 = a^2
a^2 - a^2 = a^2 - a^2 => both sides @ zero
(a+a)(a-a) = a(a-a) => 2a*0=a*0, problem goes here
2a = a
2 = 1
Q.E.D.

[ninjabob7]

I mean all the "cool" folks are using windonts and not sleeping nights.
...
Your morning alarm clock is your laptop telling you, "Master, Im awake and want to play"
Not sleeping?? I'm a geek and I'm nocturnal... although I'm also a teenager.

My alarm clock: an old computer under my desk (no monitor) with two extension cords leading to the speakers in my loft bed. I have it set up so that it auto-magically boots at 6:25, plays a song at 6:30, then reads a message to me if I have one set. I can also have it play a playlist at night and then shut down. I'm still working on auto-shutdown in the morning.
"They should call you Mario, 'cuz you just got 1UP'd!" -xkcd

[scragar]

I'm still working on auto-shutdown in the morning.


enable non-root shutdown: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=134968

add a cronjob to run:shutdown -h now

simple enough for ya?

[ninjabob7]

Well all the cron jobs are on the root cron, so that's not the problem. Already have sudo NOPASSWD set up, also... Maybe it's because I'm using "halt" instead of "shutdown -h". Or perhaps it needs to be "/sbin/halt"... I'll try both later.

[scragar]

ok, that scares me, since I know for sure I added a cron as a normal user on dapper...

have you tried logging the output of the halt command your trying, maybe it's throwing an error your not getting.

[ninjabob7]

"Added" cron? I either just installed it or it was already there. I meant all the stuff is in root's crontab.
Haven't tried logging yet. I'm sure I'll be able to fix it easily if I take some time to. I just haven't taken the time.

[vboblinux]

When you know that you are safer with "windows" closed in your house...
Someone could come in and robe you...:KS lol

[talsemgeest]

When you know that you are safer with "windows" closed in your house...
Someone could come in and robe you...:KS lol
Yeah, we certainly wouldn't want anyone "robing" us now would we. :)

[cprofitt]

You know you are a geek when you know why the number 196 is significant.

You know you are a geek when your heroes are Euler and Turing not Brett Favre.

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek when you know why the number 196 is significant.:cry:

You know you are a geek when your heroes are Euler and Turing not Brett Favre.
Brett who? (I am not joking)

[phantomjoker]

you could happily say goodbye to GUI for 30 days...

or even know what GUI is... :S

[klange]

You know you are a geek when you know why the number 196 is significant.
Enlighten me.
You know you are a geek when your heroes are Euler and Turing not Brett Favre.
Is it bad that I've been paying attention to his supposed coming-out-of-retirement?