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

[talsemgeest]

we have imacs and the pcs now have case locks on'em cuz i got caught cracking open one the cases yeah the administration didn't take that too lightly
I just took advantage of having a relief teacher one time and cleared my cmos.

[Toshibawarrior]

All of you are lucky! At my school we had around 14 crappy 400- Dell Dimensions with about 256mb of RAM and they were always virus infected because of stupid people bringing videos and porn to school and rendering the PCs useless...There was no administrator just an old teacher who thought she knew everything because she understtos Office 1997...

She was so arrogant that I never took the time to help her fix the computers...

Then on the other room we had around 15 "clones" or make-it0yourself computers from about 10 years ago...they still run window$ 95 and 98...Most of them stopped working during my first years at that school.

So yeah...I never had a good computer (like iMacs) on my school...they sucked! They wanted to enhance a computer room with a whopping budget of $10,000...including: computers, desks, chairs, books and computer accessories...so they ended up buying crap to accommodate the budget... :(

[Sapitoasesino]

You know you're a geek when you try to "save the game" when something good happens...It really happened to me once, when I had a good grade, I told my self "yay! time to save the game..."

[eddVRS]

That's fine until you want to "load game" to last known good save

[Felson]

You know about what time it is by how many cups of coffee you have finished. (or jolt)

[khourianya]

this one is for the girls out there...

you know you're a geek when you realize that the electronic gadgets in your purse are worth several hundred (or thousand?) dollars more expensive than the outfit on your body...

[spupy]

You know about what time it is by how many cups of coffee you have finished. (or jolt)

You know what the job of developers is?



To convert coffee into code!

[modmadmike]

Neither works for me. Executables blocked, and bios + boot order are both password protected. When I really want to get past it I open the case and reset the cmos, which always does the trick.

Isn't there usually a boot screen which you can select what you want to boot from (my schools dells have this)

[modmadmike]

You know about what time it is by how many cups of coffee you have finished. (or jolt)

I know the time by how loud my case fan is and how hot it is in my room if its very loud/hot its at least 3:00am lol

[jvincent08]

Isn't there usually a boot screen which you can select what you want to boot from (my schools dells have this)

He/she said the BIOS was password protected, so you can't enter it to change the boot sequence. Clearing the CMOS resets all the BIOS settings (including the password), though.

[modmadmike]

He/she said the BIOS was password protected, so you can't enter it to change the boot sequence. Clearing the CMOS resets all the BIOS settings (including the password), though.

yea but my school's is also password protected but the boot selection is not (you hit a different key like F12)

[jvincent08]

yea but my school's is also password protected but the boot selection is not (you hit a different key like F12)

Oh, different BIOS then. Mine is like that too. Hit F11 and it brings up a boot menu. Much easier than going into the BIOS.

[talsemgeest]

Isn't there usually a boot screen which you can select what you want to boot from (my schools dells have this)
Yeah, that screen is password protected as well.

[RedPandaFox]

this one is for the girls out there...

you know you're a geek when you realize that the electronic gadgets in your purse are worth several hundred (or thousand?) dollars more expensive than the outfit on your body...

My girlfriend often takes her and my EeePC's in her hand bag when we go down the pub with friends. Problem is, her pants are still more expensive than both the laptops :P

[eddVRS]

I was sent a list of change requests at work today.
It brought a tear to my eye. Not because there was a lot for me to do... but becuase the first few entrys read:
clientCR-00
clientCR-01
clientCR-02

someone knows how to list properly!!! :D

[darth_indy]

this one is for the girls out there...

you know you're a geek when you realize that the electronic gadgets in your purse are worth several hundred (or thousand?) dollars more expensive than the outfit on your body...

Erm, well, if you're a *true* geek girl (like moi), it doesn't matter what's in your purse - it's still more valuable than your pants. Why? Because you shop at thrift stores so you can spend the money on wiser things, like... OOH! SHINY NEW GADGET! WANT!!!

As an aside, it's quite possible to get good looking clothes at some thrift stores. In fact, I commonly find popular brand (think Aeropostale) stuff nearly new, or even new with tags. YMMV, depending on what kinds of neighborhoods you live by, though.

[Sam Lars]

You have outstanding issues with more than one IT department that you just haven't gotten around to telling them to get around to. Because you have your own issues to worry about.
When someone says a word that has a technology meaning and a rest-of-the-world meaning, you automatically think of the technology meaning, even if everyone else doesn't (or doesn't even know about it).
You take your notes as coding.
You know it's not fair that these people have these new, dual core, gigabytes of RAM, 100s of gigabytes in hard disk machines and you know they aren't getting all they could out of them (i.e., with Linux, or when used for anything more than email)

[darth_indy]

I might as well add this other one for the geek girls. Taken from personal experience form the past 2 hours...

...you can type as fast as normal with fresh nail polish on, and not mess up either your nails or the keyboard. (Though the mouse likes to misbehave... horray for keyboard shortcuts!)

[RedPandaFox]

I might as well add this other one for the geek girls. Taken from personal experience form the past 2 hours...

...you can type as fast as normal with fresh nail polish on, and not mess up either your nails or the keyboard. (Though the mouse likes to misbehave... horray for keyboard shortcuts!)

Just 2 questions for you,

1) Is your name acutaly Indy?
2) You don't live in Australia do you?

I know a girl who uses Linux who goes by Darth_Indy or Phoenix over here

[darth_indy]

Just 2 questions for you,

1) Is your name acutaly Indy?
2) You don't live in Australia do you?

I know a girl who uses Linux who goes by Darth_Indy or Phoenix over here

1) Nope. It's a normal girl's name... just spelled a little wrong on the birth certificate since my mom didn't know how to spell it at the time (I'd say, but I'm a paranoid freak that likes interwebs anonymity :) )
2) I wish! I live in the U.S. of A. but I'd love to go there some time.

Dangnabbit! Someone's stealing my name?!!? Let me at 'em...

P.S. to add to my original post... and you ruin the nail polish five minutes after posting, by searching in the Wal-Mart bag for the Combos. But cheddar and pretzel goodyness is IMPORTANT!!!

[lisati]

When someone says a word that has a technology meaning and a rest-of-the-world meaning, you automatically think of the technology meaning, even if everyone else doesn't (or doesn't even know about it).
And then you answer as if they'd meant the technology meaning......

(Example: an acquaintance who is into human rights and/or workers rights gets talking about collectives, and you immediately shape your answer as if they're talking about the Borg)

[jvincent08]

And then you answer as if they'd meant the technology meaning......

(Example: an acquaintance who is into human rights and/or workers rights gets talking about collectives, and you immediately shape your answer as if they're talking about the Borg)

Or, "So what languages do you know?" and you reply with "Oh, C, BASH, a little bit of C++..", etc.

Luckily, that's never happened to me.. yet.

[mdcapt]

Don't know if this one has been used or not (have only made it through the first 150 pages so far).

When you watch CSI or Law & Order and they trace someones IP and it has anything higher than 255 in it and it irritates you to no end. Then you can't understand why your family looks at you like you're crazy when you complain about it.

[Denestria]

You are a girl and ...

Your keyboard has crest moon shaped nail gouges on the keys and no letters/numbers left from a decade of use.

Keyboards that have "Window" keys or function keys like "Internet" **** you off.

You aren't mad that your husband bought you ram for your birthday.

You have more than one t-shirt in the closet that relates to your OS and most of your pajamas are actually trade show swag. (My ancient Nrrdgrrl this ain't no beauty contest t-shirt is one of my favorite nightgowns.)

You used to MUD and it confused you when 'ls' didn't equate to 'look'.

'ls' results in 'command not found' and you are profoundly confused for several seconds before realizing not everyone has Linux installed. :baffled:

You try to use "I don't use Windows" as an excuse not to fix family members computers.

That excuse doesn't fly because even though you haven't had Windows installed on your machine for 10-15 years you are still better at fixing it than they are.

You've had a shell only ISP account and used things like SLIP, Mosaic and Gopher.

You 'met' your husband by posting on a dialup local BBS and met in person at a BBS gathering.

You use Google as a spell checker.

You replied to a 3 year old zombie thread... and yes, I know some of these will be repeats.

[talsemgeest]

I still don't see why they call the windows key the "super" key. Surely anything with the windows logo on it can not be super?

[scragar]

I still don't see why they call the windows key the "super" key. Surely anything with the windows logo on it can not be super?

It's also called the <meta> key, that names just not as common(which is a shame when it suits the key 100 times more)...

[eddVRS]

I assigned my Meta key to fire up a terminal window.
Because of this, and all finger traffic it subsequently got, the windows logo has long since worn off.
Now that's truely windows free ;)

[GepettoBR]

I assigned my Meta key to fire up a terminal window.
Because of this, and all finger traffic it subsequently got, the windows logo has long since worn off.
Now that's truely windows free ;)

I put an old Superman sticker on top of mine, since it's the "super" key ;9i had never seen it referred to as "meta", it is a more suiting name). No Windows here, boss!

Shamefully, though, it is a Microsoft keyboard. It was the cheapest wireless keyboard/mouse combo I could get my hands on.

[kaligus]

You are a girl and ...

I am not a girl but I know a few ;)


Keyboards that have "Window" keys or function keys like "Internet" **** you off.

YES!! but I do miss my "any-key" programmable keyboard with both sets of function keys :KS I still have it and take it out of storage once in a while to see if it has corrected its mental problem... hope still springs eternal!



You aren't mad that your husband bought you ram for your birthday.

the wife bought me ram for my birthday does that count? I bought her a monster USB HDD for hers... I will self censor the result of that (O-o)


'ls' results in 'command not found' and you are profoundly confused for several seconds before realizing not everyone has Linux installed. :baffled:

You try to use "I don't use Windows" as an excuse not to fix family members computers.

That excuse doesn't fly because even though you haven't had Windows installed on your machine for 10-15 years you are still better at fixing it than they are.

You've had a shell only ISP account and used things like SLIP, Mosaic and Gopher.

yes to all and I still have that same shell account with many of the same scripts still running.



You 'met' your husband by posting on a dialup local BBS and met in person at a BBS gathering.

DYM#310 :D


You use Google as a spell checker.

yup!


You replied to a 3 year old zombie thread... and yes, I know some of these will be repeats.
often :)

[ferrarius]

... If you're idea of relaxation/therapy is the sound of a Floppy Disc Drive in use.
... If you're writing a custom Operating system just to learn how the computer works.
... If you're writing a custom O/S because you think it's fun to do.

[jimi_hendrix]

... If you're writing a custom Operating system just to learn how the computer works.
.

i really want to make my own simple OS for that reason

[Sub101]

I assigned my Meta key to fire up a terminal window.
Because of this, and all finger traffic it subsequently got, the windows logo has long since worn off.
Now that's truely windows free ;)

I've done the same!!

[scragar]

You once tried to write a program to calculate Graham's number(I think I need a more powerful computer to find it...)

[eddVRS]

i really want to make my own simple OS for that reason

how on earth do you start going about that? :confused:

[talsemgeest]

how on earth do you start going about that? :confused:
Depends what you mean by making your own OS. You could go the easy way and start with making and compiling a custom Linux kernel, then compiling all the rest of the software you need for that. Or you could just go full out and write your own kernel plus all of the software for it. (I don't think I will be attempting that any time soon...)

[scragar]

Depends what you mean by making your own OS. You could go the easy way and start with making and compiling a custom Linux kernel, then compiling all the rest of the software you need for that. Or you could just go full out and write your own kernal plus all of the software for it. (I don't think I will be attempting that any time soon...)

I dunno if that's even feasible.

[eddVRS]

Custom OS sounds like a good wintertime challenge to me... but just maybe not this year... Project Euler to finish first...

You know you're a geek when about 60% of your day job is done by VB (yes unfortunately I have to suffer windows at work) Giving you more time to read the "you know you're a geek" thread...

[talsemgeest]

I dunno if that's even feasible.
It would probably take your whole life to finish. It took Linus and a rather large group of very talented people years to get the Linux kernel to something even slightly usable. It is possible but far from practicle.

[HTML-insane]

You know you're a geek when...

You sort through college tasks in your mind using the cover-switcher's alt-tab animation. (I've caught myself doing that so many times... >.< )
You think about lines of PHP on your way to the toilet/in the shower (me again...)
You write your own configuration/CMake file for software's source-code because there isn't one present.

[scragar]

You know you're a geek when...

You sort through college tasks in your mind using the cover-switcher's alt-tab animation. (I've caught myself doing that so many times... >.< )
I dunno, any time you think of a keyboard shortcut when not at a computer is a sign your a geek, regardless of when you do it(to prove the point I find myself thinking "comma space" when I take a pause in a sentence, just because I used to think that when typing, and it's sort of taken over)
You think about lines of PHP on your way to the toilet/in the shower (me again...)
I think any programing language qualifies you as a geek, thinking about it in obscure cases just adds insult to injury(it's a phrase - it means that the point is already proven, no need to push the point any more)
You write your own configuration/CMake file for software's source-code because there isn't one present.
I've never needed to do that, although I have the want now...

[kaligus]

... If you're idea of relaxation/therapy is the sound of a Floppy Disc Drive in use.
... If you're writing a custom Operating system just to learn how the computer works.
... If you're writing a custom O/S because you think it's fun to do.

is there any requirements for this OS?

I am writing an OS for a pic micro and have written several for 8 bit machines (6800, 6502, 6809, z80)

[eddVRS]

<snip>I think any programing language qualifies you as a geek, <snip>
I think even terminal commands- at the end of my work day I "mind type(type in my mind terminal ;))" mv /work/edd ~/edd

[scragar]

I think even terminal commands- at the end of my work day I "mind type(type in my mind terminal ;))" mv /work/edd ~/edd

wouldn't it be easier to make your home folder a link to the work folder, that way there's no moving about and maintenance problems.

[HTML-insane]

wouldn't it be easier to make your home folder a link to the work folder, that way there's no moving about and maintenance problems.

You could also just move your work folder into your home folder. Then you wouldn't have to exit your home folder to get to your work folder.
You know you're a geek when you discuss the best way to achieve something someone else geeky is thinking about ¬_¬

[eddVRS]

I was keen to represent the 1.5 hour commute between the work folder and ~/ :D
- besides can't work at home, compliance wouldn't like that...

[daemon3]

You know you're a geek when you configure your localhost index page to look like a full-featured commercial site with flash graphics and the whole bit.

[smuki]

You know you're a geek when you end up starting to have a nightmare one random time sleeping and attempt to kill it and restart with a better one.

And lol just in norm talk, what about brb al the damn time?

[ferrarius]

is there any requirements for this OS?

I am writing an OS for a pic micro and have written several for 8 bit machines (6800, 6502, 6809, z80)

I dunno if that's even feasible.

Well, Yes, it is possible but you should only do it if you're really motivated. It's not something you come up with one day and finish the morning after just before you're rushed into the hospital with caffeine poisoning. But an OS need not be big as is shown in kaligus' post. Besides, the Z80 is one of my favorite microprocessors. Simple, old, and still going strong :P.

[JT9161]

You can do Linux/Unix shell commands in Klingon

[spupy]

One of my nicknames are "The Wikipedia" and "The Compiler" (i use gentoo). :-s

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when this is how you have lunch: cd /home/kitchen
wget ftp://127.0.0.1/refrigerator/sandwich.tar.gz
tar -xzf ./sandwich.tar.gz
./configure
make
make install
eat
cd /home/bathroom
brush --floss teeth
wash dishes
bash: wash: command not found
cd /home/kitchen/sink
wash dishes

[schauerlich]

You know you're a geek when you're mad you missed 3.8k

[Toshibawarrior]

You know you're a geek when this is how you have lunch: cd /home/kitchen
wget ftp://127.0.0.1/refrigerator/sandwich.tar.gz
tar -xzf ./sandwich.tar.gz
./configure
make
make install
eat
cd /home/bathroom
brush --floss teeth
wash dishes
bash: wash: command not found
cd /home/kitchen/sink
wash dishes

LOL!!! I've always wished that could be that easy! ... Sadly I actually have to go away from my laptop to eat and do dishes :(...those are the longest minutes of my life! :p

[jimi_hendrix]

you know your a geek when you work faster in the CLI then in a GUI

or when you know what one of those are and how to pronounce GUI

[talsemgeest]

you know your a geek when you work faster in the CLI then in a GUI
Isn't that the point of a CLI?

[ferrarius]

...When you know every (Open)TTD Midi by heart. And are not afraid to hum them everywhere.

[jimi_hendrix]

Isn't that the point of a CLI?

when your willing to argue about CLI vs GUI

[jimi_hendrix]

Isn't that the point of a CLI?

when your willing to argue about CLI vs GUI

[jimi_hendrix]

Isn't that the point of a CLI?

when your willing to argue about CLI vs GUI

[GepettoBR]

Holy triple post, Batman!

[jvincent08]

And two of them were 42 minutes apart O.o

[GepettoBR]

42... Now that's a geek number.

[jimi_hendrix]

Isn't that the point of a CLI?

when your willing to argue about CLI vs GUI

[jimi_hendrix]

make it cintuple posts...bad internet today

[GepettoBR]

If I didn't know you're not on Windows I'd swear it was a bot.

[money2themax]

Holy triple post, Batman!
QUICK! get the shark repellent spray

[jimi_hendrix]

QUICK! get the shark repellent spray

ROFL you know you're a geek if you remember the scene this refers too (me)

[lisati]

Holy triple post, Batman!

Holey Underwear, Batman!

[money2themax]

ROFL you know you're a geek if you remember the scene this refers too (me)
i was hoping that it wasn't pushing it by posting that

[modmadmike]

when this is how you do your homework http://lds-syndrome.net/images/Mike_Personal/screenshot.png
dont even bother asking what i was typing it was a dumb (and i mean it) essay for my english2 class, or even what i was watching lol.

[modmadmike]

when this is how you do your homework http://lds-syndrome.net/images/Mike_Personal/screenshot.png
dont even bother asking what i was typing it was a dumb (and i mean it) essay for my english2 class, or even what i was watching lol.

Oh and we were supposed to make the essay up im not being dumb in Greek mythology lol.

[RedPandaFox]

when this is how you do your homework http://lds-syndrome.net/images/Mike_Personal/screenshot.png
dont even bother asking what i was typing it was a dumb (and i mean it) essay for my english2 class, or even what i was watching lol.

You ever heared of duel monitors?
Thats what the normal geeks do :P

[modmadmike]

yes i have but this way I'm concentrating my eyes on the writing lol.

and i can reply super fast because i get a pc speaker beep when this thread is updated lol

[jvincent08]

. . . the sun rises in the sky mourning then fall's at night.
*the sun rises in the morning sky, then falls at night.


Just some geeky help ;)

[jvincent08]

. . . the sun rises in the sky mourning then fall's at night.
*the sun rises in the morning sky, then falls at night.


Just some geeky help ;)

[jvincent08]

oops, double post (I think that's the first time that's ever happened to me O.o)

[modmadmike]

*the sun rises in the sky morning, then falls at night.


Just some geeky help ;)

lol i wasn't really wanting to do my homework and so i made a few mistakes lol

[GepettoBR]

Why can't the Sun mourn in peace? It rises in the sky mourning because Autumm died. "fall's at night" is a metaphor for autumm's death!

Don't listen to them, modmadmike, your poetry is brilliant!

[modmadmike]

lol i wasn't really wanting to do my homework and so i made a few mistakes lol

crap I have a bad habbit of encasing stuff in lols kinda like html tags but without the / or the brakets. lol
Hey I could patent them as lol tags lol jk

[modmadmike]

Why can't the Sun mourn in peace? It rises in the sky mourning because Autumm died. "fall's at night" is a metaphor for autumm's death!

Don't listen to them, modmadmike, your poetry is brilliant!

lol

[jvincent08]

Why can't the Sun mourn in peace? It rises in the sky mourning because Autumm died. "fall's at night" is a metaphor for autumm's death!

Don't listen to them, modmadmike, your poetry is brilliant!

In that case, it would be something like:
. . . the sun rises in the sky, mourning; then Fall's at night.
But "then Fall's at night" still doesn't make any sense.

[jvincent08]

You know you're a geek when you get thrills out of correcting people's grammar.

[modmadmike]

You know you're a geek when you get thrills out of correcting people's grammar.

I used to do that to teachers but then they want to kill you...
Now I just fix their computers (IDK why i don't get payed) not their incorrectness lol

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek if you attend a formal event wearing sandals.

[jvincent08]

I used to do that to teachers but then they want to kill you...
Now I just fix their computers (IDK why i don't get payed) not their incorrectness lol

I tried doing both of those at the same time. My Freshman Honors English teacher was having trouble connecting to the school's network. I walked up, uninvited, to take a look and she said something with a grammatical error in it (can't remember now what it was). I corrected her while proceeding to examine what could be the problem and she wasn't too happy. She didn't like me from the beginning anyway -- probably because I didn't do my summer reading so I never made a "good first impression".

Yeah, I failed that class.

[modmadmike]

I used to do that to teachers but then they want to kill you...
Now I just fix their computers (IDK why i don't get payed) not their incorrectness lol

Oh and just to be shure you know im not the kid who walks around school with his shirt tucked in and wears glasses (no offence I wear em for distance when I feel like it). I am one of (perhaps THE) most known kid in my high school and iv'e never been bullied, or insulted

[modmadmike]

I never have my summer reading done but I always ace the test on it lol

[modmadmike]

How come the counter still says I have 61 posts, i had that number yesterday

[scragar]

most comumity forums don't count to post count.

[jvincent08]

I am one of (perhaps THE) most known kid in my high school and iv'e never been bullied, or insulted
Oh.. THAT makes you cool. :rolleyes:

[modmadmike]

Oh.. THAT makes you cool. :rolleyes:

Sarcasm? lol its all true yet I will tell you one thing, I still don't have a girlfriend as of this year (Sophomore), but my brother didn't till Junior so i'm probably fated the same.

[modmadmike]

most comumity forums don't count to post count.

Never thought of that which means I really have about a hundred lol

[GepettoBR]

In that case, it would be something like:

But "then Fall's at night" still doesn't make any sense.

Oh, so now you have a problem with preemptive mourning?

[scragar]

I've got over 1,500 in a single thread alone (bump thread), less than 1,000 according to the bean count...

[jvincent08]

Sarcasm? lol its all true yet I will tell you one thing, I still don't have a girlfriend as of this year (Sophomore), but my brother didn't till Junior so i'm probably fated the same.

Yes, that was sarcasm. I was saying that popularity != coolness.

[modmadmike]

[!=]? never heard of it I know == means equals and >= means greater than or equal to in linux terms but never heard of !=

[scragar]

the ! means not, so != means not equal to, in some languages <> is used as well, but in most languages it's !=

[jvincent08]

Yeah, what he said. On the Internet, I read it as "does not mean" or "does not equal", which sounds a bit better when speaking in regular English than "not equal to", even though they're essentially the same.

[modmadmike]

the ! means not, so != means not equal to, in some languages <> is used as well, but in most languages it's !=

Yea I'm still learning python but I don't have any good resources besides Dive Into Python but its an odd way of learning and i never realy read it I kinda jumped into doing something else

[niccholaspage]

You know your a geek when you are 9 and you can compile programs, Install Ubuntu, And do a lot of more things. (Like me.)

[jimi_hendrix]

the ! means not, so != means not equal to, in some languages <> is used as well, but in most languages it's !=

what language uses <>

[scragar]

VB and ASP


like you think mictrosoft can use the same standards as the rest of the world.

[modmadmike]

Here's a new one:
When you see an add in Linux format that says that Linux is sweeping the nation and you cry both because your so proud but your also crying because now you will be using the same OS everyone else will be using. (true but I did not cry lol)

[scragar]

when you grep instead of search for something.

When you complain that chrome isn't that fast, after all, you use lynx or links (lynx is more geeky, but links has something like a gui and can load images(I know, impressive or what?))

When you complain that highlight/middle click isn't available on windows or mac (although I think mac lacks it because of the single button mouse...)

[jvincent08]

When you complain that highlight/middle click isn't available on windows or mac
I LOVE the middle click copy+paste thing! It's like having two clipboards when you combine it with the regular copy+paste.
(although I think mac lacks it because of the single button mouse...)
Macs have been compatible with multi-button mice for a while now..

[scragar]

I know, but everything assumes a single button mouse, since that's most common.

[jvincent08]

I know, but everything assumes a single button mouse, since that's most common.
Not with the Macs I use at school. All of the desktops (the new ones anyway, not the old OS 9's still laying around in some classes) have three button mice that work the same with Windows and Linux. *shrug*

[money2themax]

I LOVE the middle click copy+paste thing! It's like having two clipboards when you combine it with the regular copy+paste.

Macs have been compatible with multi-button mice for a while now..
actually the new mighty mouse has 5 buttons check it out (http://www.apple.com/mightymouse/specs.html)

[schauerlich]

Page 386!

[schauerlich]

And the 3860th post. :)

[jvincent08]

actually the new mighty mouse has 5 buttons check it out (http://www.apple.com/mightymouse/specs.html)

Yeah those are the ones the new ones at schools use; I thought they were only three-button. Gotta say, I love that little scroll ball.

[sci-fi guy]

Oh and just to be shure you know im not the kid who walks around school with his shirt tucked in and wears glasses (no offence I wear em for distance when I feel like it).
I never had my shirt tucked in (in fact, I wore/wear shorts & t-shirts year-round), but I do wear glasses. I believe Legally Blind is 20/200 vision that cannot be corrected with lenses. My vision is 20/400, but correctable (but they still don't get me quite to 20/20).

I am one of (perhaps THE) most known kid in my high school and I've never been bullied, or insulted
I was well-known, but I was oblivious to society around me.

[money2themax]

I never had my shirt tucked in (in fact, I wore/wear shorts & t-shirts year-round), but I do wear glasses. I believe Legally Blind is 20/200 vision that cannot be corrected with lenses. My vision is 20/400, but correctable (but they still don't get me quite to 20/20).


I was well-known, but I was oblivious to society around me.
so wait the higher the number the blinder you are? so has anyone had smaller numbers? and what do they actually mean?

[other guy]

so wait the higher the number the blinder you are? so has anyone had smaller numbers? and what do they actually mean?


The numbers are a gauge of how far a normal person with vision see at what distance. 20/20 is seeing normally at 20 feet. For our metric friends. It would be 6/6. So I would assume a lower number would be considered better than average vision. It would be like standing at 10 feet instead of 20. Like 20/10 or 20/5 - which would be near super human vision. Which would be like seeing 5 feet from 20 feet.

I do not wear corrective lenses. Or know much past what a GiS brings me on the topic. I do know 20/20 is good vision and is normal. And the show gave us Geraldo Rivera.

[jimi_hendrix]

VB and ASP


like you think mictrosoft can use the same standards as the rest of the world.

odd because C# uses != and thats microsoft

[scragar]

I don't know about C#, but VB and ASP are pretty old...


BUMP

[jvincent08]

The numbers are a gauge of how far a normal person with vision see at what distance. 20/20 is seeing normally at 20 feet. For our metric friends. It would be 6/6. So I would assume a lower number would be considered better than average vision. It would be like standing at 10 feet instead of 20. Like 20/10 or 20/5 - which would be near super human vision. Which would be like seeing 5 feet from 20 feet.

I do not wear corrective lenses. Or know much past what a GiS brings me on the topic. I do know 20/20 is good vision and is normal. And the show gave us Geraldo Rivera.

Right, in the X/Y format, X is how far one would have to stand away from an object to see it as clear as a normal person could at Y feet away. So if you have 20/200, a normal person could clearly make out an object (or read a sign) 200 feet away, while you would have to be standing much closer at 20 feet to see the same object.

[modmadmike]

I got 20/20 in one eye and about 20/200 in my other lol So in other words I have perfect vision in one of my eyes and horrible in the other.

[money2themax]

I got 20/20 in one eye and about 20/200 in my other lol So in other words I have perfect vision in one of my eyes and horrible in the other.
no i think it means that the eye in question is 200/20 and then what ever the other eye is for example 250/20

[modmadmike]

no i think it means that the eye in question is 200/20 and then what ever the other eye is for example 250/20

No I can see just fine with the one but barely with the other. If I close my one eye i can't really see.

[money2themax]

No I can see just fine with the one but barely with the other. If I close my one eye i can't really see.
i'd find out if you could get a monocle lol and then get a top hat

[GepettoBR]

And by all means, my good sir, a pocket watch to complete the ensemble!

[modmadmike]

lol

[money2themax]

And by all means, my good sir, a pocket watch to complete the ensemble!
here! here! *passes GepettoBR a pint of grog* and a cane and not the new ones the old classic ones

[modmadmike]

You know your a geek when you listen to what i do: rock from US, Germany, and Japan lol my first concert was at animeNEXT2008 Rentrer en Soi and it was free lol

[jimi_hendrix]

rock from US, Germany, and Japan

I mostly listen to US rock...and the Scorpions were german and they were prety good

dont call rock geeky when you have a dead guitarist on the forum :)

[GepettoBR]

My mixed playlists usually include our fellow forum dweller's hits, as well as Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Vivaldi, Bach and Bob Dylan. Pretty eclectic. And the Beatles, obviously. I don't believe anyone has the right to listen to any Rock'n'Roll derivative whatsoever if they do not show proper respect for the quartet.

[modmadmike]

I mostly listen to US rock...and the Scorpions were german and they were prety good

dont call rock geeky when you have a dead guitarist on the forum :)

somebody else was implying that I was Geeky so I implied that rock was since its my favorite type of music

[money2themax]

my first concert was Iron Maiden, Queensrÿche, & Motörhead lawn tickets were $120 a head and $240 for actual seats
i'm basically an 80s metal head but i like the police and elton john

[jimi_hendrix]

my first concert was Iron Maiden, Queensrÿche, & Motörhead lawn tickets were $120 a head and $240 for actual seats
i'm basically an 80s metal head but i like the police and elton john


My mixed playlists usually include our fellow forum dweller's hits, as well as Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Vivaldi, Bach and Bob Dylan. Pretty eclectic. And the Beatles, obviously. I don't believe anyone has the right to listen to any Rock'n'Roll derivative whatsoever if they do not show proper respect for the quartet.

my playlists normally include jimi hendrix, guns n roses, some metallica, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and other assorted 70s/80s bands

[raul_]

my playlists normally include jimi hendrix, guns n roses, some metallica, AV/DC, Led Zeppelin and other assorted 70s/80s bands

Sacrilege

:popcorn:

BTW check Wolfmother. It's a "new" band(won a Grammy) but it has a very Led Zeppelin-ish sound

[jimi_hendrix]

Sacrilege

typo :oops: fixed

[Trilly]

You know you're a geek when you go on Braingle (http://www.braingle.com/index.php?ref=TRILLIONAIRE), lol.

[jimi_hendrix]

did u just see that in gaming and leisure?

[RedPandaFox]

Sacrilege

:popcorn:

BTW check Wolfmother. It's a "new" band(won a Grammy) but it has a very Led Zeppelin-ish sound

Uhh, Wolfmother's new now are they...? Iv had there album about 3 years now?

[eddVRS]

3years- That's new- Modern popular music industry (in UK particularly) is now so fickle that bands can only seem to last a few months. 3 years! so new, considering bands like Maiden, Metallica, the Stones and Purple (just a few examples) have been going, and are still going, for decades!

:guitar: "Long live rock and roll" -rainbow :guitar:

[pmlxuser]

above

is it still geeks or just pure Music Fanatics?

[eddVRS]

Think of it as Music geekery

[scragar]

I know this is a repeat, but true geeks listen to nerdcore, other music is pretty much irrelevant.


BUMP

[eddVRS]

hmmm... seems a little contrived. But there is a lot to be said about the connections between the creative arts and the creativity of a geek.
"Pure logic alone can not write software" -Me 17/09/2008

[GepettoBR]

Scragar pretty much crossed me from the geek list, as I have never heard of "nerdcore". I do protest, however. Blind Guardian is one of my favourite bands and they have based around one-third of their lyrics on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. That's geeky. They even have a Silmarillion concept album (their best album, IMO, and the first one I ever heard).

[money2themax]

I know this is a repeat, but true geeks listen to nerdcore, other music is pretty much irrelevant.


BUMP
hey scragar this isn't the bump thread you don't have to do that

3years- That's new- Modern popular music industry (in UK particularly) is now so fickle that bands can only seem to last a few months. 3 years! so new, considering bands like Maiden, Metallica, the Stones and Purple (just a few examples) have been going, and are still going, for decades!

:guitar: "Long live rock and roll" -rainbow :guitar:

also isn't rainbow bits and pieces of dio and sabbath

[Dysphoria]

Didn't read them all, so excuse any doubles...

You know you're a geek when:

You've always built your own computers cause you refused to pay for windows.
You freak out when connecting to a web site takes more than 3 seconds.
You quickly check google to make sure your worst nightmare is not happening.
You use vi to make a list of geeky answers to post on ubuntuforums.
Everyone asks you for help with their computer even though they know you hate Windows.
You open up a couple more programs just because your desktop deserves better.
You've spent time programming on your own server through SSH while at work.
Your job consists of a combination of using a terminal and browsing the web.
You don't switch off your computer for any reason whatsoever.
You've been proud of the output of uptime and curse power companies for ruining your uptime.
You think of chatting or mailing when you're feeling alone.
You don't pick up the phone cause whatever you're doing on your computer has priority.
You actually tell people it's more efficient to email you.
You run a web server and your own web site even though no one knows about it.
The first thing you do after your morning coffee is move the mouse to stop the screensaver.
You don't actually own a mouse but exclusively use a trackball.
The letters on your keyboard have worn off long ago but you can type blind anyway.
You have given one or more of your teachers private computer lessons.
You build your girlfriend a computer from spare parts so she leaves you alone.
You hack into your girlfriend's computer just to see what she's up to.
You once thought your new 4.77 MHz VGA system rocked.
You wish there was an easier way to put even more harddisks into your computer.
You laugh mockingly at people who still have less than a terrabyte.
You have more passwords than you know people.
You refuse to use books any longer cause they don't have build-in search functionality.
You are insulted if you have to reset your computer for any reason.
You feel less constructive if you're not downloading something.
You made up your mind that in case of a fire only your computer and pets are worth saving.
You actually laughed out loud while reading all the posts in this thread.
You stopped reading this thread because you haven't seen the complete internet yet.


~

[darth_indy]

Welcome to UbuntuForums, Dysphoria! I have read through this entire thread, and I am pretty sure very few of those are repeats. Congrats on your uber-geekage!

[RedPandaFox]

3years- That's new- Modern popular music industry (in UK particularly) is now so fickle that bands can only seem to last a few months. 3 years! so new, considering bands like Maiden, Metallica, the Stones and Purple (just a few examples) have been going, and are still going, for decades!

:guitar: "Long live rock and roll" -rainbow :guitar:

They have been around for almost 10

[raul_]

Wolfmother came out in 2003, but they released their album in 2005. I think the US version came out later, so they won the grammy last year.

Pretty new, when compared do Led Zeppelin :)

[RedPandaFox]

Wolfmother came out in 2003, but they released their album in 2005. I think the US version came out later, so they won the grammy last year.

Pretty new, when compared do Led Zeppelin :)

I did see them before they were actually Wolfmother I guess... My ex's brother was a mate of the band.

[jvincent08]

You know you're a geek when the murderers in mystery movies **** you off when they do something stupid like stuff the body in the trunk of their car because everyone knows the police can pick up hair fibers and blood and such.

Ok, maybe you don't have to be a geek for that to happen, but whatever.

[jimi_hendrix]

VB and ASP
like you think mictrosoft can use the same standards as the rest of the world.

just found out pascal uses <> too

[LaRoza]

You know you're a geek when the murderers in mystery movies **** you off when they do something stupid like stuff the body in the trunk of their car because everyone knows the police can pick up hair fibers and blood and such.

Ok, maybe you don't have to be a geek for that to happen, but whatever.

Yes, but they have to look in the car and they have to prove who had the care at the time.

[eddVRS]

also isn't rainbow bits and pieces of dio and sabbath

Sort of...
Rainbows main men were Ronnie James Dio, and Ritchie Blackmore.
Ritchie of course played with Deep Purple at first, then went on to do other things like Rainbow, Blackmores Knight etc...
Ronnie sang with Rainbow, Dio and sang for Sabbath after Ozzie

[jvincent08]

Yes, but they have to look in the car and they have to prove who had the [car] at the time.
That's easy. In the movie I was watching, the murder was done by a guy and a girl and the SUV they stuffed it in was owned by the girl's mom and she was known to have driven it around a lot. Now, if it were a car that was purchased from some guy they never knew before and it hadn't been registered in their name yet, that'd be much better, but still.

[scragar]

I got told off today, apparently when someone asks if it's raining outside, what they meant is:
"is it raining in close proximity to the building?"
What's the deal with that?

[eddVRS]

That's just ludicrous. People need to learn how to query the human-brain-database correctly!

[jvincent08]

Today my math teacher asked us if we knew what "and" and "or" meant when talking about graphing inequalities. I almost said, "No, but I know what bitwise AND and bitwise OR means!"


That's how you know you're a geek.

[GepettoBR]

This post is now about bacon.

[Joeb454]

2 Things :)

1) Don't reply to spam ;)
2) If you have to reply to it, at least don't quote it!

[GepettoBR]

It's a bot, replying won't matter. Besides, I've already reported the post. But fine, I'll edit out the quote *grumble grumble*

[RedPandaFox]

2 Things :)

1) Don't reply to spam ;)
2) If you have to reply to it, at least don't quote it!

Yah, Joeb be cuter than normal by this day.
Everyone say ARRRRRR!!!

[Zyphrexi]

continually using bash commands in that (fake) dos shell.

you install bash on a windows computer just so you don't have to use dos.

you look at windows users and don't understand how they can use a 3rd world hellhole OS.

give extremely long drawn out solutions to simple problems complete with the history of the solution/problem, and explaining in technical terms how it works.

you believe that 95% of people really shouldn't own computers.

you offer that same 95% solutions such as

"take one (1) hammer, hit self in head, if computer still doesn't work, washs rinse repeat."
"die"
"just kick it, if it knows what's good for it, it'll work"
"oh, that error message means it's going to self destruct"
"you're running windows, now pay me $30 for my consultation"
"no, I don't repair CRT's, dumbass. Go stick your finger in an electric socket"
"you're an idiot, that's why it's slow. Stop being stupid and it should speed up"

*it would be nice to give such suggestions. Usually though I end up looking like I don't know what the heck i'm doing to the client. Mostly because they are flipping stupid.

real example
client: my computer is slow. Fix it.
me:... you have like 20 programs running in your systray. It's eating up your system resources, that's why it's slow.
client: ok
<client pauses>
client: so can you fix it or not?

i hate users...



(dos = crappy MS command prompt in current versions of windows)

[jimi_hendrix]

(dos = crappy MS command prompt in current versions of windows)

ive never used cmd prompt for anything other then playing around cause im bored...it doesnt do anything helpful anymore that i know of

[jvincent08]

ive never used cmd prompt for anything other then playing around cause im bored...it doesnt do anything helpful anymore that i know of

On client's computers, I use it for ipconfig (equivalent to linux's ifconfig) and ping. Those are the only things I can think of that would be useful.

[Zyphrexi]

no I just have a tendency to use terminals. I'm not sure why. I was raised on windows, and started using linux when I was either 18 or 19. (25 now) I guess I just get used to the idea that no matter what the UI is, the console remains the same, though Ubuntu kind of messes some stuff up in the way of /media instead of /mnt. It was especially amusing when I replaced all the ubuntu repos with debian repos. Somehow I managed to fix it, and learned a bit about how apt works. I used to use a form of slackware apt-get, which I always liked. I really can't imagine myself doing things the 'windows' way anymore, I always find myself thinking, "why do stuff this way? It doesn't make any sense!"

[GepettoBR]

you look at windows users and don't understand how they can use a 3rd world hellhole OS.

As a man who is very happy living in a third-world country, I DEMAND an explanation. How DARE you compare my beautiful Brazil to such a crappy excuse for an operating system? I am ENRAGED!

[GepettoBR]

ive never used cmd prompt for anything other then playing around cause im bored...it doesnt do anything helpful anymore that i know of

I use the Windows CLI a lot for command-line video encoders, mainly the x264 software. It's so much easier to just specify the target bitrate, keyframe intervals and zones onto the CLI than looking for the settings in a confusing UI full of knobs and sliders...

[modmadmike]

no I just have a tendency to use terminals. I'm not sure why. I was raised on windows, and started using linux when I was either 18 or 19. (25 now) I guess I just get used to the idea that no matter what the UI is, the console remains the same, though Ubuntu kind of messes some stuff up in the way of /media instead of /mnt. It was especially amusing when I replaced all the ubuntu repos with debian repos. Somehow I managed to fix it, and learned a bit about how apt works. I used to use a form of slackware apt-get, which I always liked. I really can't imagine myself doing things the 'windows' way anymore, I always find myself thinking, "why do stuff this way? It doesn't make any sense!"

You know your a uber geek when you have been using linux for longer than this guy and your 16 (Me) lol

[talsemgeest]

As a man who is very happy living in a third-world country, I DEMAND an explanation. How DARE you compare my beautiful Brazil to such a crappy excuse for an operating system? I am ENRAGED!
I wouldn't call Brazil third world, even though it is technically. I think Zyphrexi just meant how bad windows is (although comparing windows to any country should be considered a great insult). It is really just a saying, like when I say that here in New Zealand we have third-world internet access.

[jvincent08]

I wouldn't call Brazil third world, even though it is technically. I think Zyphrexi just meant how bad windows is (although comparing windows to any country should be considered a great insult). It is really just a saying, like when I say that here in New Zealand we have third-world internet.

I don't think Gepetto was seriously upset.

[GepettoBR]

I don't think Gepetto was seriously upset.

You are correct :D

I didn't know it was a "saying", though... People might actually take it the wrong way if they're short-tempered.

[Ms_Angel_D]

You get mad at people for not knowing how to do basic computer tasks Like How to send an email...

[atihimself]

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.


Yep I'm Geek

[atihimself]

You postprone your work, but you dont close your bittorrent when it is at full speed.

You work 9 hours in a computer, and when you arrive at home, you first turn on you monitor and open your firefox, before getting something to drink or eat.

You arrive late from a party, you are drunk as a pig, but you need to check your bittorrent queue before going to bed.

And of course i do it all :D

damned... now I see that I AM a geek, and to think, all that time I thought that others around me are weird O_o

[money2themax]

You get mad at people for not knowing how to do basic computer tasks Like How to send an email...
hell yes i have had teachers say worse tho like "i can play cds on my mac laptop?"

[Jordanwb]

Didn't read them all, so excuse any doubles...

You know you're a geek when:

{Cue Incredibly long list}
~

I stopped after the tenth one.

You know you're a geek when... You have a flash drive that has a working OS on it that is not Knoppix or has a Live Boot option.

[GepettoBR]

hell yes i have had teachers say worse tho like "i can play cds on my mac laptop?"

That should go on the "You know you're a stupid computer user when..." thread. It fits the theme oh so perfectly.

[money2themax]

That should go on the "You know you're a stupid computer user when..." thread. It fits the theme oh so perfectly.
we should in fact i think i will

[modmadmike]

I know so many dumb users lol

[jvincent08]

hell yes i have had teachers say worse tho like "i can play cds on my mac laptop?"

He was making a reference to John McCain, but yeah..

[jimi_hendrix]

I know so many dumb users lol

thats what they get for teaching how to format a word document in middle school instead of what a directory is...

[modmadmike]

thats what they get for teaching how to format a word document in middle school instead of what a directory is...

Or how to use VisualBasic6 instead of Python, C++, etc..

[jimi_hendrix]

Or how to use VisualBasic6 instead of Python, C++, etc..

visual basic

*shudders*

some form of assembler might be good since it teaches you about the OS (might be too complex for middle school though)...or python

[talsemgeest]

Thats what they are going to try to teach me. I will learn it, but I'm learning python anyway.

[Zyphrexi]

thats what they get for teaching how to format a word document in middle school instead of what a directory is...

oh seriously, what is up with that. My brother is taking 'computer' class, which basically teaches you how to type. Next up, using MS products! (only MS products exist, everything else is an illusion or crapware)

if I was still in school, i'd probably install linux on all the computers, or shove a flash drive with a ridiculously tweaked boot script into the teacher's pc.

(looks like windows boots normally, but then does all kinds of silly things)

you know you're a geek when:

you often laugh about store/isp tech stories with your neighbor. (also a geek)

think gentooism is a religion

are a gentooist

use words like gentooism or gentooist in everyday speech

constantly make words up and get away with it because you're just that good

only like penguins because of the relation with linux

started watching monty python because of all the jokes about it in the forums.

get into screaming fits anytime someone mentions windows

think coding is a sport

know the difference between rm and shred

man everything

get physically ill upon seeing a windows shell

talk nonstop about linux constantly

[money2themax]

thats what they get for teaching how to format a word document in middle school instead of what a directory is...
i told a girl to use openoffice.org because she didn't have the money for office and the teacher said "oh openoffice doesn't save right [meaning didn't save to .doc, .ppt, .xls, ect.] so don't use it" and i told him flatout he was wrong and that it saved to all those formats

visual basic

*shudders*

some form of assembler might be good since it teaches you about the OS (might be too complex for middle school though)...or python
yeah i need to find a book on "BASIC" you know the real BASIC not the crap that they keep trying to sell me

[ashmew2]

You know You're a geek when you carry your hard disk partitioning info like size and filesystem and mount points.. on ur mobile phone...just in case :P..lol..

[steveneddy]

You keep checking the thread to see if you can get to be poster # 4000!

[jvincent08]

You keep checking this thread for lack of anything better to do.

[lswest]

You know you're a geek when:

You think your voice sounds like the tapping of keyboards (from lack of actual speech).

You have conversations with your computer and laugh at jokes it (in your mind) made.

You enjoy ads for servers if they employ terminal commands with intentional errors to form humorous responses :P

[jvincent08]

You have conversations with your computer and laugh at jokes it (in your mind) made.
Can't say I've ever done that one..

[lswest]

Can't say I've ever done that one..

Haha, then laughing out loud at a joke on a website counts too I guess :P

[Ms_Angel_D]

...Somebody asks you to look something up from a messenger as if you we're their personal google

[modmadmike]

When you are in Computer Science 2 making a program in turbo pascal for an assignment and you finish early so you rewrite it in Python.

Happened to me today in fact, here is the python code:
def snowball ():

num_s = int

num_s = input ('Enter how many students will attend: ')

cas = num_s/24

cas6 = (num_s-(cas*24))/6

ss = (num_s-((cas*24)+(cas6*6)))/1

print cas, 'cases of 24 sodas,' , cas6, 'cases of 6 sodas,' , ss, 'single sodas.'
Versus the one in pascal which consists of 30lines of boringness:lolflag:.

[jimi_hendrix]

hey i like pascal as a language :)

[modmadmike]

hey i like pascal as a language :)

yea but python is soo much newer and easier.

[GepettoBR]

Why should "newer" be a selling point?

[modmadmike]

Why should "newer" be a selling point?

idk I thought there is not many people who use pascal and it is not supported very well.

[Chame_Wizard]

they asking you for help:lolflag:

[jimi_hendrix]

yea but python is soo much newer and easier.

maybe i should be programming in lolcode instead of C then since its newer...

idk I thought there is not many people who use pascal and it is not supported very well.

my uncle still hacks pascal and he is amazing...

</end potential flamewar in a joke thread and btw this shows were both geeks for caring about pascal>

(btw i dont like python that much :))

[delilahjed44]

You know your a geek when you mention the term (computer)and everone around you scatters like bugs.


Sherri

[eddVRS]

...Somebody asks you to look something up from a messenger as if you we're their personal google

Do these queries follow this syntax? -> !username- question
as if you were a personal bot?

[crazyfuturamanoob]

...Somebody asks you to look something up from a messenger as if you we're their personal google
That's me! :D

[eddVRS]

Friends and family call you on your mobile, you automatically answer: "Tech support, good morning...", they immediately respond with a list of symptoms "Hi, using Windows and it's freezing up etc..."

...and no-one thinks this odd

[money2themax]

Friends and family call you on your mobile, you automatically answer: "Tech support, good morning...", they immediately respond with a list of symptoms "Hi, using Windows and it's freezing up etc..."

...and no-one thinks this odd
brilliant i'm gonna start doing that i was looking for a snappy thing to say when i pick up my cell phone [on another note my friends saying is "city morgue" and he might add "you stab 'em we slab 'em" it's funny but wrong he's a cornier so i guess it makes sense]

[jimi_hendrix]

[on another note my friends saying is "city morgue" and he might add "you stab 'em we slab 'em" it's funny but wrong he's a cornier so i guess it makes sense]

that is either the funniest or meanest (or both) thing ive heard all day

[Joeb454]

If you're a coroner you would have to make a joke about it, otherwise you'd find your job too morbid & depressing.

[raul_]

What does "slab" mean? Is that a reference to the coffins?

[lisati]

brilliant i'm gonna start doing that i was looking for a snappy thing to say when i pick up my cell phone [on another note my friends saying is "city morgue" and he might add "you stab 'em we slab 'em" it's funny but wrong he's a cornier so i guess it makes sense]
:)
The other day I was expecting a call from the lady of the house, and answered the phone in Samoan. After a brief silence there was a polite but baffled greeting from someone who wanted ask us for feedback about recent repairs to our stove.

Speaking of geeky things - I seem to have a largely unwarranted reputation as a "geek" amongst the in-laws, simply because of the amount of time I spend on the computer. They sometimes come to me with questions about their Windows machines, but I think I should be going to them because they've been using Windows machines a lot more and a lot longer than I have!!!!!!

[SuperSonic4]

You keep a cache of food (probablyjunk food) within arms length of your PC so you need never leave the PC for more than a toilet break

[jakonj]

you are geek when you use cli blog tool like me:
http://www.linux-radar.net/korisnici/jakonj/blog.html

:P

[money2themax]

What does "slab" mean? Is that a reference to the coffins?
it means the table that they cut open the deceased person on to do the embalming and the final touch-ups

[eddVRS]

"you stab 'em we slab 'em" it's funny but wrong he's a cornier so i guess it makes sense]
that is fantastic- given me a great laugh :D You mustn't take everything too seriously

A geek has all the random tools (software and hard) that no one thought existed, and if a job comes up that requires a tool that doesn't exist... make one (again, software of hard)
And be honest now- how many of you have component storage boxes full of LEDs, IDE Ribbons, cable drums, etc...

[jvincent08]

A geek has all the random tools (software and hard) that no one thought existed, and if a job comes up that requires a tool that doesn't exist... make one (again, software of hard)
And be honest now- how many of you have component storage boxes full of LEDs, IDE Ribbons, cable drums, etc...
All I have is a drawer with extra IDE/SATA cables and a SATA to Molex power adapter. Does this count?

[GepettoBR]

My cable drawer (kindly referred to by my family as "the Hell drawer") only has external things, like power, ethernet, USB and RGB cables, lots of tacks, adaptors and a bag full of CAT5 heads. No SATA cables or LEDs, I'm afraid.

[eddVRS]

you see, my problem is any old gadgets/PCs that have died, I tend to open up and remove anything that is relatively easy to remove. I think deep down inside I believe I WILL need them at some point. Perhaps for when I build my own motherboard (as if...)

[eddVRS]

(how do I delete a post??) is it even possible?

[jonobr]

You know your a geek , when someone says ´Can I ask you a questions´ and immediately you say, ¨the answer is 42¨ Then you try to explain.

[pp.]

You know your a geek , when someone says ´Can I ask you a questions´

alternate answer:

"Yes, certainly; is there anything else you want to ask?"

[scragar]

You know your a geek , when someone says ´Can I ask you a questions´ and immediately you say, ¨the answer is 42¨ Then you try to explain.

when you answer that with "no, you used a singular reference to a plural subject", then smile when they attempt to work out what you mean(it should either be 'a question' or 'some questions' :P)

And 42 is only the answer to the ultimate question, not every question.

[eddVRS]

I think it's been mooted before that 42 isn't the answer- it is in fact an error code :D

[scragar]

I think it's been mooted before that 42 isn't the answer- it is in fact an error code :D

R0fl, tap42 error codeInto firefox, you wind up on microsoft help for some error or other, I mean wow, could I have tried anything better to type into google to see if it had more to say? Apparently even the aliens have fallen foul toWindows cannot load the device driver for this hardware because there is a duplicate device already running in the system. (Code 42):P

[wladicus]

There is only "ONE" and everything else is a manifestation of that ONE!

[spupy]

R0fl, tap42 error codeInto firefox, you wind up on microsoft help for some error or other, I mean wow, could I have tried anything better to type into google to see if it had more to say? Apparently even the aliens have fallen foul to:P

42 could be sum of many error codes. To work out these error codes you need to know that each error code is a power of the same base number. For example with base 2:
42 will be sum of 2^5+2^3+2^1
NOW DO IT WITH BASE 3!

/geek

[lisati]

There is only "ONE" and everything else is a manifestation of that ONE!

Isn't that a Jet Li movie? I have a DVD in my personal collection called "The One"!!!!

[wladicus]

Still it is a manifestation of ONE. Resistance is futile! No, we are NOT REFERING to any particular movie or other worldly manifestation. The Universe is ONE. That is what Universe literally means, ONE VERSE !! And beyond using the word Universe there are probably thousands of ways of expressing that ONE ... (Tau, Spirit, Life Force, Life Essence, Source, God, etc..., etc..., etc...)

[jimi_hendrix]

when you answer that with "no, you used a singular reference to a plural subject", then smile when they attempt to work out what you mean(it should either be 'a question' or 'some questions' :P)

And 42 is only the answer to the ultimate question, not every question.

You know your a geek , when someone says ´Can I ask you a questions´ and immediately you say, ¨the answer is 42¨ Then you try to explain.

I think it's been mooted before that 42 isn't the answer- it is in fact an error code :D

R0fl, tap42 error codeInto firefox, you wind up on microsoft help for some error or other, I mean wow, could I have tried anything better to type into google to see if it had more to say? Apparently even the aliens have fallen foul to:P

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=2Nx&q=the+answer+to+life+the+universe+and+everything&btnG=Search

btw how did the whole the answer to life is 42 thing start?

[wladicus]

Originally Posted by scragar View Post
when you answer that with "no, you used a singular reference to a plural subject", then smile when they attempt to work out what you mean(it should either be 'a question' or 'some questions' :P)

And 42 is only the answer to the ultimate question, not every question.

Originally Posted by jonobr View Post
You know your a geek , when someone says ´Can I ask you a questions´ and immediately you say, ¨the answer is 42¨ Then you try to explain.

Originally Posted by eddVRS View Post
I think it's been mooted before that 42 isn't the answer- it is in fact an error code

Originally Posted by scragar View Post
R0fl, tap
Code:

42 error code

Into firefox, you wind up on microsoft help for some error or other, I mean wow, could I have tried anything better to type into google to see if it had more to say? Apparently even the aliens have fallen foul to:P
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=2Nx&q=the+answer+to+life+the+universe+and+everything&btnG=Search

btw how did the whole the answer to life is 42 thing start?

It is still all a manifestation of ONE, and all resistance is futile. Continue having your fun, but in essence it is still relatively meaningless in the larger scheme of things.

[GepettoBR]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=2Nx&q=the+answer+to+life+the+universe+and+everything&btnG=Search

btw how did the whole the answer to life is 42 thing start?

A book by Douglas Adams titled The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Aliens built a supercomputer to calculate "the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything Else", and after billions of years, the calculations finished and the result was 42. When asked if she was sure, the supercomputer responded that she was, but she didn't have the power to calculate what the question was.

Eventually, it was decided that the question was "How many roads must a man walk down", which would have made Bob Dylan very happy if he hadn't exploded along with the Earth.

[wladicus]

A book by Douglas Adams titled The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Aliens built a supercomputer to calculate "the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything Else", and after billions of years, the calculations finished and the result was 42. When asked if she was sure, the supercomputer responded that she was, but she didn't have the power to calculate what the question was.

Eventually, it was decided that the question was "How many roads must a man walk down", which would have made Bob Dylan very happy if he hadn't exploded along with the Earth.

A very neat, tidy answer to close the chapter on 42. So let's get on with it!:)

[scragar]

42 could be sum of many error codes. To work out these error codes you need to know that each error code is a power of the same base number. For example with base 2:
42 will be sum of 2^5+2^3+2^1
NOW DO IT WITH BASE 3!

/geek
I wrote a script to do it for me, much easier.
Base answer decimal?
2 101010 --
3 1120 --
4 222 --
5 132 22
6 110 26
7 60 30
8 52 34
9 46 38
10 42 42
11 39 46
12 36 50
13 33 54
14 30 58
15 2C 62
16 2A 66
17 28 70
18 26 74
19 24 78
20 22 82
21 20 86
22 1K 90
23 1J 94
24 1I 98
25 1H 102
26 1G 106
27 1F 110
28 1E 114
29 1D 118
30 1C 122
31 1B 126
32 1A 130
33 19 134
34 18 138
35 17 142
36 16 146
37 15 150
38 14 154
39 13 158
40 12 162
41 11 166
42 10 170
43 Err -- aborting

[lisati]

when you answer that with "no, you used a singular reference to a plural subject", then smile when they attempt to work out what you mean(it should either be 'a question' or 'some questions' :P)


Hypothetical situation, inspired in part by watching too many episodes of Cops: the suspect, when caught by police, says "I didn't do nothing." The cop says, "So, what were you doing instead of nothing?". Suspect goes "huh?" - go figure!

[scragar]

Hypothetical situation, inspired in part by watching too many episodes of Cops: the suspect, when caught by police, says "I didn't do nothing." The cop says, "So, what were you doing instead of nothing?". Suspect goes "huh?" - go figure!

I hate it when people say things like that, double negatives cancel each other out, how did they miss this simple rule?

One I find more annoying though is the misuses of the work 'literally', when did it start meaning 'figuratively'?

I was literally steaming with rageWhich would require the author to be some form of steam engine, or maybe some form of kettle.

[jimi_hendrix]

Eventually, it was decided that the question was "How many roads must a man walk down", which would have made Bob Dylan very happy if he hadn't exploded along with the Earth.

good song...the answer is blowing in the wind...a super computer should know that

[GepettoBR]

What bugs me the most is the whole your/you're thing. It isn't that hard.
But in my mother tongue (portuguese) there's the most incredibly stupid grammar mistake ever. Our preposition "a" is roughly equivalent to the English "to". We lack a gender-indefinite pronoun, so we have "o" for masculine (like the German "der") and "a" for feminine (like the German "die"). So, "to the" is either "ao" or "aa" - but since "aa" ia ugly we use an accent mark: "à". Still pretty simple, but people put the ******* mark EVERYWHERE, even with masculine nouns - no one ever confuses "a" for "ao", but they do onfuse it with "aa" just because the second letter got replaced with a little mark. Stupid people are so damn annoying...

</rant>

[GepettoBR]

good song...the answer is blowing in the wind...a super computer should know that

No, it's not like that. The lyrics don't say that the answer is "blowing in the wind", but rather that "the answer is blowing in the wind".

See, this doesn't make sense:
Q>How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
A>Blowing in the wind.

But this does:
Q>How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
A>42.

[steveneddy]

WOW!

Almost to 4000!

[jvincent08]

What bugs me the most is the whole your/you're thing. It isn't that hard.
But in my mother tongue (portuguese) there's the most incredibly stupid grammar mistake ever. Our preposition "a" is roughly equivalent to the English "to". We lack a gender-indefinite pronoun, so we have "o" for masculine (like the German "der") and "a" for feminine (like the German "die"). So, "to the" is either "ao" or "aa" - but since "aa" ia ugly we use an accent mark: "à". Still pretty simple, but people put the ******* mark EVERYWHERE, even with masculine nouns - no one ever confuses "a" for "ao", but they do onfuse it with "aa" just because the second letter got replaced with a little mark. Stupid people are so damn annoying...

</rant>

Is it ok that what you just said confused me, since I never learned the language? lol

[jvincent08]

No, it's not like that. The lyrics don't say that the answer is "blowing in the wind", but rather that "the answer is blowing in the wind".

See, this doesn't make sense:
Q>How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
A>Blowing in the wind.

But this does:
Q>How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
A>42.

But maybe the answer IS "blowing in the wind", and Bob was trying to send some kind of subliminal message?

[jimi_hendrix]

No, it's not like that. The lyrics don't say that the answer is "blowing in the wind", but rather that "the answer is blowing in the wind".

See, this doesn't make sense:
Q>How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
A>Blowing in the wind.

But this does:
Q>How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
A>42.

are you questioning my lyrics or the logic of that being an answer?

[steveneddy]

WOW!

Almost to 4000!

Almost.......

[GepettoBR]

are you questioning my lyrics or the logic of that being an answer?

Second option. Apart from not being the full song, for which there is no need in this thread, there is no flaw in your lyrics.

Is it ok that what you just said confused me, since I never learned the language? lol
If you're confused, it's probably my fault for explaining it badly, since the whole thing is quite simple. Basically, people say "to the" when they only mean "the", and the really stupid ones, the ones who deserve a special needs trophy, just use it whenever they see the letter A.

[jimi_hendrix]

:) havnt heard the song in a looonnngggg time so...

[steveneddy]

eight to go!

[GepettoBR]

NEXT on the Geek thread... WHO WILL BE THE 4000TH POSTER? Stay tuned!

[steveneddy]

NEXT on the Geek thread... WHO WILL BE THE 4000TH POSTER? Stay tuned!

I'm going for it!

[lisati]

NEXT on the Geek thread... WHO WILL BE THE 4000TH POSTER? Stay tuned!

Getting there!

[steveneddy]

Getting there!

Almost there......

[lisati]

Almost there......

Don't we have anything better to do with our time?

[steveneddy]

You know you're a geek when you start to notice that people are crazy.

(maybe that's just if you're insane... I don't know which part of me says that)

-m

yeah

[steveneddy]

Don't we have anything better to do with our time?

I don't.

[John164918a]

You try to be the 4000th poster on a thread
:guitar: