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

[steveneddy]

I don't.

Dang - a click too short!

OK - I'm going for the 5000th post!

Se ya in a coupla weeks.

[lisati]

I don't.

Is this it?

Edit: I'm too slow!

[lisati]

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

[steveneddy]

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

Lucky dog - 4000th post on the 400th page!

[John164918a]

Its official now. I am a geek.

[steveneddy]

OK - back to the noobies....

[steveneddy]

Its official now. I am a geek.

and with only 13 posts - that's pretty good!

[damis648]

You know you're a geek when you play songs backward for fun. Doing it right now. :guitar:

[John164918a]

...being the 4096th poster is an even higher achievement!

[jvincent08]

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.

Oh, I get it now.

And.. by the way, I don't think "explaining it badly" is grammatically correct ;) I think it should just be "not explaining it well". I don't know, though, so someone correct me if I'm wrong :D

[eddVRS]

Lucky dog - 4000th post on the 400th page!

That's no coincidence ;)

[lisati]

Oh, I get it now.

And.. by the way, I don't think "explaining it badly" is grammatically correct ;) I think it should just be "not explaining it well". I don't know, though, so someone correct me if I'm wrong :D

I think I "get it" - I go to the house would use ao/aa.....

One thing I missed when I first started listening to spoken Samoan is that if one word begins with the vowel the previous word ends with, speakers tend to run them together, and it sometimes sounds like one letter, e.g. "lona alofa" ("his/her love") sometimes sounds to the non-speaker of Samoan as if it was "lona lofa"......

[geogur]

a m$ eng. asks for help because he knows you use linux .

[jvincent08]

a m$ eng. asks for help because he knows you use linux .

Has that really ever happened?

[eddVRS]

suppose if they need help with linux ;)
Must've happened somewhere in the world :D

[GepettoBR]

Oh, I get it now.

And.. by the way, I don't think "explaining it badly" is grammatically correct ;) I think it should just be "not explaining it well". I don't know, though, so someone correct me if I'm wrong :D

I don't know either, but unless "badly" isn't a word, I think it's right... right?

[Simian Man]

When you try to quit out of a Word-Processor by hitting Escape followed by ZZ.

[scragar]

I belive that is all right, I don't think anyone would complain about the rephrasing "explaining it insufficiently" which is both similar in meaning and uses the same type of word as a substitute(replacing the adjective badly with insufficiently, which is also and adjective). And badly is in the OED, so it's a word.

[GepettoBR]

I think I "get it" - I go to the house would use ao/aa.....

One thing I missed when I first started listening to spoken Samoan is that if one word begins with the vowel the previous word ends with, speakers tend to run them together, and it sometimes sounds like one letter, e.g. "lona alofa" ("his/her love") sometimes sounds to the non-speaker of Samoan as if it was "lona lofa"......

Yeah, that's it... and funny you should mention the vowel thing - people complain about that in Minas Gerais (the State of Brazil where I live) because our accent involves doing that. They make all sorts of jokes about us... :guitar:

Edit: Thanks for the clarification, Scragar! So, how do you feel after a few days away from the BUMP thread?

[jvincent08]

I don't know either, but unless "badly" isn't a word, I think it's right... right?

Badly is a word, but I thought the problem was similar to "well" vs "good". For example, I wouldn't say "I don't sing good." I say, "I don't sing well." I thought there was a rule like that for "badly" too, but I don't know.

[Rorke]

Re: You know you're a geek when........
You find reading this post more interesting than completing essential divorce forms before seeing the solicitor tomorrow!

[jimi_hendrix]

When you try to quit out of a Word-Processor by hitting Escape followed by ZZ.

what does that do?

[lisati]

what does that do?

Old MS-DOS wordprocessor command??????

[jimi_hendrix]

never used dos so i wouldnt know

[daemon3]

Old MS-DOS wordprocessor command??????

It's also a shortcut for vim. I use it all the time. :)

[jvincent08]

Bleh, I hate vim. Joe ftw!

[raul_]

It's also a shortcut for vim. I use it all the time. :)

For vim? What does it do?

[markp1989]

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

the toilet problem can be fixed, eaither mount a toilet infront of your desk, or mount ur desk in front of the toilet

[jimi_hendrix]

For vim? What does it do?

a text editor with a big learning curve but can increase your output greatly...mainly used for programming

[scragar]

a text editor with a big learning curve but can increase your output greatly...mainly used for programming

wrong question, I think he means what does that key combo do, not what does vim do.
ZZ Write current file, if modified, and quit (same as
":x"). (Note: If there are several windows for the
current file, the file is written if it was modified
and the window is closed).

[jvincent08]

haha

[GepettoBR]

the toilet problem can be fixed, eaither mount a toilet infront of your desk, or mount ur desk in front of the toilet

like this? sudo mount /plumbing/toilet /home/computer-room/location
sudo mount /furniture/desk /home/computer-room/near-location

[jvincent08]

like this? sudo mount /plumbing/toilet /home/computer-room/location
sudo mount /furniture/desk /home/computer-room/near-location

First one's right, second one should be sudo mount /furniture/desk /plumbing/toilet
But wouldn't the toilet be under /dev?

[GepettoBR]

First one's right, second one should be sudo mount /furniture/desk /plumbing/toiletBut if I used that second command like you put it, it would be mounting a device onto another device, not onto a directory.
But wouldn't the toilet be under /dev?
Maybe it should be under /dev/plumbing...

[scragar]

First one's right, second one should be sudo mount /furniture/desk /plumbing/toilet
But wouldn't the toilet be under /dev?

no, no, no, that's
sudo mv /furniture/desk /plumbing/toilet
you need to move the desk, not mount it.

[jvincent08]

But if I used that second command like you put it, it would be mounting a device onto another device, not onto a directory.
Oh I see. In that case:sudo mount /furniture/desk /mnt/bathroom/in-front-of-toilet
I read your version as "mount desk in computer room" rather than "mount desk in front of toilet".
Maybe it should be under /dev/plumbing...
Indeed:
sudo mv /furniture/desk /dev/comp-desk
sudo mv /plumbing/toilet /dev/toilet
I don't think you can just move devices around like that though, can you?

[scragar]

Indeed:
sudo mv /furniture/desk /dev/comp-desk
sudo mv /plumbing/toilet /dev/toilet
I don't think you can just move devices around like that though, can you?

You can't move devices(like the toilet), but you can move other things(like the desk)

[GepettoBR]

Are we really having this conversation? We really are helpless geeks.

Like someone pointed out a few dozen pages back, "You know you're a geek when it's too late."

[jvincent08]

You can't move devices(like the toilet), but you can move other things(like the desk)
I thought the desk was a device as well. That's how I was treating it, "mount the desk in front of the toilet."
Are we really having this conversation? We really are helpless geeks.

Like someone pointed out a few dozen pages back, "You know you're a geek when it's too late."

lol, you're right. I'll stop now. :)

[raul_]

ignore post

[John164918a]

You know your a geek when you dont expect firefox to find the previous page!

EDIT: Oh no I'm terribly sorry I'm really really sorry for insulting firefox awesomeness.
EDIT: You know your a geek when you dont expect Microsoft Internet Explorer to find the previous page!

[Sephoroth]

You know your a geek when you are afraid of insulting the awesomeness of Firefox over the intertubes.

[Tutigan]

You post on this forum!
:lolflag:

[darth_indy]

...you groan audibly when someone uses "you post on this thread" as another reason.

[talsemgeest]

...you groan audibly when someone uses "you post on this thread" as another reason.
Especially when they use the word "forum" instead of "thread"

[scragar]

...you groan audibly when someone uses "you post on this thread" as another reason.

you post on this thread to emphasise the quoted point

[Sephoroth]

...When you tell someone why they are posting on a thread.

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek if you debunk something with Snopes at least once a week.

[mrowth]

...

[sci-fi guy]

...

It's a website (http://snopes.com/) that is devoted to investigating urban legends and determining their validity. This (http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/holocaust.asp) is the most recent one I have seen.

[mrowth]

It's a website (http://snopes.com/) that is devoted to investigating urban legends and determining their validity. This (http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/holocaust.asp) is the most recent one I have seen.
Thanks -- though I merely deleted a fairly dull using-vim-commands-in-Nethack anecdote...

[jvincent08]

Thanks -- though I merely deleted a fairly dull using-vim-commands-in-Nethack anecdote...

:lolflag:

[Joeb454]

When you have to hide a small chuckle/smile whenever the price of something totals up to an Ubuntu version number (7.10, 6.06 etc.)

[raul_]

wrong question, I think he means what does that key combo do, not what does vim do.
ZZ Write current file, if modified, and quit (same as
":x"). (Note: If there are several windows for the
current file, the file is written if it was modified
and the window is closed).


I usually use :wq :popcorn:

[jvincent08]

I usually do a ^KX (joe).

[starcannon]

you understand why being 3541251901 is not a good thing.

[GepettoBR]

I don't.

[scragar]

you understand why being 3541251901 is not a good thing.

De-1337ed?

[sci-fi guy]

you understand why being 3541251901 is not a good thing.

3541251901
BSAIRSIGOL

I'm stumped.

[jimi_hendrix]

you know your a geek when you setup openbox just to be different and so no one can use your computer (me)

[sci-fi guy]

you know your a geek when you setup openbox just to be different and so no one can use your computer (me)

I use blackbox, but I'll give this a spin. Does it have a battery monitor and wifi management utilities?

[modmadmike]

you know your a geek when you setup openbox just to be different and so no one can use your computer (me)

Looks just like one of the other wm I have used.

[jimi_hendrix]

I use blackbox, but I'll give this a spin. Does it have a battery monitor and wifi management utilities?

dont know just installed it today...apparently its a blackbox derivative so you can probably use the one you have now

[modmadmike]

When you write a script in python to print 'BUMP' 100000000 times and then paster the out put into the bump thread.

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you're trying to find out whether or not it's legal to produce antimatter at home.

Now, where can I get some Hafnium-128m2?

[eddVRS]

you understand why being 3541251901 is not a good thing.

pass- what's the answer?

[talsemgeest]

pass- what's the answer?
Yeah, I want to know as well. Perhaps it has none?

[jvincent08]

A phone number?

[scragar]

pass- what's the answer?

Yeah, I want to know as well. Perhaps it has none?

A phone number?

it's decimal for the HEX: D313373D

which is leet speek for de-1337ed, as in to stop being elite.

[Tazgecko]

You invite a girl around to your flat and try to impress her by
1. Writing a small program which flashes her name on the computer screen..
2. Show how cool wobbly windows are..
3. and explain why gpl software will free the world..

Now hands up who has not done one of these.

[eddVRS]

it's decimal for the HEX: D313373D

which is leet speek for de-1337ed, as in to stop being elite.

groan... **makes note to self, check hex...**

At work, we have recently changed our name, rebranded all communications, website, mugs, sign next to door etc... but the 'mysterious' string of numbers and letters etched onto the windows is bugging a small number of us...
But only a small handful of us have noticed that they 'missed a bit', because it **clearly** shows our old company name written in Hex.

[starcannon]

Scragar nailed it :)
It was either that, or the amount of licks it takes to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop.

Fun with hex.

[jvincent08]

You invite a girl around to your flat and try to impress her by
1. Writing a small program which flashes her name on the computer screen..
2. Show how cool wobbly windows are..
3. and explain why gpl software will free the world..

Now hands up who has not done one of these.
I've done number 2. It worked too (made her want to switch to Linux, but she didn't want things to be "different").

[scragar]

I've done 2 of those 3, the last one was something I do a lot, it doesn't take people entering my house for me to talk about it :P

[jimi_hendrix]

Scragar nailed it :)
It was either that, or the amount of licks it takes to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop.


i tried that a few years back...it was either 350, 450, or 550...i cant remember which

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you're going into Star Trek withdrawal symptoms.

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you're going into Star Trek withdrawal symptoms. I'm going to get up early to watch Insurrection before I have to go to school.

[jakupl]

You know you're a geek when you're going into Star Trek withdrawal symptoms.

OMG. I am just experiencing the same thing. I just removed all my Star Trek from my hard disk.. aarh

[sci-fi guy]

You know you're a geek when you're going into Star Trek withdrawal symptoms.

Would it be a problem if the withdrawals start while you're at a Trek convention?

[Sephoroth]

Would it be a problem if the withdrawals start while you're at a Trek convention?

I'm afraid you have approximately 72 hours left to live.

[Tom Morris]

when you type all of your work because either:
- you don't consider hand-writing an efficient means of data storage
- you think better at the computer.
- you try to write as fast as you type with the results rarely being legible
[ok, maybe these are just signs of bad hand-writing]


The better reason is that if you write something by hand, it doesn't then let you do anything with it other than read it. If you type it, you can do things with it. That simple. Plus, paper doesn't have as good version control as my computers do.

[modmadmike]

Or you type everything on a linux PDA such as the Zaurus. Or if your like me you even program with it lol.

[Tom Morris]

Your comp has a name ("SUSE"..my first distro)

Mine are all named after philosophers and scientists. My Mac is called (appropriately) Darwin. I have a Windows box called Dawkins. Another Windows box I set up a while back is called Ayer (after British logical positivist A. J. Ayer), and my new Acer laptop running Hardy is called Gadamer (after the German hermeneutical philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer: I figured that I'd read a lot of PDFs on it and it'd help me understand them). My wireless router SSID is Plato - because the connection is rather shaky, and therefore a Platonic ideal rather than some kind of actual reality. If I setup a server, I'm going to call it Hume.

i heard this one a long time ago, i mightr been mentioned hee
Your a geek when insted of looking outside the window to see the weather you go and find a weather forcast on google

If I'm on my Mac, I press F12 and it'll retrieve a weather forecast based on my GPS location. If I'm in Ubuntu, it's there in the toolbar.

You know all about the dangers of playing eve-online when drunk, yet the first thing you do when you get in from a night out is fire it up login, and proceed to go on a random joyride through 0.0 in your most expensive kitted out ship, oh sure!!! you laugh at the pretty explosions and weapon effects now, but come morning when your head is exploding due to the vodka intake, and you want nothing but to just log on and do some harmless mining... when you find out your 67 jumps into hostile territory and in a pod it suddenly doesnt seem so funny anymore :D

The lol and roflmao one is true for me, i've done that several times now :)

Drunken EVE Online never ends well. Dock your ship up in high sec, set a long skill running and go to bed. Or mine some Veldspar. The soothing yellowy icon makes it all better.

or c, confusing your computer teacher

I had to patiently explain to a computing teacher a few years ago that a two megabyte file will not fit on to a 1.44Mb floppy. A mind is a terrible thing to waste on Microsoft Office, but if the government decide that this is the best way of creating a nation of programmers and IT experts... then they are crazy!

someone asks you to look at their computer, so you run to get one of the multiple live cd's from your car. (actually did it last thursday.)

Back in the day, I fixed a boot sector problem on my late grandfather's 386 Windows 3.1 box using the tools on a FreeBSD boot floppy. I now have Hardy on a USB flash memory device. I'm debating whether or not it should go in my backpack permanently.

When you look for computer acronyms in license plates.

When language reference manuals are what you read before going to bed.

Guilty on both counts: I had a Ruby programming manual on my bedside table for about six months. And I've gone on to the DVLA website looking for custom numberplates with technical acronyms on them, even though I don't own a car or drive.

[Tom Morris]

Or you type everything on a linux PDA such as the Zaurus. Or if your like me you even program with it lol.

Using a Palm here. Got a nice text editor for it too, a full size keyboard and two different scripting languages to install (Scheme and Lua - Rexx is also available, but I really don't like it).

[RFXCasey]

When you seriously consider selling your oldest child to an ATI sweatshop in Malaysia so you can buy 2 Nvidia ASUS ENGTX280 TOP/HTDP/1G GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Cards from Newegg for $1,039.98 with $60 worth of mail in rebates even though they will only cost $100 a piece in 6 months.\\:D/

[jvincent08]

When you seriously consider selling your oldest child to an ATI sweatshop in Malaysia so you can buy 2 Nvidia ASUS ENGTX280 TOP/HTDP/1G GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Cards from Newegg for $1,039.98 with $60 worth of mail in rebates even though they will only cost $100 a piece in 6 months.\\:D/

Wait, am I missing something here?

[RFXCasey]

If you have to ask, it's just not funny anymore.:guitar:

[RFXCasey]

When you start wearing adult diapers so you can relieve yourself during major World of Warcraft battles without missing a beat.:D

[jvincent08]

When you start wearing adult diapers so you can relieve yourself during major World of Warcraft battles without missing a beat.:D

Wow (pun not intended)...


PLEASE tell me you don't do that! lol

[RFXCasey]

Of course not, well at least not anymore. Instead I converted a porto toilet into an office chair. I still have to smell it but at least I don't have to sit in my own warm mess anymore. Muhahahahhah!

[Frak]

I'm afraid you have approximately 72 hours left to live.
You have contracted the de-evolution bug (2nd to last episode, Star Trek: TNG).

I r geekdom.

[Sephoroth]

You have contracted the de-evolution bug (2nd to last episode, Star Trek: TNG).

I r geekdom.

...when you know what a de-evolution bug is.

[jimi_hendrix]

...when you want a tribble as a pet

[jvincent08]

Am I the only one who never watched Star Trek?

[talsemgeest]

Am I the only one who never watched Star Trek?
Me too, I'm too young for it...

[GepettoBR]

Am I the only one who never watched Star Trek?

And am I the only one who hates it?

[jimi_hendrix]

And am I the only one who hates it?

only like the original series...Next Gen and beyond had way to much talking and not enough phasers

[sci-fi guy]

only like the original series...Next Gen and beyond had way to much talking and not enough phasers

At least they look better.

[darth_indy]

And am I the only one who hates it?

No, you're not. I'm a Star Wars loyalist, myself. Speaking of which

...You know you're a geek when you regularly (weekly, at least (Usually after my Linux class)) have Star Trek vs. Star Wars debates.

[whansen02]

how do u know u're a wanna be geek?
when u hang out with geeks & do what u can to learn & imitate them.

[GepettoBR]

No, you're not. I'm a Star Wars loyalist, myself. Speaking of which

...You know you're a geek when you regularly (weekly, at least (Usually after my Linux class)) have Star Trek vs. Star Wars debates.

I'm not a big Star Wars fan either, though I do like it more thn Star Trek. All the loud explosions in the vacuum of space and the fact that every spaceship and planet, regardless of mass, has the same gravitational force as the Earth bugs me to no end.

The only Outer Space sci-fi movie I remember actually LOVING is Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[jimi_hendrix]

how do u know u're a wanna be geek?
when u hang out with geeks & do what u can to learn & imitate them.

there are wannabe geeks?

[Kaseas]

When your teacher doesn't explain something very clearly, you put up your hand and say
$ sudo teacher -v explain

[jimi_hendrix]

or you take the topic and say man topic

[modmadmike]

...when you would go to PDC2008 just to shout Microsoft sucks!

[sci-fi guy]

there are wannabe geeks?

Script Kiddies.

[jimi_hendrix]

Script Kiddies.

true

[Frak]

true
very true, and sad

[BEND IT 7]

You know you're a geek when you are writing a response in this thread.

[SoulRyuu]

You know you're a geek when you are writing a response in this thread.

Beat me to it lol

[jvincent08]

You know you're a geek when you are writing a response in this thread.

Beat me to it lol

...you groan audibly when someone uses "you post on this thread" as another reason.

:rolleyes:

[talsemgeest]

:rolleyes:
You beat me to that. :)

[jvincent08]

lol

[mrowth]

edit: gah

[sci-fi guy]

You know you're a geek when you are writing a response in this thread.

*sob*


Wait. I'm supposed to be dead now, aren't I? Oops.

[kaligus]

Quote:
Originally Posted by BEND IT 7 View Post
You know you're a geek when you are writing a response in this thread.
Quote:
Originally Posted by SoulRyuu View Post
Beat me to it lol
Quote:
Originally Posted by darth_indy View Post
...you groan audibly when someone uses "you post on this thread" as another reason.
:rolleyes:


... when you actually read all the way through once to make sure you don't 'professor' your self into that groan corner ;)

edit: or that one^^

[GepettoBR]

How do we add tags to this thread? Someone should add a tag in all caps saying "YOU DO *NOT* KNOW YOU'RE A GEEK WHEN YOU READ OR REPLY TO THIS THREAD".

[scragar]

How do we add tags to this thread? Someone should add a tag in all caps saying "YOU DO *NOT* KNOW YOU'RE A GEEK WHEN YOU READ OR REPLY TO THIS THREAD".

that's too long, 25 characters max.

[GepettoBR]

that's too long, 25 characters max.

so, how about NO "WHEN-U-REPLY-TO-THIS"

That's 25 characters.

[scragar]

there, done.

[lukjad007]

You beat me to that. :)
*Groans audibly.*

[Frak]

Added the bologna tag, so that should do it.

[lukjad007]

Do what?

[GepettoBR]

Do what?

hopefully people will read the new tag before posting "you know you're a geek when you post in this thread" and derivatives.

[jvincent08]

hopefully people will read the new tag before posting "you know you're a geek when you post in this thread" and derivatives.

Yes, but what's the "bologna" tag for?

[lukjad007]

You know you are a geek when you post in a thread that has the bologna tag, and that doesn't bother you. ;)

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when:

You're playing with the new Ubuntu beta and your girlfriend pops into the room wearing a new dress. Upon hearing her ask "So, how is it?", you reply that it has a few rough corners here and there, but it looks good enough for everyday use.

Bonus points if she doesn't think that you're talking about the dress. Girl geeks rock.

[scragar]

You talk about code as if it was human(I've done so for years :P):

"ugly" = badly written, non oop hacky code
"smart" = powerful
"pretty" = well written, but not OOP
"beautiful" = well written OOP
"Doesn't know what she wants" = doesn't do what it should do
"Band geek" = code that you'd use, if you wasn't afraid what people will think when you tell them your solution involved it


Those are just the ones I can think of right now, but I've used lots more, code is always female BTW, no idea why.

[GepettoBR]

Ha, I loved "Band Geek"...

[pvalley1967]

you know your a geek when your clients ask how you make so much money you tell them about Linux

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

You talk about code as if it was human(I've done so for years :P):

"ugly" = badly written, non oop hacky code
"smart" = powerful
"pretty" = well written, but not OOP
"beautiful" = well written OOP
"Doesn't know what she wants" = doesn't do what it should do
"Band geek" = code that you'd use, if you wasn't afraid what people will think when you tell them your solution involved it


Those are just the ones I can think of right now, but I've used lots more, code is always female BTW, no idea why.

Very Cool! Though I think code as female... in fact I don't give any gender to it.
If I did it would be probably male because "kods" in (my native) latvian is masculine form. However word "programma" is feminine form. So I guess they could be both.

So for main topic!
You know when you're geek when you assemble working computer from old spare parts - what you've somehow collected at home - just for fun!

Assembled one just today so I now have four working computers, however I have two screens :( so two of those ain't running.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

... Something went wrong... damn thing double-posted! :\

[talsemgeest]

Very Cool! Though I think code as female... in fact I don't give any gender to it.
If I did it would be probably male because "kods" in (my native) latvian is masculine form. However word "programma" is feminine form. So I guess they could be both.

So for main topic!
You know when you're geek when you assemble working computer from old spare parts - what you've somehow collected at home - just for fun!

Assembled one just today so I now have four working computers, however I have two screens :( so two of those ain't running.
You could run them headless and ssh into them. Maybe use them as servers?

[corney91]

...when you lol (http://hup.hu/node/46335)

[lukjad007]

Heh! I like it. Same tone as the Chuck Noris ones.

[GepettoBR]

...when you lol (http://hup.hu/node/46335)

When you know which one of those facts is true.

[jimi_hendrix]

...when you lol (http://hup.hu/node/46335)

for the one about nunchucks

http://xkcd.com/225/

[lukjad007]

What is a nunchuck?

[sci-fi guy]

What is a nunchuck?

Martial arts weapon (http://clowntownmovie.com/nunchuck.jpg).

[scragar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunchaku

ala wikipedia

[jvincent08]

for the one about nunchucks

http://xkcd.com/225/

lmfao, "A GNU dawn!" :lolflag:

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

You could run them headless and ssh into them. Maybe use them as servers?

Yeah I was thinking about ssh... but running all four probably would make my electricity bill go into sky! :D

btw One computer is a server already... running Debian w/ CLI and acting as FTP/MySQL/Samba server.

[eddVRS]

...when you lol (http://hup.hu/node/46335)

LOL! I love this one.
Linus only has 2 buttons on his keyboard '1' and '0'

[lisati]

LOL! I love this one.
Linus only has 2 buttons on his keyboard '1' and '0'

How many on his mouse?

[talsemgeest]

How many on his mouse?
Linus needs no "rodent"!

[lisati]

Linus needs no "rodent"!

True: how about a zero-button pointing device? (Something "digital" came to mind but I'm not sure if I have the eloquence to express it without causing offence)

[talsemgeest]

Nah, he controls the cursor with his mind. ;)

[eddVRS]

True: how about a zero-button pointing device? (Something "digital" came to mind but I'm not sure if I have the eloquence to express it without causing offence)

Isnt' the left button on a mouse considered 'button 0'? If that's correct then Surely a zero button pointing device would be a Mac mouse ;)

I was also looking for the digital pun, but it's too early in the morning...

[jvincent08]

... you get excited when you see the update icon in the task bar, even when the updates are just for some obscure packages that you probably never use.

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek if you know what Linux originally started as.

[lukjad007]

....you drink "/" beer.

[jvincent08]

You know you are a geek if you know what Linux originally started as.

A replacement for Minix?

[sci-fi guy]

A replacement for Minix?

Before that. What was it before it was an OS?

[lukjad007]

Before that. What was it before it was an OS?
Recreation of Unix from decriptions?

[jvincent08]

Before that. What was it before it was an OS?

An idea? I give up.

[GepettoBR]

Before that. What was it before it was an OS?

Linux was never an OS. It's a kernel.


You know you're a geek when you read a certain swear word and assume that someone has misspelled "fsck".

[scragar]

You know you are a geek if you know what Linux originally started as.

Well it was originally called freax, and according to the email he sent to some mailing list was an OS designed to replace the crappy OSs of the time.

[talsemgeest]

Linux was never an OS. It's a kernel.
Ok, now you are just being pedantic. (And yes, I know you are right!)

[money2themax]

what is kernal by it's self is it just a layer between the OS and the hardware?

[jimi_hendrix]

you know your a geek when you search eBay for tribbles...

[GepettoBR]

Ok, now you are just being pedantic. (And yes, I know you are right!)

I don't usually point that out, but this is the Geek Thread...

[talsemgeest]

what is kernal by it's self is it just a layer between the OS and the hardware?
However what is an os without a kernel?
I don't usually point that out, but this is the Geek Thread...
Well that is very true.

[lukjad007]

Windows? (kidding)

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you know where Youtube got the audio preview idea.

[laserprinter]

Annoyed by these type of thread showing up when searching for some other solution..#-o

[sci-fi guy]

It started as a simple test program to experiment with multiple threads. This grew into a terminal emulation program that talked to his modem and allowed him to connect to the university's computers. He decided he wanted to download and upload files, so he wrote a simple file system to go with it...

I got his biography yesterday.

[scragar]

It started as a simple test program to experiment with multiple threads. This grew into a terminal emulation program that talked to his modem and allowed him to connect to the university's computers. He decided he wanted to download and upload files, so he wrote a simple file system to go with it...

I got his biography yesterday.

He's got a biography? How come no-one told me? You got a title or ISBN no so I can try to find myself a copy?

[jimi_hendrix]

its gotta be either really cool or really annoying to be linus...cool cause you started your own operating system tread and annoying because your one of the biggest geeks ever :)

[talsemgeest]

its gotta be either really cool or really annoying to be linus...cool cause you started your own operating system tread and annoying because your one of the biggest geeks ever :)
How exactly is being one of the biggest geeks ever annoying?

[jimi_hendrix]

after reading your sig i see that it is not

[darth_indy]

How exactly is being one of the biggest geeks ever annoying?

Either you're idolized by all other geeks, which would get old eventually I'd assume, especially if you're trailed like a Hollywood celebrity - or are constantly stereotyped even more than normal geeks. How many people are shocked to know he's married, or any other "normal" trait he has? Nearly everyone I've told, after they've cracked a joke about him. I can definitely see ow it would be very, very annoying.

[Sephoroth]

Either you're idolized by all other geeks, which would get old eventually I'd assume, especially if you're trailed like a Hollywood celebrity - or are constantly stereotyped even more than normal geeks. How many people are shocked to know he's married, or any other "normal" trait he has? Nearly everyone I've told, after they've cracked a joke about him. I can definitely see ow it would be very, very annoying.

Linus Torvalds doesn't seem to mind and he seems to put his influence to good use:

“My name is Linus, and I am your God.”

[jimi_hendrix]

Linus Torvalds doesn't seem to mind and he seems to put his influence to good use:

“My name is Linus, and I am your God.”

i would love to be famous enough to say that

[N4zgu1]

Instead of doing your homework you're answering at the "You know you're a geek when........" post

[GepettoBR]

Instead of doing your homework you're answering at the "You know you're a geek when........" post

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOO... (ad infinitum)

This has been done, redone, overdone, done some more, the dead horse was beaten to about the size of an iPod Femto, a tag was added to the thread, and we still have to read this repost of a repost?

[jimi_hendrix]

a tag was added to the thread, and we still have to read this repost of a repost?

then whats the story behind the herman munster tag?

[GepettoBR]

then whats the story behind the herman munster tag?

That's too sad to even remember, much less type out.

[scragar]

OK, I'm gonna play about with my sig, which of these do you think is best?

01: -- current sig BTW
if (value == 0)
return value;
else
return 0;always returns 0, condition is worthless
10:
a = 1;
if ( a == 1 ) {
...
} else {
...
}sets a to 1 right before testing the value of it, again, condition worthless
11:
EndWhile = 0;
while (EndWhile == 0)
{
...
if (index < MAX)
EndWhile = 0;
else
EndWhile = 1;
index = index + 1;
}wouldn't it be easier to make the whiles condition:
index < MAX
and completely remove the EndWhile variable?


And just to avoid anyone wondering what's wrong I've added white text under each one explaining the problem.

[jimi_hendrix]

why not use label:
goto label

[scragar]

why not use label:
goto label

ooh, assembly, v funneh :p

[lisati]

That's too sad to even remember, much less type out.

Denny Crane!

[scragar]

Denny Crane!

ok, why?

[jimi_hendrix]

can we seriously tell me whats with the tag?

[jvincent08]

It started as a simple test program to experiment with multiple threads. This grew into a terminal emulation program that talked to his modem and allowed him to connect to the university's computers. He decided he wanted to download and upload files, so he wrote a simple file system to go with it...

I got his biography yesterday.
Really? Huh. You should add that to Wikipedia's article on him.

[maybeway36]

You know you're a geek when you yell "SHELL" to the valley and it comes back as "/bin/sh".

[sci-fi guy]

He's got a biography? How come no-one told me? You got a title or ISBN no so I can try to find myself a copy?

Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
ISBN: 978-0-06-662073

Thinkgeek (http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/38b2/)
Barnes and Noble (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Just-for-Fun/Linus-Torvalds/e/9780066620732/?itm=3)
Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Just-Fun-Story-Accidental-Revolutionary/dp/0066620732/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223518959&sr=8-1)

Really? Huh. You should add that to Wikipedia's article on him.
Maybe I will, although I have yet to be motivated enough to register with them.

[talsemgeest]

OK, I'm gonna play about with my sig, which of these do you think is best?

01: -- current sig BTW
if (value == 0)
return value;
else
return 0;always returns 0, condition is worthless
10:
a = 1;
if ( a == 1 ) {
...
} else {
...
}sets a to 1 right before testing the value of it, again, condition worthless
11:
EndWhile = 0;
while (EndWhile == 0)
{
...
if (index < MAX)
EndWhile = 0;
else
EndWhile = 1;
index = index + 1;
}wouldn't it be easier to make the whiles condition:
index < MAX
and completely remove the EndWhile variable?


And just to avoid anyone wondering what's wrong I've added white text under each one explaining the problem.
I must say, I prefer the one you are using now. Nice and simple.

[jvincent08]

Maybe I will, although I have yet to be motivated enough to register with them.

You don't have to register, do you? His page isn't locked or anything.

[Ishimaru Chiaki]

I didn't have the time to read all pages, so there might have already posted quotes :

You know you're a geek when :
- You regularly dream of Linux when you sleep, and you even dream of a world who functions like a Linux (accesses, etc.)
- An Innu (native American tribe who lives in my area) waiter comes with a dish of chicken tournedos and mispronounces the "tournedos" word in French, making you think about MS-DOS.
- when your mother takes your skinny cat and holds her as if she was forming a little package and says says "it makes just a little package", you think "unfortunately, she isn't in .deb format"
- When you catch your cat who's hidden under a bed or in a place who's difficult to access and you say "Cat extraction", you think "right-click > Open with archive manager".
- when you forget something and your uncle (who's never very serious when he talks) tells you "it's not good if you already begin to forget, watch out when you'll be 50" and you reply "I can always format C my brain"
- when you get into a forum where 95% of the members are computer noobs and you're feeling like as if you drank a lot last night.

All of this happened to me.

[sci-fi guy]

You don't have to register, do you? His page isn't locked or anything.

Don't you need to create an account with Wikipedia to edit pages? I haven't worked with wikis much.
Anyways, the relevant information is already there (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux#The_creation_of_Linux).

[talsemgeest]

Torvalds had already considered the name "Linux," but initially dismissed it as too egotistical
My name is Linus, and I am your God.
Hmm....

[scragar]

Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
ISBN: 978-0-06-662073

Thinkgeek (http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/38b2/)
Barnes and Noble (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Just-for-Fun/Linus-Torvalds/e/9780066620732/?itm=3)
Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Just-Fun-Story-Accidental-Revolutionary/dp/0066620732/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223518959&sr=8-1)



ooh, thanks, I'll order it during my lunch break.

[lukjad007]

Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
ISBN: 978-0-06-662073

Thinkgeek (http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/38b2/)
Barnes and Noble (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Just-for-Fun/Linus-Torvalds/e/9780066620732/?itm=3)
Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Just-Fun-Story-Accidental-Revolutionary/dp/0066620732/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223518959&sr=8-1)


Maybe I will, although I have yet to be motivated enough to register with them.
...your first thought is: So, where can I download the source code for the book? ;)

[jvincent08]

Don't you need to create an account with Wikipedia to edit pages? I haven't worked with wikis much.
Anyways, the relevant information is already there (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux#The_creation_of_Linux).

Oh, I was only reading the main Linux page. But yeah, as long as the page isn't locked (which Wiki does when a page has been vandalized too many times), you can just click the "[edit]" link on the top right hand corner of any section and do what you wish, no registration required.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

... you get excited when you see the update icon in the task bar, even when the updates are just for some obscure packages that you probably never use.

I, on other hand, hate the update icon, and I do my aptitude sorting to get rid of obscure packages! i.e. I look through every package to decide if it is any use for me, if it is not - PURGE! (Or set as Auto-Remove if something useful depends on it)

But I'm still excited when I get new package... by manual update though!
You're a geek also if you do this instead!

Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done
That's way too close to my philosophy!

[eddVRS]

...according to the bible, god first created man, then woman.
This is not true, god like the rest of us men just doesn't understand women. 'created' is a mis translation of 'typed.'

What infact happened was this:

god@heaven_host:$ man woman

[GepettoBR]

...according to the bible, god first created man, then woman.
This is not true, god like the rest of us men just doesn't understand women. 'created' is a mis translation of 'typed.'

What infact happened was this:

god@heaven_host:$ man woman

And of course he hid the output from our mortal eyes:

god@heaven_host:$ man woman
No manual entry for woman

Ah, the lulz...

I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.
[...]
It is NOT portable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.

Did anyone else fall from their chair laughing?

[jvincent08]

It made me chuckle, yeah lol

I wonder at which point Linus stopped and realized that his project had gone much farther than he expected.

[jimi_hendrix]

...your first thought is: So, where can I download the source code for the book? ;)

and edit and improve parts that i dont like...

[klange]

... you write this poem (http://oasis-games.com/~klange/thesysadmin.htm).

[talsemgeest]

Lol, not bad.

[sci-fi guy]

Did anyone else fall from their chair laughing?

Almost
I also liked the part about
(just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu)

[MaxIBoy]

You know you're a geek when you set off in search of software. (I consider my true moment of geekdom to be that one time I tried to find a way to install Unix System III in an emulator.)

[Liviu-Theodor]

... you reply something to a thread without thinking too much and it turns out that your response is useful.

[talsemgeest]

Doesn't necessarily mean you're a geek. Might just mean you got lucky.

[Liviu-Theodor]

Doesn't necessarily mean you're a geek. Might just mean you got lucky.

This is true. But I got lucky once, twice, ..., many times (not specifically in the ubuntu forum). There must be something in my experience, not only luck.

[purifiedmadness]

when the laptop you keep on your bed has a uptime of 22 days.
when you carry your eeepc around in your pocket/bag everyday and you use it to vnc into your desktop at home to check on it.(1600 by 1200 resolution on a 7inch screen is a pain lol)
i didnt see this one in the whole thread but when you have lost count of how many computer you own.(i really have no clue how many i have
when you carry more then one laptop around with you.(i normaly have 2 in my car)

ok thats all i can think of for now

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

...i didnt see this one in the whole thread but when you have lost count of how many computer you own.(i really have no clue how many i have...
Well I know I have four, but I don't have quite the idea of how much hardware components are lying around. I reckon there is enough to build at least two more very obscure PCs.
Does this counts me as geek, too?

btw the fourth one is one I built just for fun when trying to sort out the hardware

[purifiedmadness]

well i have 4 up and running right now plus at least 22 that i would just need to plug in and turn on plus all the ones i could build out of parts i dont even want to try and guess. :lolflag:

[Toshibawarrior]

You know you're a geek when...

- you giggle giddily when you can finally make Ubuntu run as you want it to on your 3 or 4 laptops.

- you play with xorg.conf for entertainment.

- when you installed every Alpha and Beta of every Ubuntu since 4.10.

- you kneel and thank God loudly when you realize all of this is useless here in the bright world of Linux. (http://www.microsoft.com/AtWork/getstarted/speed.mspx)

- you have more than 1 coffee cup on your desk.

- you wish Starbucks had an online store in which coffee got delivered via e-mail.

- you know all your passwords and encryption keys by heart.

- you resisted the urge to actually talk to a girl outside an IM or chat.

. . . :popcorn:

[lukjad007]

...you follow a link to a Microsoft page and realize that it is blocking Firefox. You go on a scavenger hunt for the right plugins and addons to reach the blocked page, check that it works and uninstall them before you even start to read the page, just to see if you can beat Microsoft at its own game.

[sci-fi guy]

- you resisted the urge to actually talk to a girl outside an IM or chat.

What urge?

[Toshibawarrior]

Believe me dude...after being on your computer for days and then going out to the sunlight were beautiful girls reside...the urge to do LOTS of things is present...LOL!...You get to be a geek if you resist that urge (of every kind) and go back to your safe sanctuary that ordinary people call computer desk...:)

[jimi_hendrix]

the only girl a geek needs is his computer...jk

[Toshibawarrior]

My point exactly! LOL! :)

:popcorn:

[Jengajam2]

You know you're a geek when your fridge, shower, and bed have their own operating system with graphical interface.

when someone asks you "what does your house look like?", you show them on a graphing calculator, while telling the color # of each square inch.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

well i have 4 up and running right now plus at least 22 that i would just need to plug in and turn on plus all the ones i could build out of parts i dont even want to try and guess. :lolflag:
Aye, that's quite a number! Where do you keep all those?

[purifiedmadness]

Aye, that's quite a number! Where do you keep all those?

well i have 3 up and running in my living room, 1 running in my bedrroom, laptops laying all over, a bunch under the table in my kitchen, a storage room here full of computer stuff and a bunch in my parents garage.

[Kiefer Rodriguez]

You know your a geek when you get physically sick after hearing Google sold to Microsoft, as a joke. NOT FUNNY >__>

[talsemgeest]

Not sick, just very scared...

[Kopachris]

When you make an mp3 player out of an empty Altoids tin.

Or if you're really a geek:

When you make a fully functional Linux computer in an empty Altoids tin. Complete with USB and VGA ports. That'd be a fun weekend, eh? [mumbles to self:]I'd need a USB splitter for keyboard and mouse, a new flash drive...

[sci-fi guy]

When you make an mp3 player out of an empty Altoids tin.

Or if you're really a geek:

When you make a fully functional Linux computer in an empty Altoids tin. Complete with USB and VGA ports. That'd be a fun weekend, eh? [mumbles to self:]I'd need a USB splitter for keyboard and mouse, a new flash drive...

Well, I think this (http://www.picotux.com/) is smaller than an Altoids tin.

[jimi_hendrix]

you know your a geek when you find kopachris's sig funny and then point out that you could simply use System.Io.In() //i think this is the code...havnt used java in a while

[Kopachris]

Well, I think this (http://www.picotux.com/) is smaller than an Altoids tin.

Yeah, but with an Altoids tin, you can fit more stuff in it.

you know your a geek when you find kopachris's sig funny and then point out that you could simply use System.Io.In() //i think this is the code...havnt used java in a while

Tried it. Didn't work. I'll try it again tomorrow in Comp. Prog., though. I might have just done a variant.

[jimi_hendrix]

Tried it. Didn't work. I'll try it again tomorrow in Comp. Prog., though. I might have just done a variant.

i dont think i named the method right but it is somewhat along those lines

used like this if i recall

int x = System.IO.In()

[Liviu-Theodor]

I had a problem with one of the servers running Fedora Core 6. As it is still in the warranty time, I called for the service. I wonder if the fact that I said to the guy in service how to solve the problem will qualify me as a geek. Maybe not, as I did not solved the problem without calling for the service. But, maybe yes, because I called for the service because of the conditions we have here, not because of the lack of knowledge. Anyhow, I liked his remark, after we solved the problem: "Linux rules!".

[theevilhamster]

when your every thought about every day things includes some for of code, programming language, or complex formulae and all your friends call you a geek.:):lolflag:

when you realize that windows is s**t because it isn't open source.

[theevilhamster]

when your first thought when you see a gadget is "i must put linux on that".

[daemon3]

You know you're a geek when you create smilies just to say that someone smiled at you today.

Then...you're real geek if you form a friendship with that smiley, and cry when you have to shut down the computer, and you'll never see Joe again. :cry:

[Magzime]

...when you PIN at the bank is a 64 characters hexadecimal key.
...when you draw smileys on your own face with a felt marker to express feelings.
...when asked for a serial number, you first try all 1's, just like it used to work for M$ '95 products.
...when your toilet asks "Are you sure?" before flushing.:confused:
...when Bill Gates' voice "thanks you for your precious contribution to Microsoft" after flushing that same toilet.
:lolflag:

[scragar]

...when Bill Gates' voice "thanks you for your precious contribution to Microsoft" after flushing that same toilet.
:lolflag:
so that's where they get all their ideas!

:p

[OttifantSir]

Malfunctioning computers, or poorly factored code cause you genuine physical and emotional pain.


This one is me, I know. My mom is a manager of a bakery, and I am the computer whiz when something goes wrong. A few times she needed something done in Word 2007, and after two minutes I have a headache.

[jimi_hendrix]

...when you hate not having the time to finish writing your programs

[eddVRS]

This one is me, I know. My mom is a manager of a bakery, and I am the computer whiz when something goes wrong. A few times she needed something done in Word 2007, and after two minutes I have a headache.

Word is truely the worst piece of software I've ever had to use.
It just annoys me so much that it assumes how you want to format/layyout your document.

"It looks like you're writing a letter, do you need help" said the f***ing paperclip.....

And if I have to tell it ONE MORE TIME that I DO NOT want american spelling... <deep breath>

[Toshibawarrior]

Word is truely the worst piece of software I've ever had to use.
It just annoys me so much that it assumes how you want to format/layyout your document.

"It looks like you're writing a letter, do you need help" said the f***ing paperclip.....

And if I have to tell it ONE MORE TIME that I DO NOT want american spelling... <deep breath>

LOL! Right on brother! I hated the Office 2007 stuff, as well as Microsoft in general (including Zunes) when I migrated to Ubuntu!

Sadly M$ has made people think computers won't work without Window$ and that the big blue E is the Internet. We need to make an alliance of Ubuntuers to clean people's minds off that kind of ideas.

In fact a few days ago I was talking to a friend of mine and told her that I was using Linux Ubuntu and that it was great...all the time she had a nice smile painted on her face, which made me think that she knew what I was talking about. When I made the whole explanation of improvements, she laughed and told me: "I don't know what the heck you're talking about...Is that the pc or the program of the pc?".

And I was like: ":eek:"! She actually refers to an OS like "the program of the pc"!!!...She's one of the people that thinks the big blue E is the internet, and that the blue and green guys together means IM...not to mention she doesn't even know that Firefox exists and that she says antivirus software makes her pc too slow and turns them off when surfing the web...I don't even want to know what's going on inside her machine...

And back on this thread's topic: You know you're a geek when this kind of stuff makes you angry AND sad at the same time.
:popcorn:

[scragar]

LOL! Right on brother! I hated the Office 2007 stuff, as well as Microsoft in general (including Zunes) when I migrated to Ubuntu!

Sadly M$ has made people think computers won't work without Window$ and that the big blue E is the Internet. We need to make an alliance of Ubuntuers to clean people's minds off that kind of ideas.

In fact a few days ago I was talking to a friend of mine and told her that I was using Linux Ubuntu and that it was great...all the time she had a nice smile painted on her face, which made me think that she knew what I was talking about. When I made the whole explanation of improvements, she laughed and told me: "I don't know what the heck you're talking about...Is that the pc or the program of the pc?".

And I was like: ":eek:"! She actually refers to an OS like "the program of the pc"!!!...She's one of the people that thinks the big blue E is the internet, and that the blue and green guys together means IM...not to mention she doesn't even know that Firefox exists and that she says antivirus software makes her pc too slow and turns them off when surfing the web...I don't even want to know what's going on inside her machine...

And back on this thread's topic: You know you're a geek when this kind of stuff makes you angry AND sad at the same time.
:popcorn:

I've had to deal with people like that, I've had to fix one of my friends PCs time after time, I installed anti viri and spybot etc, so I didn't know how he got them, turns out he turns them off when he starts the computer because they make it run slow... I mean honestly, what's the point of my putting them on if he's only going to turn them off.

And also back to the topic:
As a programmer you've put off food/drink/sleep for a few hours(in my case it's normaly about 6 or 7...) because you want to "just finish this part, and maybe that one, and if I could rewrite this bit to include that, and a quick test, ooh, I could add this feature, and that feature, cool, now all I have to do is finish this up a little and I can add this and that, which should let me do something else..." :p

[Toshibawarrior]

I've had to deal with people like that, I've had to fix one of my friends PCs time after time, I installed anti viri and spybot etc, so I didn't know how he got them, turns out he turns them off when he starts the computer because they make it run slow... I mean honestly, what's the point of my putting them on if he's only going to turn them off.



LoL, my point exactly! People are unbelievable sometimes! Oh well, it's their problem :)!

[pp.]

"It looks like you're writing a letter, do you need help" said the f***ing paperclip.....

And if I have to tell it ONE MORE TIME that I DO NOT want american spelling... <deep breath>

You know you're a geek if you know how to turn off the paperclip and how to set the default language for your texts in word.

:lolflag:

[eddVRS]

You know you're a geek if you know how to turn off the paperclip and how to set the default language for your texts in word.

:lolflag:

I'm past that stage... just got rid of windows completeley...
</slight overreaction to the annoyances of the paperclip ;)>

[Sephoroth]

Word is truely the worst piece of software I've ever had to use.
It just annoys me so much that it assumes how you want to format/layyout your document.

"It looks like you're writing a letter, do you need help" said the f***ing paperclip.....

And if I have to tell it ONE MORE TIME that I DO NOT want american spelling... <deep breath>

Hey now, don't leave the rest of the paper clip's evil friends out of this. I always perceived the wizard as being rather sadistic at times.

LOL! Right on brother! I hated the Office 2007 stuff, as well as Microsoft in general (including Zunes) when I migrated to Ubuntu!

I'm quite fond of Office 2007. The office assistants were brutally murdered and by brutally murdered I mean removed from the program due to user dissatisfaction.

Sadly M$ has made people think computers won't work without Window$ and that the big blue E is the Internet. We need to make an alliance of Ubuntuers to clean people's minds off that kind of ideas.

In fact a few days ago I was talking to a friend of mine and told her that I was using Linux Ubuntu and that it was great...all the time she had a nice smile painted on her face, which made me think that she knew what I was talking about. When I made the whole explanation of improvements, she laughed and told me: "I don't know what the heck you're talking about...Is that the pc or the program of the pc?".

And I was like: ":eek:"! She actually refers to an OS like "the program of the pc"!!!...She's one of the people that thinks the big blue E is the internet, and that the blue and green guys together means IM...not to mention she doesn't even know that Firefox exists and that she says antivirus software makes her pc too slow and turns them off when surfing the web...I don't even want to know what's going on inside her machine...

And back on this thread's topic: You know you're a geek when this kind of stuff makes you angry AND sad at the same time.
:popcorn:

+1

"What's a Linux?"

[talsemgeest]

You know you're a geek if you know how to turn off the paperclip and how to set the default language for your texts in word.

:lolflag:
I just completely removed support for the paper clip and the little dog on the search page from my windows CD (via nlite). I've noticed that configuring windows before it even installs actually makes it usable!

[lukjad007]

...you almost die having to listening to your COMPUTER teacher tell you he doesn't bother with anti-virus software and only reinstalls when the system is too slow. :P

[pp.]

... and only reinstalls when the system is too slow. :P

So he continually reinstalls his system. Where's the problem? I presume he has access to another one which he actually uses.

[Dr Small]

...when you hate not having the time to finish writing your programs
I have this problem all the time.

[spupy]

"What's a Linux?"

"It's an Operator System!"

On topic:
Some people like to tinker with autos, tune their engines.
You like to tinker with software, tune the source.

Some people boast when they make a nice part for their custom modification roadsters.
You boast when you write a nice patch for Xorg.

And to boast: I just finished adding software-side "emulation" of two-finger scroll (like on macbooks) to the synaptics touchpad driver. My hardware doesn't support this, but I added a clever trick to the driver.
When I innocently started using Linux, I didn't think that in 2 years I will be diving in the source of a xorg module. But, damn, it feels good!

[dufus554]

You know your a geek when:

1) Everyone around you seems like a moron to you

2) Sitting at your computer all day is FUN! and >>>>>>>>*

3) You dont understand why people dont google things they dont know

4) You have no-one to talk to about computers/Linux/BSD/Windows etc..

5) You know how to build a computer, and you enjoy doing it.

6) You find it frustrating using an OS that you dont know the inner workings of

7) You enjoy learning as much about computers as you possibly can

8 ) You wish you had a job that revolved around you sitting in front of your computer all day.

9) You wish you knew how to program

10) You love FOSS

11) You know what FOSS is, and GPL, etc...

12) You know the inner workings and future of DRM, that no matter how hard you try, others around you dont seem to "get it" and your angered that they dont even care.

13) Your the only computer user you know thats annoyed by WGA, Activation, DRM, "Trusted Computing" etc.....

14) You wish you could make a stand against the big software companies

15) The internet is vital to your existance

16) You'd rather stay in on your computer than go out.

17) You wish you could controll your whole life through your computer

18 ) You need to replace your keyboard every year due to "wear and tear"

19) You wish everybody would "leave you alone"

20) You cant understand how others around you can manage to tie their shoe laces they are so dumb.

21) The "Humm" of your computer is relaxing.

22) You felt the need to post in this thread

23) You dream about websites you could set up



Thats about all I can think of right now, only a handful actually apply to me, although the fact that even ONE does, scares me...... :(

All, but 9 and 23 apply to me! 8-[

[sci-fi guy]

1) Everyone around you seems like a moron to you
No, although everyone around me claims that I am well above average.
I hope they are wrong, because if I am above average this world is in trouble.


4) You have no-one to talk to about computers/Linux/BSD/Windows etc..


That seems more a matter of chance and social skills. Or IT classes at the community college.

[spupy]

One geeky joke. I think it was from XKCD or something:

Joe and Barry talk:
Joe: So Barry, how did the date with Sarah go?
Barry: [...] then we went home to watch a movie. So I fire up mplayer on my linux box. Unfortunately xscreensaver locked the screen every 15 minutes.
Joe: Oh, damn, what did you do?
Barry: I wrote a small python script to jiggle the mouse cursors every 5 minutes.
Joe: See, Barry, Linux may have its problems, but it also gives you the tools to fix them.
Barry: Indeed.
Joe: And how did the rest of the night go?
Barry: Well, half an hour into the mouse scripting manual Sarah got bored and left...

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

No, although everyone around me claims that I am well above average.
I hope they are wrong, because if I am above average this world is in trouble.

People occasionally tell the same to me.
And I have the same worries afterwards!

It also is sometimes quite disturbing to think the amounts of below-average intelligent people... and what high-responsibility work they are doing. (I could think of few such people)

btw I recently read an anecdote that goes like

B. Gates is fishing and catches magic golden fish.
So fish says "You've got one wish!"
Bill: "I want war to end in Iraq."
Fish: "Can't do that! Wish something else!"
Bill: "Then I want Windows to be without bugs."
Fish: "Err, where is this Iraq thing again?"

[snova]

And to boast: I just finished adding software-side "emulation" of two-finger scroll (like on macbooks) to the synaptics touchpad driver. My hardware doesn't support this, but I added a clever trick to the driver.

I hope to be enjoying it within a few weeks. Thank you!

What exactly does that mean, anyway?

If only more applications supported scrolling left and right...