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

[spupy]

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...

To scroll you have to drag your finger on the edge of the touchpad. Some touchpad can detect two fingers instead of one, so you can move two fingers anywhere on the touchpad to scroll. It is more convenient in my opinion because you don't have to locate the edge of the touchpad.
My touchpad can't detect more than one finger, so this two-finger gesture is not usable. I "hacked" it to check the pressure on the touchpad to see if you are using one or more fingers. Works pretty well, but I'm not sure if it works as good on other laptops.

[jvincent08]

On the laptops at school, you can scroll by holding one finger still and sliding the second one up or down. Is this what you mean?

[spupy]

On the laptops at school, you can scroll by holding one finger still and sliding the second one up or down. Is this what you mean?

No, just put your two fingers together and move them both up/down
Here is a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOw6-JBtmHU

Anyway...

[Kopachris]

Where have you guys been? My almost-2-year-old PowerBook G4 supports scrolling with two fingers. Both vertically and horizontally. :popcorn:

You know you're NOT a geek when someone gives you their IP address as 127.0.0.1, and you try to erase their hard drive with it. http://www.electric-escape.net/node/1475:lolflag:

[money2themax]

Wish me luck guys and gals i'm gonna sign up for my first formal computer class at the local college :D

[scragar]

Wish me luck guys and gals i'm gonna sign up for my first formal computer class at the local college :D

I'm guessing in 3 weeks there will still be someone wondering why the computer isn't working when the power isn't on(either no-one turned it on, or it's off at the mains, or the monitors on but the box isn't, you get the idea), so good luck with that :p

[jimi_hendrix]

...when you get excited when you reformate a drive

[sci-fi guy]

Wish me luck guys and gals i'm gonna sign up for my first formal computer class at the local college :D

Good luck. Avoid the basic courses, you will be bored out of your skull (I never opened the books for that class)

[talsemgeest]

...when you get excited when you reformate a drive
I find it more fun creating new RAID drives. Even planning out all the different configurations... <Goes off into a dreamy daze...>

[rasmus91]

... when you wish to speek to another person than the one you're currently having a conversation with, you desperately try finding alt+tab

when your done with a math problem and try to press enter to submit and go to next ;)

[jimi_hendrix]

I find it more fun creating new RAID drives. Even planning out all the different configurations... <Goes off into a dreamy daze...>

a whosa wassa drive?

[eddVRS]

a whosa wassa drive?

yes, one of those ;)

RAID uses multiple HDDs to store information in different ways.
Examples include striping the data across multiple discs, or having the same data duplicated across those discs (i believe)

[jvincent08]

"RAID ... is a technology that employs the simultaneous use of two or more hard disk drives to achieve greater levels of performance, reliability, and/or larger data volume sizes."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

[sci-fi guy]

"RAID ... is a technology that employs the simultaneous use of two or more hard disk drives to achieve greater levels of performance, reliability, and/or larger data volume sizes."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

And here I thought it was a software-bases insecticide.

[talsemgeest]

For example, you buy 2 160GB sata drives, and then use RAID to make them one big 320GB drive. The best thing about this is that it almost doubles read/write speeds, since it is reading/writing off two drives at once. The downside is that if one drive fails, you lose all of your data.

But things really get fun when you have two different sized drives, like I have a 160GB drive and a 320GB drive. Any ideas how I made that work with RAID0?

[heroidi]

you'r a*** is stiff :lolflag:

[jvincent08]

For example, you buy 2 160GB sata drives, and then use RAID to make them one big 320GB drive. The best thing about this is that it almost doubles read/write speeds, since it is reading/writing off two drives at once. The downside is that if one drive fails, you lose all of your data.
Well that's only one form of a RAID array. There are at least 7 different levels, one (or more) of which mirrors a drive onto one or more other drives so you can keep working if they fail, as long as there is one that's still good. You can also nest the arrays. For example, a RAID0 array with two 160gb drives like you said nested inside of a RAID1 array with one 360gb or two 160gb drives to provide backup. Pretty cool stuff.

But things really get fun when you have two different sized drives, like I have a 160GB drive and a 320GB drive. Any ideas how I made that work with RAID0?
I was under the impression that combining different sized drives is no different than combining identical drives.

[jvincent08]

you'r a*** is stiff :lolflag:

Ha.. happens all the time ;) lol

[talsemgeest]

Well that's only one form of a RAID array. There are at least 7 different levels, one (or more) of which mirrors a drive onto one or more other drives so you can keep working if they fail, as long as there is one that's still good. You can also nest the arrays. For example, a RAID0 array with two 160gb drives like you said nested inside of a RAID1 array with one 360gb or two 160gb drives to provide backup. Pretty cool stuff.
Note that it was only an example. I just prefer to have the extra capacity and speed than wasting half of my hard drive space with RAID1, tis all

I was under the impression that combining different sized drives is no different than combining identical drives.
Nope, you can only do RAID0 with identical space from each drive. So doing RAID0 with my drives uses 160GB of 1 drive (all of the available space), and 160GB of the other (half of the available space).

[jvincent08]

Note that it was only an example. I just prefer to have the extra capacity and speed than wasting half of my hard drive space with RAID1, tis all
Oh, ok :) I was just throwing it out there that not all forms of RAID risk losing all data after a drive fails, for those who might not have known.

[talsemgeest]

And rightly so. I'm sure that when my drive fails I will wish I had gone with RAID 1 instead of 0...

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you'd rather name all 200 compounds on the list your chemistry teacher gave you rather than the 100 odd-numbered ones he assigned. NiSeO4: SeO4 isn't on our list of anions, but Selenium is in the same group as sulfur, so, Nickle selenate?

[pirattrev]

...you have a signature like kopachris [guy above me]

[Kopachris]

...When you have an XKCD comic as your avatar.:)

[bhuvi]

when your friends call you when there's a problem in their system or ask for suggestions as to what to do

[wildman4god]

When everyone in your computer networking class gangs up to call you a geek. :P

And when you see a netbook for the first time in person and you think its cute.

And when you can literally fix a computer just by touching it.

[purifiedmadness]

And when you can literally fix a computer just by touching it.

i have done that lol

[wd5gnr]

Hope this isn't a duplicate.

You know you are a geek when someone asks you:

"Can you describe the plot to at least 3 Star Trek Episodes?"

And you reply, "Which series -- oh wait, nevermind -- it doesn't matter... yes!"

;-)

[pp.]

.. when people's computer problems disappear just when they try to explain their problems to you.

[scragar]

.. when people's computer problems disappear just when they try to explain their problems to you.

No idea if this has ever happened to me before :p (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=958130)

As for the just touching thing, I've done that, touch the wire for the monitor in just the right way to make the picture come on, and again to make it go off, I used to love that monitor :P

[talsemgeest]

And when you can literally fix a computer just by touching it.
Does kicking it count?

[sci-fi guy]

And when you can literally fix a computer just by touching it.

It obviously has a TPD installed.

[purifiedmadness]

Does kicking it count?

only if hitting a tv to fix it counts lol

[dfpd62]

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

You know you're a geek when You are reading this !!!!!!


LOL :lolflag:

D

[talsemgeest]

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

You know you're a geek when you are reading this !!!!!!


Lol :lolflag:

D
Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! !!!

[jimi_hendrix]

when you install arch just because you want total control and because the learning curve is higher than ubuntu

[scragar]

when you install arch just because you want total control and because the learning curve is higher than ubuntu

Wouldn't LFS is better then? Or am I just taking things to insane ends?

[jvincent08]

I've tried LFS before. I never could get it to work :(

[johnlocke2342]

you have a 50 CDs cakebox full of Linux distros and there are about 10 more on your desk.
you can't understand the Mac/PC troll because you own both a desktop PC and a Macbook
half of your money leaves your account for computer-related stuff.

[scragar]

you have a 50 CDs cakebox full of Linux distros and there are about 10 more on your desk.
you can't understand the Mac/PC troll because you own both a desktop PC and a Macbook
half of your money leaves your account for computer-related stuff.

I don't own a mac, but I only run linux anyway(which leads to me arguing that PC should say windows, not PC, you can run linux on almost anything, but you don't see people calling themselves linux because their toaster or a dead badger runs it(oh, you know your a geek when you get the joke)), I got rid of windows a long time ago, no reason I'd ever go back.

[johnlocke2342]

I know that, and I hacked my Macbook so I can dual boot both Leopard and Ubuntu.

Just a few important facts I forgot:
-When your geek friends ask you "how to do this and that on this OS?" because you're like a computer related reference to them (happened to me yesterday when I went to the Paris "computer district" with friends)
-When girls you spend all your time with at college follow computing classes and begin talking about computing when they didn't even know the difference between a megabyte and a gigabyte just a year ago.
-You're french and you watch news on CNN instead of TF1 or i>Tele

[Toshibawarrior]

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

You know you're a geek when You are reading this !!!!!!


LOL :lolflag:

D

Ugh...typical...

We should like make a "Rules Section" for this post. People still don't get that we're tired of the same thing over and over again...

Oh, and you know you're a geek when:

- you dream about your wedding day, and the bride is your computer...and when you wake up you're in a tux drooling all over your keyboard. (That'd really be geeky).

- you check your mail via CLI.

- you use your iPod to hack the bank's servers :eek:!

- you have one computer per Linux distro you own.

- you dedicate Want You Bad by The Offspring (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEvozNlL8V0) to a girl you like and you still don't get what the song is about.

- you have more than 10 email accounts (I used to have 8, I currently just have 5).

- you spend hours reading useless computer-related news.

- you're not afraid/ashamed of skipping important dates just because your newly developed code still has some snippets missing.

:popcorn:

Uhhh...I think that was all for today...

[jimi_hendrix]

when you cant figure something out you google it instead of asking someone who you think knows and wasting their time

[jvincent08]

when you cant figure something out you google it instead of asking someone who you think knows and wasting their time

Everyone should do this, not just geeks!

[jimi_hendrix]

i know a lot of people who dont just google it...

[jvincent08]

Makes it harder for us geeks who have to answer their questions..

[zantez]

1f y0u c4n r33d th15 y0u'r3 r334ly 4 g33k :P

[GepettoBR]

1f y0u c4n r33d th15 u r34lly n33d 2 g3t l41d

[scragar]

1f y0u c4n r33d th15 y0u'r3 r334ly 4 g33k :P

1f y0u c4n r33d th15 u r34lly n33d 2 g3t l41d

whatever (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=915741)

[eddVRS]

1f y0u c4n r33d th15 y0u'r3 r334ly 4 g33k :P

No, sorry. Script kiddies could read that, and I don't consider them as fully-fledged geeks...

[Kopachris]

Wouldn't LFS is better then? Or am I just taking things to insane ends?
I've tried LFS before. I never could get it to work :(
I tried it. Ubuntu didn't have enough PTYs for it, so I recompiled the kernel (improperly, from the looks of things now) and it won't boot anymore. I'd probably still be working on it if my monitor hadn't died (using my PowerBook exclusively now).

I know that, and I hacked my Macbook so I can dual boot both Leopard and Ubuntu.
I wouldn't call that "hacking". The only reason why I'd even have to back up my PowerBook to dual OS X and Ubuntu is because Ubuntu doesn't (or didn't in Edgy Eft) support hfs+ format. But! The good news is that I now have a 500GB external harddrive, so I'm going to take next weekend to back up all my stuff, wipe my harddrive, install Ubuntu and config Yaboot, then install OS X and restore all my stuff. Exactly what I'd do on Ubuntu on my Mac, I have no idea. But now that my monitor has died, and my Dinosaur PC deemed useless because of it, I can use the USB WiFi adapter. And maybe a colander...

You know you're a geek when you'd be making your own Linux distro right now if your monitor hadn't died or if Ubuntu and LFS had good PPC support.

[jdk82]

1) You consistently attempt to close a pidgin conversation by typing "exit"
in the conversation window.

2) You reply "I am NOT a shell *&%# it" when someone else does #1.

[eddVRS]

1) You consistently attempt to close a pidgin conversation by typing "exit"
in the conversation window.

2) You reply "I am NOT a shell *&%# it" when someone else does #1.

you could respond with either:
"pidgin comman exit not found" or 'print' your own error report:
"Error: type 2- iUE"

[sci-fi guy]

No, sorry. Script kiddies could read that, and I don't consider them as fully-fledged geeks...

Not only can they read it (even my non-techie brother can read it with mild effort), they are more likely to use it.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

And when you can literally fix a computer just by touching it.
Well, I have kind of "aura" in this matter.
When I get to friend's computer the bugs automagically goes away, (though sometimes return the minute I'm out of the door)

Or other way around, when friends do stuff on my computer(s), suddenly something goes wrong, even if they apparently do exactly the same as I would.
And all goes away just when I come near :D

half of your money leaves your account for computer-related stuff.
/me is guilty!

1f y0u c4n r33d th15 y0u'r3 r334ly 4 g33k :P
I can, but I don't find it funny in any way, nor think it's true!

[GepettoBR]

Not only can they read it (even my non-techie brother can read it with mild effort), they are more likely to use it.

Thus making my answer to the original post even more appropriate.

But script kiddies do tend to use the more annoying version of l337sp34k T|-|4t 4|_50 |_|53 P|_||\|CT|_|4t10|\| /\/\4R|<5 45 L3TT3R5.


When I see something written like that, I tend to ignore the author for not being worth the hassle.

[Kopachris]

Thus making my answer to the original post even more appropriate.

But script kiddies do tend to use the more annoying version of l337sp34k T|-|4t 4|_50 |_|53 P|_||\|CT|_|4t10|\| /\/\4R|<5 45 L3TT3R5.


When I see something written like that, I tend to ignore the author for not being worth the hassle.

I went through that phase in 7th grade, while I was doing HTML. That's when I thought that simply running C++ code through a binary translator would make it work. :shock:

[Sephoroth]

I went through that phase in 7th grade, while I was doing HTML. That's when I thought that simply running C++ code through a binary translator would make it work. :shock:

If only it were true....

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you find the sheer stupidity of "A Trip to the Moon" (the one with the rocket in the moon's eye) quite profound.

On the same note, you know you're a geek when you realize that with access to the right materials, and a few simple calculations, just about anyone could launch a rocket to the moon. (Well, launch a capsule to the moon, using a rocket.)
"Stop text messaging or I'll take away your cell phone!"
"I'm not text messaging, I'm calculating how much fuel I would need to get my Linux box to the moon and back."
"Oh, well, carry on then."

The North America Nebula in the sky can do what most North Americans on Earth cannot -- form stars.
You know you're a geek when you can refute the above statement with a couple hundred bucks.
You know you're a geek when you refer to coffee as Ubuntu.
You know you're a geek (I might have already said this one) when you think the word "Ubuntu" makes for a great greeting.

[crtlbreak]

when your "subscribed threads" is getting closer to the total amount of threads in forums

[Frak]

when your "subscribed threads" is getting closer to the total amount of threads in forums
I have around 3,000.

[eddVRS]

I have around 3,000.

Really?

[corney91]

I have around 3,000.

Do you automatically subscribe to threadsd you post in?
I've done that and only got about 300 =/

[Sephoroth]

Do you automatically subscribe to threadsd you post in?
I've done that and only got about 300 =/

By default, yes. Hence all replies lead to them being present in your CP.

[Barrucadu]

...when you need a new RSS aggregator and your first thought is to set up LAMP and code one yourself using PHP and MySQL.

That was me yesterday :p

[johnlocke2342]

...when you're desperately waiting for Intrepid on the french forums on a geeky thread.
(that's what I've been doing for the past 2 hours :lolflag:)

[talsemgeest]

You could just spend it HERE (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6062755).

[johnlocke2342]

I'm French, it's easier for me....

[talsemgeest]

Fair enough

[Frak]

Really?

Do you automatically subscribe to threadsd you post in?
I've done that and only got about 300 =/

It was around 8000, but when the forums archived the old threads, it removed them from my list.

[pirattrev]

...you can watch a post-apocalyptic movie, play an FPS, browse forums while listening to radiohead (1/4 volume because of the movie) and still have time to drink a Monster Energy at the same time

[jimi_hendrix]

...you can watch a post-apocalyptic movie, play an FPS, browse forums while listening to radiohead (1/4 volume because of the movie) and still have time to drink a Monster Energy at the same time

i can do that except for the movie...since i need the tv for xbox (i dont like pc shooters)

[darth_indy]

...you can watch a post-apocalyptic movie, play an FPS, browse forums while listening to radiohead (1/4 volume because of the movie) and still have time to drink a Monster Energy at the same time

Close... I watch a movie with it on mute (I'll have seen it before, so only turn up the volume on the good parts), play music, be coding a bash script, checking my torrents (Seeding Intrepid!!!) and drinking a Pepsi. Whee!

[Kopachris]

...When you want a display with the same ppi as the iPod nano (204ppi), and you don't understand why they have a 22" screen with the same resolution as a 15" laptop display.

[firemaker272]

You know your a geek when... you wish life had ctrl + f.

[Toshibawarrior]

You know your a geek when... you wish life had ctrl + f.

Ummmm...again?...This has been done quite a few times...

You know you're a geek when you downloaded Intrepid and formatted your HDD (already running Intrepid BETA working 100%) to make a fresh install of intrepid...Then you remember that you have to put everything back together the way it was...but anyways you think it'll be fun! (This is me right now, I'm still installing and making configurations. I've been on this since yesterday...LOL!)

[talsemgeest]

Ummmm...again?...This has been done quite a few times...
You know you're a geek when you can tell how many times something has been posted in this thread without searching. The <ctrl>+f thing has gone beyond count...

[Toshibawarrior]

You know you're a geek when you can tell how many times something has been posted in this thread without searching. The <ctrl>+f thing has gone beyond count...

Right on bro...That and the "if you post here" thing are getting old pretty quickly...:):guitar:

[Kopachris]

When you finally managed to get the 8.04 LiveCD to boot on your PowerBook G4. And it's running almost as fast off the CD as OSX does off the HD.

[talsemgeest]

When you finally managed to get the 8.04 LiveCD to boot on your PowerBook G4. And it's running almost as fast off the CD as OSX does off the HD.
Now you have to try 8.10

[Kopachris]

Now you have to try 8.10
I will after I install 8.04 tomorrow. You know you're a geek when you can't wait to install Ubuntu!:)

[jvincent08]

I will after I install 8.04 tomorrow. You know you're a geek when you can't wait to install Ubuntu!:)

Is there a particular reason why you're installing 8.04 first?

[GepettoBR]

Is there a particular reason why you're installing 8.04 first?

Just because he can?

Start with Hoary, work your way up.

[jimi_hendrix]

when you read the tags at the bottom of the page and lol...btw why is herman munster down there

[tvtech]

when you install linux (http://www.linux.org/) free dos (http://www.freedos.org/) and plan 9 (http://netlib.bell-labs.com/plan9/) on a perfectly functional 2000 dollar production machine, and the software you run can't run on any of them. I run autocad..... (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/home?siteID=123112&id=129446)

[jimi_hendrix]

when you enjoy watching the install bar when you install a new app (or the percent thing if its in CLI (the real way to do it) (or you think this post looks like lisp code with the nested ()))

[Toshibawarrior]

why is herman munster down there

I dunno...it's been there ever since the start if this thread...I believe Bonzodog didn't have anything else to put down there...LOL!

And you know you're a geek when you can concentrate on the kite on THIS PICTURE (http://community.webshots.com/photo/fullsize/2426397390055939137jfvlRl)...LOL!:popcorn:

[Kopachris]

I know this one's obvious, but: You know you're a geek when you don't run OSX (only Ubuntu) on your PowerBook G4. I might just forget about OSX entirely. I don't think there's anything that was on my OSX installation that there isn't an equivalent of for Ubuntu.

Is there a particular reason why you're installing 8.04 first?
Because I'm not sure if there's an Intrepid Ibex CD for PowerPC or how well it'll work if there is one. I figure that once I get comfortable with Hardy, I'll use one of the many guides out there to update to Intrepid.

BTW, anyone know why I can't post a new thread in the Hardware and Laptops forum here? I got my Logitech Bluetooth mouse connected, but I don't know if it'll stay connected, or how to get it to stay connected.

[praom2104]

#When you start counting in Hexa-Decimal as as0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,1A,1B and so on...

#when ur wife tells "If ur not going to turn that machine off 'am going to divorce you'" n you reply cool as "Else clause missing"....lolz..

[talsemgeest]

BTW, anyone know why I can't post a new thread in the Hardware and Laptops forum here? I got my Logitech Bluetooth mouse connected, but I don't know if it'll stay connected, or how to get it to stay connected.

Ask a mod.

[juanmoreno92]

.......when you take it as a thrill to watch the compilation process of Firefox. Got my :popcorn: and soda to watch gcc do it's talent. Oh what a rush!

[Kopachris]

.......when you take it as a thrill to watch the compilation process of Firefox. Got my :popcorn: and soda to watch gcc do it's talent. Oh what a rush!
Lol, that seriously sounds like fun! :) You should take a weekend or two to watch LFS (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org) compile! You'd want to burn the LFS LiveCD, though, Ubuntu doesn't have the PTYs (whatever those are) that LFS requires.:(

[jerden]

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

hell yes!!! now thats leisure at its finest heck combining the two watching anime on Ubuntu (Id say Linux but that could mean like a 100 different OS's) lol Im a Geek and proud of it!!! :p

[jimi_hendrix]

you forgot pwning mad n00bs like the 1337 h4xor you are in video games...

[snova]

You know you're a geek when you walk into your room and think, "I need to reconfigure my bed".

Computer terminology is infiltrating my brain...

[jimi_hendrix]

You know you're a geek when you walk into your room and think, "I need to reconfigure my bed".

Computer terminology is infiltrating my brain...

my notes in school tend to look like code blocks...even with the occasional != or == thrown in

[snova]

Sometimes I consider using == instead of =.

[Sephoroth]

You know you're a geek when you walk into your room and think, "I need to reconfigure my bed".

Computer terminology is infiltrating my brain...

sudo make bed

my notes in school tend to look like code blocks...even with the occasional != or == thrown in

+1
I tend to take advantage of "if" statements.

if (Ka < 1)
Weak Acid

[jimi_hendrix]

+1
I tend to take advantage of "if" statements.

if (Ka < 1)
Weak Acid

i also use indenting...

[borris.morris]

You know you're a geek when you have 6 different computers in your house. And they're all "yours." 1 for music, 1 for your desktop, one as a PVR, one for....

[talsemgeest]

Sometimes I consider using == instead of =.
Thats how I think in maths, with "if"s and "=="s.

[eddVRS]

Thats how I think in maths, with "if"s and "=="s.


What's wrong with the existing syntax for mathematics? Surely this will just confuse matters if you are mixing two very strict rules, one for maths and one for programming software?

[Joeb454]

I nearly always write == now.

It's quite odd, I also use !<something> for "not" :)

[scragar]

I nearly always write == now.

It's quite odd, I also use !<something> for "not" :)

You mean that's not normal? I've been doing it for years.

Anyone else find themselves using === for exactly the same


PS: today I had to explain the meaning of "sledge hammer approach" regarding software, apparently there are people out there who don't know what it means(it means to do something wrong, in a heavy handed method, either because you lack the mental power to do it right, or just can't be bothered to work it out. so reading all 1000 lines of a text file to find a tiny string, when you could read it 1 line(or 20-30 bytes) at a time and check 1 line at a time, slower to write, but odds are it runs much faster and won't choke the poor guy running it's ram).

[talsemgeest]

What's wrong with the existing syntax for mathematics? Surely this will just confuse matters if you are mixing two very strict rules, one for maths and one for programming software?
Its just how I think of the equations, what I write down is completely different.

[Joeb454]

Anyone else find themselves using === for exactly the same


I thought that was ≡

[niyonk]

echo $Title you realise this thread is pointless and going nowhere | sed s/'Re: '//
Cheers!:guitar:

~
Shamelessly posting in this thread while n00bs have Intrepid's horn up their #STATIC#

[sisco311]

I thought that was ≡

≡ is a notation, without a definition it doesn't mean anything.;)

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

PS: today I had to explain the meaning of "sledge hammer approach" regarding software, apparently there are people out there who don't know what it means

I dunno in English really but when I mention "sledge hammer approach" in my native Latvian, it means pretty much what it sounds like. Not that I do that often... I did once... reducing absolutely hopeless PC to a pile of metal and useless microchips PC.
Believe me, it WAS fun!

And I lied, I did it twice! :p

[scragar]

I dunno in English really but when I mention "sledge hammer approach" in my native Latvian, it means pretty much what it sounds like. Not that I do that often... I did once... reducing absolutely hopeless PC to a pile of metal and useless microchips PC.
Believe me, it WAS fun!

And I lied, I did it twice! :p

I've done that before, not to a PC of mine though, was one of a few from work that had to be, as my boss so nicely put it "completely *naughty*word* destroyed", because apparently linux's shred command is the same as windows delete, and the files stay on the computer, so we had to destroy it. I wasn't going to argue, I got a free ram upgrade from the thing after the first blow opened up the case(and my boss walked back inside), if I told him he about how to safely wipe it he would have had me wipe it and then he would've sold it, this way I got something from it(and a fun experience :P)

PS: you should have seen the heatsinks fan exploded when I hit it, the thing must have sent shards of plastic 3 feet into the air, was very cool.

[Joeb454]

≡ is a notation, without a definition it doesn't mean anything.;)

Read the quote in my original post - you'll see what I was referring too.

I.e.

3.14159 ≡ 3.14159

[scragar]

Read the quote in my original post - you'll see what I was referring too.

I.e.

3.14159 ≡ 3.14159

I don't think that's a button on my keyboard, so I'm gonna stick to === much easier to write, and PHP doesn't argue with me over it's meaning :P

[ad_267]

I'd also use ≡, it means "is identical to."

Eg: cos^2(θ) + sin^2(θ) ≡ 1

[sisco311]

Read the quote in my original post - you'll see what I was referring too.

I.e.

3.14159 ≡ 3.14159

aha, like:
0.999... ≡ 1 or
0.(9) ≡ 1
:popcorn:

[ad_267]

aha, like:
0.999... ≡ 1 or
0.(9) ≡ 1
:popcorn:

Hmm not really. This might help if you're interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_(mathematics)

It means that an equation is always true, regardless of the values of variables.

Eg you could say: 2*a = 6, which is only true if a = 3. But you can say 2*a ≡ a / 0.5, which is true regardless of the value of a, so the left and right hand side are identical.

[sisco311]

Hmm not really. This might help if you're interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_(mathematics)

It means that an equation is always true, regardless of the values of variables.

Eg you could say: 2*a = 6, which is only true if a = 3. But you can say 2*a ≡ a / 0.5, which is true regardless of the value of a, so the left and right hand side are identical.

0.(9) = 3 * 0.(3) = 3 * 1/3 = 3/3 = 1 this is always true.

[darth_indy]

I didn't realize it for a long time, but I've noticed my notes for anything tend to look like code, especially when it comes to indentation. I'm pretty OCD about my code indentations, and it transfers to my notes, i.e.


Main topic

Subtopic
Or other point

# Off-topic comment I want to make note of but not a part of current point


Or something resembling such (my handwriting is chickenscratch, though in cursive the chickenscratch looks elegant in a 18th century way. But still illegible)

[GepettoBR]

0.(9) = 3 * 0.(3) = 3 * 1/3 = 3/3 = 1 this is always true.

Actually, it's more correct to say that lim(0.999...) === 1 (too lazy to open the character map). You never know what's gonna happen to those numbers after six or seven hundred billion decimal places. It's like applying regular physics at an atomic level, instead of quantum physics (not really, since the sequence of nines is infinite and therefore there will never be anything left to complete, but imagine how cool that would be).

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you argue over the usage of mathematical symbols.
You know you're a geek when you think this is funny:

$ chown -R us base


For those of you who don't know about chown (are there any on this thread?), chown (CHange OWNer) has a syntax of chown [-R] (means recursive) newowner file
So, chown -R us base means all your base are belong to us.:)

[nedmar]

You know you're a geek when..

You wish life has a source code, so you can look at it and eventually recompile it...


-----------------------------------------------


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

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when..

You wish life has a source code, so you can look at it and eventually recompile it...


-----------------------------------------------


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

I'd love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code :)

[Veratyr9]

You know you're a geek when you can come up with dozenss of quotes declaring why you're a geek :)

[Trail]

echo $Title you realise this thread is pointless and going nowhere | sed s/'Re: '//

Heh.

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you're trying to reverse-engineer the world in order to make your own derivative build.

[jvincent08]

When you blow steam out of your ears when people use ludicrous, ignorant arguments against Linux. Just now I suggested to myself out loud that my school should replace all the old iBook laptops with cheaper, low-end laptops and put Linux on them to save money. The kid next to me exclaimed, "Linux sucks! They're so underemployed." Then after I told him he didn't know what he was talking about, someone else said "yeah. Linux isn't a company, idiot. Its a computer chip. [long pause] Oh wait.. that's Intel."

I'm still chuckling to myself.

[GepettoBR]

When you blow steam out of your ears when people use ludicrous, ignorant arguments against Linux. Just now I suggested to myself out loud that my school should replace all the old iBook laptops with cheaper, low-end laptops and put Linux on them to save money. The kid next to me exclaimed, "Linux sucks! They're so underemployed." Then after I told him he didn't know what he was talking about, someone else said "yeah. Linux isn't a company, idiot. Its a computer chip. [long pause] Oh wait.. that's Intel."

I'm still chuckling to myself.

I just bought my Intel chip from this manufacturer called Core 2 Duo, and now I have more memory to store my Word documents. </moron>

[jimi_hendrix]

You know you're a geek when you argue over the usage of mathematical symbols.
You know you're a geek when you think this is funny:

$ chown -R us base


For those of you who don't know about chown (are there any on this thread?), chown (CHange OWNer) has a syntax of chown [-R] (means recursive) newowner fileSo, chown -R us base means all your base are belong to us.:)


when you know what game this is a cheat for...

[GepettoBR]

when you know what game this is a cheat for...

That's not a cheat for any game, it's a quote from the opening sequence. You un-geek, you.

[GepettoBR]

when you know what game this is a cheat for...

That wasn't originally a cheat code (I think it's a cheat in Warcraft 3, right?) it was a quote from the opening sequence of a really old Japanese computer game that had a horrible translation into English.

[jvincent08]

That's not a cheat for any game, it's a quote from the opening sequence. You un-geek, you.

That wasn't originally a cheat code (I think it's a cheat in Warcraft 3, right?) it was a quote from the opening sequence of a really old Japanese computer game that had a horrible translation into English.

Not originally, but it is a cheat code for Empire Earth.

[GepettoBR]

Not originally, but it is a cheat code for Empire Earth.

I think it's one in Warcraft3 as well. It has fun cheats like thereisnospoon and iseedeadpeople.

Also, sorry for the double post, I had meant to click "edit"...

[jimi_hendrix]

I think it's one in Warcraft3 as well. It has fun cheats like thereisnospoon and iseedeadpeople.

Also, sorry for the double post, I had meant to click "edit"...

ya its from warcraft 3...i didnt know empire earth, i always just used my name is methos...

[jimi_hendrix]

heres the real history (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Your_Base_Are_Belong_To_Us)

[jimi_hendrix]

Not originally, but it is a cheat code for Empire Earth.

i always thought that that was an instant lose cheat (why they have them idk but they do...), must have misread the website...

great game though

triple post FTW

[jvincent08]

i always thought that that was an instant lose cheat (why they have them idk but they do...), must have misread the website...

Well I've never played the game myself, but according to various websites, if you enter it using a random map you get 100,000 of all resources. Maybe thats just a trick to get you to lose instantly? I don't know.

[jimi_hendrix]

Well I've never played the game myself, but according to various websites, if you enter it using a random map you get 100,000 of all resources. Maybe thats just a trick to get you to lose instantly? I don't know.

all i needed to know was deathmatch settings + my name is methos = pewned AI

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you're trying to reverse-engineer the world in order to make your own derivative build.
Try Celestia to make your world with, then post it on the Conworlds wiki.:)

When you blow steam out of your ears when people use ludicrous, ignorant arguments against Linux. Just now I suggested to myself out loud that my school should replace all the old iBook laptops with cheaper, low-end laptops and put Linux on them to save money. The kid next to me exclaimed, "Linux sucks! They're so underemployed." Then after I told him he didn't know what he was talking about, someone else said "yeah. Linux isn't a company, idiot. Its a computer chip. [long pause] Oh wait.. that's Intel."

I'm still chuckling to myself.
Last year, my school got a bunch of new HP laptops to do end-of-level testing on with a Java program called "Test-Nav". I told the guy who was setting up the computers that they should install Ubuntu on them. He said, "How many people at this school know how to use Ubuntu?" (He pronounced it "uh-bun-too".) And I'm thinking, "What is there to know? You just double-click the icon!" The Test-Nav program was Java, but I'm not sure if it was a .jar or a .exe. Still laughing, "how many people know how to use Ubuntu?":lolflag:

Actually, including me, there were at least 4 people at my school who use Ubuntu.

[Veratyr9]

you know you're a geek when you can recall the exact cheat codes to old games that you haven't played in years, then argue your point with plenty of ammo to back up your point, just to find out that you're both right, making you that much more of a geek.

empire earth ruled

[GepettoBR]

you know you're a geek when you can recall the exact cheat codes to old games that you haven't played in years, then argue your point with plenty of ammo to back up your point, just to find out that you're both right, making you that much more of a geek.

empire earth ruled

Who else remembers the old Age of Empires cheats? Big Daddy was my favorite.

[jimi_hendrix]

who else remembers the old age of empires cheats? Big daddy was my favorite.

yes

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you've read the Tao of Programming and didn't laugh at it. Maybe smiled and chuckled a little ("it's funny because it's true"), but not outright laughed.:)

[y@w]

..when you try to type 'exit' into a chat window to close the sesion.

..when you try to tab-complete when typing a document.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

Who else remembers the old Age of Empires cheats? Big Daddy was my favorite.
was there "howdoyouturnthison" cheat for a viper car?
there was also "i r winner" but it wasn't much of fun

I remember lots of Starcraft cheatcodes, even when I played it years ago and didn't use cheats (except when making my own crazy map and trying to win it)
"power overwhelming" was my favourite then.

[GepettoBR]

was there "howdoyouturnthison" cheat for a viper car?


That was in Age of Empires 2 for the blue Viper with machine guns. Big Daddy was the car cheat for AoE 1, giving you a black car with a rocket launcher on the roof.

Big Bertha was also cool, and I remember there was another cheat that made catapults shoot cows and pantsless men with Superman capes instead of rocks.

[Frak]

That was in Age of Empires 2 for the blue Viper with machine guns. Big Daddy was the car cheat for AoE 1, giving you a black car with a rocket launcher on the roof.

Big Bertha was also cool, and I remember there was another cheat that made catapults shoot cows and pantsless men with Superman capes instead of rocks.
tuck tuck tuck in AoE 3 gives you a monster truck.

[bielawski]

:( my CPU's password is only 37 characters long...

Your CPU has a password? That's an excellent candidate for "You know you're a böimiger gyck^1 when..."

^1 Changing the tradition of using one German word to one Alemannic word and one pseudo-Alemannic word.

(Addition to the list: You know you're a geek when you know exactly the reason why I wrote gyck instead of giick, you know the name of the person who suggested writing Alemannic common nouns in lowercase as part of a general set of standardized Alemannic orthography rules, you know what phrase with the above mentioned error was used in countless marketing materials, among other uses, during Euro 2008, and you understood this entire post without being a linguist and without being a Swiss/Liechtensteinese resident/citizen, it either amused you or grossed you out, you know what German word I am talking about but never used it seriously in an English text, and you are getting ready to criticize me for using an extremely long, hard to parse sentence in parentheses and for not using proper U+00B9 SUPERSCRIPT ONE.)

[Gannon8]

You know your a geek when you are programming in Python at 14 years old.

:)

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you're researching so that you can make your own Linux Distro. DustbunnyOS is coming in... I have no idea when.:)

In other news, Ubuntu didn't quite have everything I needed, so I reinstalled OS X, which wiped out Ubuntu.:( Now I need to see if I can find a safe partition editor that can grow the hfs+ partition back to the full drive without destroying my Mac OS X installation. I'm getting my daily fix of Ubuntu on my iGoolge page. They have a nice Ubuntu Hardy theme :)

[jenkinbr]

...when you start using CLI commands in everyday communications.

[Kopachris]

You know your a geek when you are programming in Python at 14 years old.

:)
You know you're a geek when you're programming in C++ and Java at 13 years old. Was programming HTML and JavaScript at 12.:)

[Kopachris]

You know your a geek when you are programming in Python at 14 years old.

:)
You know you're a geek when you're programming in C++ and Java at 13 years old. Was programming HTML and JavaScript at 12, although I don't really consider that "programming".:)

EDIT: Woops, I hit the stop button to add something, but it was too late, so a DP resulted.

[talsemgeest]

Well my family has only had a computer since I was 12 (4 years ago) and only had a computer of my own for a year now. And yet I am a super windows power user and a reasonable expert with Ubuntu.

So I may not be at the level of some people, but considering I have only been using Ubuntu (or any form of Linux for that matter) for 1 1/2 years now I would say that makes me a geek.

[jenkinbr]

... when you turn to the manual pages for advice on women

.... when you disagree with the output man produces and create a new man page to make it say what you want.

[jvincent08]

Is anyone else anal about the pronounciation of "Ubuntu"? There was a Digg article a few hours ago linking to a video in which someone pronounces it oo-BUN-too. I made a comment on it and was buried 20-something times :(

[jenkinbr]

I wouldn't say anal, but I would say that it sticks out.

[Sponzenbroekske]

Is anyone else anal about the pronounciation of "Ubuntu"? There was a Digg article a few hours ago linking to a video in which someone pronounces it oo-BUN-too. I made a comment on it and was buried 20-something times :(

how would you pronouce it? (damn this is kinde geeky too discussing how to pronounce Ubuntu :p) (Dutch: oeboentoe)

[GepettoBR]

I wouldn't say anal, but I would say that it sticks out.

Quoted for the sole purpose of taking it out of context.


Here in Brazil, our phonetics make sense so people naturally read it the way it should be. One less concern for me :)

[jvincent08]

how would you pronouce it? (damn this is kinde geeky too discussing how to pronounce Ubuntu :p) (Dutch: oeboentoe)

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu-name.html

oo-BOON-too

I wouldn't say anal, but I would say that it sticks out.

Haha, this is going in my sig :D

[Kopachris]

Is anyone else anal about the pronounciation of "Ubuntu"? There was a Digg article a few hours ago linking to a video in which someone pronounces it oo-BUN-too. I made a comment on it and was buried 20-something times :(

I know what you mean. The school district tech guy pronounced it uh-BUN-too. I almost screamed :).

You know you're NOT a geek when you're this (http://www.hardocp.com/image.html?image=MTIxMjc2MjQwMDVQakoza3h3UTRfMV8xX 2wuanBn) guy.
Absolutely hilarious. :lolflag:

[fballem]

I have been using DOS/Windows for more than 20 years and have re-discovered how much fun computers are. I've built my first GDM theme and I'm going to tackle a GTK theme soon.

First, I want to build a plugin into NetBeans to help me build these things. The fact that I don't know (yet) how to build a NetBeans plugin is a minor detail.

I always was a geek, but I have re-discovered my inner-computer geekiness!

[MikeBrown]

You know you're a geek when you take the time to read thru 400+ pages of "You know you're a geek when" forum pages and check off the ones that apply to you.

Anyone still using their Geek code by the way?
(or is that too obscure now?)

[tvtech]

too obscure for the 20 somethings. least ways is for me.

you know your a geek when you've posted in the you know your a geek thread more than once!

and you've said vEEger and your friend caught the reference.

[ichi@YUKI]

you know you're a geek when you hangout in the Ubuntu Community Cafe.. lol. ^_^

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

... when you turn to the manual pages for advice on women
.... when you disagree with the output man produces and create a new man page to make it say what you want.

Reminds me of a joke earlier: "God didn't create man before woman, he just wanted to understand woman
man woman
"

[GepettoBR]

you know your a geek when you've posted in the you know your a geek thread more than once!

you know you're a geek when you hangout in the Ubuntu Community Cafe.. lol. ^_^


This has been done ad nauseum. Please stop.

[talsemgeest]

At least it is a new variation...

[GepettoBR]

Lucky you for finding comfort in the small things.

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you go :shock: when you see Discovery Online's website's source code. Pretty much the entire thing is written in JavaScript! Why would someone do that? Every other Stumble for me is "How not to design web pages". And it streamed so sloooow.
You know you're a geek when you're unsatisfied with your Computer Programming class at school, and this is why:

This is the makeup of my computer programming class:
6% wannabes (they actually like Windows)
9% actual programmers (I'm in here)
10% n00b programmers (they have potential)
78% just took the class to play games
(Yes I know it adds up to 103%. The teacher is the extra 3% in "n00b programmers".)

Curriculum: Alice (http://www.alice.org) and Java first semester, Python second semester. C# second year. Note the lack of C or C++ before C#. They said "Python is easier". OMG. BTW, it's the same class that they teach at the college.

[eddVRS]

Reminds me of a joke earlier: "God didn't create man before woman, he just wanted to understand woman
man woman
"

Lol- I'm proud someone remembered that :D (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5935381#post5935381)

[jenkinbr]

You know you're a geek when you use whatis to look up the definitions of undesireable subjects

.... Instead of using the System -> Quit --> Shutdown|Restart commands, you open a terminal and run
sudo telinit 0to shutdown or sudo telinit 6 to reboot.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

Instead of using the System -> Quit --> Shutdown|Restart commands, you open a terminal and run
sudo telinit 0to shutdown or sudo telinit 6 to reboot.

I sometimes reboot with sudo shutdown -r now but I guess that doesn't qualify me for a geek...

I understand Init levels, but never thought of making switch directly to shutdown :)

[scragar]

sudo shutdown -k now
not a good idea to run that right before crippling your system, makes it hard to get onto a tty to actualy fix things without rebooting :P

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you have the contents of this (http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.minix/browse_thread/thread/76536d1fb451ac60/) page printed out and laid in a shrine.

I'm going to mark August 25 on my calendar in iCal for the next ∞ years. Lol, impossible to port. Try telling that to Gentoo!

[wesley_of_course]

when you have one of these ;

[Kopachris]

when you have one of these ;
Lol, awesome! It'll be pwnin on my Mac with Dock auto-hide and Camouflage!

[money2themax]

when you have one of these ;
is that real!?

[Toshibawarrior]

I believe it is a picture carefully taken from that angle and then used as the computer's wallpaper...since it's a picture referring to a geek that's the most probable cause.

I highly doubt transparent screens exist on a consumer-pc...

[jenkinbr]

...when you consistantly post to the bump thread for 3 hours straight just to assist in getting from the 19k milestone to the 20k.

[money2themax]

I believe it is a picture carefully taken from that angle and then used as the computer's wallpaper...since it's a picture referring to a geek that's the most probable cause.

I highly doubt transparent screens exist on a consumer-pc...
you never know someone could have figured out how

[jimi_hendrix]

you never know someone could have figured out how

waste of RAM

[money2themax]

waste of RAMit would just be uber thin and transparent why would RAM play into that IMHO it would require less ram to run due to the fact that you wouldn't need a background

[Toshibawarrior]

You know you're a geek when:

-You have two of these (http://www.geeks3d.com/public/jegx/200808/nvidia-quadro-plex.jpg) at home, one for playing N64 emulators in Ubuntu and one for playing WOW in Windows...

-You have one of these (http://www.geeks3d.com/public/jegx/200811/quadro-fx-5800.jpg) already...

[Frak]

You know you're a geek when:

-You have two of these (http://www.geeks3d.com/public/jegx/200808/nvidia-quadro-plex.jpg) at home, one for playing N64 emulators in Ubuntu and one for playing WOW in Windows...

-You have one of these (http://www.geeks3d.com/public/jegx/200811/quadro-fx-5800.jpg) already...
That would be horrible for gaming. The second one is a port access for the first one. They suffer from latency issues.

[Toshibawarrior]

Hmmmm....I don't like Nvidia cards specially in Ubuntu...but I got excited when I saw the 4GB milestone. :popcorn:

[money2themax]

Hmmmm....I don't like Nvidia cards specially in Ubuntu...but I got excited when I saw the 4GB milestone. :popcorn:ATI is worse i hate ATI they have such horrible Linux support

[jimi_hendrix]

it would just be uber thin and transparent why would RAM play into that IMHO it would require less ram to run due to the fact that you wouldn't need a background

oh i thought you ment stick a camera on the back of the comp and refersh the image...

[Frak]

ATI is worse i hate ATI they have such horrible Linux support
It's pretty good now.

Oh, and if you use a PowerPC mac, ATi is your only choice for any type of rendering. Nouveau is still in heavy development.

[money2themax]

It's pretty good now.

Oh, and if you use a PowerPC mac, ATi is your only choice for any type of rendering. Nouveau is still in heavy development.
really? you got links for that?

[Kopachris]

ATI is worse i hate ATI they have such horrible Linux support
Hmm. ATI cards work fine with Ubuntu in both of my computers.

[talsemgeest]

ATI is worse i hate ATI they have such horrible Linux support
Right now Nvidia is still ahead on Linux, but very soon ATI will be overtaking them. It is only a matter of time...

[Frak]

really? you got links for that?
For good support:

Buy an ATi card and try it out, as you can only see by yourself. PPC support, I have a G4 which has DRI support thanks to ATi Open Sourcing most of the driver. Nouveau website even says it's in heavy development.

[jimi_hendrix]

i was putting papers in a binder and forgot to close the bindings before i flipped the pages over...first thought in my mind was CTRL + Z!!!

[jvincent08]

You know you're a geek when:

-You have two of these (http://www.geeks3d.com/public/jegx/200808/nvidia-quadro-plex.jpg) at home, one for playing N64 emulators in Ubuntu and one for playing WOW in Windows...

-You have one of these (http://www.geeks3d.com/public/jegx/200811/quadro-fx-5800.jpg) already...

You realize that the Quadro cards are workstation cards, not gaming cards, right?

[GepettoBR]

NVidia has great support for the newer cards (even though the drivers are proprietary) but my legacy 5500 card simply refuses to work with the newer kernels.

[Kopachris]

Some people: http://rixstep.com/1/1/20070724,00.shtml
Honestly, how much bigger of a Windows fanboy can you get?

[scragar]

Some people: http://rixstep.com/1/1/20070724,00.shtml
Honestly, how much bigger of a Windows fanboy can you get?

w0w, is that guy really that retarded, or is that some sort of joke?

[TyTiger]

Some people: http://rixstep.com/1/1/20070724,00.shtml
Honestly, how much bigger of a Windows fanboy can you get?
:lolflag::lolflag::lolflag::lolflag::lolflag::lolf lag:
I think its a joke :D I got bored of reading it half way through.
lol a computer is a collection of wires and silicon components.
but if this guy is for real then he has some seriouse re-searching to do

linux and windows are 2 completely different kettle of fish
:guitar:

Oh and on topic.
you know when your a geek becuse your reading this! :KS

[Kopachris]

Ok, this one happened to me a while back:
You know you're a geek when you're appalled at people who are appalled at you for playing video games with a joystick.

I was playing Halo with a friend on his Xbox360 when another one of his friends came over. So, we started some racing game. I raced the guy, but since I wasn't used to the gamepad, I lost. I mentioned to the guy that I'd of done a lot better with a joystick (the physics of the game were quite a bit off, too). The guy just stared at me like I'd grown a second head and asked, "You mean like an Atari?" I'm like, "Kinda...". I was referring to a Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro that we've had for years. It still works quite well, and it's a more realistic controller for racing sims than a gamepad.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

I highly doubt transparent screens exist on a consumer-pc...
you never know someone could have figured out how

On consumer market - no.
Experimental - yes!

An OLED matrix between glass sheets can produce semi-transparent, self-illuminated screen.
OLED's are used very often in consumer devices (mobile phone screens, a kind of computer screens etc.), but none are transparent, mainly because background would impair readability of the screen. (and for mobiles, there's other electronics behind display, so no use of transparent screen anyway)

[jenkinbr]

This guy must be living under a rock or something. I wouldn't be the least bit suprized if the server that page is hosted on is running a LAMP stack.

I'm not going to tell you what a LAMP stack is because you should know this if you are a geek.

(LAMP = Linux Apache MySQL PHP)
Okay, so I told you. Big deal.

[scragar]

This guy must be living under a rock or something. I wouldn't be the least bit suprized if the server that page is hosted on is running a LAMP stack.

I'm not going to tell you what a LAMP stack is because you should know this if you are a geek.

(LAMP = Linux Apache MySQL PHP)
Okay, so I told you. Big deal.

http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?position=limited&host=rixstep.com

meh, freeBSD, so not quite LAMP(since lamp = linux, apache, mysql and php), but close enough.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

Some people: http://rixstep.com/1/1/20070724,00.shtml
Honestly, how much bigger of a Windows fanboy can you get?
I wish I could send the guy rather short but very spcific kind of message.
Explaining what O/Ss are all about, but even if I (or anyone else) did, I doubt it would move his retarded brain at all... no offence :lol:

EDIT: Oops, obviously there is more than one guy!
The statement still stays... in plural.

[tuxsheadache]

A friends says: "I have bought a new Fedora!"
and I replied with "you paid for Linux? It should be free!"
It was a hat xD

[money2themax]

Some people: http://rixstep.com/1/1/20070724,00.shtml
Honestly, how much bigger of a Windows fanboy can you get?
ahahahahahahaha that was too funny is that guy for real. he must be just stupid we've been around longer than windows we're based on UNIX [which i believe is based on something else but thats another story] i don't even know what evil pit windows crawled from everything other than windows relates back to UNIX but i can only trace windows back to MSDOS before that there's no info on it's past that seems kinda fishy to me...

[darth_indy]

Some people: http://rixstep.com/1/1/20070724,00.shtml
Honestly, how much bigger of a Windows fanboy can you get?

His original stuff can be found here http://jerryleecooper.com/

I'm pretty much positive that he's a parody of the Windows fanboy attitude; but hey, if not, it's just amusing. Until I come across a user that believes him. Then he gets to meet Otis.

(Bonus geekpoints to whoever has wielded Otis before - negative to those who have met him :P)

[Kopachris]

ahahahahahahaha that was too funny is that guy for real. he must be just stupid we've been around longer than windows we're based on UNIX [which i believe is based on something else but thats another story] i don't even know what evil pit windows crawled from everything other than windows relates back to UNIX but i can only trace windows back to MSDOS before that there's no info on it's past that seems kinda fishy to me...

Altair----------MSDOS--------------------Windows-->

------Apple I-----Xerox----->Macintosh-^---------->

MSDOS was inspired by the Altair project. Bill Gates et. al. built the language for the Altair. After that, they convinced IBM that they had the OS that they needed, then proceeded to buy the code for the OS, now called MSDOS (I think). While this was happening, Steve and Steve developed the Apple I in their garage, showed it to HP (who hated the idea of a computer for normal people) and then sold it. Then Xerox came up with the code for a GUI, but their board of directors unanimously hated it. Apple stole the idea and developed the Macintosh. Bill Gates then proceeded to steal the idea of the GUI from Apple. I don't know where UNIX fits in, but I got all of the above from the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley, so I'm not totally sure about its accuracy.

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you saw the ending to this (http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1886349) video and almost wanted to smash your computer. ](*,) oo-BUN-too... Gah!

[jvincent08]

You know you're a geek when you saw the ending to this (http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1886349) video and almost wanted to smash your computer. ](*,) oo-BUN-too... Gah!

Is anyone else anal about the pronounciation of "Ubuntu"? There was a Digg article a few hours ago linking to a video in which someone pronounces it oo-BUN-too. I made a comment on it and was buried 20-something times :(

That video was the Digg article I was talking about ;)

[Kopachris]

That video was the Digg article I was talking about ;)
lol, StumbleUpon can be endless fun, no?:lolflag:

[MikeBrown]

You are saddened that the last person you knew who played Magic The Gathering moved away, and don't want to leave the warm embrace of Teh Internets to find new ones...

You carry a USB stick with all the applications, files, OS's, etc you need to keep going on the off chance you will be away from your own computer for longer than a day.

You feel like you would "miss out" if you didn't check Lifehacker, Kotaku, Consumerist, XKCD, CTRL+ALT+DEL, Cyanide and Happiness, Real Life Comics, Sinfest, or Fark daily.

You run a dual-booted computer and have to restart to use a different OS at least 5 times a day.

You have 3 or more Internet-connected computers all within 10 feet of each other, and rarely leave them.

You dream of the day you can finally afford to make that NESPC you read about online.

You have a stack of DVD backups that you carry with you wherever you take your laptop "just in case"

You are the family (as well as all of your friends) IT guy, who gets called at any given time to handle any sort of tech-related question.

You can't wait for Nationwide wireless, though the likelihood of your leaving the house during the day to use it is slim.

EDIT: You're proud. PROUD when you see your screen name as "last post" on every thread for an entire forum page.

You take screenshots of ^ to save for memory

/All of these are true for me. The easiest way to come up with these is to just make fun of yourself I guess.

[scragar]

His original stuff can be found here http://jerryleecooper.com/

I'm pretty much positive that he's a parody of the Windows fanboy attitude; but hey, if not, it's just amusing. Until I come across a user that believes him. Then he gets to meet Otis.

(Bonus geekpoints to whoever has wielded Otis before - negative to those who have met him :P)

D00d, that guy can't even get a working RSS feed, what a complete baboon.

I'll never understand the stupidity of some people.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

.... i don't even know what evil pit windows crawled from everything other than windows relates back to UNIX but i can only trace windows back to MSDOS before that there's no info on it's past that seems kinda fishy to me...

There is also Microsoft Xenix what is actually Unix based.
btw Microsoft wanted to name it Microsoft Unix, but as that would violate licence they named it Xenix.

But I have very vague idea where it fits in Windows evolution tree (if it does at all).

And Kopachris provided info is more or less accurate.

Altair----------MSDOS--------------------Windows-->

------Apple I-----Xerox----->Macintosh-^---------->

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

You carry a USB stick with all the applications, files, OS's, etc you need to keep going on the off chance you will be away from your own computer for longer than a day.

I carry two USB sticks - loaded with lots of stuff to bring up and/or troubleshoot PCs people tend to break. Mostly Windows systems. And I get paid then :D

And if I'm away from my computer... I don't really use one, then. Maybe 5min to check out various sites. I just know I have no use of other PCs without the data and software I have. And that is too much to carry on USB stick.

btw I Latvian I tend to call USB stick as bucket (spainis). Analogy is you fill USB stick with data and carry away as you fill bucket with water and carry somewhere.

sorry for DP

EDIT: Oh Yes! One USB stick is USB Stick and Bottle opener in one! I go nowhere without it! Picture added!

[shadow1983]

you favorite song is Weird Al Yankovic - It's All About the Pentiums :guitar:

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you're at someone's house and if they go to the bathroom you fix the computer while no one's looking.

This obviously depends on the computer running Windows or having shut down during a package upgrade/kernel compile/etc.

[scragar]

You know you're a geek when you're at someone's house and if they go to the bathroom you fix the computer while no one's looking.

This obviously depends on the computer running Windows or having shut down during a package upgrade/kernel compile/etc.

I don't think anyone can fix all of windows problems while someone goes to the bathroom, no matter what they are doing in there(or how long they are in there),

[GepettoBR]

I don't think anyone can fix all of windows problems while someone goes to the bathroom, no matter what they are doing in there(or how long they are in there),

Maybe not all of them, but some.

[Toshibawarrior]

Nah...not even one...when the computer finally boots up and shows you the desktop, the person is already back in the room...even if he had a severe case of diarrhea or is taking a shower...Windows plainly sucks...:p :popcorn:

[jvincent08]

I don't think anyone can fix all of windows problems while someone goes to the bathroom, no matter what they are doing in there(or how long they are in there),

I don't think anyone can fix all of Windows' problems period.

[talsemgeest]

I don't think anyone can fix all of Windows' problems period.
Of course they can! Just scrap all the code they have done in the last 30 years and switch to a Linux kernel.

[jvincent08]

Of course they can! Just scrap all the code they have done in the last 30 years and switch to a Linux kernel.

Er.. but then it wouldn't be Windows.


By the way, I hope I'm still allowed here even though I've switched to Fedora :)

[scragar]

Er.. but then it wouldn't be Windows.


By the way, I hope I'm still allowed here even though I've switched to Fedora :)

Yeah, no rules against it, heck, I've got knoppix running on all my boxes except my main one(I couldn't get wine running right on XFCE last time I tried, I intent to try again at some point), and I still post here, but then I've still got my main box running ubuntu...

[jvincent08]

I actually learned how to use Linux on Fedora a few years ago. Probably wasn't as user friendly as Ubuntu, and I definitely had some frustrating times, but it was for the better in the long run. I had to use Ubuntu for a while because X wouldn't start on Fedora 9 ever since I bought a new motherboard. Fedora 10 seems to fix whatever the problem was (at least the preview release has), and I feel much more at home. :)

[transmition]

When you are not at the computer, you write your code on a piece of paper for later.

[jvincent08]

When you are not at the computer, you write your code on a piece of paper for later.

I used to do that in fifth grade with HTML. It was mostly just to try and catch someone's attention so I could explain it to them, though.

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when your forums have to say "Please do not use this as a bashing area" in the Windows section. Lol.

Windows Discussions
Discuss the Windows operating system here. Please do not use this as a bashing area.:lolflag:

I used to do that in fifth grade with HTML. It was mostly just to try and catch someone's attention so I could explain it to them, though.
Lol, all the time. I write all kinds of stuff on paper at school, but never school notes. My brain sorta just soaks it all up like a sponge. No notes, no studying, straight A's.

[tuxsheadache]

You read:
Forum Community Discussions
The water cooler of UbuntuForums, a place to discuss pretty much anything (within reason)

and think of a giant watercooling system xD

[jenkinbr]

I used to do that in fifth grade with HTML. It was mostly just to try and catch someone's attention so I could explain it to them, though.
...When you are showing off your geekiness in the 5th grade.

[jvincent08]

Guilty :(

But I don't do that anymore. I'm getting better! :D

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

I don't think anyone can fix all of Windows' problems period.

Unless you use one of the master Windows problem solutions:
1. format c:
2. Use sledgehammer if first solution doesn't work for some obscure reason.

EDIT: btw there is a saying "Sledgehammer repairs all computer problems... but not the computer"

[notanatheist]

Funny thing is I "blogged" about it last weekend. Okay, so it was nothing more than a lame MySpace blog but that's the communication I have with my family. Other than that, I don't blog.

So, besides already knowing I'm a geek... I've had a terrible cold and last weekend I was laying in bed crimping Ethernet cables. Yeah, I'm a geek like that. Last night I was making coax.

Wait, do I get extra points for hosting a LUG in my home?

[joe.turion64x2]

When you unsubscribe to this thread because you've got far more important things to do than to proclaim your "geekyness" (or read how others do).

See ya guys.
Joe.

[jvincent08]

When you have a CPU model name in your screen name lol

[GepettoBR]

Joe will be back... eventually.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

Joe will be back... eventually.

... when you can not resist the ultimate and inevitable rejoining of the mythological text stream of geeks. :D (meaning this thread)

[scragar]

When ubuntu screws up and you see it as a chance to install something else(I've now got Xubuntu on my main box, was going to go completely knoppix, but knoppix has some small problems on my main box, ubuntu et alii don't).

When you use et alii for an others and et alibi for and elsewhere instead of the abbreviation et al for both.

[gabylastar]

When during your high school years you bought a TI-89 instead of a Casio Graph 25 and programmed some assembly games into it.

When you speak to your computer when it's slow.

When you already successfully installed Ubuntu on a fakeraid without help (including internet help).

When you constantly have at least 20 tabs opened in your browser, and at least 10 are about development.

When you are/were using Windows :

When you know all the windows 2000 & xp processes and can tell which one is not belonging to the OS.

When you already blindly run a command prompt to pskill that app who crashes your screen to total black (and no ALT+TAB, CTRL+ESC, CTRL+ALT+Del or ALT+F4 actually work).

[gabylastar]

Sorry for double post.

[GepettoBR]

When you don't double-post.

[Palanthas]

You know something is wrong when your harddrive is writing when it shouldn't


I have walked by my computer several times and had to stop when I realised the HDD Light flashing and heard the hard drive working and knew that it was the only computer turned on at the time.

[Palanthas]

When you are not at the computer, you write your code on a piece of paper for later.

Used to do this with HTML...

[talsemgeest]

When you speak to your computer when it's slow.

I tend to yell at it instead...
When you already successfully installed Ubuntu on a fakeraid without help.

Does that include help from the internet?

[GepettoBR]

This: http://tigger.uic.edu/~kayiwa/raid.html

[talsemgeest]

This: http://tigger.uic.edu/~kayiwa/raid.html
:lolflag:

[money2themax]

This: http://tigger.uic.edu/~kayiwa/raid.html (http://tigger.uic.edu/%7Ekayiwa/raid.html)
thats actually a great way to describe it

[jvincent08]

I saw that on Digg. "Easy explanation for RAID" it said. Everyone was saying they didn't understand how on Earth water jugs help them to explain RAID to people. I simply said "I didn't think RAID was that difficult to explain to begin with. *shrug*"

[gabylastar]

I tend to yell at it instead...


Does that include help from the internet?


Yes, help from the internet is excluded :) (or you have another computer, don't you ?)

By the way, sorry for the double post. When I clicked on the Post button first time, it told me to wait 7 seconds before I can post again, then I waited and clicked Post again, and here I am, double post. I tried the Edit/Delete link but I can only edit when I click on it, actually.

[talsemgeest]

Yes, help from the internet is excluded :) (or you have another computer, don't you ?)
I just thought it would have been really geeky if you had done it without the internet and just worked it out like I did.

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you consider reformatting your internal HD after booting to your external (USB) HD on a PowerBook G4 is a fun weekend. :)
Hooray for Open Firmware! I now have my entire hard drive back in use.

[GepettoBR]

Where did you get open firmware for your hard drive? This is a subject of interest.