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

[GepettoBR]

YKYAGW you're excited that 64-bit Jaunty is MUCH more stable on your system than 32-bit Intrepid (And Intrepid was nearly flawless)!

I also find it ironic the 64-bit alpha of Adobe Flash works smoother than the 32-bit final version - and with no crashes.

Hear hear! Though I haven't upgraded to jaunty yet (slow internets this week, my ISP sucks), when I switched to Intrepid I installed the x64 version and was equally pleased.

[jms1989]

When you install webmin to manage all your machines from your master box. (I'm working on it, I just need to install it to the hopeless windows boxes.)

[crazyness003]

When you install webmin to manage all your machines from your master box. (I'm working on it, I just need to install it to the hopeless windows boxes.)
I gotta look into that. Any leads?

[jms1989]

I gotta look into that. Any leads?

Actually... Its already been done but I can't back that up with the question of, "Will it work?".

http://webmin.com/windows.html



YKYAGW.... you install a virtual copy of Linux on every windows pc with more than 1GB of RAM. The reason windows exists is another story but I start missing my linux apps after awhile of using the dreaded windows.

[amingv]

YKYAGW you walk the binary digits of pi or the Fibonacci sequence when in a place with two colored floor tiles.

[SlickRick]

YKYAGW you walk the binary digits of pi or the Fibonacci sequence when in a place with two colored floor tiles.

cross-threading
:lolflag:

[Dr.Dixie]

...you start playing Solitaire on your Rockbox'd MP3 player when you're sitting in front of your computer.


!Dr.Dixie!

[jenkinbr]

┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ You Know Your a Geek When │
├──────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ ...You start typing your │
│ posts out using box-drawing │
│ characters. │
│ │
│ ┌───────┐ │
│ │ Close │ │
│ └───────┘ │
└──────────────────────────────┘

[R2D2!]

╭──────────────────────────────┐
│ @jenkinbr ╳ ▐
╞══════════════════════════════▐
│ ▐
│ You can be more creatıve ▐
│ ▐
│ ╭────╮ ╭────────╮ ▐
│ │ OK │ │ Cancel │ ▐
│ ╰────╯ ╰────────╯ ▐
╰▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▟

[Kopachris]

┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ You Know Your a Geek When │
├──────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ ...You start typing your │
│ posts out using box-drawing │
│ characters. │
│ │
│ ┌───────┐ │
│ │ Close │ │
│ └───────┘ │
└──────────────────────────────┘



╭──────────────────────────────┐
│ @jenkinbr ╳ ▐
╞══════════════════════════════▐
│ ▐
│ You can be more creatıve ▐
│ ▐
│ ╭────╮ ╭────────╮ ▐
│ │ OK │ │ Cancel │ ▐
│ ╰────╯ ╰────────╯ ▐
╰▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▟

The problem with that is that the Forums don't let you have a lot of spaces. (At least on my computers)

[modmadmike]

YKYAGW... you aes-encrypt your HDD and then setup lvm inside this 1TB encrypted partition and give 900gb to /home and 100gb to /. THEN you remove your [2006 vintage] 80gb windows SH*TSTA HDD and throw it the **** out.


GUILTY LOL but I have always had linux, it was my first OS! :):):)

[R2D2!]

I have always had linux, it was my first OS! :):):)
I wısh I had that luck

—Ilhuıtemoc δ

[ashgray2]

Let see...You know your a geek. Maybe if your god in linux or If someone's talking to you and all you have to say is "UBUNTU linux for humanities" .

[jms1989]

... you dream of the day when Linux surpasses microsoft in market share and popularity, ultimately forcing MS to close its doors. :)

Then again, when linux does become popular, would that mean that virus makers will want to code viruses for it?

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

...
Then again, when linux does become popular, would that mean that virus makers will want to code viruses for it?

Unfortunately, yes! That's what exactly will happen.
While it is really harder to make a virus for Linux, it's been long proven that it is not impossible. :(

Though really if it happens I expect then to be more trojans and rootkits, than classic viruses. And those most likely will try to trick user to enter password in masquaraded fields...

[johnlocke2342]

You recognize yourself in the words of Weird Al Yankovic's "White & Nerdy" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYrL5md5e_o)
:lolflag:

[crazyness003]

Unfortunately, yes! That's what exactly will happen.
While it is really harder to make a virus for Linux, it's been long proven that it is not impossible. :(

Though really if it happens I expect then to be more trojans and rootkits, than classic viruses. And those most likely will try to trick user to enter password in masquaraded fields...
ITS A TRAP!
that would be funneh

[GepettoBR]

Unfortunately, yes! That's what exactly will happen.
While it is really harder to make a virus for Linux, it's been long proven that it is not impossible. :(

Though really if it happens I expect then to be more trojans and rootkits, than classic viruses. And those most likely will try to trick user to enter password in masquaraded fields...

The open development model of most Linux software would make it very hard to code any seriously threatening virii for Linux, though. I think the only way for a Linux virus to cause substantial damage on a wide scale would be by coupling it with PEBKAC.

[SlickRick]

you know you're not enough of a geek when(YKYNEOAGW??) you don't wanna join any of the ubuntu, gnu, linux or open source groups on facebook because of fear of what your friends might think but are considering joining the "I enjoy a good ****" group without even thinking about that.

[Clydtsdk-Rivendare]

You know you're a geek when you install Ubuntu on one of the computers on a local library, and not only get away with it but go back the next day to find all the other computers running Ubuntu as well.

[Dr.Dixie]

...you play Dune 2000 because you still think it's one of the best RTSs of all time.


!Dr.Dixie!

[0per4t0r]

!F Y0U C4l\l R34D 7H!5 \/\/!7H0U7 4 7R4l\l51470R, 3!7H3R 7H47 0R Y0U JU57 H4V3 700 /\/\U(H 7!/\/\ 0l\l Y0UR H4l\lD5.

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you install Ubuntu on one of the computers on a local library, and not only get away with it but go back the next day to find all the other computers running Ubuntu as well.

The very next day? This sounds suspicious.

!F Y0U C4l\l R34D 7H!5 \/\/!7H0U7 4 7R4l\l51470R, 3!7H3R 7H47 0R Y0U JU57 H4V3 700 /\/\U(H 7!/\/\ 0l\l Y0UR H4l\lD5.

Either way, you also need to go out more.

[SlickRick]

...when everyone comes to you when they need some 1337-5|*34|< or lolspeak translated to english or vice-versa...and you use lolspeak when your drunk

[GepettoBR]

...when everyone comes to you when they need some 1337-5|*34|< or lolspeak translated to english or vice-versa...and you use lolspeak when your drunk

When I'm drunk I mix English (remember: I live in Brazil), German, Spanish and a bit of pidgin French and pidgin Japanese for good measure. My friends understand what the heck I'm saying.

[Clydtsdk-Rivendare]

The very next day? This sounds suspicious.



Either way, you also need to go out more.


Nobody said it actually happened, I was just making a funny.

And I guess it makes you a geek if you use phrases like "making a funny."

[fiona-conn]

I guess you know you're a geek when you see the question, "how many ears does the average human have?" and you automatically think: "three -- left ear, right ear, final frontier"

[HydroTech]

My signature: \/
\/
\/

[skotos]

After an Ubuntu upgrade! :D you start digging up the dirt and slowly but - progressively - you start get it working!!

AH AH AH AH AH AH AH!

[darth_indy]

After an Ubuntu upgrade! :D you start digging up the dirt and slowly but - progressively - you start get it working!!

YKYAGW you don't need to do anything to get your machine working after an upgrade - but break things anyways to know how to fix them.

YKYAGW you have built a bash script for a fresh install that combines all your favorite UbuntuForums tutorials, like the Complete Multimedia How-To (I'm in the process of working on it. It'll include sources.list updating, program install/uninstall, settings tweaks, and anything else I can think of. Much better than an aptoncd archive, because it'll do more than just install the programs, and better than a remastersys because it'll stay up-to-date.)

[Tiler]

...if you have three distinct operating systems running at home.

[talsemgeest]

...if you have three distinct operating systems running at home.
...on the same computer.

[darth_indy]

...on the same computer.

...at the same time.

[gjoellee]

...at the same time.
...running even more operating systems from virtualbox

[gjoellee]

...running even more operating systems from virtualbox
...running virtual box inside virtual box

[bluelamp999]

You can't resist upgrading to the latest and greatest version of OS/driver/whatever even though you're fully aware it could totally b0rk your system...

[GepettoBR]

You can't resist upgrading to the latest and greatest version of OS/driver/whatever even though you're fully aware it could totally b0rk your system...

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!!!

I have three on the same computer, but not running at once.

[Tiler]

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!!!

I have three on the same computer, but not running at once.

Different computers and can remote from one to the next to the next...

[dwanders]

when you look to your GPS to see if its OK to pass the car in front of you rather than looking out the window. :guitar:

[SlickRick]

...when you time the time it takes for each application you have to load and then brag about it to your friends

haven't done that yet, but the idea seems appealing

[Vrekk]

...when you time the time it takes for each application you have to load and then brag about it to your friends

haven't done that yet, but the idea seems appealing

Kinda done that, not with apps but with time to boot and logon takes to 9.04 kick butt boot speeds

[JC Cheloven]

...for some reason, you find yourself one day running five different computers on top of your table.
No hope for me, see pic :P

Note.- If you're curious, some friends rely on me, and everyone's willing to install Jaunty. What is seen:
-Dell mini9 (two of them) - Ubuntu only
-Acer aspire one - xp + ubuntu
-HP6000 - vista + ubuntu
-Carillon computer (my main box). xp + ubuntu + ubuntu studio + musix + fedora +...

[Kopachris]

...for some reason, you find yourself one day running five different computers on top of your table.
No hope for me, see pic :P

Note.- If you're curious, some friends rely on me, and everyone's willing to install Jaunty. What is seen:
-Dell mini9 (two of them) - Ubuntu only
-Acer aspire one - xp + ubuntu
-HP6000 - vista + ubuntu
-Carillon computer (my main box). xp + ubuntu + ubuntu studio + musix + fedora +...
You should put Mac OS X on the Dell Mini9 and get it signed by Woz. Someone did that. It was epic.

Ykyagw you're not very worried about swine flu because your body runs on Linux. (Sadly, mine doesn't.)

[krzysz00]

ykyagw when you post
EMACS OWNS VIM
in certain threads to watch the flames

[GepettoBR]

ykyagw when you post

in certain threads to watch the flames

Trolling used to bee an art. Today it's so easy... *sigh*

[modmadmike]

YKYAGW you are not in cs3 and the teacher asks you how to clear the screen in python which she is teaching only in cs3.

^
^
^
Happened to me today lol

[modmadmike]

YKYAGW you are not in cs3 and the teacher asks you how to clear the screen in python which she is teaching only in cs3.

^
^
^
Happened to me today lol

oh and also someone who was saying "I already know python" asked me how to generate random numbers. Turns out he had the function right but he forgot this...
import random
lol

[modmadmike]

oh and also someone who was saying "I already know python" asked me how to generate random numbers. Turns out he had the function right but he forgot this...
import random
lol

or how about when a freshmen you don't know asks you:
Is it true that you hacked the schools server in middle school
lol, hey i only sent a message to my friend by going into his net-drive without using his account or knowing his password lol How are rumors like this still going around in high school lol

[GepettoBR]

How much of a geek do you have to be to notice the "Edit" button instead of triple-posting?

[crazyness003]

how much of a geek do you have to be to notice the "edit" button instead of triple-posting?
+1

[tarps87]

How much of a geek do you have to be to notice the "Edit" button instead of triple-posting?

:lolflag:

[Clydtsdk-Rivendare]

Ykyagw you're not very worried about swine flu because your body runs on Linux. (Sadly, mine doesn't.)

Siggy. Does it make me evil that I laugh at jokes about swine flu?

[tarps87]

...for some reason, you find yourself one day running five different computers on top of your table.
No hope for me, see pic :P

Note.- If you're curious, some friends rely on me, and everyone's willing to install Jaunty. What is seen:
-Dell mini9 (two of them) - Ubuntu only
-Acer aspire one - xp + ubuntu
-HP6000 - vista + ubuntu
-Carillon computer (my main box). xp + ubuntu + ubuntu studio + musix + fedora +...

Try Arch on the acer one, with Kdemod. I reckon it boots in half the time Ubuntu takes

[Eisenwinter]

You walk to your parents house and wish you could use a bash script to jump over the fence.

[SlickRick]

...when you make a ceiling cat from paper and put it on the ceiling above where you sit in college...
and when you get the 5555 post :D

[jenkinbr]

When you spend some of your spare time looking for cool charaters in the unicode charts:
⍨

[ninjapirate89]

When you absolutely must go see the first midnight showing of the latest comic book based movie from Marvel. BTW X-Men Origins: Wolverine rocks!!!

[modmadmike]

How much of a geek do you have to be to notice the "Edit" button instead of triple-posting?

I usually edit posts only when I make errors lol

[boogers]

you read 500+ pages of this and still find it funny.

[jenkinbr]

you read 500+ pages of this and still find it funny.
...ignore this...

[jms1989]

you stream music and video to your tv across two computers just because its cool. Playing media on the computer that outputing to the tv isn't as exciting.

you have the ability to play any video or music file from any computer on the network via ssh as well as from windows formated disks.

I do this all the time. :)

[beardiggin]

You know you're a geek when..

You have used words like "lol", "leet" and "omg" in daily speech


Personally, I associate these terms less with geeky hackers and more with newbie computer users.

The rest of this person's list was fine.

------------------
1. When you would rather use an operating system that gets mangled beyond belief, just because 'you' can fix it.

2. When you think less about feeding yourself and more about the next release of your favorite Linux Distribution.

3. When you are more comfortable with c++ than you are with your native language.

[HappinessNow]

when you read only the last few post in this thread (skip the rest) and post.

[powerpleb]

you are writing the 5564th post in this thread.

[Kopachris]

when you read only the last few post in this thread (skip the rest) and post.

you are writing the 5564th post in this thread.
...
Must you really?

[skotos]

you start installing linux on every device you encounter from routers to multimedia hard disk drives and mobile phones...

[Clydtsdk-Rivendare]

You know you're a geek when some college professor is giving an uber-boring lecture that proves you know more than he does -- so you suddenly stand up, yell "TL;DR" and walk away.

[amingv]

You know you're a geek when you are lazy enough to have this conversation with a friend:

You: Can you add me to your IM contacts?
Him: Why don't YOU add me to your IM contacts?
You: come on! it's not like it's gonna take so much time from you.
Him: Well, it certainly it's not going to exhaust you either.
You: *sigh* Fine, I'll make a script to add you to my contacts.

[crazyness003]

...when you associate a chef making a meal from scratch with Linux and one of those disgusting frozen dinners with windows.
So, I guess that white paste that astronauts use to eat in space is like a mac. It's bland, squeezable and expensive; but it can go to space!(?)

[skotos]

you will ask to refund you the cost of the Windoze licence you do not want / need on your latest notebook!!!:lolflag:
you won't be comfortable with MS Office and IE will be a stranger to you
you will not remember the last time you have entered a serial number:popcorn:

[Kopachris]

you will ask to refund you the cost of the Windoze licence you do not want / need on your latest notebook!!!:lolflag:
you won't be comfortable with MS Office and IE will be a stranger to you
you will not remember the last time you have entered a serial number:popcorn:


1. Yes
2. I am actually quite pleased with MS Office (except the price and licensing restrictions), but I hate IE
3. When was the last time I entered a serial number?

Ykyagw you associate cleaning out old files to cleaning out the fridge, and shudder in the same way when something moldy goes in the trash.

[Cloaked]

You think GF means Geforce.

[scragar]

You think GF means Geforce.

Guardian force! FF VIII FTW!

[SlickRick]

you will ask to refund you the cost of the Windoze licence you do not want / need on your latest notebook!!!:lolflag:
you won't be comfortable with MS Office and IE will be a stranger to you
you will not remember the last time you have entered a serial number:popcorn:


1. will try that when and if I buy a laptop
2. office is pretty O.K. I never had any quarrels with it and haven't used IE in...like....ever. I may have used it a couple of times on a windoze 95 box. Wuz pretty stable :lolflag:
3. Had to enter 7 today whilst installing C&C The first decade. Why can't you just have one, since it's on a single DVD and stupid DRM made me look for a no-cd patch cause the game couldn't detect the disc it wuz running off of

[infocop411]

Your Math teacher is confused when you describing Encryption Algorithms A nice looking women sits up next to you and says Hi.

You reply with...So what kinda O/S do you have.

Well at least my Girlfriend can't be mad ;-)
on the other hand, it may backfire.:lolflag:

[nathang1392]

haha. your funny.

[GepettoBR]

haha. your funny.

I hereby solemnly nominate this post for the Greatest Contribution to the YKYAGW Thread Award, aka the GCTYKYAGWTA.

[modmadmike]

While at school you ssh into you desktop, bring up its apache server, AND its webmin page! Nevertheless you are doing it with your laptop using a 3g card and in the middle of Latin lol. [Do it almost every day]

You did a F.D.E and then installed LVM on it because you dad was going into your pc through ssh so you thought "Why not make it %99.99 near impossible for him to get in".

[darth_indy]

I hereby solemnly nominate this post for the Greatest Contribution to the YKYAGW Thread Award, aka the GCTYKYAGWTA.

*snicker*

On an unrelated note, YKYAGW you dreamed that you were in IRC. Happened to me the first time last night. I feel pathetic and yet very amused. I do wonder why I never dreamed about IMing with friends, even though I do that more often.

(My theory is that I only know people I talk to in IRC *from* IRC, and so if I want to talk to them in a dream, it has to be through IRC.)

[GepettoBR]

(My theory is that I only know people I talk to in IRC *from* IRC, and so if I want to talk to them in a dream, it has to be through IRC.)


Oddly enough, that makes perfect sense.

[spupy]

(My theory is that I only know people I talk to in IRC *from* IRC, and so if I want to talk to them in a dream, it has to be through IRC.)

Obligatory XKCD reference:
http://xkcd.com/269/

YKYAGW you've read so much XKCD; and now you can freely generate new xkcd comics in your mind, describing your everyday geeky adventures.

[Tiler]

When you tell your wife, "Sudo, take out the dog."

[Dr.Dixie]

...you literally gasp for breath every time you boot into Linux from Windows.


!Noah!

[Kopachris]

Ykyagw you wonder if it's possible to wget the entire iTunes store.
Ykyagw "Is the file format in plain text?" is one of the first questions you ask when deciding upon software. (That's one of the reasons I went with LilyPond, aside from the fact that LilyPond is FOSS.)

[jms1989]

... you fix you parent's company's internet connection and manage to login to the router to fix it. It was too easy to login. :)

[zenbachry]

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

O_O! Oh.....My....Freakin'....God....it all (except for 10 and 11) apply to me....scary!

[Kopachris]

O_O! Oh.....My....Freakin'....God....it all (except for 10 and 11) apply to me....scary!
FOSS is a big one. If you don't like FOSS, you're automatically much less of a geek, but still a geek.

[amingv]

FOSS is a big one. If you don't like FOSS, you're automatically much less of a geek, but still a geek.

I wouldn't say he doesn't like FOSS, I'd say it's more related to 11 than 10, so:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds

[modmadmike]

When this is your homepage:
<CENSORED-URL>
lol

[modmadmike]

When this is your homepage:
<CENSORED-URL>
lol

Within 5 min of posting this you begin to regret it! And decide to ditch the URL

[jms1989]

you look at your home server's uptime records to find out when the last power outage was. :)

[modmadmike]

you look at your home server's uptime records to find out when the last power outage was. :)

meh, that's what a UPS is for lol I need one for my desktop {its almost always on and when its not its in s3 because it wakes on alarm at 6am}, our router, NAS, cable modem, Phone, and my dad's PC are all on a high Ah UPS.




YKYAGW:
you go onto mangahut.com see a few mkdir and permissions errors on the top of the page and think "I think I just found a job as a linux admin"

[Sgt C USMC]

You know you're a geek when...

- You remember the exact pin configuration for soldering in a 8086 processor.

- You remember when the RST-238L was a 'mass storage device.'

- you actually took the time and imagination to come up with a process to duplicate the copy protection procedures used on 720k disks so you could make a bootleg of Police Quest (wow...)

- You have been heard muttering the words "Wolfenstein 3d" and "revolutionary" in the same sentence.

- you remember when the cost of memory 'decreased' to $100 /per MB.

- you can to this day write a program in CPM.

- you've found yourself trying unix commands when things won't function right on your windows box.

- you've been caught muttering cisco router commands in your sleep (guilty!)

- you can to this day pull a copy of Windows 2.0 out of your library. (I should try to sell it on ebay)

- You're searching this forum to see if you can get your hp jornada to run ubuntu because you're tired of CE. (guilty!)

[modmadmike]

- you've found yourself trying unix commands when things won't function right on your windows box.

GUILTY, only it was my friends pc for WINDOWS == EVIL in my house. I tried to use the ls, cp, and other commands.

[modmadmike]

when your computer's firewalls (yes plural) have over 2000 attacks per day.

[zenbachry]

...You have an old Pentium processor with MMX technology and wear it as a necklace

...You rearrange your keyboard keys to not even be close to where they are supposed to be (example: the F1 key is where the decimal on the keypad is, the Q is where the right arrow would be). Only keys in place are Enter, Backspace, Tab, Shift (both), Control, Alt, Space, and the 0 on the keypad.

...Your computer privlages are taken away from at school for configuring every computer you're on. Then use your girlfriends account because she wasn't using it.

...You take a picture of a car, and all you see is a huge glare and say "it's reflective property is too high, where're the options to change it?"

...Have a custom license plate on your car that says "ERR 404"

...You make fun of the computers at work 'cause they are runnin' Windows 95.

...Work computers crash and say "Thats Windows for ya. Need to use Linux, won't crash!"

...Everyone at work complains about the computers being slow and you say "Give it a break! It's only clocked at 133 MHz and 64 MB of RAM!" and they give you the stare that says "wtf you talkin' 'bout?!?!?"

...Put one of your brothers on your mother's laptop, and the other on your computer just so you can get more sleep because you haven't slept in 3 days.

All me ^^ plus like 1/2 of the things I've read from page 1 to page 38 xD

[Sgt C USMC]

GUILTY, only it was my friends pc for WINDOWS == EVIL in my house. I tried to use the ls, cp, and other commands.

*LOL* My wife refuses to take the plunge, to quote her "I don't like things to be different.". That and a $200 Canon MX-850 printer (which is just above paperweight status to linux) as well of a lack of support for my chess software have forced me to resort to at the very least a VM of XP SP2.

You know you 're a geek when -

You've actually told a person to hold on so you could reboot a NAS.

You've actually conducted the experiments to PROVE that the 3-4-5 rule of networking is more a 'guideline' (that one was the Marine Corps fault!)

You're guilty of building a spark gap based EMP and destroying over 100,000 $ worth of stereo equipment at DefCon 2001. (It was a demonstration, and they refused to listen to our instructions! Ever see a speaker reverse-biased at nearly a million watts with a 192 picosecond rise time ? It's um..impressive.)

[zenbachry]

FOSS is a big one. If you don't like FOSS, you're automatically much less of a geek, but still a geek.

Not that I don't like FOSS, more the fact that I'm unsure as to what it is O.o *googles it* (Still learning here! >.<)

[modmadmike]

Not that I don't like FOSS, more the fact that I'm unsure as to what it is O.o *googles it* (Still learning here! >.<)

Free/Open.Source.Software

[suitedaces]

when your computer's firewalls (yes plural) have over 2000 attacks per day.

Where did you make so many e-enemies?!

[Sgt C USMC]

...Have a custom license plate on your car that says "ERR 404"



I've always preferred PEBCAK , though from my time on the road, a license plate saying EEOC might be more appropriate.

[modmadmike]

Where did you make so many e-enemies?!

Its fun... idk china thinks im part of the NSA, Government or something..

[wily202]

You know your a geek wen your mom says stop playing your videogames. (been there, done that) :)

[modmadmike]

You know your a geek wen your mom says stop playing your videogames. (been there, done that) :)

YKYAGW your parents say "stop playing on the computer" and you reply "I'm not im programming!"

[hatten]

YKYAGW your parents say "stop playing on the computer" and you reply "I'm not im programming!"
same thing here! =D
Not that they care but...

[hatten]

meh, that's what a UPS is for lol I need one for my desktop {its almost always on and when its not its in s3 because it wakes on alarm at 6am}, our router, NAS, cable modem, Phone, and my dad's PC are all on a high Ah UPS.
How did you make it wake from s3? I have failed with that.

[Sgt C USMC]

Its fun... idk china thinks im part of the NSA, Government or something..

Could be that class A IP addy you're spoofing...:)

[modmadmike]

How did you make it wake from s3? I have failed with that.

It seems to be a matter of support for certain motherboards. My Desktop works with it (Most of the time lol), but only one of my other computers seems to work with it either.

[modmadmike]

Could be that class A IP addy you're spoofing...:)

not likely - my IP is from optimum online

[Frak]

Could be that class A IP addy you're spoofing...:)

Government addresses span all classes. As an example, the FBI's IP range spans over the Class C IPs. I could post all the ranges here if you like, but it would take up nearly an entire page.

not likely - my IP is from optimum online

Which is probably Class A.

[Kopachris]

Not that I don't like FOSS, more the fact that I'm unsure as to what it is O.o *googles it* (Still learning here! >.<)
Oh, okay. I do that a lot too. :popcorn:

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

- you can to this day pull a copy of Windows 2.0 out of your library. (I should try to sell it on ebay)
You should hurry up then.
Windows 2.0 is going to become (if it is not already) "abandonware" what will make it downloadable on internet for free.

when your computer's firewalls (yes plural) have over 2000 attacks per day.

Doesn't make you necessarily a geek alone, but it does if you successfully filter all those attacks out, without impairing your own Internet usage in any way.

btw I was wondering why do you need more firewalls?

Well now that I think I also got two (per PC). Hardware one on whole network and software one one every computer...

[hatten]

It seems to be a matter of support for certain motherboards. My Desktop works with it (Most of the time lol), but only one of my other computers seems to work with it either.
I mean timed wake (waking at a set time), forgot to write that. And if you understood that what program/command do you use? Or do you set it in bios to wake at a certain time and then it wakes no matter if you suspend/hibernate/halt.

[SlickRick]

when you try everything in your power to connect to your PC over VNC from college using a playstation Portable. Anything is better than using those sorry excuses for computers they got there.

At least we have a choice of Open Office and Gimp against MS office and Photoshop respectively.

[sqrooup]

you have a dart board with a picture of either Bill Gates or Steve Jobs on it!

[hatten]

you have a dart board with a picture of either Bill Gates or Steve Jobs on it!
what about both? =D

[amingv]

you have a dart board with a picture of either Bill Gates or Steve Jobs on it!

Ballmer is so much dart-worthy if you ask me...
Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches.

Whatever he means by that...

[Frak]

you have a dart board with a picture of either Bill Gates or Steve Jobs on it!
I like em both. Great guys if you ask me (no I'm not trolling; Jobs is witty and Gates is truly a genius of his time IMHO).

I don't like Ballmer though. Here goes my quoting skills:
"You should only buy into a company so simple that it could be run by idiots, because sooner or later it will be"

[crazyness003]

...when you timed your boot-time so perfectly, that from when you press the button, until you can use firefox, you have just enough time to grab a quick snack.

[Kopachris]

I like em both. Great guys if you ask me (no I'm not trolling; Jobs is witty and Gates is truly a genius of his time IMHO).

I don't like Ballmer though. Here goes my quoting skills:
"You should only buy into a company so simple that it could be run by idiots, because sooner or later it will be"
I like Jobs, and Gates is alright. Ballmer totally ruined the company, though.

...when you timed your boot-time so perfectly, that from when you press the button, until you can use firefox, you have just enough time to grab a quick snack.
It's a cup of coffee for me. :P

I mean timed wake (waking at a set time), forgot to write that. And if you understood that what program/command do you use? Or do you set it in bios to wake at a certain time and then it wakes no matter if you suspend/hibernate/halt.
For my PowerBook, I just plug in the AC adapter and hit the space bar when I wake up. I have it set up with an app called "Time Left", which is set to run a script that quits iTunes and sleeps the computer when it reaches about 15% battery. The "quit iTunes" part actually came from a year ago with early iTunes 7, when I had problems quitting it after waking the computer from sleep with iTunes playing something.
As for my Dinosaur, I have it set in the BIOS to turn on at 6am (when I get up) every morning. The beep of the POST usually beats my alarm by a few seconds.

[tarps87]

when you try everything in your power to connect to your PC over VNC from college using a playstation Portable. Anything is better than using those sorry excuses for computers they got there.

At least we have a choice of Open Office and Gimp against MS office and Photoshop respectively.

You should just use Gimp, there is a pencil tool :)

[hatten]

Bah, my bios can only wake from hibernate and power off. Maybe i can upgrade my bios...(or find an option i missed before)

[modmadmike]

I mean timed wake (waking at a set time), forgot to write that. And if you understood that what program/command do you use? Or do you set it in bios to wake at a certain time and then it wakes no matter if you suspend/hibernate/halt.

My bios does the work :)

[modmadmike]

...when you timed your boot-time so perfectly, that from when you press the button, until you can use firefox, you have just enough time to grab a quick snack.

Mine boots to fast to do that lol

[jenkinbr]

When you chuckle to yourself when someone posts a thread having problems with dpkg with an error E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. and then wonders what they should do next, when the answer they need is in the error message text.

[tarps87]

When you chuckle to yourself when someone posts a thread having problems with dpkg with an error E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. and then wonders what they should do next, when the answer they need is in the error message text.

jenkinbr you have to run
sudo dpkg --configure -a
Can't you read








;)

[jenkinbr]

jenkinbr you have to run
sudo dpkg --configure -a
Can't you read








;)
That's why I laughed at it.

Can't YOU read?

[SlickRick]

You should just use Gimp, there is a pencil tool :)

I do use just gimp, although people hate me for it ;)
They have even more of a problem when I use openoffice.

On a slightly related point: Is there an OSS notepad-style windows application that highlights html syntax(preferably one that doesn't need to be installed, so I could run it of my flash drive). I need it for my web development tasks I get set.

[jenkinbr]

I do use just gimp, although people hate me for it ;)
They have even more of a problem when I use openoffice.

On a slightly related point: Is there an OSS notepad-style windows application that highlights html syntax(preferably one that doesn't need to be installed, so I could run it of my flash drive). I need it for my web development tasks I get set.
Notepad++ Portable (http://portableapps.com/apps/development/notepadpp_portable) FTW!!!

And you are very welcome.

[darth_indy]

That's why I laughed at it.

Can't YOU read?

Heh - note the ;) in his reply... though , I'll admit, it wasn't obvious until I saw it in your quote...

YKGAGW you have an Emergency PC Repair Kit ready to go when friends or family have computer problems. Mine has a few LiveCDs (Ubuntu, UBCD, BackTrack, Gparted/Clonezilla), screwdrivers, and SATA-to-USB cable (I need an IDE to USB though).

[SlickRick]

Notepad++ Portable (http://portableapps.com/apps/development/notepadpp_portable) FTW!!!

And you are very welcome.

thx, looks cool. Shame I didn't ask earlier, although it crashed under wine after opening a html

[jenkinbr]

I use it all the time, works great, and it even works with Mac and Unix format text files :)

[ConRong]

You constantly think your computer is still slow.

[SlickRick]

...you get a power-cut and scream
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!. damn it, my uptime."

[talsemgeest]

...you get a power-cut and scream
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!. damn it, my uptime."
YKYAGW you get a UPS to stop such a ghastly thing from occuring.

[rhcm123]

ykyagw .... when you find yourself talking back to the reporter on the TV correcting their choice of words or explanations.

cause their always WRONG!!!!!!!!!!! <anger> RAGE! </anger>
no, the last time i watched the news, they stated that chernobyl was a rmbk reactor - it was an rbmk!! Thats why i only watch the bbc - they actually fact-check :D

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

...when you are a bit unhappy about how you system works, so you decide to remake it your way!

I'm currently having some ideas about making a manager program for cache, which would allow user to directly interact with cache and alter rules how system does caching. A link to thread! (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7244225)

[sqrooup]

When you write sarcastic comments you write HTML style tags at the end of them!
</sarcasm>

[B4RR13N705]

You always think that your system is not enough custom as you will like :p

[rhcm123]

- you've found yourself trying unix commands when things won't function right on your windows box.
Oh, god... i was trying for 10 minutes to cd into my desktop :D

when your computer's firewalls (yes plural) have over 2000 attacks per day.
Some nut in taiwan is still attacking ports 22/23 with all he's got :). Getting kind of annoying, it's eating a little bandwith up.

...you get a power-cut and scream
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!. damn it, my uptime."
Completely, utterly guilt. Happened to me while i was "organizing" (read: making a fire hazard) cables under my desk. I accidentally hit the power bar :(. I need to get a UPS, they don't cost that much. I was doing pretty good on uptime too, about 15 days :D

[hatten]

you don't want to reboot
you think that playing life is fun (see how many get this one)

[sqrooup]

I ish pished

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

you think that playing life is fun (see how many get this one)

If you mean that utterly old, molecule thingie evolution simulator game... I hate it! :D

[SlickRick]

...when you hate your body for forcing you to have to sleep like a mere mortal.
Think I'll try out that uberman sleep schedule. Anyone else tried or trying it?

[scragar]

...when you hate your body for forcing you to have to sleep like a mere mortal.
Think I'll try out that uberman sleep schedule. Anyone else tried or trying it?

Tried it, I lasted 3 weeks before I had to give it up.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

...when you hate your body for forcing you to have to sleep like a mere mortal.
Think I'll try out that uberman sleep schedule. Anyone else tried or trying it?

I was trying, but failed.
I did stay awake at night all right, but sometimes throughout day fell asleep. Well anyways waking up part was the pain.
And as a side effect I had shifted my waking hours 4 hours ahead, and suffered slight jet-lag in the same time zone last week, when I visited relatives! :)

Currently back to normal, but I somewhat tend skew my sleep pattern ahead by 10mins per day... :confused:
I should really get a job, to get it constrained! :)

[Linux000]

... When you know what an ampersand is, or google ampersand after reading this...

[SlickRick]

Currently back to normal, but I somewhat tend skew my sleep pattern ahead by 10mins per day... :confused:
I should really get a job, to get it constrained! :)

yeah, I do that too. I feel that if was to be tired all the time, then I could pretty much fall asleep when I want rather than whenever and when I have to wake up early, it's a real pain. The weekend usually screws me over cause I don't need to wake up early to go to college.

[geek_of_doom]

You know you're a geek when you find yourself typing :wq when you save documents.

[tarps87]

That's why I laughed at it.
Can't YOU read?
I was joking [-(

I do use just gimp, although people hate me for it ;)
They have even more of a problem when I use openoffice.

On a slightly related point: Is there an OSS notepad-style windows application that highlights html syntax(preferably one that doesn't need to be installed, so I could run it of my flash drive). I need it for my web development tasks I get set.

But surely you don't need openoffice when you can just write it in gimp.
As for the notepad thing, it's a bit late but you could try kate, using kde for windows. Although you would have to install it onto the USB drive.

...you get a power-cut and scream
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!. damn it, my uptime."
Did that just happen, well I mean did it happen about the time off your post?

You know you're a geek when you find yourself typing :wq when you save documents.

That doesn't work, I've done it too :)

[jenkinbr]

... When you know what an ampersand is, or google ampersand after reading this...
:confused:& how does that make you a geek?

[balboost]

... you read this topic, trying not to find some things you do on it

... you watch the topic about screenshots

... you check the ubuntu geek rss feed

... you show your hardware in your signature (ok, sometimes it's useful)

[tarps87]

When you look for the ctrl+c buttons on a piece of paper.

:-\"

[calvinps]

... you know all the terminal commands off by heart

[darth_indy]

... you know all the terminal commands off by heart

All of them? O.O I have the Linux Complete Command Reference, and there are 1527 pages. And this was back in the 90's (Granted, not many commands have changed a lot since then, maybe a few bugfixes and added arguments).

It also includes what is basically the manpage for each one, and each command takes up about a page. Taking out the room for the index and table of contents, and a few more pages to cover commands with more arguments that take up multiple pages... let's say about 1,250 commands. Not counting any *added* programs you installed.

Again, I say O.O

Not trying to disagree with you, mind you... just saying that memorizing *all* the terminal commands *is* quite a feat.

[crazyness003]

...when you upgrade to a new distro expecting to have to fix something after the upgrades...but then getting sad when nothing breaks :sad:

WHY MUST YOU BE SO PERFECT!

[SlickRick]

When you look for the ctrl+c buttons on a piece of paper.

:-\"

not just that but you find yourself screaming "stop copy and pasting my work" to someone if you catch them cheating on a test or something

...when you upgrade to a new distro expecting to have to fix something after the upgrades...but then getting sad when nothing breaks :sad:

WHY MUST YOU BE SO PERFECT!

sucks to be you. I got back all of my sound problems after upgrading. Especially with skype. However, I didn't have fun for too long since I knew how to fix them this time.

[Linux000]

:confused:& how does that make you a geek?
The endless quest for superior knowledge.

[Megrimn]

Your highschool teachers and college professors ask you to fix their computer before they call the IT department.

Your mom calls you when she or her friends have computer problems.

When your friends call, all you want to talk about is the latest function you've discovered in GIMP. (or any software in general).

You make new desktop themes when you get bored with the old ones.

You modify other themes you've downloaded to your liking.

[Kopachris]

Your highschool teachers and college professors ask you to fix their computer before they call the IT department.

Your mom calls you when she or her friends have computer problems.

When your friends call, all you want to talk about is the latest function you've discovered in GIMP. (or any software in general).

You make new desktop themes when you get bored with the old ones.

You modify other themes you've downloaded to your liking.
1. yes
2. yes
3. definitely
4. yes
5. absolutely

Well, I guess that answers that question!:)

[sky2706]

You know you are a band geek if ...


You see no pervertedness in the words tongueing, blowing, and fingering.

You are late for band because you were at another band rehersal.

You think there should be horn pops in symphonic band. (for marching band geeks)

You laugh at all of these because you know they're all true.

When you hear a school with the same fight song, you want to join in and play.

[jenkinbr]

Your highschool teachers and college professors ask you to fix their computer before they call the IT department.

Your mom calls you when she or her friends have computer problems.

When your friends call, all you want to talk about is the latest function you've discovered in GIMP. (or any software in general).

You make new desktop themes when you get bored with the old ones.

You modify other themes you've downloaded to your liking.

1. Of Coarse
2. Yes - very annoying, because ALL OF THEM run windows
3. Hey - check this out, I just found this really awesome [feature|addon|method] that does [this|that]
4. I've still yet to get bored with my current GTK theme.
5. TRUE TRUE TRUE!!!

[skotos]

you are fed up with bsods and kernel/drivers failures, but you can't live far from em

[SlickRick]

Your highschool teachers and college professors ask you to fix their computer before they call the IT department.


you get more geek points when the IT department calls you as a last resort

[jenkinbr]

you get more geek points when the IT department calls you as a last resort
I'm guilty of that ;)

[Seishuku]

...when techies don't like working on your computer because it's too PINK.

Well, maybe that doesn't make me a geek but it's pretty amusing. :P

[Linux000]

Originally Posted by Megrimn View Post
Your highschool teachers and college professors ask you to fix their computer before they call the IT department.

Your mom calls you when she or her friends have computer problems.

When your friends call, all you want to talk about is the latest function you've discovered in GIMP. (or any software in general).

You make new desktop themes when you get bored with the old ones.

You modify other themes you've downloaded to your liking.

1. My teachers ask me for help, not just on there school computers either
2.More than once
3.My friends call me to tell me about stuff I already have heard about
4.Why not?
5.Of course see screen below

[lisati]

you get more geek points when the IT department calls you as a last resort

YKYAGW you go through the proper channels to get your terminal to work after a crashed session, while surreptitiously monitoring progress on a system console emulator running on another nearby terminal and not letting on that you could have done it yourself in a fraction of the time (don't tell the boss, I'm not supposed to know about that program!)

[Kopachris]

Ykyagw you make analogies between Earth nations and Star Trek species. :p

USA - The Federation (or more precisely, Earth). The police of the galaxy. Used for comparison.
USSR/Russia - The Romulan Star Empire. We're not really enemies, but we don't like each other and we both have our fingers on the "fire" button, should the other make any sudden movements.
Germany - The Klingon Empire. We used to be enemies, but not anymore. They have a long tradition of war, and there's still a lot of prejudice against them. Oh, and they have a rough-sounding language that actually makes a lot of sense.
Switzerland - The Ferengi Alliance. Not really a threat, and they still seem to think that gold is valuable.
Kazakhstan - Vulcan. First off, they're a desert. Second, they used to be one with the Romulans (USSR/Russia), albeit in a different way than presented in Star Trek. We have good relations with them, and they have a good space program.
Japan - The Cardassian Union. They were our enemies back in the day, allied with the Dominion (Axis, WWII). They were absolutely ruthless when at war, and some of our largest battles were against them. They also have good food.
China - The Borg. They're assimilating everyone. Take advice from Q, don't provoke the Borg! They're massive, and you don't want to mess with them.
Australia - Ocampa. They live underground in a desert. Not much else to say.

Vulcan was particularly hard to match up, and it was hard to figure out a good wording for Japan/Cardassian Union.

[acer8930]

You know you're a geek when you can quote every line of dialogue in Spaceballs and know every movie or book the movie is spoofing in a given scene.

Me and my friend did that in one of my classes.

You know you're a geek when you can do that and recite the whole score to the movie.

[jenkinbr]

When you copy ⓌⓊⓉⒷⓊⓂⓅⓄⒾⓃⒼ, so you can post wut, bump, bumpo ping, pong, poing, boing, bumping, bumpong, wutbump, and any other combination just by removing certain charaters.

[GepettoBR]

Jenny, take your meds and stop cross-threading.

[Frak]

Ykyagw you make analogies between Earth nations and Star Trek species. :p

USA - The Federation (or more precisely, Earth). The police of the galaxy. Used for comparison.
USSR/Russia - The Romulan Star Empire. We're not really enemies, but we don't like each other and we both have our fingers on the "fire" button, should the other make any sudden movements.
Germany - The Klingon Empire. We used to be enemies, but not anymore. They have a long tradition of war, and there's still a lot of prejudice against them. Oh, and they have a rough-sounding language that actually makes a lot of sense.
Switzerland - The Ferengi Alliance. Not really a threat, and they still seem to think that gold is valuable.
Kazakhstan - Vulcan. First off, they're a desert. Second, they used to be one with the Romulans (USSR/Russia), albeit in a different way than presented in Star Trek. We have good relations with them, and they have a good space program.
Japan - The Cardassian Union. They were our enemies back in the day, allied with the Dominion (Axis, WWII). They were absolutely ruthless when at war, and some of our largest battles were against them. They also have good food.
China - The Borg. They're assimilating everyone. Take advice from Q, don't provoke the Borg! They're massive, and you don't want to mess with them.
Australia - Ocampa. They live underground in a desert. Not much else to say.

Vulcan was particularly hard to match up, and it was hard to figure out a good wording for Japan/Cardassian Union.
Best analogy I've heard all day, possibly all week.

[Mad-Halfling]

1) ....you look at a barcode and think "ah, that uses code128" without thinking

2) ...and you are disappointed with yourself because you didn't know whether it was 128 A, B or C

[rasmukri]

You know you're a geek when you get a shiney new laptop for christmas and start sobbing because it has Vista pre-installed.:)
dude i just had that happen (well not the Christmas part:)). i am working on D/L Ubuntu now. hell i would rather have xp pre-installed than freaking vista.

[GepettoBR]

dude i just had that happen (well not the Christmas part:)). i am working on D/L Ubuntu now. hell i would rather have xp pre-installed than freaking vista.

I'd rather have PC-DOS pre-installed than Vista.

[tarps87]

I'd rather have GepettoBR installed :)

[jenkinbr]

I'd rather have GepettoBR installed :)
wut?

[skotos]

you wont ask yourself if they think you are a geek or not

[GepettoBR]

wut?

No need to be jealous, jenny.

[jenkinbr]

When, after a long day of trying to figure out how to do someting, the answer comes in your sleep, and you immediatly jump out of bed and try it.

[GepettoBR]

When, after a long day of trying to figure out how to do someting, the answer comes in your sleep, and you immediatly jump out of bed and try it.

I get that a lot, but I keep a notepad next to the bed so usually I just write down some keyowrds to help me remember the solution and try it in the morning.

Still counts as a geek when your notebook looks like a huge tag cloud.

[SlickRick]

I'd rather have GepettoBR installed :)

don't you mean Geppoo?

geppy's very own gentoo-based distro

I would actually prefer to have nothing pre-installed.
What's all this crap about "let us choose what we want pre-installed".
It would be a lot easier to have nothing and install your prefered OS separately.

[gredorian]

When you have a fever you try to underclock yourself.

[Blacklemon67]

When you no longer "Swear To God" but to "The Internet Oracle"

[fualad]

When you buy a Vulcan themed UR3 love doll.

...Yes I do... :-$

[Joeb454]

When you have a fever you try to underclock yourself.

I tried that once, it didn't work :(

[GepettoBR]

don't you mean Geppoo?

geppy's very own gentoo-based distro

I would actually prefer to have nothing pre-installed.
What's all this crap about "let us choose what we want pre-installed".
It would be a lot easier to have nothing and install your prefered OS separately.

If I ever make one, I'll call it that. :lolflag:

And I agree that it' better with nothing pre-installed, it saves the hassle both of the store's tech guy installing the OEM OS and mine wiping the hard drive first thing after plugging it in.

[3rdalbum]

You know you're a geek when someone hands you their Mac and asks you to fix a problem they've been having: "I want to go on the internet but I need a password" and you can fix it without any more information.

You know you're a gadget geek when your Ubuntu desktop is themed in the same colours and style as your Samsung TV :-)

(both are me; I don't actually own a Samsung TV though)

[hatten]

If you mean that utterly old, molecule thingie evolution simulator game... I hate it! :D
yep, that one.

ykyagw you miss the internet on vacations (you had to pay hellofalot on the hotel and there was no good unlocked wireless lans in the vicinity)
oops, that reminded me my router is unlocked xD, i cannot reach it from within linux. (It refuses to take the default username and password after a factory reset)

[Kopachris]

When you have a fever you try to underclock yourself.
Ykyagw you actually let your antivirus do its job. There are a few cases when a fever can get too high, but a fever is generally a good thing.

[hatten]

Ykyagw you actually let your antivirus do its job. There are a few cases when a fever can get too high, but a fever is generally a good thing.
yeah, it keeps you from school!

[SlickRick]

When you no longer "Swear To God" but to "The Internet Oracle"

...or swear to ceiling cat ;)

If I ever make one, I'll call it that. :lolflag:

And I agree that it' better with nothing pre-installed, it saves the hassle both of the store's tech guy installing the OEM OS and mine wiping the hard drive first thing after plugging it in.

I'm gonna suggest that to my local "GZ Computers" who sell acers and also reason that they could have an instore installation service. They can already install extra ram and what-have-you while you go away for an hour or so and come back.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

I'm gonna suggest that to my local "GZ Computers" who sell acers and also reason that they could have an instore installation service. They can already install extra ram and what-have-you while you go away for an hour or so and come back.

...good as long as they don't uninstall extra ram...

[SlickRick]

...when you brag in your sig and at every available opportunity about how you've won the last place trophy game :D

...good as long as they don't uninstall extra ram...

wut do you mean un-install? Why would they do that?

[7x1x]

...you chance upon this thread, read it till you battery is nearly flat and then charge it so you can read more.

...your up at 2am learning how to use autoit from a polish person and you have know idea what they are saying.

when you wish life had a google bar.

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

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

and leisure does consist of linux and anime.

[zenbachry]

Aw man, I had a few good ones, but the time it took me to log in (forgot password xD), get here, and get rid of the highlights, I almost forgot all of them...but I just remember 1 so I'll post it!

YKYAGW...you use hardware as a weapon against unwanted visitors

xD I thought of that one as my brother came in my room and scared me...I told him I was going to hit him and he was saying "hit me, I don't think you'll get up off your computer, hit me!" So I reached over and grabbed an old video card! He ran off, knowing that I'd throw that at him.

[Sissy13]

...it's Friday night at 8 p.m. and you are online responding to a "You know you're a geek when..." thread.

It's Saturday morning at 3 a.m. and you are online responding to a "You know you're a geek when..." thread. :)

When you are taking notes in class and you find yourself making margin notes preceded by // (or %, or #, depending on your favorite programming language)

The first thing you did after installing/upgrading Ubuntu was to go poking around the menus looking for, and changing, all of the appearance options to make the desktop "prettier" or "cooler"

You know you're REALLY a geek if you did the previous item completely from a CLI by editing configuration files.

[Sissy13]

when you drag your mouse over some text. and think its copied in windows. (annoys me as hell..)


Yep. Quite possibly one of my biggest Windows pet peeves. Grr.

[talsemgeest]

The first thing you did after installing/upgrading Ubuntu was to go poking around the menus looking for, and changing, all of the appearance options to make the desktop "prettier" or "cooler"

You know you're REALLY a geek if you did the previous item completely from a CLI by editing configuration files.

Or, you are even more of a geek if the first thing you do when you install ubuntu is remove everything GUI.

[scragar]

Or, you are even more of a geek if the first thing you do when you install ubuntu is remove everything GUI.

Why use ubuntu then? Wouldn't it just be easier to stick to a command line only install of, say, debian?

[B4RR13N705]

When you threw your mouse cuz you manage your whole PC from a Command Line :p
Happened to me once!

[crazyness003]

....when you wake up, and instead of asking your family members if they had a good night's rest, you immediately go to your computer and ask it instead.
Then proceed to update it.

[SlickRick]

...when you wait for a kernel update to give you an excuse to reboot the computer so you could pop in a live cd and get some partitioning tasks done.

[crazyness003]

...when you take time out of your schedule and try everything in your power to prove that Linux is a better solution for someone.

PS: Anyone know of a radio dj broadcasting software for linux. CUrrently, my associate is using something called SAM Broadcaster.
But anyway, just thought i'd throw that in here.

As for impressed, they already got hooked to OOo. tee-hee.

[WA_Garrett]

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[talsemgeest]

01001001011001100010000001111001011011110111010100 10000001110011011100000110010101101110011101000010 00000111010001101000011001010010000001110100011010 01011011010110010100100000011001000110010101100011 01101111011001000110100101101110011001110010000001 11010001101000011010010111001100101110
Awww, no more binary please! For those too lazy to decode it, this is what the above poster said:

If you spent the time decoding this.

[crazyness003]

...when the whole "lets use a site to "encrypt" something in binary" phase got old. There were 3 threads dedicated to this trend. Now, all three are resting in piece.

-I mean 'peace'

[avahi]

Looks like MacRumors started one of these threads:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=701953

Not to be OS-ist, but most of those are quite lame compared to these.

[Kopachris]

When you are taking notes in class and you find yourself making margin notes preceded by // (or %, or #, depending on your favorite programming language)
Ykyagw your notes are preceded by ';'. :p

[Game Over]

...carrying your stack of scripting language and IPC610D books up the five flights of stairs at your schools Electronics Technology building is your daily work out.

[Sissy13]

Ykyagw your notes are preceded by ';'. :p

Preceded? Or ended? :)

I've done that...


The following is the equation describing process X:
(some equation)

// Note: This equation is also useful for cases involving Y && Z;
:biggrin:

And, ykyagw you use && and || rather than "and" and "or" in what other folks would consider normal writing.

[rhcm123]

... you know all the terminal commands off by heart

god, for the stuff i usually break (e.g. samba, DHCP, etc), then yes. Know the config file locations and all that curse word i can't say on the forum too. Need samba help? :D

[SlickRick]

Looks like MacRumors started one of these threads:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=701953

Not to be OS-ist, but most of those are quite lame compared to these.

+1

that thread should be renamed "you know you're a mac fanboy/girl when..."

one of them wrote how they would like to have source code to fix something and that just made me think "sucker" :popcorn:

[GepettoBR]

+1

that thread should be renamed "you know you're a mac fanboy/girl when..."

one of them wrote how they would like to have source code to fix something and that just made me think "sucker" :popcorn:

Well, Mac geeks don't tend to hang out on Mac forums. Fanboys hang out on Mac forums. Mac geeks hang out on general tech forums - or Windows forums to annoy Windows fanboys if they're cross-bred with Mac fanboys.

[Kopachris]

Preceded? Or ended? :)

Preceded. In x86 Assembly, comments are preceded by a semicolon. Same with Z80 (the only asm I've actually dabbled in :( ), and probably most others. In my own notes, I've used "//", "#", ";", and "/*" and "*/".

[B4RR13N705]

When you did something wrong in real life and you try CTRL+Z (Undo)
:popcorn:

[Generic_Guy]

Looks like MacRumors started one of these threads:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=701953

Not to be OS-ist, but most of those are quite lame compared to these.Yeah, that stuff is pretty lame. That's mostly 'mac fanboy' or 'nerd' stuff (it should be 'ubuntu fanboy', Maccies!). Also, nerds suck. Geeks FTW! :D

On another note, when I read that one on converting someone to Mac, my mind replaced 'Mac' with 'Ubuntu'. I assume this is good, right? :)

[sqrooup]

you look down at Radio Amateurs and Real Ale enthusiasts, call them sad, but then say :lolflag: in the same sentence!

[tarps87]

Or, you are even more of a geek if the first thing you do when you install ubuntu is remove everything GUI.

Alternative CD -> F4 -> command line install only ;)

Or you can just use Arch

[Kopachris]

Ykyagw you get on the Uberman sleep schedule for that big 48-hour LAN party...

[GepettoBR]

Alternative CD -> F4 -> command line install only ;)

Or you can just use Arch

Gentoo. You're only a real geek if you use an OS that requires the blood of a virgin to be installed.

[SlickRick]

that shouldn't be a problem for you geppy ;)

[scragar]

Gentoo. You're only a real geek if you use an OS that requires the blood of a virgin to be installed.

Gentoo doesn't require the blood of a virgin. It takes 14 years of intensive study, 3 degrees and a lot of luck.

[yabbadabbadont]

Gentoo doesn't require the blood of a virgin. It takes 14 years of intensive study, 3 degrees and a lot of luck.

No, it just requires that one be able to read, and comprehend, detailed installation instructions. (which is actually more stringent than your listed requirements... ;))

[SlickRick]

No, it just requires that one be able to read, and comprehend, detailed installation instructions. (which is actually more stringent than your listed requirements... ;))

YKYAGW you burst the bubble on every observational joke that bares inaccuracies.

hint: tpam ^

[GepettoBR]

that shouldn't be a problem for you geppy ;)

Will you stop telling people about the bodies?

I'm not calling you next time.

[modmadmike]

when you aircrack-ng your schools wireless :)

[Kopachris]

Ykyagw you find patterns that look like they would be cool in the GOL. I found the adjacency matrix of a tesseract on WolphramAlpha, and I plugged it into the GOL. I got just over 500 generations before it became three blocks and a pond. It did create some patterns that looked like faces early on, though.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

What's the fuss with the Gentoo anyway?!?
I have it currently as main distro, and I find it pretty straight-forward...

[Kopachris]

What's the fuss with the Gentoo anyway?!?
I have it currently as main distro, and I find it pretty straight-forward...
The ubergeekiness in using Gentoo is all about compiling the OS. The more compilation, the better.

[jms1989]

I don't have time to compile code, I'd rather just do what I need to do right there and now. The whole point in some of us switching to linux is it help get the job done and doesn't sit there waiting for an email from mars like that retarded OS Bill Gates calls "windows".

In this day and age, we don't have time for compiling. I'm not talking down about Gentoo, I just don't have time to compile it to use it. Until make can utilize a quad core to its full potential, I'll stick to ubuntu.


Back on topic....

... you'd rather play with your computers then go out and party.
... you play a movie in your htpc from a dvd instead of your real dvd player or console box.

[jms1989]

[DELETED] Double post

[sqrooup]

....you watch your favourite programs on BBC iPlayer, and not on TV!

[scragar]

I don't have time to compile code, I'd rather just do what I need to do right there and now. The whole point in some of us switching to linux is it help get the job done and doesn't sit there waiting for an email from mars like that retarded OS Bill Gates calls "windows".

In this day and age, we don't have time for compiling. I'm not talking down about Gentoo, I just don't have time to compile it to use it. Until make can utilize a quad core to its full potential, I'll stick to ubuntu.


Back on topic....

... you'd rather play with your computers then go out and party.
... you play a movie in your htpc from a dvd instead of your real dvd player or console box.

You want to build yourself a low powered compile cluster, gain all the optimisation in a fairly short time on a box that you don't need for anything else :p

Of course that doesn't work too great with gentoo, since portage doesn't play fair with that, but it's still a great solution if you want to play around with lfs or something similar :p

[SlickRick]

....you watch your favourite programs on BBC iPlayer, and not on TV!

+1

using the iPlayer Desktop app FTW

[ashmew2]

Install a readily bootable DSL onto a thumb drive and keep it inside your vehicle so you ALWAYS have it with you...Well , there are other things like Ubuntu Live CDs , a 1 GB Ram Stick and so on...lol..

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

The ubergeekiness in using Gentoo is all about compiling the OS. The more compilation, the better.
Now that I think I recall time when I had absolutely no idea what to do with a darn tarball... and I was pretty smart even then. So I guess having compiled your own damn system is geeky.

btw I at first tried LFS... while it was fun, Gentoo's portage is one really cool thingie.

I don't have time to compile code, I'd rather just do what I need to do right there and now. The whole point in some of us switching to linux is it help get the job done and doesn't sit there waiting for an email from mars like that retarded OS Bill Gates calls "windows".

In this day and age, we don't have time for compiling. I'm not talking down about Gentoo, I just don't have time to compile it to use it. Until make can utilize a quad core to its full potential, I'll stick to ubuntu.

Fair enough...
Though to make things clear... a quad-core can be utilized for compiling and in fact as scragar mentioned a whole cluster of PCs can be used for compiling binaries for a single system.

I have a Quad-Core Phenom and I have pretty much every single application optimized for Phenom's instruction set, and with features I only want them to be compiled with. Also a kernel compiled with modules only for my particular system.
It is a fairly good reason to use Gentoo!
Of course installing new apps takes quite a time (very roughly around ten times longer for a cmatrix to install), but as I don't routinely install and remove apps (well maybe I do, but it still doesn't bug me) so more waiting is ok for me.

Also on side note I pretty much eliminated every audio and OpenGL bug I was having with Ubuntu (Interpid).

[Find]

You CAN read more than 500 pages of replys and still find something to add!

[SlickRick]

Install a readily bootable DSL onto a thumb drive and keep it inside your vehicle so you ALWAYS have it with you...Well , there are other things like Ubuntu Live CDs , a 1 GB Ram Stick and so on...lol..

I make it a rule not to leave my house without a distro in mah pocket

[crazyness003]

I make it a rule not to leave my house without a distro in mah pocket
...what about two? Ubuntu & Knoppix

[scragar]

...what about two? Ubuntu & Knoppix

Don't forget the slackware uni-sys-rec-CD/DVD, pretty much a command line liveCD without the intention of it being used for anything more simple system repair(it has lynx as it's browser of choice :p)

[tarps87]

...what about two? Ubuntu & Knoppix

How about, Puppy Linux, DSL and whatever distro I last installed using a USB stick. Oh and freeDOS with a bios flash app of when the AA1 decides to lose it original bios. All on flash drives :)

[SlickRick]

i usually try out differnt dirstros just for the hell of it. Slax is so far my fav live distro

[lisati]

YKYAGW.....you go to a forum which deals looking for an answer to a question about recovery disks on a particular manufacturer's machine, and end up answering a question about Windows partitions with a reference to gparted

[sqrooup]

....you post into this thread!

[urosg3]

When you install Kubuntu and run Gnome in Kubuntu!;)

[jenkinbr]

....you post into this thread!
NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!1!!! NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know your a geek when the first thing you do when you have a computer hardware problem is to give the affected component a nice healthy *SMACK!* before trying anything else. Has worked for me on several occasions. :)

[GepettoBR]

....you post into this thread!

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/11/11/128708724462036652.jpg

[SlickRick]

kitteh :)

...when you always have an appropriate lolcat for any given situation and would like to use them instead of emotes
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/2003500757712164577_rs.jpg