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

[SlickRick]

...you can count to 1023 on your fingers.

I counted to 14 before I got the joke:P

...when you care about GETs

[GepettoBR]

I counted to 14 before I got the joke:P

...when you care about GETs

Joke?

It's not a joke, you just count in binary.

[jenkinbr]

I love doing that, but people always snicker when I hit 4, 128 and 132.
:lolflag: I just did this, gave my GF the bird when I hit 4 -- LOL

[Jpenguin]

..Gown/Penny turns you on

LOL

[SlickRick]

Joke?

It's not a joke, you just count in binary.

I know it's not a joke but counting in binary using your fingers is kinda funny

..Tux turns you on

no nononono NONO NO
sick person
i would understand if you said your graphics card/processor/desktop/.conkyrc but not TUXIE

[Jpenguin]

no nononono NONO NO
sick person
i would understand if you said your graphics card/processor/desktop/.conkyrc but not TUXIE


Just jokin around man. Seriously, I'm not serious.

[jenkinbr]

DO NOT RUN THE ABOVE COMMAND! <edit> The offending post was removed </edit>

You know you're a geek when you know what that command does

Hint dd run with an input file of /dev/zero, and an output of /dev/sda (aka first hard disk) and a blocksize of 1 KB

Simple terms: It wipes your first hard drive.

[jms1989]

you mean, "the following command"?

[jenkinbr]

No, I ment the above command.

The person who was above me posted the actual command, so I reported it. It was removed.

[jms1989]

I don't understand why people like to repost that evil rm command so much. We're supposed to help the community, not harm it.

(Back on topic)
YKYAGW you only accept a hd tv that is capable of 1080p and will refuse a 720p tv as well as planning on connecting it to your linux powered htpc.

I did that! ^

[hatten]

that rm command doesn't do anything! you have to add --no-preserve-root in order for it to function. So why the hell are the mods removing every single rm -rf post? The only cases where you don't have to add --no-preserve-root is if you haven't updated your computer in months!

[GepettoBR]

that rm command doesn't do anything! you have to add --no-preserve-root in order for it to function. So why the hell are the mods removing every single rm -rf post? The only cases where you don't have to add --no-preserve-root is if you haven't updated your computer in months!

If you run it as root, won't it still bog things up?

[darth_indy]

Even if you don't run it as root, doesn't it still delete a LOT of stuff? At least documents and such.

You know it's before your caffeine when you wonder about that and decide "Hm. Maybe I cauld try and nee if it does" - and have a command prompt open before you realize it is NOT a good idea, especially if you've done a lot of important work since last week's backup.

[BslBryan]

Oh, yeah, because we all know how dangerous emptying our trash is! :roll:
sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/*

I'm still on the mods' sides, though. There are still plenty of posts with rm -rf. They only delete the ones that cause problems, or can be misinterpreted.

[modmadmike]

YKYAGW you hate using websites to post pictures because they always resize them so you use you own apache server.
Example /Media/Images/Avatars/selfportrit2.png (http://67.82.48.121:90/Media/Images/Avatars/selfportrit2.png)

[Amilo1718]

YKYAGW you're at your job (a non-linux environment) and make partitions with the label SWAP :KS

[talsemgeest]

Ok, first of all, from the looks of JenkinBR's post, the post in question was not a rm -rf command, but a dd command that would zero your sda1.

Second, running the nasty rm -rf command on / actually does nothing in the latest versions of Ubuntu, so it really isn't worth fighting over. But still, I agree that it should not be posted on these forums since some people are running older versions of Ubuntu, and it would wipe their hard drives.

[hatten]

DON'T EXECUTE THE COMMANDS IN THIS POST UNLESS YOU KNOW EXTREMELY WELL WHAT YOU ARE DOING! THIS IS EXTRA APPLICABLE IF YOU RUN AN OLD LINUX DISTRO.

╔═[hatten@tukumon]═[23:29:14 Sun Jun 14]═[~]
╚═══[$]> sudo -i
Password:
# rm -rf /
rm: cannot remove root directory `/'
[root@tukumon ~]# su hatten
╔═[hatten@tukumon]═[23:35:33 Sun Jun 14]═
╚═══[$]> sudo rm -rf /
rm: cannot remove root directory `/'@gepetto, nothing bad with arch, probably not with ubuntu either. Not feeling for rebooting just to see if it is the same in 8.10.
@darth_indy, if you have upgraded the latest months it isn't such a bad idea to try, hopefully.


I did execute it with --no-preserve-root a few days ago at a rig that needed reinstalling, i wanted to ls to see if there was any folders left, but it couldn't find the ls command. I had to hard power off, AND RISK LOSING DATA! xD

mods, if you don't think my big warning was enough, just replace the command with X's or *'s, no need to delete the whole post.

[ibuclaw]

╔═[hatten@tukumon]═[23:29:14 Sun Jun 14]═[~]
╚═══[$]> sudo -i
Password:
# rm /
rm: cannot remove root directory `/'
[root@tukumon ~]# su hatten
╔═[hatten@tukumon]═[23:35:33 Sun Jun 14]═
╚═══[$]> sudo rm /
rm: cannot remove root directory `/'

mods, if you don't think my big warning was enough, just replace the command with X's or *'s, no need to delete the whole post.

Need not be so big, me thinks. Also, I would put warnings in bold red.
I would personally remove the 'rf' part too, as that is the biggie reason why that command is dangerous.

Also, may I point out that it is apparmor that prevents that command from running. The setting - as far as I am aware - has been in effect as of Jaunty.

If you are (like me) running on a vanilla kernel that doesn't have apparmor patched into it or you don't have apparmor setup properly (like what Ubuntu has) then prepare to loose everything. :)

[modmadmike]

Need not be so big, me thinks. Also, I would put warnings in bold red.
I would personally remove the 'rf' part too, as that is the biggie reason why that command is dangerous.

Also, may I point out that it is apparmor that prevents that command from running. The setting - as far as I am aware - has been in effect as of Jaunty.

If you are (like me) running on a vanilla kernel that doesn't have apparmor patched into it or you don't have apparmor setup properly (like what Ubuntu has) then prepare to loose everything. :)

hmm... I did some really dangerous commands when my desktop broke down like removing the entire kernel and reinstalling it and many other comands that I knew might break the system (expecially If the power went out lol)

[mynameinc]

xkcd is bookmarked.

[hatten]

Need not be so big, me thinks. Also, I would put warnings in bold red.
I would personally remove the 'rf' part too, as that is the biggie reason why that command is dangerous.

Also, may I point out that it is apparmor that prevents that command from running. The setting - as far as I am aware - has been in effect as of Jaunty.

If you are (like me) running on a vanilla kernel that doesn't have apparmor patched into it or you don't have apparmor setup properly (like what Ubuntu has) then prepare to loose everything. :)
haha, thought if i were gonna color it too, but in my settings in firefox all text is light blue, no matter what, so i decided that if i could live without it so can everybody else.

niceone mynameinc.

YKYAGW there are 5 computers in the room you are in right now, and you need them all

[tarps87]

DO NOT RUN THE ABOVE COMMAND! <edit> The offending post was removed </edit>

You know you're a geek when you know what that command does

Hint dd run with an input file of /dev/zero, and an output of /dev/sda (aka first hard disk) and a blocksize of 1 KB

Simple terms: It wipes your first hard drive.


Surely /dev/urandom is more fun :)

YKYAGW You find it funny that the extra vista security has stop the licensing to the product your working on work, yet you can still write a program to kill it (without the root password :))

[jenkinbr]

I don't understand why people like to repost that evil rm command so much. We're supposed to help the community, not harm it.
It wasn't the rm one, but rather a less common dd command something even worse.
DO NOT RUN THE ABOVE COMMAND! <edit> The offending post was removed </edit>

You know you're a geek when you know what that command does

Hint dd run with an input file of /dev/zero, and an output of /dev/sda (aka first hard disk) and a blocksize of 1 KB

Simple terms: It wipes your first hard drive.

that rm command doesn't do anything! you have to add --no-preserve-root in order for it to function. So why the hell are the mods removing every single rm -rf post? The only cases where you don't have to add --no-preserve-root is if you haven't updated your computer in months!
Really? I've run it from a root console (recovery mode) in intrepid to wipe the system. No problems,but then again, apparmor was probably not on at that point.
Ok, first of all, from the looks of JenkinBR's post, the post in question was not a rm -rf command, but a dd command that would zero your sda1.

Second, running the nasty rm -rf command on / actually does nothing in the latest versions of Ubuntu, so it really isn't worth fighting over. But still, I agree that it should not be posted on these forums since some people are running older versions of Ubuntu, and it would wipe their hard drives.
Yay! Someone actually read my post!
Surely /dev/urandom is more fun :)

YKYAGW You find it funny that the extra vista security has stop the licensing to the product your working on work, yet you can still write a program to kill it (without the root password :))

Make that two people.

/me thinks it's time to drop the malicious commands discussion

[jms1989]

you watch movies on a 1080p lcd tv with a linux powered computer.

[mynameinc]

you watch movies on a 1080p lcd tv with a linux powered computer.

YKYAGW you compile a Linux kernel/distro(?) for said television.

[izizzle]

When you recite apt-get commands in your sleep. :shock:

[Tacticalmobius]

you've been up for 24 hours because this blasted thing should compile
(happened to me multiple times)
your girlfriend dumps you because you spend more time at the computer than with her
when you have over 10 cans of empty monster sitting in a pyramid shape on your night stand
(my personal fav) you know more about the inner workings of a computer than your local geek squad agent

[GepettoBR]

(my personal fav) you know more about the inner workings of a computer than your local geek squad agent
From my experience, that's not so hard.

[hatten]

After playing through metal gear solid, you think it is a little funny that it sounds like snake is calling the colonel "kernel".

[jenkinbr]

(my personal fav) you know more about the inner workings of a computer than your local geek squad agent

From my experience, that's not so hard.

The Geek Squad only knows what Best Buy has indoctrinated them with...

[ibuclaw]

YKYAGW your alarm clock is the Free Software song.

[GepettoBR]

YKYAGW your alarm clock is the Free Software song.

I do not know that song. Someone please link me to it before I melt.

[SlickRick]

the guys playing it cannot sing...either that or I heard a crappy cover of it

[ZackM]

The Geek Squad only knows what Best Buy has indoctrinated them with...

Hahaha.... It's true. Check this out:

http://www.noob.us/miscellaneous/geek-squad-fails-computer-repair-test/

[amingv]

I do not know that song. Someone please link me to it before I melt.

http://www.gnu.org/music/free-software-song.html

The rock and piano versions are the best ones of the lot (at least in what having some sense of rhythm means).

YKYAG when you do your best to like the Stallman one (7/8 rhythm and all...)

[darth_indy]

you've been up for 24 hours because this blasted thing should compile
(happened to me multiple times)

Close, I was installing Ubuntu on a new computer and adding software

your girlfriend dumps you because you spend more time at the computer than with her

Hey, I'd not dump someone for that! Heck, I'd probably be sitting *next* to him, on my computer, maybe even IMing with him!

when you have over 10 cans of empty monster sitting in a pyramid shape on your night stand

Pepsi in my case, actually.

(my personal fav) you know more about the inner workings of a computer than your local geek squad agent

My 7-year-old brother knows more than them.

[jms1989]

Hahaha.... It's true. Check this out:

http://www.noob.us/miscellaneous/geek-squad-fails-computer-repair-test/

haha, that's funny.

A real geek wouldn't let his family members take their computers to a computer shop.

[tarps87]

I do not know that song. Someone please link me to it before I melt.

Sorry just had to

Click here (http://tinyurl.com/kucpul)

[ZackM]

haha, that's funny.

A real geek wouldn't let his family members take their computers to a computer shop.

Haha yes. I would offer to fix a stranger's computer for a low price then have them go to Geek Squad anytime.

[SlickRick]

Haha yes. I would offer to fix a stranger's computer for a low price then have them go to Geek Squad anytime.

low price? you mean for free right?...I mean, they're the one's giving you a fun thing to do plus a broken computer is a great opportunity to let them know about linux

[tarps87]

low price? you mean for free right?...I mean, they're the one's giving you a fun thing to do plus a broken computer is a great opportunity to let them know about linux

You have to be careful when doing this, they may ask you how to do everything. One of the best one is "Have I backed up all the data I need to?". How are you suppose to know what data they want :confused:

[Generic_Guy]

[normal guy]
Use your mind-reading abilities. You're a geek, you should be able to do that!
[/normal guy]

:mrgreen:

[ZackM]

low price? you mean for free right?...I mean, they're the one's giving you a fun thing to do plus a broken computer is a great opportunity to let them know about linux

Yeah.. I usually do things for free actually... I'm a nice guy. :(

[jms1989]

For the folks that are used to paying to get their stupid computer fixed, it only seems natural to ask how much it will cost them.



Personally, I would only charge maybe 40 to 100 bucks to reinstall the os. Upgrades cost the price of the upgrade with shipping and tax plus 10% of the total cost. New custom built computers would be the price of the parts plus shipping and handling plus 20% for labor. That's what I'd charge for friends and the family would just pay the cost of parts, no labor cost.

[darth_indy]

low price? you mean for free right?...I mean, they're the one's giving you a fun thing to do plus a broken computer is a great opportunity to let them know about linux

I usually offer two options - fix what they need fixed, usually at 1/2 of Geek Squad's prices (They think they're getting a great deal, I'm making enough to be worth it). Or, I offer Linux, and free Linux support for a few months (Hardware repairs still cost, though). You may be surprised how many people choose the cheaper Linux over reloading XP. I also tell them that if they're not happy after a month, I'll reload XP for free (Won't touch Vista). Works wonders.

[modmadmike]

YKYAGW you refuse to have an MRI done inside a siemens MRI because they run windows :popcorn:

[Beckenor]

A plumber comes to fix your pipes, and you instantly expect him to be wearing a red shirt and blue over-alls, and be Italian.

[SlickRick]

...when someone says to you whilst talking about linux 'every-thing's done with the command line, isn't it?' and you say 'no, but it's easier that way'.


A plumber comes to fix your pipes, and you instantly expect him to be wearing a red shirt and blue over-alls, and be Italian.

:lolflag:

I would probably expect him make loads of cheesy innuendos about my pipes whilst some funky 70s music plays...but that's just me :p

[tarps87]

... the family would just pay the cost of parts, no labor cost.

If you start charging for labour someone might do the same ;)

YKYAGW you refuse to have an MRI done inside a siemens MRI because they run windows :popcorn:

:lolflag:

...when someone says to you whilst talking about linux 'every-thing's done with the command line, isn't it?' and you say 'no, but it's easier that way'...

But it's true

YKYAGW Your driving down the A12 and see the number plate **** KDE and the first thing you think of is..., well I don't think I need to spell it out.
(The *'s are because I only notice the last part)

[SlickRick]

YKYAGW Your driving down the A12 and see the number plate **** KDE and the first thing you think of is..., well I don't think I need to spell it out.
(The *'s are because I only notice the last part)

I saw a number plate the other day that was ****URL. YKYAGW you giggle at that.

[H2SO_four]

you've been up for 24 hours because this blasted thing should compile
(happened to me multiple times)
your girlfriend dumps you because you spend more time at the computer than with her
when you have over 10 cans of empty monster sitting in a pyramid shape on your night stand
(my personal fav) you know more about the inner workings of a computer than your local geek squad agent

Aside from getting dumped, guilty on all counts.

[hatten]

Aside from getting dumped, guilty on all counts.
Yeah, i haven't had a girlfriend either. ;)

[lisati]

Yeah, i haven't had a girlfriend either. ;)

Isn't Ubuntu or one of our machines our second wife/girlfriend?

[SlickRick]

Isn't Ubuntu or one of our machines our second wife/girlfriend?

I think of my computer as a single dad, raising a psp by himself. I'm thinking of getting a laptop so he could have a hot young model for a wife.

[GepettoBR]

I think of my computer as a single dad, raising a psp by himself. I'm thinking of getting a laptop so he could have a hot young model for a wife.

:lolflag:

[Kopachris]

I think of my computer as a single dad, raising a psp by himself. I'm thinking of getting a laptop so he could have a hot young model for a wife.
If you don't want to shell out the cash for a MacBook Pro, you could probably find a 17" Al PowerBook G4 in good condition for a very reasonable price. I'm still using my PowerBook G4. Except for battery life (and the occasional grinding sound by the fans (I need to clean them out)), it still runs like new. I named her after a character from RvB. :p

[SlickRick]

If you don't want to shell out the cash for a MacBook Pro, you could probably find a 17" Al PowerBook G4 in good condition for a very reasonable price. I'm still using my PowerBook G4. Except for battery life (and the occasional grinding sound by the fans (I need to clean them out)), it still runs like new. I named her after a character from RvB. :p

are you kidding? Everything from apple is too over-priced. Also, I think they don't understand the concept of currency exchange rates. For the cheapest "13 macbook pro it's $1199 in their online store and it's £899 in their UK site. I think that's quite unfair since $1199=£724.99

in any case, I won't be spending above £300

[Clorow]

YKYAGW you know that:

10 HOME
20 SWEET
30 GOTO 10

is actually "home sweet home sweet home sweet home sweet home sweet home sweet home sweet..."

[Generic_Guy]

You know you're a nerdWindows computer when your brain just rebooted from parsing that infinite loop.
You know you're a geekLinux computer when you recognize the loop and ignore it. :mrgreen:

[solitaire]

...when you seek to gain enlightenment...
..But can't get the darn thing to compile...

[Generic_Guy]

... when you're essentially forced to use a Windows machine, and say "AGH, I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" after five minutes.

Me, right now. D:

[anthony62490]

...when you've forgotten where your computer's cover is. And then you try to justify that by saying that it actually looks better without the cover.

(I am so guilty of this one.)

[scragar]

...when you've forgotten where your computer's cover is. And then you try to justify that by saying that it actually looks better without the cover.

(I am so guilty of this one.)

Computers have covers? None of mine have ever had covers...

[jenkinbr]

Computers have covers? None of mine have ever had covers...
It keeps the componets cooler that way - especially when you aim a fan at it :)

[masux594]

When I say "Hey, try to optimize yourself!" or "why don't u use linux?"

Sysc, A

[tarps87]

It keeps the componets cooler that way - especially when you aim a fan at it :)

I have mine on to reduce the risk on putting my foot in it and becoming part of it

[masux594]

isn't ubuntu or one of our machines our second wife/girlfriend?
+1 !!!!!!!

[Kopachris]

It keeps the componets cooler that way - especially when you aim a fan at it :)
I did that before I got a new video card with a fan that actually works. Even with that and a few other fans jerry-rigged inside it it overheated sometimes.

[SlickRick]

I have mine on to reduce the risk on putting my foot in it and becoming part of it

:lolflag:

Don't tempt me

[Blacklightbulb]

When you quit a relationship with a girl who sustains that it's still better to use windows because:
1. It user-friendly and compatible
2. You get for what you pay
3. Because everyone else uses windows.

That moment I tried hardly to remember how in hell did I enter in a relationship with one of those other human things.

Oh wait .. I just realized that every Homo sapiens sapiens with a bit of clean (not brainwashed sense) would have done such a thing.

Besides I don't think I could ever carry a more or less "intellectual" conversation with someone who uses "because everyone else does it" as a point in an argument

anyways..........

I am confused am I a geek?
I love computers.
I too have no cover on my overclocked rig which is gonna overheat in minutes

What are the requirement for being a geek?

[SlickRick]

What are the requirement for being a geek?

you have to fill out dozens of forms and then send me your bank account details and sort code :p
then you have to dance around naked in a corn field with two amstrads as shoes and two P4's taped to your nipples swinging your computer mouse through the air, yodeling at sunrise

[jenkinbr]

When you quit a relationship with a girl who sustains that it's still better to use windows because:
1. It user-friendly and compatible
2. You get for what you pay
3. Because everyone else uses windows.

That moment I tried hardly to remember how in hell did I enter in a relationship with one of those other human things.

Oh wait .. I just realized that every Homo sapiens sapiens with a bit of clean (not brainwashed sense) would have done such a thing.

Besides I don't think I could ever carry a more or less "intellectual" conversation with someone who uses "because everyone else does it" as a point in an argument

My girlfriend prefers that I put Windows on her computer when I build it, because that's what she is familiar with. However, she is willing to give Linux a try because it's free and looks to be easy to use. (I'd be doing most of the homework when it comes to solving problems, so she only needs to know how to run some programs.

On a side note, on the 'You Get what you paid for' note, YKYAGW you know that line is rubbish.

you have to fill out dozens of forms and then send me your bank account details and sort code :p
then you have to dance around naked <snip>

I DID NOT need to see that.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

you have to fill out dozens of forms and then send me your bank account details and sort code :p
then you have to dance around naked in a corn field with two amstrads as shoes and two P4's taped to your nipples swinging your computer mouse through the air, yodeling at sunrise

sounds almost like me... except without all that hardware, and sending output of /dev/urandom instead...

Well actually I just swam naked in lake in my sister's wedding! (But I might be lying here cause I was absolutely hammered)

[Polaris96]

You know you're a geek when all your college classmates in EE were jealous that you hung out with the "cool" kids ... and you were jealous because whatever THEY were chatting about together probably wasn't inane, mindless, crap or recycled sports scores. (seriously! have YOU ever tried to pretend that her abstract paintings were SO relevant to society today, while internally cringing over the Cal III test tomorrow that you (obviously) weren't studying for? It's almost wasn't worth it...)

You know you're a geek when you mentally rehearse your statements so you won't say what you're really thinking and get weird looks from people around you.

You know you're a geek when somebody asks you about politics and you say, "election? ... oh, yeah... Did you hear Hawking's gonna solve the information paradox?"

You know you're a geek when getting your damned X-server screen to wink on gives you entirely too much pleasure.

You know you're a geek when it matters whether poeple like Gnome better.

You know you're a geek when you can close your eyes and see the curves.

You're definitely a geek if you know analog.

If you always set your terminal for "green on black" because of that nostalgic, comforting feeling. U R A GeeK.

If you USE the terminal - Geek.

If you know any of these terms: Curl, Poynting Vector, Lorentz Force, Underdamped Response, Karnot Map, Flux density, field intensity, Partial differnetial tensor, asymptote, saddle point, spin correction, or valence, YOU ARE A GEEK

If you know the actual meaning of the terms like: quantum, photon, nanotechnology, and Terabyte. Geekazoid.

If you liked the original Star Trek because it was more REAL, you are a geek.

If your most vivd dreams involve generating the planck energy - geek.


Most of all: When you are absolutely busting with pride that your girlfriend is happy using a 64bit Kubuntu platform of your own creation ... well ... the defense rests.

Via con Gee'OS, You freakin' GGGNNNNNUUUUUURRRRDDDDDZZZZZZZZZZ!


...dammit! where'd i put my damned 48dx?

[philcamlin]

when you overclock a 56 k modem :popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you mentally rehearse your statements so you won't say what you're really thinking and get weird looks from people around you.

You know you're a geek when somebody asks you about politics and you say, "election? ... oh, yeah... Did you hear Hawking's gonna solve the information paradox?"

You know you're a geek when getting your damned X-server screen to wink on gives you entirely too much pleasure.

You know you're a geek when it matters whether poeple like Gnome better.

You know you're a geek when you can close your eyes and see the curves.

You're definitely a geek if you know analog.

If you always set your terminal for "green on black" because of that nostalgic, comforting feeling. U R A GeeK.

If you USE the terminal - Geek.

If you know any of these terms: Curl, Poynting Vector, Lorentz Force, Underdamped Response, Karnot Map, Flux density, field intensity, Partial differnetial tensor, asymptote, saddle point, spin correction, or valence, YOU ARE A GEEK

If you know the actual meaning of the terms like: quantum, photon, nanotechnology, and Terabyte. Geekazoid.

If you liked the original Star Trek because it was more REAL, you are a geek.

If your most vivd dreams involve generating the planck energy - geek.


Most of all: When you are absolutely busting with pride that your girlfriend is happy using a 64bit Kubuntu platform of your own creation ... well ... the defense rests.

Via con Gee'OS, You freakin' GGGNNNNNUUUUUURRRRDDDDDZZZZZZZZZZ!


...dammit! where'd i put my damned 48dx?
1. y
2. n
3. sounds awesome, but never done it :(
4. n, I personally prefer GNOME because of its simplicity and uncluttered look, but I can see why people would like KDE.
5. n?
6. know analog how?
7. YES
8. yep
9. a few of them, yes
10. y, y, y, y
11. No, I actually like VOY better. It has a lot more good treknobabble, and keeps itself pretty consistent. I enjoyed the new Star Trek movie very much (it's Trek, Jim, but not as we know it), except for the hair on the projector lens.
12. n, but sounds fun
13. close, Mom being perfectly happy with Ubuntu, contrary to how Dad thought she'd feel (Dad has been with M$ since Windows 1.0).

In the case of 5 and 6, I obviously haven't been around long enough.

[jenkinbr]

You know you're a geek when all your college classmates in EE were jealous that you hung out with the "cool" kids ... and you were jealous because whatever THEY were chatting about together probably wasn't inane, mindless, crap or recycled sports scores. (seriously! have YOU ever tried to pretend that her abstract paintings were SO relevant to society today, while internally cringing over the Cal III test tomorrow that you (obviously) weren't studying for? It's almost wasn't worth it...)


Yes


You know you're a geek when you mentally rehearse your statements so you won't say what you're really thinking and get weird looks from people around you.


A good portion of the time, yes.


You know you're a geek when somebody asks you about politics and you say, "election? ... oh, yeah... Did you hear Hawking's gonna solve the information paradox?"


Kinda, but most of the time, I just want them to make it stop...


You know you're a geek when getting your damned X-server screen to wink on gives you entirely too much pleasure.


Yeah, been there :)


You know you're a geek when it matters whether poeple like Gnome better.


Kinda, I'm a GNOME fan because of the clean layout and the fact that I can't stand the "KDE Knaming Kscheme"


You know you're a geek when you can close your eyes and see the curves.


wut? not sure what you mean here....


You're definitely a geek if you know analog.


Wut? I know what analog is, but knowing analog.....?


If you always set your terminal for "green on black" because of that nostalgic, comforting feeling. U R A GeeK.


My term is always green on 75% opaque black (If you can help me get my tty[1-6] to be green on black, I'd be really happy).


If you USE the terminal - Geek.


It's easier that way.


If you know any of these terms: Curl, Poynting Vector, Lorentz Force, Underdamped Response, Karnot Map, Flux density, field intensity, Partial differnetial tensor, asymptote, saddle point, spin correction, or valence, YOU ARE A GEEK


y,n,n,y,n,y,y,n,y,n,y,y


If you know the actual meaning of the terms like: quantum, photon, nanotechnology, and Terabyte. Geekazoid.


y,y,y,y


If you liked the original Star Trek because it was more REAL, you are a geek.


Wasn't around then, sorry...


If your most vivd dreams involve generating the planck energy - geek.


The wut?


Most of all: When you are absolutely busting with pride that your girlfriend is happy using a 64bit Kubuntu platform of your own creation ... well ... the defense rests.


Well, kinda - she could care less about the 64-bit and stuff, just as long as it works and I'll help her learn how to use it. She actually wants me to put Ubuntu on her computer when I rebuild one for her.


Via con Gee'OS, You freakin' GGGNNNNNUUUUUURRRRDDDDDZZZZZZZZZZ!


Wut?


...dammit! where'd i put my damned 48dx?

Ur wut?

[B4RR13N705]

You know you're a geek when it matters whether poeple like Gnome better.

I personally prefer XFCE, i really dislike KDE

[Polaris96]

Never thought i'd do a follow up "know you're a geek when..." but, really, I'm kind of flattered. Thanx guys.

1. Seeing the curves implies the ability to look at an equation and envision its curvy perfection in yer noggin. This ability applies to many other fun curvy things, as well.

2. Analog means analog theory in electronics ... sorry, I know it's sectarian, but I'm an ee an u go where u know...

3. Original star trek? i wasn't around either but i luv 'em just the same "phasers on slaughter, ensign smith just ate it, and look for kirk in the blue girl's bedroom" AH! the simple life...

4. 48dx is the "now vintage" HP48dx scientific calculator. For the past 15 years, she has been my true soulmate ...

5. Girls that like Linux ... well ... veri seksi it's like chocolate and vanilla on the same cone.

Tally Ho!

[scragar]

You want to help me find what's wrong with my new computer?

Graphics card is built in.
Onboard speaker has been tested, and works.
Mobo is receiving power(since heatsink runs and the inside LED lights up)

The problem is when I push the power button other than the heatsink starting up nothing appears to change :( There's no system beep telling me there's an error, and no picture on my monitor.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what I should test first, before I go messing about swapping graphics cards and power supplies about?

PS: I know it doesn't really belong here, but I figure I'll get a quicker response here than in the main boards :p

[Kopachris]

1. Seeing the curves implies the ability to look at an equation and envision its curvy perfection in yer noggin. This ability applies to many other fun curvy things, as well.
Ooh! Yeah, I do that sometimes. More often, though, I hear a tone and pick out the type of wave. (I know, that's not the same. But I do that more often.)

[masux594]

If sometimes you think ".. why can't I reinstall my life?"

Sysc, A

[JordyD]

If sometimes you think ".. why can't I reinstall my life?"

Sysc, A

sudo apt-get remove life && sudo apt-get install life

Tada!

[lisati]

The problem is when I push the power button other than the heatsink starting up nothing appears to change :( There's no system beep telling me there's an error, and no picture on my monitor.

YKYAG when you can identify the heatsink within your system unit.

p.s. It's probably the fan you hear starting up.

[lisati]

sudo apt-get remove life && sudo apt-get install life

Tada!
Wouldn't this be more elegant?
sudo aptitude reinstall life

I'm currently recovering from a trip to the dentist yesterday. This just occured to me:
sudo aptitude reinstall teeth

Edit: afterthought: when I got back home yesterday some scaffolding had mysteriously appeared outside my place. I think some contractors are getting ready for this:
sudo apt-get remove roof && sudo apt-get install new-roof

[icarid_17]

You use the pipe symbol instead of arrows in your history notes

[GepettoBR]

sudo apt-get remove roof && sudo apt-get install new-roof

Shouldn't they just run sudo aptitude update roof and save thmselves the trouble of replacing the whole support structure?

[lisati]

Shouldn't they just run sudo aptitude update roof and save thmselves the trouble of replacing the whole support structure?

Probably: Most of the homes in the area I live were built in the 1960s, and I think the landlord is wanting to update things so that there's less of a risk from asbestos. (There are a couple of homes built more recently by the good folks from Habitat for Humanity, presumably they were smart enough to avoid many of the hassles that 1960s-style materials bring)

[Nitrozzy7]

You know you're a geek when someone asks you a question (like "to wich planet whould I go if atmospheric toxicity was my thing?") and you're answering correctly. Linux on your computer may be a geek indication also... Oh! the answer is Venus.

[JordyD]

You know you're a geek when someone asks you a question (like "to wich planet whould I go if atmospheric toxicity was my thing?") and you're answering correctly. Linux on your computer may be a geek indication also... Oh! the answer is Venus.

Well I can ask most people their name and they answer correctly... I hope.

[scragar]

YKYAG when you can identify the heatsink within your system unit.

p.s. It's probably the fan you hear starting up.

Oh, I fixed that, turns out I'd not put the CPU in correctly, I mean it was in, but it could have been in a little better, I wasted the last of my thermal paste cleaning up my heatsink and getting it ready for testing again, and I'm going to need some more to retest my computer, I didn't put enough on to have enough heating judging by the heatsink quality and the CPUs wattage(90W :o ). It works fine for booting to the screen telling me to add a device or two(no drives in it just yet), but no way I'm running a CD or something just yet.

[talsemgeest]

YKYAG when you can identify the heatsink within your system unit.

p.s. It's probably the fan you hear starting up.
Which heatsink are we talking about here? CPU, GPU, Northbridge, Southbridge... ;)

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when someone asks you a question (like "to wich planet whould I go if atmospheric toxicity was my thing?") and you're answering correctly. Linux on your computer may be a geek indication also... Oh! the answer is Venus.
It all depends on what kind of toxicity. Venus is great for sulfuric acid, but if you like really cold methane (along with ammonia and ammonium hydrosulfide), you'll want to go to Uranus or Neptune. Heck, even carbon dioxide could be counted as toxic, and Mars has plenty of that. Personally, I prefer metallic hydrogen in my atmosphere. Jupiter and Saturn are where I hang out. ;)

[sim-value]

When one way of calculating the value of your Personal Belongings is Addind up the Mhz ...

[hatten]

When one way of calculating the value of your Personal Belongings is Addind up the Mhz ...
or Thz/khz =P

[Killer Cop]

A nice looking woman sits up next to you and says Hi.

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

Haha, the best one yet! ^^

- - -

You know you're a geek when you try to explain your friends that there's a difference in computer quality and computer performance.

[lisati]

Wouldn't this be more elegant?
sudo aptitude reinstall life

I'm currently recovering from a trip to the dentist yesterday. This just occured to me:
sudo aptitude reinstall teeth

Edit: afterthought: when I got back home yesterday some scaffolding had mysteriously appeared outside my place. I think some contractors are getting ready for this:
sudo apt-get remove roof && sudo apt-get install new-roof
Ah, the contractors arrived a few minutes ago. I can't be bothered getting the video camera out to produce the documentary for Youtube (http://youtube.com)

[philcamlin]

when you cant get your kids to go to sleep and your like

SUDO kids get to sleep

NO

sudo su

kids get to bed

YEE DADDY RIGHT AWAY ! :popcorn:

parenting to the max :D

[jenkinbr]

when you cant get your kids to go to sleep and your like

SUDO kids get to sleep

NO

sudo su

kids get to bed

YEE DADDY RIGHT AWAY ! :popcorn:

parenting to the max :D
...a variation of the cli-speak posts that are floating around this thread. :)

[R2D2!]

YKYAGW you've tried to exterminate humankind with the following command:
rm -rf /Eukarya/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Primates/Hominidae/Hominini/Homo/sapiens/*

—Ilhuıtemoc δ

[jenkinbr]

YKYAGW you've tried to exterminate humankind with the following command:
rm -rf /Eukarya/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Primates/Hominidae/Hominini/Homo/sapiens/*

—Ilhuıtemoc δ
:lolflag:

[sim-value]

Once and for all :
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sandwich.png

[scragar]

You spent 10 minutes working out a message written in webdings because you don't have the font. :p
WEBPOLL

If you actually bothered to
translate this, you are:

a. Clearly unemployed
b. Clearly a nerd geek
c. Clearly disappointed by now
that it's nothing
controvertial

[sonikamd]

...you've installed debian on your cell phone just because 'you could' :D

...you've spent hours reading this thread lyao even tho you're thirsty, out of mountain dew and only a block from the store

...you've stopped drinking water due to it's lack of caffeine

...computing something you feel it necessary to do the fifteen steps required via command line instead of the two steps required in the GUI... because doing it in the GUI will take longer!

...[edit] you spend 20 minutes editing your first post in the Ubuntu forums because you don't want to seem like you NOT a geek lol

[kvarley]

When the IT technician at school asks you what linux is and after explaining he clearly is confused and goes back and hides in his office. xD

[Generic_Guy]

You have no clue how likely this is. I mentioned something along the lines of 'what if Google's servers go down' and the teacher was just going o_O at me. Then I felt superior to everyone at my school for the 10000th time.
:mrgreen:

[SlickRick]

When the IT technician at school asks you what linux is and after explaining he clearly is confused and goes back and hides in his office. xD

when you found out that the technician at college uses linux, you think to yourself "so that's how openoffice got onto the system"

[GepettoBR]

You have no clue how likely this is. I mentioned something along the lines of 'what if Google's servers go down' and the teacher was just going o_O at me. Then I felt superior to everyone at my school for the 10000th time.
:mrgreen:

Wasn't he looking weird at you because Google uses such a massive and redundant server frame that it's nigh-impossible for them to actually go down en masse in a way noticeable to the outside world?

[yabbadabbadont]

Wasn't he looking weird at you because Google uses such a massive and redundant server frame that it's nigh-impossible for them to actually go down en masse in a way noticeable to the outside world?

That is only true for the search engine. The other parts of Google, including the parts they provide as a paid service, often do go down. (As many businesses found out not too long ago. ;))

[jms1989]

i could live without a search engine for a month or two. ;)

[Generic_Guy]

Wasn't he looking weird at you because Google uses such a massive and redundant server frame that it's nigh-impossible for them to actually go down en masse in a way noticeable to the outside world?
No. She had absolutely no clue what I said meant.

[ExplicitViper]

when you cant go a day without thinking of new builds on World of Warcraft.

[paul_be]

sleep two hours a night because your installing / configuring systems

[Spaceman7o]

Search youtube for tutorials on everything.

[jenkinbr]

when you found out that the technician at college uses linux, you think to yourself "so that's how openoffice got onto the system"

Or firefox.

Or GIMP.

Or all three.

The Director of IT and the Network Admin at my college both use Linux (Almost exclusively).

The Technician uses an Ubuntu Live CD (7.04) to do system troubleshooting on rare occasions. Otherwise, he uses a floppy that contains a minimalist Linux kernel that boots and runs dd with four passes to randomize the bits on the first three passes and zero's the drive on the fourth pass. That disk doesn't care what disk is first - it simply runs on /dev/sda. Other than that, he's a windows fanboy.

[Kopachris]

sleep two hours a night because your installing / configuring systems
Sleep while you're compiling LFS because you added beep to the end of the command to wake you up when it was done compiling. <I actually did that last summer.

[scragar]

i could live without a search engine for a month or two. ;)

I don't think I could manage, I need OpenDNS to find me the right pages when I type in ubuntu forums rather than remembering the uri.

[GepettoBR]

I don't think I could manage, I need OpenDNS to find me the right pages when I type in ubuntu forums rather than remembering the uri.

I have an OpenDNS bookmark, and just type uf ;)

[TyrosCenva]

..you dream about someone giving you a dish with a 1 in it.
..you wake up to the alarm clock and still half asleep turn it off in an attempt to type in some complicated code.
..you can't help but smile when you receive a number like 3.14 or 42, even if the decimal point is missing.
..you programmed a penguin robot to read your highlights on irc and wake you up in the morning.

All of the above are from personal experience..)

[TyrosCenva]

You know your a gaming geek when you look out the window in thick fog and exclaim

"ahh, the draw distance."

Fantastic! I actually talked about this with a colleague at work.
I also sometimes exclaim that the sky or water looks poorly rendered..

Also, you know you're a geek when...
..you've tried the French Press, Moka pot and Aerobie in addition to the 'normal' ways of making coffee to find out which one gives the best result. (For me it's the Aerobie)
..you state "this was a triumph.." when you've achieved something good.

[renbla]

After hours reading 6xx replies, i know that..... i'm not a geek :(, i really want to be one :((:((

[SlickRick]

After hours reading 6xx replies, i know that..... i'm not a geek :(, i really want to be one :((:((

well, this thread is the perfect 'how to be a geek for dummies' guide


Or firefox.

Or GIMP.

Or all three.

The Director of IT and the Network Admin at my college both use Linux (Almost exclusively).

The Technician uses an Ubuntu Live CD (7.04) to do system troubleshooting on rare occasions. Otherwise, he uses a floppy that contains a minimalist Linux kernel that boots and runs dd with four passes to randomize the bits on the first three passes and zero's the drive on the fourth pass. That disk doesn't care what disk is first - it simply runs on /dev/sda. Other than that, he's a windows fanboy.

yea, we've got GIMP. However, I find that firefox is the browser of choice for any institution these days. I've been trying to persuade the IT guy to install seamonkey based on the fact that the computers are too slow for FF and seamonkey uses a similar engine anyway.

...YKYAGW you care what software is used at work/school rather than just using what they give you

[lisati]

After hours reading 6xx replies, i know that..... i'm not a geek :(, i really want to be one :((:((

Good luck! You might not immediately have a practical application for all you've read, but a dim recollection of something you've read might provide much needed inspiration some time in the future. When this happens, you'll be well on the way to joining the ranks of "geekdom".

[TyrosCenva]

You try to explain that the symbol on your shirt is not necessarily the power symbol, depending if you use IEC 5009 (standby symbol) or IEEE 1621 ("power"), but since it glows in the dark, it must be the IEC 5009 version.

When someone condoles you on the loss of Schrödingers cat, read from your shirt, you turn around to show the cat is not dead..)

You tell a friend you need 'timelord technology' for your pockets and they don't get it. (Or does that just say something about your friends? hmmz..)

[talsemgeest]

You try to explain that the symbol on your shirt is not necessarily the power symbol, depending if you use IEC 5009 (standby symbol) or IEEE 1621 ("power"), but since it glows in the dark, it must be the IEC 5009 version.

When someone condoles you on the loss of Schrödingers cat, read from your shirt, you turn around to show the cat is not dead..)

You tell a friend you need 'timelord technology' for your pockets and they don't get it. (Or does that just say something about your friends? hmmz..)
Haha, one of the best ykyagw posts I've seen for a while, I especially liked the one about the timelord tech.

Anyway, one from my own experience, ykyagw you use net-speak in rl so often that the people around you start using it too (The most common ones are lol and /me [pronounced "slash me"]) ;)

[TyrosCenva]

..you've answered your personal phone with "Hello, IT, have you tried turning it off and on again?"
..you know the new emergency number is 0118999881999119725....3
..you've found yourself saying "This [noun] is problematic."
..you've made your own lockpick set, remote camera switch, laser pointer, etc
..you have a roll of duct tape in your bag, along with some rope and a multi-tool, just in case.
..your wallet contains more duct tape than the original material it was made of.
..your wallet is made of duct tape.
..by yourself.

..you're proud to have scored 80% on this geek test (http://www.oneplusyou.com/bb/geek).

[one_iota]

..you've answered your personal phone with "Hello, IT, have you tried turning it off and on again?"
:lol:

ykyagw... you and your laptop cannot function independently of each other!

... your ISP has technical problems leaving you without teh interwebz for 8 hours... and your eyes and brain glaze over and you're barely alive by the time they get it working again... but as soon as teh webz are back, you immediately spring to life again!

... you've used a keyboard for so long, that when you have to pick up a pen, you examine it like an extra from Quest For Fire and try to remember what you're supposed to do with it!

[Biochem]

..you've answered your personal phone with "Hello, IT, have you tried turning it off and on again?"
..you know the new emergency number is 0118999881999119725....3
..you've found yourself saying "This [noun] is problematic."
..you've made your own lockpick set, remote camera switch, laser pointer, etc
..you have a roll of duct tape in your bag, along with some rope and a multi-tool, just in case.
..your wallet contains more duct tape than the original material it was made of.
..your wallet is made of duct tape..

No duck Tape but I do have in my office:
a multi-tool
a set of small screwdrivers
a multimeter
an emergency external Hard drive
A big Tube of waterproofing (bath tub) silicon

My bag contains more in the line off
a USB to ATA/SATA converter
RJ45, RJ11, USB, ESata, RCA cables

Now a true geek will use these items on a regular basis.

[Vrekk]

:lol:

... you've used a keyboard for so long, that when you have to pick up a pen, you examine it like an extra from Quest For Fire and try to remember what you're supposed to do with it!

What is this "pen" you speak of?

The Almighty Google makes it sound like a writing tool for cave men.

[talsemgeest]

Ykyagw you refer to a great internet speed as "beautiful", and a slow download speed as "disgusting".

[jenkinbr]

Ykyagw you refer to a great internet speed as "beautiful", and a slow download speed as "disgusting".
...when downloading an important (and large) file, you would rather sit and watch the bytes recieved number grow instead of doing something else, because this file is so important that you need to work with it immediatly.

...When you think progress bars are prettiest when they are at 99%.

...you tell your computer 'good night' and 'good morning'

...when your bedroom becomes the computer Emergency Room.

...when you don't care about the rat's nest behind the desk because you'll figure out what goes where when you need to. (and also because you change hardware too much).

...you have an ISO folder somewhere on your computer that contains ISO's for at least five different linux distrobutions.

...you cry when your instructor bans laptops from the classroom (I have seen this happen) :(

...the last time you booted windows was more than two years ago.

...you get a headache just thinking about the Microsoft website.

[GepettoBR]

..you state "this was a triumph.." when you've achieved something good.

No, but I have made notes saying "Huge success!"

[scragar]

No, but I have made notes saying "Huge success!"

It's hard to over state my satisfaction.

[GepettoBR]

It's hard to over state my satisfaction.

You're not smart, you're not a scientist, you're not a doctor, you're not even a fulltime employee.
Where did your life go so wrong?

[Generic_Guy]

..you're proud to have scored 80% on this geek test (http://www.oneplusyou.com/bb/geek).I say it's mostly nerd stuff. There's not even anything mentioning how many times you've compiled from source! D:

That's my excuse on why I got 77% and I'm sticking to it! :mrgreen:

Edit: After running through it again and noticing the bottom options on some of the questions, I went up to 95%. Yay!
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/1494/lookit.png

[Megrimn]

...when downloading an important (and large) file, you would rather sit and watch the bytes recieved number grow instead of doing something else, because this file is so important that you need to work with it immediatly.

...When you think progress bars are prettiest when they are at 99%.


totally agree

[Vrekk]

...when downloading an important (and large) file, you would rather sit and watch the bytes recieved number grow instead of doing something else, because this file is so important that you need to work with it immediatly.


Yep i've lost to much sleep doing that


...you have an ISO folder somewhere on your computer that contains ISO's for at least five different linux distrobutions.

Who dosen't?

YKYAGW........ You have one computer with 3 different OS's on it. (Extra points if you have more)

[scragar]

YKYAGW........ You have one computer with 3 different OS's on it. (Extra points if you have more)

Nah, I've got 4 boxes, one OS per box, I switch machines as needed, I dislike dual booting :p

[Vrekk]

Nah, I've got 4 boxes, one OS per box, I switch machines as needed, I dislike dual booting :p

I dont have the money for 4 boxes :'(

YKWAGKW.... When you go to your friends work and are able to fix the computers faster then the IT guy :D
That happened to me today, all the Red Hats dropped to a root shell and all the IT guy could do was reboot. (Can someone say startx?)

[jms1989]

I have 5 OSes on my main box, soon I want to add puppy to the mix. I just need to figgure out where to place it on my disks so I don't wipe it out on the next ubuntu upgrade. I may not be a geek for not booting all of them but they are there if some in the two main OSes break. Ubuntu 9.04 and Win7 are considered my main OSes but I have XP and Ubuntu 8.10 64 incase they go down. I do have a working lfs install but all it can really do is boot can fix things on my disks if all else fails.

I do have 2 other computers are all mine, one is my server and the other is my htpc connected to my hdtv.

People call me when their computer breaks but it mostly involves working with windows. :( I swear, that stupid os always start slowing down after 6 months of daily use but they don't believe me.

.. you find yourself bashing windows when a computer error occurs.

Oddly, my mom has a laptop that refuses to open any secure connections but the virtual ubuntu I have installed with happily open a secure connection. :)

.. you have a web address that takes you directly to your home server. :)

[scragar]

.. you have a web address that takes you directly to your home server. :)
Or you just know your home IP address by heart. :p

[jms1989]

Or you just know your home IP address by heart. :p

My IP is dynamic so that wouldn't work. My router update DynDNS.org after every ip change so it works.

[PurposeOfReason]

Blind flashing your bios is no big deal, in fact, it is just another day using a computer.

[R2D2!]

When did you start playing videogames?

1980-1985
1986-1990
etc
I was born ın 1993! That's unfaır, the answers should be one's age when startıng playıng...

—Ilhuıtemoc

[tvtech]

Your wife asks you to stop bringing home other peoples dead computers.

[Kopachris]

<quote>
...you have an ISO folder somewhere on your computer that contains ISO's for at least five different linux distrobutions.
</quote>

Who dosen't?

Nah, I just keep my downloads folder organized by file type. I do have more than five distro images, though. And multiple versions of some.

YKYAGW........ You have one computer with 3 different OS's on it. (Extra points if you have more)I did at one time. Not anymore though. Maybe again someday.

EDIT: Also, when you hate the glare of your A/C adapter (PowerBook G4) in your face while you sleep, but you need to keep your laptop plugged in because you're wgetting something important that could take a while.

[lisati]

Your wife asks you to stop bringing home other peoples dead computers.

... or asks you to get rid of some "antiques" that you haven't used in years but keep around "just in case" you find a use for them. (in my case a couple of Commodore 128s, both work, but the sound department in one is fried)

[Megrimn]

I was born ın 1993! That's unfaır, the answers should be one's age when startıng playıng...

—Ilhuıtemoc

yeah, I was born in 1990, but I STILL played super mario bros., duck hunt, paperboy, tetris, dr. mario, and wheel of fortune on the nes. Some survey!

[Anxious Nut]

You know you're a geek when somebody comes in your direction -having the horror theme along- hiding something behind his back and you scream, No please Not Windoooooows!!

[The Toxic Mite]

... you have twm installed on your computer :P

[Barrucadu]

You have a drawer containing nothing but linux livecds (I currently have 23, mostly different versions of Arch, Xubuntu, and Ubuntu).

[Megrimn]

YKYAGW

...you go home for the weekend and the first thing you pack is the computer.

...the second thing you pack is your live cd collection.

...then you update your ipod (or other mp3 player, if you have one) songs for the ride home.

...then everything you will wear (but forgot the underwear).

...hmm, will I need a network cable?

[scragar]

YKYAGW

...you go home for the weekend and the first thing you pack is the computer.

...the second thing you pack is your live cd collection.

...then you update your ipod (or other mp3 player, if you have one) songs for the ride home.

...then everything you will wear (but forgot the underwear).

...hmm, will I need a network cable?

Always bring a network cable, with something that important it's always better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

[darth_indy]

...you have an ISO folder somewhere on your computer that contains ISO's for at least five different linux distrobutions.

Not only that, but I have CDs of multiple Linux distros in a 320 CD carrier. For most, I keep 4 versions back - for Ubuntu, it's 7.10, 8.04, 8.10, and 9.04 at this time, with a disc for each of 32-bit, 64-bit, desktop and server editions. I'm always prepared!

[PurposeOfReason]

Your computer build has more paper, cardboard, and rubber bands then actual parts.

[Megrimn]

The fans don't run anymore, so you have the side popped open with a regular fan aimed at it.

[solitaire]

The fans don't run anymore, so you have the side popped open with a regular fan aimed at it.


Or you're desk fan does not work and you've got 20 CPU fans rigged together in a group to cool YOU down....

[scratman]

I just talked somebody through a complete install of Ubuntu using nothing more than MSN. Does that count?

[Arcturus691]

You take the time to read all these posts and find them all funny :lol:

[scragar]

I just talked somebody through a complete install of Ubuntu using nothing more than MSN. Does that count?

You lose points for having to explain how to install ubuntu when it's really easy.
You lose yet more points for using MSN.

But you gain a lot more points for being someones choice for tech support when installing an operating system(which most people assume is similar to building a working model of optimus prime from the transformers out of sand, two elastic bands and a paperclip).

[f.constantino]

When you start counting 1 9 2 instead of 1 2 3... #-o
After writting a couple of commands in terminal you press Ctrl+S

[darth_indy]

You lose points for having to explain how to install ubuntu when it's really easy.
You lose yet more points for using MSN.

No and yes - REAL techs use IRC :P But he doesn't lose points for having to explain it, only if it has to be explained.

[MikeTheC]

You've spent so much time on UF that you've met someone special there...

When you see a black t-shirt with black print on it that says " #000000 " and you shout back "Gives me a heart attack!"

When you can quote Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan word for word with every subtlety of inflection perfectly preserved.

When your signature is in part a quotation from Babylon 5.

When you want to take your special someone on a date that includes three days at MegaCon in Orlando.

When you can read or listen to Dr. Who-centric jokes (new or old tv series) and get all of them.

[Vrekk]

...you can recite the Phonetic Alphabeta ...........Backwards.........

Btw sorry if my spelling is crap, i am to lazy to learn it.

[MikeTheC]

zulu yankee x-ray whiskey victor uniform tango siera romeo quebec papa oscar november mike lima kilo juliet indigo hotel gulf foxtrot echo delta charlie bravo alpha

How's that?

[Vrekk]

Wow thats pretty good, but isnt L Lemmer and N Nancy?

[talsemgeest]

I thought L was Lemur? But I agree that N is November.

[geekygirl]

no L is LIMA....

Well at least thats what I use when calling out a rego number to ATC when I used to fly...

me: whiskey lima mike...turning base..

atc: whiskey lima mike ...ok

:P

[talsemgeest]

So Lima as in the Peruvian City? Well, afaik, both Lima and Lemur are said pretty much the same, so it doesn't make much of a difference.

[lisati]

Or is it "Lima" as in the Samoan number 5????? I've always thought it was L = lima........and I've only ever heard November for N.

[Mulenmar]

Back on the original purpose of this thread:

You know you're a geek when:
...you've memorized your ISP's nameserver IPv4 address to avoid using DHCP
...you're trying to recompile part of debian testing i386 for an Athlon 64 x2 5500+
...you realize that recompiling debian is a waste of time
...but you do it for the :lolflag::lolflag::lolflag:

Only read the following if you don't have a weak stomach.




And, apparantly, you're a geek when you bite the head off a live chicken as part of a circus act. Don't believe me? Check dictionary.com's definition #2.

Oh noes, I aren't ae g33k...but I'm still a nerd :guitar:

[scragar]

No and yes - REAL techs use IRC :P But he doesn't lose points for having to explain it, only if it has to be explained.

I meant to imply that real geeks either have that aura about them that scares of techonophobics, or treat technophobics so derisively(not done deliberately, it just comes from not understanding why someone can't repartition their hard drive from the command line then download and extract the gentoo builds....) when talking about computers that they're unlike to contact you back. :p

[Vrekk]

Or is it "Lima" as in the Samoan number 5????? I've always thought it was L = lima........and I've only ever heard November for N.

Im pretty sure L is lemur and your right N is November; however, it used to be Nancy

[Biochem]

Wow thats pretty good, but isnt L Lemmer and N Nancy?

No it L=Lima and N=November. For those who doubt it, if it's written on the Internet it must be true:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet
http://www.businessballs.com/phoneticalphabet.htm
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/theorderlyroom/a/alphabet.htm

[pyrofreak99]

(you tell everybody to google it)


ha ha i do that all the time pisses alot of people off

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

Im pretty sure L is lemur and your right N is November; however, it used to be Nancy

By NATO standard it is Lima and November...
I've never heard "Lemur", and "Nancy" is probably longer version of old British "Nan"

MikeTheC got all of them right... except for some spelling and I which is "India".

[Vrekk]

Idk Lemur may be the old form, because United Airlines SAMC uses Lemur and both Nancy and November, but i have never head Lima. Well the offical way is Lima so he had it right :KS

[jenkinbr]

The USA FAA site shows Lima

http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/AIM/Chap4/aim0402.html#$F910eROBE

YKYAGW you use the Web Developer Firefox plugin to display anchors so you can get links like the above.

[Vrekk]

YKYAGW the fact that there is a Starling NetBook from System 76 downstairs but you cant use it until your Birthday is DRIVING YOU INSANE!

I NEED TO USE THAT NETBOOK!

[jenkinbr]

YKYAGW the fact that there is a Starling NetBook from System 76 downstairs but you cant use it until your Birthday is DRIVING YOU INSANE!

I NEED TO USE THAT NETBOOK!
Need and want are two different things, now :P

I couldn't wait either.

[Vrekk]

Need and want are two different things, now :P

I couldn't wait either.

Ok i dont NEED to anymore, but thats because I figured out how to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix with full disk encryption (minus /boot of course) and with a separate /home

YWKAGW you can do the above :D

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

Idk Lemur may be the old form, because United Airlines SAMC uses Lemur and both Nancy and November, but i have never head Lima. Well the offical way is Lima so he had it right :KS
The USA FAA site shows Lima

http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/AIM/Chap4/aim0402.html#$F910eROBE

YKYAGW you use the Web Developer Firefox plugin to display anchors so you can get links like the above.
As an Airline company I guess they may use "Lemur" not to cause confusion with the actual city's proper name "Lima".

btw Someone launched an ssh attack originating from Lima, which proved to be unsucessful.

ykyagw you make a complicated iptables rulesets on your own PC/home network, to keep those buggers out.

[GepettoBR]

YKYAGW your brother gets a new laptop and asks you to remove Vista and install Linux on it, and you cry tears of joy.

I'm downloading the Mint iso right now, and I'm very proud of the little bugger.

[scragar]

YKYAGW

You just installed Arch linux and can't help but feel it was all too easy...

[blah1898]

... The only reason that you have windows is to break it and then fix it.

[Megrimn]

You haven't yet given up on getting your Presario 1200US running.

[Kopachris]

YKYAGW

You just installed Arch linux and can't help but feel it was all too easy...
The only thing keeping me from installing Arch and Gentoo (alongside Ubuntu on the same drive) is that my computer doesn't want to work with me. Seemingly everything I install on this thing has problems I can't remedy. :mad: Maybe I'll work on it again someday.

Ykyagw your plan for if M$ offers you $1,000 to buy a laptop is to go to System 76 and buy one from them. :)

[tarps87]

YKYAGW

You just installed Arch linux and can't help but feel it was all too easy...

+1 :)

Everything works, well almost. I'm using gnome and if I put the notification area on a side panel the notifications brake and I haven't set my mobile up as a modem yet.

YKYAGW You try to set up your mobile as a modem so you have internet access when you are on holiday. Even though there may be no signal :)

[the8thstar]

You know you're a geek when you install a perfectly working OS for your wife and family... and you can't help tweaking it further. Next reboot the screen is black and the computer goes "BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :-)

[tehwinrar]

ykyagw:

three weeks into your programming assignment and the day before it's due you think "I should probably get started on that assignment. next time i swear i'm gonna start right away."

or does that just make you a lazy geek?

[GepettoBR]

ykyagw:

three weeks into your programming assignment and the day before it's due you think "I should probably get started on that assignment. next time i swear i'm gonna start right away."

or does that just make you a lazy geek?

I think that just makes you lazy.

[wojox]

You have a cell phone with opera mini installed.
You watch a movie and think cool fonts.
When people ask what languages you are fluent in and you respond Java, C, C++.
You write scripts to do everything for you.
Day and night have morphed into one.
You're a member of USENET.
You set your grandmother up a g-mail account.
You laugh silently when someone asks how much memory is needed for Windows to run smoothly.
You go to Radio Shack or such and know more than the sales associates.

[Kopachris]

Ykyagw you set up MediaWiki on your Linux Box so that you can convert your Leonardo-esque notebooks into wiki form for easier reference. The Warehouse 13 pilot actually gave me the idea. You know, to catalog all of my stuff in an easy-to-find way.

[jenkinbr]

You have a cell phone with opera mini installed.
You watch a movie and think cool fonts.
When people ask what languages you are fluent in and you respond Java, C, C++.
You write scripts to do everything for you.
Day and night have morphed into one.
You're a member of USENET.
You set your grandmother up a g-mail account.
You laugh silently when someone asks how much memory is needed for Windows to run smoothly.
You go to Radio Shack or such and know more than the sales associates.

I wish True PHP, Python, Perl, ... Yep, even shutdown True I though that was dead Yep, done that for both grandmothers :lolflag: True - ~3 GB Windows vs. ~786 MB Linux Similar to the Geek Squad one posted above - they are just brainwashed sales associates

[talsemgeest]

:lolflag: True - ~3 GB Windows vs. ~786 MB Linux
And along come the users of gentoo and arch to tell you how wrong you are... ;)

[jenkinbr]

And along come the users of gentoo and arch to tell you how wrong you are... ;)
Ok, so gentoo and arch can get away with what, 128?

Less if you go CLI-only.

[blah1898]

You know you're a geek when you install a perfectly working OS for your wife and family... and you can't help tweaking it further. Next reboot the screen is black and the computer goes "BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :-)

That happens to me, but not frequently (reboots computer and gets a multicolor screen of death in all of it's OS) :lolflag:

[lisati]

You know you're a geek when you install a perfectly working OS for your wife and family... and you can't help tweaking it further. Next reboot the screen is black and the computer goes "BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :-)

"Keyboard not detected. Press any key to continue."

[scragar]

"Keyboard not detected. Press any key to continue."

I've gotten "Keyboard error. Press F1 to resume boot" before now(funny BIOS, it also let you disable booting from anything by turning of all options in the boot priority menu).

[jenkinbr]

"Keyboard not detected. Press any key to continue."
I've had that one before - forgot to plug my keyboard in ;)

[jms1989]

I've never understood that message. Its like if the keyboard isn't working, just how are you supposed to press any key to continue?

Yes I know you can get another keyboard but its funny. Why not have it say, "Keyboard error. Please check your connections."

[tehwinrar]

You set notifications to let you know when to eat
You have long discussions about (pirates vs. ninjas; spiderman vs. batman; hulk vs. thing; etc.)
You have beaten a game while falling asleep/sleeping
You cringe when your parents don't know how to copy/paste

[jenkinbr]

You set notifications to let you know when to eat
You have long discussions about (pirates vs. ninjas; spiderman vs. batman; hulk vs. thing; etc.)
You have beaten a game while falling asleep/sleeping
You cringe when your parents don't know how to copy/paste

Yep, I get so into what I'm doing that I have to force myself to take a break and renourish my body with food. False - that's nerd material anyways, no useful real-life applications for that stuff False, probably also nerd, not geek True, but worse - I scream

[Megrimn]

You have beaten a game while falling asleep/sleeping

Thing is, then I can't beat it when I'm awake :lolflag:

You cringe when your parents don't know how to copy/paste

I actually taught my dad the keyboard shortcuts for that. Doubt he remembers, though.

[tehwinrar]

1. Your closest friends now use linux thanks to you
2. You fall asleep in class and remember everything the teacher said
3. You meant to sleep last night...
4. ????
5. Profit

[privatejarhead]

1. Your closest friends now use linux thanks to you
2. You fall asleep in class and remember everything the teacher said
3. You meant to sleep last night...
4. ????
5. Profit

1. still working on it...
2. yes
3. yes
4. ?
5. microsoft? apple? i'm lost here


YKYAGW you walk around on wet feet on a dry surface, look back and see your footprints, which make you think about gnome

[Kopachris]

Ykyagw...
1. You've gotten around not having a working wireless card for your desktop by plugging an ethernet cable into your PowerBook (which is sharing its own internet connection from wlan0 to eth0).
2. You've gotten around not being able to print due to the above by setting up your desktop computer as a server (FTP or LAMP, doesn't matter), which only said PowerBook (and the host) can access.
3. You buy something just to hack it.
4. You stay up late at night working on your server -- for fun.
5. Your StumbleUpons are entirely computer-related.

[GepettoBR]

1. Your closest friends now use linux thanks to you
2. You fall asleep in class and remember everything the teacher said
3. You meant to sleep last night...
4. ????
5. Profit

1. still working on it...
2. yes
3. yes
4. ?
5. microsoft? apple? i'm lost here


YKYAGW you walk around on wet feet on a dry surface, look back and see your footprints, which make you think about gnome

Classic South Park episode. Elves are stealing underwear in order to turn a profit. This is their battle plan:

1. Steal underwear
2. ???
3. PROFIT!

[darth_indy]

You now you're a FemGeek when...

you flirt with someone by talking about your personal sudo rights, and you shoot someone down by denying sudo rights. Bonus points i this happens on IRC.

Example:

(03:51:40 PM) [someone]: i don't mind a long fsck with DI, corrupted files or no
(03:51:44 PM) ***[someone] snerk
(03:52:38 PM) darth_indy: Sorry, [someone], you don't have sudo privileges
(03:52:58 PM) [someone]: ...ouch

[andrew.46]

Hi jenkinbr,

I though that was dead

Contrary to many reports in fact Usenet is alive and well. Witness for example this brand new Ubuntu Community page showing how to set up the venerable slrn for usenet:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/slrn

Have a look as well at alt.os.linux.ubuntu and you will see about 100 posts a day, perhaps not all adhering to the Ubuntu Code of Conduct but that is Usenet for you :-).

All the best,

Andrew

[lisati]

I've never understood that message. Its like if the keyboard isn't working, just how are you supposed to press any key to continue?

Yes I know you can get another keyboard but its funny. Why not have it say, "Keyboard error. Please check your connections."

yes - it is a little bit silly. Some of us have actually had that message (or similar).

[talsemgeest]

YKYAGW a mangled set-top-box with exposed circuit boards have more power to turn your head than a beautiful woman/man/other.

[talsemgeest]

YKYAGW the wideness of your smile is directly proportional to your current download speed.

[tehwinrar]

ykyagw:

You've modded some game(s) on your computer to the point where they are practically new but you've never actually played them.

When given the choice between a car and a computer you'd choose computer

You keep a list of your friends' IP and MAC addresses....

A weekend well spent is one spent coding

You dream in (C/C++/Java/Basic/Python/etc.)

It takes you a minute to realize that "He's a keeper" is not a reference to Mass Effect

You carry your D20 in case you need to make a tough decision

You've threatened to differentiate somebody

You wish life had save states

You're the first person called when anyone you know has computer troubles

[pizza-is-good]

When you decided to click on this thread to check it out

[pizza-is-good]

You take the time to read all these posts and find them all funny :lol:

Oh no! I'm a geek!):P

[hatten]

You carry your D20 in case you need to make a tough decision
hahahaha, good one!

[Short__Error]

You know your a geek when you are talk about coding more then you talk about other things...:lolflag:

[jenkinbr]

When your Girlfriend knows what you are probably doing when you are not with her.

Ubuntu Forums
Working on a website
etc.

[Kopachris]

Ykyagw you ctrl-alt-f1 your mom's Ubuntu laptop to check the uptime (just curious), notice the load averages are unnaturally high, then proceed to find out that ssh-agent has become a zombie, try to kill it with kill -SIGCHLD 3057, then restart X because it doesn't work. And you did all of this just as you were about to go to bed and were curious about her uptime.

[lisati]

When given the choice between a car and a computer you'd choose computer


Had something similar happen earlier. Mrs Lisati, concerned for my health, rang a local cycle shop to make enquiries about a potential birthday present (it's not for some months yet). I glanced over at the advertisement in the local paper that had prompted her enquiries. It would have been possible to put together quite a respectable system, possibly two or more, with the prices the company were charging for some of the bicycles, we're talking thousands of dollars here!

[DanDeLaCruz]

When you've seen these videos http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/ and you can't stop laughing.

[Megrimn]

YKYAGW you have 3 computers apart and are working on all three simultaneously, somehow.

[talsemgeest]

YKYAGW you have 3 computers apart and are working on all three simultaneously, somehow.
Haha, I have my desktop, server and laptop that I am always working on simultaniously.

YKYAGW you have too much to do to only use one computer.

[rogueleader12345]

You know you're a geek when you buy an 8 gig flash drive for school work, but in reality it has retro DOS games like Cosmo, Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein 3D, etc, like mine. Also when you have a C++ platform on your flash drive, AND you use it in the middle of class (guilty as charged). But you DEFINITELY know you're a geek when you play around with QBASIC just for fun!

[xouns]

I've never understood that message. Its like if the keyboard isn't working, just how are you supposed to press any key to continue?

Yes I know you can get another keyboard but its funny. Why not have it say, "Keyboard error. Please check your connections."

Because, in this case, the BIOS will know it can continue with a keyboard connected. I think it has legacy drivers or something for a keyboard, and it needs to load 'em at boot...

YKYAGW you have a dual, no, triple, no... quadruple boot :D
(Ubuntu, OpenSuse, XP and Win 7) and everything actually works!

[jenkinbr]

...when you have a 16gb drive for schoolwork that really contains a ton of .deb packages, several source tarballs, a bakers dozen distro ISO files, a dvd image, and the 361 megabytes remaining can be used for schoolwork, which only consumes about 25mb.

[Chame_Wizard]

you miss Kubuntu too much.:popcorn:

[scragar]

You find a Commodorre Vic 20 and are more interested in using it than selling it(and it's worth a lot more than I expected as well :p )

[bodyharvester]

when you want 3 laptops to program stuff, play open arena and post on these forums at the same time

[Maheriano]

Your female roommate has a man friend over, they're in their room, on her bed and you run in all excited screaming things like, "X10!", "Automated my bedroom lights!" and "Come check it out! Now!"

Ya, did this last night...

[The Toxic Mite]

... you still have MS-DOS on your computer. :p

[scragar]

... you still have MS-DOS on your computer. :p

Negative geek points for wanting to keep MS-DOS when there are so many more interesting O/Ss in the world, OS2 for starters :p

[The Toxic Mite]

Negative geek points for wanting to keep MS-DOS when there are so many more interesting O/Ss in the world, OS2 for starters :p

MS-DOS is a great OS

[rCXer]

Negative geek points for wanting to keep MS-DOS when there are so many more interesting O/Ss in the world, OS2 for starters :p

MS-DOS is a great OS

I love DOS and even have a FreeDOS partion. Add geek points for using DOS but subtract some for not using open source. FreeDOS > MS-DOS :P

[The Toxic Mite]

I love DOS and even have a FreeDOS partion. Add geek points for using DOS but subtract some for not using open source. FreeDOS > MS-DOS :P

Aye but MS-DOS is better because I could run Windows 3.1 on it :p

[Kopachris]

Aye but MS-DOS is better because I could run Windows 3.1 on it :p
FreeDOS can run Windows 3.1. Link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeDOS#Windows_1.0_to_3.xx)

:P

[tarps87]

Your female roommate has a man friend over, they're in their room, on her bed and you run in all excited screaming things like, "X10!", "Automated my bedroom lights!" and "Come check it out! Now!"

Ya, did this last night...

Why did I read it as has a main friend? (as in main() method)

<rCX> How do I switch between windows, like "Alt-Tab" in MS-Windows?
<solmakou> By hitting alt+tab :|. Thanks, that was my 1st laugh of the day :D
<rCX> hehe... This is my 1st time in linux ;)
<tiyowan> Welcome to freedom. :)

:lolflag:

YKYAGW not only have you set up your phone to work as a modem using the cable, you then set it put to work with bluetooth (incase I lose the cable), set your brothers (or any other phone) which is on a different network (mmore chance of having signal) and then contemplate trying to combine the connections to increase the connection speed. All because you are going away for a week without an internet connection.

Oh and when you start setting you server up to auto rip cd's that are put in the drive, does anyone know of a good command line ripping app?

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

...when university you enter has Ubuntu on virtually all machines, and you already think of stuff you might do when you gain SSH access to your account!

[jms1989]

Why did I read it as has a main friend? (as in main() method)



:lolflag:

YKYAGW not only have you set up your phone to work as a modem using the cable, you then set it put to work with bluetooth (incase I lose the cable), set your brothers (or any other phone) which is on a different network (mmore chance of having signal) and then contemplate trying to combine the connections to increase the connection speed. All because you are going away for a week without an internet connection.

Oh and when you start setting you server up to auto rip cd's that are put in the drive, does anyone know of a good command line ripping app?

sure, dd anyone? (dd if=/dev/scd0 of=cd.img) :) Works for floppies. hard drives, and flash drives too.

[Mornedhel]

When you use Emacs as your IDE, music player, mail client, IRC client, IM client, and to DM RPG sessions.

Actually, you know you're a geek when you're trying to build a minimalist Linux with just enough to boot straight to Emacs. Could probably boot in five-ten seconds. Most of which would be due to Emacs.

Mmh.

Be right back.

[crownedzero]

You room with 2 other geeks and rather than share bandwidth you all opt for individual ISPs.

You networked your home with fiber ... just because you thought it would be 'nifty'.

While your roommate is literally less than 10 steps away you spam his phone with sms messages rather than having a conversation.

Your girlfriend has accused you of being more intimate with 'that stupid computer' than you've ever been with her.

You've lost 3 days amidst soda, pizza, install disks, and terminals... "What day is it?"

You stay in a hotel and their wireless supporter has opted to deny you service due to exceedingly high resource usage.

[rCXer]

FreeDOS can run Windows 3.1. Link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeDOS#Windows_1.0_to_3.xx)

:P

But I think it only runs "Windows for Workgroups 3.x" and not the original one. I think the FreeDOS team is still ironing out all the bugs to support Win 3.1.

Ykyagw you spend months writing a custom itoa function in ....... in asm

[Maheriano]

You room with 2 other geeks and rather than share bandwidth you all opt for individual ISPs.
Done this. My roommate and I 2 years ago had 2 separate ISP in the same 600 square foot apartment.

You networked your home with fiber ... just because you thought it would be 'nifty'.
nope

While your roommate is literally less than 10 steps away you spam his phone with sms messages rather than having a conversation.
Do this all the time.

Your girlfriend has accused you of being more intimate with 'that stupid computer' than you've ever been with her.You got a girlfriend? How you do that?

You've lost 3 days amidst soda, pizza, install disks, and terminals... "What day is it?"
Done this.

You stay in a hotel and their wireless supporter has opted to deny you service due to exceedingly high resource usage.
Nope.

[zer010]

Guilty as charged for me.

Another:

The case of your computer stays open.


Thats most definitely me! :P

[hatten]

Y
You've lost 3 days amidst soda, pizza, install disks, and terminals... "What day is it?"

I never know what day it is, if my terminal prompt didn't show time and date i would be lost 24/7

[lisati]

You got a girlfriend? How you do that?

It's easy enough when you're both lonely and ....

On reflection, perhaps I shouldn't share that "how to" here, it's a "family show".

Sometimes it amazes me how Mrs Lisati has had the patience to hang around for 17 years!

[zer010]

...you HAVE to take all your diagnostic tools and such whenever you visit someone with a computer.
... you go to get your last name changed, and say"What the hell, let's throw in Zer0 in there some where. That's Z-e-r and the number zero." Too bad DL and SS only do caps with no numeric characters. :(

[konnorrigby]

When you try to explain to your parents what l33t speak is when you 40 years old and still living in a race car bed at there house with the best built computer.