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

[Barrucadu]

YKYAGW your Amazon wishlist includes ‘The Art of Unix Programming’, ‘Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs’, and the first three volumes of ‘The Art of Computer Programming’.

YKYAMGW the list also includes ‘Lambda Calculus: Its Syntax and Semantics’.

[Maheriano]

...when you wire up all the lighting in your house to be controllable from your desktop. Then you decide you need portability so you set up SSH from your laptop to control it on the move. Then you decide you want to do it without your laptop so you install SSH on your Blackberry and forward the external port on your router to be able to SSH into your machine and control the lighting even when you're not at home.

[Barrucadu]

...when you wire up all the lighting in your house to be controllable from your desktop. Then you decide you need portability so you set up SSH from your laptop to control it on the move. Then you decide you want to do it without your laptop so you install SSH on your Blackberry and forward the external port on your router to be able to SSH into your machine and control the lighting even when you're not at home.

I plan on controlling the lighting of my future house (looking way into the future here) through DMX :D

[Renée Jade]

I plan on controlling the lighting in my house with my mind :P

OK, totally random... it's late here.

‘Lambda Calculus: Its Syntax and Semantics’. How's scheme? I was planning on learning Haskell in the summer break but scheme also looks nice. Now I don't know.

[moster]

Now comes revelation. You are ALL geeks!

haha

[Barrucadu]

Now comes revelation. You are ALL geeks!

Dear god, I would never have guessed it! :o

I plan on controlling the lighting in my house with my mind :P
That would be quite impressive. Alas, not even theatre techies such as I can do that, and if we can't, what chance do mere mortals have?

How's scheme? I was planning on learning Haskell in the summer break but scheme also looks nice. Now I don't know.

It's nice for maths, not so nice for networking and file/directory stuff. And I love the syntax :p

[Groucho Marxist]

... You know that the original design for Sinestro was based off of actor David Niven

[manfrom3004]

when the foreign language you learned was esperanto
when you do calculus and programming for fun... and your only a high school freshman (my cousin)
When you want to replace all of the walls in your house with multitouch screens and install linux on them... and you have around 30 pages of notes onhow to do it, with another 50 dealing with the code for drivers you would need, interface descriptions and implementation instructions, ect. (I've done this:))
when people ask you how much you excersize per day and you tell them that you run the derivative of 10 miles per day

[scragar]

when people ask you how much you excersize per day and you tell them that you run the derivative of 10 miles per day

With respect to what?

[fela]

WTF is WKYAGW?

[scragar]

WTF is WKYAGW?

We Know You're A Geek When?

[misfitpierce]

You know you're a geek when... you read all the pages to this thread and still got something to come up with.

[scragar]

You know you're a geek when... you read all the pages to this thread and still got something to come up with.

Clearly you didn't read all the pages or you'd know just how hated things like "You read this thread" are, they occur every 5 or so pages in a thread that's now over 675 pages long. In fact it's repeated so often now I think if most of us had mod powers we'd purge a few pages from the thread, if you get what I mean :p

[fela]

YKYAGW you make up acronyms like YKYAGW.

[powerpleb]

You know you're a geek when the most severe injury you have ever sustained was inflicted by loose peice of computer hardware.

[talsemgeest]

Clearly you didn't read all the pages or you'd know just how hated things like "You read this thread" are, they occur every 5 or so pages in a thread that's now over 675 pages long. In fact it's repeated so often now I think if most of us had mod powers we'd purge a few pages from the thread, if you get what I mean :p
Lucky I don't have admin powers or a few of these posters would be gone for good ;)

[powerpleb]

You know you are a geek when people begin objecting to the odd smells emanating from the area around your computer.

[GepettoBR]

You know you are a geek when people begin objecting to the odd smells emanating from the area around your computer.

That's how you know you're a sloppy geek. A good geek will keep the area around his computer clean, after all it is his shrine and the debris might interfere with the cooling system.

[scragar]

Lucky I don't have admin powers or a few of these posters would be gone for good ;)

I wouldn't wanna purge them completely, just clean up a lot of the rubbish they post that shouldn't be here for one reason or another.

[SlickRick]

You know you're a geek when the most severe injury you have ever sustained was inflicted by loose peice of computer hardware.

haha, that's me. Severe cut by my heat-sync

/ Q: What is purple and concord the \
\ world? A: Alexander the Grape. In bed. /
----------------------------------------
\ ^__^
\ (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||


This has got to be the worst joke ever

anyway, YKYAGW you spend two days trying to get your laptop to play sounds from a computer game when you open/close the lid

[Renée Jade]

Lol. I spent a fair bit of time trying to figure out how to make my laptop quote Optimus Prime saying "the world wide web" when I opened firefox. In the end I decided that it was pointless and pretty close to impossible (except for maybe the power-user types. I'm not one of those yet.)

[Barrucadu]

Lol. I spent a fair bit of time trying to figure out how to make my laptop quote Optimus Prime saying "the world wide web" when I opened firefox. In the end I decided that it was pointless and pretty close to impossible (except for maybe the power-user types. I'm not one of those yet.)

firefox.sh:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
mplayer /path/to/optimus/prime.ogg &
firefox $*

Then change the shortcuts to point to firefox.sh (of course, making it executable first).

[Renée Jade]

:D thanks! I don't know anything about this scripting bizzo. I can't wait to learn though (not much time for it ATM).

[Kopachris]

anyway, YKYAGW you spend two days trying to get your laptop to play sounds from a computer game when you open/close the lid
Ykyagw you kick yourself after you finally figure out how to do it because you realize how simple it really was. (That's assuming, of course, that a simple solution does exist. I've never bothered trying, though I once replaced all of my sounds in OSX with LCARS sounds (piece of cake).)

[lisati]

ykyag when you have a video transition to black with a simulated Win98SE-style "closing window" accompanied by the XP shutdown sound.

[Kopachris]

ykyag when you have a video transition to black with a simulated Win98SE-style "closing window" accompanied by the XP shutdown sound.
What? Why? Who made the rookie mistake of putting the XP sound with the Win98 close?

[Maheriano]

I can't quite figure out what the else condition is meant to do.

It's meant to loop back through the code again, repeating over and over until you are a geek.

And it was written in Java so it'll be different from the C methods posted after it.

[Pirolocito]

Oh my dog, i'm a geek!:lolflag:

[Renée Jade]

It's meant to loop back through the code again, repeating over and over until you are a geek.

And it was written in Java so it'll be different from the C methods posted after it.

The method after it was perfectly valid Java actually. Just missing a couple of System.out.s.

But I see now. It recurses until you get it. Normally a recursive call with the same input as a previous call indicates a problem... but the input isn't the same in this case :)

it's a bit like http://xkcd.com/518/

[lisati]

What? Why? Who made the rookie mistake of putting the XP sound with the Win98 close?

To baffle other rookies.

[moster]

What are you geeks babble about? Who can type better nonsense in terminal? bah...
I am goint to lifts some weights now, then spend some quality time with my girlfriend (read: make her scream ;) ) and then, in evening, pop few beers with my buddy. Yeah.. I had enough of this... BOX.

[scragar]

YKYAGW You help me (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1272482)

[Maheriano]

What are you geeks babble about? Who can type better nonsense in terminal? bah...
I am goint to lifts some weights now, then spend some quality time with my girlfriend (read: make her scream ;) ) and then, in evening, pop few beers with my buddy. Yeah.. I had enough of this... BOX.

It's too bad your girl's not a geek, must be hard on your relationship to try and conform to her! :)

[ThaDoctor99]

you are tired of calculating in math, and find a website for solving equations, like I did when I had something about electric, u=r*i that sort of stuff, now I just do www.epicfail.dk/ohm.php :-)

[KIAaze]

you are tired of calculating in math, and find a website for solving equations, like I did when I had something about electric, u=r*i that sort of stuff, now I just do www.epicfail.dk/ohm.php :-)

Real geeks write such programs themselves. :P
Ideally on a portable graphic calculator, which works offline and is eventually accepted in exams.

Here's a more powerful solver website: http://www.wolframalpha.com/

[Nathan.Flow]

you actualy type
telnet
o
towel.blinkenlights.nl

and watch it till it stops.

[Kopachris]

you actualy type
telnet
o
towel.blinkenlights.nl
and watch it till it stops.
When does it stop, exactly? Does it go all the way to the end?

[powerpleb]

When does it stop, exactly? Does it go all the way to the end?

You know you're a geek when you are actually interested enough to wait.

[keiichidono]

YKYAGW you install Arch Linux.

[SlickRick]

when you use the forums to ask for help with random things (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1138421&page=3)

[GepettoBR]

ykyagw you submit the most awesome bug report Launchpad has ever seen (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/56125).

[scragar]

Matthew Paul Thomas on 2006-08-23
Changed in launchpad:
status: Confirmed → Rejected
That's not fair, how can they reject the cow upgrade?

[SlickRick]

ykyagw you submit the most awesome bug report Launchpad has ever seen (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/56125).

i agree with the tenth response. If you look at the (oo) as nostrils, than the cow looks fine.

[GepettoBR]

i agree with the tenth response. If you look at the (oo) as nostrils, than the cow looks fine.

It looks better than if you saw them as eyes, but then it's still a tiny-headed eyeless cow.

[Kaizzer]

when you'v never seen the acronnym "ykyagw" before .. and you know what it stands for .... :)

[xaliqen]

ykyagw you submit the most awesome bug report Launchpad has ever seen (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/56125).

Or when you use "awesome" and "bug report" in the same sentence. :)

[Keith_Beef]

Or when you use "awesome" and "bug report" in the same sentence. :)

surely that's kiddie l337 5p3ak...

Old school, when we were limited to the number of chars per line, we would just drop all the vowels, so it would be "mst wsmst bgrprt vr".

[Keith_Beef]

Ykyagw your check your e-mail first thing in the morning and last thing at night.

When you wake in the night to go for a pee, and on the way to the bathroom you check your emails and IMs...

Then get drawn into a conversation and finally get to the bathroom two hours later...

[powerpleb]

YKYAGW you consider Linux conferences your best bet for finding a real boy/girlfriend

[moster]

YKYAGW you consider Linux conferences your best bet for finding a real boy/girlfriend

Only problem is that geeks in this thread are so delusional, that they actually think this IS reality.

Actual intercourse?!! What? Who? How? :confused:

[proxess]

YKYAGWY write something inteligent on this thread that makes all the other geeks that read it "lol".

[hatten]

YKYAGWY write something inteligent on this thread that makes all the other geeks that read it "lol".
lol?

[solitaire]

You're sitting on your Gmail page hitting refresh, praying for a "Google Wave" invite....

[Frak]

You're sitting on your Gmail page hitting refresh, praying for a "Google Wave" invite....
Funny thing is, I got mine 3 days after I requested it :S

[powerpleb]

...you know your closest freinds only by their usernames and avatars.

[moster]

...you know your closest freinds only by their usernames and avatars.

uuuh, this hurts man. :)

[jenkinbr]

YKYAGWY write something inteligent on this thread that makes all the other geeks that read it "lol".
wut?

[jms1989]

YKYAGWY write something inteligent on this thread that makes all the other geeks that read it "lol".

really? how about posting something original? Hmm, how 'bout an accomplishment?

ykyagw you're considering compiling linux from scratch or arch linux for you netbook. (just gotta get a working iso on a usb stick ;))

[tarps87]

really? how about posting something original? Hmm, how 'bout an accomplishment?

ykyagw you're considering compiling linux from scratch or arch linux for you netbook. (just gotta get a working iso on a usb stick ;))

Already installed Arch on it, it works great. Whay an iso, use the image file, all you have to do is dd it to the usb plug it in and install :)

[Emdaer]

instead of visiting a gallery to watch some art, you just generate some fractals.

[Kopachris]

Ykyagw your plans for spring break are to install Arch... And your plans for summer vacation are to install Gentoo.:popcorn:

[talsemgeest]

Ykyagw dd is your audio player.

[fela]

Ykyagw dd is your audio player.

Let me guess: you use OSS and dd a raw audio file to /dev/dsp or something...how do you do it?

[talsemgeest]

Let me guess: you use OSS and dd a raw audio file to /dev/dsp or something...how do you do it?
Haha, I never said I did it! But I'm sure if you had the audio in the right format and went dd if=audiofile of=/dev/dsp it would work.

[fela]

Haha, I never said I did it! But I'm sure if you had the audio in the right format and went dd if=audiofile of=/dev/dsp it would work.

Or cat audiofile > /dev/dsp

[talsemgeest]

Or cat audiofile > /dev/dsp
I think dd would be geekier.

[yabbadabbadont]

I think dd would be geekier.

... but only if you use the raw disk device (with appropriate offsets, block size, and lengths) to read the sound file. :twisted:

((bonus geek points in the unlikely event that the sound file is fragmented on disk ;)))

[Line_Break]

Your eye twitches whenever someone refers to a Windows Machine as a "PC"

((they're all PC's, folks))

[talsemgeest]

Your eye twitches whenever someone refers to a Windows Machine as a "PC"

((they're all PC's, folks))
Chances are if it is a windows machine it is a PC :P

[fela]

... but only if you use the raw disk device (with appropriate offsets, block size, and lengths) to read the sound file. :twisted:

((bonus geek points in the unlikely event that the sound file is fragmented on disk ;)))

Reminds me of

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/real_programmers.png

[Barrucadu]

Reminds me of

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/real_programmers.png


1) Open Emacs
2) Run `M-x butterfly`

:popcorn:

[Astrals]

You know you're a geek when..

You have used words like "lol", "leet" and "omg" in daily speech
You miss the F1 button under math classes
You say lol instead of laughing.. or you write :D, :P in essays at school
You try yo get into the BIOS of your car
You scream "Just ******* google it" when somebody asks a simple question in the class
You accuse everybody running faster than your self of using speed hack
You've got The Flu and are trying to do a virus check
Somebody asks you about your address, you give them: 192.12.0.140
You are seriously considering asking your doctor how much you can overclock your brain
At Macdonalds, you're ordering a 160MB hamburger
You wish you've ordered your house through Microsoft, it would be so easy to just take the backdoor in..



That is one of the most well crafted answers i have ever heard.
10/10.

[rs_man]

When you LOL at the first post so hard that your boss comes to ask if everything is "OK".

1) Open Emacs
2) Run `M-x butterfly`
:popcorn:

... If your curious as to what exactly the above code does... and immediately google-it.

[keiichidono]

You know you're a geek when you think Arch Linux is cool.

[Mobil1]

I can definetly identify with this! Well worth reading and sharing with your significant other LOL :)

http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2007/11/11/the_nerd_handbook.html

Enjoy!

[advocate 21]

you:
ask for $15 worth of food, no more, no less.
dont say please, say sudo.
understand most of xkcd.com
use linux.

[scragar]

... If your curious as to what exactly the above code does... and immediately google-it.

- 100 geek points for not getting the reference.

[fela]

When you LOL at the first post so hard that your boss comes to ask if everything is "OK".

... If your curious as to what exactly the above code does... and immediately google-it.

It's from the real programmers XKCD, that one's a classic :)

[powerpleb]

...you won't watch The Big Bang Theory because you feel it perpetuates a negative stereotype.

[Maheriano]

You understand this completely:

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/surgery.png

Extra points for being able to relate.

[rs_man]

- 100 geek points for not getting the reference.

<< UBER programming noob.

...you won't watch The Big Bang Theory because you feel it perpetuates a negative stereotype.

... when your mother calls you about this new show that reminds her of you and your friends...

[alchamech]

OMG that was so funny Pathogenix (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=44966)

[jmwilli25]

When you are typing out a path in the Forums and you try to tab-complete it.

You understood the above ;P

That is probably my favorite one.

You know you are a geek if you know the difference between Fortran 77 and Fortran 90.

[Sephoroth]

You understand this completely:

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/surgery.png

Extra points for being able to relate.

Extra points for being able to literally relate (as in having actually done that)?

[wardi]

Well, U know U R a geek when :
-U are sick of writin a whole word in a msg.
-You start thinking that sleep is a waste of time.
-You have thousands of friends in your social network.(i hate that)
-You Got drunk while using your computer
-Participate in such stupid conversation.

[GepettoBR]

Well, U know U R a geek when :
-U are sick of writin a whole word in a msg.
-You start thinking that sleep is a waste of time.
-You have thousands of friends in your social network.(i hate that)
-You Got drunk while using your computer
-Participate in such stupid conversation.
Minus 9000 geek points for you. Go hit the showers early and think about what you've done..

[talsemgeest]

-You Got drunk while using your computer
Never drink and bash (or your choice of terminal emulator.)

[masux594]

-You Got drunk while using your computer [no-words for that sentence]..

... if u want to tattoo your system specs..

Sysc, A

[talsemgeest]

[no-words for that sentence]..

... if u want to tattoo your system specs..

Sysc, A
Hey, I once hacked into a friends XP pc while under the influence.

(Well, I guess logging into the admin account in safe mode isn't really hacking ;))

[scragar]

Hey, I once hacked into a friends XP pc while under the influence.

(Well, I guess logging into the admin account in safe mode isn't really hacking ;))

OMG, a hacker.

Oh, wait, I'm not retarded.

[talsemgeest]

OMG, a hacker.

Oh, wait, I'm not retarded.
:lolflag:

Which brings up another point: Hacker or cracker?

[GepettoBR]

OMG, a hacker.

Oh, wait, I'm not retarded.

:lolflag::lolflag:

Which brings up another point: Hacker or cracker?

Cracker. A hacker is just a programmer who knows what he's doing and why he's doing it.

[modmadmike]

YKYAGW:

You understand the reference fully. And you understand aptitude -vvvvv moo
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/asteroid.png

[GepettoBR]

YKYAGW:

You understand the reference fully. And you understand aptitude -vvvvv moo
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/asteroid.png

Why do ykyagw you've read Le Petit Prince? Lots of {geek,non-geek} children read it.

[talsemgeest]

Cracker. A hacker is just a programmer who knows what he's doing and why he's doing it.
I disagree there. You don't have to be a programmer to be a hacker.

[scragar]

I disagree there. You don't have to be a programmer to be a hacker.

+1

Hacker is a state of mind.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

I disagree there. You don't have to be a programmer to be a hacker.

-1 (or +1 to GepettoBR)
Though possible, yet virtually all hackers have done programming of some kind. Writing elaborate CLI commands (if not copy+paste) also usually counts as programming.

[Rrasyrogenees]

oh wait... back to the "you know you're a geek when..."

when... you have a lot of coffee beans with ubuntu forums... and you don't even drink coffee.. :biggrin:



at least i am laughing about it...

[GepettoBR]

Wouldn't a hacker that doesn't know programming be just a script-kiddie with good intentions?

[modmadmike]

Why do ykyagw you've read Le Petit Prince? Lots of {geek,non-geek} children read it.

Not in my part of America lol.

[talsemgeest]

-1 (or +1 to GepettoBR)
Though possible, yet virtually all hackers have done programming of some kind. Writing elaborate CLI commands (if not copy+paste) also usually counts as programming.

Wouldn't a hacker that doesn't know programming be just a script-kiddie with good intentions?
Looks like it is back to hacker vs cracker. Of course to be a cracker you would need to be a programmer, otherwise they would be a simple script-kiddie. However, to be a hacker, computing must be it's own reward. You don't necessarily need to be able to write code, only use it in unintended ways. And then there are hardware hackers as well...

[ndefontenay]

Wow, thats cool, I can do that =D

It sometimes goes crazy on the hard drive so I kick it and it stops. Same with CD drive, though for it I have to hit the top with my hand or the top of the side.

This so hilarious. I used to do that with a very old CD player I had. the CD would start reading and go back with a click and start again. I had to wait the right time (before it starts again) and give and tiny but firm hit on the top.

Went to my friends place he had the same problem and they were all like: It's doing that again I can't fix it. I saved the day and it was hilarious.

--

You know you're a geek when your wife comes back from work and you ask her "So, what did you drop today" instead of "Did you have a good work?"

[Putu Wiramaswara Widya]

you know you're geek when your face just like a 15'' monitor

[ndefontenay]

You know you're a geek when you require your neighbor / family / friends to use Linux if they want support from you. The reason being: I switched for peace of mind, I don't want trouble from others.

[SlickRick]

you know you're a lazy geek when you have doughnuts for breakfast at 12:40 because that's the nearest edible substance you could find to your computer and because you just happen to wake up in the afternoon, respectively.

[Maheriano]

...when you get out of bed, walking by your window, by the back door, into a dark basement to turn on your computer and check the weather outside.

[Sephoroth]

you know you're a lazy geek when you have doughnuts for breakfast at 12:40 because that's the nearest edible substance you could find to your computer and because you just happen to wake up in the afternoon, respectively.

You had donuts as the nearest edible substance? Lucky...for me it's some sort of salty garlic powder (no idea why or how it got here).

[GepettoBR]

You had donuts as the nearest edible substance? Lucky...for me it's some sort of salty garlic powder (no idea why or how it got here).

Dude, don't eat it! What if a vampire comes along and you're all out of repellent?

[Maheriano]

Dude, don't eat it! What if a vampire comes along and you're all out of repellent?

Any true geek would welcome the chance to be able to stay up all day AND NIGHT to play on the computer!

[GepettoBR]

Any true geek would welcome the chance to be able to stay up all day AND NIGHT to play on the computer!

No geek would want to have to GO OUT in order to hunt. When they invent take-out blood, we'll talk.

[Kaizzer]

YnYAGW...you spend most of the day @ the Community Cafe topics trying to see your nick as last post on every subject in the first page...


and glad about it ..

:)

[amingv]

YKYAGW you get excited when your (non geek) friend asks you who would win in a battle between any Jedi or Sith Lord and Sauron (with his One Ring).

Five minutes later when he asks who'd win between any Jedi/Sith Lord and any Shinigami (from Bleach) you think he's totally killing the mood.

[cameronedwards]

your the person that everyone in the house goes to for computer related problems.
whenever something technical happens to the family computer they blame you. (you repair it in less than 2 minutes -10-15 mins in windows because google is slower in internet explorer and home computers always seem to have it.)

you have your own way of saying computer related stuff:
{
a QWERKY keyboard
audoughb
}

[SofaSmarties]

your the person that everyone in the house goes to for computer related problems.
whenever something technical happens to the family computer they blame you. (you repair it in less than 2 minutes -10-15 mins in windows because google is slower in internet explorer and home computers always seem to have it.)
happens to me all the time:P
you know your a geek when you have an argument with some one and once you come to the conclusion your right you scream at the OWNED!!!

[Vrekk]

YKYAGW you get excited when your (non geek) friend asks you who would win in a battle between any Jedi or Sith Lord and Sauron (with his One Ring).

I had something similar the other day, but it was between Darth Vader and the Hulk.

[Penguin Guy]

If I had a baby, it would be with Linux Mint =D
Votes: 1
Somebody needs to get a life. :P

[Keith_Beef]

I can definetly identify with this! Well worth reading and sharing with your significant other LOL :)

http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2007/11/11/the_nerd_handbook.html

Enjoy!

That piece may well have been written by somebody who understands nerds, but who does not know English well enough.

When you ask a nerd, “When I click this, it takes awhile for the thing to show up. Do you know what’s wrong?” they know what’s wrong.

The first part starts with a singular noun "you ask a nerd" then the second part switches to a plural pronoun "they know what's wrong".

The writer can't even use the usual excuse of the semi-literate: "it is to avoid a gender specific pronoun", since he has already stated in the article "for this piece, my prototypical nerd is a he as a convenience".

Nerds and geeks have many interests, not only technology. I think you can guess that I'm also a language geek.

K.

[scragar]

I was holding a conversation late last night which ended something like:
me: Not that mutatedly is even a real word.
Someone else: It could be.
Another person: It is in Italian.
me: It's not, it's just mutated with ly on the end in the hopes that it makes it a verb.
Someone else: That's not a verb.
me: You're right, sorry, I was getting verbs and adjectives mixed up for some reason.
In my defense it was early in the morning and I hadn't slept the night before.

[modmadmike]

oh noes how will i ever get UT2004 working in karmic... libstdc++ 5 requires gcc 3.3 :(

[Junkieman]

... you're able to navigate the OS, comfortably, without a mouse.

[talsemgeest]

... you're able to navigate the OS, comfortably, without a mouse.
Or it could mean you're poor and have learned to manage ;)

[Rayve]

You wanna ./configure make && make install a Linux government at /home/user[tab-complete]

I realize this is a very old thread, but these made me LOL. :P

My contributions:

... when you're sorting mail (snail mail, shhh) and you think "delete" as you throw the junk mail into a pile and "keep as new" for the stuff you need to look at. Bonus points if you say it out loud

... you met your fiancee online, have been living together for more than a year, and you and your parents call them by their screen name

[dodle]

...when you sub-consciously contemplate doing a Google search for your socks.

[Keith_Beef]

I was holding a conversation late last night which ended something like:

In my defense it was early in the morning and I hadn't slept the night before.

Except that "mutatedly" would be an adverb, not an adjective.

I warned you.

K.

[scragar]

Except that "mutatedly" would be an adverb, not an adjective.

I warned you.

K.

Not in the way it was used, I used it to describe a noun, not a verb(And that shows just how messed up I was at that time in the morning, since I could just has easily have said "it looks mutated" rather than "it came out all mutatedly").

[GepettoBR]

Not in the way it was used, I used it to describe a noun, not a verb(And that shows just how messed up I was at that time in the morning, since I could just has easily have said "it looks mutated" rather than "it came out all mutatedly").

Actually, that is an adverb. It's describing how "it" came out, not any inherent properties of "it".

[Gwasanaethau]

Talk about being geeks! :lolflag:

[pmlxuser]

when you are thinking of doing ctrl + Z to your spouses request to go to bed thinking %PID will resume the request...

[RFXCasey]

1.Acer P3 866Mhz desktop
Smoothwall express 3.0

2.Dell poweredge 2400 server
Ubuntu 8.10 server edition

3.AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz Socket AM2+ Desktop ATI 4830 512Meg
Win XP SP3 32 bit edition
Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit edition

4.Acer Aspire AMD Turion 64 X2 1.60GHz notebook ATI x1300
Win XP SP2 32 bit edition
Ubuntu 8.04 32 bit edition

5.Compaq presario v2000 1.4Ghz Celeron M notebook Intel integrated 914
Ubuntu 8.10 32 bit edition

6.Intel P4 2.4Ghz Desktop Nvidia 6800 128Meg
Ubuntu 8.10 32 bit edition

7.Intel P4 2.5Ghz test system (motherboard sitting on desk)
variable OS (Ubuntu/Puppy Linux/Win98/XP) depends on HDD used

8.Custom built M.A.M.E arcade machine w/AMD 1.8Ghz Sempron Nvidia ti4100 128Meg
Win XP 32 bit edition

9.iMac DV Special Edition(Slot Loading)
Mac OS 9.0.4 probably soon to be Ubuntu 8.10

10.Dell GXa 333Mhz
Windows 98/DOS

11.Dell GX1 1Ghz
Win 98

12.AMD X2 64 3800+ @2.4Ghz

13.Amd K7 400Mhz

14.Intel 80286 20Mhz

15.Compaq 133Mhz

All are in working condition, but the last 4 are not full built systems though I have all the parts.

P.S. I do not consider myself a "Geek/Nerd" and if you call me that I will kick your ***.:guitar:

I posted this in another thread. Then I after standing back and thinking about it, which I never really have before, I deemed it appropriate to post here as well.

[talsemgeest]

1.Acer P3 866Mhz desktop
Smoothwall express 3.0

2.Dell poweredge 2400 server
Ubuntu 8.10 server edition

3.AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz Socket AM2+ Desktop ATI 4830 512Meg
Win XP SP3 32 bit edition
Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit edition

4.Acer Aspire AMD Turion 64 X2 1.60GHz notebook ATI x1300
Win XP SP2 32 bit edition
Ubuntu 8.04 32 bit edition

5.Compaq presario v2000 1.4Ghz Celeron M notebook Intel integrated 914
Ubuntu 8.10 32 bit edition

6.Intel P4 2.4Ghz Desktop Nvidia 6800 128Meg
Ubuntu 8.10 32 bit edition

7.Intel P4 2.5Ghz test system (motherboard sitting on desk)
variable OS (Ubuntu/Puppy Linux/Win98/XP) depends on HDD used

8.Custom built M.A.M.E arcade machine w/AMD 1.8Ghz Sempron Nvidia ti4100 128Meg
Win XP 32 bit edition

9.iMac DV Special Edition(Slot Loading)
Mac OS 9.0.4 probably soon to be Ubuntu 8.10

10.Dell GXa 333Mhz
Windows 98/DOS

11.Dell GX1 1Ghz
Win 98

12.AMD X2 64 3800+ @2.4Ghz

13.Amd K7 400Mhz

14.Intel 80286 20Mhz

15.Compaq 133Mhz

All are in working condition, but the last 4 are not full built systems though I have all the parts.

P.S. I do not consider myself a "Geek/Nerd" and if you call me that I will kick your ***.:guitar:

I posted this in another thread. Then I after standing back and thinking about it, which I never really have before, I deemed it appropriate to post here as well.
Wow, you really are a **** ;)

[skygazer]

when u really want to use the mouse pointer as a toothpick as nothing pointed is within reach:P

[jokerface]

You know your a geek when your wife bans the use of computer in bed for "being too attached to it."

My wife just doesn't understand!

[Kopachris]

All are in working condition, but the last 4 are not full built systems though I have all the parts.

P.S. I do not consider myself a "Geek/Nerd" and if you call me that I will kick your ***.:guitar:

I posted this in another thread. Then I after standing back and thinking about it, which I never really have before, I deemed it appropriate to post here as well.
If you don't consider yourself a geek, why are you posting in this thread? Oh, btw, us geeks usually consider "geek" to be a term of endearment.

[amingv]

If you don't consider yourself a geek, why are you posting in this thread? Oh, btw, us geeks usually consider "geek" to be a term of endearment.

Showoff probably.
Though that would make him a geek.

[ibuclaw]

You think Conky is sexier than your girlfriend :KS

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

You know your a geek when your wife bans the use of computer in bed for "being too attached to it."

My wife just doesn't understand!

Bonus geek points if that's a desktop instead of laptop. Because of extra effort obviously.

[Gwasanaethau]

Bonus geek points if that's a desktop instead of laptop. Because of extra effort obviously.
Even more if it's a scale replica of the ENIAC, or Babbage's Analytical Engine! Now that would be some bed (and some wife, too)! ;)

[el_guazu]

When someone ask a "simple" question, and you say:

"Bah, YAWN (Yet Another Windows Noob)"

[lokutus25]

You know you're a geek when........one of your four mobile phones has Android as Operating System... :)

[Megrimn]

YKYAGW your college professor uses Bill Gates as an example of a successful person who didn't finish college, and all you can think about is how evil microsoft is. In fact, you'd rather argue that the google founders were more successful and that they aren't evil.

[RFXCasey]

If you don't consider yourself a geek, why are you posting in this thread? Oh, btw, us geeks usually consider "geek" to be a term of endearment.

You obviously didn't see the irony in this.:-k

[RFXCasey]

YKYAGW your college professor uses Bill Gates as an example of a successful person who didn't finish college, and all you can think about is how evil microsoft is. In fact, you'd rather argue that the google founders were more successful and that they aren't evil.

WOW! If you don't think Google is evil, watch how they along with Yahoo!, Microsoft, and Cisco help the Chinese government catch an imprison people in violating of their human rights. :mad:
Here is some really good viewing everyone should watch!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2300254722104314948&q=tiananmen+square+pbs#
You can fast forward toward the end to watch the part about the American companies but I strongly recommend you take the time to watch the whole video.

[talsemgeest]

WOW! If you don't think Google is evil, watch how they along with Yahoo!, Microsoft, and Cisco help the Chinese government catch an imprison people in violating of their human rights. :mad:
Here is some really good viewing everyone should watch!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2300254722104314948&q=tiananmen+square+pbs#
You can fast forward toward the end to watch the part about the American companies but I strongly recommend you take the time to watch the whole video.
I believe one of the items in the forums code of conduct is that there is to be no political discussion.

[GepettoBR]

I believe one of the items in the forums code of conduct is that there is to be no political discussion.

Then don't make it a discussion. As it is, it was just a by-the-way. It takes at least two for a discussion.

[RFXCasey]

Then don't make it a discussion. As it is, it was just a by-the-way. It takes at least two for a discussion.

I approve this message. Oh and thanks.

[talsemgeest]

Then don't make it a discussion. As it is, it was just a by-the-way. It takes at least two for a discussion.
Good point, just trying to make life a little easier on the mods and admins :)

[BenAshton24]

You know you're a geek when you wake up in a cold sweat after having a nightmare in which you forgot to localise a variable in your source code at the start of a massive project, and now, with the project nearing it's first major release, your inner perfectionist demands that you restructure your entire program for the sake of good practice.

[ Yes I'm speaking from experience :P ]

[OmegaAI]

When you foam at the mouth after seeing the vid of the CryEngine 3 vid.

[powerpleb]

...on the national census you put 'Python' as your first language.

[Khartaras Vankar]

You tell your friend:

Hey, let's cd street/pub/beer!

[Khartaras Vankar]

The teacher says "Open your math books..." and you do:
man mathbook

[Kopachris]

Ykyagw you decide that LaTeX > Word

[Kaizzer]

Ykyagw you decide that LaTeX > Word
uuuuuuuuuu ... LaTeX .. long time no see that ... emm

ykyagw... remember thinks like LaTeX and want to "play" with it again like the old days @University .. just for the fun of..

also

ykyagw when you find fun in things like LaTeX .. :)

PS: guilty !!

[Capt. Blackwood]

You and your friend are talking about something that noooobody around you understands.

[GepettoBR]

You tell your friend:

Hey, let's cd street/pub/beer!

You want to go inside a beer?

[RFXCasey]

YKYAGW in your self righteous delusional state of mind you say things like ....

Good point, just trying to make life a little easier on the mods and admins :)

What a good Samaritan!!!! #-o

Just kiddin' no hard fellings.:lol:

[Keith_Beef]

You tell your friend:

Hey, let's cd street/pub/beer!

cat beer >> /dev/input/mouth

K.

[amingv]

cat beer >> /dev/mouth

K.

(mouth is also an output device since v2.1.34.2)

[scragar]

(mouth is also an output device since v2.1.34.2)

Well obviously /dev/input/mouth is symlinked to /dev/mouth for backwards compatibility reasons.

[amingv]

Well obviously /dev/input/mouth is symlinked to /dev/mouth for backwards compatibility reasons.

Which doesn't mean new programs should adhere to the old standards, but I'll concede :).

[Kopachris]

Which doesn't mean new programs should adhere to the old standards, but I'll concede :).
So in summary: cd /street/pub && cat beer >> /dev/mouth

#include <iostream>
#include "beer_ops.h"

int main() {for(int beer=99;beer>0;beer--){cout<<beer<<" bottles of beer on the wall.\n";
pass_around(take_down(1));
cout<<beer<<" bottles of beer on the wall.\n";
}
return 0;
}

[Rayve]

Bringing back an old quiz... http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nt2.php

http://www.nerdtests.com/images/badge/nt2/79632a631a3468b7.png

You know you're a geek when your fiancee said they're going to bed, and you stay up even longer reading this thread.

You know you're a geek when you spend your math class writing fan fiction on your scientific calculator because you already know the material the teacher is going over, and it's the only way you can write and have your teacher believe you're doing work...

[RFXCasey]

.......Your idea of a vacation is to travel hundreds or even thousands of miles away to a convention so that you can play a game that you play all the time anyways only this time you can actually see the other people you are playing with or against. WOW!:shock:

[RFXCasey]

.......You'd rather smoke a motherboard then a joint.

[RFXCasey]

You only go on dates with women to see if their software is compatible with your hardware by running them through an I/O sequence.:-\"

[RFXCasey]

You only go on dates with women to see if their software is compatible with your hardware by running them through an I/O sequence.:-\"

And depending on how fragmented her platter is you may be forced to do a port override. He he......

[RFXCasey]

You have to ask for forgiveness from your shrine of Bill Gates BEFORE installing Firefox.

[talsemgeest]

You have to ask for forgiveness from your shrine of Bill Gates BEFORE installing Firefox.
Shrine of Bill Gates? Really?

[RFXCasey]

Shrine of Bill Gates? Really?

:lolflag::mrgreen::mrgreen::lolflag:

[RFXCasey]

.......You'd rather smoke a motherboard then a joint.

I rather liked this one.

[RFXCasey]

Heh... I always say LOL! loudly and then laugh, or just say 'LOL' :) People sometimes don't know what's going on. But hey... I learned it from one girl - a friend of mine. She was always laughing like that and it sticked with me ;)

What did you do take your cloths off in front of her?

[talsemgeest]

What did you do take your cloths off in front of her?
There is a multi-quote button, and you can put in more than one YKYAGW in a single post. As it is, you are spamming the thread.

[fslezak]

You know you're a geek when you sit in front of a computer monitor all day!

[Gwasanaethau]

There is a multi-quote button, and you can put in more than one YKYAGW in a single post. As it is, you are spamming the thread.
Hey, cool! I've tried to use it before but it always seems to do the same thing as the quote button. I guess I'm not a geek then…:sad::mad:
Just out of interest, how do you use it properly?

[scragar]

Hey, cool! I've tried to use it before but it always seems to do the same thing as the quote button. I guess I'm not a geek then…:sad::mad:
Just out of interest, how do you use it properly?

Click it on those you want to reply to except one of them. Click reply on the last post.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

You know you're a geek when you sit in front of a computer monitor all day!

Anyone can sit in front of computer all day... only the actions done with it determines the level of geekiness.

Like playing WoW all day long will NOT point to geekiness in any way, however hacking kernel all day to make some your homebrew device driver work will.

p.s. You may consider last one a "ykyagw" line.

[Kopachris]

There is a multi-quote button, and you can put in more than one YKYAGW in a single post. As it is, you are spamming the thread.
Also, there's an edit button for adding Ykyagw's to an earlier post. Quintuple posting is quite unnecessary.

[rob22941]

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

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

-m

Couldn't have said it better myself

[Gwasanaethau]

Click it on those you want to reply to except one of them. Click reply on the last post.Aha! So that's how you do it! Thanks!

[bikecactus]

If you play WoW all day, what does that make you then if not a geek? A gamer maybe?

My YKYAGW line: you get nearly all of the references on The Big Bang Theory and LOL IRL when you read bash.org.

[powerpleb]

...you actually find black metal fans intimidating.

[GepettoBR]

...you actually find black metal fans intimidating.

:lolflag: where did THAT come from?

The Black Metal crowd just needs a big group hug. And something for their throats.

[SlickRick]

If you play WoW all day, what does that make you then if not a geek? A gamer maybe?

if you play it ALL DAY it means that you're a grinder and forgotten what real gaming is...and should go out more :P

[amingv]

...and should go out more :P

Let's not go to extremes. [-X
It just means you should make up some time for programming, debugging, breaking stuff apart, reading about gadgets you can't afford, forums and the ocassional hygiene. :)

[Junkieman]

YKYAGW the idea of creating a game is more exciting than playing one.

lol @powerpleb there's nothing wrong with black metal, thats more a YKYA-trendy vs YKYAG :p

[Vrekk]

YKYAGW.... you lose points on your math test for putting 5!=x. She thought I meant 5! = X or 25=X

[raul_]

YKYAGW.... you lose points on your math test for putting 5!=x. She thought I meant 5! = X or 25=X

I once wrote in a Math test in college that x=x+25

[scragar]

I once wrote in a Math test in college that x=x+25

Serious fail.
x+=25
Fixed.

[GepettoBR]

YKYAGW.... you lose points on your math test for putting 5!=x. She thought I meant 5! = X or 25=X

Why'd she think that 5! = 25 when 5! = 120?

[Vrekk]

Why'd she think that 5! = 25 when 5! = 120?

Wow I just failed. I was thinking 5^2 for some reason. I need to lay of the energy drinks

[powerpleb]

lol @powerpleb there's nothing wrong with black metal, thats more a YKYA-trendy vs YKYAG :p
Black metal fans are just conforming to inverted optimism.:guitar:

YKYAGW the unbearable burden upon your shoulders is just a ridiculously sophisticated gaming headset.

[Vrekk]

YKYAGW.... given the option to hang out with friends or set up conky, you chose conky.

I just found out how cool conky is the other day :D:popcorn:

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

YKYAGW.... given the option to hang out with friends or set up conky, you chose conky.

I just found out how cool conky is the other day :D:popcorn:

Not really sure if it makes you more geek than it makes you anti-social.

I was just thinking that I understand a geek like a smart hacker and/or generally intelligent (sometimes obsessively) person, with mostly (but not absolutely necessary) interest in IT and other such technology.

Being antisocial, sci-fi obsessed and other awkward characteristics, isn't quite geek defining qualities (though happens sometimes).

[talsemgeest]

Not really sure if it makes you more geek than it makes you anti-social.

I was just thinking that I understand a geek like a smart hacker and/or generally intelligent (sometimes obsessively) person, with mostly (but not absolutely necessary) interest in IT and other such technology.

Being antisocial, sci-fi obsessed and other awkward characteristics, isn't quite geek defining qualities (though happens sometimes).
Agreed, anti-socialness is more of a nerd thing.

[tarps87]

YKYAGW.... given the option to hang out with friends or set up conky, you chose conky.

I just found out how cool conky is the other day :D:popcorn:

More of a geek if you hang out with friends to discus conky configs

[Vrekk]

More of a geek if you hang out with friends to discus conky configs

Agreed. But none of my friends are geeky enough to use conky. Ill show it to them, theyll call it cool, the go on using windows :|

[Kopachris]

Not really sure if it makes you more geek than it makes you anti-social.

I was just thinking that I understand a geek like a smart hacker and/or generally intelligent (sometimes obsessively) person, with mostly (but not absolutely necessary) interest in IT and other such technology.

Being antisocial, sci-fi obsessed and other awkward characteristics, isn't quite geek defining qualities (though happens sometimes).
Conky install party? :popcorn:

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

Conky install party? :popcorn:

That's definitely geek-worthy!

YKYAG when you throw LAN parties with friends for hack-fests and the like, instead of gaming (or at least leave gaming secondary).

p.s. Only wish I had more geek friends.

[Gwasanaethau]

YKYAGW you set up an SSH connection from your laptop to halt your desktop because it makes more sense than getting up off your backside to shut it down normally! Not only that, but you get a warm, fuzzy feeling following the signals with wireshark, just for good measure!

[shnurui]

You dream about screensavers.



You dream IN screensavers, and think Queensryche's Dreaming In Digital is your sleep mode theme.

[tarps87]

YKYAGW you set up an SSH connection from your laptop to halt your desktop because it makes more sense than getting up off your backside to shut it down normally! Not only that, but you get a warm, fuzzy feeling following the signals with wireshark, just for good measure!

Don't forget that you can use it to turn the volume up and down while watching a film ;)

[Megrimn]

p.s. Only wish I had more geek friends.

me too.
the only true geek friend I have lives in Indiana, and I've never meet him face to face.

[vurwolf]

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.

BLAST!!! I am a geek!!!

[Vrekk]

',.pyfgcrl/=
aoeuidhtns-
;qjkxbmwvz

YKYAGW you can tell me what that is :D

[KIAaze]

',.pyfgcrl/=
aoeuidhtns-
;qjkxbmwvz

YKYAGW you can tell me what that is :D
Is it a single encryption or a combination of multiple encryptions?

Is it a PGP signature?

[hatten]

Is it a single encryption or a combination of multiple encryptions?

Is it a PGP signature?

lol, it's the dvorak keyboard layout!

Dvorak ftw!!!

[KIAaze]

Good one. ^^
Well, then here's another layout:
xyzt^
abcde
fghij
klmno
pqrsu
vw ≈

:p

[Jekshadow]

You know you're a geek when:

you have written programs for your calculator when your math teacher was giving a lecture.
you have rickrolled every single HTTP request in your school/workplace via an ARP Cache Poisoning attack for April Fools Day.
you can do math in binary faster than in decimals (base 10).
you know what a pseudonymous overlay network is.

[Megrimn]

You know you're a geek when:

you have written programs for your calculator when your math teacher was giving a lecture.



lol

I have a friend who works at Subway, and she wrote calculator programs for counting the tills and bread loaves at closing.

[twright]

you consider VIM keybindings an essential feature of any application, no matter what it does... (drum simulator w. VIM keybindings... bring it on)

[shnurui]

You write math base for advanced calcuations.

You keep the entire structure of said calculatory equasions in 1/ZZ of your brain, and you know what ZZ really is without writing out.

No, it's not Hex.

[amingv]

No, it's not Hex.

I'm feeling mildly insulted. :)

[Gwasanaethau]

I'm feeling mildly insulted. :)
Yeah, so am I! ;)

Isn't ZZ the quit command in vi?

[twright]

Isn't ZZ the quit command in vi?
One of them...

[WhiteCynz]

You understand (0x2b||!0x2b) and find it funny.

I laughed so hard at that one, I guess im a geek now x)

[Maheriano]

You understand (0x2b||!0x2b) and find it funny.

Very funny!
You know you're a geek when you make this your Facebook status, pass it around the office laughing in geek laughter and then someone comments on your status within 3 minutes to call you a nerd. And 2 minutes later your girlfriend comments and agrees.

[Gwasanaethau]

You understand (0x2b||!0x2b) and find it funny.
Doesn't that just evaluate to true? ;)

[twright]

Doesn't that just evaluate to true? ;)
That's what I though :-)

The C style syntax goes without saying

[talsemgeest]

YKYAGW your nightmares involve being hacked.

[Junkieman]

you consider VIM keybindings an essential feature of any application, no matter what it does... (drum simulator w. VIM keybindings... bring it on)

Firefox... ;)

[twright]

Firefox... ;)
Vimerator - best addon ever!

[powerpleb]

...you have a different box for each peice of software you run and you scoff at those 'n00bz' who suggest that it may be a little excessive.

[PorkyPie]

wow... this is still going! Hehe, i remember seeing this last year!

[talsemgeest]

YKYAGW you stay up till 2am on October 30th for the ubuntu release.

Still, I suppose YKYAGW you do that on a normal night as well ;)

[karimruan]

You know your a geek when you prefer the RC because you get to test, fix, and figure it out!

[Vrekk]

OMG Ubuntu is a trendy topic on twitter. I didn't realize Ubuntu was THAT big of a os!

YKYAGW... you get excited over the above.

YKYAGW... it bugs you that the trendy topic says Ubuntu 9 not Ubuntu 9.10

[karimruan]

YKYAG when Karmic's release game you a kernalgasm!

YKYAG when you say things like kernalgasm!

[Junkieman]

YKYAGW You read kernelnewbies.org (http://kernelnewbies.org) after kernel updates

[johnboy1313]

i know im a geek because i have been having an ongoing argument amongst fellow geeks ever since episode 3 came out over the idea of weather or not General Grevious is a sith, he's NOT!!

[Kopachris]

wow... this is still going! Hehe, i remember seeing this last year!
The first post was on November 4, 2005. This has been going on for almost four years.

Four year ygyagw anniversary countdown party! Only 6 days!:popcorn:

[mudguts]

I have an IBM RS/6000 in my basement and an HP Alphasmart in the garage.
Does that make me geeky?

[Maheriano]

...when you spend the night installing a Commodore 64 emulator called Vice so you can play Hunchback and finally finish it because you never managed to do it when you actually owned a Commodore 64.

[johnboy1313]

...when you spend the night installing a Commodore 64 emulator called Vice so you can play Hunchback and finally finish it because you never managed to do it when you actually owned a Commodore 64.

i miss the commordore 64

[GepettoBR]

i miss the commordore 64

ykyagw you miss the Commodore 64.

[von Stalhein]

I geek, therefore I am.

As well, I'm watching Mythbusters while waiting for the Karmic alternate ISO to d/l.

Geez I'm cool.

[Kopachris]

Ykyagw you watch Mythbusters on MythTV.

[lumbalumba]

You're a geek when you wear glasses, high waist pants with suspenders and excessive hair gel. You know so many things that most people could live on without. You're an introvert and have low self-esteem.

[Junkieman]

You're a geek when you wear glasses, high waist pants with suspenders and excessive hair gel. You know so many things that most people could live on without. You're an introvert and have low self-esteem.
I see that as more nerdy, than geeky ;)

ykyagw when a friend has a bar chart, but no raw data, and you reverse engineer the chart to match the pixel/unit ratio and guestimate the values using GIMP in less than 10 minutes.

[talsemgeest]

I see that as more nerdy, than geeky ;)


Agreed, definitely nerdy.

[JohnLM_the_Ghost]

I see that as more nerdy, than geeky ;)

Indeed it is!
People still seem to have trouble understanding geek vs. nerd definitions. Even short of my post few pages back, there's a long-running, recurring discussion about this. Oh well...

Among other things...
... YKYAG when in search of rather simple, yet incredibly annoying bug on your server you try different Linux versions, locate spare parts just to locate it's origin. And of course fix it thereafter.
I'm currently pursuing one such bug (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1250173) on my server rig.

[GepettoBR]

ykyagw you control your shower time with crontab.
ykyagw you have a dedicated GRUB partition.
ykyaeggw (you know you're an even greater geek when) you help out the aforementioned geek with his dedicated GRUB partition woes (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8218310#post8218310).



(sorry for the spam but this thread is very dense in people who might be able to help).

[Marlonsm]

I see that as more nerdy, than geeky ;)

Ykyagw you know the difference between geeks and nerds. For most people they are just the same.

[GepettoBR]

Ykyagw you know the difference between geeks and nerds. For most people they are just the same.

Does a nerd know the difference?

[shark1997]

You know when you are a geek when...
:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:
1.You have 30 different Ubuntu partitions even if there are only 11 versions of ubuntu

2.You hack Vista

3.You correct a Dell support person

4.You watch this forum for new threads 25 hours a day

5.You have 32 different computer monitors, one for each workspace

7.You overclock your brain

8.You secretly upgrade your school's computers to Intel Core i7 Extreme processors

9. You don't realize there was not any number 6 on this list

10. You scroll up to check

[R2D2!]

9. You don't realize there was not any number 6 on this list

10. You scroll up to check

Actually that applies to non-geeks :p . Any geek would inevitably notice that kind of mistake.

—Ilhuıtemoc

[railgrinder762001]

lol:)

[amingv]

10. You scroll up to check

And what sort of screen resolution are you using?

ykyagw you're assigned to write several forms of text as homework for language class and all of them end up being about computers, software, math or physics.
Only two more to go :P.

[Junkieman]

Y
9. You don't realize there was not any number 6 on this list

I thought its because the coffee hasn't kicked in yet, on a Monday morning ;)

ykyagw you run Rockbox Linux distro on your old 4th Gen iPod, a custom firmware on your Canon digital camera, and have dreams of installing a custom kernel on your toaster.

[Kopachris]

I thought its because the coffee hasn't kicked in yet, on a Monday morning ;)

ykyagw you run Rockbox Linux distro on your old 4th Gen iPod, a custom firmware on your Canon digital camera, and have dreams of installing a custom kernel on your toaster.
Rockbox isn't Linux, it's a totally separate project. I think it's µClinux you're thinking of. However, I do have Rockbox on my Sansa.

[Riffster]

yktagw you actually want to understand all this stuff ;)