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

[sci-fi guy]

You know you're a geek when;

You boot up your computer hoping that ubuntu will have an update (and get really dissappointed when there isn't one)

Your family ask you to have a look at their xp machine and when they return, they have linux.

Guilty on both counts (actually, a liveCD to scare them ****less). I see you are using Feisty. Upgrade now ad you will have many updates. (actually, they seem to have tapered off in recent days, but you still get several a day.) And it is stable now (for me, anyways) EDIT: And get 64-bit for crying out loud! Unless you want WINE. Not in the 64-bit Gutsy repos yet. /edit

You know you are a geek when Sherlock Holmes mysteries bore you because they are too trivial.

You know you are a geek when you have created an AI that can solve said mysteries running on legacy hardware.

[Hortinstein]

you know your a geek when you are scared of your email adress because you have been playing too much nethack

[Frak]

The other day my Calculus teacher was writing on a smartboard. He always uses the undo button at the top to fix his mistakes and such.

He was showing us how to do something on the white board and reached up to hit undo only to realize it wasn't there :). Of course the whole class caught it.

Not exactly geeky, but related to the firefox tabs above.

I always want to use ctrl+f to find stuff in books.

Your a geek when you say this,

Tell your Calculus Teacher to remember to use the Pens for aligning the board with the projector and software. It provides a much more accurate point when writing.

Also, many don't know this, there is an alignment and Keyboard buttons on the SmartBoard Tray.

Lastly, Only one instrument at a time (using the red marker and the eraser at the same time doesn't work)

Just some tips from an HS Tech.

[farmfield]

...you're in here reading stuff like this instead of going out trying to get laid... ;-)

[Iceni]

...you're in here reading stuff like this instead of going out trying to get laid... ;-)

Afk going out.

[lisati]

...you're in here reading stuff like this instead of going out trying to get laid... ;-)

:) Guilty as charged! The lady of our house has compared our computer & video gear with extra wives! :)

[Zero Prime]

When you score this..

http://www.nerdtests.com/images/badge/e7b0254d15a702ce.gif

[blithen]

I'm not sure if this applies to well but oh well.
When you upgrade to the developmental release of your distro once they start releasing alphas!

[sci-fi guy]

I'm not sure if this applies to well but oh well.
When you upgrade to the developmental release of your distro once they start releasing alphas!

Either you don't qualify, or you failed to update your profile.
EDIT: Much better.

[BOBSONATOR]

You're a geek when the first thing you do after installing a Linux distro is getting Beryl and Emerald to work so everyone can see your kewl themes from gnome-look :D

Wow

*checks window to make sure no-one is there*

just wow.

[Black Mage]

You know you're a geek when at work someone opens your desk drawer and finds it filled with computers that you enjoy playing with all day.

Hey, I'm not parting with my 128meg RAM chip, I might find a Pentium III that can still you it.

[reacocard]

When you salvage several pentium II machines with the intent of turning them into a beowulf cluster.


True story, I actually have them in this very room. Haven't had time to turn them into a cluster yet though.

[voided3]

You boot up your computer hoping that ubuntu will have an update (and get really dissappointed when there isn't one)
You have more wires in your house than the national telephone exchange
People ask you why you have so many computers and parts lying around that don't work and you respond with "They might come in handy"
The first thing you say to people when you see them is "I have just the cooooolest new effect on linux"
Your family ask you to have a look at their xp machine and when they return, they have linux.

You read my mind...

[microsoft92sucks]

when your yo momma jokes r stuff like.
I would over clock your moms CPU.
I would insert my floppy in your moms drive.
I would install my data to her drives.

When instead of writing a girl a note to ask her out on paper you write it with openoffice and put it on a floppy and give it to her.
The answer tends to be no if you use this way of asking a girl out.


This is a great thread!

[moffatt666]

When you say to your g/f
"If you open your ports, I'll flood you with packets."

When your phone runs linux.

[Sunforge]

When you've amassed a lab full of kit that you never use but can't bear to throw away.

Where did I leave that puppy linux CD?

[sci-fi guy]

Where did I leave that puppy linux CD?

It got pushed under a system.

[r3ymysterio9]

you know ur a geek when ur name is sci-fi guy :)

[kakalaky]

When your phone runs linux.

Not anymore. The RAZR2 runs linux so now every idiot you see will have a phone running linux.

[zaden.winkler]

Your girl friend is giving you oral and your still typing in forums such as this one right now!.

[zaden.winkler]

when you partition http://www.oqo.com/products/index.html to install Ubuntu and Windows for leetness everywhere you go.

[scrapmetal]

You have read all entries, and found you only didn't understand the 00100110 type.
All the rest applies to you (me?)
Your in denial about being a geek,
You are to afraid to take the test (timid?)
You think "Mr Universe" had a great rig, and you liked his wife. re: serenity the movie.
Oh, well, may be I'm just a computer enthusiast?
NO.......

[maybeway36]

When you throw everything away into your /dev/null.

[Omnios]

When you start playing around with web hosts for the hell of it.

You end up with three or more web hosts.

You start playing with Drupal as a backend because you think it is way different.

You figure out you can integrate Simple Machine Forum into Drupal.

And you realize you are becoming a web geek because you think this is easy.

[sci-fi guy]

You have read all entries, and found you only didn't understand the 00100110 type..

0010110 is an '&'.

[lespaul_rentals]

These are some very funny and entertaining posts, everyone! :)

You know you're a geek when all you can think about is how to configure your KDE desktop enviroment to be more amazingly sexy than it already is.

You know you're a geek when, as your buddy is talking about how "amazing" his Vista Aero looks and how "awesome" the sidebar widgets are, you're just silently chuckling to yourself because you have SuperKaramba and Beryl themes and your computer actually runs smoothly -- all for free.

You know you're a geek when your friend says "Hello!" and you wonder if you forgot to close that Telnet session.

You know you're a geek when you wonder what ports you have to hack to win a girl's heart.

You know you're a geek when you want a stuffed penguin -- even though you're a senior in high school.

You know you're a geek when you can't walk to the bathroom at night because you'll trip over multiple Cat5 cables.

You know you're a geek when you know the names of all the WLANs in your neighborhood by heart -- and you really know you're a geek when you also know the WEP keys.

You know you're a geek when you tell your girlfriend you think you should start using switches for the protection.

[ahaslam]

... you converse with more people on line than off.

[yabbadabbadont]

... you converse with more people on line than off.

Ouch... I resemble that remark. :lol:

[ahaslam]

Ouch... I resemble that remark. :lol:

Same here some days, I often see no one at work, it's just me in a telephone exchange, soldering stuff :(

[tsnell]

... you converse with more people on line than off.



Ouch... I resemble that remark. :lol:



Same here some days, I often see no one at work, it's just me in a telephone exchange, soldering stuff :(

I fit this description as well!

[ahaslam]

I fit this description as well!

There's nothing wong with being a geek, at least we can aspire to being nerds ;)

[UI-Freak]

You know you're a geek when HE is using any flavor of Linux.

[moffatt666]

Not anymore. The RAZR2 runs linux so now every idiot you see will have a phone running linux.

:O
No! I chose my new Motorola (with WiFi) specifically for its Linux-based OS.

[Billy_McBong]

You know you're a geek when you want a stuffed penguin -- even though you're a senior in high school.

im a senior and i would love a stuffed penguin, but only f he resembled tux of course


You know you're a geek when you have a giant pile of worthless electronics in the middle of your room(it just keeps growing bigger)

[tsnell]

you would rather be with your computer than a girl (for guys)

[joe.turion64x2]

you would rather be with your computer than a girl (for guys)
Hey, that's me!!! I can not leave my laptop alone.

[use a name]

Uhoh... I'm in trouble. I just tried to scroll (with the mouse scrollwheel) through a printed document...

[Ekkusu]

Wait... did I just call the Lynx a Linux? *runs*

[matthew]

Uhoh... I'm in trouble. I just tried to scroll (with the mouse scrollwheel) through a printed document...Sometimes I tap paper documents, trying to highlight words the way I would with my laptop's touchpad. #-o

[compiledkernel]

You know your a geek when you can listen to Krautrock Bands like Can and think -- Yeah this rocks.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FXy9bRGmU0A

[James85]

You know you're a geek when the callouses on your finger tips taste of pop-tarts 24/7, you can write your full name in binary by heart, anybody who has never learned PERL makes you brand them lame, your office wall is covered with 100's of old mother boards.

PS: Can IS a good band, they absolutely ROCK!

[maybeway36]

im a senior and i would love a stuffed penguin, but only f he resembled tux of course

How about a stuffed BSD daemon?

[compiledkernel]

01111001011011110111010100100000011010110110111001 101111011101110010000001
11100101101111011101010111001000100000011000010010 000001100111011001010110
01010110101100100000011101110110100001100101011011 100010000001111001011011
11011101010010000001100011011000010110111000100000 011101000111001001100001
01101110011100110110110001100001011101000110010100 100000011101000110100001
1010010111001100101110001000000000110100001010

[James85]

Lol! I can't do that with binary, i'm a newbie. I was describing my cousin above. He is teaching me linux stuff, and getting me hooked on pop-tarts ;)

[blithen]

01111001011011110111010100100000011010110110111001 101111011101110010000001
11100101101111011101010111001000100000011000010010 000001100111011001010110
01010110101100100000011101110110100001100101011011 100010000001111001011011
11011101010010000001100011011000010110111000100000 011101000111001001100001
01101110011100110110110001100001011101000110010100 100000011101000110100001
1010010111001100101110001000000000110100001010

Google is your friend. :D but


79 6f 75 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 79 6f 75 72 20 61 20 67 65 65 6b 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 74 72 61 6e 73 6c 61 74 65 20 74 68 69 73 2e 20 0d 0a

[hessiess]

just use a hex converter

http://www.nickciske.com/tools/hex.php (http://www.nickciske.com/tools/hex.php)
:)

[tlink]

When you're talking to some younger kids about being geeks and how its cool now, and wasn't in your day, and they respond with "No, its still not cool, you just are one now so you think that."

[yabbadabbadont]

just use a hex converter

http://www.nickciske.com/tools/hex.php (http://www.nickciske.com/tools/hex.php)
:)

Well, you just lost your geek status. :D

Anyone even remotely geek-like knows that each hex digit is made up of four bits. So just take the string of ones and zeros four characters at a time and convert. ;)

[Billy_McBong]

How about a stuffed BSD daemon?
never used BSD but it would be cool to have

and here (http://www.paulschou.com/tools/xlate/) is a great binary/hex translator

[Frak]

Google is your friend. :D but


79 6f 75 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 79 6f 75 72 20 61 20 67 65 65 6b 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 74 72 61 6e 73 6c 61 74 65 20 74 68 69 73 2e 20 0d 0a
lol, very true ;)

[benhagerty]

When you get a new external HD and are super excited haha

[tdrusk]

When you get a new external HD and are super excited haha
And you take that hdd and format it with ext3.
(just did it)

[joe.turion64x2]

And you take that hdd and format it with ext3.
(just did it)
And besides of that you make a tiny Windows partition on it so your data will be safe in the ext3 one from any windows's moron without risking that Windows offers to format it (just in case the HDD gets momentarily in wrong hands).

[BLTicklemonster]

When you see a screenshot someone did of a map they made in unrealed, and you try to click and drag around in it to get a better angle.

tlol

[RAV TUX]

How do YOU know you're a geek?

I'll start...

You know you're a geek when you can hold an entire conversation with friends in linux CLI talk......(i.e. 'cat /proc/lookattheassonthat!') or ('cd /pub/beer')
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45156&d=1191384731
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45156&d=1191384731
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45156&d=1191384731
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45156&d=1191384731
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45156&d=1191384731
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45156&d=1191384731
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45156&d=1191384731
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=45156&d=1191384731
You know your a geek when you read the code in my signature and LOL.

[smartboyathome]

MDExMTEwMDEgMDExMDExMTEgMDExMTAxMDEgMDAxMDAwMDAgMD ExMDEwMTEgMDExMDExMTAgMDExMDExMTEgMDExMTAxMTEgMDAx MDAwMDAgMDExMTEwMDEgMDExMDExMTEgMDExMTAxMDEgMDExMT AwMTAgMDAxMDAwMDAgMDExMDAwMDEgMDAxMDAwMDAgMDExMDAx MTEgMDExMDAxMDEgMDExMDAxMDEgMDExMDEwMTEgMDAxMDAwMD AgMDExMTAxMTEgMDExMDEwMDAgMDExMDAxMDEgMDExMDExMTAg MDAxMDAwMDAgMDExMTEwMDEgMDExMDExMTEgMDExMTAxMDEgMD AxMDAwMDAgMDExMDAwMTEgMDExMDAwMDEgMDExMDExMTAgMDAx MDAwMDAgMDExMTAxMDAgMDExMTAwMTAgMDExMDAwMDEgMDExMD ExMTAgMDExMTAwMTEgMDExMDExMDAgMDExMDAwMDEgMDExMTAx MDAgMDExMDAxMDEgMDAxMDAwMDAgMDExMTAxMDAgMDExMDEwMD AgMDExMDEwMDEgMDExMTAwMTEgMDAxMDExMTAgMDAxMDAwMDAg MDAwMDExMDEgMDAwMDEwMTA= :-P

[Interestedinthepenguin]

When you want/have the USB Memory Watch from thinkgeek.com

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/9771/

...I got one, and love it.:-D

[aquavitae]

You read something with a footnote*.


*and try to dereference the pointer.

[benplaut]

When you stop using a distro and then come back to the forum two years later thinking "that was a pretty fun place"

Hello again folks... nobody knows who I am anymore :)

[matthew]

When you stop using a distro and then come back to the forum two years later thinking "that was a pretty fun place"

Hello again folks... nobody knows who I am anymore :)benplaut!!!! I know who you are and I'm glad to see you. :D Welcome back.

[meborc]

...you use mutt as your mail client... cmus as your music player... lynx as your browser... finch as your im and you watch movies with mplayer framebuffer - all that of course in cli... and you don't even miss the graphical interfaces as it all runs so fast using just a fraction of your ram... (not the mplayer stuff though... it can be quite hogging) :popcorn:


good thread!

[Frak]

...you use mutt as your mail client... cmus as your music player... lynx as your browser... finch as your im and you watch movies with mplayer framebuffer - all that of course in cli... and you don't even miss the graphical interfaces as it all runs so fast using just a fraction of your ram... (not the mplayer stuff though... it can be quite hogging) :popcorn:


good thread!
And you use editor to edit your source.list

sudo editor /etc/apt/sources.list

SO much faster and easeier :)

[lespaul_rentals]

you would rather be with your computer than a girl (for guys)

I know what you're saying!

There are a couple of girls that like me and I could probably ask out, but I'm too "busy." I don't have time for a girlfriend when playing guitar, Linux, and work take up all my time!

My friend: "Hey, Simon, you want to go to a movie tonight?"
Me: "I...uh...have homework. And my family wants me to stay home."
My friend: "Okay, whatever."

Or,

My friend: "Hey, let's hang out sometime."
Me: "Yeah, let's do it! Next week!"

[compiledkernel]

You find the stuff contained on http://bash.org funny.

#18126 +(168)- [X]

<Carlton>I see someone walking down the street wearing all black I think, "Probably has a favourite Linux distribution."

[petersjm]

...when someone asks you what languages you know and you say "English, French, C, Python, BASIC and Ruby"...

[James85]

...when someone asks you what languages you know and you say "English, French, C, Python, BASIC and Ruby"...

....and Klingon :D

[joe.turion64x2]

When you stop using a distro and then come back to the forum two years later thinking "that was a pretty fun place"

Hello again folks... nobody knows who I am anymore :)
I did not know a forum membership could stay idle that much time.

[FuturePilot]

When you get excited at the mention of Linux:lolflag:

(Hey this thread got moved)

[tdrusk]

I really wanted this girl to get me some napkins today when I was sitting down. I tried to think of the best way to get her to do it. My mind shot straight to

sudo sandra get me some napkins please

I guess I figured if I had administrative powers she would do whatever I wanted.

[Frak]

I really wanted this girl to get me some napkins today when I was sitting down. I tried to think of the best way to get her to do it. My mind shot straight to

sudo sandra get me some napkins please

I guess I figured if I had administrative powers she would do whatever I wanted.
:lolflag:

[init1]

I really wanted this girl to get me some napkins today when I was sitting down. I tried to think of the best way to get her to do it. My mind shot straight to

sudo sandra get me some napkins please

I guess I figured if I had administrative powers she would do whatever I wanted.
This wouldn't be an issue if you logged into life using the root password.

[BLTicklemonster]

Sudo sandwich reality:

Get me a sandwich.

Get it yourself.

Sudo aptitude get me a sandwich.

Say what?

Please. (that there's the password, ya know)

Yes dear, you want fries with that? (aptitude rocks, btw)




I've been meaning to mention the lack of a password in that funny for a while...

[catfacts]

you know your a geek if you read every post in this thread. Acutally i skipped some.

[joe.turion64x2]

You know you are a geek if while watching a movie in the TV you want to press the Space Bar to pause the scene.

[ghostcrab]

You know your a geek when you complane about other people's post

You know your a geek when you have a helmet with a satellite dish on it

[lespaul_rentals]

Sudo sandwich reality:

Get me a sandwich.

Get it yourself.

Sudo aptitude get me a sandwich.

Say what?

Please. (that there's the password, ya know)

Yes dear, you want fries with that? (aptitude rocks, btw)




I've been meaning to mention the lack of a password in that funny for a while...



sudo apt-get install sandwich
Password:

A 1,000 KB sandwich will be delivered to you. Would you like to continue?
[y/n]
Would you like to install the packages for this sandwich without verification?
[y/n]

[ryanVickers]

You find it more natural to count 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 than 1,2,3,4,5,6..
The most physical part of your day is gowing up and down the stairs, getting more coke
Your chair has over time grown into a perfect replica of your ***
Somebody yells at you, and you're desperately looking for the "mute"-button

That's so me! :p

And honestly 0 What kind of example are you people setting! 577 posts! Yeah, that'll break the stereotype that Linux is for geeks alright! :p

Oh yeah, and you know your a geek when you complain you can't aim at (real) mini-golf because you can't line up the hole using the aliased edges on everything :)

[Arenlor]

You're willing to spend $400 dollars on this http://www.picotux.com/ and are installing Gusty on a thumb drive while considering a loan for it.

[ryanVickers]

Hey, that's pretty cool! :p

[sci-fi guy]

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those! (Yes I read /.)

[aquavitae]

You're willing to spend $400 dollars on this http://www.picotux.com/ and are installing Gusty on a thumb drive while considering a loan for it.Maybe I'm not enough of a geek... What would you use that for?

[reacocard]

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those! (Yes I read /.)

In soviet russia, /. reads you!

[FuturePilot]

In soviet russia, /. reads you!

:lolflag:

When people wonder what uptime is and why you keep bragging about it.

[Frak]

Maybe I'm not enough of a geek... What would you use that for?
Nothing

[sci-fi guy]

...the rest of the world has a name for your gaming PC: Storm Botnet

[Arenlor]

Nothing

Exactly, a true geek just wants to own it, it's a cool thing after all. I mean come on, the bragging rights that go with that?

[sci-fi guy]

Exactly, a true geek just wants to own it, it's a cool thing after all. I mean come on, the bragging rights that go with that?

So technically, he does have a reason for wanting it: Bragging Rights and 1337ness

[eddVRS]

My friend, a music geek, has an alphabet that reads as follows:

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, a, b, c...

:guitar:

[leg]

When you answer posts that say you know you are a geek.

[Arenlor]

In the latest Harry Potter book, there's a bit where he's practically tearing his hair out trying to find out what a corcrux is. You know you're a geek when you (seriously) think to yourself, "why doesn't he just Google it?".

I thought that, but also, when his cousin gets a computer I think "Wonder what type and what OS, does he maintain it, what about anti-virus, does he use the internets on it etc." But his cousin does have a PC (or Mac) and so it's at least dated to mid 80s I'm guessing and so there would be at least BBS for Harry to use, I wonder if the wizards have their own special servers they use for talking and data, what about hacking spells? How much easier would it be to format a disk with magic?

[Frak]

So technically, he does have a reason for wanting it: Bragging Rights and 1337ness
Exactly 100% Correct.

It has very little uses. But, you could use it for serial handshaking, Serial-to-Ethernet, Ethernet-to-Serial, etc.

Other than that, its just a way to say "I'm the 1337est HaXXoR because I have a super, mega tiny Linux PC, you just got PWND!!!"

[ryanVickers]

...How much easier would it be to format a disk with magic?

Wouldn't that be handy - you could just magic up any file, no need for storage, tools like OO, Gimp, etc.... :lolflag:
You need a program, picture, document, etc. poof! :p Also, even hardware - you want a faster CPU, HD, GPU, Motherboard, etc.... :ppoof! You need a bug fixed, or you want another feature in a program/the OS, poof! :p

[yabbadabbadont]

Wouldn't that be handy - you could just magic up any file, no need for storage, tools like OO, Gimp, etc.... :lolflag:
You need a program, picture, document, etc. poof! :p Also, even hardware - you want a faster CPU, HD, GPU, Motherboard, etc.... :ppoof! You need a bug fixed, or you want another feature in a program/the OS, poof! :p

You are thinking too small. Who needs a computer when you have magic? :twisted:

[Arenlor]

Exactly 100% Correct.

It has very little uses. But, you could use it for serial handshaking, Serial-to-Ethernet, Ethernet-to-Serial, etc.

Other than that, its just a way to say "I'm the 1337est HaXXoR because I have a super, mega tiny Linux PC, you just got PWND!!!"
Funny, jocks compare crotch sizes to see who's biggest, geeks compare computers to see who's is the smallest.

[ryanVickers]

I'm just wondering, how do you hookup the monitor, power, peripherals, or anything else?... :p

[joe.turion64x2]

I'm just wondering, how do you hookup the monitor, power, peripherals, or anything else?... :p
See the picture. Next to the Ethernet port there seems to be a power connector. I think the VGA adapter is behind that, and just between there sits a pin array, I guess peripherals can be plugged there.

EDIT: It would be nice if it had a USB port.

[sci-fi guy]

To quote a sig I read once:
"Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine intervention is insufficiently advanced."

[Frak]

See the picture. Next to the Ethernet port there seems to be a power connector. I think the VGA adapter is behind that, and just between there sits a pin array, I guess peripherals can be plugged there.

EDIT: It would be nice if it had a USB port.
One side is a Serial Port, the other is an Ethernet port.

It is possible to VNC into it though...

[ravirdv]

You know you are geek when you read forum posts in revese order (dont know about others i do that :P)

[Arenlor]

See the picture. Next to the Ethernet port there seems to be a power connector. I think the VGA adapter is behind that, and just between there sits a pin array, I guess peripherals can be plugged there.

EDIT: It would be nice if it had a USB port.
True, but the ethernet port can be used for power. I think I'll get a second job to get one (I'm serious here) and then we'll all know.
You know you are geek when you read forum posts in revese order (dont know about others i do that :P)
It says that was your first post since you joined over a year ago?

[Basurero]

you engrave your wedding date in your wedding ring as a UNIX timestamp.

And you know your better half has given up on you when she accepts the first time you (scaredly) suggest it.

[ravirdv]

yea my first post coz i never post here but i found this thread interesting.

[Gorgoth]

Lol, nice one



Thats almost creepy 8-[

When you wish you could have a pet penguin running around in the house

What you mean Pippy means Im a geek? Gah, guess I'll have to settle for an iguana then :/

(Pippy being the imaginary penguin I'd let live in my imaginary walk-in freezer/aquarium)

[Arenlor]

When you get excited about a spam because it's from the future.
Received: from 70.135.40.25 (HELO micoks.net) (70.135.40.25)
by mta542.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:07:49 -0700
Received: from nobody by talk21.com with local (Exim 4.52) id buguoh-000ryb-jz; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:07:28 -0700

When you get upset because SIRT is down
When you know what SIRT is.

[ryanVickers]

when you laugh at jokes like "Copper and Iron were an a bar, and gold walked in and they said 'Au*, get out of here!'" :p

* you have to say it like "hey", but without the h, so like "ey", or "eh" 'cause I'm Canadian ;)

[Arenlor]

when you laugh at jokes like "Copper and Iron were an a bar, and gold walked in and they said 'Au*, get out of here!'" :p

* you have to say it like "hey", but without the h, so like "ey", or "eh" 'cause I'm Canadian ;)
Really you want to think 'eh you,

Here's a good few:
When you hook up with your girlfriend in a IC enforced Text based MUD.
When you walk out the door on a day off of college and freak out because Charlie's weight isn't on your back.
When you have to give an informative speech in Com 101 and instantly pick Ubuntu, but then get worried about losing credit because the speech can't have a goal in being persuasive.
When your greatest memory of babysitting was teaching them to maintain their computers.
When your second greatest was teaching them HTML and PHP.
When you can't wash the dishes without laughing. (AJAX brand soap)
When you're doing a rope course and diagnose someone's computer problem.
When you go home from college and the first thing you do is get on Johnny and fix him up.

[Arenlor]

When you are taking the nerd test, read this question: Do you own any TV series season(s) of the following on DVD or VHS: Star Trek (any series), Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, Dr. Who, Thundercats, Lost in Space...
Love them all, and when you see this answer: Yes, and I also have the Stargates, X-files, and Firefly!
You think, omg I have to meet the guy who says that.

[rbprogrammer]

just for the record, this was not me

you know your a geek when you go to the building on campus designated for computer scientits and computer engineers and take your laptop, external hard drive, and a surge protector!

i've seen it done just the other day... :lolflag:

as for what makes me a geek, it is probably at least 50% of what was mentioned in this post

[ryanVickers]

How did you make that tab?!

(oh, I guess your a geek when you are about that ;))

[rbprogrammer]

How did you make that tab?!

(oh, I guess your a geek when you are about that ;) )

lol, on the forums' post editor, its a button on the same line as the bold, italic, underline, etc....

"increase indent" is what does that tab...

[rbprogrammer]

oh, now that i see your a roast master... i now see the sarcasm.... =D>

[ryanVickers]

Ha ha, indent!
yeah, sarcasm, lol! :rolleyes:

[sci-fi guy]

oh, now that i see your a roast master... i now see the sarcasm.... =D>

Is there a list somewhere that I can read all those labels and what they mean?

[ryanVickers]

what, the buttons? Just hover over for a tooltip ;)

[sci-fi guy]

No. The "5 Cups of Ubuntu", "Way too much Ubuntu", "Just give me the Beans!", "Dark Roasted Ubuntu", etc.
Edit: and my "Gee! These Aren't Roasted!"

[ryanVickers]

oh, no, I don't think so...

There are two ratings - the pics and the text

the text is simply how many posts you have and the beans/pics, I think, seem to adjust based on your posts per day rather than total...

there's no list, but I found out on one of the admin polls what they're for - no real meaning, just for fun ;)

[Arenlor]

You know you're a geek when, you can explain the images etc from running so many of your own forums.

They are both the same thing, one is a title (the text) and the other is a picture, They show how many beans (posts in the correct forums) you have, they're setup with something like 0 = whatever 1-10 = whatever, on up, with admins, mods, ex staff, and banned members all having their own unique ones based on their status. So the more dark beans, then the more of the better cups of coffee you have the more you've posted and the more a true forum user will respect your posts.

[Frak]

You know you're a geek when, you can explain the images etc from running so many of your own forums.

They are both the same thing, one is a title (the text) and the other is a picture, They show how many beans (posts in the correct forums) you have, they're setup with something like 0 = whatever 1-10 = whatever, on up, with admins, mods, ex staff, and banned members all having their own unique ones based on their status. So the more dark beans, then the more of the better cups of coffee you have the more you've posted and the more a true forum user will respect your posts.
Don't give respect to anybody with a any bean count unless they've earned it. Bean count means bubkis.

[Arenlor]

Don't give respect to anybody with a any bean count unless they've earned it. Bean count means bubkis.
If that had come from someone with 10 beans I would have ignored it. But seeing as how you have so many... that's what I meant lol, you trust/respect them more.

[Frak]

If that had come from someone with 10 beans I would have ignored it. But seeing as how you have so many... that's what I meant lol, you trust/respect them more.
Really bad way to look at it, I have gotten great support from people that have 0 beans.

[reacocard]

Really bad way to look at it, I have gotten great support from people that have 0 beans.

Entirely true, there have been times I've gotten far better support from people with less than 100 beans than I got from people with thousands of beans. It's not a perfect indicator, but it does give you a sense of how active that person is in the Ubuntu community, especially when combined with their start date, which tends to imply at least a bit about their experience/knowledge.

[madsmeg]

So mine being Dec '05 and being 40 (at time of post) isnt good then :(

You know you and your GF are geeks when you chat with each other online.... even when your sat next to each other

[Billy_McBong]

Really bad way to look at it, I have gotten great support from people that have 0 beans.how can you get support from someone with 0 beans?
if you post in the support section don't you get a bean?

[yabbadabbadont]

how can you get support from someone with 0 beans?
if you post in the support section don't you get a bean?

Perhaps their first post to a support section "hit the jackpot"? :D

Besides, support questions don't always get asked (or answered) in the support forums. Sometimes they just happen as part of the natural flow of a conversation about non-support topics.

[catfacts]

Nothing
Show off the fact that once again you bought another useless yet awesome gadget.

[Frak]

Show off the fact that once again you bought another useless yet awesome gadget.
w00t uselessness :)

[Arenlor]

Show off the fact that once again you bought another useless yet awesome gadget.
Is it also hopelessly expensive!?! yay for practically wasted money!

[Frak]

Is it also hopelessly expensive!?! yay for practically wasted money!
No money is wasted with a showoff object, sheesh... ;)

[Arenlor]

No money is wasted with a showoff object, sheesh... ;)
Hence why it's only practically wasted, it could have gone to better graphics cards and more RAM etc for your main system. Or as those weird people would suggest, food. Bah who needs food when you have a computer!

[Frak]

Hence why it's only practically wasted, it could have gone to better graphics cards and more RAM etc for your main system. Or as those weird people would suggest, food. Bah who needs food when you have a computer!
Nobody shall deny the 1337 Haxx0r object.

[joe.turion64x2]

Is it also hopelessly expensive!?! yay for practically wasted money!
I'd rather buy that thing that a license for Windows Vista Ultimate.

[Arenlor]

Nobody shall deny the 1337 Haxx0r object.
Except those teacher people "Why are you not paying attention in class, and what do you mean you're using your computer to make popcorn and why did you say it that funny way, compiling a new kernel?" Paraphrasing of course. But him asking about popcorn was real.

You know you're a geek when you try to convert your church to Ubuntu, and your school, and your town, and are wondering if your state and federal government would hear you out.

[JBAlaska]

You know your a geek when...Your reading this on a PII 350 with 192MB ram loaded with Puppy 3.01...Just to see if you could.

It's running sweet btw...LOL

[Arenlor]

You know your a geek when...Your reading this on a PII 350 with 192MB ram loaded with Puppy 3.01...Just to see if you could.

It's running sweet btw...LOL
I must be a geek, before I read your second line I thought, I wonder how it's running?

[troy1of2]

When this is your welcome mat:

[Arenlor]

When this is your welcome mat:
Sweet

You know you're a geek when, well my siggy, especially the honeypot

[troy1of2]

Sweet

You know you're a geek when, well my siggy, especially the honeypot

:lolflag:

I LIKE it!

[Arenlor]

:lolflag:

I LIKE it!
I create honeypots for every forum I use and put it out there, so far this forum has come up clean.

[Conspirator45]

when your the only person you know who knows wth terminal or even linux is.

[pallee]

You know you're a geek when you know more girls' IP adresses than phone numbers.

Yeah, fortunately there are no dynamic phone numbers...

[Frak]

When this is your welcome mat:
:lolflag: That's the mat to my office at work :lolflag:

[Neodudeman]

You know you're a geek when... before making a prank call, you wonder how you can ssh tunnel your telephone line.

[ryanVickers]

:lolflag: That's the mat to my office at work :lolflag:

or "There's no place like $HOME" :p

[Neodudeman]

lol, I just read this one on bash:

<negev> Have a good time on Friday?
<Sefrian> got proper messed up
<Sefrian> started seeing binary on the walls
<Sefrian> you know you're a geek when you hallucinate binary

[Arenlor]

lol, I just read this one on bash:

<negev> Have a good time on Friday?
<Sefrian> got proper f'ed up
<Sefrian> started seeing binary on the *** walls
<Sefrian> you know you're a geek when you hallucinate binary
Lol that's awesome.

When you have your church convinced that M$ is evil after only two meetings you're a geek. Or something.

[ryanVickers]

lol, I just read this one on bash:

<negev> Have a good time on Friday?
<Sefrian> got proper f'ed up
<Sefrian> started seeing binary on the *** walls
<Sefrian> you know you're a geek when you hallucinate binary

"I thought I saw a 2!" :shock:

;)

[jpittack]

Bender, you know there is no such thing as a two.

You can recite lines from Futurama, Family Guy, The Simpsons, American Dad, etc, on cue.

[Arenlor]

When you get excited about this: http://phrontistery.info/clwdef.html
When you woke up 22 hours ago and have a full day ahead of you but you've been online this whole time.
When you reply to anything and you reply from the bottom up, because it's like closing tags.

[gl0wst1ckn1nja]

you know youre a geek when your "office" has the following:
-4 working laptops (1 ubuntu 7.04, 1 7.10, 1 Debian, one Backtrack2 ubuntu 7.04 dual boot) and 2 more you are modifying, so the parts are everywhere
-4 random laptop hardrives
-2 random desktop hardrives
-all the spare hard drives are partitioned with 512mb swap and the rest is ext3

-3 servers (all running 6.06 server edit)

-2 extra keyboards
-3 extra mice
-4 sets of speakers all routed together so all computers send sound to all speakers
-2 wireless keyboard/mouse sets (without wireless interference)

-at least 20 cds with assorted distro flavours on them

-2 more computers that friends asked you to convert to linux for them
-a laptop bag that has enough space for 3 laptops

-and your ipod runs linux

-and your wrt54gs also runs linux

and the first thing you do in the morning is turn on all those computers



... oh and i loved the one about 'thank god there are no dynamic phone numbers'...

i laughed:lolflag:

[sci-fi guy]

You might be a geek if you don't have to download the Gutsy iso right now because you've been running Gutsy for a few weeks already and are fully updated through to the RC.

[reacocard]

You might be a geek if you don't have to download the Gutsy iso right now because you've been running Gutsy for a few weeks already and are fully updated through to the RC.

You are even more of a geek if you did that, but downloaded the ISOs anyway to seed and to give out CDs to everyone.

[Frak]

You are even more of a geek if you did that, but downloaded the ISOs anyway to seed and to give out CDs to everyone.
100 so far, w00t :D

[vambo]

You might be a geek if you don't have to download the Gutsy iso right now because you've been running Gutsy for a few weeks already and are fully updated through to the RC.
Em ..... that's me :-o

[fr££]

I'm new to the forums, and have only read 10-20 pages of these so far; apologies if I tread familiar ground.

You know you're a geek...

...when you can think of more interfaces you consider "sexy" than woman you know, total.

...the maths teacher says "so, the range of our data is 8 thru 29 inclusive, and the mean is 18.5" but what you *hear* is "3d8 + 5".
(note - score bonus points if you're checking that right now!)

...if a beautifully crafted C function ever made you just a little bit horny.

...if you find yourself sending increasingly difficult phonepad cryptos by text. Because your flirting.

...when you wife/gf/mother is looking for a kettle in Argos, and you pass the time by giving a rigorous pen-test to one of those calculator-looking things that check stock availability.

The *real* geek test is pretty simple. If someone calls you a geek, and you don't get offended, then you're a geek. =)

[kentl]

...when you feel guilty for not using a DVORAK keyboard.

And you really know it:

...when you feel guilty for using a DVORAK keyboard when you could make a thorough key sequence analysis and use a genetic algorithm to design your own keyboard perfectly suited for you and your needs.

He he, the last one is on my to-do list. :-)

[sci-fi guy]

...when you feel guilty for not using a DVORAK keyboard.

That grinds at me ever single day. I will switch eventually. I have already gone through the KTouch tutorials, but puntuation/symbols weren't covered. Also, my password is nearly impossible get right, because my fingers are trained to enter my password in QWERTY.

[kentl]

Glad that I'm not alone. ;)
because my fingers are trained to enter my password in QWERTY.
You can also let it grind on you that you don't switch passwords often enough. ;) Actually that grinds on me too, but the DVORAK grinding is worse. :)

[Arenlor]

my password is nearly impossible get right, because my fingers are trained to enter my password in QWERTY.That is a way you know you're a geek, when you don't remember your password, you just enter it.

[Frak]

That is a way you know you're a geek, when you don't remember your password, you just enter it.
Heh, my admin password, where I work, last week was 2F40236359.

[compiledkernel]

The root password on an old server that I have at home is the md5sum of the doom-wad-shareware package.

Thats pretty damn geeky.

[Arenlor]

The root password on an old server that I have at home is the md5sum of the doom-wad-shareware package.

Thats pretty damn geeky.
no doubt about it. You also are an example of a geek, a staff member of a linux distro forum. *hands geek points*

... when you have Usage Counter (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3482) installed and set to see how long you spend on this forum. I set it up earlier today and have been on here only to check this topic. 5 mins so far checking this topic. Now to view the rest of the forum ^_^; I'm so going to make it overflow.

[fr££]

heh, keymaps.

Its probably somewhat telling of your geekiness if you once created a custom keymap for an acquaintance because he swore blind he'd prefer to type on a keyboard on which the letters ran ABCDE...

I spent ages dismantling and reassembling his keyboard, not to mention reverse engineering keymap files - no internet access was available, and Win98 didn't seem to have an interface to do this. It probably does, but secretly I think I like to do things the hard way.

Its probably more telling that even though I was pretty certain that he wouldn't take long to realise that there's a reason keys aren't laid out alphabetically, I did it anyway - because I thought it would be the only time I'd ever get to do it. I was correct on both counts!

[Overbyte]

When you kicked your computer at least once when it hangs
When you once wore those coats in "Beat The Geeks"
When you don't use an anti-virus/antispyware on Windows
When you're ridiculously shy when your crush is nearby
When you don't have 20/20 vision now
When you think a liquid nitrogen tank pumping through a graphics card seems normal
When arguments with your wife start a "flame war"
When you wish you can control your family with a shell script
When you monitor your ex via Conky
When you have an "ignore list" near your telephone
When you get an adrenaline rush by joining in a flame war :D
When you cheated by sharing your answer in an exam at least once
When you never donated to the Mozilla foundation because you need to buy a Big Mac, even though you persuade everyone to use Firefox :D
When you measure everything diagonally
When you get caught kissing and petting your quad-core processor

And...

When you call sharing programming assignments "open source"

And...

When asked if you're a geek, you just say "I just know a lot of stuff" :D

[markp1989]

you sit up all night watching the gusty release party icr, and the count down to gusty thread on this site , to see if it has ben released yet, and the second it has been you download it

[Scarlet_Wytch]

you wander around your college classes & people start coming to you for tech advice rather than the freakin IT building help desk!! when your dang major IS NOT "IT" related!!
GAH!!

[Arenlor]

you wander around your college classes & people start coming to you for tech advice rather than the freakin IT building help desk!! when your dang major IS NOT "IT" related!!
GAH!!
That follows the whole rule of, don't let people know you know about computers, they will ask for your advice.

[LaRoza]

<snip />

[Arenlor]

<snip />
When you laugh at that

[Flyingjester]

You are even more of a geek if you did that, but downloaded the ISOs anyway to seed and to give out CDs to everyone.

Dude.. i totally did that. :lolflag:

[FuturePilot]

When you kicked your computer at least once when it hangs
Guilty. It was more like a punch. My really old laptop. Got tired of the Nvidia driver freezing it, couldn't figure out how to get it to stop doing that. Punched it, knocked the flex cable loose and the screen went out. Had to take it half apart to fix it. It's all good now. Fixed the freezing problem and apologized to it.
When you don't use an anti-virus/antispyware on Windows
Guilty as well. Although I don't know if this makes you a geek. I probably should though, but I barely use Windows anymore so it's a moot point.
When you're ridiculously shy when your crush is nearby*cough*:redface:*cough*
When asked if you're a geek, you just say "I just know a lot of stuff"
I always say that:lolflag:

[sci-fi guy]

You might be a geek if you find this thread funny and pathetic at the same time:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=528687

[RAV TUX]

You know you're a geek when........you step on your hat.

[FuturePilot]

You know you're a geek when........you step on your hat.


Was it a Red Hat or a Fedora?

[Arenlor]

Was it a Red Hat or a Fedora?
When you laugh at that.

When you think that http://www.castlecops.com/sirt is the best game ever.

[fr££]

When you think that http://www.castlecops.com/sirt is the best game ever.

!! - Great Idea. Not sure about "best game ever" but definitely fun.

I wish I hadn't left my webmail providers to deal with the latest batch of phishing scams in my inbox now!

EDIT - 'phishing', not 'pfishing'!

[cyberbuff]

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..

You read my mind!

[Arenlor]

!! - Great Idea. Not sure about "best game ever" but definitely fun.

I wish I hadn't left my webmail providers to deal with the latest batch of phishing scams in my inbox now!

EDIT - 'phishing', not 'pfishing'!
yep MIRT SIRT and PIRT are awesome, it's annoying for us who use gmail over POP though because we have to go to the webmail to get the spam (in order to report it) and Yahoo doesn't allow you to view the source.

[Billy_McBong]

You might be a geek if you find this thread funny and pathetic at the same time:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=528687
thats an awesome thread :mrgreen:

[ryanVickers]

You know your a geek when you not only prefer, but are capable of, using VI as a word processor :p

[fr££]

You know your a geek when you not only prefer, but are capable of, using VI as a word processor :p

Hah! Real geeks rub a pin with a magnet and write directly on the drive surface! =p

[sci-fi guy]

You might be a geek if this site (http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/) monopolizes all of your time over the next few days.

[Billy_McBong]

You might be a geek if this site (http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/) monopolizes all of your time over the next few days.
there goes my free time for the next 3 days:evil::evil::-D

[Frak]

You might be a geek if this site (http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/) monopolizes all of your time over the next few days.
I've been there before :D wasted a good 5 weeks. ;)

[Arenlor]

How's this for one, when you get a malware link in an email and start bouncing up and down, when you report it through http://virusscan.jotti.org and http://www.virustotal.com and find out it's a new report you get even more excited.

And on an added note, if anyone gets an email from greetings.com please report it on http://castlecops.com/mirt thanks.

[FuturePilot]

How's this for one, when you get a malware link in an email and start bouncing up and down, when you report it through http://virusscan.jotti.org and http://www.virustotal.com and find out it's a new report you get even more excited.

And on an added note, if anyone gets an email from greetings.com please report it on http://castlecops.com/mirt thanks.

When you get excited because
http://virusscan.jotti.org/ is powered by Debian:lolflag:

[Frak]

You get excited because you purposely ran a Virus scan and find this

EDIT
if you want the virus file, just ask.

[aprilcanadian]

your dreams include chat
you have several computers each with a differant operating system so you can give tech support on any platform.......
you dont get paid to give the tech supprt
you deleted microsoft in a mad fit of fury without thinking twice

[Arenlor]

you deleted microsoft in a mad fit of fury without thinking twiceI don't think you need to be a geek to do that. I guess to be able to do it maybe.

[init1]

You might be a geek if this site (http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/) monopolizes all of your time over the next few days.
Wow, I'm spending way too much time on that site!

[LaRoza]

You get excited because you purposely ran a Virus scan and find this

EDIT
if you want the virus file, just ask.

http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm

[Frak]

http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
Well, you didn't have to be all geeky about it ;)

[Arenlor]

Ok, I decided to try to get my teachers to all use OpenOffice, by only sending .odt and the like to them from now on. My teacher who uses a mac can open them and I'm SURE she doesn't have OpenOffice, and she was happy to have someone support .odt and I'm freaking excited to have someone I can share .odt files with. That is a geek thing.

[twin_57103]

You've torn down and rebuilt a computer at least five times since you last changed the oil in your car...seen on a gift card at a computer store, and yes, I've rebuilt at least 5 computers since the last oil change.

[sci-fi guy]

You've torn down and rebuilt a computer at least five times since you last changed the oil in your car...seen on a gift card at a computer store, and yes, I've rebuilt at least 5 computers since the last oil change.

What car?


I, literally, ride a bike five miles one-way to get to the local community college. Every weekday.

[Arenlor]

When you have more knowledge of computer related things than the average tech support agent. A LOT more knowledge. Oh and if you're using Verizon DSL just be a jerk to them, it apparently works. Or it does for me. (And no they don't block TCP/IP over port 80, only took an hour on their online chat and three technicians for them to answer me, the third guy I just was sick of putting up with idiocy and forced him to just answer the question)

[Flying caveman]

I knew I was a geek when I was sitting in front of my TV with my ubuntu laptop watching / playing Star Trek 2.0 and using Xchat. It was the episode where Capt. Kirk slaps Spock for getting all emotional, when I realised this.

[realvz]

When you read each and every 51 pages of this thread and keep thinking which one of these suit you the most.....

[stoodleysnow]

when you're me.

Trust me, that's enough.
;);)

[Nunu]

work from 6:30 in the morning to 7:00 at night in your companies IT department, Go home walk past your wife, kiss your computer and say to it that you missed her so much then spend the rest of the night having dinner with your computer before going to bed at 4:00 in the morning to get back up at 5:00 so you can be at your IT job at 6:30. You order 20 copies of ubuntu to give it to all they guys at work that use them as coffee coasters... one day one of them will install it... i will never give up. :D

[FurryNemesis]

...you start muttering that Beryl broke all your keyboard binds and your housemates ask:

"Who's Beryl?"

...you've read both Neuromancer and Snow Crash in one week/day/session. Then you log on to the real internet and dream of what it could have been.

[Dr Small]

... When you fear thunderstorms because this enevatably means that you lose your uptime. :(

[Arenlor]

work from 6:30 in the morning to 7:00 at night in your companies IT department, Go home walk past your wife, kiss your computer and say to it that you missed her so much then spend the rest of the night having dinner with your computer before going to bed at 4:00 in the morning to get back up at 5:00 so you can be at your IT job at 6:30. You order 20 copies of ubuntu to give it to all they guys at work that use them as coffee coasters... one day one of them will install it... i will never give up. :D
At least they never break their "cupholder" (cd tray) that way ^_^

You know you're a geek when you suggest to all your friends they get the newest version of Firefox, because it has a spellchecker (I use it, so I figure they would to, I was dead dead dead wrong, I think they actually try to make every word underlined with red now)

[kingjere]

You are at work and your particular office is firewalled off from the internet so to read ubuntuforums you have to use M$ terminal server client to hook to another computer in the basement of the freakin' building just to get my daily fix of ubuntu.

By the way, if that aint bad enough, the comp I use in the basement has a very strict internet filter.

[Arenlor]

You are at work and your particular office is firewalled off from the internet so to read ubuntuforums you have to use M$ terminal server client to hook to another computer in the basement of the freakin' building just to get my daily fix of ubuntu.

By the way, if that aint bad enough, the comp I use in the basement has a very strict internet filter.
!= geekdom, cracking the firewall without being noticed at your college though ^_^

[ryanVickers]

when you use bash scripting in your homework :D
And the teacher accepts it :p

[Arenlor]

When these results amuse you, because you understand them. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=/dev/null http://maps.google.com/maps?q=/MilkyWay/Sol/Earth/USA

[Nano Geek]

When your avatar tells of the superiority of PHP compared to HTML. ;)

[-grubby]

when you get excited over a Ribbon cable upgrade

[Arenlor]

When your avatar tells of the superiority of PHP compared to HTML. ;)
Now now, you need them both really, hence my siggy.

[sudo_nym]

when you say sudo to someone with higher authority than you

You mean like this?

http://xkcd.com/149/

[shijirou]

... you go around checking to make sure that all electronic, computer-operated devices are in good working condition and sometimes you apply tweaks to them.

[sudo_nym]

[...]
When something breaks you say it segmentation faulted.
Yeah, I can picture that. :-) `WTF? Scuse me, cheap-a5s K-Mart aluminium folding chair segfaulted on me. brb...'

[eoghanmurray]

when you install Supertux on the school's computers.

EDIT: and use workarounds to get unlimited printing allowances, and use a Live CD to get to the ACtive Directories, install Firefox, Pidgin, and use the Windows Classic theme on WinXP. Also, if you absolutely despise Windows that could count too.

[Arenlor]

when you install Supertux on the school's computers.

EDIT: and use workarounds to get unlimited printing allowances, and use a Live CD to get to the ACtive Directories, install Firefox, Pidgin, and use the Windows Classic theme on WinXP. Also, if you absolutely despise Windows that could count too.
All the students are asking me how I got to use the old Windows on the school system. I have my own ways to gain access to everything. But you're only a geek if while breaking the system like this you help fix the system to prevent it from happening to it again. Also it's if you're fine with Windows, because it's yet another OS you know how to use and fix.

[Frak]

:lolflag:
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sandwich.png

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek when you can't sleep at night and pray to Almighty Root to enter the administrator's password to 'sudo shutdown now'.

[Arenlor]

You know you are a geek when you can't sleep at night and pray to Almighty Root to enter the administrator's password to 'sudo shutdown now'.0wr F4th3R, wh0 0wnz h34\/3n, j00 r0x0rs! M4y 4|| 0wr b4s3 s0m3d4y Bl0ng t0 j00! M4y j00 0wn 34rth juss |1|3 j00 0wn h34\/3n. G1v3 us th1s d4y 0wr w4r3z, mp3z, 'n pr0n thr0ugh a ph4t |. 4nd cut us s0m3 sl4ck wh3n w3 4ct lik3 n00b l4m3rz, juss 4s w3 g1v3 n00bz 4 l34rn1n wh3n th3y l4m3 2 us. Pl34s3 d0n't l3t us 0wn s0m3 p00r d00d'z b0x3n wh3n w3'r3 t00 p1ss3d t0 th1nk 4b0ut wh4t's r1ght 4nd wr0ng, 4nd 1f j00 c0uld k33p th3 f3i 0ff 0wr b4ckz, w3'd 'pr3c14t3 1t. F0r j00 0wn 4ll 0wr b0x3n 43v3r 4nd 3v3r, 4m3n!

[yabbadabbadont]

0wr F4th3R, wh0 0wnz h34\/3n, j00 r0x0rs! M4y 4|| 0wr b4s3 s0m3d4y Bl0ng t0 j00! M4y j00 0wn 34rth juss |1|3 j00 0wn h34\/3n. G1v3 us th1s d4y 0wr w4r3z, mp3z, 'n pr0n thr0ugh a ph4t |. 4nd cut us s0m3 sl4ck wh3n w3 4ct lik3 n00b l4m3rz, juss 4s w3 g1v3 n00bz 4 l34rn1n wh3n th3y l4m3 2 us. Pl34s3 d0n't l3t us 0wn s0m3 p00r d00d'z b0x3n wh3n w3'r3 t00 p1ss3d t0 th1nk 4b0ut wh4t's r1ght 4nd wr0ng, 4nd 1f j00 c0uld k33p th3 f3i 0ff 0wr b4ckz, w3'd 'pr3c14t3 1t. F0r j00 0wn 4ll 0wr b0x3n 43v3r 4nd 3v3r, 4m3n!

My head hurts now.... but I understood that. :lol:

[sci-fi guy]

My head hurts now.... but I understood that. :lol:

Ditto. I need Tylenol. PM.

[Arenlor]

Ditto. I need Tylenol. PM.
lol you two just need to brush up on your geek skills.

[eoghanmurray]

when you come out of your girldfriend's bedroom, feeling satisfied and good aboutyourself, and you have a hugesmile on your face.
You've just installed Compiz Fusion for your girlfriend.

stupid keyboardhas no space key -only the switch underneath :(

[Arenlor]

when you come out of your girldfriend's bedroom, feeling satisfied and good aboutyourself, and you have a hugesmile on your face.
You've just installed Compiz Fusion for your girlfriend.

stupid keyboardhas no space key -only the switch underneath :(
When you use the space key enough it breaks (or a mouse)

[sci-fi guy]

When you use the space key enough it breaks (or a mouse)

You know you are a geek when you buy generic keyboards/mice in bulk (and you are not a network admin).

[fr££]

0wr F4th3R, wh0 0wnz h34\/3n, j00 r0x0rs! M4y 4|| 0wr b4s3 s0m3d4y Bl0ng t0 j00! M4y j00 0wn 34rth juss |1|3 j00 0wn h34\/3n. G1v3 us th1s d4y 0wr w4r3z, mp3z, 'n pr0n thr0ugh a ph4t |. 4nd cut us s0m3 sl4ck wh3n w3 4ct lik3 n00b l4m3rz, juss 4s w3 g1v3 n00bz 4 l34rn1n wh3n th3y l4m3 2 us. Pl34s3 d0n't l3t us 0wn s0m3 p00r d00d'z b0x3n wh3n w3'r3 t00 p1ss3d t0 th1nk 4b0ut wh4t's r1ght 4nd wr0ng, 4nd 1f j00 c0uld k33p th3 f3i 0ff 0wr b4ckz, w3'd 'pr3c14t3 1t. F0r j00 0wn 4ll 0wr b0x3n 43v3r 4nd 3v3r, 4m3n!

When you see that, and instead of thinking "my head hurts" you think "yeah, leet key can be a fun plugin."

ON KEYBOARDS: - A healthy appetite for roguelikes can wear out a space bar in 6 months, so its not really a geek thing.
Wait! Unless rogue is geeky too... :)

[Arenlor]

When you see that, and instead of thinking "my head hurts" you think "yeah, leet key can be a fun plugin."

ON KEYBOARDS: - A healthy appetite for roguelikes can wear out a space bar in 6 months, so its not really a geek thing.
Wait! Unless rogue is geeky too... :)
It is though it is

[ryanVickers]

when doing algebra, it feels more natural to write x=$(5); than x=5 :p

[spupy]

...when switching to Dvorak, you change ALL of your passwords, because you have your muscles trained to press the buttons in qwerty, and you don't want to relearn.

...when walking in the library and you step on a little loose tile/board and it squeeks, you know everyone on the floor is awake. (only hardcore nethack gee.. er, players will get that :))

...you can type your 10-symbol password in the terminal before 'su' even loaded...

[Arenlor]

...when switching to Dvorak, you change ALL of your passwords, because you have your muscles trained to press the buttons in qwerty, and you don't want to relearn.

...when walking in the library and you step on a little loose tile/board and it squeeks, you know everyone on the floor is awake. (only hardcore nethack gee.. er, players will get that :))

...you can type your 10-symbol password in the terminal before 'su' even loaded...
I'd switch to Dvorak myself except I've trained my muscles too well, I had a broken monitor the one time in the middle of a dark storm in the middle of the night with a broken light (said blackness) and wrote a few emails...

I get the floor one lol good one.

What I hate it typing my username and password in the time it takes GDM to show the login thing, that is from the point the little waiting icon goes away to the point you can start typing.

[yabbadabbadont]

... if you've ever used a teletype terminal. (and not in a musem/display)

Yes, I have used one. The upside is you have a nice printed record of your command history and output... :lol:

[ryanVickers]

how does it work with the passwords- would it not print them in plain text!? :p

just wondering... ;)

[yabbadabbadont]

how does it work with the passwords- would it not print them in plain text!? :p

just wondering... ;)

Yep, sure does. (at least it did on the one I was using) Always take your printout with you when you leave... and destroy it. ;)

[Arenlor]

When even your Bible(or other holy book) is a computer.

[Salpiche]

When you notice that Garcia from the tv show Criminal Minds has two computers running Ubuntu.

[ryanVickers]

Yep, sure does. (at least it did on the one I was using) Always take your printout with you when you leave... and destroy it. ;)

Oh dear - I bet the "shred" command came around as a result of people using a real shredder and then needing an electronic one :D

[Sawta]

When you try to use the college library data base that they have recently purchased to look up some research books, only to realize that you could have designed it better for the price that the school has paid for it. (Well over 5k...per data base..)

When you get used to typing in QWERTY and DVOARK due to such extensive time on public and private computers.

When you try to explain to your friends about how DVOARK could save them some valuable time when it comes to getting essay's done, and coding...OH! and when you're IM'ing and you..okay, I'll stop.

When your Comp teacher asks you to explain what is going on inside the memory when you type in a certain command in Java and you hand in ASCII..and they except it.

When you sit down to a public computer and feel horribly out of place when you realize that the mouse doesn't have a scrolling wheel.

When to start to talk about the latest tech article you read about on Digg/Slashdot and they stare at you blankly.

[Arenlor]

When to start to talk about the latest tech article you read about on Digg/Slashdot and they stare at you blankly.When they don't. Geeks at least here always hang out with the rest of the geeks.

[ryanVickers]

When your seriously thinking about if and how you could unload your brain contents onto a hard drive... :p

[yabbadabbadont]

When your seriously thinking about if and how you could unload your brain contents onto a hard drive... :p

Easy. All it takes is a jig-saw and a large ice cream scoop....

:twisted:

[sci-fi guy]

Easy. All it takes is a jig-saw and a large ice cream scoop....

:twisted:

Better practice with a few n00bs first. You want to do this right the first time.

[k33bz]

http://www.nerdtests.com/images/badge/nt2/e07128367d2a4705.png

[ryanVickers]

when you can talk literally all day (stopping to eat and things of course ;)) about what windows does wrong and how Linux does it right :p

[joe.turion64x2]

when you can talk literally all day (stopping to eat and things of course ;)) about what windows does wrong and how Linux does it right :p
When you don't have anyone to talk to (and don't wanna appear an insane man speaking alone), but you think about how Linux is superior to Windows all day.

[The Spy]

All you talk about on the way to work is comps.
When you abbreviate every thing you say.

[Arenlor]

When you create f'd up files and add freaky graphics to your computer (geyes app horrid eyes left and right panel) just in case anyone is watching what you do.

[spupy]

When you create f'd up files and add freaky graphics to your computer (geyes app horrid eyes left and right panel) just in case anyone is watching what you do.

I gave that up - the eyes use too much CPU! :O

...when you start editing the source and recompiling gtk engines, because that one pesky line over there is driving you nuts! ...and you don't know anything about gtk programming... you just feel the code! haha

EDIT: i wonder if you people make up your posts, or you just write about your everyday geekyness.. like i do... /geek

[eoghanmurray]

When you use a </*> tag when you want to change the subject in IM

[Arenlor]

I gave that up - the eyes use too much CPU! :O

...when you start editing the source and recompiling gtk engines, because that one pesky line over there is driving you nuts! ...and you don't know anything about gtk programming... you just feel the code! haha

EDIT: i wonder if you people make up your posts, or you just write about your everyday geekyness.. like i do... /geek
I get no CPU usage from running two of them o.O and yeah I actually just write things which my friends and girlfriend make fun of me for by calling me a geek.

[sudo_nym]

Outdated, but here's a good one.

From; http://www.armory.com/tests/hacker.html

THE HACKER TEST - Version 1.0

From NutWorks, the former Bitnet humour group
Submitted-by: claudio@amsoft.imp.com (Claudio Nieder, Uster,
Switzerland)
Preface: 06.16.89
This test was conceived and written by Felix Lee, John Hayes and
Angela Thomas at the end of the spring semester, 1989. It has gone
through many revisions prior to this initial release, and will
undoubtedly go through many more. (Slight revisions by William Ward on
12.08.89)
Herewith a compendium of fact and folklore about computer hackerdom,
cunningly disguised as a test.
__________________________________________________ _______________

Check all boxes for which your answer is "yes".
The "submit" button is at the bottom.


1. And now for the questions...

1. [_] 0x000 Have you ever owned a computer?
2. [_] 0x001 Have you ever used a computer?
3. [_] 0x002 ... for more than 4 hours continuously?
4. [_] 0x003 ... more than 8 hours?
5. [_] 0x004 ... more than 16 hours?
6. [_] 0x005 ... more than 32 hours?
7. [_] 0x006 Have you ever patched paper tape?
8. [_] 0x007 Have you ever missed a class while programming?
9. [_] 0x008 ... Missed an examination?
10. [_] 0x009 ... Missed a wedding?
11. [_] 0x00A ... Missed your own wedding?
12. [_] 0x00B Have you ever programmed while intoxicated?
13. [_] 0x00C ... Did it make sense the next day?
14. [_] 0x00D Have you ever written a flight simulator?
15. [_] 0x00E Have you ever voided the warranty on your equipment?
16. [_] 0x00F Ever change the value of 4?
17. [_] 0x010 ... Unintentionally?
18. [_] 0x011 ... In a language other than Fortran?
19. [_] 0x012 Do you use DWIM to make life interesting?
20. [_] 0x013 Have you named a computer?
21. [_] 0x014 Do you complain when a "feature" you use gets fixed?
22. [_] 0x015 Do you eat slime-molds?
23. [_] 0x016 Do you know how many days old you are?
24. [_] 0x017 Have you ever wanted to download pizza?
25. [_] 0x018 Have you ever invented a computer joke?
26. [_] 0x019 ... Did someone not 'get' it?
27. [_] 0x01A Can you recite Jabberwocky?
28. [_] 0x01B ... Backwards?
29. [_] 0x01C Have you seen "Donald Duck in Mathemagic Land"?
30. [_] 0x01D Have you seen "Tron"?
31. [_] 0x01E Have you seen "Wargames"?
32. [_] 0x01F Do you know what ASCII stands for?
33. [_] 0x020 ... EBCDIC?
34. [_] 0x021 Can you read and write ASCII in hex or octal?
35. [_] 0x022 Do you know the names of all the ASCII control codes?
36. [_] 0x023 Can you read and write EBCDIC in hex?
37. [_] 0x024 Can you convert from EBCDIC to ASCII and vice versa?
38. [_] 0x025 Do you know what characters are the same in both ASCII
and EBCDIC?
39. [_] 0x026 Do you know maxint on your system?
40. [_] 0x027 Ever define your own numerical type to get better
precision?
41. [_] 0x028 Can you name powers of two up to 2**16 in arbitrary
order?
42. [_] 0x029 ... up to 2**32?
43. [_] 0x02A ... up to 2**64?
44. [_] 0x02B Can you read a punched card, looking at the holes?
45. [_] 0x02C ... feeling the holes?
46. [_] 0x02D Have you ever patched binary code?
47. [_] 0x02E ... While the program was running?
48. [_] 0x02F Have you ever used program overlays?
49. [_] 0x030 Have you met any IBM vice-president?
50. [_] 0x031 Do you know Dennis, Bill, or Ken?
51. [_] 0x032 Have you ever taken a picture of a CRT?
52. [_] 0x033 Have you ever played a videotape on your CRT?
53. [_] 0x034 Have you ever digitized a picture?
54. [_] 0x035 Did you ever forget to mount a scratch monkey?
55. [_] 0x036 Have you ever optimized an idle loop?
56. [_] 0x037 Did you ever optimize a bubble sort?
57. [_] 0x038 Does your terminal/computer talk to you?
58. [_] 0x039 Have you ever talked into an acoustic modem?
59. [_] 0x03A ... Did it answer?
60. [_] 0x03B Can you whistle 300 baud?
61. [_] 0x03C ... 1200 baud?
62. [_] 0x03D Can you whistle a telephone number?
63. [_] 0x03E Have you witnessed a disk crash?
64. [_] 0x03F Have you made a disk drive "walk"?
65. [_] 0x040 Can you build a puffer train?
66. [_] 0x041 ... Do you know what it is?
67. [_] 0x042 Can you play music on your line printer?
68. [_] 0x043 ... Your disk drive?
69. [_] 0x044 ... Your tape drive?
70. [_] 0x045 Do you have a Snoopy calendar?
71. [_] 0x046 ... Is it out-of-date?

Do you have a line printer picture of...
1. [_] 0x047 ... the Mona Lisa?
2. [_] 0x048 ... the Enterprise?
3. [_] 0x049 ... Einstein?
4. [_] 0x04A ... Oliver?
5. [_] 0x04B Have you ever made a line printer picture?

Do you know what the following stand for?
1. [_] 0x04C ... DASD
2. [_] 0x04D ... Emacs
3. [_] 0x04E ... ITS
4. [_] 0x04F ... RSTS/E
5. [_] 0x050 ... SNA
6. [_] 0x051 ... Spool
7. [_] 0x052 ... TCP/IP

Have you ever used:
1. [_] 0x053 ... TPU?
2. [_] 0x054 ... TECO?
3. [_] 0x055 ... Emacs?
4. [_] 0x056 ... ed?
5. [_] 0x057 ... vi?
6. [_] 0x058 ... Xedit (in VM/CMS)?
7. [_] 0x059 ... SOS?
8. [_] 0x05A ... EDT?
9. [_] 0x05B ... Wordstar?
10. [_] 0x05C Have you ever written a CLIST?
11. [_] 0x05D Have you ever programmed in the X windowing system?
12. [_] 0x05E ... CICS?
13. [_] 0x05F Have you ever received a Fax or a photocopy of a floppy?
14. [_] 0x060 Have you ever shown a novice the "any" key?
15. [_] 0x061 ... Was it the power switch?
16. [_] 0x062 Have you ever attended Usenix?
17. [_] 0x063 ... DECUS?
18. [_] 0x064 ... SHARE?
19. [_] 0x065 ... SIGGRAPH?
20. [_] 0x066 ... NetCon?
21. [_] 0x067 Have you ever participated in a standards group?
22. [_] 0x068 Have you ever debugged machine code over the telephone?
23. [_] 0x069 Have you ever seen voice mail?
24. [_] 0x06A ... Can you read it?
25. [_] 0x06B Do you solve word puzzles with an on-line dictionary?
26. [_] 0x06C Have you ever taken a Turing test?
27. [_] 0x06D ... Did you fail?
28. [_] 0x06E Ever drop a card deck?
29. [_] 0x06F ... Did you successfully put it back together?
30. [_] 0x070 ... Without looking?
31. [_] 0x071 Have you ever used IPCS?
32. [_] 0x072 Have you ever received a case of beer with your
computer?
33. [_] 0x073 Does your computer come in 'designer' colors?
34. [_] 0x074 Ever interrupted a UPS?
35. [_] 0x075 Ever mask an NMI?
36. [_] 0x076 Have you ever set off a Halon system?
37. [_] 0x077 ... Intentionally?
38. [_] 0x078 ... Do you still work there?
39. [_] 0x079 Have you ever hit the emergency power switch?
40. [_] 0x07A ... Intentionally?
41. [_] 0x07B Do you have any defunct documentation?
42. [_] 0x07C ... Do you still read it?
43. [_] 0x07D Ever reverse-engineer or decompile a program?
44. [_] 0x07E ... Did you find bugs in it?
45. [_] 0x07F Ever help the person behind the counter with their
terminal/computer?
46. [_] 0x080 Ever tried rack mounting your telephone?
47. [_] 0x081 Ever thrown a computer from more than two stories high?
48. [_] 0x082 Ever patched a bug the vendor does not acknowledge?
49. [_] 0x083 Ever fix a hardware problem in software?
50. [_] 0x084 ... Vice versa?
51. [_] 0x085 Ever belong to a user/support group?
52. [_] 0x086 Ever been mentioned in Computer Recreations?
53. [_] 0x087 Ever had your activities mentioned in the newspaper?
54. [_] 0x088 ... Did you get away with it?
55. [_] 0x089 Ever engage a drum brake while the drum was spinning?
56. [_] 0x08A Ever write comments in a non-native language?
57. [_] 0x08B Ever physically destroy equipment from software?
58. [_] 0x08C Ever tried to improve your score on the Hacker Test?
59. [_] 0x08D Do you take listings with you to lunch?
60. [_] 0x08E ... To bed?
61. [_] 0x08F Ever patch a microcode bug?
62. [_] 0x090 ... around a microcode bug?
63. [_] 0x091 Can you program a Turing machine?
64. [_] 0x092 Can you convert postfix to prefix in your head?
65. [_] 0x093 Can you convert hex to octal in your head?
66. [_] 0x094 Do you know how to use a Kleene star?
67. [_] 0x095 Have you ever starved while dining with philosophers?
68. [_] 0x096 Have you solved the halting problem?
69. [_] 0x097 ... Correctly?
70. [_] 0x098 Ever deadlock trying eating spaghetti?
71. [_] 0x099 Ever written a self-reproducing program?
72. [_] 0x09A Ever swapped out the swapper?
73. [_] 0x09B Can you read a state diagram?
74. [_] 0x09C ... Do you need one?
75. [_] 0x09D Ever create an unkillable program?
76. [_] 0x09E ... Intentionally?
77. [_] 0x09F Ever been asked for a cookie?
78. [_] 0x0A0 Ever speed up a system by removing a jumper?

Do you know...
1. [_] 0x0A1 Do you know who wrote Rogue?
2. [_] 0x0A2 ... Rogomatic?
3. [_] 0x0A3 Do you know Gray code?
4. [_] 0x0A4 Do you know what HCF means?
5. [_] 0x0A5 ... Ever use it?
6. [_] 0x0A6 ... Intentionally?
7. [_] 0x0A7 Do you know what a lace card is?
8. [_] 0x0A8 ... Ever make one?
9. [_] 0x0A9 Do you know the end of the epoch?
10. [_] 0x0AA ... Have you celebrated the end of an epoch?
11. [_] 0x0AB ... Did you have to rewrite code?
12. [_] 0x0AC Do you know the difference between DTE and DCE?
13. [_] 0x0AD Do you know the RS-232C pinout?
14. [_] 0x0AE ... Can you wire a connector without looking?

Do you have...
1. [_] 0x0AF Do you have a copy of Dec Wars?
2. [_] 0x0B0 Do you have the Canonical Collection of Lightbulb Jokes?
3. [_] 0x0B1 Do you have a copy of the Hacker's dictionary?
4. [_] 0x0B2 ... Did you contribute to it?
5. [_] 0x0B3 Do you have a flowchart template?
6. [_] 0x0B4 ... Is it unused?
7. [_] 0x0B5 Do you have your own fortune-cookie file?
8. [_] 0x0B6 Do you have the Anarchist's Cookbook?
9. [_] 0x0B7 ... Ever make anything from it?
10. [_] 0x0B8 Do you own a modem?
11. [_] 0x0B9 ... a terminal?
12. [_] 0x0BA ... a toy computer?
13. [_] 0x0BB ... a personal computer?
14. [_] 0x0BC ... a minicomputer?
15. [_] 0x0BD ... a mainframe?
16. [_] 0x0BE ... a supercomputer?
17. [_] 0x0BF ... a hypercube?
18. [_] 0x0C0 ... a printer?
19. [_] 0x0C1 ... a laser printer?
20. [_] 0x0C2 ... a tape drive?
21. [_] 0x0C3 ... an outmoded peripheral device?
22. [_] 0x0C4 Do you have a programmable calculator?
23. [_] 0x0C5 ... Is it RPN?
24. [_] 0x0C6 Have you ever owned more than 1 computer?
25. [_] 0x0C7 ... 4 computers?
26. [_] 0x0C8 ... 16 computers?
27. [_] 0x0C9 Do you have a SLIP line?
28. [_] 0x0CA ... a T1 line?
29. [_] 0x0CB Do you have a separate phone line for your
terminal/computer?
30. [_] 0x0CC ... Is it illegal?
31. [_] 0x0CD Do you have core memory?
32. [_] 0x0CE ... drum storage?
33. [_] 0x0CF ... bubble memory?
34. [_] 0x0D0 Do you use more than 16 megabytes of disk space?
35. [_] 0x0D1 ... 256 megabytes?
36. [_] 0x0D2 ... 1 gigabyte?
37. [_] 0x0D3 ... 16 gigabytes?
38. [_] 0x0D4 ... 256 gigabytes?
39. [_] 0x0D5 ... 1 terabyte?
40. [_] 0x0D6 Do you have an optical disk/disk drive?
41. [_] 0x0D7 Do you have a personal magnetic tape library?
42. [_] 0x0D8 ... Is it unlabelled?
43. [_] 0x0D9 Do you own more than 16 floppy disks?
44. [_] 0x0DA ... 64 floppy disks?
45. [_] 0x0DB ... 256 floppy disks?
46. [_] 0x0DC ... 1624 floppy disks?
47. [_] 0x0DD Do you have any 8-inch disks?
48. [_] 0x0DE Do you have an internal stack?
49. [_] 0x0DF Do you have a clock interrupt?
50. [_] 0x0E0 Do you own volumes 1 to 3 of _The Art of Computer
Programming_?
51. [_] 0x0E1 ... Have you done all the exercises?
52. [_] 0x0E2 ... Do you have a MIX simulator?
53. [_] 0x0E3 ... Can you name the unwritten volumes?
54. [_] 0x0E4 Can you quote from _The Mythical Man-month_?
55. [_] 0x0E5 ... Did you participate in the OS/360 project?
56. [_] 0x0E6 Do you have a TTL handbook?
57. [_] 0x0E7 Do you have printouts more than three years old?

Career questions
1. [_] 0x0E8 Do you have a job?
2. [_] 0x0E9 ... Have you ever had a job?
3. [_] 0x0EA ... Was it computer-related?
4. [_] 0x0EB Do you work irregular hours?
5. [_] 0x0EC Have you ever been a system administrator?
6. [_] 0x0ED Do you have more megabytes than megabucks?
7. [_] 0x0EE Have you ever downgraded your job to upgrade your
processing power?
8. [_] 0x0EF Is your job secure?
9. [_] 0x0F0 ... Do you have code to prove it?
10. [_] 0x0F1 Have you ever had a security clearance?

Games
1. [_] 0x0F2 Have you ever played Pong?
2. [_] 0x0F3 ... Spacewar?
3. [_] 0x0F4 ... Star Trek?
4. [_] 0x0F5 ... Wumpus?
5. [_] 0x0F6 ... Lunar Lander?
6. [_] 0x0F7 ... Empire?
7. [_] 0x0F8 Have you ever beaten Moria 4.8?
8. [_] 0x0F9 ... Rogue 3.6?
9. [_] 0x0FA ... Rogue 5.3?
10. [_] 0x0FB ... Larn?
11. [_] 0x0FC ... Hack 1.0.3?
12. [_] 0x0FD ... Nethack 2.4?
13. [_] 0x0FE Can you get a better score on Rogue than Rogomatic?
14. [_] 0x0FF Have you ever solved Adventure?
15. [_] 0x100 ... Zork?
16. [_] 0x101 Have you ever written any redcode?
17. [_] 0x102 Have you ever written an adventure program?
18. [_] 0x103 ... a real-time game?
19. [_] 0x104 ... a multi-player game?
20. [_] 0x105 ... a networked game?
21. [_] 0x106 Can you out-doctor Eliza?

Hardware
1. [_] 0x107 Have you ever used a light pen?
2. [_] 0x108 ... did you build it?
3. [_] 0x109 Have you ever used a teletype?
4. [_] 0x10A ... a paper tape?
5. [_] 0x10B ... a decwriter?
6. [_] 0x10C ... a card reader/punch?
7. [_] 0x10D ... a SOL?
8. [_] 0x10E Have you ever built an Altair?
9. [_] 0x10F ... a Heath/Zenith computer?
10. [_] 0x110 Do you know how to use an oscilliscope?
11. [_] 0x111 ... a voltmeter?
12. [_] 0x112 ... a frequency counter?
13. [_] 0x113 ... a logic probe?
14. [_] 0x114 ... a wirewrap tool?
15. [_] 0x115 ... a soldering iron?
16. [_] 0x116 ... a logic analyzer?
17. [_] 0x117 Have you ever designed an LSI chip?
18. [_] 0x118 ... has it been fabricated?
19. [_] 0x119 Have you ever etched a printed circuit board?

Historical
1. [_] 0x11A Have you ever toggled in boot code on the front panel?
2. [_] 0x11B Can you program an Eniac?
3. [_] 0x11C Ever seen a 90 column card?

IBM
1. [_] 0x11D Do you recite IBM part numbers in your sleep?
2. [_] 0x11E Do you know what IBM part number 7320154 is?
3. [_] 0x11F Do you understand 3270 data streams?
4. [_] 0x120 Do you know what the VM privilege classes are?
5. [_] 0x121 Have you IPLed an IBM off the tape drive?
6. [_] 0x122 ... off a card reader?
7. [_] 0x123 Can you sing something from the IBM Songbook?

Languages
1. [_] 0x124 Do you know more than 4 programming languages?
2. [_] 0x125 ... 8 languages?
3. [_] 0x126 ... 16 languages?
4. [_] 0x127 ... 32 languages?
5. [_] 0x128 Have you ever designed a programming language?
6. [_] 0x129 Do you know what Basic stands for?
7. [_] 0x12A ... Pascal?
8. [_] 0x12B Can you program in Basic?
9. [_] 0x12C ... Do you admit it?
10. [_] 0x12D Can you program in Cobol?
11. [_] 0x12E ... Do you deny it?
12. [_] 0x12F Do you know Pascal?
13. [_] 0x130 ... Modula-2?
14. [_] 0x131 ... Oberon?
15. [_] 0x132 ... More that two Wirth languages?
16. [_] 0x133 ... Can you recite a Nicklaus Wirth joke?
17. [_] 0x134 Do you know Algol-60?
18. [_] 0x135 ... Algol-W?
19. [_] 0x136 ... Algol-68?
20. [_] 0x137 ... Do you understand the Algol-68 report?
21. [_] 0x138 ... Do you like two-level grammars?
22. [_] 0x139 Can you program in assembler on 2 different machines?
23. [_] 0x13A ... on 4 different machines?
24. [_] 0x13B ... on 8 different machines?
25. [_] 0x13C Do you know APL?
26. [_] 0x13D ... Ada?
27. [_] 0x13E ... BCPL?
28. [_] 0x13F ... C++?
29. [_] 0x140 ... C?
30. [_] 0x141 ... Comal?
31. [_] 0x142 ... Eiffel?
32. [_] 0x143 ... Forth?
33. [_] 0x144 ... Fortran?
34. [_] 0x145 ... Hypertalk?
35. [_] 0x146 ... Icon?
36. [_] 0x147 ... Lisp?
37. [_] 0x148 ... Logo?
38. [_] 0x149 ... MIIS?
39. [_] 0x14A ... MUMPS?
40. [_] 0x14B ... PL/I?
41. [_] 0x14C ... Pilot?
42. [_] 0x14D ... Plato?
43. [_] 0x14E ... Prolog?
44. [_] 0x14F ... RPG?
45. [_] 0x150 ... Rexx (or ARexx)?
46. [_] 0x151 ... SETL?
47. [_] 0x152 ... Smalltalk?
48. [_] 0x153 ... Snobol?
49. [_] 0x154 ... VHDL?
50. [_] 0x155 ... any assembly language?
51. [_] 0x156 Can you talk VT-160?
52. [_] 0x157 ... Postscript?
53. [_] 0x158 ... SMTP?
54. [_] 0x159 ... UUCP?
55. [_] 0x15A ... English?

Micros
1. [_] 0x15B Ever copy a copy-protected disk?
2. [_] 0x15C Ever create a copy-protection scheme?
3. [_] 0x15D Have you ever made a "flippy" disk?
4. [_] 0x15E Have you ever recovered data from a damaged disk?
5. [_] 0x15F Ever boot a naked floppy?

Networking
1. [_] 0x160 Have you ever been logged in to two different timezones
at once?
2. [_] 0x161 Have you memorized the UUCP map for your country?
3. [_] 0x162 ... For any country?
4. [_] 0x163 Have you ever found a sendmail bug?
5. [_] 0x164 ... Was it a security hole?
6. [_] 0x165 Have you memorized the HOSTS.TXT table?
7. [_] 0x166 ... Are you up to date?
8. [_] 0x167 Can you name all the top-level nameservers and their
addresses?
9. [_] 0x168 Do you know RFC-822 by heart?
10. [_] 0x169 ... Can you recite all the errors in it?
11. [_] 0x16A Have you written a Sendmail configuration file?
12. [_] 0x16B ... Does it work?
13. [_] 0x16C ... Do you mumble "defocus" in your sleep?
14. [_] 0x16D Do you know the max packet lifetime?

Operating systems
1. [_] 0x16E Can you use BSD Unix?
2. [_] 0x16F ... non-BSD Unix?
3. [_] 0x170 ... AIX
4. [_] 0x171 ... VM/CMS?
5. [_] 0x172 ... VMS?
6. [_] 0x173 ... MVS?
7. [_] 0x174 ... VSE?
8. [_] 0x175 ... RSTS/E?
9. [_] 0x176 ... CP/M?
10. [_] 0x177 ... COS?
11. [_] 0x178 ... NOS?
12. [_] 0x179 ... CP-67?
13. [_] 0x17A ... RT-11?
14. [_] 0x17B ... MS-DOS?
15. [_] 0x17C ... Finder?
16. [_] 0x17D ... PRODOS?
17. [_] 0x17E ... more than one OS for the TRS-80?
18. [_] 0x17F ... Tops-10?
19. [_] 0x180 ... Tops-20?
20. [_] 0x181 ... OS-9?
21. [_] 0x182 ... OS/2?
22. [_] 0x183 ... AOS/VS?
23. [_] 0x184 ... Multics?
24. [_] 0x185 ... ITS?
25. [_] 0x186 ... Vulcan?
26. [_] 0x187 Have you ever paged or swapped off a tape drive?
27. [_] 0x188 ... Off a card reader/punch?
28. [_] 0x189 ... Off a teletype?
29. [_] 0x18A ... Off a networked (non-local) disk?
30. [_] 0x18B Have you ever found an operating system bug?
31. [_] 0x18C ... Did you exploit it?
32. [_] 0x18D ... Did you report it?
33. [_] 0x18E ... Was your report ignored?
34. [_] 0x18F Have you ever crashed a machine?
35. [_] 0x190 ... Intentionally?

People
1. [_] 0x191 Do you know fewer than three people?
2. [_] 0x192 ... fewer than two?
3. [_] 0x193 ... nobody at all?

Personal
1. [_] 0x194 Are your shoelaces untied?
2. [_] 0x195 Do you interface poorly with strangers?
3. [_] 0x196 Are you able to recite phone numbers for half-a-dozen
computer systems but unable to recite your own?
4. [_] 0x197 Do you log in before breakfast?
5. [_] 0x198 Do you consume more than LD-50 caffeine a day?
6. [_] 0x199 Do you answer either-or questions with "yes"?
7. [_] 0x19A Do you own an up-to-date copy of any operating system
manual?
8. [_] 0x19B ... *every* operating system manual?
9. [_] 0x19C Do other people have difficulty using your customized
environment?
10. [_] 0x19D Do you dream in any programming languages?
11. [_] 0x19E Do you have difficulty focusing on three-dimensional
objects?
12. [_] 0x19F Do you ignore mice?
13. [_] 0x1A0 Do you despise the CAPS LOCK key?
14. [_] 0x1A1 Do you believe menus belong in restaurants?
15. [_] 0x1A2 Do you have a Mandelbrot hanging on your wall?
16. [_] 0x1A3 Have you ever decorated with magnetic tape or punched
cards?
17. [_] 0x1A4 Do you have a disk platter or a naked floppy hanging in
your home?
18. [_] 0x1A5 Have you ever seen the dawn?
19. [_] 0x1A6 ... Twice in a row?
20. [_] 0x1A7 Do you use "foobar" in daily conversation?
21. [_] 0x1A8 ... "bletch"?
22. [_] 0x1A9 Do you use the "P convention"?
23. [_] 0x1AA Do you automatically respond to any user question with
RTFM?
24. [_] 0x1AB ... Do you know what it means?
25. [_] 0x1AC Do you think garbage collection means memory management?
26. [_] 0x1AD Do you have problems allocating horizontal space in your
room/office?
27. [_] 0x1AE Do you read Scientific American in bars to pick up
women?
28. [_] 0x1AF Is your license plate computer-related?
29. [_] 0x1B0 Have you ever taken the Purity test?
30. [_] 0x1B1 Ever have an out-of-CPU experience?
31. [_] 0x1B2 Have you ever set up a blind date over the computer?
32. [_] 0x1B3 Do you talk to the person next to you via computer?

Programming
1. [_] 0x1B4 Can you write a Fortran compiler?
2. [_] 0x1B5 ... In TECO?
3. [_] 0x1B6 Can you read a machine dump?
4. [_] 0x1B7 Can you disassemble code in your head?
5. [_] 0x1B8 Have you ever written a compiler?
6. [_] 0x1B9 ... an operating system?
7. [_] 0x1BA ... a device driver?
8. [_] 0x1BB ... a text processor?
9. [_] 0x1BC ... a display hack?
10. [_] 0x1BD ... a database system?
11. [_] 0x1BE ... an expert system?
12. [_] 0x1BF ... an edge detector?
13. [_] 0x1C0 ... a real-time control system?
14. [_] 0x1C1 ... an accounting package?
15. [_] 0x1C2 ... a virus?
16. [_] 0x1C3 ... a prophylactic?
17. [_] 0x1C4 Have you ever written a biorhythm program?
18. [_] 0x1C5 ... Did you sell the output?
19. [_] 0x1C6 ... Was the output arbitrarily invented?
20. [_] 0x1C7 Have you ever computed pi to more than a thousand
decimal places?
21. [_] 0x1C8 ... the number e?
22. [_] 0x1C9 Ever find a prime number of more than a hundred digits?
23. [_] 0x1CA Have you ever written self-modifying code?
24. [_] 0x1CB ... Are you proud of it?
25. [_] 0x1CC Did you ever write a program that ran correctly the
first time?
26. [_] 0x1CD ... Was it longer than 20 lines?
27. [_] 0x1CE ... 100 lines?
28. [_] 0x1CF ... Was it in assembly language?
29. [_] 0x1D0 ... Did it work the second time?
30. [_] 0x1D1 Can you solve the Towers of Hanoi recursively?
31. [_] 0x1D2 ... Non-recursively?
32. [_] 0x1D3 ... Using the Troff text formatter?
33. [_] 0x1D4 Ever submit an entry to the Obfuscated C code contest?
34. [_] 0x1D5 ... Did it win?
35. [_] 0x1D6 ... Did your entry inspire a new rule?
36. [_] 0x1D7 Do you know Duff's device?
37. [_] 0x1D8 Do you know Jensen's device?
38. [_] 0x1D9 Ever spend ten minutes trying to find a single-character
error?
39. [_] 0x1DA ... More than an hour?
40. [_] 0x1DB ... More than a day?
41. [_] 0x1DC ... More than a week?
42. [_] 0x1DD ... Did the first person you show it to find it
immediately?

Unix
1. [_] 0x1DE Can you use Berkeley Unix?
2. [_] 0x1DF .. Non-Berkeley Unix?
3. [_] 0x1E0 Can you distinguish between sections 4 and 5 of the Unix
manual?
4. [_] 0x1E1 Can you find TERMIO in the System V release 2
documentation?
5. [_] 0x1E2 Have you ever mounted a tape as a Unix file system?
6. [_] 0x1E3 Have you ever built Minix?
7. [_] 0x1E4 Can you answer "quiz function ed-command" correctly?
8. [_] 0x1E5 ... How about "quiz ed-command function"?

Usenet
1. [_] 0x1E6 Do you read news?
2. [_] 0x1E7 ... More than 32 newsgroups?
3. [_] 0x1E8 ... More than 256 newsgroups?
4. [_] 0x1E9 ... All the newsgroups?
5. [_] 0x1EA Have you ever posted an article?
6. [_] 0x1EB ... Do you post regularly?
7. [_] 0x1EC Have you ever posted a flame?
8. [_] 0x1ED ... Ever flame a cross-posting?
9. [_] 0x1EE ... Ever flame a flame?
10. [_] 0x1EF ... Do you flame regularly?
11. [_] 0x1F0 Ever have your program posted to a source newsgroup?
12. [_] 0x1F1 Ever forge a posting?
13. [_] 0x1F2 Ever form a new newsgroup?
14. [_] 0x1F3 ... Does it still exist?
15. [_] 0x1F4 Ever delete a pre-existing newsgroup?
Do you remember
16. [_] 0x1F5 ... mod.ber?
17. [_] 0x1F6 ... the Stupid People's Court?
18. [_] 0x1F7 ... Bandy-grams?

Phreaking
1. [_] 0x1F8 Have you ever built a black box?
2. [_] 0x1F9 Can you name all of the 'colors' of boxes?
3. [_] 0x1FA ... and their associated functions?
4. [_] 0x1FB Does your touch tone phone have 16 DTMF buttons on it?
5. [_] 0x1FC Did the breakup of MaBell create more opportunities for
you?
6. [_] 0x1FD Do you know 4 or more calling card numbers (not your
own)?

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Scoring

To determine your hacker purity, use the submit button at the bottom,
or subtract the number of questions you answered yes to from 0x200.
This gives you your hacker purity level (a measure of how un-corrupt
you are in the hacker domain). Find your purity in this table:
* 0x000 and 0x016 -> Wizard
* 0x017 and 0x040 -> Guru
* 0x041 and 0x080 -> Hacker
* 0x081 and 0x0C0 -> Nerd
* 0x0C1 and 0x100 -> Operator
* 0x101 and 0x180 -> User
* 0x181 and 0x200 -> Computer Illiterate

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just stopped at the beginning.
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References

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