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

[yabbadabbadont]

Oh yeah! Well, mine's got an eleven! :D

Edit: And we had Python back then... boots, belts, ... :twisted:

[ryanVickers]

:lolflag:

[money2themax]

thats alright my grandfather coded in fortran he worked for General Dynamics

[sci-fi guy]

I'm 18 and started on Linux at SuSE 10.1

[yabbadabbadont]

thats alright my grandfather coded in fortran he worked for General Dynamics

What do you think was on the punch cards I mentioned? :lol:

Edit: Actually, it was IBM 360 Assembler and COBOL. (and they were my fathers punch cards ;)) I learned Fortran in the '80s.

[ryanVickers]

now we just need someone who knows assembler to come along and the gang's all here! :p

[money2themax]

I'm 18 and started on Linux at SuSE 10.1
SuSE is a great distro plus it's backed by Novell
but i think Ubuntu is better for ease of use for day-to-day use not much tinkering needed to get started with SuSE i had to tinker my brains out for at least a week before it was the way i wanted it

[yabbadabbadont]

now we just need someone who knows assembler to come along and the gang's all here! :p

Guilty. IBM 360/370 and Intel 8086. Never did learn the Motorola variety used in the original Macs.

[money2themax]

yeah all i know is html i don't know CSS or Javascript

EDIT: i wanna learn Basic [NOT Visual Basic]

[exoren22]

You know you're a geek when you got RAM for Christmas - and it was your favorite gift.

OMFG, me too!

and, you know you're a geek when you saw the binary posts and decoded them manually:guitar:

[exoren22]

Maybe when you are reading this forum at midnight on an Ubuntu machine whilst waiting for Gentoo to finish an emerge --update world on your xbox!

When you just can't keep quiet when the CIA computers in the latest movie go beep-beep-beep when the user is typing or when displaying text on the screen... I mean think about it, how annoying would that be!

:D

This happens to me in gutsy! i blacklisted the pcspkr module because i was about to kill myself

edit:sorry for the double post I'm kind of forum lazy at 4:45am

[stoodleysnow]

When every time anyone mentions computers, you're waxing technical about Ubuntu before you even notice they're either not listening or are ready to kick you. :(

[GepettoBR]

You know you're a geek when you say Ni to anyone who does not appease you.

[ryanVickers]

You know you're a geek when you got RAM for Christmas - and it was your favorite gift.

me too! :lolflag:

[Borbus]

When you start referring to people in real life as "users"

[money2themax]

You know you're a geek when you got RAM for Christmas - and it was your favorite gift.
i'm gonna buy some for my B-Day [Feb 27 [18yrs w00tz]]
i'm gonna get 1GB more cuz i'm running windows XP in a virtual Box and i'm slow for that [I currently have 1GB]

[ryanVickers]

when you read http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html)completely from start to finish :D

[money2themax]

when you read http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html)completely from start to finish :D
are you serious is that the real standard?

[Lostincyberspace]

You know you're a geek when you got RAM for Christmas - and it was your favorite gift.

No when you wanted it for a gift

[yabbadabbadont]

are you serious is that the real standard?

Yes, but nobody in their right mind follows it to the letter. :D

[money2themax]

Yes, but nobody in their right mind follows it to the letter. :D
wow i would think not cuz thats a little long and involved:lolflag:

[Joeb454]

You know you're a geek when you say Ni to anyone who does not appease you.

:lolflag: has somebody been watching Monty Python films?

[ryanVickers]

Help! Help! I'm being repressed! :p

[reacocard]

Help! Help! I'm being repressed! :p

It's inherent in the system....

[ryanVickers]

...when you still use floppy drives :D

[gwoodard]

You fix PCs, wear glasses but not wearing a pocket protector and can talk to girls wearing a straight face...

[wesley_of_course]

...when you still use floppy drives :D


Don't everybody ????????

8)

[yabbadabbadont]

Don't everybody ????????

8)

5-1/4" floppy drives.... which reminds me, I've still got my original Borland Turbo Basic floppy around here somewhere.

/me wanders off down memory lane. :D

[money2themax]

...when you still use floppy drives :D
I have one because i work with old systems so your a geek when you use 5 1/4 floppies and know where you can get more 5 1/4 floppies and floppy drives

[ryanVickers]

no, I mean the 3 1/2 ones.. the normal kind...

I guess your a geek when you have the big ones :p

EDIT: ...when you want to bring back Zip drives :D

[yabbadabbadont]

Actually, "the big ones", were 8" floppies as seen in the TRS-80 Model 1. ;)

[ryanVickers]

Wow... just, wow :shock:

:lolflag: I have never seen that mentioned anywhere in my entire life :p
and I've read stuff from like, back when a common CPU was the 286 :D

[money2themax]

Actually, "the big ones", were 8" floppies as seen in the TRS-80 Model 1. ;)
wait! 8 FEET?

[ryanVickers]

8 inches (8")... feet its 8'
:lolflag:

EDIT: just out of curiosity, how much data did those hold? :p

[money2themax]

8 inches (8")... feet its 8'
:lolflag:

EDIT: just out of curiosity, how much data did those hold? :p

i said that cuz i sway a floppy that big in a tech musium back in Phx, AZ

[yabbadabbadont]

120KB if I remember correctly. But typical memory on those systems was something like 16KB. (and they beat the Hell out of using audio tape for storage)

Edit: Actually, after reading the wikipedia article, it seems that I was thinking of the Model III, not the Model I.

[ryanVickers]

i said that cuz i sway a floppy that big in a tech musium back in Phx, AZ

well, it was probably a enlarged model ;)

120KB if I remember correctly. But typical memory on those systems was something like 16KB. (and they beat the Hell out of using audio tape for storage)

memory as in RAM? or how much space is left after theres a partition on it? :p

either way, wow - the 3.5's i have now hold 1.44Mb...

I woulder how much they could fit on it now if some company was to make a modern day floppy :-k:KS

[yabbadabbadont]

See my edit above.

Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80

[ryanVickers]

COOL! You could plug a keyboard into your TV!! :lolflag:

[ryanVickers]

Users quickly learned to save a file three or more times in hopes that one copy would prove to be readable.
The basic had only two string (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_%28computer_science%29) variables (A$ and B$), 26 variables (A - Z) and one array, A(). Code for functions like SIN(), COS() and TAN() was not included in ROM but printed at the end of the book. The error messages were: "WHAT?" for syntax errors, "HOW?" for arithmetical errors (like division by zero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero)), and "SORRY" for out of memory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_memory) errors.

Oh man!! These just killed me!! :D:D:D

[yabbadabbadont]

I learned on a TRS-80 Color Computer 2. 16K of ram, which I upgraded to 64K for an obsene amount of $$. I eventually added the external 5-1/4" floppy. Also very expensive. It taught me the basics though. (no pun intended)

[money2themax]

well, it was probably a enlarged model ;)



memory as in RAM? or how much space is left after theres a partition on it? :p

either way, wow - the 3.5's i have now hold 1.44Mb...

I woulder how much they could fit on it now if some company was to make a modern day floppy :-k:KS
think abut that for a sec how do modern HDD store data?

[ryanVickers]

but I mean really make it like 3.5 floppy size, just as much capacity as possible, probably around 600Gb :p

[money2themax]

but I mean really make it like 3.5 floppy size, just as much capacity as possible, probably around 600Gb :p

and they would cost about $600+ too

[Pethegreat]

but I mean really make it like 3.5 floppy size, just as much capacity as possible, probably around 600Gb
That is where you make hot-swappable hard drives and a docking station for them.

You know your a geek(hardware type) when you are already know you can make one just by keeping an SATA connector and 4pin power connector in place. Now you look for a software geek to devlop a program to get it all working properly.

[ryanVickers]

I suppose...

hey, I used to have this thing for backups, I think it was around a gigabyte or so, could have been as high as about 5Gb, not sure, but it was about the size of a 3.5 floppy, but thicker, like 3/4 of and inch, and it plugged into a docking station...
The company was syjet... anyone know what it was? :rolleyes: (I have no clue :p)

[yabbadabbadont]

I suppose...

hey, I used to have this thing for backups, I think it was around a gigabyte or so, could have been as high as about 5Gb, not sure, but it was about the size of a 3.5 floppy, but thicker, like 3/4 of and inch, and it plugged into a docking station...
The company was syjet... anyone know what it was? :rolleyes: (I have no clue :p)

Syquest SparQ drive. 1GB cartridges with hard-drive platters inside. I have the parallel port version sitting on a bookcase behind me. ;)

(It still works too. :D)

Edit: I had Slackware '96 installed on one of my cartridges and booted it from floppy on my old 486. (which is still sitting next to me. :lol:)

[GepettoBR]

Syquest SparQ drive. 1GB cartridges with hard-drive platters inside. I have the parallel port version sitting on a bookcase behind me. ;)

(It still works too. :D)

Edit: I had Slackware '96 installed on one of my cartridges and booted it from floppy on my old 486. (which is still sitting next to me. :lol:)

Are you sitting in a computer museum? Because if you are I want to be invited.

[yabbadabbadont]

Are you sitting in a computer museum? Because if you are I want to be invited.

If I still had my old TRS-80 Color Computer 2, then I would consider my "computer room" to be a museum. Unfortunately, I parted ways with it many years ago. Besides, Brazil to Missouri US is a rather long way to go to visit a museum. ;)

I do have a Houston Instrument DMP-60 drum plotter here with me though. As well as an original Nomad Jukebox, and my software archive goes back to Turbo Basic (~1987 I think). I even have a Panasonic AM/FM Stereo/8-Track tape player in here, which still works, and I have some tapes for it too. I guess you could say that I have technology from the '70s through today. :D

[mr.propre]

People don't understand your personal Quote in MSN, GAIM, ... because its full of computer terms.

When you have nightmares about program code that doesn't wont to work.

When you meet a girl, your more interested in her PC-specs than her phone number.

You mount a beer instead of drinking it.

You find the movie "hackers" funny.

When you see people using a computer in a movie, you pause it to see what OS they are running.

On your funeral you want that they play the song "all your base belongs to us".

You call pets after functions like echo and print.

Chuck Norris comes to you when he has a computer problem.

You see the human race as a great failure because its venerable for viruses.

[ryanVickers]

People don't understand your personal Quote in MSN, GAIM, ... because its full of computer terms.

When you have nightmares about program code that doesn't wont to work.

When you meet a girl, your more interested in her PC-specs than her phone number.

You mount a beer instead of drinking it.

You find the movie "hackers" funny.

When you see people using a computer in a movie, you pause it to see what OS they are running.

On your funeral you want that they play the song "all your base belongs to us".

You call pets after functions like echo and print.

Chuck Norris comes to you when he has a computer problem.

You see the human race as a great failure because its venerable for viruses.

...when nothing has made you laugh all day any where near as good as this :D

[money2themax]

You find the movie "hackers" funny.

can you link to that movie?:lolflag:

[weluvujoe]

You know you're a geek when you get a shiney new laptop for christmas and start sobbing because it has Vista pre-installed.:)

when you don't wan to go out with your friends because you've kust got your ubuntu cd and want to try it out..

I downloaded my first ever Linux distribution in the form of Ubuntu yesterday and cancelled all my plans so I could stay home with it! I feel so proud to be an Linux user now!
I wanna become an even bigger geek!!!

[mr.propre]

can you link to that movie?:lolflag:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113243/

With Angelina Jolie :popcorn:

[ryanVickers]

...when you plot to write your own keyboard driver (if that's what you'd call it) to replace keytouch :p

[joe.turion64x2]

People don't understand your personal Quote in MSN, GAIM, ... because its full of computer terms.

When you have nightmares about program code that doesn't wont to work.

When you meet a girl, your more interested in her PC-specs than her phone number.

You mount a beer instead of drinking it.

You find the movie "hackers" funny.

When you see people using a computer in a movie, you pause it to see what OS they are running.

On your funeral you want that they play the song "all your base belongs to us".

You call pets after functions like echo and print.

Chuck Norris comes to you when he has a computer problem.

You see the human race as a great failure because its venerable for viruses.
When you get happy to find out the OS is actually Linux!

I saw Cameron (Dr. House) using a Linux machine in the hospital :guitar:

[money2themax]

When you get happy to find out the OS is actually Linux!

I saw Cameron (Dr. House) using a Linux machine in the hospital :guitar:
House is my fave show on tv just behind is CSI

[GepettoBR]

If I still had my old TRS-80 Color Computer 2, then I would consider my "computer room" to be a museum. Unfortunately, I parted ways with it many years ago. Besides, Brazil to Missouri US is a rather long way to go to visit a museum. ;)

I do have a Houston Instrument DMP-60 drum plotter here with me though. As well as an original Nomad Jukebox, and my software archive goes back to Turbo Basic (~1987 I think). I even have a Panasonic AM/FM Stereo/8-Track tape player in here, which still works, and I have some tapes for it too. I guess you could say that I have technology from the '70s through today. :D

Awesome. The only relic I have is a turntable with ~20 vynil records.

[yabbadabbadont]

Awesome. The only relic I have is a turntable with ~20 vynil records.

I have to borrow my parent's turntable, but I do still have six or eight albums. I wish that I still had all the 45's I purchased as a kid. I used to have all the trucker/CB songs from the '70s. Convoy, White Knight, Wolf Creek Pass, Teddy Bear... I even used to have a flexible plastic 45 of California Dreamin' that was included in a cereal box. (HoneyCombs I think) :lol:

[money2themax]

we have a one of vynal records from back when my grandmother was a kid we have 6 boxes worth i don't have exact measurements but thats about as close as i can get [we even have my favorite Eagles vynal cover and all "Hotel California"]:guitar::lolflag:

[yabbadabbadont]

we have a one of vynal records from back when my grandmother was a kid we have 6 boxes worth i don't have exact measurements but thats about as close as i can get [we even have my favorite Eagles vynal cover and all "Hotel California"]:guitar::lolflag:

I doubt that they are vinyl if they are that old. I forget what the material was, but they are very brittle and break easily. Treat them gently. They are also most likely 78s.

[ryanVickers]

...when you write a python script to do your homework for you, freeing your time to write more python scripts! :D

[Xavieran]

When you can play your music from the command line while the screen is turned off,using nothing but sox and tab-completion...:)

[ryanVickers]

lol that reminds me of at school - all the screens are CRT and thus take a while to warm up from off; I cna do everyhing I need to to log on and by the time the screen is up im done and everyone else is still waiting :p

Control Alt Delete, enter. enter number, tab, enter password, enter, hit enter, and I then navigate up start to what I need :D

[rosegarden78]

you take a self-diagnostic geek-o-meter quiz on-line due to a plaguing fear that may have an acute case of geek.

[Xavieran]

Ctrl+Alt+F1
Username
Password
cd m[TAB]/l[TAB]/An[TAB]/Ci[TAB]
play Pap[TAB]

That is a typical session for me...I sometimes add &&'s when I'm feeling lazy...xD

[money2themax]

Ctrl+Alt+F1
Username
Password
cd m[TAB]/l[TAB]/An[TAB]/Ci[TAB]
play Pap[TAB]

That is a typical session for me...I sometimes add &&'s when I'm feeling lazy...xD
whats all that do

[schauerlich]

When all your friends can do is look on in jealousy as you celebrate being User# 1337 on your computer teacher's new server.

Happened today. Golden moment.

[Xavieran]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Xavieran
Ctrl+Alt+F1
Username
Password
cd m[TAB]/l[TAB]/An[TAB]/Ci[TAB]
play Pap[TAB]

That cd's into my music directory (using tab-completion) and then uses the sox play command to play a file...

[joe.turion64x2]

House is my fave show on tv just behind is CSI
House is my favorite show too, the next one is Law & Order (criminal intent), and then Law & Order (special victims unit).

Is that CSI the same of the Law & Order?

[money2themax]

House is my favorite show too, the next one is Law & Order (criminal intent), and then Law & Order (special victims unit).

Is that CSI the same of the Law & Order?
no more fake tries to be realistic but its interesting nonetheless

[RAV TUX]

You know you're a geek when... (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=86237)

You look forward to reading RAV TUX threads. ;)

[talbain]

You know you're a burnt out geek when...
...you used to do all of these things and then finally got so tired from it that you decided everyone can take care of their own computers. You used the fact that you switched to Linux as an excuse. "Well, I don't actually use Windows so I'm not sure what the precise problem is. I would have to actually learn your system first and then try to figure out the problem."

LOL, My case!

[yabbadabbadont]

You know you're a burnt out geek when...
...you used to do all of these things and then finally got so tired from it that you decided everyone can take care of their own computers. You used the fact that you switched to Linux as an excuse. "Well, I don't actually use Windows so I'm not sure what the precise problem is. I would have to actually learn your system first and then try to figure out the problem."

Me too. :lol:

[GepettoBR]

When all your friends can do is look on in jealousy as you celebrate being User# 1337 on your computer teacher's new server.

Happened today. Golden moment.


Hell yeah :guitar:

[mini_g]

When you feel outraged that the IMDB only gives TRON a 6.4 outa 10 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084827/).

You have a computer in your car.

Almost everything that you get that can be modded, is or will be.

You carry around a bootable CD full of tools so that you can look deep into the capibilities of a new/used computer before buying it.

[stoodleysnow]

You know you're a geek when... (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=86237)

You look forward to reading RAV TUX threads. ;)

Fair enough, RAV, you rock :guitar: but doesn't this (quoted) make your ego look a wee bit inflated?
I know I'm a geek for bringing up such a minor, inconsequential point, and for using words such as 'ego' and 'inconsequential'. And for then posting a reply on here going on about it all, and for noticing that posting said reply is geeky, and for noticing that noticing that posting said reply is geeky...
(disappears into paradox)

[stoodleysnow]

You know you're a burnt out geek when...
...you used to do all of these things and then finally got so tired from it that you decided everyone can take care of their own computers. You used the fact that you switched to Linux as an excuse. "Well, I don't actually use Windows so I'm not sure what the precise problem is. I would have to actually learn your system first and then try to figure out the problem."

I think that's beginning to happen to me. :(:):confused:

[yabbadabbadont]

Fair enough, RAV, you rock :guitar: but doesn't this (quoted) make your ego look a wee bit inflated?

Only if it weren't true. (and deserved ;)) :D

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you have this wallpaper on your XP part:
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5404/linuxvswindowseq1.th.jpg (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=linuxvswindowseq1.jpg)

[bytesmythe]

You know you're a geek when you ask a girl out because you discovered she can still play Infocom's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text game from memory.

(We're married now.)

[mysticrider92]

5-1/4" floppy drives.... which reminds me, I've still got my original Borland Turbo Basic floppy around here somewhere.

/me wanders off down memory lane. :D

*flips through 5-1/4" floppy holder* I still have: Borland Turbo C++ 3.0 , Borland Turbo Pascal 5.0 and 5.5, Microsoft Macro Assembler, Microsoft FORTRAN 5.0 (fortran 77). And most of the books for all of them. :)

I haven't used all of these, they are actually my dad's. I will eventually get around to trying them all...

You are probably a geek when old computers (pre-Pentium II) are interesting, despite the fact that they can't do anything compared to modern computers..

And you are probably a geek if you have this strange desire to build a working replica of at least one section of ENIAC (ok, maybe modifying the design a bit to use more manageable parts)...

[corney91]

...When this article gives you hope:12 Reasons Why A Geek Will Steal Your Girlfriend In 2008 (http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/17/12-reasons-why-a-geek-will-steal-your-girlfriend-in-2008/)
:p

Oh and you get this joke:
How does a mathematician make an OS?
He integrates 1/x


Explanation: The integral of 1/x is lnx (now say lnx out loud;))

[talsemgeest]

When you go into a state of depression because your motherboard is being repaired...

[LaRoza]

When you go into a state of depression because your motherboard is being repaired...

When you get your motherboard a card for "Mother's Day"

[LaRoza]

...When this article gives you hope:12 Reasons Why A Geek Will Steal Your Girlfriend In 2008 (http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/17/12-reasons-why-a-geek-will-steal-your-girlfriend-in-2008/)

4. Geeks remember what matters.
5. Geeks pick out the best gifts.
6. Geeks put in the extra effort.

(The intent of the article is to show the male geek's advantage in the social scene, but my post addresses these three points)

They are true. I, a geek, can get gifts that not only surprise the recipient, but they actually want. I do my Christmas shopping in December, but research and think about it long before that.

[yabbadabbadont]

You know you're a geek when you ask a girl out because you discovered she can still play Infocom's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text game from memory.

(We're married now.)

Does she have a sister who is available? (and would be impressed that I got the highest possible score in "Leisure Suit Larry".) :lol:

[ryanVickers]

when if you like star trek, you inherited the "Roddenberry gene" :lolflag:

[schauerlich]

You know you're a geek when you can tell what OS a screenshot is from solely based on its subpixel font rendering.

[talsemgeest]

Does she have a sister who is available? (and would be impressed that I got the highest possible score in "Leisure Suit Larry".) :lol:

When you feel envious that yabbadabbadont made post #1337

[LaRoza]

When you feel envious that yabbadabbadont made post #1337

Speaking of which:

When you can't wait to tell people one of your student loans is $1337 (really)

[deltaprime]

...when you cant stop pentesting your network and computers...

DELTA

=)

[Luderacer]

When you have read 135 pages or more of " You know you're a geek" jokes

[bytesmythe]

Does she have a sister who is available? (and would be impressed that I got the highest possible score in "Leisure Suit Larry".) :lol:

Heheh! Sorry, she doesn't have any siblings. I lucked out and got the only one.

[gwoodard]

When you have memorized the movie "Weird Science"

[yabbadabbadont]

When you have memorized the movie "Weird Science"

... and Real Genius.

[RevolutionMaster]

When you actually know the definition of Geek and Nerd.
Geek: An intelligent person with a major interest.
Nerd: An intelligent person with a lack of social grace.

[yabbadabbadont]

I'm not sure where you got your definitions, but my dictionary states the following:

geek Slang.
–noun
1. a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp. one who is perceived to be overly intellectual.
2. a computer expert or enthusiast (a term of pride as self-reference, but often considered offensive when used by outsiders.)
3. a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken.

The third definition is the original one.

:D

[money2themax]

if you argue the correct definition of the word or words

[hhhhhx]

when you mastered word abbreviations.

Example:
u turned her down. u r so L7

[xyz]

Sorry if this's been posted before. Didn't have the courage of going through all the posts.
Charles Babbage cooked himself in an oven to "see what would happen", history is littered with nerds who made it big.

But who is the geekiest of them all? Is it Diogenes who lived in a barrel for most of his life, or is it John von Neumann, who was known to get arrested for reading scientific papers and driving at the same time?

YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE (http://images.google.ch/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cnet.co.uk/i/c/blg/cat/camcorders/a_toptengeeks/badge.jpg&imgrefurl=http://crave.cnet.co.uk/0,39029477,49285318,00.htm&h=369&w=344&sz=38&hl=en&start=157&sig2=TmVbThFFznN0zwgWrr1ZLg&um=1&tbnid=MemMyHkfSaqMlM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=114&ei=LKudR7jlF6aU-ALgrrXFBw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgreek%2Bgeek%26start%3D140%26ndsp%3D2 0%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfiref ox%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:unofficial%26sa%3DN)

[gwoodard]

when you mastered word abbreviations.

Example:
u turned her down. u r so L7

Or the classic: OMG U kild Kny

[yabbadabbadont]

Or the classic: OMG U kild Kny

U /b/tards!

[twin_57103]

When people call you the "computer lady."

[money2themax]

When people call you the "computer lady."
nope I don't think I've ever been called that but then again I'm a guy so that might explain it
:lolflag:

[ryanVickers]

U /b/tards!

when you get angry that some people will "abbreviate" things but the abbreviation is longer than the real word(s)... :p

(not just you, (or even you...) I just see this a lot sadly lol)

[gwoodard]

When you beat a super computer at chess

[MalfunctioningMartian]

When you beat a super computer at chess

Your chess program on a PC beats a super computer.

[FuturePilot]

When you type
google | grep search term
in the terminal :lolflag:

[dgray_from_dc]

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

Couldn't have said it better.

The case of your computer stays open.
That's me x 4!!

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.:lolflag:

When you've got a smokin' 486 with an AMD DX/4 100Mhz chip, broken IDE controller, SCSI substitute, 2x2x16 IDE CD-RW hacked into the broken controller as a slave, and 3 SCSI hard drives, none larger than 9GB. And it still works!! (Can't run Linux though)

When you can't listen to music without it being set to an AMV.

[money2themax]

when you wish life had a google bar.

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

your definition of "leisure" sums up in two words: linux and anime.
w00t linux and anime:lolflag:

[crjackson]

When the CAPS on your cheap $30 motherboard are acting up, so you buy a whole bag of them from ebay china for $20 (just to get 4 of them), and spend 4 hours repairing your socketA board rather then spending $15 for the same board in a NEW box from eBay USA.

[ryanVickers]

When you have a fight with someone and it goes something like this:

them: oh yea, well I have 2 gigs of PC2 5200 DDR 2 RAM!
me: oh yea, well I have 4 DIMMs in stead of 2!
them: oh yea, well, I have 2 SATA ports!
me: oh yea, well, I have 4 SATA II ports!!
them: oh yea, well I have 50 billion fans in my case!
me: oh yea, well my AMD Cool 'n quiet is so good it doesn't need that!
etc etc...
in addition, I know more about their computer that they do... :p

[gwoodard]

when you play WOW non-stop

[GepettoBR]

when you play WOW non-stop

That's when you know you need help.

[LostMagix]

You know what UOAOS is and can name off at least 8 shards...

[ryanVickers]

When you find this funny:

(after a long time, the conversation got like this)
Support: It doesn't matter; you still need a new UART to use our service!
Customer: What does UART stand for anyways?
Service: It stands for UART gettin' online!

:p

[RebounD11]

when you play WOW non-stop

That's when you flunk out of College :)

(didn't happen to me, it happened to one of my ex-room-mates)

[Tristicus]

When you have more than 1 computer, and type a long message, only to find out that you have been typing on the wrong keyboard.

[GepettoBR]

When you have more than 1 computer, and type a long message, only to find out that you have been typing on the wrong keyboard.

:lolflag:

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you get royally PO'd about some kid in your English class spreading false information about the new MacBook Air (e.g. calling it "Mac Air", saying it has a built-in CD drive, saying it has a 17" screen, and that his dad works at the apple store (we don't even have one where I live) and that he already has one), and then you send one of your friends who has his next class with him (and your friend is bigger and more intimidating than you) to make him listen because he won't listen to you, and then he takes back everything he said. I was so PO'd today and yesterday, and now he takes back what he said like a liar.

[money2themax]

You know you're a geek when you get royally PO'd about some kid in your English class spreading false information about the new MacBook Air (e.g. calling it "Mac Air", saying it has a built-in CD drive, saying it has a 17" screen, and that his dad works at the apple store (we don't even have one where I live) and that he already has one), and then you send one of your friends who has his next class with him (and your friend is bigger and more intimidating than you) to make him listen because he won't listen to you, and then he takes back everything he said. I was so PO'd today and yesterday, and now he takes back what he said like a liar.
high-five bravo i'd thank you but the thankyou button is mysteriously absent

[gwoodard]

When you argue over calculator models

[yabbadabbadont]

When you argue over calculator models

When you learned how to use a slide-rule because hand-held four function calculators cost hundreds of dollars at that time.

When you used logarithm tables instead, because slide-rules were for wussies. :lol:

[thomasyen]

When you download two dozen different Linux distros, burn them onto CDs, then leave them lying around because you have no use for them, and just like the feel of having so many distros you don't know which to choose (I actually did this).

Or, when a friend asks you for a Linux LiveCD, give him twenty to choose from...

[LaRoza]

high-five bravo i'd thank you but the thankyou button is mysteriously absent

It doesn't exist in the Games forum and probably a few others.

[ryanVickers]

When you have more than 1 computer, and type a long message, only to find out that you have been typing on the wrong keyboard.

when you then just upload the message to your FTP and get it on the other computer instead of just re-typing it :p

[mysticrider92]

You know you're a geek when you get royally PO'd about some kid in your English class spreading false information about the new MacBook Air (e.g. calling it "Mac Air", saying it has a built-in CD drive, saying it has a 17" screen, and that his dad works at the apple store (we don't even have one where I live) and that he already has one), and then you send one of your friends who has his next class with him (and your friend is bigger and more intimidating than you) to make him listen because he won't listen to you, and then he takes back everything he said. I was so PO'd today and yesterday, and now he takes back what he said like a liar.

Haha, or when you feel like pointing out to the "expert" at CompUSA that a Mac Pro with the Geforce 7300 can not drive dual 30" widescreens at 2560x1600 (the resolution must be halved, or 1280x800 on each screen). I saw an employee telling a customer that it could use two of these screens at the full resolution, which Apple's website says it can't do.

Man I feel weird posting that (the things geeks would argue about...).

[money2themax]

Haha, or when you feel like pointing out to the "expert" at CompUSA that a Mac Pro with the Geforce 7300 can not drive dual 30" widescreens at 2560x1600 (the resolution must be halved, or 1280x800 on each screen). I saw an employee telling a customer that it could use two of these screens at the full resolution, which Apple's website says it can't do.

Man I feel weird posting that (the things geeks would argue about...).yup i've been there before these people need to read the manual before buying and or advertising

[ryanVickers]

like the guy who sold me my video card lol... It's a 7600GT, which is supposed to run at 400Mhz I believe, but he said it was over clocked by 50... turns out its actually running at 600... :rolleyes: lol

I don't really care because it's been doing fine and had no troubles with heat by any stretch of the imagination, but still... :p

[LaRoza]

When you learned how to use a slide-rule because hand-held four function calculators cost hundreds of dollars at that time.

When you used logarithm tables instead, because slide-rules were for wussies. :lol:

Whats a slide rule?

I programmed my own RPN calculator.

[yabbadabbadont]

Whats a slide rule?

I programmed my own RPN calculator.

Run along now little boy. The grown-ups are playing.

:D

[LaRoza]

Run along now little boy. The grown-ups are playing.

:D

...or girl.

I once saw a slide rule, and I couldn't figure out how it would be useful. It seemed to be some sort of logarithmic scale...

I am going to be old soon. In fact, this week. I will be 20, and that is old.

[corney91]

I am going to be old soon. In fact, this week. I will be 20, and that is old.
Haha. Yeah, old by my standards:p Happy Birthday for then.
BTW nice avatar. Felt like a change?:)

I know how to use logarithms even though I'm 16 and use a calculator for everything. Our maths teacher raves about them:D

[scorp123]

I am going to be old soon. In fact, this week. I will be 20, and that is old. I will be 35 this November. I would not have expected people to be so young around here ... I feel like having stumbled into a kid's forum :lolflag:

So you feel old because you're getting 20??? You ain't seen nothing yet :lolflag:

And to add to the discussion. You know you're a geek if you twist stuff like the Star Wars "Sith Code" from this (original) ...
The Sith Code

Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me. ... Into this:
GUI's are a lie, they're just front-ends to the shell.
Through the shell, I gain sudo.
Through sudo, I gain power.
Through power, I gain root.
Through root, my chains are broken.
uid=0 shall free me. ... Put that stuff on a T-shirt, and even the geekiest of all geeks and nerdiest of all nerds shall bow before you.

Or how about this one: "Lord of the Root":
Three accounts for the CEO-kings under the Sky,
Seven for the coders in their dark halls alone,
Nine for vain projects doomed to die,
ONE for the Admin on his Black Leather throne.
In the Server Closet, where the backups lie.
One ROOT to rule them all,
One ROOT to mind them.
One ROOT to Moderate
and in Userspace, Bind them.
in the Server closet, where the backups lie.

and some legal "blah blah" at the end: Some other guys and myself came up with this stuff, e.g. on IRC and on the Linux Mint forums. (e.g. here: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16273#16273 )

But if anyone really feels like showing off his or her geekiness and wants to print this on posters, T-shirts, whatever: please go ahead and do it :lolflag:

At my current work place we printed the "Lord of the Root" stuff on a big poster ... it so totally intimidates anyone entering our office that since we did that nobody has ever again dared to "molest" us with stupid questions :lolflag:

[LaRoza]

Haha. Yeah, old by my standards:p Happy Birthday for then.
BTW nice avatar. Felt like a change?:)


http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=686317

It is a temporary avatar and title.

[corney91]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=686317

It is a temporary avatar and title.

Just saw it. Well, there's a whole 'You know you're a geek when...' right there:p

[sci-fi guy]

Three accounts for the CEO-kings under the Sky,
Seven for the coders in their dark halls alone,
Nine for vain projects doomed to die,
ONE for the Admin on his Black Leather throne.
In the Server Closet, where the backups lie.
One ROOT to rule them all,
One ROOT to mind them.
One ROOT to Moderate
and in Userspace, Bind them.
in the Server closet, where the backups lie.

and some legal "blah blah" at the end: Some other guys and myself came up with this stuff, e.g. on IRC and on the Linux Mint forums. (e.g. here: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16273#16273 )

But if anyone really feels like showing off his or her geekiness and wants to print this on posters, T-shirts, whatever: please go ahead and do it


Thinkgeek will pay money (http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/customer_bounty.cgi) ($250 cash or $300 store credit) for new ideas to put on their shirts (if they use it). And an additional $250 if you include a grapic, if you decide you need one.

[scorp123]

Thinkgeek will pay money (http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/customer_bounty.cgi) ($250 cash or $300 store credit) for new ideas to put on their shirts (if they use it). And an additional $250 if you include a grapic, if you decide you need one. Done :)

Let's see if they pick any of this ... :lolflag:

I found another version we also came up with on IRC ... And yes, I submitted that one too:
Three accounts for the Executivelings with their jets high in the Sky,
Seven for the dwarfy nerds with their assembly code alone,
Nine for vain projects doomed to die,
One for the admin on his black leather throne.
In the server closet, where the backups lie.

One root to rule them all,
One root to mind them,
One root to find it all,
and on their clients, bind them.

in the Server closet, where the backups lie.

[corney91]

You know you're a geek when...
http://bash.org/?40479

[legend2440]

the only tan you've ever acquired comes from your monitor.

[ryanVickers]

I will be 35 this November. I would not have expected people to be so young around here ... I feel like having stumbled into a kid's forum :lolflag:

I'm 14... :rolleyes:

And as for the Hurricane-Hard drive business, yea, sounds like me, my hard drive is my most valued possession :D
You also know your a geek when you care about the HD and not the whole computer :p (insurance would obviously have to pay for stuff like that)

[money2themax]

I'm 14... :rolleyes:

And as for the Hurricane-Hard drive business, yea, sounds like me, my hard drive is my most valued possession :D
You also know your a geek when you care about the HD and not the whole computer :p (insurance would obviously have to pay for stuff like that)
wow I'm gonna be 18 on the 27 of February
also I've used a commodore 64 and a windows 3.11

[ryanVickers]

Well, I used a 200Mhz Pentium with windows 98! :rolleyes:

[corney91]

Well, I used a 200Mhz Pentium with windows 98! :rolleyes:
I've got my 233MHz Pentium Win98 (originally 95) sitting in my room:)

the only tan you've ever acquired comes from your monitor.
And your maths work:p

[money2themax]

I've got my 233MHz Pentium Win98 (originally 95) sitting in my room:)
my 98 was a 444mHz at [currently] 192MB

[yabbadabbadont]

It seemed to be some sort of logarithmic scale...


I thought that I already said that... :p :D When you used logarithm tables instead, because slide-rules were for wussies.

[yabbadabbadont]

If you've ever written software for an embedded 386SX-20 (that's 20MHz) based system that could capture the information from checks (cheques for the Brits among us ;)) at 2400 documents per minute.

[LaRoza]

I thought that I already said that... :p :D

I was saying what my impression was when I first saw one, although I could figure out the basis, I couldn't figure out how to use it.

[yabbadabbadont]

I was saying what my impression was when I first saw one, although I could figure out the basis, I couldn't figure out how to use it.

As your elder, I'm allowed to tease you. It's one of the fundamental laws of nature... :D

[LaRoza]

As your elder, I'm allowed to tease you. It's one of the fundamental laws of nature... :D

As the modern generation, I am allowed to try my best to make you feel old by complaining I will be twenty this week.

(I will be almost dead! I better write my will out...)

[yabbadabbadont]

As the modern generation, I am allowed to try my best to make you feel old by complaining I will be twenty this week.

(I will be almost dead! I better write my will out...)

I told someone else this the other day. I have suits that are older than you. :lol:

(four years older in fact)

[LaRoza]

I told someone else this the other day. I have suits that are older than you. :lol:

(four years older in fact)

Wow, you have really old suites. Did you try selling them to a museum? I am sure such ancient artifacts of the past would be welcome. That era in history (what was it called? Oh yes, the eighties) should not be forgotten!

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek if you argue (lightly) about age on a forum...

[corney91]

...when you haven't started homework for the next day by 11pm and are looking for it when you twitch-type (just invented it :D - when you type in the air subconciously) find homew[tab].
And then decide to write about it on a forum where you've never actually met anyone face-to-face in a "you know you're a geek..." thread.

[money2themax]

Wow, you have really old suites. Did you try selling them to a museum? I am sure such ancient artifacts of the past would be welcome. That era in history (what was it called? Oh yes, the eighties) should not be forgotten!
when you find this funny

[ryanVickers]

TRS-80 Model I/II/III... taught me the "basics"... classic :D

[yabbadabbadont]

If you learned how to read EBCDIC off of punched cards, before you learned how to write in cursive...

(guilty)

TRS-80 Model I/II/III... taught me the "basics"... classic :D

Cool. TRS-80 CoCo 2 for me.

[Kopachris]

When all you can think of all day is what computer parts you would buy and what computers you would build if you had the money.

About $10,500 and I can get a 4-node AMD Phenom 9500 Beowulf Cluster (4GB Dual DDR2 1060MHz per comp, and an ATI Radeon sumthin with 512MB), with a smaller system to sit on my desk that boots quickly and looks nice.
OR
about $100,000 (maybe a little more) and I can get a 4-node Mac Pro cluster (fully spec'd out) in one cluster, an iMac, a MacBook, a MacBook Pro 17", and an 8-node XServe cluster. That is my dream.

In the mean time... If I can get this old AMD Athlon XP system to boot to something, I can install Ubuntu on it and connect it to my slightly newer Athlon XP system and have a 2-node cluster.

[ryanVickers]

Cool. TRS-80 CoCo 2 for me.

No, I never used it, but the pun, I find it hilarious :p

It basically had only the "BASIC" language, and it was a simple system, so using it would "teach you the 'basics'" :lolflag:
sorry :rolleyes:

[money2themax]

When all you can think of all day is what computer parts you would buy and what computers you would build if you had the money.

About $10,500 and I can get a 4-node AMD Phenom 9500 Beowulf Cluster (4GB Dual DDR2 1060MHz per comp, and an ATI Radeon sumthin with 512MB), with a smaller system to sit on my desk that boots quickly and looks nice.
OR
about $100,000 (maybe a little more) and I can get a 4-node Mac Pro cluster (fully spec'd out) in one cluster, an iMac, a MacBook, a MacBook Pro 17", and an 8-node XServe cluster. That is my dream.

In the mean time... If I can get this old AMD Athlon XP system to boot to something, I can install Ubuntu on it and connect it to my slightly newer Athlon XP system and have a 2-node cluster.what is a node?
No, I never used it, but the pun, I find it hilarious :p

It basically had only the "BASIC" language, and it was a simple system, so using it would "teach you the 'basics'" :lolflag:
sorry :rolleyes:
waaaaaah! i wanna learn basic but all i can find is visual basic

[yabbadabbadont]

Wow, you have really old suites. Did you try selling them to a museum? I am sure such ancient artifacts of the past would be welcome. That era in history (what was it called? Oh yes, the eighties) should not be forgotten!

I don't have any old "suites (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=suites&x=0&y=0)", just old suits. (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=suits&x=0&y=0) ;)

I doubt that any museums would want them. They turned down dad, when he offered to sell them the one he bought before I was born... :D

(He still has the one he wore at his and mom's wedding)

[yabbadabbadont]

what is a node?

waaaaaah! i wanna learn basic but all i can find is visual basic

http://blassic.org/

;)

[money2themax]

http://blassic.org/

;)
i need direction like a study guide

[Kopachris]

what is a node?
The same as any other node, except with computers. In the sense I'm talking about, it's a single computer that is connected to a bunch of other computers that share their processing power to perform a single task. Or something similar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf_(computing)

you know you're a geek when you find this (http://www.calvin.edu/~adams/research/microwulf/) beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. I could get about 10x the power for about 10x the price, but it's not mobile. And I don't have $11,000. Oh, well.

[yabbadabbadont]

i need direction like a study guide

Uh oh.... you just lost your posting privileges for this thread.

:lol:

[LaRoza]

I don't have any old "suites (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=suites&x=0&y=0)", just old suits. (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=suits&x=0&y=0) ;)

I doubt that any museums would want them. They turned down dad, when he offered to sell them the one he bought before I was born... :D

(He still has the one he wore at his and mom's wedding)

...when you spell check other people's posts.

[yabbadabbadont]

...when you spell check other people's posts.

You didn't spell anything incorrectly. You just used the wrong word. :D
(For all I know, English is not your first language, hence the links for clarification. ;))

My pet peeve is when people use "your" when they should have used "you're" in a sentence.

[money2themax]

The same as any other node, except with computers. In the sense I'm talking about, it's a single computer that is connected to a bunch of other computers that share their processing power to perform a single task. Or something similar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf_(computing) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf_%28computing%29)

you know you're a geek when you find this (http://www.calvin.edu/%7Eadams/research/microwulf/) beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. I could get about 10x the power for about 10x the price, but it's not mobile. And I don't have $11,000. Oh, well.
that is beautiful i want one + it's running Ubuntu
Uh oh.... you just lost your posting privileges for this thread.

:lol:
thats not very nice

[LaRoza]

You didn't spell anything incorrectly. You just used the wrong word. :D
(For all I know, English is not your first language, hence the links for clarification. ;))

My pet peeve is when people use "your" when they should have used "you're" in a sentence.

It was a mispelling (that happened to be a wrong word).

You are very understanding, had I not been familiar with english, that would have been helpful.

Your not alone with that pet peeve.

[xyz]

...you forget you had a date last night...

[Flix83]

You lie in your bed at night and can't sleep, so you begin to calculate and memorize prime numbers, although your girlfriend lies next to you, is awake too and is longing for something else ...

Happened to me last night, fortunately she knows I am not always getting the best ideas in real life.

[Kopachris]

Does anyone know how long this "Scanning CD-ROM" stage lasts? It's been about 10 hours and it's only got 30%. It's "Scanning /cdrom/pool/main/libd". Is there any way I can reset the computer, boot to the CD, then bypass the scan?

[xyz]

Does anyone know how long this "Scanning CD-ROM" stage lasts? It's been about 10 hours and it's only got 30%. It's "Scanning /cdrom/pool/main/libd". Is there any way I can reset the computer, boot to the CD, then bypass the scan?

Well I don't know enough about it in your case but it happened to me twice.

The 1st time my HD was dead; the second time I had to install Breezy and upgrade.

Good luck.

[thomasyen]

...when you are prepared to live on sub-standard food and clothing for months on end to save up for a better computer part.

[Tristam Green]

It was a mispelling (that happened to be a wrong word).

You are very understanding, had I not been familiar with english, that would have been helpful.

Your not alone with that pet peeve.
I see what you did there :KS

...when you find a thread "You know you're a geek when..." and feel compelled to post into it.

[gwoodard]

...when you are prepared to live on sub-standard food and clothing for months on end to save up for a better computer part.

When you are a most frequent visitor on a star trek website

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you'll wait a full 24 hours for Ubuntu to scan your CD-ROM so you can go on with the installation. 16 hours so far, 71% done. Maybe not quite 24 hours...

[sci-fi guy]

...when you are prepared to live on sub-standard food and clothing for months on end to save up for a better computer part.

Or to enable you to get more bandwidth.

[yabbadabbadont]

Your not alone with that pet peeve.

I almost snorted tea onto my keyboard when I read that. Give a guy some warning, will ya? Something like, "The following sentence is intended for humor and appropriate caution should be exercised while reading it."

:lol:

[Snowytime]

your sat reading a book upsidedown while taking apart a computer harddrive:lol:#-o

[Kopachris]

your sat reading a book upsidedown while taking apart a computer harddrive:lol:#-o

When that book was a motherboard manual.

[ryanVickers]

when you read those for your bed time story, and then move on to the CPU installation guide :p

[money2themax]

I almost snorted tea onto my keyboard when I read that. Give a guy some warning, will ya? Something like, "The following sentence is intended for humor and appropriate caution should be exercised while reading it."

:lol:when you drink tea

[gwoodard]

When you tell people to hit Alt-F4 and they don't know what it is

[ryanVickers]

yea, or the ol' "I can't find the 'any' key!!" ](*,) lol

[steveneddy]

You surf the Absolute Beginners section all day to get to 1600 posts to see if it changes your Ubuntu Forums title.

And whatever you do, DON'T ask one of them to change it.

[ryanVickers]

wait... how can you brew cola and milk... :shock: :lolflag:

[cprofitt]

...or girl.

I once saw a slide rule, and I couldn't figure out how it would be useful. It seemed to be some sort of logarithmic scale...

I am going to be old soon. In fact, this week. I will be 20, and that is old.

Were you born on leap day? I mean that is the only way I would consider you old...

[steveneddy]

wait... how can you brew cola and milk... :shock: :lolflag:

Don't ask me.

See my post before yours.

I'm not griping, admins! OK? Please don't beat me!

(You didn't hear that)

[cprofitt]

I've got my 233MHz Pentium Win98 (originally 95) sitting in my room:)

LOL.

I still have a 386SX chip floating around my house... that came from the first computer I had post-college. My first computer at home was a Texas Instrument computer that loaded it programs from a tape player (read audio tape player)... but the first computer I played with was a giant main frame that used punch cards.

Yeah I am middle-aged; I would imagine there are some real 'old' people hanging around though.

[ryanVickers]

Don't ask me.

See my post before yours.

I'm not griping, admins! OK? Please don't beat me!

(You didn't hear that)

lol so what you asked them to change it and they made it that, and now your terrified of what could happen next? :lolflag:

[cprofitt]

If you learned how to read EBCDIC off of punched cards, before you learned how to write in cursive...

(guilty)



Cool. TRS-80 CoCo 2 for me.

Ah, I learned how to read punch cards before I could um... spell.

[cprofitt]

Uh oh.... you just lost your posting privileges for this thread.

:lol:

Do you remember peeks and pokes?

[ryanVickers]

lol sounds like me, just diving into things... I've been using Linux since before I understood how it could function with just "/" and no "C:\" lol ... when I was about 5 or 6 :mrgreen:

[steveneddy]

lol so what you asked them to change it and they made it that, and now your terrified of what could happen next? :lolflag:

I wouldn't say terrified, but I'm being really....careful.

:D

Check this out. (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=668518)

HE ASKED....OK!?

[yabbadabbadont]

Do you remember peeks and pokes?

Yep, and the "bload" command that the CoCo used to load binaries from tape. :D

Then there was the "fun" of messing with the volume level until you got it just right, so that the data would actually transfer. (I marked the spot on the volume control with red nail polish so that I could find it again easily. :lol:)

[stinger30au]

Yep, and the "bload" command that the CoCo used to load binaries from tape. :D

Then there was the "fun" of messing with the volume level until you got it just right, so that the data would actually transfer. (I marked the spot on the volume control with red nail polish so that I could find it again easily. :lol:)

the coco never used bload at all.
the trs-80 model 1 , 2, 3, or 4 may have done but never the coco.

to load a binary file from cassette was cloadm"filename" and to load a binary file from disk drive was loadm"filename"

my first computer was a 16k coco 1 (still have it) and i eventually installed a disto one meg ram upgrade to my coco 3 with 2 x 20 gig mfm hard drives and ran OS9 on the beast and ran a BBS. was a lot a fun of fun those days. still have it all boxxed away neatly in my shed

[money2themax]

lol sounds like me, just diving into things... I've been using Linux since before I understood how it could function with just "/" and no "C:\" lol ... when I was about 5 or 6 :mrgreen:
i lve having a Root drive "/" very useful and much easier to understand "It Just Makes Sense" [what a rip off of Apple's slogan lolz:lolflag:]

[btw what does mac use Q.E.D. "Windows = C:/ ; Linux/UNIX = / ; Macintosh = ???"

[reacocard]

i lve having a Root drive "/" very useful and much easier to understand "It Just Makes Sense" [what a rip off of Apple's slogan lolz:lolflag:]

[btw what does mac use Q.E.D. "Windows = C:/ ; Linux/UNIX = / ; Macintosh = ???"

mac also has /, the GUI just hides it.

[yabbadabbadont]

the coco never used bload at all.
the trs-80 model 1 , 2, 3, or 4 may have done but never the coco.

to load a binary file from cassette was cloadm"filename" and to load a binary file from disk drive was loadm"filename"

my first computer was a 16k coco 1 (still have it) and i eventually installed a disto one meg ram upgrade to my coco 3 with 2 x 20 gig mfm hard drives and ran OS9 on the beast and ran a BBS. was a lot a fun of fun those days. still have it all boxxed away neatly in my shed

Actually, you have jogged my memory. It was bloadm. And it was a CoCo 2.

(so there :p :D)

[lex1]

UMM my fist mac was a tiny 9inch box with a smaller screen sorry monitor.

then came school and the 486.

lex1:popcorn:

[Kopachris]

My first mac was a hand-me-down 17" 1.67GHz PowerBook G4. I still have it. I'm using it right now. It's only a couple years old. I don't remember our first computers, but my dad says that he used to have all that old stuff. He never said anything about a CoCo (looking it up on wikipedia...)The CoCo still has a small but active user community.

Most CoCo fans did (and still do) complain loudly of the perceived lack of support from Tandy. Indeed finding anyone at a Radio Shack store who knew more than the price of the computer was pot-luck. However, we must also remember that the department and toy stores that sold Commodores and Ataris were probably no better or worse. Despite the lack of corporate support for the system, a very active third party community evolved, supported mainly by CoCo-related periodicals, most notably The Rainbow and The Color Computer Magazine.

Even today, a few individuals and small companies still support the CoCo and are actively developing hardware and software for it. Companies such as Cloud-9 have taken the CoCo 3 beyond what many thought possible, with such things as SCSI and IDE hard drive controllers and memory upgrades to 2 megabytes.

Thanks to the Internet, support for the Color Computer has increased since production stopped in the 80's. Formerly known as The Color Computer Resource Site (www.coco3.com), The CoCo SuperSite offers users a way to find almost anything they need for the CoCo, with 24-hour live chat rooms, a message forum, a photo gallery full of CoCo history, and a look into the modern CoCo world.
Wow, my calculator has more memory. Did you know that the original Donkey Kong game was written in Z80 asm? You probably did. It could almost run on my calculator. Go to the wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Color_Computer). They have a link to a Java CoCo emulator. That's so strange to me, having a computer with no hard drive. You could sorta do the same thing, put a simple Linux toolchain on a floppy disk and boot to it every time you want to do anything, maybe put another floppy disk in another drive to save your work. Maybe I'll try that... Just for fun. You know you're a geek if you try that... Just for fun.

[whiskysmuggler]

My first computer was a TI96A. The monitor was your TV. You had to purchase cassets to run games, household accounts, spreadsheets, etc. Wow, how old are we now..Still have this one in a box somewhere.

[whiskysmuggler]

OOOPS typo: TI 99-4A

[whiskysmuggler]

My first computer was a TI 99-4A. The monitor was your TV. You had to purchase cassets to run games, household accounts, spreadsheets, etc. Wow, how old are we now..Still have this one in a box somewhere.

[Kopachris]

24 straight hours to finish scanning the CD drive. Another 9 for the hardware scan. It'll be another 2 for starting up the partitioner. By the time it's done starting up the partitioner, that computer will have been active for 35 straight hours. A Windows machine can't stay active for even 12 hours. I know, I've tried; it can idle for a while, though. You know you're a geek if you'll wait 48 hours for Ubuntu to install.

[sci-fi guy]

OOOPS typo: TI 99-4A

You can edit a post.

[gwoodard]

or if you are mad at some and tell them to "megabyte" you

[LaRoza]

When you get a new clock to replace your old (working) clock.

My new clock:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21AgMcf0lnL._AA250_.jpg

[corney91]

When you get a new clock to replace your old (working) clock.


When you want this clock (http://www.walyou.com/blog/2008/01/06/the-math-clock-for-geeks/).

[money2themax]

When you get a new clock to replace your old (working) clock.

My new clock:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21AgMcf0lnL._AA250_.jpg
What the...!?! is that a binary clock?

[money2themax]

When you want this clock (http://www.walyou.com/blog/2008/01/06/the-math-clock-for-geeks/).
why does 5 o clock have this in it "!"
i was under the impression that that wasn't a mathematical symbol

[corney91]

why does 5 o clock have this in it "!"
i was under the impression that that wasn't a mathematical symbol
It means factorial - it's used in stats. n!=nx(n-1)x(n-2)...
eg. 4!=4x3x2x1
9!=9x8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1

[LaRoza]

What the...!?! is that a binary clock?

Yes, it has two modes. One in true binary and one in binary encoded decimal.

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

[Pethegreat]

you know you're a geek when you find this beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. I could get about 10x the power for about 10x the price, but it's not mobile. And I don't have $11,000. Oh, well.
I want a microwulf. I think I can get $2500 together to build one. All I need is a PhD in something so I can use it for something other than F@H.

Microwulf runs Ubuntu
At present, Microwulf is running Ubuntu Linux.

[Kopachris]

why does 5 o clock have this in it "!"
i was under the impression that that wasn't a mathematical symbol

√9! - 9/9 = 3! - 1 = 1*2*3 - 1 = 6 - 1 = 5

I'd still rather have a binary clock.

All I need is a PhD in something so I can use it for something other than F@H.
F@H? Anything like SETI@Home?

[ryanVickers]

why does 5 o clock have this in it "!"
i was under the impression that that wasn't a mathematical symbol

It's a factorial:

5! is the same as 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1, or 120 ;)

[Kopachris]

How long will it take to install Ubuntu on my old computer? Take a guess! The person that gets closest will get a pat on the back! So far, it's been 50 hours straight and it is 6% complete with the "Installing the base system" part. My guess: 93 hours. What's your guess?

Rules:
1. You can only guess total time, I won't accept time of completion because everyone lives in different time zones and it's a pain in the butt to convert times.
2. It's using the Ubuntu Alternate install CD
3. I can't tell you the hardware, but if you've been paying attention to previous posts (hint, hint), you can determine what the hardware is.
4. The winner (person with the closest guess) gets a pat on the back.
5. The 24 hour time is 0300 GMT (2100 Central time, 2200 Eastern time).

[money2themax]

I want a microwulf. I think I can get $2500 together to build one. All I need is a PhD in something so I can use it for something other than F@H.

Microwulf runs Ubuntu

F@H is like this right

[COMPUTER NAME]@[USER NAME]

(like mine is: money2themax@MX-Ubuntu-000:~$)

am I right?

[ryanVickers]

How long will it take to install Ubuntu on my old computer? Take a guess! The person that gets closest will get a pat on the back! So far, it's been 50 hours straight and it is 6% complete with the "Installing the base system" part. My guess: 93 hours. What's your guess?

Rules:
1. You can only guess total time, I won't accept time of completion because everyone lives in different time zones and it's a pain in the butt to convert times.
2. It's using the Ubuntu Alternate install CD
3. I can't tell you the hardware, but if you've been paying attention to previous posts (hint, hint), you can determine what the hardware is.
4. The winner (person with the closest guess) gets a pat on the back.
5. The 24 hour time is 0300 GMT (2100 Central time, 2200 Eastern time).

I would say you have a hardware failure; this is not normal!!

I was installing Ubuntu for someone, and it took a couple hours, and it turns out the hard drive was failing during installation, and that just toasted it off. No worries, it was replaced that day free of charge, and I successfully completed the installation after in 45 minutes, but point is, anything over about a hour and 20 minutes is unnatural... :???:

[Kopachris]

F@H is like this right

[COMPUTER NAME]@[USER NAME]

(like mine is: money2themax@MX-Ubuntu-000:~$)

am I right?

I see now, ok.

[money2themax]

I see now, ok.
i'm not certain this is just an educated guess

[yabbadabbadont]

i'm not certain this is just an educated guess

You need to go back to school.... :lol:


Folding at home project: http://folding.stanford.edu/

[stoodleysnow]

When you notice just how far this thread has strayed from its topic

[Kopachris]

I would say you have a hardware failure; this is not normal!!

I was installing Ubuntu for someone, and it took a couple hours, and it turns out the hard drive was failing during installation, and that just toasted it off. No worries, it was replaced that day free of charge, and I successfully completed the installation after in 45 minutes, but point is, anything over about a hour and 20 minutes is unnatural... :???:

Eh, it's still fun to guess when it'll be done. I think the problem is that I didn't look at the CD drive while I was putting the parts together. It's not a very good sign if your CD drive doesn't advertise its speed right on the front.

[money2themax]

Eh, it's still fun to guess when it'll be done. I think the problem is that I didn't look at the CD drive while I was putting the parts together. It's not a very good sign if your CD drive doesn't advertise its speed right on the front.
or it's broken

[Kopachris]

or it's broken

Or it's broken, in which case I'll try again with the other CD drive.

[money2themax]

Or it's broken, in which case I'll try again with the other CD drive.good idea i'm glad i thought of it

[Kopachris]

It's going extremely slow (still only 6% done with base system), but it is going. The package that it's retrieving changes about every 10-15 minutes and the CD light is active. Now back to on topic. You know you're a geek if you will wait a week for Ubuntu to install.

[gwoodard]

When pull quotes that are off topic in a thread and keep reposting them

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you're compiling LFS while flying X-Plane over VATSIM. You know you're a geek when your computer can handle that kind of multi-tasking.

[sci-fi guy]

You know you're a geek when your computer can handle that kind of multi-tasking...

...and it could not when you first got it. Bonus points if you didn't buy any new parts.

[Kopachris]

...and it could not when you first got it. Bonus points if you didn't buy any new parts.

That would have been simple, actually. It ran Windows when you got it, you switched it to Ubuntu.

[Pethegreat]

F@H? Anything like SETI@Home?
I run folding@home. I have though about running SETI@home. Upon learning that radio waves are lost in static after 2 light years of travel, I think SETI may be a waste.

You know your a geek when you don't even bother trying to explain things when you think you are around geeks.

[bjschuma]

You know you're a geek when somebody tells you they're using linux and you think they're not being specific enough.

[fissionmailed]

You know you're a geek when some one says, "let's go out buy some grub," and your response is, "but GRUB is open source."

[scorp123]

You know you're a geek when you perceive TV shows such as "The IT Crowd" as being a documentary ... and not as a "comedy" :-D

( The IT Crowd ... http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/I/itcrowd/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_IT_Crowd )

[wesley_of_course]

You know your a geek when you own one of these .

[LaRoza]

The New Microsoft Keyboard:

http://media.techeblog.com/elephant//ul/2707-450x-_funnykeyboards_2.jpg

(Note: Not a symbol of a geek)

[the_sorrow]

You know you're a geek when somebody tells you they're using linux and you think they're not being specific enough.

It happen to me already :(

[money2themax]

You know your a geek when you own one of these .
:lolflag:i love the fact that it has it's own cooling unit:lolflag:

[matey3]

LOL @ Every1 :D

I guess you're a geek if you give ppl your phone number in hexadecimal ;-)
hekk once i had an assembly teacher like that,,
umm lessee u can call my office at 21FF7A lol /;)\

[sci-fi guy]

I guess you're a geek if you give ppl your phone number in hexadecimal ;-)

I have thought of this before, and would use it to weed out potential mates. Except there aren't any.

[argraff]

How about, you know you and your husband are geeks when the thing that cracks you up the most is a video of your 11 year old step/daughter singing "You just got PWNED! PWNED IN THE BUTT!" over and over again in a car...:-P

[gwoodard]

When someone asks you a retorhical question and you find an answer to it :lolflag:

[Kopachris]

When someone asks you a retorhical question and you find an answer to it :lolflag:
"Do you use Windows or what?!" (Cuz he/she doesn't think there's any other OS)
"No, I do not!"

You know you're a geek if you constantly think about installing Ubuntu on all your school's computers and turning them into a few different clusters (i.e. a Dell PC cluster, an eMac cluster, and iMac G4 cluster, a Dell Laptop cluster)

[sci-fi guy]

You know you're a geek if you constantly think about installing Ubuntu on all your school's computers and turning them into a few different clusters (i.e. a Dell PC cluster, an eMac cluster, and iMac G4 cluster, a Dell Laptop cluster)

I think about that every day. I am installing openSUSE on an eMac tomorrow to test it's superiority to OS X.4 as a workstation replacement.

Coincidentally, I have been asked to look into clustering 8 P3 servers the department has to spare. Officially I am supposed to do this with MS Enterprise Server, but I want to try with Linux, too. Can anybody direct me to sites that will explain how to do this? (either OS, any distro)

[money2themax]

cluster? is that like a group OF computers working as one?

EDIT: OF not OR

[sci-fi guy]

cluster? is that like a group OF computers working as one?

Yes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_cluster)