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

[talsemgeest]

I think my school is starting the long road to open source, since they have installed audacity and blender. But other than that they are the complete opposite to open source.

[gwoodard]

When you have "Mr. Roboto" as your ringtone

[bjschuma]

You dual boot your mp3 player (I have an iRiver H10 with both the original firmware and Rockbox).

[gwoodard]

When you are able to Triple boot a 60 gig HD with Win XP, Ubuntu, and Knoppix (or any other derivative of Linux) and give it to a person who knows nothing on how to work linux for the heck of it

[AreEK]

this is your method of playing a favourite track:
find ./music/Simple\ Minds/ -name *A_River* -print0| xargs -0 mplayer -loop 0

[money2themax]

this is your method of playing a favourite track:
find ./music/Simple\ Minds/ -name *A_River* -print0| xargs -0 mplayer -loop 0

./music/Simple\ Minds/ -name *A_River* -print0| xargs -0 VLC -loop -1

When you are able to Triple boot a 60 gig HD with Win XP, Ubuntu, and Knoppix (or any other derivative of Linux) and give it to a person who knows nothing on how to work linux for the heck of it

Win XP x86_64, SuSE 10.3 alpha, & UNIX System V

[talsemgeest]

When you see a car crash on tv and instantly think of windoze

[R13120(1<]

you build a mineral oil computer, submerged in 10 gallons of oil. that you bought in pints and quarts from every drug store in town.... so worth it. (that was the 3rd successful test)

you know you're a geek when... you have more video games than dvd's

you know you're a geek when.. you can clean up the most virus infested spy-ware riddled, fragmented computer in 20 min running and download enough to set the onlooking computer owner into a shock induced comma.

you know you're a nerd when... you go into frys and end up explaining to customers how things work because the sales *** can't.

[eric_son]

you know you're a nerd when... you go into frys and end up explaining to customers how things work because the sales *** can't.

Hehehe...

One time at a computer expo, I went inside the Creative Lab's stall. At that time, the SB AWE32 was still a new card and cost an arm and a leg, and wavetable MIDI was not that popular. A rich customer was deciding on whether to get an AWE32 or an SB16. The sales rep said that 32-bit computing was not yet the norm and the customer should stick with 16-bit, hence SB16. He also demoed both cards by playing the game X-Wing (the Wave table was disabled on the AWE32 for some reason...) No difference in sound quality...
The customer decided on the SB16.
While the sales rep was preparing the papers, I stepped in. I chatted with the customer about the AWE32. I then enabled the wave table and restarted the X-Wing game. The customer was amazed and he cancelled the SB16 purchase and bought the AWE32.
Hehehe
Expecting at least a 'thank you' for the big sale, the sales rep and his manager got angry at me and told me not to meddle with their business.
:confused:

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you take your computer in to a shop and say that you fed it doritos, just for the heck of it. Or that your computer's "cup holder" is broken.

"What seems to be the problem?"
"My brand new computer's cup holder is broken!"
"Cup holder? Did it come as some kind of promotion for the company you bought it from?"
"No! I just pushed this [points to CD drive button] button and a cup holder came out. I've only been using it for a few days when, next thing I know, the cup holder snaps and the whole thing goes 'zzzhhhhssshchfizts!'. A whole bunch of smoke pours out and the thing just shuts off. Now I can't turn it back on."
"Ma'am, that's your CD drive, not a cup holder."
"Ohhh..."

[money2themax]

You know you're a geek when you take your computer in to a shop and say that you fed it doritos, just for the heck of it. Or that your computer's "cup holder" is broken.

"What seems to be the problem?"
"My brand new computer's cup holder is broken!"
"Cup holder? Did it come as some kind of promotion for the company you bought it from?"
"No! I just pushed this [points to CD drive button] button and a cup holder came out. I've only been using it for a few days when, next thing I know, the cup holder snaps and the whole thing goes 'zzzhhhhssshchfizts!'. A whole bunch of smoke pours out and the thing just shuts off. Now I can't turn it back on."
"Ma'am, that's your CD drive, not a cup holder."
"Ohhh..."
i haven't had that happen...yet but i'm waiting:lolflag:

[scorp123]

"What seems to be the problem?"
"My brand new computer's cup holder is broken!"
"Cup holder? ... "Ma'am, that's your CD drive, not a cup holder."
"Ohhh..." No kidding here: But this has happened to me. And it wasn't just a 'normal' CD drive, it was a rather expensive (back in 1999) Plextor CD burner (SCSI model ...). She was a secretary and only working 50% so the other half of the day she wasn't around and us admins could use her PC as "CD burning station". Back in 1999 CD burners were rather rare and still expensive. So we thought "Heck yeah, let's put this into this PC here which isn't used half of the time ..."

Big mistake as it turned out. :lolflag:

[unnamedneeb]

You know you're a geek when it is easier to write your own program then figure out you TI-89 calculator.

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when rather than fix the mistake you made while making an RJ-45 cable, you make a program that switches the data form the cables into the right order. Thought about it today. I accidentally put the wires in upside-down today. I haven't made a cable since last year.

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek if you have two completely separate laptops playing the same song ("Frame of Mind" by Darkmateria in my case) exactly in sync. It's actually more like an echo right now.

[FuturePilot]

When you install Xubuntu as a guest in a VM inside an Ubuntu host for no other reason than because you can.

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when someone mentions M1 (as in the tank) and all you can think of is seafood.

[matey3]

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

LOL
:D
did you -by any chance- teach assembly language course?
heh the guy who taught us intel base had 8086 as his last 4 digit of his office number!
the guy who taught motorola (apple) base assembly didnt have 6000 in his phone number so i guess the 1st guy was just lucky?!


;)

but man this got to be a record. well i am new here but i have not seen too many threads making it to page 150+something??!
:o

geeks just got to have fun...

[LaRoza]

When you install Xubuntu as a guest in a VM inside an Ubuntu host for no other reason than because you can.

When you install 14 operating systems on a single hard drive, to make it more fun, they were a mix of Windows, Linux and BSD, and were all bootable from Grub.

[FuturePilot]

When you install 14 operating systems on a single hard drive, to make it more fun, they were a mix of Windows, Linux and BSD, and were all bootable from Grub.

Wow, that's pretty amazing! :popcorn:

[mysticrider92]

When you install Xubuntu as a guest in a VM inside an Ubuntu host for no other reason than because you can.

When you use xnest to log in five or six times, with each one inside the one before it (confusing, but you get the idea)...

Completely pointless, but Windows users can't top it.. :)

[sci-fi guy]

did you -by any chance- teach assembly language course?


Sorry. I am actually not much better than CompTIA A+ (but not certified) and almost a year of Linux experience.

[Kopachris]

When you install 14 operating systems on a single hard drive, to make it more fun, they were a mix of Windows, Linux and BSD, and were all bootable from Grub.
I'd do that if GParted didn't limit me to 4 logical partitions.

[LaRoza]

I'd do that if GParted didn't limit me to 4 logical partitions.

It doesn't. I used GParted to make the 16 partitions.

You can only have four primary partitions on any drive.

[r4ik]

If you try to pay the rent with beans.

[LaRoza]

When you just wget'ed the entire hackles.org comic strip.


In case you are interested:

wget -r http://hackles.org/strips/

[talsemgeest]

It doesn't. I used GParted to make the 16 partitions.

You can only have four primary partitions on any drive.
But dont forget that extended partitions count as a primary partition...

[LaRoza]

But dont forget that extended partitions count as a primary partition...

Yes, but you can put many logical drives in an extended partition. I had only one extended partition for my setup.

I was limited by the drive size mostly.

[Kopachris]

It doesn't. I used GParted to make the 16 partitions.

You can only have four primary partitions on any drive.

Sorry, I meant primary partitions. Is there a way you can create extended/logical partitions from your current primary partitions without losing data?

[yabbadabbadont]

I had only one extended partition for my setup.

Just an FYI shoutout to the thread (:D)

You can only have one extended partition per drive.

[LaRoza]

Sorry, I meant primary partitions. Is there a way you can create extended/logical partitions from your current primary partitions without losing data?

You can move all the data to another location and delete the existing one and create an extendend partition.

You cannot do it without moving or losing the data.

[yabbadabbadont]

Sorry, I meant primary partitions. Is there a way you can create extended/logical partitions from your current primary partitions without losing data?

Yes. You see, there are these things called, "backups", that I've read can help you out in just such a situation...

:D

[sci-fi guy]

Do extended partitions take longer to access than a primary partition?

[LaRoza]

Do extended partitions take longer to access than a primary partition?

No.

[Kopachris]

You can move all the data to another location and delete the existing one and create an extendend partition.

You cannot do it without moving or losing the data.

I was hoping it wouldn't come to that. Backups can sometimes take a long time if you have a lot of data. Maybe later...

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you listen to Weird Al while you try out nmap on your school's website to see what OS they use.

EDIT: They use either FreeBSD or Windows Server 2008. Sucks for them!

[sci-fi guy]

Isn't Netcraft (http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?host=google.com&position=limited&lookup=Search) easier?

[myusername]

you know your a geek when you have built your own OS and are running it

[yabbadabbadont]

you are proud of the fact that you got the 32768th post in the word association game. (32K Baby!) (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4346623&postcount=32768)

[tdrusk]

the "computer nerd" of your calculus class can't tell the difference between XP and windows 98 and relates computer problems to the outdated OS... You can't tell him he's wrong, because nobody in the class will believe you.

you are excited about installing puppy linux on a 64 mb of RAM 1 gig laptop that you bought for 10 dollars. Installation took 3 hours of fighting with the installer.

you think this is awesome.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tfT9zMo0WHw

[sci-fi guy]

the "computer nerd" of your calculus class can't tell the difference between XP and windows 98 and relates computer problems to the outdated OS... You can't tell him he's wrong, because nobody in the class will believe you.
Something is seriously wrong if you aren't the nerd instead.
Try pointing out that that OS is 10 YEARS OLD.

you are excited about installing puppy linux on a 64 mb of RAM 1 gig laptop that you bought for 10 dollars. Installation took 3 hours of fighting with the installer.

Why do I got the feeling you aren't going to be using it to let Blender 'cook' a rendering overnight on that thing?
What are you gonna use it for?

[Kopachris]

the "computer nerd" of your calculus class can't tell the difference between XP and windows 98 and relates computer problems to the outdated OS... You can't tell him he's wrong, because nobody in the class will believe you.

you are excited about installing puppy linux on a 64 mb of RAM 1 gig laptop that you bought for 10 dollars. Installation took 3 hours of fighting with the installer.

you think this is awesome.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tfT9zMo0WHw

You know you're a geek when you find this "No duh". You know you're a geek when your computer has never taken more than a few minutes to compile anything. You know you're a geek when this (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/) is your solution to porn.

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek when you are excited that:
1. There are an infinite number of Universes
2. The physics of said universes may not be exactly the same as in ours.

means that somewhere out there the Star Trek, Stargate, Starwars, and Battlestar (what's with all the stars?) universes must exist.

[tdrusk]

Something is seriously wrong if you aren't the nerd instead.
Try pointing out that that OS is 10 YEARS OLD.



Why do I got the feeling you aren't going to be using it to let Blender 'cook' a rendering overnight on that thing?
What are you gonna use it for?

Actually it was the other way around, the OS was XP, and he thought it was 98 because it had the classic theme.

I think puppy will actually run pretty good on it with the right amount of swap space. The installation failed because I was running off the saved pup file and it couldn't unmount the drive the install grub. Poop.

Oh and to answer your question, I'm just going to use it for... .... I dunno.

I might sell it or donate it, then again I could use it for college since the battery lasts longer than the battery in my new laptop.

[gwoodard]

When You figure out how to Install Puppy Linux Correctly before anyone else and get puppy installed to everyone else's Hard Drive...(or you are a pushover and people are lazy idk)

[Tristam Green]

........when you see this in the newspaper, immediately think of Microsoft's products as "unsafe", and then giggle out loud, making your coworkers leer at you with a measure of uncertainty about your mental state...

[gwoodard]

When you start talking to other geeks about the problems of Windoze and find the answers to the problems but Microsux won't listen

[use a name]

........when you see this in the newspaper, immediately think of Microsoft's products as "unsafe", and then giggle out loud, making your coworkers leer at you with a measure of uncertainty about your mental state...
Oh, let 'm watch. They just don't know... BTW, does the lawfirm work for MS or against 'm?

[corney91]

When you lol at these:http://www.pickup-lines.info/geek/. Thanks to stumbleupon:)

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you're drawing something (on paper, with a pen) and you look up at the TV and want to hit ctrl-s. Then you walk away to your computer to post that realization on the Ubuntu forums and still want to hit ctrl-s.

[amingv]

Fishnet socks (or whatever women call them) makes you think of the wrapping new power supplies have over their cables. (And vice-versa)

Just found out about that one...

[MattBD]

You laugh at jokes written in the bash shell, like this one:

(On Digg, someone mentions that his wife refuses to use Ubuntu)

sudo apt-get remove wife

sudo apt-get install new-girlfriend

[hhhhhx]

You laugh at jokes written in the bash shell, like this one:

(On Digg, someone mentions that his wife refuses to use Ubuntu)

sudo apt-get remove wife

sudo apt-get install new-girlfriend
sudo apt-get install a-life

[sci-fi guy]

I prefer the old classic
$man woman
No manual entry for woman
and others (http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/unix.errors.html)

[PurposeOfReason]

You know you're a geek when you find this "No duh". You know you're a geek when your computer has never taken more than a few minutes to compile anything. You know you're a geek when this (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/) is your solution to porn.
Then you need something bigger to compile. ;)

[Kopachris]

Then you need something bigger to compile. ;)

Sorry, I'm using an old Dinosaur (as my mom calls it, due to the CRT monitor) computer I got from the garage. Takes forever to compile some stuff. Like GCC.

You know you're a geek if you wish your house had a basement you could live in. One with a fridge, a huge desktop PC connected to a plasma screen, a banana chair that you sit in at your Ubuntu PS3, 7.1 channel wireless speakers (that originally didn't have the range of the whole room, but you hacked the transmitter and boosted its range). Yeah...

[sci-fi guy]

*snip*

You forgot the T3 line.

[Tristam Green]

Oh, let 'm watch. They just don't know... BTW, does the lawfirm work for MS or against 'm?
lol what lawfirm?

[dominicd]

You know you're a geek when ...

your computer is on your will, and gets more then your children
your computer is on your name tag at your front door

you mistake this thread for your biography
your first encounter with love was linux
kiss your computer goodnight before you go to bed

you go into a discussion on the difference between a geek and a nerd

you have a minibar next to your computer

you refer to sex as AFK

[talsemgeest]

you go into a discussion on the difference between a geek and a nerd
More like an argument for me...

[bobbocanfly]

When you start competing with strangers at how many bugs you can triage in a day (http://daniel.holba.ch/5-a-day-stats/)

[use a name]

When you lol at these:http://www.pickup-lines.info/geek/. Thanks to stumbleupon:)
These are great! The obvious "Let's plug and play!" is missing though.

[money2themax]

You know you're a geek when ...

your computer is on your will, and gets more then your children
your computer is on your name tag at your front door

you mistake this thread for your biography
your first encounter with love was linux
kiss your computer goodnight before you go to bed

you go into a discussion on the difference between a geek and a nerd

you have a minibar next to your computer

you refer to sex as AFK
i sleep with my computer really i do
i'm not yet old enough to legally own a mini bar unless it's filled with soda [or arizona ice tea]

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when all your life you've been told that 9+9=13.

I talk to my computer. I always tell it how much I would miss it if I sold it. Sometimes I kiss it goodnight... My PowerBook G4 has served me very well over the year.

[dominicd]

i sleep with my computer really i do
i'm not yet old enough to legally own a mini bar unless it's filled with soda [or arizona ice tea]

Haha you're kidding. I actually almost posted that in the list but took it out at the last moment xD

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek if the biggest disappointment of your life (so far) is that your school finally got a bunch of really nice computers working together in a single cluster, but they're running Windows Vista on them. I would have volunteered to set up Ubuntu on all of them.

[spupy]

Today i switched the hand with which i use my mp3 player. Now it feels clunky and unnatural. :-s

[Shippou]

When you try to program your OS while running...

When you use nested ternaries instead of if else... (something like x=(Math.cos(y):Math.sin(x))? (x<(s:y? d<a:x<45)) : 0

When you can compress your code into 120 lines when a normal programmer would do it in 1000 lines (experienced this in our MP in C during the first year - my classmate has 120 lines of code while I have 1000+) :lol:

[LaRoza]

Today i switched the hand with which i use my mp3 player. Now it feels clunky and unnatural. :-s

Try it with your mouse...

[LaRoza]

When you use nested ternaries instead of if else... (something like x=(Math.cos(y):Math.sin(x))? (x<(s:y? d<a:x<45)) : 0

When you can compress your code into 120 lines when a normal programmer would do it in 1000 lines (experienced this in our MP in C during the first year - my classmate has 120 lines of code while I have 1000+) :lol:

There is nothing odd about that.

Beginners are often overcoding, C is very compact to being with when done right.

[spupy]

Today i switched the hand with which i use my mp3 player. Now it feels clunky and unnatural. :-k
Try it with your mouse...

I do use my mouse with both hands. Mainly with the left hand, so i can simultaneously use my right hand for... writing. Also, switching mouse hand every 1 hour or so reduces stress on each of them. I have a script to quickly select and change the mouse button order.

[use a name]

I had the radio on at work, where it is quite noisy, so I could only hear half of it. There was something on it about stars so I listened a little harder. Turned out to be the other kind of stars... (It's just radio, go figure!)

[Kopachris]

What kind of stars? The kind of stars that I would listen closer for would be the big balls of gas out in space kind of stars.

You know you're a geek when you've perfected the art of controlling your dreams and tapping into the power of your subconscious mind... just for the sake of programming. I need to try that. I can't excuse myself by saying I don't have time to practice, as I would practice when I sleep.

[hhhhhx]

when this quote makes you cringe

http://bash.org/?14833

[use a name]

What kind of stars? The kind of stars that I would listen closer for would be the big balls of gas out in space kind of stars.
Exactly!
You know you're a geek when you've perfected the art of controlling your dreams and tapping into the power of your subconscious mind... just for the sake of programming. I need to try that. I can't excuse myself by saying I don't have time to practice, as I would practice when I sleep.
Step 1: program till you fall asleep, but make sure there still are problems to be solved, bugs to be fixed, etc.
Step 2: wake up in the middle of the night with a bunch of bugfixes on your mind
Step 3: fix all problems

I wish I could use google while asleep...

[munch3]

This actually happens to me...

...you do something in real life, like write something wrong and stuff, and you want to press ctrl+z

also, sometimes I try to reach something on the table with my cursor :D

[Joeb454]

I still try and tab complete when I'm typing up documents :p

[Kopachris]

Step 1: program till you fall asleep, but make sure there still are problems to be solved, bugs to be fixed, etc.
Step 2: wake up in the middle of the night with a bunch of bugfixes on your mind
Step 3: fix all problems

Or:
1. Plan a program out on paper right before you go to sleep
2. Think of all the code in your sleep
3. Wake up in the middle of the night and write down all the code

[zerhacke]

My wife's grandfather told her about some guy who was "playing with his wingding out in the open at the park". I asked her why someone would play with a font.

[RSLxH]

I tried a sudo apt-get update last night........... in a Windows terminal :rolleyes:

But, guess what!? There IS an apt for Windows:
http://www.hackosis.com/index.php/2007/12/18/appupdater-apt-get-for-windows/

[LaRoza]

When you escape hand cuffs with backslashes.

[corney91]

I tried a sudo apt-get update last night........... in a Windows terminal :rolleyes:

But, guess what!? There IS an apt for Windows:
http://www.hackosis.com/index.php/2007/12/18/appupdater-apt-get-for-windows/

Or Win-Get (http://windows-get.sourceforge.net/)

[money2themax]

This actually happens to me...

...you do something in real life, like write something wrong and stuff, and you want to press ctrl+z

also, sometimes I try to reach something on the table with my cursor :D
yup been there done that

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you have a T3 internet connection, but you can't (and don't) afford the $7,500 per month for it.

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you constantly compare the human body/brain to a computer. e.g. accessing your subconscious consciously in a lucid dream as accessing the root user.

[sci-fi guy]

...accessing your subconscious consciously in a lucid dream as accessing the root user.

Next step is to set up wireless and gain root access to other minds.

EDIT: Wow. That was fast. What do you command, Master?

EDIT 2: Transferring funds now.

EDIT 3: You really need to make this two-way so that I won't be revealing your secret plans to take over the world on the internet while trying to talk to you.

EDIT 4: Oops.

[suibhne]

when you replace the sound start-up file with:

''Hello <insert your name>, My King'' recorded in the style of how a computer should talk.

[Kopachris]

When a person is dreaming the eyes move rapidly. Scientific research has found that these eye movements correspond to the direction in which the dreamer is "looking" in his/her dreamscape; this has enabled trained lucid dreamers to communicate whilst dreaming to researchers by using eye movement signals.[11]
They've got technology out there that can track your eyes to control computers. It's used in some car to control the mirrors and rear-view camera. If you could adapt that for personal computer input, you could get into a lucid dream and program in real life very fast. Since REM sleep only takes a few minutes in the real world, but appears as hours or days, you could send input to the computer very fast. Imagine that, having a dream that you finished a program that wasn't finished when you went to sleep, then waking up and finding that the program was finished.

[suibhne]

01010111 01101000 01100101 01101110 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100011 01100001 01101110 00100000 01110010 01100101 01100001 01100100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100001 00100001 00100001 00100001 :guitar:

[arman.haghi]

You watch this thread for weeks trying to get the 1000th post....

dang, just missed it.

Back to Tremulous.

Dude,

If the point of this forum is to "know when you're a geek" then I think you win:

ie

You know you're a geek when you watch a forum trying to be the 100th post.

:P

[Kopachris]

When you always use the latest Firefox beta.
When this:
Scientists working on Quantum Physics have proposed the existence of Parallel Universes, which leads some to believe that déjà vu is a result of overlapping events in two or more parallel universes due to a disruption in the fabric of spacetime or when one may experience an event which has already occurred to his/her counterpart in another universe.[14][15]
sounds so silly to you, but you fully and whole-heartedly believe it anyway. It's stupid and silly, but I actually believe it. Just goes to show how "logical" some people can be.
You know you're a geek when you take your 500GB external hard drive to school, work, w/e, because a 16GB flash drive just isn't enough.

[LaRoza]

They've got technology out there that can track your eyes to control computers. It's used in some car to control the mirrors and rear-view camera. If you could adapt that for personal computer input, you could get into a lucid dream and program in real life very fast. Since REM sleep only takes a few minutes in the real world, but appears as hours or days, you could send input to the computer very fast. Imagine that, having a dream that you finished a program that wasn't finished when you went to sleep, then waking up and finding that the program was finished.
Actually, time is not faster when dreaming. Almost all dreams are in real time.

(Some parts of dreams may be skipped, making it seem fast)

[Leetbumble]

You know you're a geek when:

#You sit at your computer reading all the posts in this 160 page long thread and end up skipping breakfast and your first lecture class of the day.


Great post!

[Chame_Wizard]

when you read this forum and change your Kubuntu

[money2themax]

When you always use the latest Firefox beta.
When this:

sounds so silly to you, but you fully and whole-heartedly believe it anyway. It's stupid and silly, but I actually believe it. Just goes to show how "logical" some people can be.
You know you're a geek when you take your 500GB external hard drive to school, work, w/e, because a 16GB flash drive just isn't enough.

is it a portable 500GB [usb/firewire only] or is it like the WD Book [which needs an external power supply]

[Achetar]

When you spell your name J0hn47h4n D4v1d
When you solve algebra problems by using computer login (I confess! I do it!)

[Achetar]

when you can use 3 computers at once and have it not be enough
Dat's me, except 4 is my limit

[Kopachris]

Actually, time is not faster when dreaming. Almost all dreams are in real time.

(Some parts of dreams may be skipped, making it seem fast)

Yeah, I found that out after reading Wikipedia just a bit more. One time, though, some guy had a conscious dream and was able to stay in REM sleep for hours in one night. I think.

[chris200x9]

when you edit our bash so your terminal has a custom welcome message AND you have it welcome you as your online alias.

[gwoodard]

When you hack the Pentagon and are able to leave the traces in another country's govermental computer (from your own)

[Pethegreat]

You take your laptop to school just to show off the compiz effects to your friend.

You talk about the odds of getting hit in the balls nears %100 with every unsucessful shot at them.

[Kopachris]

When you hack your school's new computer clusters (that are running Vista) just to prove to them that they need a more secure OS, like Ubuntu. And the IT guy refutes by saying that the testing program won't run on Linux (actually, he didn't know that Ubuntu was a Linux distro, and the testing program is just a Java application; it should easily run under WINE, if not natively (don't know much about Java)) and asks how many people know how to use Ubuntu. Let's see, at least 5 people in my school uses or would like to use Ubuntu as a primary OS, but what's there to know? You double-click the "Testnav" icon and do the same as you would on a Windows computer. Haven't hacked it yet, but I'm thinking about it.

When someone asks you how old you are as a Freshman in High School (and you're 14), you hold up your index, middle, and ring fingers and say, "I'm this many." I do that a lot.

When you've seen every episode of every Star Trek series and/or you have plans for making a replicator with current technology. Imagine that, just let it scan the molecular structure of a $100 bill and then it will be able to make exact copies, and can be programmed to make increasing/random serial numbers. Or, you could just replicate diamonds and gold and stuff, which has a much simpler molecular structure. That'd be nice. I'd have to keep it a secret, though, or else the value of all that stuff would drop. I can't just make computer parts that I don't have, because it has to scan the molecular structure. I could, however, get a minimal system that I could duplicate parts of to make it complete, then make more and make a huge cluster. Hmmm... BTW, my plans are Top Secret, as in, I'm not telling them to you no matter how much you beg.

[yabbadabbadont]

Haven't hacked it yet, but I'm thinking about it.


In the US, hacking a system that is not your own, or without permission (officially sanctioned security test), is a felony. Enjoy your time in juvenile detention. ;)

[talsemgeest]

When you are the only one in class that is outraged when you learn that the school spent $12000 on windows licenses

[p_quarles]

When you spend a lot of time getting your boot time under 20 seconds, and then never reboot.

[Kopachris]

In the US, hacking a system that is not your own, or without permission (officially sanctioned security test), is a felony. Enjoy your time in juvenile detention. ;)

Yeah, I know, that's why I'm still only thinking about it. Maybe they'd let me do it under they're supervision. I was in CyberCorps (basically free IT for them) last year, but they got rid of it this year, so now I'm a Media Aide, so they have me do computer stuff like I did in CyberCorps last year. Probably not, which means I most likely won't do it. Not just so that they'd run Ubuntu. It'd be cheaper for them, though because I would volunteer to set it up. Well, maybe $11 and hour, but I'm sure the district IT guy gets paid at least that much, if not more, for doing a worse job.

You know you're a geek when you save up your money just to get a CPU fan so you can overclock your CPU.

You know you're a geek when whenever spellcheck marks one of your words wrong (especially a computer word like "overclock" (might actually be "over-clock")), you add it to the dictionary.

[money2themax]

When you are the only one in class that is outraged when you learn that the school spent $12000 on windows licenses
yeah that sounds like me but my school has Mac OSX servers

[Sam Lars]

When you are the only one in class that is outraged when you learn that the school spent $12000 on windows licenses
...
per year.

:shock:
:mad:

[corney91]

When you find some joy in that, apparently, the school servers run on Fedora 7

[joe.turion64x2]

When you enjoy watching the Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy.

[sci-fi guy]

When you enjoy watching the Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy.

Meh. I feel that it just doesn't compare with the book.

[LaRoza]

When you enjoy watching the Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy.

When you didn't enjoy the movie, because it is nothing compared to the book.

[Kopachris]

When you find some joy in that, apparently, the school servers run on Fedora 7

The server at the local college that hosts my high schools website runs Free BSD. Does that count? ;)

Also, I enjoyed The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy the movie, but it didn't compare to the book. Unfortunately, my school library doesn't have the rest of the series. :-(

[sci-fi guy]

Unfortunately, my school library doesn't have the rest of the series. :-(

The quality declines fast after book 2.

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you just found (for the 3rd or 4th time) your long-lost DS9-style commbadge in your medicine cabinet (what it was doing there, I have no clue), so now you're going to play trekkie all month. Gah, what a dork/geek/nerd I've become. I'm going to print out my Klingon language course to go with the commbadge. Most starfleet officers (or captains at least) speak a little tlhIngan' Hol (that means "Klingon language", or "Klingonese" to those of you who are not in the know of the ways of the Trek). Maybe turn speech recognition back on on my PowerBook...

[hhhhhx]

you can read the binary thread :)

[uberlube]

My sig says it all.

[hhhhhx]

, yes,fsck,fsck,fsck,........:lolflag:

[Kopachris]

xhhux, your sig says a lot too!

[BRFC]

When you show the IT bod at work a screenshot of your desktop and he starts drooling and demanding a walk-through of your Compiz Fusion settings so he can go back down stairs, borrow a spare machine, install ubuntu and start playing. (btw this felt ace as I've only been using Linux since last weekend)

[staticvoid]

When instead of perfering firefox over other browsers, you perfer the "gecko rendering engine" over "KHTML" :P

[jken146]

XULRunner is better. ;)

[piousp]

when you read every single post (#1622 'til now) just to be sure that you are the first one to write this. :)

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you got a problem wrong on your Computer Tech final exam for getting the answer right, because the state curriculum is simplified. I don't think it would be that hard to tell them the truth. They're still teaching that gravity is the strongest and most prevalent force in the universe. No, I tell them, it's the strong nuclear force.
Question: What is the CPU?
My Answer: A chip inside the case of the computer, residing on the motherboard, that processes instructions generated by programs and input devices.
Their Answer: The box underneath the monitor.

[talsemgeest]

You know you're a geek when you got a problem wrong on your Computer Tech final exam for getting the answer right, because the state curriculum is simplified. I don't think it would be that hard to tell them the truth. They're still teaching that gravity is the strongest and most prevalent force in the universe. No, I tell them, it's the strong nuclear force.
Question: What is the CPU?
My Answer: A chip inside the case of the computer, residing on the motherboard, that processes instructions generated by programs and input devices.
Their Answer: The box underneath the monitor.
I've been trying my best to convince my IT teacher the very same thing, but its not an easy task...

[Kopachris]

Luckily, since my Computer Tech (about using computers fro business, not IT) teacher knows that I know more about computers than her, I'm just her aide for that period. I get to correct everyone else's tests. Day before yesterday, I told her that Outlook (yes, they use Windows, sadly) could be set up to use Gmail. The computers in that lab in my school also have LanSchool (http://www.academiclicenses.com/LanschoolvsNetOp.htm). The link basically tells how great LanSchool's security is and how impossible to disable it is. They missed two things: Live CD and OpenSchool. See my blog at www.doskopachris.blogspot.com for more details. You know you're a geek when you've figured out how to hack the unhackable, but haven't done it yet because you actually know the difference between right and wrong.

P.S. I never noticed the font the Ubuntu forums use. Tahoma?

[schauerlich]

When you cringe as your AP US History teacher refers to the box under his desk as "the hard drive"

When you know that 1+1=10

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek when you have a CD case labeled 'OSs'.

[joriad]

when you read every single post (#1622 'til now) just to be sure that you are the first one to write this. :)

I guess I'm not a geek since I only read the first and last posts. But, you know you're a geek when you are a graduate of Starfleet Academy, majoring in Klingonize. http://ubuntuforums.org/images/smilies/smiley-faces-75.gif

[Sam Lars]

When you find some joy in that, apparently, the school servers run on Fedora 7

Nice... Server 2003 here.
You know you're a geek if you use Linux to help Microsoft in its shortcomings, and when the Live CD causes problems on the C: drive, it's the fault of Windows.

[corney91]

You know you're a geek when you got a problem wrong on your Computer Tech final exam for getting the answer right, because the state curriculum is simplified. I don't think it would be that hard to tell them the truth. They're still teaching that gravity is the strongest and most prevalent force in the universe. No, I tell them, it's the strong nuclear force.
Question: What is the CPU?
My Answer: A chip inside the case of the computer, residing on the motherboard, that processes instructions generated by programs and input devices.
Their Answer: The box underneath the monitor.
I'm sure I got marked down on my Business GCSE for writing 'using a different OS' to help protect the security of data. I went through the obvious security software and keep it offline then added a few extra comments...

[Kopachris]

But, you know you're a geek when you are a graduate of Starfleet Academy, majoring in Klingonize.
Klingonese. Or tlhIngan Hol if you prefer. Where did you go to Starfleet Academy, and can I go? I want to major in warp physics (or something similar) and minor in computer science.

[uberlube]

You know your a geek when you see a new colour theme that matches your favourite wallpaper and it starts to give you a chubby.

[joriad]

Klingonese. Or tlhIngan Hol if you prefer. Where did you go to Starfleet Academy, and can I go? I want to major in warp physics (or something similar) and minor in computer science.

As I said, " i guess I'm not a geek". I never attended Starfleet Academy, however I am a wanna be geek and if you are interested in attending Starfleet Academy here is their URL, http://acad.sfi.org/, Someday I would like to attend Starfleet and journey into the universe, where I promise I will spread the word of "Linux" to all sentient beings

[schauerlich]

You were excited to find out your cable box runs Linux.

[joriad]

You were excited to find out your cable box runs Linux.

what ?

[tad1073]

When you spend a lot of time getting your boot time under 20 seconds, and then never reboot.

How did you manage that? As of now, my boot time is 1 min. and 50 sec. from hitting enter at grub menu to conky loads.

[Kopachris]

You were excited to find out your cable box runs Linux.

Did you know that TiVo runs Linux?

As I said, " i guess I'm not a geek". I never attended Starfleet Academy, however I am a wanna be geek and if you are interested in attending Starfleet Academy here is their URL, http://acad.sfi.org/, Someday I would like to attend Starfleet and journey into the universe, where I promise I will spread the word of "Linux" to all sentient beings

Thanks. I'll have to look into that after high school and college. (By which time it might be obsolete and gone)

[joriad]

Did you know that TiVo runs Linux?



Thanks. I'll have to look into that after high school and college. (By which time it might be obsolete and gone)

It will never be obsolete because you have already graduated Starfleet academy. Now this might sound weird, but according to temporal mechanics, the effect can precede the cause. Thus, you graduating Starfleet academy precedes you actually attending Starfleet academy. So, congratulations Admiral. OOPS, I just violated the temporal prime directive by informing you of your future. My bad.:lolflag:

[yabbadabbadont]

your friends still tease you about the "Ramen Noodle" incident.

[sci-fi guy]

your friends still tease you about the "Ramen Noodle" incident.

Huh?

[Kopachris]

your friends still tease you about the "Ramen Noodle" incident.

How did you know about that?! I forgot to add water to the cup-o-noodles before microwaving them, so what? :lol:

[corney91]

...when you used a smilie on your Mothering Sunday card :lolflag:

[spupy]

...when you are in deep thoughts about something, with a blank stare on your face, and your friends ask you: "Hey, what are you compiling there?" :O

[hhhhhx]

... your computer is in the freezer :)

[yabbadabbadont]

How did you know about that?! I forgot to add water to the cup-o-noodles before microwaving them, so what? :lol:

Good one. :D

Mine actually involved replacing a keyboard...

(Who knew that a shorted keyboard would smoke that badly? :lol:)

[Kopachris]

Good one. :D

Mine actually involved replacing a keyboard...

(Who knew that a shorted keyboard would smoke that badly? :lol:)

Ouch. Poor keyboard. I hope it either recovered, or if it didn't, you gave it a proper funeral. What a way to die. :-(

[hhhhhx]

you have a ubuntu forums link in your bookmarks :)

[sci-fi guy]

you have a ubuntu forums link in your bookmarks :)

I win. Bookmarks Toolbar.

[MONODA]

I win. Bookmarks Toolbar.
actually i win. opera speed dial number1 (i press ^1 and it goes to the forum XD)

[tdrusk]

Yep, mines #3
Myspace, Gmail, Ubuntu Forums, Youtube

I barely ever go on Myspace, but I keep it #1 just so I don't have to think about where everything else is.

[corney91]

Homepage :D

[Kopachris]

actually i win. opera speed dial number1 (i press ^1 and it goes to the forum XD)

I win. u>tab>enter. ctrl+1 is harder to do than u>tab>enter. You definitely know you're a geek when you're arguing about who has the quickest way to get to the Ubuntu forums.

You know you're a geek when you find an excellent-quality 5ct emerald while digging around the mountains behind your house, and all you can think about is how much computer stuff it would fetch ($25,000/ct for 5ct+ excellent-quality stones, total $125,000!). Hasn't happened yet, but I got my list ready. It's nice to dream sometimes. But some dreams may never come true.

[amingv]

You take a snapshot of your 255th post, just because of it's relation to 0xFF:

61406

(Did it almost unconsciously).

[money2themax]

i win it's my homepage on firefox

[amingv]

Actually, I win (I rarely close my browser).

[hhhhhx]

ok, wheres the person with it as there desktop background ? :lol:

[corney91]

ok, wheres the person with it as there desktop background ? :lol:
Done.:)

[tdrusk]

pfft desktop background?

I backup the forums every day to my hard drive for faster surfing

:lolflag:

[bharadwaj]

This may be a Post where people are just going The last time I remeber posting my 13 answer was 2 months back I guess and Iam surprised to see it again!

[Kopachris]

Ahh, but is it to your subscribed threads? Probably not. I open Firefox (which is always open, and opens a window quickly) simply click on the address bar, and quick as a flash, type u > tab > enter. And now I'm at my subscriptions.

[sci-fi guy]

Bah, I just wait for an email notification saying I have new replies.

[reacocard]

I have the entire forums plugged directly into my brain. I win.

[corney91]

Ahh, but is it to your subscribed threads? Probably not. I open Firefox (which is always open, and opens a window quickly) simply click on the address bar, and quick as a flash, type u > tab > enter. And now I'm at my subscriptions.
Actually if I type 'u' ubuntuforums subscriptions is the first in the drop down addresses, which firefox 3 so handily already selects so I just tap enter :p
So: Ctrl+L (a true nerd does not need a mouse) >> 'u' >> enter.

More time- and energy-efficient :D


I have the entire forums plugged directly into my brain. I win.
No. You cheat. :p

[fissionmailed]

I was told I needed to post this picture in this thread.

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5846/1001282cq0.jpg

What EE majors do during their spring break. D:

[yabbadabbadont]

I was told I needed to post this picture in this thread.
What EE majors do during their spring break. D:

Actually, I suggested that you post the fact that you have a wall mounted whiteboard in your dining area... :D

[NightwishFan]

That reminds me of my desk, my family when they come are scared to use the computer because of all the cds and hardware I have laying around. I have a box full of live cds, another of old ram, etc. :lolflag:

[fissionmailed]

Actually, I suggested that you post the fact that you have a wall mounted whiteboard in your dining area... :D

DOH

Oh well, I do have a wall mounted whiteboard in the dinning room.

[money2themax]

I was told I needed to post this picture in this thread.

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5846/1001282cq0.jpg

What EE majors do during their spring break. D:
EE?

[Kopachris]

That reminds me of my desk, my family when they come are scared to use the computer because of all the cds and hardware I have laying around. I have a box full of live cds, another of old ram, etc. :lolflag:

My dad has boxes. Plural. Boxes of ancient RAM (or at least, I think it's RAM). Boxes of 5 1/2 inch floppy drives. Boxes of ancient CD drives (ROM only, 2 speed). Boxes of cables that I have no idea what they go to. Boxes of software that was previously state of the art. Example?

*The most advanced 3D engine ever created
*Hyper-realistic environmental effects
*Ruthless A.I.
*An endless multiplayer universe of user-created, hot-linked levels
*Includes unsupported Beta version of the Unreal Level Editor
*Optimized for MMX and leading 3D accelerators

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
CPU: P166 MHz or better (200MMX recommended)
MEMORY: 16MB RAM (32MB recommended)
AVAILABLE HD SPACE: 100MB min. (450 recommended)
DISTRIBUTION MEDIA DRIVE: CD-ROM
AUDIO SYSTEM: Windows 95 Compatible Sound Card
VIDEO SYSTEM: PCI Local Bus Video Card
O/S: Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows NT
NETWORK AND INTERNET PLAY: via TCP/IP


I know it's not as old as some things, but the hardware requirements just blew me away. I can't believe that at one point my family computer actually had less than that. I might install Unreal on my 14GB Windows partition (I'm sure there's plenty of free addons), except the disk is all scratched up.

Actually if I type 'u' ubuntuforums subscriptions is the first in the drop down addresses, which firefox 3 so handily already selects so I just tap enter :p
So: Ctrl+L (a true nerd does not need a mouse) >> 'u' >> enter.

More time- and energy-efficient :D

I'll have to remember that. Thanks.

[yabbadabbadont]

EE?

Electrical Engineer

(as opposed to the windup version)

[Darth Arturito]

0

[NightwishFan]

I have that unreal jewel case right here. :)

[drunkardivan]

I was told I needed to post this picture in this thread.

...

What EE majors do during their spring break. D:

Wow. I mean, yeah, I currently have three laptops on my kitchen table as well, but only two are mine. One's the wife's. We occasionally use the Gmail chat to communicate, even though we're within arm's reach of each other. My three year old son uses Ubuntu on our old desktop, and my 9 year old daughter dual-boots on the wife's old laptop. I have a pile of live CD's about two feet to my left.

But I don't have a wall-mounted whiteboard in my dining area. I'm jealous.

[sci-fi guy]

Real geeks have something like SMART Board (http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART+Boards/default.htm). I don't have one, but my comp instructor uses one for lectures.

[suibhne]

I have access to smartboard - but don't use it - i would prefer to use chalk and a blackboard, but i am forced to use the up to date technology of whiteboard and pen (does using chalk make you more of a geek? I don't know) anyway - i am a bit lazy tonight, so, do you know if you can use smartboard wtih gnu/linux?

[corney91]

We've got a smart board in practically every room in our school - only a few make use of them though - what a waste of money:)
I doubt they'll run on GNU/Linux because there seems to be software which goes alongside it. There may be a third-party program though - the beauty of open-source ;)

[twin_57103]

...when you look inside the case of a computer at the store (and decide it isn't worth the purchase price, even if it's a quad core!). I think I scared the poor clerk...

...when you buy a bigger desk to accommodate more computers...see attached photo

[Kopachris]

...when you look inside the case of a computer at the store (and decide it isn't worth the purchase price, even if it's a quad core!). I think I scared the poor clerk...

...when you buy a bigger desk to accommodate more computers...see attached photo

Heck, if I had the money to get all the computers I wanted (20-node Phenom cluster, 2x maxed out Mac Pros, $110,000. Including extras (like HD camcorder)), getting a desk would not be a problem. But, that'll probably never happen.

[sci-fi guy]

...when you buy a bigger desk to accommodate more computers...see attached photo

Wow. All I have is a laptop that goes everywhere with me and an old iMac. You must use kvm switches.

[Joeb454]

When you're browsing the forums and watching Star Wars

AND

On IRC

AND

Writing code (SQL/C/C++ etc. any type of code)

AND (optionally)

Late at night

...At the same time :)

[money2themax]

you dream about a computer you want to buy [i did that 2 nights ago im try in to save money to buy a mac mini to complete my collection and for the apple training course i figure if i have a mac it would be easier to learn the material if i had a mac]

[Aeph]

...you ask your history teacher if you can open up his Mac so you can see if it has x86 architecture or not.

[twin_57103]

Wow. All I have is a laptop that goes everywhere with me and an old iMac. You must use kvm switches.

Nope - 2 of everything (monitor, keyboard, mouse). I use the extra setup for repairing old computers. I'll download files for the old clunker from my laptop and play a game on my desktop while I'm waiting for the download.

[Kopachris]

...you ask your history teacher if you can open up his Mac so you can see if it has x86 architecture or not.

(You probably knew this already, but...) You don't have to open it up. Just go to the apple menu and click on "About this Mac" (it should be at the top). If it has an Intel processor, it's x86.

You know you're a geek when you cringe when an IT guy at a local business place pronounces C++ "C-plus" or "C-double plus".

[sci-fi guy]

(You probably knew this already, but...) You know you're a geek when you cringe when an IT guy at a local business place pronounces C++ "C-plus" or "C-double plus".

I have never heard it pronounced. What's it supposed to be?

[suibhne]

see plus plus :)

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you have a prototype of the Holographic Versatile Disk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disk)... And it has replaced your hard drive. 3.9TB on one disk, super-high read and write speeds, and much more! Isolinear optical disk. The image file is usually *.iso, and the data is written to the disk linearly, and it is optical. It's an isolinear optical disk!

[sci-fi guy]

Does it wear down eventually from all the read/writes? Wikipedia's not working for me right now.

[schmildo]

You know you're a geek when you start wondering how many Asus Eee PCs you can afford to place around the house so you:


Don't have to walk far to get internet access.
Can watch Red-Dwarf while taking a dump or having a shower.
Monitor your torrents whilst looking up a recipe in the kitchen.
Check your local network for unnecessary traffic in the ad breaks.
Can have a computer that will actually fit under the dashboard of your car for when you're out wardriving.

Can explain to the security guard who caught you outside the local government building, that you are waiting for a friend, and not provoking interesting packets from a network, just moments after you've thrown it violently into the glove-box.

Find out how far your $400 can take you, by overclocking it, installing the latest games and griping when it fails, dual-booting, and rigging up your own solar battery charger that you plan to install in your car.

-------
and you know you're beyond help when you dismiss the need for a household firehydrant, but see great need for a compressed-air cooling canister.
Even though you've actually clocked up so many hours infront of computers that by chance one has caught fire while you were using it.

(That actually happnend to me, a capacitor in the power supply blew with an almighty bang, and I was watching the flames lick out of the grill at the back... it had to happen, I only sat down to check my email on my flatmates PC... There was no way she was going to believe my story.) "I was just checking my email I swear...."

[Kopachris]

-------
and you know you're beyond help when you dismiss the need for a household firehydrant, but see great need for a compressed-air cooling canister.
Even though you've actually clocked up so many hours infront of computers that by chance one has caught fire while you were using it.

(That actually happnend to me, a capacitor in the power supply blew with an almighty bang, and I was watching the flames lick out of the grill at the back... it had to happen, I only sat down to check my email on my flatmates PC... There was no way she was going to believe my story.) "I was just checking my email I swear...."

Was the computer running Windows? That might explain it ;-)

[tdrusk]

you have a dream about using PCLinuxOS and wake up. Then you remember you are running Ubuntu and can sleep happily.

That happened to me, but it was right after I switched back to Ubuntu. I was mainly happy because I knew I did the install and I didn't want to have to install it again.

[cegpope]

You know you're a geek when you have a prototype of the Holographic Versatile Disk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disk)... And it has replaced your hard drive. 3.9TB on one disk, super-high read and write speeds, and much more! Isolinear optical disk. The image file is usually *.iso, and the data is written to the disk linearly, and it is optical. It's an isolinear optical disk!

you know you are a geek when you are jealous because you can not claim this.

[Kopachris]

you know you are a geek when you are jealous because you can not claim this.

I soooo wish I had an HVD...

[Bruce M.]

01001001011001100010000001111001011011110111010100 10000001101011011011100110111101110111001000000111 01000110100001100001011101000010000000110001001010 11001100010011110100110001001100000010000001111001 01101111011101010010000001100001011100100110010100 10000001100001001000000110011101100101011001010110 10110010000100100000010010010010011101101101001000 00011011100110111101110100001000000110000100100000 01100111011001010110010101101011001000000110001001 10010101100011011000010111010101110011011001010010 00000100100100100000011010110110111001101111011101 11001000000011000100101011001100010011110100110001 0011000100101110001000000011101000101001

If you can read that you're a geek, if not find out here (http://www.roubaixinteractive.com/PlayGround/Binary_Conversion/Binary_To_Text.asp).

[corney91]

01001001011001100010000001111001011011110111010100 10000001101011011011100110111101110111001000000111 01000110100001100001011101000010000000110001001010 11001100010011110100110001001100000010000001111001 01101111011101010010000001100001011100100110010100 10000001100001001000000110011101100101011001010110 10110010000100100000010010010010011101101101001000 00011011100110111101110100001000000110000100100000 01100111011001010110010101101011001000000110001001 10010101100011011000010111010101110011011001010010 00000100100100100000011010110110111001101111011101 11001000000011000100101011001100010011110100110001 0011000100101110001000000011101000101001

If you can read that you're a geek, if not find out here (http://www.roubaixinteractive.com/PlayGround/Binary_Conversion/Binary_To_Text.asp).

I can read it - it says zero, one, zero, zero, one, zero, zero, one...

...Oh, wait! It's binary! Now I get it :p


01001111011010000010110000100000011000010110111001 10010000100000011011010111100100100000011000010110 11100111001101110111011001010111001000100000011010 01011100110010000000100111011001000110010101110000 01100101011011100110010001110011001000000110100101 10011000100000011010010111010000100111011100110010 00000110000100100000011100110111010001110010011010 01011011100110011100100000011011110111001000100000 01100001011011100010000001101001011011100111010001 10010101100111011001010111001000100111001000000011 101001010000

[achromic]

You still have your first computer, and it still works.

(This is true, I've still got a working ZX81 with games :lolflag:)

[Bruce M.]

I can read it - it says zero, one, zero, zero, one, zero, zero, one...

...Oh, wait! It's binary! Now I get it :p


01001111011010000010110000100000011000010110111001 10010000100000011011010111100100100000011000010110 11100111001101110111011001010111001000100000011010 01011100110010000000100111011001000110010101110000 01100101011011100110010001110011001000000110100101 10011000100000011010010111010000100111011100110010 00000110000100100000011100110111010001110010011010 01011011100110011100100000011011110111001000100000 01100001011011100010000001101001011011100111010001 10010101100111011001010111001000100111001000000011 101001010000

Fraction :)

[sci-fi guy]

01010100011010000110010100100000011000100110100101 10111001100001011100100111100100100000011010010111 00110010000001110100011011110110111100100000011011 00011011110110111001100111001011100010000001000011 01100001011011100010000001110111011001010010000001 11001101110100011000010111001001110100001000000111 01010111001101101001011011100110011100100000011010 00011001010111100001100001011001000110010101100011 0110100101101101011000010110110000111111

http://www.string-functions.com/

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[GregMB]

I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but you have to be pretty darn geeky to know your own geek code.

[use a name]

you love this:

//*
some code version 1
//*//*
/*/
some code version 2
//*/

I'm not sure if this is the shortest way to write it, but I thought it was neat. :)

If it's not clear at first sight: try removing the first slash. ;)

[money2themax]

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[hhhhhx]

01001000011010010010000001001101011110010010000001 00111001100001011011010110010100100000010010010111 00110010000001001101011011110110111001100101011110 01001100100111010001101000011001010110110101100001 01111000001000000100001001110101011101000010000001 01100101101111011101010010000001000011011000010110 11100010000001000011011000010110110001101100001000 00010011010110010100100000010011010110111101101110 01100101011110010010000001001111011100100010000001 00110101100001011110000010111000100000010101000110 10000110111101110101011001110110100000100000010011 01011011110111001101110100001000000101000001100101 01101111011100000110110001100101001000000100001101 10000101101100011011000010000001001101011001010010 00000100110101101111011011100110010101111001001011 10

... when you took the time to decode that :lolflag:

[reacocard]

you love this:

//*
some code version 1
//*//*
/*/
some code version 2
//*/

I'm not sure if this is the shortest way to write it, but I thought it was neat. :)

If it's not clear at first sight: try removing the first slash. ;)

that's awesome!

when you use internet memes frequently in normal speech.

[jarrhed]

you viewed/posted on this thread

[Kopachris]

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you love this:


//*
some code version 1
//*//*
/*/
some code version 2
//*/

I'm not sure if this is the shortest way to write it, but I thought it was neat.

If it's not clear at first sight: try removing the first slash.
In C, the whole thing is a comment. If you remove the first slash. If you don't, only "some code version 2" is a comment with any relevant information.

[Kopachris]

SXQncyBhbiBBU0NJSSBzdHJpbmcsIG9mIGNvdXJzZSA7LSkuIC BBbmQgMSsxPTExIGluIHVuYXJ5LCBiYXNlIG9uZS4gIFdvdWxk bid0IGl0IGJlIGZ1bm55IGlmIE1pY3Jvc29mdCdzIHNlcnZlcn MgcmFuIFVidW50dT8gIE9yIE1hYyBPUyBYPyAgQWxzbywgU2Np LUZpIEd1eSwgSSBiZWxpZXZlIEknbSBzcGVha2luZyBmb3IgYW xsIG9mIHVzIHdoZW4gSSBzYXksICJOTyEhISIuICBCdXQgd2Ug Y2FuIHVzZSBiYXNlIDY0Li4u

You know you're a geek when you speak and write in base 64. Lol, I wish I was that geeky. You know you're a geek when you wish you were that geeky.

[money2themax]

you find this funny

http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/microsoft_vista_released


Microsoft Vista Released

Microsoft released its new operating system, Vista, on Jan. 30. Here are some of its features:
Microsoft Word's helpful paper-clip icon now blinks at rate of normal humans
Enhanced graphics on "System Is Not Responding" pop-up window
Five new card-back designs for Solitaire
Something that Apple would never, ever dream up in a billion years
http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Infographic-Microsoft.jpg
4,391 security flaws to be patched over next 15 years
Promise of broad, open-minded future or some ********
Lists blocked wireless connections with greater speed and accuracy
New operating system, same old Microsoft Paint

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you plan to standardize gaming PCs just like gaming consoles. You can install the game files and registry entries on flash media, the 80GB hard drive, a USB hard drive, or a CD/DVD. If the custom bootloader doesn't detect a disk in one of the optical drives, it boots to a Linux OS of my own design where you can surf the web and use OpenOffice. If it does detect an optical disk, it boots to Windows Vista Home Basic (because WINE just isn't enough) where a program automatically imports the registry entries for the game you're using and loads the game (and sets compatibility settings, if required). It also comes with a wireless network adapter, bluetooth, a webcam, a wireless keyboard and mouse, and two wireless gamepads. You'll be able to run all your PC games at full graphics, just like you would run a , say, Xbox 360 game at its full graphics because the game is made so it only uses the resources that the Xbox 360 has available. I think a Phenom 9500, 4GB RAM, and a 1GB Palit GeForce should be enough for almost every PC game. And since it's basically a PC, you can utilize its USB and FireWire capabilities. It'll "only" cost $1,500 and 7-day shipping is free, along with a 1-year limited warranty (basically only our software is under warranty, and you still have to pay for s&h). As soon as I get the OS done (hopefully by the end of this year), you can start ordering. Hopefully, it'll be as simple to use and as powerful as any other gaming console. Yeah, I'm a geek. Lol, that'll be ironic, using Microsoft's own operating system to compete with their consoles.

[schauerlich]

You know you're a geek when you're teaching your sister differential calculus over the internet.

She was amazed by d/dx[1 + x + x^2/2! + x^3/3! + x^4/4! + x^5/5!].

[Kopachris]

Windows Vista Ultimate is the most comprehensive edition of Windows Vista. It is the first operating system that combines all of the advanced infrastructure features of a business-focused operating system, all of the management and efficiency features of a mobility-focused operating system, and all of the digital entertainment features of a consumer-focused operating system. For the person who wants one operating system that is great for working from home, working on the road, and for entertainment, Windows Vista Ultimate is the operating system that lets you have it all.
LOL! "It is the first operating system that combines all of the advanced infrastructure features of a business-focused operating system, all of the management and efficiency features of a mobility-focused operating system, and all of the digital entertainment features of a consumer-focused operating system." And all of the bugs and flaws of a Windows operating system! I thought they were talking about Ubuntu before I realized that they were lying.

[raijinsetsu]

You know you're a geek when...
1) the power goes out (while you're sleeping) and you wake in a panic to check on your server
2) you backup your backups
3) your "In Case of Fire" instructions start with "Cleanly shutdown the server and remove it from the premises"
4) your cats know the CLI
5) you have cats and named them after anime characters (Mai, Iori, and Kurumi)
6) you make a list on the "you know you're a geek when..." thread...

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you have a bigger flash drive than you have RAM, and/or you have more VRAM than you have RAM, and/or your flash drive has Ubuntu on it.

[corney91]

When reinstalling an OS is a sport:)

[regomodo]

you have a "sudo make me a sandwich" t-shirt

[LaRoza]

you have a "sudo make me a sandwich" t-shirt

RTFM shirt: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/3239/

[talsemgeest]

When reinstalling an OS is a sport:)
More like a game for me...

[Kopachris]

...You never leave home without your towel: http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/8e20/

...You spend a lot of time on TigerDirect.com planning what you would get if you only had the money.

[talsemgeest]

When you see your monitor side on and are amazed it isn't a cube.

Its a weird feeling...

[hhhhhx]

...you don't use a mouse. :lolflag:

[sci-fi guy]

...you don't use a mouse. :lolflag:

What use would I have for rodents?
(Maybe train it to fetch Bawls for me? A dog would be better, and a robot would be best)

[Kopachris]

What use would I have for rodents?
(Maybe train it to fetch Bawls for me? A dog would be better, and a robot would be best)

Get R2-D2: http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/rc/9447/

You know you're a geek when you take your computer to the bathroom with you. My mom is finally one of us...

[money2themax]

when you find this funny
i spent 3 hours thinking up phobias with friends

A List Of Phobias
A-
Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Acerophobia- Fear of sourness.
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia- Fear of noise.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights.
Aerophobia- Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances.
Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places.
Aeronausiphobia- Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
Agateophobia- Fear of insanity.
Agliophobia- Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Agraphobia- Fear of sexual abuse.
Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals.
Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Ailurophobia- Fear of cats.
Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease.
Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.
Algophobia- Fear of pain.
Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic.
Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions.
Altophobia- Fear of heights.
Amathophobia- Fear of dust.
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.
Amnesiphobia- Fear of amnesia.
Amychophobia- Fear of scratches or being scratched.
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.
Ancraophobia- Fear of wind. (Anemophobia)
Androphobia- Fear of men.
Anemophobia- Fear of air drafts or wind.(Ancraophobia)
Anginophobia- Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
Anglophobia- Fear of England or English culture, etc.
Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
Ankylophobia- Fear of immobility of a joint.
Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers.
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society.
Antlophobia- Fear of floods.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.
Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity.
Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being touched. (Haphephobia)
Apiphobia- Fear of bees.
Apotemnophobia- Fear of persons with amputations.
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders.
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers.
Arrhenphobia- Fear of men.
Arsonphobia- Fear of fire.
Asthenophobia- Fear of fainting or weakness.
Astraphobia or Astrapophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia)
Astrophobia- Fear of stars or celestial space.
Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things.
Ataxiophobia- Fear of ataxia. (muscular incoordination)
Ataxophobia- Fear of disorder or untidiness.
Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection.
Atephobia- Fear of ruin or ruins.
Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
Atomosophobia- Fear of atomic explosions.
Atychiphobia- Fear of failure.
Aulophobia- Fear of flutes.
Aurophobia- Fear of gold.
Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern lights.
Autodysomophobia- Fear of one that has a vile odor.
Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being.
Automysophobia- Fear of being dirty.
Autophobia- Fear of being alone or of oneself.
Aviophobia or Aviatophobia- Fear of flying.

B-

Bacillophobia- Fear of microbes.
Bacteriophobia- Fear of bacteria.
Ballistophobia- Fear of missiles or bullets.
Bolshephobia- Fear of Bolsheviks.
Barophobia- Fear of gravity.
Basophobia or Basiphobia- Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling.
Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
Bathophobia- Fear of depth.
Batophobia- Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.
Batrachophobia- Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc.
Belonephobia- Fear of pins and needles. (Aichmophobia)
Bibliophobia- Fear of books.
Blennophobia- Fear of slime.
Bogyphobia- Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman.
Botanophobia- Fear of plants.
Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia- Fear of body smells.
Brontophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.
Bufonophobia- Fear of toads.

C-

acophobia- Fear of ugliness.
Cainophobia or Cainotophobia- Fear of newness, novelty.
Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Cancerophobia or Carcinophobia- Fear of cancer.
Cardiophobia- Fear of the heart.
Carnophobia- Fear of meat.
Catagelophobia- Fear of being ridiculed.
Catapedaphobia- Fear of jumping from high and low places.
Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting.
Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors.
Cenophobia or Centophobia- Fear of new things or ideas.
Ceraunophobia or Keraunophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Astraphobia, Astrapophobia)
Chaetophobia- Fear of hair.
Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia- Fear of cold.(Frigophobia, Psychophobia)
Chemophobia- Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals.
Cherophobia- Fear of gaiety.
Chionophobia- Fear of snow.
Chiraptophobia- Fear of being touched.
Chirophobia- Fear of hands.
Cholerophobia- Fear of anger or the fear of cholera.
Chorophobia- Fear of dancing.
Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money.
Chromophobia or Chromatophobia- Fear of colors.
Chronophobia- Fear of time.
Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks.
Cibophobia- Fear of food.(Sitophobia, Sitiophobia)
Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces.
Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia- Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
Cleptophobia- Fear of stealing.
Climacophobia- Fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs.
Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed.
Clithrophobia or Cleithrophobia- Fear of being enclosed.
Cnidophobia- Fear of stings.
Cometophobia- Fear of comets.
Coimetrophobia- Fear of cemeteries.
Coitophobia- Fear of coitus.
Contreltophobia- Fear of sexual abuse.
Coprastasophobia- Fear of constipation.
Coprophobia- Fear of feces.
Consecotaleophobia- Fear of chopsticks.
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns.
Counterphobia- The preference by a phobic for fearful situations.
Cremnophobia- Fear of precipices.
Cryophobia- Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost.
Crystallophobia- Fear of crystals or glass.
Cyberphobia- Fear of computers or working on a computer.
Cyclophobia- Fear of bicycles.
Cymophobia or Kymophobia- Fear of waves or wave like motions.
Cynophobia- Fear of dogs or rabies.
Cypridophobia or Cypriphobia or Cyprianophobia or Cyprinophobia - Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.

D-

Decidophobia- Fear of making decisions.
Defecaloesiophobia- Fear of painful bowels movements.
Deipnophobia- Fear of dining or dinner conversations.
Dementophobia- Fear of insanity.
Demonophobia or Daemonophobia- Fear of demons.
Demophobia- Fear of crowds. (Agoraphobia)
Dendrophobia- Fear of trees.
Dentophobia- Fear of dentists.
Dermatophobia- Fear of skin lesions.
Dermatosiophobia or Dermatophobia or Dermatopathophobia- Fear of skin disease.
Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
Diabetophobia- Fear of diabetes.
Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school.
Dikephobia- Fear of justice.
Dinophobia- Fear of dizziness or whirlpools.
Diplophobia- Fear of double vision.
Dipsophobia- Fear of drinking.
Dishabiliophobia- Fear of undressing in front of someone.
Domatophobia- Fear of houses or being in a house.(Eicophobia, Oikophobia)
Doraphobia- Fear of fur or skins of animals.
Doxophobia- Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise.
Dromophobia- Fear of crossing streets.
Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch.
Dysmorphophobia- Fear of deformity.
Dystychiphobia- Fear of accidents.

E-

Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church.
Ecophobia- Fear of home.
Eicophobia- Fear of home surroundings.(Domatophobia, Oikophobia)
Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.
Electrophobia- Fear of electricity.
Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom.
Elurophobia- Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia)
Emetophobia- Fear of vomiting.
Enetophobia- Fear of pins.
Enochlophobia- Fear of crowds.
Enosiophobia or Enissophobia- Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
Entomophobia- Fear of insects.
Eosophobia- Fear of dawn or daylight.
Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers.
Epistaxiophobia- Fear of nosebleeds.
Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge.
Equinophobia- Fear of horses.
Eremophobia- Fear of being oneself or of lonliness.
Ereuthrophobia- Fear of blushing.
Ergasiophobia- 1) Fear of work or functioning. 2) Surgeon's fear of operating.
Ergophobia- Fear of work.
Erotophobia- Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news.
Eurotophobia- Fear of female genitalia.
Erythrophobia or Erytophobia or Ereuthophobia- 1) Fear of redlights. 2) Blushing. 3) Red.

F-

Febriphobia or Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia- Fear of fever.
Felinophobia- Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia)
Francophobia- Fear of France or French culture. (Gallophobia, Galiophobia)
Frigophobia- Fear of cold or cold things.(Cheimaphobia, Cheimatophobia, Psychrophobia)

G-

Galeophobia or Gatophobia- Fear of cats.
Gallophobia or Galiophobia- Fear France or French culture. (Francophobia)
Gamophobia- Fear of marriage.
Geliophobia- Fear of laughter.
Geniophobia- Fear of chins.
Genophobia- Fear of sex.
Genuphobia- Fear of knees.
Gephyrophobia or Gephydrophobia or Gephysrophobia- Fear of crossing bridges.
Germanophobia- Fear of Germany or German culture.
Gerascophobia- Fear of growing old.
Gerontophobia- Fear of old people or of growing old.
Geumaphobia or Geumophobia- Fear of taste.
Glossophobia- Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
Gnosiophobia- Fear of knowledge.
Graphophobia- Fear of writing or handwriting.
Gymnophobia- Fear of nudity.
Gynephobia or Gynophobia- Fear of women.

H-

Hadephobia- Fear of hell.
Hagiophobia- Fear of saints or holy things.
Hamartophobia- Fear of sinning.
Haphephobia or Haptephobia- Fear of being touched.
Harpaxophobia- Fear of being robbed.
Hedonophobia- Fear of feeling pleasure.
Heliophobia- Fear of the sun.
Hellenologophobia- Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology.
Helminthophobia- Fear of being infested with worms.
Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia- Fear of blood.
Heresyphobia or Hereiophobia- Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation.
Herpetophobia- Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
Heterophobia- Fear of the opposite sex. (Sexophobia)
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666.
Hierophobia- Fear of priests or sacred things.
Hippophobia- Fear of horses.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.
Hobophobia- Fear of bums or beggars.
Hodophobia- Fear of road travel.
Hormephobia- Fear of shock.
Homichlophobia- Fear of fog.
Homilophobia- Fear of sermons.
Hominophobia- Fear of men.
Homophobia- Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.
Hoplophobia- Fear of firearms.
Hydrargyophobia- Fear of mercurial medicines.
Hydrophobia- Fear of water or of rabies.
Hydrophobophobia- Fear of rabies.
Hyelophobia or Hyalophobia- Fear of glass.
Hygrophobia- Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture.
Hylephobia- Fear of materialism or the fear of epilepsy.
Hylophobia- Fear of forests.
Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia- Fear of responsibility.
Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.
Hypsiphobia- Fear of height.

I-

Iatrophobia- Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish.
Ideophobia- Fear of ideas.
Illyngophobia- Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
Iophobia- Fear of poison.
Insectophobia - Fear of insects.
Isolophobia- Fear of solitude, being alone.
Isopterophobia- Fear of termites, insects that eat wood.
Ithyphallophobia- Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect *****.

J-

Japanophobia- Fear of Japanese.
Judeophobia- Fear of Jews.

K-

Kainolophobia or Kainophobia- Fear of anything new, novelty.
Kakorrhaphiophobia- Fear of failure or defeat.
Katagelophobia- Fear of ridicule.
Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down.
Kenophobia- Fear of voids or empty spaces.
Keraunophobia or Ceraunophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Astraphobia, Astrapophobia)
Kinetophobia or Kinesophobia- Fear of movement or motion.
Kleptophobia- Fear of stealing.
Koinoniphobia- Fear of rooms.
Kolpophobia- Fear of genitals, particularly female.
Kopophobia- Fear of fatigue.
Koniophobia- Fear of dust. (Amathophobia)
Kosmikophobia- Fear of cosmic phenomenon.
Kymophobia- Fear of waves. (Cymophobia)
Kynophobia- Fear of rabies.
Kyphophobia- Fear of stooping.

L-

Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables.
Laliophobia or Lalophobia- Fear of speaking.
Leprophobia or Lepraphobia- Fear of leprosy.
Leukophobia- Fear of the color white.
Levophobia- Fear of things to the left side of the body.
Ligyrophobia- Fear of loud noises.
Lilapsophobia- Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
Limnophobia- Fear of lakes.
Linonophobia- Fear of string.
Liticaphobia- Fear of lawsuits.
Lockiophobia- Fear of childbirth.
Logizomechanophobia- Fear of computers.
Logophobia- Fear of words.
Luiphobia- Fear of lues, syphillis.
Lutraphobia- Fear of otters.
Lygophobia- Fear of darkness.
Lyssophobia- Fear of rabies or of becoming mad.

M-

Macrophobia- Fear of long waits.
Mageirocophobia- Fear of cooking.
Maieusiophobia- Fear of childbirth.
Malaxophobia- Fear of love play. (Sarmassophobia)
Maniaphobia- Fear of insanity.
Mastigophobia- Fear of punishment.
Mechanophobia- Fear of machines.
Medomalacuphobia- Fear of losing an erection.
Medorthophobia- Fear of an erect *****.
Megalophobia- Fear of large things.
Melissophobia- Fear of bees.
Melanophobia- Fear of the color black.
Melophobia- Fear or hatred of music.
Meningitophobia- Fear of brain disease.
Menophobia- Fear of menstruation.
Merinthophobia- Fear of being bound or tied up.
Metallophobia- Fear of metal.
Metathesiophobia- Fear of changes.
Meteorophobia- Fear of meteors.
Methyphobia- Fear of alcohol.
Metrophobia- Fear or hatred of poetry.
Microbiophobia- Fear of microbes. (Bacillophobia)
Microphobia- Fear of small things.
Misophobia or Mysophobia- Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs.
Mnemophobia- Fear of memories.
Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia- Fear of dirt or contamination.
Monophobia- Fear of solitude or being alone.
Monopathophobia- Fear of definite disease.
Motorphobia- Fear of automobiles.
Mottephobia- Fear of moths.
Musophobia or Muriphobia- Fear of mice.
Mycophobia- Fear or aversion to mushrooms.
Mycrophobia- Fear of small things.
Myctophobia- Fear of darkness.
Myrmecophobia- Fear of ants.
Mythophobia- Fear of myths or stories or false statements.
Myxophobia- Fear of slime. (Blennophobia)

N-

Nebulaphobia- Fear of fog. (Homichlophobia)
Necrophobia- Fear of death or dead things.
Nelophobia- Fear of glass.
Neopharmaphobia- Fear of new drugs.
Neophobia- Fear of anything new.
Nephophobia- Fear of clouds.
Noctiphobia- Fear of the night.
Nomatophobia- Fear of names.
Nosocomephobia- Fear of hospitals.
Nosophobia or Nosemaphobia- Fear of becoming ill.
Nostophobia- Fear of returning home.
Novercaphobia- Fear of your step-mother.
Nucleomituphobia- Fear of nuclear weapons.
Nudophobia- Fear of nudity.
Numerophobia- Fear of numbers.
Nyctohylophobia- Fear of dark wooded areas or of forests at night
Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark or of night.

O-

Obesophobia- Fear of gaining weight.(Pocrescophobia)
Ochlophobia- Fear of crowds or mobs.
Ochophobia- Fear of vehicles.
Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.
Odontophobia- Fear of teeth or dental surgery.
Odynophobia or Odynephobia- Fear of pain. (Algophobia)
Oenophobia- Fear of wines.
Oikophobia- Fear of home surroundings, house.(Domatophobia, Eicophobia)
Olfactophobia- Fear of smells.
Ombrophobia- Fear of rain or of being rained on.
Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia- Fear of eyes.
Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams.
Oneirogmophobia- Fear of wet dreams.
Onomatophobia- Fear of hearing a certain word or of names.
Ophidiophobia- Fear of snakes. (Snakephobia)
Ophthalmophobia- Fear of being stared at.
Opiophobia- Fear medical doctors experience of prescribing needed pain medications for patients.
Optophobia- Fear of opening one's eyes.
Ornithophobia- Fear of birds.
Orthophobia- Fear of property.
Osmophobia or Osphresiophobia- Fear of smells or odors.
Ostraconophobia- Fear of shellfish.
Ouranophobia or Uranophobia- Fear of heaven.

P-

Pagophobia- Fear of ice or frost.
Panthophobia- Fear of suffering and disease.
Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything.
Papaphobia- Fear of the Pope.
Papyrophobia- Fear of paper.
Paralipophobia- Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility.
Paraphobia- Fear of sexual perversion.
Parasitophobia- Fear of parasites.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th.
Parthenophobia- Fear of virgins or young girls.
Pathophobia- Fear of disease.
Patroiophobia- Fear of heredity.
Parturiphobia- Fear of childbirth.
Peccatophobia- Fear of sinning or imaginary crimes.
Pediculophobia- Fear of lice.
Pediophobia- Fear of dolls.
Pedophobia- Fear of children.
Peladophobia- Fear of bald people.
Pellagrophobia- Fear of pellagra.
Peniaphobia- Fear of poverty.
Pentheraphobia- Fear of mother-in-law. (Novercaphobia)
Phagophobia- Fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten.
Phalacrophobia- Fear of becoming bald.
Phallophobia- Fear of a *****, esp erect.
Pharmacophobia- Fear of taking medicine.
Phasmophobia- Fear of ghosts.
Phengophobia- Fear of daylight or sunshine.
Philemaphobia or Philematophobia- Fear of kissing.
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love.
Philosophobia- Fear of philosophy.
Phobophobia- Fear of phobias.
Photoaugliaphobia- Fear of glaring lights.
Photophobia- Fear of light.
Phonophobia- Fear of noises or voices or one's own voice; of telephones.
Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking.
Phthiriophobia- Fear of lice. (Pediculophobia)
Phthisiophobia- Fear of tuberculosis.
Placophobia- Fear of tombstones.
Plutophobia- Fear of wealth.
Pluviophobia- Fear of rain or of being rained on.
Pneumatiphobia- Fear of spirits.
Pnigophobia or Pnigerophobia- Fear of choking of being smothered.
Pocrescophobia- Fear of gaining weight. (Obesophobia)
Pogonophobia- Fear of beards.
Poliosophobia- Fear of contracting poliomyelitis.
Politicophobia- Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians.
Polyphobia- Fear of many things.
Poinephobia- Fear of punishment.
Ponophobia- Fear of overworking or of pain.
Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple.
Potamophobia- Fear of rivers or running water.
Potophobia- Fear of alcohol.
Pharmacophobia- Fear of drugs.
Proctophobia- Fear of rectums.
Prosophobia- Fear of progress.
Psellismophobia- Fear of stuttering.
Psychophobia- Fear of mind.
Psychrophobia- Fear of cold.
Pteromerhanophobia- Fear of flying.
Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers.
Pupaphobia - Fear of puppets.
Pyrexiophobia- Fear of Fever.
Pyrophobia- Fear of fire.

Q-

R-

Radiophobia- Fear of radiation, x-rays.
Ranidaphobia- Fear of frogs.
Rectophobia- Fear of rectum or rectal diseases.
Rhabdophobia- Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of magic.(wand)
Rhypophobia- Fear of defecation.
Rhytiphobia- Fear of getting wrinkles.
Rupophobia- Fear of dirt.
Russophobia- Fear of Russians.

S-

Samhainophobia: Fear of Halloween.
Sarmassophobia- Fear of love play. (Malaxophobia)
Satanophobia- Fear of Satan.
Scabiophobia- Fear of scabies.
Scatophobia- Fear of fecal matter.
Scelerophibia- Fear of bad men, burglars.
Sciophobia Sciaphobia- Fear of shadows.
Scoleciphobia- Fear of worms.
Scolionophobia- Fear of school.
Scopophobia or Scoptophobia- Fear of being seen or stared at.
Scotomaphobia- Fear of blindness in visual field.
Scotophobia- Fear of darkness. (Achluophobia)
Scriptophobia- Fear of writing in public.
Selachophobia- Fear of sharks.
Selaphobia- Fear of light flashes.
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon.
Seplophobia- Fear of decaying matter.
Sesquipedalophobia- Fear of long words.
Sexophobia- Fear of the opposite sex. (Heterophobia)
Siderodromophobia- Fear of trains, railroads or train travel.
Siderophobia- Fear of stars.
Sinistrophobia- Fear of things to the left or left-handed.
Sinophobia- Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture.
Sitophobia or Sitiophobia- Fear of food or eating. (Cibophobia)
Snakephobia- Fear of snakes. (Ophidiophobia)
Soceraphobia- Fear of parents-in-law.
Social Phobia- Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
Sociophobia- Fear of society or people in general.
Somniphobia- Fear of sleep.
Sophophobia- Fear of learning.
Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.
Spacephobia- Fear of outer space.
Spectrophobia- Fear of specters or ghosts.
Spermatophobia or Spermophobia- Fear of germs.
Spheksophobia- Fear of wasps.
Stasibasiphobia or Stasiphobia- Fear of standing or walking. (Ambulophobia)
Staurophobia- Fear of crosses or the crucifix.
Stenophobia- Fear of narrow things or places.
Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia- Fear of hell.
Suriphobia- Fear of mice.
Symbolophobia- Fear of symbolism.
Symmetrophobia- Fear of symmetry.
Syngenesophobia- Fear of relatives.
Syphilophobia- Fear of syphilis.

T-

Tachophobia- Fear of speed.
Taeniophobia or Teniophobia- Fear of tapeworms.
Taphephobia Taphophobia- Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
Tapinophobia- Fear of being contagious.
Taurophobia- Fear of bulls.
Technophobia- Fear of technology.
Teleophobia- 1) Fear of definite plans. 2) Religious ceremony.
Telephonophobia- Fear of telephones.
Teratophobia- Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed people.
Testophobia- Fear of taking tests.
Tetanophobia- Fear of lockjaw, tetanus.
Teutophobia- Fear of German or German things.
Textophobia- Fear of certain fabrics.
Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting.
Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea.
Thanatophobia or Thantophobia- Fear of death or dying.
Theatrophobia- Fear of theatres.
Theologicophobia- Fear of theology.
Theophobia- Fear of gods or religion.
Thermophobia- Fear of heat.
Tocophobia- Fear of pregnancy or childbirth.
Tomophobia- Fear of surgical operations.
Tonitrophobia- Fear of thunder.
Topophobia- Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
Toxiphobia or Toxophobia or Toxicophobia- Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned.
Traumatophobia- Fear of injury.
Tremophobia- Fear of trembling.
Trichinophobia- Fear of trichinosis.
Trichopathophobia or Trichophobia- Fear of hair. (Chaetophobia, Hypertrichophobia)
Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13.
Tropophobia- Fear of moving or making changes.
Trypanophobia- Fear of injections.
Tuberculophobia- Fear of tuberculosis.
Tyrannophobia- Fear of tyrants.

U-

Uranophobia or Ouranophobia- Fear of heaven.
Urophobia- Fear of urine or urinating.

V-

Vaccinophobia- Fear of vaccination.
Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Verbophobia- Fear of words.
Verminophobia- Fear of germs.
Vestiphobia- Fear of clothing.
Virginitiphobia- Fear of rape.
Vitricophobia- Fear of step-father.

W-

Walloonphobia- Fear of the Walloons.
Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft.

X-

Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
Xenoglossophobia- Fear of foreign languages.
Xenophobia- Fear of strangers or foreigners.
Xerophobia- Fear of dryness.
Xylophobia- 1) Fear of wooden objects. 2) Forests.
Xyrophobia-Fear of razors.

Y-

Z-

Zelophobia- Fear of jealousy.
Zeusophobia- Fear of God or gods.
Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat.
Zoophobia- Fear of animals.

[hhhhhx]

when you find this funny
i spent 3 hours thinking up phobias with friends

Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat. :lolflag:

[sci-fi guy]

No "Fear of Penguins" or "Fear of Windows".
Shame on you.

[gwoodard]

No "Fear of Penguins" or "Fear of Windows".
Shame on you.

I and no "Fear of Apples"

[money2themax]

Chronophobia- Fear of time.
Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

Wahahahahahahahahaha

[Kopachris]

Which one is "fear of walking in front of other people"? I'm too lazy to look through the whole list ;-)

[LaRoza]

Luposlippophobia : Fear of being chased around a kitchen table on a waxed floor wearing wool socks by timper wolves.

Antidaeophobia - Fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you ...

[money2themax]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

imagine having that and then being told you have it using that exact word

[p_quarles]

Luposlippophobia : Fear of being chased around a kitchen table on a waxed floor wearing wool socks by timper wolves.

Antidaeophobia - Fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you ...
Those were dropped in the most recent DSM.

[money2themax]

Those were dropped in the most recent DSM.
nice

Gnosiophobia- Fear of knowledge.

i think i should make a new thead for this so this thread doesn't go off topic

[SneakyBooBoo]

you enjoy customising your distros and reading news about Linux more than playing xbox/Ps2 games.

you can't resist five minutes without thinking and/or talking about Linux (or using it)

*sigh*

he got my number alright. that just about summed my daily activities up. Tryin to plug linux, bashing windows, and customizing my OS.

[Pethegreat]

You dissasemble a toster oven to bring in the heating elements to show your AP physics class that electrical heating elements are large resistors.

[sci-fi guy]

You dissasemble a toster oven to bring in the heating elements to show your AP physics class that electrical heating elements are large resistors.

Did you install Linux on it after that?
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Linux#Hardware_Requirements

[SpenceMakesSense]

When you know the system specs of all the video game consoles and know exactly which linux distro would work perfectly on each individual console
*guilty

[hhhhhx]

*guilty
+1

[Kopachris]

You know you're a geek when you used POV-Ray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pov-ray) to make your Christmas card. Have you seen the glass scene?! It tricked my mom into thinking it was a real photograph (then again, that's not all that hard).

[sci-fi guy]

You know you are a geek if when you are assembling a calendar and adding noteworthy dates, Ubuntu 8.04's release date makes the list....and your own birthday didn't.

[hhhhhx]

8.04 release is better than Christmas!!

[sci-fi guy]

That didn't make the list, either...

[hhhhhx]

so all you have is a calendar with the hardy release circled really big, and arrows pointing strait to it. come to think of it, that seams oddly familiar ...:oops:

[sci-fi guy]

No, I have a Palm m500 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_m500_series#Palm_m500) (note: not the device pictured in the link) with Hardy marked and my daily schedule. No red, no circles, no arrows, unfortunately.

[gwoodard]

Luposlippophobia : Fear of being chased around a kitchen table on a waxed floor wearing wool socks by timper wolves.

Antidaeophobia - Fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you ...

AFLACK!!!!

[LaRoza]

Luposlippophobia : Fear of being chased around a kitchen table on a waxed floor wearing wool socks by timper wolves.

Antidaeophobia - Fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you ...

These are from The Far Side, if no one noticed that.

[NightwishFan]

Yeah I saw the one about the duck. Poor guy really was being followed and you all said it was a phobia! :)

[drbob07]

You know you're a geek when you get a kernel panic, and the error both provokes your curiosity as to what went wrong, and makes you hungry for popcorn while fixing said error.

[SpenceMakesSense]

You've thought of all the possible names for each version of Ubuntu from A-Z. C'mon, Erotic Elephant was a good idea.

[locosmurf]

You've thought of all the possible names for each version of Ubuntu from A-Z. C'mon, Erotic Elephant was a good idea.

hahaha Erotic Elephant would have been good!!! Unfortunately it would've turned a lot of people away.... although it might've attracted a whole lot more lol.

[money2themax]

These are from The Far Side, if no one noticed that.
yeah the duck one gave it away