Do you know a geek?...
or would you consider yourself to be one!?
Posted by jameshilton 
on Apr 26, 2008 in Blab | 42 comments
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anti on Apr 26, 2008
I think there was one around here somewhere. :)
metaljey on Apr 26, 2008
I know I am a geek.
I have been a geek longer than its been cool to be a geek!
debbye on Apr 26, 2008
i am sudo-geek WannaBe, but i certaily have one as a daughter, as well as one of those who posteth before meself!
debbye on Apr 26, 2008
nice new avatar, btw!
;-)
soprano on Apr 26, 2008
I know a geek girl.
annikalee on Apr 26, 2008
I know a geek guy.
iqon on Apr 26, 2008
Me monkey thinks me be a geek but me be too old for modern day geekdom. Me really be a nerd.
NERD - (slang, derogatory) A person who, although having good technical or scientific skills, is introspective and introverted.
GEEK - (dated) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.
* I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.
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And then, just to show them, I’ll sail to Katroo
And bring back an It-Kutch, a Preep and a Proo,
A Nerkle, a Nerd and a Seersucker too!
— "If I Ran the Zoo" by Dr. Seuss ©1950
Perhaps me will sail to Katroo 'nd trade me monkey for an It-Kutch
soprano on Apr 26, 2008
Interesting definitions.
annikalee on Apr 26, 2008
i have to agree with soprano on this one
gswd on Apr 26, 2008
I, like my Floridian friend Iqon, have adopted the Nerd moniker as opposed to the Geek one. Though my reality check came in an episode of X-Files where I was first introduced to the circus reference of Geek.
iqon on Apr 26, 2008
Obviously me definition be old, old school 'nd geek not be meanin' the same thing today.
Don't ye be forgettin' the 1984 movie classic was Revenge of the Nerds not Geeks (or Greeks).
louiemctool on Apr 26, 2008
i find it amusing that debbye's enough of a geek that she spelled psuedo as "sudo". been working with the shell, have we?
:D
marcoftheweb on Apr 27, 2008
LOL! The correct spelling is actually pseudo. This leetspeak stuff is just too confusing for this geek. :-p
zelda013 on Apr 27, 2008
i'm pretty sure i could track one down if i really had to.
robbyrice on Apr 27, 2008
Most of my friends consider me to be a geek.
debbye on Apr 27, 2008
the "correct" spelling of "sudo" is "südo".
i forgets my umlaut!
Cattya on Apr 27, 2008
I'm pretty sure I'm a geek girl. :)
anti on Apr 27, 2008
sudo get me a dictionary.
Bratty on Apr 27, 2008
I's a geek and a nerd but not a dork.
debbye on Apr 27, 2008
i are a pirate & as such, am entitled to crappy grammar & all inclusives spellings! (& improvisation!)
anti on Apr 27, 2008
creative license.
debbye on Apr 27, 2008
yep
:-)
miranoriel on Apr 27, 2008
lolspellingz!
I can has geek friendz. They has a flavor.
nom nom nom
:D
debbye on Apr 27, 2008
@miranoriel - i can always count on you to bring such a serious tone to this place.
*she says giggling, while behaving like a four year old …*
miranoriel on Apr 27, 2008
Yes, I does. *nods VERY solemnly*
heee
:D
louiemctool on Apr 27, 2008
is i a geek if i'm laughing at the IT a-hole 'cause he thinks locking out the PS/2 ports on a computer does anything when it has a USB mouse?
:)
miranoriel on Apr 27, 2008
You is.
XD
marcoftheweb on Apr 27, 2008
Yup. That qualifies you, Louie. :-)
Those IT guys are sure sharp, aren't they? Those PS-2 ports are sure a security risk compared to USB ports and Internet access, which just about everybody leaves accessible.
soprano on Apr 27, 2008
What is the point of locking out the PS/2 ports, anyway?
louiemctool on Apr 27, 2008
to keep people from accessing the computer while he was remoting to it. couldn't seem to figure out how i restarted it.
is back-story, if'n ye wants it...
:D
iqon on Apr 27, 2008
louiemctool step away from the microphone! If'n the IT guys really get a clue then me monkey's monkeyshines will be blocked.
Aye, cluesless IT guys/gals and the pointy hair bosses make me look smart without tryin'.
louiemctool on Apr 27, 2008
haha. somebody reads dilbert...
:)
iqon on Apr 27, 2008
pointy hair boss trick #15: make a screen cap of the desktop, then hide all desktop icons. Now make the screen cap the wallpaper and watch boss clicky clicky all day on the wallpaper icons.
debbye on Apr 27, 2008
back in the old days, i played an April Fool's joke on my boss at the community college. i created a "desktop" in photoshop, complete with icons and trash. then i made an "error message" that said something about the "SCSI bus not running on schedule due to daylight savings time … contact LRTC (local transportation) …" *much more techie & long*
in PhotoShop you can hide all of the palettes, rulers, etc & your pic can fill the whole screen. in this case, looking exactly like a desktop!
i then installed the pic on all 20 computers in the Lab & waited for class to start. hehe
Moirethe
on Apr 27, 2008
Gah IT people....I still haven't let her know the extent of my geekiness....she tends to want to mess with people that even know a teensy bit about computers. She's always trying to get some of the other computer-saavy people in my department in trouble, blocking any sites they access, etc.....thankfully iconbuffet hasn't been blocked yet ♥
BTW, I'm LMAO @ your little trick, iqon....very sneaky, I love it!
jameshilton
on Apr 29, 2008
@debbye, i love that April fools joke. :¬)
debbye on Apr 29, 2008
the professor wasn't too happy about it. he was in a bad mood from a faculty meeting when he came to class & found these very odd error messages. :-)
iqon on Apr 29, 2008
@Moirethe -me and me monkey be full of uh, tricks. Me be an IT guy but fer mainframes. Me had great fun years ago with a self-proclaimed PC über-geek IT gal. Me wedged a keychain finder between her PC and fabric cubicle wall, then told her me had hacked the network into her PC. Whenever me would whistle her PC would beep. She scuttled her registry tryin' to stop me. AVAST, me thoughts fer certain the jig be up when she unplugged her mikeyphone. Surfin' Swordfish woman how can voice activation work without there bein' an input???
anti on Apr 29, 2008
Yep. Helps to be up to no good first, and a geek second. Improves the thinking process.
tonyaoldfather
on Apr 29, 2008
Yeppers, I do know a geek and I also am one but not as geeky as some people are that I know :).....10 lite sabers .....sheesh
iqon on Apr 29, 2008
That be a brilliant idea lass -
"IB UTNG" (IB Up To No Good)
MrDee on Aug 11, 2008
Keeping it geek since the 80's.