Who here is a Geek?

[RayB]

Who among us are self-confessed geeks? Come on, time to get out of the closet!

RayB raises hand.

I'd have a problem being called a NERD. But geek, it's more a "techy" person without the dorkwad qualities of a nerd. 

[nostrebor]

Yeah...


I'm in.

[ChadTower]

Having been called a geek, derisively, my entire upbringing by everyone I knew...  the word pisses me off, no matter how much people insist it is no longer an insult.

[markb]

My qualifications for geekdom:-

I own 6 working PC's all doing something
I saw episode 3 at the midnight showing
I know the 25 digit windows xp code by memory
My favourite channel is the discovery channel
I can't sleep at night when I can't get something to work how I want it.
People phone me for answers for pub quizzes
I choose a car by functionality and not looks

etc etc etc

but most importantly my wife calls me one, and I've learned that she is always right!

[Stingray]

I expect we all are.

Well except for Chad.

-S

[missioncontrol]

but most importantly my wife calls me one, and I've learned that she is always right!

Yep, the wife calls me one to

missioncontrol raises hand and steps forward

[ChadTower]

My wife wouldn't call me one, it would be like me calling her fat.

[AmericanDemon]

I'll confess.  I am a geek.

- Took over network in Junior High
- Created a webdesign class in my school
- Been a gamer since Pitfall on the 2600 captured my interest
- Pre-ordered Star Miniatures
- Have 2 laptops
- have 4 pcs
- have 4 motherboards still boxed 
- Have a great console collection (Not as huge as many on here though heh)

[ChadTower]

A lot of those apply to me, though my junior high didn't even have computers, nevermind a network. 

What are Star Miniatures?

[Avery]

I'm in...

[markb]

Have a comic book collection you couldn't lift

You win just with that one alone.

[nostrebor]

I may have to recant...

I'm not nearly as geeky as some of you guys.

GREAT! Now I feel all insecure about my geekiness

[Stingray]

Have a comic book collection you couldn't lift

You win just with that one alone.

I qualify on that count as well.

-S

[pointdablame]

I am definitely a geek... and I love it.

[fredster]

shmokes is a geek.

[tommy]

Having been called a geek, derisively, my entire upbringing by everyone I knew...

[Shape D.]

Having been called a geek, derisively, my entire upbringing by everyone I knew...  the word pisses me off, no matter how much people insist it is no longer an insult.

Geek

I don't think chads the type o' guy I would say that to.

[ChadTower]

I don't think chads the type o' guy I would say that to.

Actually, he's the type of guy who generally did, over and over and over again until it made him feel better about being dumb and ugly and unpopular.

Of course, usually I'm bigger than those guys now whereas I was half their size then.  So I don't hear it often anymore.  It's one of those sore spots a lot of people have from childhood bullying, etc.

[Shape D.]

I don't think chads the type o' guy I would say that to.

Of course, usually I'm bigger than those guys now

which is why you are not the type of guy I would say that to.

Well,  that and I'm not the type of person who would call people names anyways.

(I changed that. it looked like I was calling someone something without intending on doing so. sorry)

[tommy]

 

[M3talhead]

<---------Pokes head out from behind his cubicle at work



I was once reffered to as being the "Most powerful nerd on base".

[ChadTower]

Hey, no one's angry, we're having a discussion. 

I fully admit that I have geeky tendencies, but have enough nongeeky tendencies that I'm not sure I am a fullblown geek.

Console collection - large
Comic book collection - one box of books I bought at a clearance rack to read when I was sick one week

I don't know what half the things that have been mentioned are...

I have 85% of a CmpSci degree and a job in the field.

I have many PCs and parts in my house, but then again, it's free stuff related to the preceding item so it may not count.  Everyone loves free stuff.

I am definitely a guy people call when they need an explanation/answer for something, and the reaction to things I've said is commonly "you're an engineer, aren't you".

[quarterback]

LOL

[Shape D.]

I'm somewhat the same way.

I play D&D = geeky

But I also play in a band = cool

I do however play a lot of video games = geeky

But I'm also a freelance recording engineer = cool

[ChadTower]

LOL

[quarterback]

I totally agree.

[ChadTower]

I totally agree.

[fredster]

geek test:

What star trek episode did Dr. McCoy get the girl?

What issue of Hulk did David Banner first separate from the Hulk?

What sector of a HDD actually holds the FAT ?

Answer those and you are a geek.

[ChadTower]

Well, I can answer the HD question but not the others.

[Shape D.]

I don't know any of those.

[AmericanDemon]

A lot of those apply to me, though my junior high didn't even have computers, nevermind a network. 

What are Star Miniatures?

Star Wars Miniatures is a Strategy game.  You create points based armies and you have prepainted plastic miniatures.  Similar in concept to Warhammer 40k.

Oh yeah.  I still read comics.  I have way too many books.  I dont intentionally collect them, but am deep into the stories.  I subscribe to all Superman and Batman books.  Subscribed to Teen Titans, JLA, JSA, Outsiders, Astonishing X-Men, and New Avengers.  I also like Supreme Power. 

Man I am a geek. 

[nostrebor]

Well, I'm feeling a bit better about my geekiness now. Chad beating down the bullies did it for me. I was the kind of geeky kid that would put up with truckloads of BS and torture, but once I got mad, someone was going to the hospital. I ended up earning this weird respect that allowed me to be a math whiz, and play 2600, and read comics, without the torture.

[Zero_Hour]

I'm somewhat the same way.

I play D&D = geeky

But I also play in a band = cool

I do however play a lot of video games = geeky

But I'm also a freelance recording engineer = cool

I'm sorry Shape, but that last one has been rescored  - Sound Recording Engineers are cool AND geeky. I believe that pushes you over to the geek majority. 

As for my own qualifications:

BA in video production - geeky
MS in Multimedia Technology - extra geeky
I do Technology integration training for a branch campus of a State University - uber geeky

Home Network multiple machines, PC & Mac - check
Entire music collection digitized - check
Various comics, Sci-Fi, Tolkien, etc on the bookshelf - check
Compulsive consumer of "Geek Juice" (Mt. Dew) - check
Building my own arcade controls - check!

I've been called a lot worse over the years, not that it every really bothered me. These days the people I hear using the term geek are using it as a compliment to someone's technical prowess. I think I can live with that. Didn't someone once say that the geeks shall inherit the earth? 

[SOAPboy]

My qualifications for geekdom:-

I own 6 working PC's all doing something
I saw episode 3 at the midnight showing
I know the 25 digit windows xp code by memory
My favourite channel is the discovery channel
I can't sleep at night when I can't get something to work how I want it.
People phone me for answers for pub quizzes
I choose a car by functionality and not looks

etc etc etc

but most importantly my wife calls me one, and I've learned that she is always right!

5 PCs here..
Hate Starwars..
Know a few 2k and a few xp pro Serials by heart.
everyone calls me when they need something fixed.. -_-

[GameOver]

You know you're a geek if...

You have a Super Mario phone...arcade geeky
You have an R2-D2 phone.....guilty
You don't use the R2-D2 phone 'cuz you don't want to mess it up...Use the Force geeky
Green screen programmer...Old school War Games geeky

[shmokes]

shmokes is a geek.

That's true, from the standpoint of knowledge and skills.  I'm definitely a computer geek.  And I have a pez dispenser collection with about 400 different dispensers.  But I'm also good at sports, have never been a social outcast and don't consider any girl out of my league.  Being a geek just means that I am able to make good money and set up a home network that makes my apartment a lot cooler. 

You, on the other hand, are a nerd.

[tommy]

I wouldn't mind seeing that pez collection.

[Bones]

I am to cool to be a geek and in my opinion you people all need a good geek-slapping.

[danny_galaga]

kalimera!! ti kanis?

ohh, GEEK.

[MinerAl]

You know you're a geek if...
You have an R2-D2 phone.....guilty
You don't use the R2-D2 phone 'cuz you don't want to mess it up...Use the Force geeky

Even before I dropped the land line for cell-only phone goodness, I had white zip tied the receiver to my R2 phone so it would still beep and boop, but no one would ruin it by using it.

That may just make me anal retentive though...

Comics, d&d, ad&d, more computers than I can count (7 plugged in none using the same OS and two of those use some kind of BASIC as the default user interface), 3 arcade machines one of which I made myself, every version of Star Wars ever put on any media (VHS, Beta, LaserDisc, VideoDisc, VCD, DVD original cut and greedo-shot-first-BS cut) plus Ewok Adventures and The '78 Star Wars Holiday Special, teach 5 different "computer" classes, am the goto guy for tech problems for several schools in a school district I don't even work for anymore...

overweight, unshaven, glasses, need a haircut, single (go figure)...

geek.
nerd.
dork.

But my mom thinks I'm nice.

And I seem to fit in here fine

[Raven..]

Hmm...let's see.....
I had 11 PCs at home at one time (donated most to charity), now only have 5, including the one pictured below.
I used to be a forensic chemist.
I played D&D as a teen.
I built my own joysticks for my Commodore64!
I actually wear black horn-rimmed glasses (although they are Italian and rimless)
I almost made it to State in Science during high school.
My favorite channel is G4.

But since I have never bitten the head off of a live chicken, I am a nerd, but not a geek.

[markb]

I actually wear black horn-rimmed glasses (although they are Italian and rimless)

How do you have horn-rimmed glasses which are rimless?

[missioncontrol]

I'm somewhat the same way.

I play D&D = geeky

But I also play in a band = cool

I do however play a lot of video games = geeky

But I'm also a freelance recording engineer = cool

but your band has a banjo  you guys do sound great though

[missioncontrol]

one quick question does my functional C-64 still count as a computer or can I list it seperate? 

[markb]

one quick question does my functional C-64 still count as a computer or can I list it seperate? 

If someone you know owned one and you reckon they'd need to phone you up for tech support then it's classed as a computer in my book.

[ChadTower]

ah, then I guess my 6-7 working TI99s count.

[Raven..]

I actually wear black horn-rimmed glasses (although they are Italian and rimless)

How do you have horn-rimmed glasses which are rimless?

"Rimless" actually means semi-rimless (stupid terminology, I know).  They have no frame along the bottom, only a clear nylon string that is grooved into the lens.

[rdagger]

When I play Star Castle, I sometimes hear Obi Wan in the back of my head telling me to use the force.  Also my girlfriend has a Vulcan uniform.

[daywane]

daywane steeps in 
wife says so.
co workers say so.  even the enginers 
still have a working
Atari 800 xl
c64
ti99
stiil get asked questions on the atari by 2 people

shook Leo's hand and was glad to met him 
lived to watch tech tv. BEFORE G4!!!!!!

[Zakk]

Hmm, I tend to relate level of geekiness to numbers of girlfriends one had in high-school (and yes, if you had one girlfriend all the way through, you MISSED OUT).

[ChadTower]

Understanding the cable guy isn't geekworthy, it's just knowing a couple basic things.  Calling your ISP's help desk, asking for a supervisor, explaining the exact problem to him and telling him how to solve it, when he's not sure, is geekworthy.

And yes, I have done that a few times.

[missioncontrol]

-Understand what punctuation if for, and how to use it.

Punctuation is good but also so is knowing the difference between if and is 

[Zakk]

-Understand what punctuation if for, and how to use it.

Punctuation is good but also so is knowing the difference between if and is

[ChadTower]

A spell check is not going to catch if.

[Zakk]

A spell check is not going to catch if.

CRAP!  If I was more of a geek I'd have a grammar checker on there!

That's it, I'm off to listen to DEVO, er I mean, umm...

[ChadTower]

They Might Be Giants

[Zakk]

Run away!  Run away!

[shmokes]

Build a little bird house in your soul

[fredster]

But my mom thinks I'm nice.

Now that's funny.  That's entertainment.

Shomkes is a geek.

[ChadTower]

Shomkes is a geek.

With a name like Shomkes, I think he's a Greek too.

[RayB]

If particle man and universe man had a fight, who would win?

[Edgedamage]

I guess I am a geek at age 13 I spent so much time watching the pinball tech repair pins after a year he would let me diagnose the broken pins with him watching of course was right about 90% of the time. The best gift he gave me was the schematics for most of the pin/videos in the arcade. Always was the guy who fixed the vcr's for my circle of friends. In the early 80's found a huge hole in the computer system that kept all the grades for my school district. And seeing report cards were about to come out I gave my friend passing marks so his folks would let him go to a concert in a couple of weeks. Now I keep my computer smarts VERY secret got tired of my friends moms asking me to disinfect their computers of spyware/viruses after they just finished opening every email they got in hotmail for the past month. Or going to someones house and hearing the magic question "oh while you are here could you look at my system it seems really slow" and seeing kazza running in the background.

[ChadTower]

Heh, yeah, I tell people to bring their computer to my house, that I don't work on machines at other peoples' houses because my 'tools' are all here.

That stops 90% of the requests, people are too damn lazy to bring the machine over.

[missioncontrol]

Heh, yeah, I tell people to bring their computer to my house, that I don't work on machines at other peoples' houses because my 'tools' are all here.

That stops 90% of the requests, people are too damn lazy to bring the machine over.

Ha... I do the same thing, but then I keep it an extra week longer than is needed so they think twice about asking me again......

[AlanS17]

Have a comic book collection you couldn't lift

You win just with that one alone.

Heck, I've got that! But I haven't touched it since junior high.

[Edgedamage]

That might stop some folks. Crafty ones would invite you over for a BBQ and then say "while these delicious 2" thick steaks are grilling could you just have a peek at my computer"

[ChadTower]

That might stop some folks. Crafty ones would invite you over for a BBQ and then say "while these delicious 2" thick steaks are grilling could you just have a peek at my computer"

I would consider a 2" steak a great incentive.  No one offers me anything, they invite me over on false pretenses and then ask me to take a look "while I'm already here".

A person offers me a freshly grilled 2" steak and I'll rebuild the whole freakin system for them.

[missioncontrol]

They better have a couple ice cold beers to wash the steak down with.....

then I'd be happy to take a look at their computer.......

will work for food and beer 

[ChadTower]

Ah, see, most of the places I get invited to, beer is already required.  Not having it would pratically get one slapped.

[shmokes]

If particle man and universe man had a fight, who would win?

Pfft...that's not even a decision.

particle wins every time


...but what about triangle man?

[fredster]

I generally just look at it and see what freaking stupid software they downloaded on it to screw it up in the first place.  If it's easy, I fix it. Then if it looks hard I do one of two things:

1) I tell them to buy some software to fix it
2) I screw it up worse and tell them "I've done all I can do".

[ChadTower]

Yeah, but it's the people who invite me over and then spring their PC on me that annoy me.  If they wanted me to fix the damn PC, ask me to fix the damn PC, don't lie to me about why you wanted me at your house.  It's not like I want to go, but the wife never turns down an invitation.  So at this point, I'm at someone's house I didn't want to visit and they reveal that they had an ulterior motive for inviting us in the first place, making it an even bigger waste of time.

[Dartful Dodger]

I'm somewhat the same way.
I play D&D = geeky
But I also play in a band = cool
I do however play a lot of video games = geeky
But I'm also a freelance recording engineer = cool

playing D&D = nerdy
playing a lot of video games = nerdy
Biting the heads off of chickens = geeky

You are all nerds.

[AlanS17]

Calling your ISP's help desk, asking for a supervisor, explaining the exact problem to him and telling him how to solve it, when he's not sure, is geekworthy.

Ditto. I'll be like "Ok I already logged onto the router and it's asking for a password. All I need is the password. I can handle it from there."

[Zakk]

Yeah, but it's the people who invite me over and then spring their PC on me that annoy me.

[ChadTower]

Painfully cold because of the frostbite the bottle leaves on your rectum.

[Avery]

But I'm also a freelance recording engineer = cool

Are you sure that's cool?  The moment you start talking about setting pass filters on a mike, I think you are in big league geek territory.

[ChadTower]

It's simple:

Recording artist = cool
Recording engineer = the kid that ran the projector in 3rd grade

[Shape D.]

It's simple:

Recording artist = cool
Recording engineer = the kid that ran the projector in 3rd grade

Never touched a projector once. 

But I'm also a freelance recording engineer = cool

Are you sure that's cool? The moment you start talking about setting pass filters on a mike, I think you are in big league geek territory.

Yeah cuz thats what I talk about with my freinds when were BBQ'n. 

So then to reduce feedback I dropped 1K by about ....Hey Tim, how do you want yours done. ....I dropped it by about 4 db. it was awesome. 

[Avery]

Recording artist = cool
Recording engineer = the kid that ran the projector in 3rd grade

I'm not even sure about that.  Get a real musicians to start talking about music (or better still, music equipment) and they will lead you to a place that's going to make any conversation about how to power a JAMA board look pretty normal.

[Zakk]

It's simple:

Recording artist = cool (Duran duran, ashley simpson, Tiny Tim, Back street boys, scary spice....yeah cool bunch!)

Recording engineer = the kid that ran the projector in 3rd grade (Bob Rock)

Recording 'artists': Duran duran, ashley simpson, Tiny Tim, Back street boys, scary spice, DEVO....yeah cool bunch!

[ChadTower]

Ooh, a couple of examples out of thousands!  Good job! 

[fredster]

Also my girlfriend has a Vulcan uniform.

Oh man.  Post the pic. 

[scooter]

I generally just look at it and see what freaking stupid software they downloaded on it to screw it up in the first place.  If it's easy, I fix it. Then if it looks hard I do one of two things:

1) I tell them to buy some software to fix it
2) I screw it up worse and tell them "I've done all I can do".

When I am diagnosing problems on friends' PCs, I usually poke around for a few minutes and then ask them, "Do you go to porn sites?"  And when they respond with "yes," I answer back, "Oh, it has nothing to do with the problems you are having, I was just curious."

[ChadTower]

I got a friend in trouble with his wife once doing that... I knew his wife was one to hate porn, so I put a bunch on his machine in a dir called TEHHOTCHIX right where it would be seen.  His wife went apeshit.

[Zakk]

Ooh, a couple of examples out of thousands!

[ChadTower]

Every one of those mentioned has made more cash and had more chicks (or guys) than all of us put together.

[Stingray]

Also my girlfriend has a Vulcan uniform.

Oh man.  Post the pic. 

I second.

-S (ultra geek)

[ChadTower]

He said she HAS a uniform, not that she was willing to be seen in it.  He probably bought it for her and she told him to get bent.

[Zakk]

Every one of those mentioned has made more cash and had more chicks (or guys) than all of us put together.

I dunno, I'd like to wager that I have more money than the dead milli vanilli and the live one put together...

[fredster]

 
Quote from: fredster on June 28, 2005, 02:12:08 PM

Also my girlfriend has a Vulcan uniform.

Oh man.  Post the pic.

Really, we are serious.


 

[USSEnterprise]

I might be a geek. My name is USSEnterprise, I am watching an episode of Star Trek at 5:45 on DVD. I have a Starfleet uniform, I have autographed pictures from a lot of the cast. I have over 110 Star Trek novels. I help fix other's computers. I set up my family's home theatre system. I have four PC's in my bedroom alone. I might be a geek

[JoyMonkey]

My wife is probably a bigger geek than me. She has read Star Trek novels and also has a Star Trek costume (not sure what type of costume it is, it's of the red miniskirt variety). Not to discriminate though, she also has a Princess Leia costume. A couple of halloweens ago we dressed up like characters from Lexx; that was probably the geekiest thing I've ever done, but my Kai outfit was badass! Only one person in our local bar recognised who we were supposed to be (obviously a complete nerd  ).

[shmokes]

Most of my collection.  I need more shelves.

[Bones]

You got issues shmokes. Issues that need professional assistance.

[shmokes]

True that.

[ChadTower]

Dude, even a hooker will turn around and leave when she comes into your apartment and sees that.

[dogg0]

40 year old virgin!!!

[ChadTower]

That giant clown dispenser is evil.

[pointdablame]

Holy crap!!

 I am at a loss for words there Shmokes.... um..... I'm afraid.

[ChadTower]

Which is scarier:  the collection or the custom display cases for it?

[pointdablame]

Which is scarier:  the collection or the custom display cases for it?

They both blend together to form a frighteningly disturbing mental image.   It looks like that room should be on an episode of SVU.

[ChadTower]

SVU?

[pointdablame]

Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.   It focuses on sexual predators/pedophiles.

Sorry, I forget there are some people in the world that have yet to witness the wonder that is Law and Order.

[ChadTower]

Oh, Law and Order.  I don't watch much TV, and with Tivo I rarely watch live TV.  Whenever I do flip through live tv, there is a Law and Order show on 75% of the channels.  That show must have more spinoffs than a NASCAR race held on Lake Michigan in February.

[Goz]

I can't explain it, but each time I visit this thread to read whats newly added to it, I am drawn to look at the horror that is shmokes' collection. 

-Goz

[pointdablame]

I can't explain it, but each time I visit this thread to read whats newly added to it, I am drawn to look at the horror that is shmokes' collection. 

-Goz

I know what you mean.... its like a train wreck.. you can't NOT look.  In fact, I've looked at it enough now that I'm starting to think it might not be so bad if I got a set of those Simpsons Pez dispensers.........


I have to leave this thread now

[ChadTower]

This is like the kid who comes into school all proud of his new Superman underoos and shows everyone expecting to be cool, only to have everyone laugh at him for a week because he still wears underpants with men on them.

[dogg0]

i cant wait for chad to post a pic of his wwf wrestling figure collection 

[ChadTower]

I actually have a box of about 45 wrestling guys.  I got it off Freecycle and my kids and I play with them every couple of days.  The kids love it.

I just wish the box hadn't come with about 8 Mr Ass figures.   

[pointdablame]

I actually have a box of about 45 wrestling guys.  I got it off Freecycle and my kids and I play with them every couple of days.  The kids love it.

I just wish the box hadn't come with about 8 Mr Ass figures.   

The fact that you say you play with them with your kids.... and that I'm assuming you haven't constructed a custom shelf/shrine for them.... makes it ok in my book

[ChadTower]

Yeah, I have a 4 year old and a 6 year old.  When they're not in use, they're either all over the floor or in a cardboard box in the closet.

Not a collection... they're toys.

[shmokes]

That giant clown dispenser is evil.

mwahahaHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

[pointdablame]

oh dear god, kill it!!! KILLLLLLL IT!

* pointdablame runs and hides

[Luxury]

Yay Chad!

[ChadTower]

Ha.  I hadn't noticed that.

[Stingray]

Don't listen to these guys Shmokes, I'm in awe of your ultimate Pezitude.

-S

[pointdablame]

Yay Chad!  Your famous!  Your in the picture!

*edit* Oh, and Point is also.  Harder to tell though. 

Does this mean I should get an agent?

[Stingray]

I'll take the job if I can get 15%.

15% of what, I'm not sure.

-S

[pointdablame]

I'll take the job if I can get 15%.

15% of what, I'm not sure.

-S

Well I've projected that my yearly income due to my newfound fame may well exceed 45 cents American.

Once you work out the complicated math, I'll draft a check right away.

[Stingray]

Math? Forget it. Too much trouble.

-S

[shmokes]

Ha.  I hadn't noticed that.

He's seen your post, now.  I'm sorry Chad.  I didn't realize.   



...lock your doors.

[ChadTower]

Hell no, I'm on my porch with a cooler full of Schlitz and an industrial sized tub of KY.

Waiting for him.

Hurry up.

[Stingray]

Hell no, I'm on my porch with a cooler full of Schlitz and an industrial sized tub of KY.

Waiting for him.

Hurry up.

This is a mental image I could have lived my entire life without!

-S

[ChadTower]

This is a mental image I could have lived my entire life without!

Nope.  If you could have, you would have, but you couldn't, so you have it.

[Sephroth57]

"If youve got big thirst, and youre gay, try a schmitts gay!"

[ChadTower]

If you're accurate enough, and it is lubed up enough, you can throw an unopened, cold can of Schlitz straight up someone's ass.

It's like sending it home.

Because it is Schlitz.