Am I a geek?

Forum: water cooler
Topic: Am I a geek?
started by: green

Posted by green on June 02 2005,16:11

I was rattling on the other day to some coworkers about how DSL rocks. Shortly after, I was accused of being a geek.

How did this happen?
Am I a geek?

What makes someone a geek?

Posted by AwPhuch on June 02 2005,16:26

Being a geek isnt always a bad thing...just read the bumpersticker

"Be nice to geeks, you never know when you will work for one"

Brian
AwPhuch

Posted by clivesay on June 02 2005,16:45

Green, I too have apparently moved over to the darkside. My IT friends at work have changes my name from livesay to linuxsay.

Someone posted a geek test on a lug site and I scored at 48% so I'm still in training. Amazing because a couple years ago I would probably have been at 10%. Linux and DSL in particular, have definitely raised my scores.

green, I know when you converted. It was the day you created your first mkmydsl cd!!

Chris

Posted by green on June 02 2005,19:40

Ah, that was a good day. I still remember it so clear.

Posted by andrewphoto on June 23 2005,14:39

I'd proudly wear a geek badge, like those badges I used to wear at school for swimming and stuff.
Would love to take a geek test, would be interesting. Didn't have computers when I went to school (was born in 1967, not 68,) I'm 38 and on some levels my brain will stop expanding at 42.

Posted by ke4nt1 on June 23 2005,15:29

Oh No !! .... Really ??

( I'm 42

....eeek! )

73
ke4nt

Posted by clivesay on June 23 2005,16:24

THAT'S why ke4nt drinks so much coffee. It keeps those old braincells awake! :;):

Chris

Posted by ke4nt1 on June 23 2005,16:38

I first knew I was hooked on being a 'geek'
when my grandmother gave me one of these kits as a youngster,
and after assembly and testing, I understood 'how' it worked,
and wanted a bigger one..

< http://www.zianet.com/kromeke/pastcomp/main/digi.htm >
< http://www.computermuseum.li/Testpage/Digicomp-Kit-1963.htm >

It came out the same year I was born
I'm guessing she saved it for years before I ever got it..

One of my favs.. and a great memory even now..
My other luvs were model rocketry, and telescopes..

How 'geek' can u get?

73
ke4nt

Posted by andrewphoto on June 23 2005,19:36

My Dad was very proud when I did the Rubik's cube.
I remember being very thrilled.
Presently, I am very thrilled, cos I've subscribed to an isp & gone online for the 1st time in my life with my DSL. Up to now I've used libraries, but now I'm 24/7 from home.
Fantastic.

Posted by andrewphoto on June 23 2005,19:44

My dad was very proud when I did the Rubik's cube.
I was thrilled.
I am currently thrilled cos I've subscribed to an isp & gone online for the 1st time in my life, with DSL. Up to now I've used public libraries.
Now I'm 24/7 from home.
Fantastic.

Posted by noordinaryspider on June 25 2005,20:17

I was shocked when I took a geek test and scored a 98. Some of the questions were just general science questions (I'm an English major who never got past an associate degree) and off the wall stuff like recognizing pictures, not having to look at the periodic table of elements to remember stuff, etc.

I didn't get my first computer until December of 2001. I still have it.

I didn't open a case or upgrade RAM until 2003.

All of my desktops are lower-end OEM pieces of crap.

I didn't install Linux until last February.

I didn't use DSL until about a month after I joined here.

I just ordered my first laptop (Thinkpad T-21) and will replace a hard drive for the first time when it gets here.

Nonetheless, I frequently get chided for being a "geek" among friends, family, and neighbors.

Posted by dare2dreamer on July 17 2005,17:14

Just remember what Chris Pirillo (of lockergnome fame) said at the height of the IT Boom...

"Geek used to be a four letter word, now it's a six figure one."

Knowledge is power, kids.

-d2d'er

Posted by sock on Aug. 07 2005,04:59

I'm a geek and proud of it. When all the idiots are flipping burgers and I'm making six figures, we'll see who's laughing. I knew I was a geek when I was the only one that passed algebra. Suckers.

Oh, and I do want fries with that. XD