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Title: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: Lobo on January 17, 2005, 09:57:37 PM
http://www.youmightbe.com/pages/computergeek.html
Title: Re: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: iago on January 17, 2005, 09:59:03 PM
I fit in to faaaar too many of those :-/

*pats Tux on top of Monitor for 2 points*
Title: Re: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: rabbit on January 17, 2005, 11:26:32 PM
I can program 6 times more than I can speak -.-
Title: Re: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: linux on January 18, 2005, 01:56:23 AM
ROFL @
Quoteyou postpone your moving date so your computers can set new uptime records. (melvan)
Title: Re: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: iago on January 18, 2005, 07:25:56 AM
Quoteyour watch is set to GMT. Always. (After all, it's the only time that makes logical sense.)

My watch is GMT now.  I decided to do that for fun :)
Title: Re: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: Mythix on January 18, 2005, 07:26:49 AM
haha classic.
Title: Re: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: wires on January 18, 2005, 03:14:34 PM
Quoteyou have the Linux Penguin sitting on your monitor
Hrm, iago? :D
Title: Re: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: iago on January 18, 2005, 04:32:00 PM
Quote from: WiReS on January 18, 2005, 03:14:34 PM
Quoteyou have the Linux Penguin sitting on your monitor
Hrm, iago? :D

Yep, and I know his name.  But who doesn't know Tux? :/
Title: Re: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: Quik on January 18, 2005, 05:56:27 PM
Quote# you and the campus Unix Sysadmin have a geek contest.
# ...and you win.

Hmm..
Title: Re: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: Sty on January 18, 2005, 11:03:17 PM
Quotethe number of computers in your house exceeds the number of relationships you've had in your lifetime.

This is true. :|.
Title: Re: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: deadly7 on January 19, 2005, 05:25:04 PM
Let's see what fits me. :P

Quote# you know what a router is, and you know what a bit is, but you've never heard of a router bit. ( ck )
# you know the square root of 65536 is 256 without having to do the math. ( ck )
# you consider 65536 and 256 "nice round numbers". ( ck )
your computer chair has the permanent and stiff indentation of your butt in it. (Samuel L Jacobson)
every time someone says "I like iMacs" you get mad and shout out "So you only go for the looks, do you? Superficial guy! The inner qualities are what's important, not the looks! Beauty is only skin-deep!" ( courtney@gurlmail.com  ) - never actually said it, but yelled at people for support MACs since none of my friends graphic design or video edit.
when asked if you have more than one hard drive, you answer "In which computer?" (melvan)
# given the choice between a T3 and a date with a good looking guy/girl, you'd take the T3. (melvan)
# you've ever been successful at catching a spammer.
# you call sex with your cute girlfriend "CuteFTP." ( cyberfan@gmx.net )
# you snicker whenever someone asks how much memory is needed for Windows NT to run smoothly.
# you go into a computer store and takeover a discussion for a salesman on the specs and merits of a computer while he site there nodding as you make the sale. ( soljaz4life@msn.com ) - DIdn't buy it, but argued with them. <3 Best Buy.
#you can actually read the error message details when a Windows program has a problem. ( cyberfan@gmx.net )
#the number of computers in your house exceeds the number of relationships you've had in your lifetime. (relationships: 0, computers: 3 -including laptop.. 2-excluding)
#your computer costs more and runs better than your car ( fuddoson@hotmail.com ) - no car, kthx.
# when you're reading a magazine and you see an underlined passage, you feel compelled to click on it. (Dave Tibbs)
# you have the Linux Penguin sitting on your monitor - want one. where i buy!
# ... and you know the penguin's name. - above.
# everytime you go to write a note, you put your hands on your desk, as if looking for a keyboard to type it on. (Miko)
#you're grossly offended that anyone would want to make their Linux box work anything like Windows 95.
# your computer is set for Dvorak... but your keyboard is actually a qwerty.
# ...you know what Dvorak and Qwerty refer to.# instead of laughing you say "El-Oh-El!" (Laura Goodwin)
# you have actually heard someone do this in real life.
# ...and you actually understood what it meant.
# you believe Unix/Linux is the most superior operating system out there (Abdel).
# you e-mail yourself notes rather than writing them...
# ...and you can justify the advantages of doing so.
# ...or you actually reply to the note.
# you can program in more languages than you can speak. (From: Dan Good, evan013@hotmail.com) - does HTML, part JS, CSS, and small PHP count? :P
#with the exception of the blood-sucking part, you have the same basic characteristics as a vampire.
Damn, I'm a computer geekzor.
Title: Re: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: Mythix on January 19, 2005, 07:33:18 PM
They were amusing to an extent. True geeks don't need to be told they're geeks. *looks at iago and back at himself*
Title: Re: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: TheSickEmpire on January 25, 2005, 08:34:44 PM
Quotegiven the choice between a T3 and a date with a good looking guy/girl, you'd take the T3. (melvan)

I'd take the T3 line, kthx.
Title: Re: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: Mythix on January 25, 2005, 08:54:37 PM
Is the T3 line paid for? Because if it was.. I'd take that. I got a good one.


You might be a geek if after arranging a date, instead of the phone you ask for her I.P Address.
Title: Re: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: Quik on January 25, 2005, 09:07:34 PM
"Hey baby, what's your e-mail address?"
Title: Re: You might be a computer geek if...
Post by: Newby on January 25, 2005, 09:10:10 PM
"Hey baby, I see you have a few open ports...need help closing 'em?"