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The Code of the Geeks v3.12
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By: Robert A. Hayden <rhayden@geekcode.com>
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The HTML version of the The Geek Code v3.12 has been formatted by Dylan
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Northrup.
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HTMLstripped by CyberRax (who was too lazy to search for the original TXT
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version)
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Last updated: March 5, 1996
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So you think you are a geek, eh? The first step is to admit to yourself your
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geekiness. No matter what anyone says, geeks are people too; geeks have rights.
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So take a deep breath and announce to the world that you are a geek. Your
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courage will give you strength that will last you forever.
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How to tell the world you are a geek, you ask? Use the universal Geek code!
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Using this special code will allow you to let other un-closeted geeks know who
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you are in a simple, codified statement.
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The single best way to announce your geekhood is to add your geek code to your
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signature file or plan and announce it far and wide. But be careful, you may
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give other geeks the courage to come out of the closet. You might want to hang
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on to your copy of the code in order to help them along.
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A NOTE OR TWO FROM THE AUTHOR
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Well, here it is, finally, version 3.x of the World-Famous Geek Code. Yes, it's
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taken me much longer to write the new version than it should have. Yes, the old
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version was hopelessly out of date. I apologize. A combination of too much
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schooling followed by college graduation delayed it. In addition, there were
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almost 2,000 suggestions and comments on version 2.1 to wade through for
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consideration in this version. However, I'm a grad student now (Education
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Technology, Mankato State University), so I have a lot of time on my hands
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(yeah, right!).
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It is my hope that this new version will be much superior to version 2.x. One
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of the main problems with 2.x was not that it was too long (well, it is too
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long, but that's irrelevant), but much of its length was attributed to non-geek
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categories (such as 'barney'). One of the goals of 3.x is to eliminate many of
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the non-geeky and unimportant categories in order to make room for geeky
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traits. "More geek, less bullshit" is a good motto. In addition, many of the
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categories (such as politics) were very poorly developed. These categories have
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been revamped and expanded to make them more fully cover all the requisite
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areas.
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Finally, despite my opinions to the contrary, I've left some of the
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"appearance" sections in. I'd like to think of looks as being not a very geeky
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trait, but it seems that many of the users of the code use it as a litmus test
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for dating or something. Thus, a geek code has become a replacement for the
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classic "what do you look like" that once permeated the net. I've eliminated
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most of the categories, but left the most important ones in. Hey, anything for
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my fellow geeks...
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In other news, the Geek Code is starting to go mainstream. It appeared with
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commentary in the February '95 issue of Boardwatch magazine as well as the
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August 1995 issue of Fast Forward, a suplement to The Washington Post. I've
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also received permission requests from people that want to translate the code
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into other languages; so far Japanese, Russian, French and ADA (ewww!). It's my
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hope that perhaps this next year can bring a little more popular media exposure
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and a true world presence. If you want to write something about the Geek Code,
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or do a translation, or anything else, please read the copyright notice at the
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end. It's fairly open, but you don't want to get in trouble, do you? If you do
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write an article or something about the Geek Code, I would like to have a copy
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if it for my own records.
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Instructions
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The geek code consists of several categories. Each category is labeled with a
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letter and some qualifiers. Go through each category and determine which set
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of qualifiers best describes you in that category. By stringing all of these
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'codes' together, you are able to construct your overall geek code. It is this
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single line of code that will inform other geeks the world over of what a great
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geek you actually are.
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Some of the qualifiers will very probably not match with you exactly. It is
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impossible to cover all possibilities in each category. Simply choose that
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qualifier that most closely matches you. Also, some activities described in a
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specific qualifier you may not engage in, while you do engage in others. Each
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description of each qualifier describes the wide range of activities that
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apply, so as long as you match with one, you can probably use that qualifier.
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After you have determined each of your qualifiers, you need to the construct
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your GEEK CODE BLOCK. Instructions are provided on how to do this towards the
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end of this file.
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Also, pay particular attention to case-sensitivity, there can be a big
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difference between a 'w' and a 'W'.
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Variables
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Geeks can seldom be strictly quantified. To facilitate the fact that within any
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one category the geek may not be able to determine a specific rating, variables
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have been designed to allow this range to be included.
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@
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for this variable, said trait is not very rigid, may change with time
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or with individual interaction. For example, Geeks who happen to very
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much enjoy Star Trek: The Next Generation, but dislike the old 60's
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series might list themselves as t++@.
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()
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for indicating "cross-overs" or ranges. Geeks who go from C+ to C---
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depending on the situation (i.e. mostly "C+") could use C+(---). @ is
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different from () in that () has finite limits within the category,
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while @ ranges all over.
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>
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for 'wannabe' ratings. Indicating that while the geek is currently at
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one rating, they are striving to reach another. For example, C++>$
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indicating a geek that is currently computer savvy, but wants to
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someday make money at it.
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$
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Indicates that this particular category is done for a living. For
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example, UL+++$ indicates that the person utilizes Unix and gets paid
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for it. Quite a lucky geek, for sure.
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?
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Unless stated otherwise within the specific category, the ? is placed
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after the category identifier and indicates that the geek has no
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knowledge about that specific category. For example, a person that has
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never even heard of Babylon 5, would list their Babylon 5 category as
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5?
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!
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Placed BEFORE the category. Unless stated otherwise, indicates that the
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person refuses to participate in this category. This is unlike the ?
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variable as the ? indicates lack of knowledge, while the ! indicates
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stubborn refusal to participate. For example, !E would be a person that
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just plain refuses to have anything to do with Emacs, while E? would be
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a person that doesn't even know what Emacs is.
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Types of Geeks
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Geeks come in many flavors. The flavors relate to the vocation (or, if a
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student, what they are training in) of the particular geek. To start a code, a
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geek must declare himself or herself to be a geek. To do this, we start the
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code with a "G" to denote "GEEK", followed by one or two letters to denote the
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geek's occupation or field of study. Multi-talented geeks with more than one
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vocational training should denote their myriad of talents with a slash between
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each vocation (example: GCS/MU/TW).
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GB --- Geek of Business
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GC --- Geek of Classics
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GCA -- Geek of Commercial Arts
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GCM -- Geek of Computer Management
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GCS -- Geek of Computer Science
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GCC -- Geek of Communications
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GE --- Geek of Engineering
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GED -- Geek of Education
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GFA -- Geek of Fine Arts
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GG --- Geek of Government
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GH --- Geek of Humanities
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GIT -- Geek of Information Technology
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GJ --- Geek of Jurisprudence (Law)
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GLS -- Geek of Library Science
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GL --- Geek of Literature
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GMC -- Geek of Mass Communications
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GM --- Geek of Math
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GMD -- Geek of Medicine
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GMU -- Geek of Music
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GPA -- Geek of Performing Arts
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GP --- Geek of Philosophy
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GS --- Geek of Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, etc.)
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GSS -- Geek of Social Science (Psychology, Sociology, etc.)
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GTW -- Geek of Technical Writing
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GO --- Geek of Other. Some types of geeks deviate from the normal geek
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activities. This is encouraged as true geeks come from all walks of
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life.
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GU --- Geek of 'Undecided'. This is a popular vocation with incoming
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freshmen.
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G! --- Geek of no qualifications. A rather miserable existence, you
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would think.
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GAT -- Geek of All Trades. For those geeks that can do anything and
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everything. GAT usually precludes the use of other vocational
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descriptors.
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APPEARANCE
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They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression. That seems
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to be ample justification to invent a time machine; just to play with the minds
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of the people that make up these silly sayings. Nevertheless, until we
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completely understand temporal mechanics and can get both a DeLorean and a Flux
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Capacitor in the same place at the same time at 88 miles an hour, we need to
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understand that how we look is a mark that will effect us for the rest of our
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lives, or at least until we change clothes.
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The Geek, of course, doesn't believe any of that crap. How we look has little
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to do with what we are inside, and who we are as people. Yet, people still want
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to know what we look like. Thus, this section allows you to list out all the
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relevant traits about what you look like on a normal geeky day.
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Dress
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It is said that "clothes make the man". Well, I understood that I was made by a
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mommy and a daddy (and there's even a category to describe the process below!).
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Maybe the people who made up that saying aren't being quite that literal...
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d++
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I tend to wear conservative dress such as a business suit or worse, a
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tie.
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d+
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Good leisure-wear. Slacks, button-shirt, etc. No jeans, tennis shoes,
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or t-shirts.
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I dress a lot like those found in catalog ads. Bland, boring, without
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life or meaning.
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d-
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I'm usually in jeans and a t-shirt.
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d--
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My t-shirts go a step further and have a trendy political message on
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them.
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d---
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Punk dresser, including, but not limited to, torn jeans and shirts,
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body piercings, and prominent tattoos.
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dx
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Cross Dresser
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d?
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I have no idea what I am wearing right now, let alone what I wore
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yesterday.
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!d
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No clothing. Quite a fashion statement, don't you think?
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dpu
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I wear the same clothes all the time, no matter the occasion,
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forgetting to do laundry between wearings.
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Shape
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Geeks come in many shapes and sizes. Shape code is divided into two parts. The
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first indicates height, while the second indicates roundness. Mix each section
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to fit yourself. Examples include: s:++, s++:, s++:--.
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s+++:+++
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I usually have to duck through doors/I take up three movie seats.
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s++:++
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I'm a basketball/linebacker candidate.
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s+:+
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I'm a little taller/rounder than most.
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s:
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I'm an average geek
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s-:-
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I look up to most people. Everyone tells me to gain a few pounds.
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s--:--
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I look up to damn near everybody. I tend to have to fight against a
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strong breeze.
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s---:---
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I take a phone book with me when I go out so I can see to eat dinner.
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My bones are poking through my skin.
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Age
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The only way to become a true geek is through practice and experience. To this
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end, your age becomes an important part of your geekiness. Use the qualifiers
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below to show your age (in Terran years). Also, please use BASE 10 numbers.
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a+++
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60 and up
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a++
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50-59
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a+
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40-49
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30-39
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25-29
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a--
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20-24
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15-19
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10-14
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a-----
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9 and under (Geek in training?)
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a?
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immortal
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!a
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it's none of your business how old I am
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In addition, if you wish to give your exact age, you can place the number after
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the 'a' identifier. For example: a42
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COMPUTERS
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There is a record of geeks that don't use computers. Unfortunately, they are
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all dead, having lived in an era of no computers. All modern geeks have some
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exposure to computers. If you don't know what a computer is, you need to go
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back into your shell.
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Computers
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Most geeks identify themselves by their use of computers and computer networks.
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In order to quantify your geekiness level on computers, consult the following
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(consider the term 'computers' synonymous with 'computer network'). This
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category represents "general" computer aptitude. Categories below will get into
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specifics.
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C++++
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I'll be first in line to get the new cybernetic interface installed
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into my skull.
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C+++
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You mean there is life outside of Internet? You're shittin' me! I
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haven't dragged myself to class in weeks.
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C++
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Computers are a large part of my existence. When I get up in the
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morning, the first thing I do is log myself in. I play games or mud on
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weekends, but still manage to stay off of academic probation.
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C+
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Computers are fun and I enjoy using them. I play a mean game of DOOM!
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and can use a word processor without resorting to the manual too often.
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I know that a 3.5" disk is not a hard disk. I also know that when it
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says 'press any key to continue', I don't have to look for a key
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labeled 'ANY'.
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C
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Computers are a tool, nothing more. I use it when it serves my purpose.
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C-
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Anything more complicated than my calculator and I'm screwed.
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C--
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Where's the on switch?
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If you even mention computers, I will rip your head off!
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UNIX
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It seems that a Unix-based operating system is the OS of choice among most
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geeks. In addition to telling us about your Unix abilities, you can also show
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which specific Unix OS you are using. To accomplish this, you include a letter
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showing the brand with your rating. For example: UL++++ would indicate a
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sysadmin running Linux.
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B - BSD (use this unless your BSDish system is mentioned below)
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L - Linux
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U - Ultrix
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A - AIX
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V - SysV
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H - HPUX
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I - IRIX
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O - OSF/1 (aka Digital Unix)
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S - Sun OS/Solaris
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C - SCO Unix
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X - NeXT
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* - Some other one not listed
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U++++
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I am the sysadmin. If you try and crack my machine don't be surprised
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if the municipal works department gets an "accidental"
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computer-generated order to put start a new landfill on your front lawn
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or your quota is reduced to 4K.
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U+++
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I don't need to crack /etc/passwd because I just modified it so that it
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doesn't prompt me. The admin staff doesn't even know I'm here. If you
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don't understand what I just said, this category does NOT apply to you!
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U++
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I've get the entire admin ticked off at me because I am always using
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all of the CPU time and trying to run programs that I don't have access
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to. I'm going to try cracking /etc/passwd next week, just don't tell
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anyone.
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U+
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I not only have a Unix account, but I slam VMS any chance get.
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I have a Unix account to do my stuff in
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I have a VMS account.
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U--
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I've seen Unix and didn't like it. DEC rules!
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Unix geeks are actually nerds in disguise.
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Perl
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If you enjoy at least U++ status you have to know about Perl, so you might as
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well rate yourself in this sub-category. Non-Unix geeks don't know what they're
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missing.
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P+++++
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I am Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, or Randal Schwartz.
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P++++
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I don't write Perl, I speak it. Perl has superseded all other
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programming languages. I firmly believe that all programs can be
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reduced to a Perl one-liner. I use Perl to achieve U+++ status.
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P+++
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Perl is a very powerful programming tool. Not only do I no longer write
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shell scripts, I also no longer use awk or sed. I use Perl for all
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programs of less than a thousand lines.
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P++
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Perl is a powerful programming tool. I don't write shell scripts
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anymore because I write them in Perl.
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P+
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I know of Perl. I like Perl. I just haven't learned much Perl, but it
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is on my agenda.
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P
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I know Perl exists, but that's all.
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P-
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What's Perl got that awk and sed don't have?
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P--
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Perl users are sick, twisted programmers who are just showing off.
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P---
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Perl combines the power of sh, the clarity of sed, and the performance
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of awk with the simplicity of C. It should be banned.
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P!
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Our paranoid admin won't let us install Perl! Says it's a "hacking
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Linux
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Linux is a hacker-written operating system virtually identical to Unix. It was
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written for and continues to run on your standard 386/486/Pentium PC, but has
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also been ported to other systems. Because it is still a young OS, and because
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it is continually evolving from hacker changes and support, it is important
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that the geek list his Linux ability.
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L+++++
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I am Linus, grovel before me.
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L++++
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I am a Linux wizard. I munch C code for breakfast and have enough room
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left over for a kernel debugging. I have so many patches installed that
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I lost track about ten versions ago. Linux newbies consider me a
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net.god.
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L+++
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I use Linux exclusively on my system. I monitor comp.os.linux.* and
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even answer questions sometimes.
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L++
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I use Linux ALMOST exclusively on my system. I've given up trying to
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achieve Linux.God status, but welcome the OS as a replacement for DOS.
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I only boot to DOS to play games.
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L+
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I've managed to get Linux installed and even used it a few times. It
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seems like it is just another OS.
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L
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I know what Linux is, but that's about all
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L-
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I have no desire to use Linux and frankly don't give a rats patootie
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about it. There are other, better, operating systems out there. Like
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Mac, DOS, or Amiga-OS. Or, better yet even, would be another free Unix
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OS like FreeBSD.
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L--
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Unix sucks. Because Linux = Unix. Linux Sucks. I worship Bill Gates.
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L---
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I am Bill Gates.
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Emacs
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GNU Emacs is the do-all be-everything editor/operating system available for
|
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just about every computer architecture out there.
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E+++
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Emacs is my login shell!! M-x doctor is my psychologist! I use emacs to
|
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control my TV and toaster oven! All you vi people don't know what
|
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you're missing! I read alt.religion.emacs, alt.sex.emacs, and
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comp.os.emacs.
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E++
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I know and use elisp regularly!
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E+
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Emacs is great! I read my mail and news with it!
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E
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Yeah, I know what emacs is, and use it as my regular editor.
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E-
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Emacs is too big and bloated for my tastes
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E--
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Emacs is just a fancy word processor
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E---
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Emacs sucks! vi forever!!!
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E----
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Emacs sucks! pico forever!!!
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World Wide Web
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It's relatively new. It's little understood. Everybody's doing it. How much of
|
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a web-surfer are you?
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W+++
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I am a WebMaster. Don't even think about trying to view my homepage
|
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without the latest version of Netscape. When I'm not on my normal net
|
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connection, I surf the web using my Newton and a cellular modem.
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W++
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|
I have a homepage. I surf daily. My homepage is advertised in my
|
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.signature.
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W+
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I have the latest version of Netscape, and wander the web only when
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there's something specific I'm looking for.
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|
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W
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I have a browser and a connection. Occasionally I'll use them.
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W-
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|
The web is really a pain. Life was so much easier when you could
|
|
transfer information by simple ASCII. Now everyone won't even consider
|
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your ideas unless you spiff them up with bandwidth-consuming pictures
|
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and pointless information links.
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W--
|
|
A pox on the Web! It wastes time and bandwidth and just gives the
|
|
uneducated morons a reason to clutter the Internet.
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USENET News
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|
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Usenet, a global collection of flaming opinions and senseless babble, was
|
|
designed as a way to eat up precious spool space on a system's hard drive. It
|
|
also is a way for people to distribute pornography.
|
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N++++
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|
I am Tim Pierce
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N+++
|
|
I read so many newsgroups that the next batch of news comes in before I
|
|
finish reading the last batch, and I have to read for about 2 hours
|
|
straight before I'm caught up on the morning's news. Then there's the
|
|
afternoon...
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|
N++
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|
I read all the news in a select handful of groups.
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|
|
N+
|
|
I read news recreationally when I have some time to kill.
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|
|
N
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|
Usenet News? Sure, I read that once
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|
|
N-
|
|
News is a waste of my time and I avoid it completely
|
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|
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N--
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|
News sucks! 'Nuff said.
|
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|
|
N---
|
|
I work for Time Magazine.
|
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|
|
N----
|
|
I am a Scientologist.
|
|
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|
N*
|
|
All I do is read news
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|
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|
|
USENET Oracle
|
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|
|
(Info taken from the Usenet Oracle Help File)
|
|
Throughout the history of mankind, there have been many Oracles who have been
|
|
consulted by many mortals, and some immortals. The great Hercules was told by
|
|
the Gelphic Oracle to serve Eurystheus, king of Mycenae, for twelve years to
|
|
atone for the murder of his own children. It was the Oracle of Ammon who told
|
|
King Cepheus to chain his daughter Andromeda to the rocks of jappa to appease
|
|
the terrible sea monster that was ravaging the coasts. That solution was never
|
|
tested, though, as Perseus saved the girl in the nick of time.
|
|
|
|
With the advent of the electronic age, and expecially high-speed e-mail
|
|
communication, the spirit of the Oracles found a new outlet, and we now
|
|
recognize another great Oracle, the Usenet Oracle.
|
|
|
|
For more information, check out the newsgroups rec.humor.oracle and
|
|
rec.humor.oracle.d or the FTP archives at cs.indiana.edu:/pub/oracle.
|
|
Additional information and instructions can be found by sending an e-mail
|
|
message with the subject of 'help' to oracle@cs.indiana.edu.
|
|
|
|
o+++++
|
|
I am Steve Kinzler
|
|
|
|
o++++
|
|
I am an active Priest
|
|
|
|
o+++
|
|
I was a Priest, but have retired.
|
|
|
|
o++
|
|
I have made the Best Of Oracularities.
|
|
|
|
o+
|
|
I have been incarnated at least once.
|
|
|
|
o
|
|
I've submitted a question, but it has never been incarnated.
|
|
|
|
o-
|
|
I sent my question to the wrong group and got flamed.
|
|
|
|
o--
|
|
Who needs answers from a bunch of geeks anyhow?
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
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|
|
Kibo
|
|
|
|
Kibo is. That is all that can be said. If you don't understand, read
|
|
alt.religion.kibology
|
|
|
|
K++++++
|
|
I am Kibo
|
|
|
|
K+++++
|
|
I've had sex with Kibo
|
|
|
|
K++++
|
|
I've met Kibo
|
|
|
|
K+++
|
|
I've gotten mail from Kibo
|
|
|
|
K++
|
|
I've read Kibo
|
|
|
|
K+
|
|
I like Kibo
|
|
|
|
K
|
|
I know who Kibo is
|
|
|
|
K-
|
|
I don't know who Kibo is
|
|
|
|
K--
|
|
I dislike Kibo
|
|
|
|
K---
|
|
I am currently hunting Kibo down with the intent of ripping his
|
|
still-beating heart out of his chest and showing it to him as he dies
|
|
|
|
K----
|
|
I am Xibo
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Microsoft Windows
|
|
|
|
A good many geeks suffer through the use of various versions of Microsoft's
|
|
Windows running on or as a replacement for DOS. Rate your Windows Geekiness.
|
|
|
|
w+++++
|
|
I am Bill Gates
|
|
|
|
w++++
|
|
I have Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT, and Windows NT Advanced Server
|
|
all running on my SMP RISC machine. I haven't seen daylight in six
|
|
months.
|
|
|
|
w+++
|
|
I am a MS Windows programming god. I wrote a VxD driver to allow MS
|
|
Windows and DOS to share the use of my waffle iron. P.S. Unix sux.
|
|
|
|
w++
|
|
I write MS Windows programs in C and think about using C++ someday.
|
|
I've written at least one DLL.
|
|
|
|
w+
|
|
I have installed my own custom sounds, wallpaper, and screen savers so
|
|
my PC walks and talks like a fun house. Oh yeah, I have a hundred
|
|
TrueType(tm) fonts that I've installed but never used. I never lose
|
|
Minesweeper and Solitaire
|
|
|
|
w
|
|
Ok, so I use MS Windows, I don't have to like it.
|
|
|
|
w-
|
|
I'm still trying to install MS Windows and have at least one peripheral
|
|
that never works right
|
|
|
|
w--
|
|
MS Windows is a joke operating system. Hell, it's not even an operating
|
|
system. NT is Not Tough enough for me either. 95 is how may times it
|
|
will crash an hour.
|
|
|
|
w---
|
|
Windows has set back the computing industry by at least 10 years. Bill
|
|
Gates should be drawn, quartered, hung, shot, poisoned, disembowelled,
|
|
and then REALLY hurt.
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
OS/2
|
|
|
|
The operating system that looks a lot like Windows, acts a lot like Windows,
|
|
but is much better than Windows.
|
|
|
|
O+++
|
|
I live, eat and breathe OS/2. All of my hard drives are HPFS. I am the
|
|
Anti-Gates.
|
|
|
|
O++
|
|
I use OS/2 for all my computing needs. I use some DOS and Windows
|
|
programs, but run them under OS/2. If the program won't run under OS/2,
|
|
then obviously I don't need it.
|
|
|
|
O+
|
|
I keep a DOS partition on my hard drive "just in case". I'm afraid to
|
|
try HPFS.
|
|
|
|
O
|
|
I finally managed to get OS/2 installed but wasn't too terribly
|
|
impressed.
|
|
|
|
O-
|
|
Tried it, didn't like it.
|
|
|
|
O--
|
|
I can't even get the thing to install!
|
|
|
|
O---
|
|
Windows RULES!!! Long live Bill Gates. (See w++++)
|
|
|
|
O----
|
|
I am Bill Gates of Borg. OS/2 is irrelevant.
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Macintosh
|
|
|
|
Many geeks have abandoned the character-based computer altogether and moved
|
|
over to the Macintosh. It in important to give notification of your Mac rating.
|
|
|
|
M++
|
|
I am a Mac guru. Anything those DOS putzes and Unix nerds can do, I can
|
|
do better, and if not, I'll write the damn software to do it.
|
|
|
|
M+
|
|
A Mac has it's uses and I use it quite often.
|
|
|
|
M
|
|
I use a Mac, but I'm pretty indifferent about it.
|
|
|
|
M-
|
|
Macs suck. All real geeks have a character prompt.
|
|
|
|
M--
|
|
Macs do more than suck. They make a user stupid by allowing them to use
|
|
the system without knowing what they are doing. Mac weenies have lower
|
|
IQs than the fuzz in my navel.
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
VMS
|
|
|
|
Many geeks use the VMS operating system by DEC for all of their mainframe and
|
|
network activity.
|
|
|
|
V+++
|
|
I am a VMS sysadmin. I wield far more power than those UNIX admins,
|
|
because UNIX can be found on any dweeb's desktop. Power through
|
|
obscurity is my motto.
|
|
|
|
V++
|
|
Unix is a passing fad compared to the real power in the universe, my
|
|
VMS system.
|
|
|
|
V+
|
|
I tend to like VMS better than Unix
|
|
|
|
V
|
|
I've used VMS.
|
|
|
|
V-
|
|
Unix is much better than VMS for my computing needs.
|
|
|
|
V--
|
|
I would rather smash my head repeatedly into a brick wall than suffer
|
|
the agony of working with VMS. It's reminiscent of a dead and decaying
|
|
pile of moose droppings. Unix rules the universe.
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
POLITICS
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
The last few years has seen the rise of the political geek. This phenomena is
|
|
little understood, but some theorize that it has come about because of the
|
|
popular media's attempts to demonize the Internet and computer use in general,
|
|
and the government's willingness to go along with it. Others propose that the
|
|
aging geek population has simply started taking an interest in the world around
|
|
them. Some support the "Sun Spot" theory.
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Political and Social Issues
|
|
|
|
We live in a society where everyone not only has a right to, but is expected
|
|
to, whine and complain about everyone else. Rate where, in general, your
|
|
political views on different social issues fall.
|
|
|
|
PS+++
|
|
Legalize drugs! Abolish the government. "Fuck the draft!"
|
|
|
|
PS++
|
|
I give to liberal causes. I march for gay rights. I'm a card carrying
|
|
member of the ACLU. Keep abortion safe and legal.
|
|
|
|
PS+
|
|
My whole concept of liberalism is that nobody has the right to tell
|
|
anybody else what to do, on either side of the political fence. If you
|
|
don't like it, turn the bloody channel.
|
|
|
|
PS
|
|
I really don't have an opinion; nobody's messing with my freedoms right
|
|
now.
|
|
|
|
PS-
|
|
Label records! Keep dirty stuff off the TV and the Internet.
|
|
|
|
PS--
|
|
Oppose sex education, abortion rights, gay rights. Rush Limbaugh is my
|
|
spokesman.
|
|
|
|
PS---
|
|
Repent left-wing sinners and change your wicked evil ways.
|
|
Buchanan/Robertson in '96.
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Politics and Economic Issues
|
|
|
|
Social and economic attitudes are seldom on the same side of the political
|
|
fence. Of course, most geeks don't really care much about economics; having no
|
|
money left after buying new computer toys.
|
|
|
|
PE+++
|
|
Abolish antitrust legislation. Raise taxes on everyone but the rich so
|
|
that the money can trickle-down to the masses.
|
|
|
|
PE++
|
|
Keep the government off the backs of businesses. Deregulate as much as
|
|
possible.
|
|
|
|
PE+
|
|
Balance the budget with spending cuts and an amendment.
|
|
|
|
PE
|
|
Distrust both government and business.
|
|
|
|
PE-
|
|
It's ok to increase government spending, so we can help more poor
|
|
people. Tax the rich! Cut the defense budget!
|
|
|
|
PE--
|
|
Capitalism is evil! Government should provide the services we really
|
|
need. Nobody should be rich.
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Cypherpunks
|
|
|
|
With the birth of the overused buzzword "The Information Superhighway",
|
|
concerns over privacy from evil governmental bad-guys{tm} has led to the
|
|
formation of of an unofficial, loosely organized band of civil libertarians who
|
|
spend much of their time discussing how to ensure privacy in the information
|
|
future. This group is known by some as "cypherpunks" (by others, as anarchistic
|
|
subversives). To this end, tell us how punkish you are.
|
|
|
|
Y+++
|
|
I am T.C. May
|
|
|
|
Y++
|
|
I am on the cypherpunks mailing list and active around Usenet. I never
|
|
miss an opportunity to talk about the evils of Clipper and ITAR and the
|
|
NSA. Orwell's 1984 is more than a story, it is a warning to our's and
|
|
future generations. I'm a member of the EFF.
|
|
|
|
Y+
|
|
I have an interest and concern in privacy issues, but in reality I am
|
|
not really all that active or vocal.
|
|
|
|
Y
|
|
I'm pretty indifferent on the whole issue.
|
|
|
|
Y-
|
|
It seems to me that all of these concerns are a little extreme. I mean,
|
|
the government must be able to protect itself from criminals and the
|
|
populace from indecent speech.
|
|
|
|
Y--
|
|
Get a life. The only people that need this kind of protection are
|
|
people with something to hide. I think cypherpunks are just a little
|
|
paranoid.
|
|
|
|
Y---
|
|
I am L. Detweiler.
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
PGP
|
|
|
|
Pretty Good Privacy (aka PGP) is a program available on many platforms that
|
|
will encrypt files so that prying eyes (particularly governmental) can't look
|
|
at them.
|
|
|
|
PGP++++
|
|
I am Philip Zimmerman
|
|
|
|
PGP+++
|
|
I don't send or answer mail that is not encrypted, or at the very least
|
|
signed. If you are reading this without decrypting it first, something
|
|
is wrong. IT DIDN'T COME FROM ME!
|
|
|
|
PGP++
|
|
I have the most recent version and use it regularly
|
|
|
|
PGP+
|
|
"Finger me for my public key"
|
|
|
|
PGP
|
|
I've used it, but stopped long ago.
|
|
|
|
PGP-
|
|
I don't have anything to hide.
|
|
|
|
PGP--
|
|
I feel that the glory of the Internet is in the anarchic, trusting
|
|
environment that so nurtures the exchange of information. Encryption
|
|
just bogs that down.
|
|
|
|
PGP---
|
|
If you support encryption on the Internet, you must be a drug dealer or
|
|
terrorist or something like that.
|
|
|
|
PGP----
|
|
Oh, here is something you all can use that is better (insert Clipper
|
|
here).
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
ENTERTAINMENT
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Geeks love to play. No matter their age, all geeks enjoy playing. Of course,
|
|
the object of this entertainment takes a myriad of different forms. What is it
|
|
that pushes a geek to play? Is it simply a desire to relive their childhood? Or
|
|
perhaps there is a piece of geeky genetic code that requires intellectual
|
|
stimulation. Who knows, maybe it's a Freudian thing...
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Star Trek
|
|
|
|
Most geeks have an undeniable love for the Star Trek television show (in any of
|
|
its different incarnations). Because GEEK is often synonymous with TREKKIE
|
|
(real geeks aren't so anal as to label themselves TREKKER), it is important
|
|
that all geeks list their Trek rating.
|
|
|
|
t+++
|
|
It's not just a TV show, it's a religion. I know all about warp field
|
|
dynamics and the principles behind the transporter. I have memorized
|
|
the TECH manual. I speak Klingon. I go to cons with Vulcan ears on. I
|
|
have no life.
|
|
|
|
t++
|
|
It's the best show around. I have all the episodes and the movies on
|
|
tape and can quote entire scenes verbatim. I've built a few of the
|
|
model kits too. But you'll never catch me at one of those conventions.
|
|
Those people are kooks.
|
|
|
|
t+
|
|
It's a damn fine TV show and is one of the only things good on
|
|
television any more.
|
|
|
|
t
|
|
It's just another TV show
|
|
|
|
t-
|
|
Maybe it is just me, but I have no idea what the big deal with Star
|
|
Trek is. Perhaps I'm missing something but I just think it is bad
|
|
drama.
|
|
|
|
t--
|
|
Star Trek is just another Space Opera. William Shatner isn't an actor,
|
|
he's a poser! And what's with this Jean-Luc Picard? A Frenchman with a
|
|
British accent? Come on. Isn't Voyager just a rehash of Lost in Space?
|
|
Has Sisko even breathed in the last two seasons? Come on. I'd only
|
|
watch this show if my remote control broke.
|
|
|
|
t---
|
|
Star Trek SUCKS! It is the worst crap I have ever seen! Hey, all you
|
|
trekkies out there, GET A LIFE! (William Shatner is a t---)
|
|
|
|
t*
|
|
I identify with Barclay, the greatest of the Trek Geeks.
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Babylon 5
|
|
|
|
For many years, Sci-Fi geeks have wished for a television show that would
|
|
overcome the limitations of Star Trek. For many, a show called Babylon 5 has
|
|
met that demand, with a deep storyline, exciting characters and
|
|
state-of-the-art computer generated effects.
|
|
|
|
5++++
|
|
I am J. Michael Straczynski
|
|
|
|
5+++
|
|
I am a True Worshipper of the Church of Joe who lives eats breathes and
|
|
thinks Babylon 5, and has Evil thoughts about stealing Joe's videotape
|
|
archives just to see episodes earlier. I am planning to break into the
|
|
bank and steal the triple-encoded synopsis of the 5-year arc.
|
|
|
|
5++
|
|
Finally a show that shows what a real future would look like. None of
|
|
this Picardian "Let's talk about it and be friends" crap. And what's
|
|
this? We finally get to see a bathroom! Over on that Enterprise,
|
|
they've been holding it for over seven years!
|
|
|
|
5+
|
|
Babylon 5 certainly presents a fresh perspective in the Sci-Fi
|
|
universe. I watch it weekly.
|
|
|
|
5
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I've seen it, I am pretty indifferent to it.
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5-
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This show is sub-par. The acting is wooden, the special effects are
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obviously poor quality. In general, it seems like a very cheap Star
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Trek ripoff.
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5--
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You call this Sci-Fi? That is such a load of crap! This show is just a
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soap with bad actors, piss-poor effects, and lame storylines.
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Puh-leese.
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X-Files
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The Fox Network's Friday evening show The X-Files has become the staple of
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Friday geekhood. Any show that has aliens, governmental conspiracies, aliens,
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psychic powers, aliens, and other weird stuff is, by definition, a geeky show.
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X++++
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I am Chris Carter
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X+++
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This is the BEST show on TV, and it's about time. I've seen everything
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David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson have ever done that been recorded
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and I'm a loyal Duchovny/ Gillian Anderson fan. I've Converted at least
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10 people. I have every episode at SP, debate the fine details on-line,
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and have a credit for at least 2 YAXAs.
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X++
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This is one of the better shows I've seen. I wish I'd taped everything
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from the start at SP, because I'm wearing out my EP tapes. I'll
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periodically debate online. I've Converted at least 5 people. I've
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gotten a YAXA.
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X+
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I've Converted my family and watch the show when I remember. It's
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really kinda fun.
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X
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Ho hum. Just another Fox show.
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X-
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It's ok if you like paranoia and conspiracy stories, but, let's face
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it, it's crap.
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X--
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If I wanted to watch this kind of stuff, I'd talk to Oliver Stone
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Role Playing
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Role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons have long been a part of the
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traditional geek life. Because geeks often become so involved in their
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role-playing that they lose touch with reality, include one of the following
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role-playing codes.
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R+++
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I've written and published my own gaming materials.
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R++
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There is no life outside the role of the die. I know all of piddly
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rules of (chosen game). _MY_ own warped rules scare the rest of the
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players.
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R+
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I've got my weekly sessions set up and a character that I know better
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than I know myself.
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R
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Role-Playing? That's just something to do to kill a Saturday afternoon
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R-
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Gosh, what an utter waste of time!
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R--
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Role-Players are instruments of pure evil.
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R---
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I work for T$R.
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R*
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I thought life WAS role-playing?
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Television
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Many geeks have lives that revolve around television.
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tv+++
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There's nothing I can experience "out there" that I can't see coming
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over my satellite dish. I wish there were MORE channels. I live for the
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O.J. Trial.
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tv++
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I just leave the tv on, to make sure I don't miss anything.
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tv+
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I watch some tv every day.
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tv
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I watch only the shows that are actually worthwhile, such as those
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found on PBS.
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tv-
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I watch tv for the news and 'special programming.'
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tv--
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I turn my tv on during natural disasters.
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!tv
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I do not own a television.
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Books
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In addition (or maybe on the other hand), many geeks have lives that revolve
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around books.
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b++++
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I read a book a day. I have library cards in three states. I have
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discount cards from every major bookstore. I've ordered books from
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another country to get my Favorite Author Fix.
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b+++
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I consume a few books a week as part of a staple diet.
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b++
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I find the time to get through at least one new book a month.
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b+
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I enjoy reading, but don't get the time very often.
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b
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I read the newspaper and the occasional book.
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b-
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I read when there is no other way to get the information.
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b--
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I did not actually READ the geek code, I just had someone tell me.
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Dilbert
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Simply the geekiest comic strip in existence.
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http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/ for more information.
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DI+++++
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I am Scott Adams.
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DI++++
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I've received mail from Scott Adams. I'm in the DNRC (Dogbert's New
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Ruling Class).
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DI+++
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I am a Dilbert prototype
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DI++
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I work with people that act a lot like Dilbert and his boss.
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DI+
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I read Dilbert daily, often understanding it
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DI
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I read Dilbert infrequently, rarely understanding it
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DI-
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Is that the comic about the engineers?
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DI--
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Don't read it, but I think the dog is kinda cute.
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DI---
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I don't think it's funny to make fun of managers trying their best to
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run their organizational units.
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DOOM!
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There is a game out for the PCs and other computers called DOOM. It's a 3D
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virtual reality simulation where you race around and blow things away with
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large-caliber weaponry. This has led to a series of similar games such as the
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Star Wars themed Dark Forces. Tell us about your abilities with these 3D games.
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(yes, some of them aren't actually Doom. Cope!)
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D++++
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I work for iD Software.
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D+++
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I crank out PWAD files daily, complete with new monsters, weaponry,
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sounds and maps. I'm a DOOM God. I can solve the original maps in
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nightmare mode with my eyes closed.
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D++
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I've played the shareware version and bought the real one and I'm
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actually pretty good at the game. I occasionally download PWAD files
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and play them too.
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D+
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It's a fun, action game that is a nice diversion on a lazy afternoon.
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D
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I've played the game and I'm pretty indifferent.
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D-
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I've played the game and really didn't think it was all that
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impressive.
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D--
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It's an overly-violent game and pure crap
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D---
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To hell with Doom, I miss Zork.
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D----
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I've seen better on my Atari 2600
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The Geek Code
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G+++++
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I am Robert Hayden
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G++++
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I have made a suggestion for future versions of the code (note that
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making a suggestion just to get a G++++ rating doesn't count, you also
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have to at least qualify for a G+++ rating :-)
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G+++
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I have memorized the entire geek code, and can decode others' codes in
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my head. I know by heart where to find the current version of the code
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on the net.
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G++
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I know what each letter means, but sometimes have to look up the
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specifics.
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G+
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I was once G++ (or higher), but the new versions are getting too long
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and too complicated.
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G
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I know what the geek code is and even did up this code.
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G-
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What a tremendous waste of time this Geek Code is.
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G--
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Not only a waste of time, but it obviously shows that this Hayden guy
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needs a life.
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LIFESTYLE
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Geeks, unlike the lower lifeforms known as nerds, have lives. They have things
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to do that are in the outside world. Of course, this is usually done with other
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geeks, but that's not the point. The point is,, that geeks are not necessarily
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the outcasts society often believes they are. The fact is that society isn't
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kool enough to be included in our activities.
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Education
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All geeks have a varying amount of education.
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e+++++
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I am Stephen Hawking
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e++++
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Managed to get my Ph.D.
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e+++
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Got a Masters degree
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e++
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Got a Bachelors degree
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e+
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Got an Associates degree
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e
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Finished High School
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e-
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Haven't finished High School
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e--
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Haven't even entered High School
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e*
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I learned everything there is to know about life from the "Hitchhiker's
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Trilogy".
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Housing
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Tell us about your geeky home.
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h++
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Living in a cave with 47 computers and an Internet feed, located near a
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Dominoes pizza. See !d.
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h+
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Living alone, get out once a week to buy food, no more than once a
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month to do laundry. All surfaces covered.
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h
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Friends come over to visit every once in a while to talk about Geek
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things. There is a place for them to sit.
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h-
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Living with one or more registered Geeks.
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h--
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Living with one or more people who know nothing about being a Geek and
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refuse to watch Babylon 5.
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h---
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Married, (persons living romantically with someone might as well label
|
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themselves h---, you're as good as there already.)
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h----
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Married with children - Al Bundy can sympathize
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h!
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I am stuck living with my parents!
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h*
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|
I'm not sure where I live anymore. This lab/workplace seems like home
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to me.
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Relationships
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|
While many geeks are highly successful at having relationships, a good many
|
|
more are not. Give us the gritty details.
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|
r+++
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Found someone, dated, and am now married.
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r++
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I've dated my current S.O. for a long time.
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r+
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I date frequently, bouncing from one relationship to another.
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r
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I date periodically.
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r-
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I have difficulty maintaining a relationship.
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r--
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People just aren't interested in dating me.
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r---
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I'm beginning to think that I'm a leper or something, the way people
|
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avoid me like the plague.
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!r
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I've never had a relationship.
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r*
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signifying membership in the SBCA (Sour Bachelor(ette)'s Club of
|
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America). The motto is 'Bitter, but not Desperate'. First founded at
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Caltech.
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r%
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I was going out with someone, but the asshole dumped me.
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Sex
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Geeks have traditionally had problems with sex (ie, they never have any).
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Because geeks are so wrapped up in their sexuality (or lack of sexuality for
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that matter), it is important that the geek be willing to quantify their sexual
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experiences.
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This code also is used to denote the gender of the geek. Females use 'x' in
|
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this category, while males use 'y'. Those that do not wish to disclose their
|
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gender can use 'z'. For example:
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* x+ -- A female who has had sex
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* y+ -- A male who has had sex.
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* z+ -- A person (gender undisclosed) who has had sex.
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For those persons who do not wish to give out any details of their sex life,
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the use of z? (where z is the gender code) will allow you to do so.
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z+++++
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I am Madonna
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z++++
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I have a few little rug rats to prove I've been there. Besides, with
|
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kids around, who has time for sex?
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z+++
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I'm married, so I can get it (theoretically) whenever I want.
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z++
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I was once referred to as 'easy'. I have no idea where that might have
|
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come from though.
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z+
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I've had real, live sex.
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z
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I've had sex. Oh! You mean with someone else? Then no.
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z-
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Not having sex by choice.
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z--
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Not having sex because I just can't get any...
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z---
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Not having sex because I'm a nun or a priest.
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z*
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I'm a pervert.
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z**
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I've been known to make perverts look like angels.
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!z
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Sex? What's that? I've had no sexual experiences.
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z?
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It's none of your business what my sex life is like (this is used to
|
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denote your gender only).
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!z+
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Sex? What's that? No experience, willing to learn!
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How to Display Your Code
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|
|
Now that you have your ratings for each of the above categories, it's time to
|
|
assemble your code for displaying to the world. Take each category you
|
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determined and list them all together with one space between each one. If you
|
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run out space on one line, continue it on the next. When completed, it will
|
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look something like the following:
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GED/J d-- s:++>: a-- C++(++++) ULU++ P+ L++ E---- W+(-) N+++ o+ K+++
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w--- O- M+ V-- PS++>$ PE++>$ Y++ PGP++ t- 5+++ X++ R+++>$ tv+ b+ DI+++
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D+++ G+++++ e++ h r-- y++**
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|
If you are going to place your Geek Code into your .signature or .plan file
|
|
(highly recommended), you should create your GEEK CODE BLOCK. This parody of
|
|
the output created by the PGP program will attempt to universalize how you will
|
|
see the Geek Code around the net. Your GEEK CODE BLOCK will look like the
|
|
following:
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|
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
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Version: 3.1
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GED/J d-- s:++>: a-- C++(++++) ULU++ P+ L++ E---- W+(-) N+++ o+ K+++ w---
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O- M+ V-- PS++>$ PE++>$ Y++ PGP++ t- 5+++ X++ R+++>$ tv+ b+ DI+++ D+++
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G+++++ e++ h r-- y++**
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|
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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|
As you can see, the actual code hasn't changed. However, the version number of
|
|
the code you are using is displayed along with lines starting and ending the
|
|
code. Make sure to duplicate the start and end lines exactly as the example in
|
|
order to maintain a net-wide standard (ie. five dashes front and back for the
|
|
BEGIN line and six for the END line, and all capital letters.)
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|
|
"HELP!" you scream as your mailer or news reader won't let you post more than
|
|
four lines in the .signature. That is because some anal programs limit the size
|
|
of your signature. Your next best bet, then is to put your GEEK CODE BLOCK into
|
|
your .plan file and put something to the effect of "Finger for Geek Code" into
|
|
your .signature. That, or get a better mailer.
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Where to find the Geek Code
|
|
|
|
The Geek Code is available at the following official sites. All other sites are
|
|
not official:
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|
|
Via World Wide Web
|
|
http://www.geekcode.com/ (HTML Format)
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Copyright
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The Geek Code is copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 by Robert A. Hayden. All
|
|
rights reserved. You are free to distribute this code in electronic format
|
|
provided that the file remains unmodified and this copyright notice remains
|
|
attached. This copyright prohibits HTMLizing the code for publication on the
|
|
web. If you wish to publish abstracts or portions of the code, contact the
|
|
author for permission. If you wish to write an article about the Geek Code,
|
|
please contact the author. All creatures not native to Earth are exempt from
|
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this copyright, however, they must prove that they qualify.
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This page is copyright c 1996 Robert A. Hayden. All rights reserved.
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