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| 16 May 10, 2:06 PM Intelligencia UK(GU), 5 yrs  |
I don't think there are more geeks, I think the word geek had moved out of a restricted classification - In my schooldays Geeks were mathematicians and computer programmers, they became pale and wan because they spent so much time hunched in front of little screens typing commands that made computers work and, somewhere along the line, the term geek became a definition of someone who has a vast raft of knowledge about any subject - so, with so many people being encouraged to increase their educational level, when I left school employers were happy with O/A levels, now they almost demand degrees before they'll even consider you, maybe we have inadvertantly created a society of geekdom. When I left school I think about 10% of my seconadry school output continued to university, now it's more like 10% don't and it must be difficult to do 3 or 4 years studying of something that you're really not into - especially when our educational achievements are now so closely monitored and league-tabled. Being intelligent has often lead to people being ostracised from the mainstream but trends and societies change - I can geek on behavioural psychology and human motivation until the cows come home, I've always been like that only now, with the added advantage of age, experience and greater acceptance from society in general, I can geek and be proud. That's just my take on it anyway. (Edited because I can't spell and bits didn't make sense) Oh, THAT old paradox! Edited 17 May 10, 8:08 PM by Intelligencia | |
| 17 May 10, 9:50 AM Mattbucks 8 yrs  |
I guess it depends on how you class geek, I wouldn't say I'm socially inept (although I am shy), I like to go out with friends, drink beer, go to football, cricket, rugby, (try and) keep fit, go outside in the sun, I also don't wear glasses, have a pocket protector, wear “geek clothes” and so on. However, I'm also doing an IT degree, built my own PC from parts, play a lot of video games, love sci-fi, have an amazing ability to absorb useless information, enjoy theoretical physics, give me some statistics to analyse for something, and not only will you get the analysis you asked for, but also every possibly relevant analysis of them. I would always have thought that it was nerd that was the bad glasses, bad clothes, socially inept, geek just denoted being generally normal apart from when a certain subject/field was brought up, or a general interest in so called “geek” subjects rather than an overriding obsession. | |
| 26 May 10, 10:23 PM Christina1394 UK(BS), 3 yrs |
Hell yeah I am, and an old-school one at that. I'm BOFH and proud these days! | |
| 20 Jun 10, 11:06 AM bloodlineS UK(SK), 8 yrs |
It's people drawing a line between Geek and Nerd. For example a passionate football fan is a footy geek .. | |
| 20 Jun 10, 1:23 PM NimueBanditQueen UK(MK), 2 yrs |
I work in IT but I leave the intense stuff to others. I like popular science, weird factoids. Steampunk mods, historical or dystopian Graphic Novels, the Ignoble prizes and Darwin awards. I guess science-lite but not the too heavy or esoteric stuff. I used to play D&D and then AD&D. Then Everquest... but I grew bored of constant killing and points scoring in pursuit of nothing real... I adore science-fiction, and fantasy is good when it is not derivative. (Which ain't all that often in the written world these days...) I have always heard it that geeks were into computers and heavy science and technology and nerds were the ones into D&D and fantasy etc. The ones who can't dress or socialise were dorks. So I am NOT primarily a geek. I am not a dork. I am a well-dressed, elegant, confident and outgoing Nerd. Can we have more nerdishness in here please? ... the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air ... Edited 20 Jun 10, 4:21 PM by NimueBanditQueen | |
| 20 Jun 10, 4:18 PM maidtina UK, 4 yrs |
Kinda similar only I have a somewhat modified G1, and looking to replace it soon with either a desire or a nexus one that I will somewhat modify. At the moment the thing that will swing which one I get is whether I can use USB host mode on the desire, which has been cracked on the N1... | |
| 20 Jun 10, 7:57 PM Litany UK(E), 11 yrs |
????? please define "Litany, a poncy show-off with wit, a camera, and his own teeth *swoon*"
Fen "You have some strange taste in music"
Me "If I didn't, I wouldn't be half as interesting" | |
| 20 Jun 10, 11:11 PM BusMaster UK(NG), 9 yrs |
The Nexus One; a new ish Google Phone and direct replacement for the Google G1 and G2 type Android Phones. Not as flashy as the HTC ones with the HTC sense overlay Makes Windows and Droid work a lot better... I have a HTC HD 2 which I like a lot; the only phone that's near it is the American Droid phone with the same size screen, but it's not comming out here.. muhahahahahahahahaa 4.3 inch high def screen Will you follow me into the Darkness, will you follow me into the Fire | |
| 12 Jul 10, 8:07 PM Eleuther UK(DH), 3 yrs |
There used to be a systematic means of sorting out geek taxonomy, but it hasn't been updated since, err, 1996 (and is arguably techie-biased, etc.). Some parts may still be serviceable. | |
| 12 Jul 10, 11:03 PM misfit UK, 3 yrs |
I am a nerd and not a geek I have been told. I have had this label since I was a member of the D&D club and the chess club when at school. M Space travels in my blood. And there ain't nothing I can do about it. |
