You might be a computer geek if....

Alonte · **Joined:** Jun 04, 2011 **Posts:** 254

Oregonian wrote:

Willy wrote:

I only carry one 4 GB, but it's on a lanyard which is also my key chain, does that count?

You may need one in your pocket for the times you don't need your keys.

i have three, two 2GBs and an 8GB does that count?

partha · **Joined:** Mar 14, 2011 **Posts:** 998

Alonte wrote:

Oregonian wrote:

Willy wrote:

I only carry one 4 GB, but it's on a lanyard which is also my key chain, does that count?

You may need one in your pocket for the times you don't need your keys.

i have three, two 2GBs and an 8GB does that count?

Only if you put one in a pocket protector and one around your neck.

nixnine · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:15 pm **(#23)**

I began to suspect a move towards geek-hood when 1. Found myself customizing the appearance of my terminal; 2. Looked into a way to generate QR codes and be able to read them with a webcam; and 3. spend more time refreshing my linux newsfeeds than my email.

Well, that's just a couple.

Think there's hope?

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

Quote:

Think there's hope?

Hope you'll ever be the same again? Nope. :rofl

Gms9810 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:24 pm **(#25)**

Oregonian wrote:

You have a USB flash drive on your key ring, on a lanyard around your neck, in your pocket, and stashed in several places at home and at work. You can never have too many of them.

Now that hit way too close to home! I have 6 of them that I pretty mmcu take them where I go. Oh dear, this is bad. My wife read that and said "well that would be you."

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

3 external HDs and 7 USB drives (one on a keychain). And I subscribe to PC World.

I'm thinking of subscribing to Linux Journal unless someone else knows a better magazine.

GnuTux · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:18 pm **(#27)**

..you wear out mice faster than tires on your car. :mrgreen:

Willy · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:28 pm **(#28)**

The labels on your keyboard are all worn off
aka, there is no a on your a key and you can still use it

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12850

mahvin wrote:

3 external HDs and 7 USB drives (one on a keychain). And I subscribe to PC World.

I'm thinking of subscribing to Linux Journal unless someone else knows a better magazine.

Only half the geek you are Mahvin. I only have 2 external drives and 3 Flash drives (biggest of which is only 4GBytes). lol

You ninja'd me Willy. My third keyboard/mouse is only a few months old so the keys aren't wore off yet. lol

:ninja

JFish · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:45 am **(#30)**

You write vbs and batch files for fun and your only 15

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16200

...you get so attached to your computer that even when it dies you hate to throw it away.
Also you have probably named it.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

JFish wrote:

You write vbs and batch files for fun and your only 15

That only makes you a Microsoft minion or a pervert (fun with vbs, ewwwww)

Upgrade to some manly language like C++ and/or discover the true power of Unix-style shell scripts.

GnuTux · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:23 pm **(#33)**

...anyone has ever introduced you as their "PC Guru". :smiley2

PhotoMaster · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:47 pm **(#34)**

For me it's most of them!! I have somewhere around 15 or 16 computers (I threw out about 10 old ones).
I've used PC (Dos & Windows), Linux, Unix, HPOS, Mac, VMS, 8080/6, CM/X, etc.

You might be a computer geek if....

you can program in 6 or more languages.
you know that COBOL really means "Compiles Only By Outstanding Luck"
you knew what to do on a computer with DOS 4.0
you can create a one byte file that halts any computer, regardless of OS (yes it's real)
you can write batch files that create an assembled exe file without a compiler
you know what the 640K limit was and who was really responsible
you remember that IBM supposedly means "I've Been Mislead"

Sorry if went overboard

bkh1914 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:01 pm **(#35)**

PhotoMaster wrote:

you remember that IBM supposedly means "I've Been Mislead"

According to someone I knew who worked for IBM, it stood for "I've Been Moved"
I've also heard it stands for "Itsy Bitsy Machines"

Willy · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:37 am **(#36)**

I'm probably missing something, but "International Business Machine"?

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

PhotoMaster wrote:

For me it's most of them!! I have somewhere around 15 or 16 computers (I threw out about 10 old ones).
I've used PC (Dos & Windows), Linux, Unix, HPOS, Mac, VMS, 8080/6, CM/X, etc.

You might be a computer geek if....

you can program in 6 or more languages.
you know that COBOL really means "Compiles Only By Outstanding Luck"
you knew what to do on a computer with DOS 4.0
you can create a one byte file that halts any computer, regardless of OS (yes it's real)
you can write batch files that create an assembled exe file without a compiler
you know what the 640K limit was and who was really responsible
you remember that IBM supposedly means "I've Been Mislead"

Sorry if went overboard

IBM means "It's Better Manually" (and for the employees, "I've Been Moved")

cecilia · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:59 am **(#38)**

Rod wrote:

...you get so attached to your computer that even when it dies you hate to throw it away.
Also you have probably named it.

I still have my first computer (Amiga 2000) from 1989. I will never get rid of it. Every year i celebrate it's "birthday" - which is actually the day I bought it. April 12, 1989.

I still have the Amiga 2000 that my colleague gave me - it was one of three computers we used when they started their effects shop so it has all sorts of historic meaning for me.

I still have my Dell laptop even though it's screen crapped out last summer.....We have been through a lot together. I love my computers...

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

I'm not very faithful computer-wise... I change computers every three years, what counts is what I have on the disk, and that can be copied. But I have to admit that if I had to go back to Windows I would be very distressed.

RobA · **Joined:** Jul 14, 2010 **Posts:** 697

You can't use a normal calculator 'cause you are too used to RPN.

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