the only thing that is a plus over windows is the easy of use. of course, that takes the fun out of setting up a linux system. the fact that it takes me an hour to set up windows, compared to a week for linux (gentoo at least) makes windows slightly better, but then i remember that gentoo is compiled for my system, and that it isn't going to crash anytime soon. :)

MORE!
 

-Fun for me is a 20ft tall puppet (think Epcot...)
-I've posted on this topic 4 times.
-I'm still putting off my drives ed homework to surf.

TV is evil.

I have 8 computers in my room.

I have more friends online than at school (about
150 more)

I have 2 OSes on most of my computers, more on others.

I can use two computers at the same time

My monitor is almost bigger than my TV

I use my computers more than 10 hours a day

I can tell somebody how to repartition their hard drive, reformat their hard drive, and thoroughly reinstall everything on their computer WITHOUT having to be looking at one (I know the process by heart)

I can type faster with two fingers than most people can with all their hands

I learned 99% of all my computer knowledge without anyone to teach it to me (or any books)

I've had more than 1 website at a time

I run my own webserver

I can actually use a computer without a monitor hooked up :)

I run many many many servers

My room is typically hotter than any other room in the house because my computers act as floor heaters

I do know the meaning of life too ;)

I can go through keyboards and mice faster than some people can go through toothbrushes

I am one of very few people that has ever worn out a mouse because the wire connecting it to the computer fell in pieces

I can name, and know how to fix almost every computer apple has ever made (this also applies for most other computers on the market)

I know there are at least 5 versions of the "Peanut butter jelly time" flash

The only DVDs I own are ones I've burned

When I'm bored @ school I start drawing mechanisms, buildings, neat computer case designs, etc.

I actually had dreams of playing with the following devices: ibook, ipod, powerbook

My favorite text editor is pico

When I'm bored at home I like to take websites and redo them my way, then normally sending off the idea to a webmaster

I can tell anyone the difference between a CRT and LCD.

I've actually had people yell at me to stop talking when I ramble about technological architectures and such.

I have read the white paper on countless processors and can tell you the difference between platforms, etc.

When things break I like to take them apart and fix them

I actually trust my electrical work

Most of the lights (the hard wired ones) in this house were installed by ME

I can open the hood of a car and identify nearly all of the parts and what they do, even without never knowing the car before

I can sit aside a semi-busy street and name the manufacturer of every car that goes by

I can name the brand of a computer (and usualyl it's specs) just by looking at it

When people ask me if I know (popular TV show or music video goes here, or artist, etc) I don't have a clue

I actually know more than one type of IP (interllectual property and internet protocol)

Hrmmmm what else?

*shrug*

Oh yeah: I took driver's ed on a computer instead of in a class

i forgot to mention

as Chubtoad said, our first date was Battle Cry 3.

and

i do math for fun. i buy books with math problems. and i do them for fun. all the time.

If you want a fast easy to install (and use) unix try Mac OS X.

I have darwin on one of my PCs though, and plan to have it on all of them when I get more CDs!!!

Re: Re: I'm a geek because
 

Same here.

Oh yeah, I just remembered another thing...

I play driving games better with a keyboard than I do with a controller.

And I can actually catch things in those 'grab and win' machines because I have really freaking good joystick control :)

I believe it's "geekiness" ;)

- Katie

... and yet another example ...

you can actually find it for download on the apple developer site if you know where to look :)

I know, but I don't want to download a 300 mb file when my friend has it. :D

A few more I forgot before:

I was the first to respond to this thread.

My MIT essay was on why Legos are the best invention of the 20th century.

When internet explorer crashes, I click "debug" and look through the assembly code.

I write whitepapers for fun.

In school, I do only what the teacher asks, in FIRST I end up doing about 10x what I have to.

When someone says "X" I think XFree86 (Linux).

IPv6 gives me nightmares.

Cisco 2500 routers and Catalyst 5000 switches speak to me.

My primary computer has a 5.25" floppy drive.

I know my NIC's MAC address by heart.

I see physics equations while looking at things happening in the world.

I can take derivatives with my eyes closed, but can't remember how to do long division.

LOL OK!

When someone says "X" I think of OS X ;)

I dream in Aqua..... :eek:

Same here! That darn Long Division!! i was going to try darwin now that they have it for x86, but I thought there was a very limited amount of harware supported, or is that just the gullible me reading "too much work"?

I used aqua on my website.....

http://66.127.240.184/

that'll only work right now..
I also did this last night:

http://66.127.240.184/edg/index.html