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... I woke up this morning, too sick to go to school, and thought, "Good. Now I have some time to work on FIRST stuff"

:D

- Katie

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If the mouse doesn't have a laser, throw it out in a week.

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Haha. I hope you mean optical sensor and LED. If not, I'm scared.

Actually all mouses have led's in them:).

I am geek.

I run Debian Linux. And I actully know what I'm doing.

I have 13+ computers.

I'm a member of a Distributedfolding.net Team... Currently holding out at rank at 65.

I've been with robotics since 1998 and loved every moment of it since.

Let's find b's keys!

I hang out in tigerBolt... and I find it so funny when I poke Meep.

I have done this darn post almost 5 times so far each my session expires.. yet i try again...

I am a Trekkie... yes a Trekkie not a Trekker... I am also a Major Babylon 5 fan...

it's ftpd,httpd,telnetd.

I'm out because I cant stand this school computer.

/me pokes meep

I am turing 19 in Jan. and don't have a driving permit

I go to FIRST at 5:00PM and go to school straight from FIRST the next morning

I do so much robotics stuff it makes my head hurt

I like to watch other Latheing and milling

I just had a chance to sit down and read this thread... and it scared me becuase so many things are true for me too.... just a couple of additions without being repetative....

ihave been called a robot by many people
no comments from the peanut gallery ;)
ijust spent the entire school day hugging my Champion trophy from the Ramp Riot in fear that someone might touch it

I am a geek because i am sitting here after school in my advisors classroom waiting for the robot meeting to start in an hour and 15 mins posting on the im a geek because thread!
P.S. im the only on here

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Originally posted by David Kelly
when i visit family in kokomo i always wear my technokats shirt with the hopes of someone on the team seeing me. :(

We honestly try not to see you when you come into town :p

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Originally posted by D.J. Fluck

We honestly try not to see you when you come into town :p

Ooooohhhh! DJ lets down some smack!! :eek: :D

... I am spending the day tomorrow huggin the bar of green metal from moe :) . Its so cool looking.
... I have 140GB of HD space that is mostly games/CAD/3dmax software.
... I want a linux rendering cluster :D

... I have at least 4 computers running, at any given time.

... I run Debian GNU/Linux (and would like to think I know what I'm doing).

... I run sshd for my friends.

... My room's floor is littered with books, cds, and hardware of various types.

... I have 12 different screwdrivers in various drawers, and on top of my desk.

... I can recite a great deal of The Fellowship of The Ring (the movie).

... I say things like "ell oh ell", "oh emm gee", and "roofles" out loud (however sarcastically).

... I have spent hours talking to friends of mine, on AIM, when we've been no more than 4 feet from one another (several friends at once, on IRC, on many occasions, as well).

... I don't like Microsoft, the DMCA, the RIAA, and the MPAA on principle.

... I like all kinds of music.

... This Link.

... I recently declared that I would never again encode an mp3. Ogg Vorbis is both free and better.

... I love puns and other forms of horrible humor.

... I have the entire Monty Python box set.

... I can relate almost any situation to a song (for either it's title or content), or a Simpsons quote / reference.

... I spent more than half the duration of a visit to an Air Force Museum oogling at various aspects of jet engines (specifically air compression, thrust vector control and a ramjet engine).

Gimme some time, I can come up with more...

I am a geek because . . .

. . . I just ordered a pizza online!

And it is scheduled for delivery at 6:38pm (It's 6:07pm now).

for this convo...

* Meli_86_QP pokes
<VOlcano25> most peole wouldnt be able to get up and you say it was awsome
* Jimmy258 pokes back
* FIRSTnut604 has joined #firstrobotics
* Jimmy258 can.
* VOlcano25 pokes both yous
<VOlcano25> and the nut
* FIRSTnut604 has quit IRC (QUIT: User exited)
<VOlcano25> scared them again
* VOlcano25 runs to coner in shame
<Jimmy258> i just posted in the "I am a geek because..." thread
<Meli_86_QP> don't start me in a poking war jim...you will never ever win
* FIRSTnut228 has joined #firstrobotics
* Jimmy258 gives Mike a cookie
* Meli_86_QP pokes again
<VOlcano25> i dont know why i am geek
<Meli_86_QP> NUTTY NUT~~~
* Jimmy258 pokes Melissa in retaliation
<Jimmy258> EYE FOR AN EYE!
<Jimmy258> EYE FOR AN EYE!
* Meli_86_QP pokes back
* Meli_86_QP is a major geek
* Jimmy258 pokes back back
* Meli_86_QP pokes back back back
<Jimmy258> omg
<Jimmy258> i am outsmarted
* Jimmy258 knows when he is beaten
<Meli_86_QP> as you should be....
* Jimmy258 lays down his finger.
<Meli_86_QP> mwahahaha
* Jimmy258 POKES AGAIN!
<Meli_86_QP> no!!!
<Jimmy258> hahahahahahah!
* Meli_86_QP pokes back

And for my poking obsession...

hmmmm i am a geek why

Well lets start with my almost encylepidia (sp?) knowleadge of Star Wars

ummmm
they like JOe my laptop is worth WAY more that my car

how about my dancing abilities - or the lack of them

when some one make fun of me i confuse them

my only pick up line is hey my name is: Mike and i build Robots

thats bout all i can think

Actual definiton for geek in Merriam-Webeter's dictionary:
1 : a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake

<sarcasm>See! This definition perfectly describes me!</sarcasm>

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Stolen from its Jargon File entry

geek

n.

A person who has chosen concentration rather than conformity; one who pursues skill (especially technical skill) and imagination, not mainstream social acceptance. Geeks usually have a strong case of neophilia. Most geeks are adept with computers and treat hacker as a term of respect, but not all are hackers themselves - and some who are in fact hackers normally call themselves geeks anyway, because they (quite properly) regard `hacker' as a label that should be bestowed by others rather than self-assumed.

One description accurately if a little breathlessly enumerates "gamers, ravers, science fiction fans, punks, perverts, programmers, nerds, subgenii, and trekkies. These are people who did not go to their high school proms, and many would be offended by the suggestion that they should have even wanted to."

Originally, a `geek' was a carnival performer who bit the heads off chickens. (In early 20th-century Scotland a `geek' was an immature coley, a type of fish.) Before about 1990 usage of this term was rather negative. Earlier versions of this lexicon defined a `computer geek' as one who eats (computer) bugs for a living - an asocial, malodorous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality of a cheese grater. This is often still the way geeks are regarded by non-geeks, but as the mainstream culture becomes more dependent on technology and technical skill mainstream attitudes have tended to shift towards grudging respect. Correspondingly, there are now `geek pride' festivals (the implied reference to `gay pride' is not accidental).

See also propeller head, clustergeeking, geek out, wannabee, terminal junkie, spod, weenie, geek code, alpha geek.