I am a geek because...
 

My computer is worth twice as much as my car.

Lets keep this going, and only post things that actually apply to you.

...because I spent 100-150 hours writing RoboEmu but can't sit down for 1.5 hours to write a college application essay.

...because the value of my backpack triples depending on whether I have my calculator with me.

...because I've seen myself as the only person logged into ChiefDelphi.

...because my computer sounds like a 747 taking off.

...because I have a box of old FIRST motors, gears, and mounting plates on the floor of my room.

I am a geek because.......

-I like a good movie, but LOVE a good documentary.

-The radio in my car is almost always tuned to NPR.

...I still havent taken drivers ed yet (I'm 16 and a junior) and I wont take it until 4th quarter of this year because I would rather do FIRST (taking drivers ed any sooner would require me to miss 3 out of 5 meetings a week during the 6 week time we have to build the bot)

...I spent about 6 hours making my teams website (8 if you count the 2 it took me to learn basic HTML)(http://trhsroboticsteam.tripod.com), yet i cant focus and do english hw for more than an hour

...My FIRST binders are organized beyond belief, yet my school binders I couldnt care less about

...I have 3 FIRST binders. The FIRST manual for that year. A binder of Innovation First manuals. And I also have a binder for team related stuff (public relations, team roster, member info, etc)

...I have actually considered instead of buying a car, buy robot parts (such as an Isaac 16 or 32 system, among other things such as motors, Victor 883s, spikes, wheels, etc)(keep in mind i will only actually be driving for a year then I'm off to college, so buying a car to use only for a year kinda doesnt make much sense) so that i can build my own robot (not for any sort of competition, but just for the fun of it)

...I spent all math class last year programming my TI-83 Plus with programs that do out almost and geometrical formula for me

...I made a TI-83 Plus program that calculates the score, winner etc of the 2002 game (it asks you for a few numbers, like how many balls, goals, bots, in scoring position, calculates each alliance's score, and if it is tied, it runs through all the tie breakers)

...When I get bored in any of my classes I pull out a FIRST binder and do FIRST stuff

...Most of my online time is spent looking at FIRST, FIRST related (like this one), or other robotics related sites.

..when i get bored at home i go downstairs to my basement and experiment/ fiddle with all my robotics parts (motors from old kits, transmissions, old controllers from the really old kits (before innovtaion first) old batteries, etc)

..one of my favorite past-times is taking apart mechanical or electrical things just to see how they work, and if i could use and parts from them (so far i have taken apart 1 RC car, 3 calculators, 2 video camera remote controls (the tethered kind, not wireless), and an old computer tape deck (had this cool motor assembly that resembles one of those cranes in the crane games at arcades, but smaller))(by the way, all those things were either not working, or no longer wanted)

...I can write in Binary Code (i once wrote a half a page long note in binary, just to have some fun and confuse the person)

...I enjoy messing with peoples minds (when they get up from their desk i switch their stuff around, not taking it, just relocating it on the same desk, and watch them get confused. Or when people sit in the same seat every day (even though they arent assigned seats) i randomly sit in a new seat every so often, just to screw people up)

...it took me more than 20min to wirte this post (and I'll probably think of more and edit this post again and again and again)

...I have edited ths post 4 times in the last day

I am a geek because:

I've been dating one for the past 8 years...
I have two domain names all of my own...
I spend 3-4 hours a day on the Net...
I once won 2nd place for best role-player in a Role-playing tournament...
I read at least 5 books a week...
I've been to a Slashdot meet-up (heck, I've even posted on Slashdot)...

Truthfully, I'm still more of a freak than a geek, but I think the two mix together in most cases anyhow.

MissInformation

<===========>
Give a skeptic an inch and he'll measure it. -Unknown

- the first thing i do when i turn my computer on is check to see where nationals is

- i'm almost 18 and i don't even have a permit yet

- i made our teams video for 2002 in one day, working about 12 hours straight

- the only two webpages i keep open are CD and the FIRST site

- my computers desktop is always FIRST related

- my friend mentioned einstien, and i thought of the feild at nationals before the person

- I post replies to "I am a geek because..." thread

- I have already designed this years controll panel...including a detailed list of materials and building procedures...even though i dont know what this years game or functions with entail...

- I search ebay and garage sales for random toggle switches and push buttons to use on my panel

...can't think of any more right now...

Yes, but do you have the +1 karma bonus...

...I'd give up my car before my computer.
...I've spent 3 days straight on the internet.
...I recompile my kernel because I'm bored.
...I can still connect to the internet even when my parents take away all the cables (the network cable, the phone cable, and the power adapter) and change the password for my ISP.
...I have played songs on my internal speaker (harder than it would seem...).
...I could go a few weeks (2-3) without wearing something besides a robotics/computer shirt. (Multiply the time by about 4 if I don't wash them...shirts are clean untill you roll around in the dirt or spill something on them)
...I do a daily search on google for 'evulish' to see what I'm in.
...I currently have more computers than I have ever had girlfriends (that would also be true if I got rid of all but one computer...Hmm...0 girlfriends...*sigh*).
...I had well over 300% participation in robotics this year. (I spent probably around at least 2 extra hours each meeting and spent the night a few times...I never missed an entire meeting)
...My vacation will be cut short because it would overlap kickoff

I'm sure there are many more...I just can't think of any :D

-i've been going out with a twin for almost 2 years...and i still make corny twin jokes :)

-i get mad if i miss the price is right one day...

-i get excited over the littlest things...and i mean little..lol..

i';ve never missed a meeting... such a huge ammount of hours, if someone was in the robotics room, i was there with them

- i refresh the cd forums to see if anyone posted in here every minute

- i have more than 4 computers in my room, about 4 and a half

-I just spent at least a week setting up Gentoo Linux on my computer, for no reason whatsoever (besides the knowledge that I just made Linux work on my computer).

-I'm taking CISCO Networking Semster 1 this semester, and will be able to get my CCNA by the time I graduate high school (i'm a junior now).

-My room is a disaster area, but I know exactly where everything is.

-I'm in all honors and AP classes, except for English (maybe that's why my spelling is horrible...).

-I spent the summer at Brookhaven National Lab, and made more Cryo-Cream then actually doing work (LN2 == Lots of fun :D).

-I was happy when I was allowed to gut old computers and get 72 pin RAM (along with other fun stuff such as keylocks :)).

-I got the TI-83+ Silver Edition because it's faster and has more ROM.

-I used to play Kiloblaster and Jill of the Jungle on my dad's 486 (actually, it might have been a 286 or a 386, i can't remember) when i was no more than 5 years old.

-I'm probably one of the most dedicated team members on 810.

-I've had a LAN since the good old days of Coaxial Cable (Dasiy Chains, YAY!).

<EDIT>
-I had the robot at my house all summer because I wanted to try to make a dashboard program (which has since been determined a failure because Flash and C++ don't like to play together).
</EDIT>

That's all I can think of for now, but I do have a few 'anti-geek' things too :p.

-I'm in boy scouts, and I'm halfway through my Eagle Project.

-I love going outside and hiking (I wish I could go upstate more).

That's all of my 'anti-geek' things I can think of. I think it shows how much of a geek I am... :)

-I can't ride a ride without looking at the controll systems
-I love Megan ( ;) )
-All my stock settings are preset to Microsoft and Apple.
-I can cause someone to go into shock by talking about the techonolgy behind 'Soarin' over California'.
-I knew the layout of Disneyland before I even went
-I can spend 10 hours on Rollercoaster Tycoon and not even know 10 hours pased
-I can recite the entire speil to Test Track, Tower of Terror, Pooh, Pirates (WE WANT THE REDHEAD!), Splash, Big Thunder, ToN, ToD, Illuminations, and others.
-I know what a RPU is
-I've ridden a Segway, twice, and both times covertly
-My laptop has every Apple comerical on it
-I have Stitch as my background
-I solve they mystery of Push, Nevada.
-I had the origional Lemmings when it came out.
-I think this picture is funny (and I know why).

- I can identify practically any roller coaster on Earth from a photograph. It's easier with American and Canadian coasters, though.

- I have memorized the entire soundtrack to Disney's Haunted Mansion

- I rename all of my MP3s in a uniform file name format.

- I put my arms in the air on coasters even before they've left the station.

I am a geek because...
 

- I knew the names and life stories of all seven Mercury astronauts long before I knew anything about Joe Dimaggio, Joe Lewis, Joe Theisman, or Joe Namath (why are so many sports figures named "Joe"?)

- I give out my office phone number in hexidecimal code.

- I learned to use a slide rule just because I thought it was cool.

- the first biography I ever read was "Einstein: The Life And Times" by Ron Clark

- I was the first student programmer ever hired by the Fairfax County, VA, school system - in 1974.

- I still have a copy of the first program I ever wrote, and it's on paper punch tape (but I don't have a TTY tape reader to read it anymore! :( )

- I have way more robotics/computer t-shirts than Evulish! (I've had a lot longer to collect them) But the really sad part is some of them are now approaching 25 years old - and I still wear them.

- my set of "Dungeons and Dragons" related materials collected during college took up more shelf space than all my non-engineering / non-computer science text books combined.

- every athletic endeavor in which I have participated has been a fundamentally "individual sport" (martial arts, scuba diving, rock climbing, bicycling), and I have always shunned traditional "team sports."

- I have way more power tools than any sane person should have.

- I built my first computer by hand wire-wrapping the whole thing together on 12 breadboards, following a set of "suggestions" (they weren't really instructions) in The Bugbook - Volume 2.

I'm going to stop now, becuase I am getting depressed as I read back through this...

-dave

But that's perfitly normal. (BUT I know the Xmas edition one too :P)

Here's some more I forgot!

-I loose sleep over Mission:Space

-My GBA never leaves my pocket.

-I'm listening to a WDW Sounds internet radio station (Scary....:eek: )

-I'd sell my soul for an iPod.

-I know the spiel to The Great Movie Ride.

.... I am logged into AIM, 24/7 (and ICQ!)

.... My main PC has 4 OSs Installed on it, Windows 98, Win 2k, Mandrake 8, Red Hat

.... I use Spare Computer Parts to decorate my room

..... I watch Tech TV on my PC (Tuner Card)

..... I have my own Online Store, that sells "Geek Gear" Geek-Gear.com

..... I used Napster when there where still only 2,000 users

..... I attend a LAN Party almost every weekend


Thats why,

Oh yeah...I forgot about mp3 geekiness.

...I use the original MP3 player (well...it's made by the company that developed MP3's...I don't think the program has seen a new version since like 1996). It's called WinPlay3...you can open a file, play it, and uhh...thats about it :D (Oh yeah, you can pause it, too)
...I have never used a P2P program to download music.
...I almost always download entire albums.
...I had MP3's before most kids had the internet :)
...I was the first kid in my school to have a computer, an x86, the internet, and broadband. (I've had 2 Commodore 64's, a 486, a p2-400, a currently a p3-1ghz...and used epix.net's dialup and broadband services)
...I'm the only kid (to my knowledge) that uses linux in my school (also one of the few in the county).

that sounds a lot like me. it's kind of funny, almost anyone i talk to says "Open Source? EWW!" then they go on about how windows is good because it works. when i say i'm just playing around, they all look at me like i'm a freak. i guess not many people install OS's just for the hell of it... :)

Weird...anyone i talk to says "Huh?" :D They can't say anything good about Windows because they don't know anything about it...

IS there anything good about Windows?

i SO have everyone beat...
 

I met my boyfriend online, on robotics message board, in a thread about Magic the Gathering...

We've been together since June 15. :D

Melancholy <3 Chubtoad

ADIDAR - All Day I Dream About Robots


there will probably be more edits as i think of more things

... I met my boyfriend through FIRST (through Chief Delphi, initially)
... He lives in a different time zone than me (at least for 1/2 of the year)

... All of my friends at school are on my FIRST team
... I have more FIRST friends (from other teams) than I do from anything else

... I spend my classes working on FIRST stuff instead of focusing on the lesson
... The title of my english paper (that I should be writing right now) is "FIRST Robotics Needs More Money!"

... I spend my weekends with Chelly and that cheesehead (Ricky) from 269 ;)
... The three of us frequently get together to watch Packers games

... I am constantly online
... I'm usually on Chief Delphi, Tigerbolt and the FIRST webpage at all times

... I wrote a paper about drive trains for fun
... I sketch drawings of the electrical systems on TOBOR V when I am bored

Yikes :confused:

- Katie

Well...it distracts stupid people from linux...so the linux kernel/software developers don't have to make stuff easy :) *runs away from hundreds of windows users weilding 'Windows 95 for Dummies'*

I beat you all on geekyness
I eat dream and think robotics real and imaginary. Medabots is my favorite cartoon and one of my favorite video games. I love anything that involves building things. My favorite shows I watch are: Junkyardwars, Monster Garage, Rough Science, Battlebots, Robotica, Robot Wars, and Operation Junkyard. Ive researched every single robot competition in the United States and I am sad to say that there isn't that many near New York:(.

I'd rather have a Asimo than a car.

That's sad.

I'm a geek because
 

T.V. bad.
Internet Good.

I have:
AMD Athlon XP 2100+ (1.7ghz)
PIII 600mhz
PII 333mhz
PI 200mhz
Some obscure macintosh that NO version of linux will support
and I have my first computer's MotherBoard on my wall with all my FIRST medallions hangnig on it. I also have the processor(PI 75mhz) and RAM(EDO 8mb) from that system in my backpack since 6th grade.

I have enough MP3s that I could start playing them the first of the month and without pausing stopping or anything, not hear a repeat till the 16th.

Besides classic rock, Cake and Violent Femmes are the best bands ever.

I run FTP, HTTP, TELNET, VNC, SHoutcast, and DNS( for the rest of my house) servers.

If the mouse doesn't have a laser, throw it out in a week.
My Computer doesn't go off except for upgrades.

I don't see how people are ever bored.

I know the meaning of life. and yes it is a number.

I once Tri-booted.

I feel one mouse per computer is never enough.

I hate the fact that I'm forced to use a printer.

I use my computers as heaters. I close my door and in 10 minutes my room is hotter then the rest of the house.

My first date with my girlfriend was BattleCry 3.

ROTFLOL!!!! :D

Re: I'm a geek because
 

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

...I did a happy dance when I found out my team was getting a new lathe and have thus deemed me "The Mistress of the Lathe"

...Almost everyone of my past boyfriends have been involved with robotics at one time or another (except one but forget him...)

...I'm writing a paper about Midnight and the Garden of Good and Evil just b/c i thought it would be fun...

...when i feel bad I come to my tigerbolt friends first

...I like to read banned books

...I've done math competitions ever since 5th grade b/c i think they are fun (Mathcounts rocked...)

...because I just am

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

It, glows..... :eek:

It's sooo

pretty....


I want to tuch it....

Yeah I wish they made aqua candy bars!

Could you IMAGINE what a life-sized aqua bubble would look like?!!?!?!? (drool)

It would look like those soft snow-globes you can pick up at airports.

- I am on the internet pretty much from the time I get home from school to the time I go to bed.... I take a few breaks occasionally

- I am on ChiefDelphi for hours everyday... and I just learned about it 3 weeks ago

- I have a record player and 8 records(i need more!).... I'm 15 and obsessed with oldies

- I could listen to most Motown songs and tell you what group sang it

- I know what Motown is... and it's my favorite type of music

- I only listen to oldies stations

- I have 100's of MP3's with almost all of them being oldies

- I just posted 5 ways on how I am a geek because I'm obsessed with oldies... wait now 6

- I unintentionally correct spelling and grammar

- I use spell check to make sure that I spell words correctly when I post messages

- I go to bed at 11 or later and get up at 4 every weekday.... of course I get up at 10 or 11 on weekends

- I confuse myself easily

- I don't totally find these things geeky but I know I'm a geek

- :confused: I'm confused by that last statement I made ^

- I made a complete list of all the words from The Word Association thread

i have 10 FIRST signs hanging in my room

i got dean kamen's autograph 3 times

i got woodie's autograph once

i have got Dave Lavery's autograph at the Buckeye regional last year.

i have the most posts on Chief Delphi.

i maxed out my AOL buddy list

i TP the houses of kids on other FIRST teams

i almost wet myself when we got our new mill

i dream about robotics meetings

my friends call me a geek

i watch people sign on and off in my buddy list instead of doing homework

i got an A+ on my midterm portfolio for my composition class. this paper was the longest i had ever written and it was about us winning the 2001 motorola midwest regional.

i wear a TechnoKats polo shirt to work and i think it's cool

i am trying to plan how im going to steel, err borrow, the Highway 234 sign in Indiana.

my passwords are numbers of other FIRST teams

my best friends are on a team

i visit former students on other FIRST teams

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

my team asks me first about any rumors or good stuff happening on chiefdelphi



that's about it for now...

My sister just gave me directions in ASCII art over AIM

I use AIM whether the person is across the country, or within socking distance.

-I had sensory overload at the Nats, and liked it.

-I like dancing bannanas.

-I act like Stitch

-I have 820 posts on CD

-Nintendo is god (IMHO)

-I listen to kids and wonder how they can live without being on the internet 24/7 nor not caring about the new P4 chipset.

-If a wood chuck could chuck wood, he would do it with an Innovations FIRST reciever.

-I wonder if a Segway can do through an inversion...

-I want to be in the hotseat, again

Also a geek
 

I know why a curve ball actually curves

I saw every Brady Bunch episode at least 3 times

The crap that the professor could make out of a coconut on Gilligan's Island didn't fool me.

I can name the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd receivers for each NFL team (Fantasy Football geek).

While I know the torque-speed curves for all of the FIRST motors, I also have been known to forget to bring my wallet to Florida.

I am sometimes disappointed when 5:00 rolls around and I gotta stop running my CAD station.

My wife and kids have gone away for a Saturday and I go into work and design FIRST robots.

During the FIRST season, I cannot sleep at night until we get our team's design done.

While playing Sim City on my home computer, I often grasp in air... trying to locate my Spaceball... then I realize that I only use my Spaceball while on CAD at work.

I refuse to pay anyone to work on anything at my house. Even if I have no experience with some piece of equipment, I can usually fix it.... it may take me a while, but it will get fixed.

I calculated the best way to mow my 3+1/2-acre yard... I start in a circle in the middle of my yard and I can drive continually without slowing down for 45 minutes.

The fact that I have been posting in these forums since they opened before the 1999 season. Go ahead... check the archives... I know you're jealous. :)

My list of FIRST contacts is almost to 1,000 people.

Other TechnoKats often make fun of me for how geeky I am with FIRST team numbers, the teams, and what their robots can do.

I many not know how to configure my BIOS on my computer, but I am still a geek.

Andy B.

Although most of mine have been said, I'd like to add 2 more to the list.

1. I learned some Linear B and Egyptian hieroglyphs: not only the symbols, but the languages behind them too (Ancient Greek and Ancient Coptic respectively).

2. While my online banking uses 1024 bit RSA encryption, I use 3072 bit DH/DSS encryption. I have encrypted "hello" below in my public key (If anybody can derive my private key from that I'll give them a nickel :)).

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... because i was one of the first 5 users on CD :)
... because i can go for 2+ weeks straight wearing ONLY FIRST shirts
...because everyone on my floor comes to me for tools
...because ive been involved in FIRST for 7 out of the 12 years
...because my computer is currently lacking it's side-panels due to overheating
...because i refuse to buy things from stores instead of online unless i absolutely have to
...because i have a pin that says, "100% dork, not from concentrate" on it
...i go to WPI... nuff said

I wonder how many shirts I would have if I counted all the ones I have lost. I buy shirts and they're gone 20 minutes later...now I buy shirts right before we get on the bus to go home :P

Wow.... bad shirt loosing problem!

So yeah, I loveshopping online :D

I actually like fresh air so I like to shop ouside, ya know, AT A STORE!

...I like using my computer mouse without its ball just because I can control it better

... 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

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

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...

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>

Encyclopedia ;)


Hey that could work ... maybe ... :confused: :D

- Katie

I'm a geek because the first computer I repaired had a maladjusted clutch.

I didn't even think about going to my high school prom.

I spent more on my first calculator (PCs didn't exist then) than on my first car. (Of course it's not hard to spend more than $0.00).

I ride a bicycle whenever possible because it is the most efficient form of transportation known to man (95-99% of energy input goes to motion)

I spend my free time thinking up new tranny designs for robots.

I use vacation time to attend FIRST competitions.

I'm sure my wife could think of more.

-Im a choir geek.
'nuff said

-and robotics geek.

-but im a hockey player.

-but that only cancels out only one geek thing.

-so i still am a geek.

-i also cant wait to get home from school and check the chiefdelphi message boards.
-i spent most of my class time in geometry last year programing my TI-83+
(whoever made that scoring program for their calc, can i see the code you used. that would be so cool to see it)
-see above parentheses for another sign of my geekiness.
-am upset with my 833mhz pentium 3 gateway computer. (why cant we get a faster one?)
-first thing i look for in the sunday newspaper is the Best Buy and Circut City ads
-Want many high tech things that i will never get(ie. segway, pda, laptop...)
-get excited when Dean Kamen signed my shirt

i could go on and on. but ill stop now

-Ian
i wrote all those things but some of you guys are more geekier than me

if it said bats than Ozzy Osborne is a geek

Oooh, oooh, oooh, so do i. it cost me two RVR pins, and another pin to get it.

another reason
-January 4th is like a second christmas to me.
- I was given the "most likely to not need a megaphone" paper plate award last year

more to come.

-Ian
finding himself to be a bigger geek than he thought himself to be

-three posts in a row. (actually 4 now)

-Ian
goin post crazy

That's pretty sad actually :(

I trek therefore I geek.

Just finger me...
finger nex@absolutegeek.net

Ohhh that felt funny =P

...I run Debian Sarge :) I never even got Woody...skipped right to unstable/testing :D Currently running on 2.4.18. It's sweet stuff...the only things I can't get working is my USB HP photosmart printer and my Nikon Coolpix 880 digicam. I doubt I will ever get them working.

:D Peanut gallery? Who? Me? Did I ever call you a robot? Ohh...wait...yeah. I did. Many times, too :D

Heck, I could probably make up a list for you :P
I don't know of many other people who do pre-scouting for off-season competitions. :P
You put robotics over your life.

There are more...not sure if you would care if I listed them, though :D I'm not trying to offend you _too_ much!

I'm running unstable on 2.4.19. I can capture images from that Dolphin Pocket Camera, but I have yet to be able to use it as a webcam without totally destroying USB interactivity. :(

If I ever want to print anything, I just copy it to /var/www and print it from another box...
/me shrugs

Just for the record, I love abcde.

Well I can definately say that I'm not a techie kind of geek. I can boil down what my computer is used for to these things: email, IM, writing papers, checking delphi, and seeing what's being served in the dining hall that day.

I am however, a politics geek. I mean, do you know how excited I was when I memorized all the Presidents in order? I used to be the go-to girl for knowing ammendments and supreme court cases and now all I do is live and breathe politics (ok, that's a little extreme but that's just cuz I finished 3 hours of Bruin Democrat tabling and am way stoked for elections tomorrow). Forget college parties, I'm going to a post-election night party to rub elbows with all the California politicians.

Seeing Ozzy Osbourne (the fore-mentioned "freak") on campus was cool, meeting Dean Kamen even better, being a foot away from Bill Clinton...I almost died!

I check my e-mail at least 5 times per day

No thread on CD passes me unseen

I check the stats of my website (www.team696.org) everyday

I'm the only person you know of who sells long serial cables

I'm posting here

<edit> Oh yeah, and right before the build period deadline last season I was awake for 40 hours strait to complete the robot on time and fix our busted drivetrain.</edit>

lol, being an internet nut very few threads will pass my presense.

*shrug* All for the better!

I never check my email... a perl script does it for me. =)

...actually.. it happened twice.. being less than a foot away from Bill Clinton... wish I had died....
.......being less than a foot away from George W. Bush... worth the cost of the trip.....
..... being a foot away from Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers standing next to each other at the 2001 Nationals... with my front row seats as team rep..... priceless for a lifetime..... :D

...go ahead evulish.... rant away about my geekiness... you have my permission.....

:rolleyes:

And it took longer than just calling, plus had an extra 50 cent charge for delivery, but hey... You forgot the other reasons you're a geek:
You make me go to Ham Fairs and lectures about Linux.
You work on an ex-girlfriend's laptop before you go shopping for our anniversary (don't think you'll live that one down...)
You collect LED flashlights (which I'm not complaining about, it gives me something to buy for you for gift giving occasions)
You collect Walkie-talkies and have pictures of them on your web site.
By age 12 you were hanging out at Radio Shack everyday giving people advice (and they listened because you knew what you were talking abou).
You make lists. Lots and lots of lists.
I've never seen you happier than when you're taking something apart to figure out how it works or putting it together to see if it works.
You have a web page dedicated completely to your home computer with pictures and descriptions of each part.
You...know what? I could go on all day... you're a geek, plain and simple, and that's alright by me!


MissInformation

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It's all geek to me.

I'll leave you alone...this time....muahaha :D

- i leave my e-mail alone for 3 hours and come back to find 10 new messages. (all regarding people making new posts at CD!!!)
-im more comfortable talking to girls online than in person
-alotta my friends are band geeks and choir geeks
-IM A GEEK


Ian
-whose geekiness is uncomprehendible to him

Here's a two-fer!!
 

Jason Morella and I are geeks because...

Last night at 3:00am we were the only two people on Chief Delphi.

So I called him at home, and we talked for an hour and 15 minutes about ideas for FIRST.

We both really need to get lives (and sleep).


-dave

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WARNING: This Product attracts every other piece of matter in the Universe, including the products of other manufacturers, with a force proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the distance between them.

let's not even bother trying.

We're all geeks, whether we like it or not.

Thanks Dave
 

I was trying to keep my life/lack of off this thread. Which is why I hadn't bothered to list the "one or two" quirks I could have listed about myself in this thread. (no comments from the peanut gallery, let me slide with that number....thanks)

I'm sure your post really doesn't shock any of the people who know either of us - but I still had a chance to fool the new FIRST people who didn't know me well enough yet. THANKS!

By the way, for what it's worth since everyone keeps wondering about the National - I think it would be cool for FIRST to move the National from Epcot to a new city IF :
A) it was a cheaper option for teams and saved teams a couple thousand $ in hotels/transportation (no forced hopper pass, etc...) compared to past years
B) it was in a city more in the middle of the country, so that the majority of teams had shorter travel and less than a 3 hour time difference. (sorry Alaska & Hawaii and a few others - but it would still be 1 or 2 hours closer)


PS - that's an example from the "When your life or lack thereof is being discussed, change the subject quickly" handbook.

i am a geek....
 

.....because i have my robotics shirt hang up in my closet and it is covered by a bag so it won't get dust/dirt on it

Re: Here's a two-fer!!
 

Dave, you are a geek because you're calling yourself a "curmudgeon".

curmudgeon:
n : a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas

I think you fit only one of those descriptions (ha ha, I'm not going to say which one)

MissInformation

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"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something." - last words of Pancho Villa (1877-1923)

- I am 18 and I don't have my permit.
- I'm not even on a robotics team, and I still post here/check the FIRST site
- I have a direct link to teh FIRST site on my website
- I use teh, and tyop on purpose
- I spend an average of 7 hours a day online
- I DDR
- I learned the theme song to Evangelion in Japanese within 15 minutes, correct pronounciation and everything
- I scorn the software people, as I am a hardware person