I am a geek because...

[Jason Morrella]

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.

[D.Stephenson]

.....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

[MissInformation]

Originally posted by dlavery
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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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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[SolderQueen]

Originally posted by Nataku
- i'm almost 18 and i don't even have a permit yet

- 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

[Joe Matt]

-I'm the 100th poster on the I am Geek Because.... thread
-My favorite park is Epcot.
-Did I mention Nintendo is god?
-I was there the moment they upgraded the Power and iBook.

[MacZealot]

Last two times apple released new hardware (not including this time) I stayed up all night and was the first person to announce it on spymac + macnn.

I was nearly banned from macnn once for posting so much

To date, I'm the only person ever in the history of macnn to have a negative post count

This is like the tenth time I've posted in this thread.

[Joe Matt]

Originally posted by MacZealot
Last two times apple released new hardware (not including this time) I stayed up all night and was the first person to announce it on spymac + macnn.

I was nearly banned from macnn once for posting so much

To date, I'm the only person ever in the history of macnn to have a negative post count

This is like the tenth time I've posted in this thread.

Who are you on Spymac? I'm, well, I'll tell you latter....

[MacZealot]

MacZealot...

Just like I am here

and I'm Mac Zealot (macZealot too!) at macnn

[Brandon Martus]

*cough* pm.


I am a geek because...
- see above. a very large chunk of whats been said in the past 7 pages applies to me.

[AndrewSTA]

Hmmm let's see here.

-Every Thursday night in the summer I slowly roll down alleys in my neighborhood looking for trash people throw away. I have accumulated -1 computer which will be the brains of my CNC machine when I get some threaded rods, a blower fan which I put in my 100 inch projector, which then blew up 5 minutes after left a dense black fog in my basement. A guitar amp which was broken and will probably always be broken until I find a power supply for it, and tons of other stuff I'm forgetting.

-I built an 18 foot trebuchet, and am going to put a chainsaw motor on it to drive it around

-I built a 720p 100 inch projector using a computer LCD screen, and 400w MH light bulb. When I was building it I wired the AC wrong, and a cloud of black smoke filled the room again. But somehow it still works? (it came from the bulb too, and I still can not find another one of the same, C'mon Philips or EYE, help me out!).

-More things in my room are taken apart than fully assembled.

-On my computer desk I have a magnet from a never ending flash light, a s-video to rca jack, a potentiometer, LED's, minty boost, stepper motor, Zune 80+ Shure e2c headphones, various DC motors, 12v-> whatever voltage I want adapter, a few 2032 cell batteries, and a VISA gift card for being part of a contest (Thanks armstrong!)

-I bought an as-is subwoofer at the thrift store, replaced the internal amp with a receiver, and it pisses all the neighbors off.

-Usenet is amazing.

-I have a Roomba which I bought for $20.

-My xbox 360 no longer has a case, it is sitting on some plastic with a 120v bathroom blower fan on it. (but it's still dead!!)

-And a bit more I'm neglecting to put on.

[Straberrie]

I am a geek cuz geeks are awesome!

[Danny McC]

Hmmm I am a geek now to explain why
1. Me and my brother relate almost every statement someone says to World of Warcraft.
2. Me and my friends don't hang out to go place, we play video games and talk about robotics
3. The only shirts I wear are anime and WoW shirts.
4. I know more Japanese shows than I do American shows.

More to come ^_^

[Devibeast]

I am always on the comp and always playing video games (if not on comp). The rest of the time i am at robotics.

[FotoPlasma]

Originally posted by SolderQueen


- I scorn the software people, as I am a hardware person

You forgot to mention that you can make me cry.

[dlavery]

Originally posted by Brandon Martus
I am a geek because...
- see above. a very large chunk of whats been said in the past 7 pages applies to me.

even the 3:00am phone calls to Jason?


-dave (who promises not to mention our respective lack of lives any more, but will periodically make obscure references to the fact that both of us need better things to do at 3:00am)

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still a curmedgeon, by all definitions