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What is a Geek?
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Originally Posted by tgreer
In any case, I think "geek" has evolved to connote an unconcious, uncontrolled, unbridalded enthusiasm about computer technology, to the exclusion of anything else.
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*motion.Quiet but never afraid,Silent but always awake*
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*I am the oceans.. Still, still yet always in constant *
*motion.Quiet but never afraid,Silent but always awake*
*And no God nor Man can control where you roam.. no *
*boundaries cast forever you last.... *
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Its a nerd thing... 
Well said Thomas. I choose to not be politically correct, if that upsets people sometimes that's too bad for them.
Doesn't mean I'm socially inept, just that I don't give a damn about people who want me to conform to their way of thinking without regard for my own.
Doesn't mean I'm socially inept, just that I don't give a damn about people who want me to conform to their way of thinking without regard for my own.
As people are clearly allowed to attack me but I'm not allowed to defend myself, I no longer post to this site.
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Hi everyone,
Here is what one of best friends told me what Geek means
Geek - Someone you make fun of early in your life and end up working for the rest of your life
Hmmmm. Kind of true don't you think
Richard West
Here is what one of best friends told me what Geek means
Geek - Someone you make fun of early in your life and end up working for the rest of your life
Hmmmm. Kind of true don't you think
Richard West
Microsoft uses "One World, One Web, One Program" as a slogan.
Doesn’t that sound like "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer" to you, too?
— Eric S. Raymond
Tell me what type of software do you like and what would you pay for it
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread19660.html
Doesn’t that sound like "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer" to you, too?
— Eric S. Raymond
Tell me what type of software do you like and what would you pay for it
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread19660.html
either work for or have to pay insane amounts of money to in order for them to work for you
As people are clearly allowed to attack me but I'm not allowed to defend myself, I no longer post to this site.
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Geek is a person who is interested in technology, especially computing and new media innovating something outside the mainstream being hyperinformed. :rolleyes:
I am not quite sure, but I think geek is used in a negative sense these days(big deal! like no one knows!!). I think I heard something like "Geeks are born, but nerds are made." From the quote it looks like nerd is a class upper than geek. May be nerd is a compliment and to get that you need to possess a great amount of skills and knowledge, whereas to be a geek you just need to "try hard to become a nerd", as long as you are not a nerd but trying to become one you are a geek.
That's what I understand.
That's what I understand.
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Geek is chic. A geek is someone well versed in the latest technology with a strong passion and understanding of math and science. A nerd is a socially inept person with thick glasses and a pocket protector. Not all geeks are nerds and not all nerds are geeks.
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In fact one word may have different meaning, this depends upon how you're going to relate it with your imagination. I relate "geek" word to a person who use his finite mind to navigate things from his infinite intelligence and want to be underground.
Some people may consider him a insane person. I also agree that even they might be a hacker, but definitely then I'll not call them geek. :-|
Some people may consider him a insane person. I also agree that even they might be a hacker, but definitely then I'll not call them geek. :-|
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