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Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
 
Every single time I watch Lord of the Rings, I get choked up when they light the beacons (tonight is no exception).

Tell me what makes you a true geek.
 
Posted by kaminari (Member # 9622) on :
 
All your base are belong to us.

In the return of the king I got choked up when Aragorn initiated the bow to the hobbits. That was the moment for me.
 
Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :
 
Sauron is not the original dark lord. And I know who is. I also know far too much about the creation of Middle Earth and the influence of religion (Catholicism) and mythology (Norse/Celtic/British) on Tolkien's thought processes.

And I think in Dark Tower dialect. Folken, thankee sai, and so forth.

see the turtle of enormous girth
on his back he holds the earth

Edit: I hope this wasn't limited to Tolkien geekiness.
 
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
 
I also get choked up in the beacon moment, such a great moment.

I can quote Monty Python and the Holy Grail pretty much start to finish.

I can quote much of Firefly and Serenity.

I'm so much of a Lord of the Rings geek, that I've spent 4 years of my life spending much of my free time working on a game that is essentially an online simulation of Middle Earth.
 
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 
I get a little teary eyed at the beacon lighting scene too.

I can quote MP and the HG entirely from start to finish.

I know Yakko's "Nations of the World" song.

I have all of Stargate, Firefly, and much of Star Trek on DVD.

I've read the Histories of Middle Earth, after reading everything else anyone by the name of Tolkien has written.
 
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
I can sing and play guitar for the song "Hero of Canton".
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
Yeah.... on second thought, maybe I'm not that geeky after all.
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
Good heavens, I have all of Macgyver, too. Sheesh! (And we're in the middle of watching season 3.) Dead Zone - just started watching season 4. Firefly isn't available here yet, and neither is most of Star Trek.

But no, I have nothing memorized and couldn't quote my way out of a wet paper bag. But I'm still a geek.

My proof?

I married a programmer two months after downloading his software and meeting him online and eight hours after meeting in person for the first time. That's TRUE GEEKNESS! Hah!
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
See? No one's responded since my response, so I clearly win. Hah! [Big Grin]
 
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
 
WAIT!!! I logged on too late... What if both my parents are geeks, wouldn't that make me a geek by default since it's GOT to be recessive? ; )

but, you still win, quidscribis. : )
 
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
 
I have the first season of Highlander and have watched it numerous times. I try to convert new watchers any time some one new comes over to visit.

I met my programmer boyfriend on Hatrack and he moved in with me a month and a half after we met.
 
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
 
quote:
I married a programmer two months after downloading his software and meeting him online and eight hours after meeting in person for the first time. That's TRUE GEEKNESS! Hah!
Psssh. I am a programmer. I have a Debian GNU linux server running on a mac mini, a dual booted windows XP/Ubuntu Linux desktop machine and a Mac Os X laptop. I'm teaching 13 - 17 year olds to program java, C++ and HTML/CSS at a computer camp all summer (almost done) and have written my own software.
 
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
 
Those are two convincing sentences... What with the teaching and all...
 
Posted by cygnus (Member # 9613) on :
 
I know how to program in 3 different languages. Not too advanced but I DO enjoy it, much more than any other non-CS major I know.

I have done homework on Friday and Saturday nights, on numerous times. I have gotten up early Saturday morning to work on a project by myself.

I listen to Prog Rock/Metal.

There is probably more but I guess I will stop there.

Bryan
 
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Valentine014:
Tell me what makes you a true geek.

Whenever I get the urge for some LOTR action. . .

I read the books.
 
Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :
 
I was translating the word "traffic jam" into French n for class. Knowing that Mr. Dursley gets stuck in the "usual morning traffic jam", I opened up my French edition of Harry Potter and found the identical paragraph to get the word I needed.

You know you are a geek when you have a book memorized enough to use it as a dictionary.
 
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
 
I'm so geeky that I have no particular need to prove my geekiness to unworthy people. Nonetheless, I will condescend to point out that I, too, get teary-eyed at the lighting of the beacons, and can program in four languages, five if you count HTML, which I don't. Because it's not Turing complete.
 
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
 
I just realized... Who has to win anything? Couldn't we just celebrate our geekiness together, whilst reveling in the fact that there are more of us than just 'me'? What matters with geek? Is it language? Is it genetics? Is it learned? Is it nothing more than your particular space in time relevant to those around you?

Hoorah for Geeks!!!

As Valentine014 said - Tell me what makes you a true geek.
 
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
 
I prefer the Latin version of the Aeneid to any English translation.
 
Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :
 
I wear spectacles, I read far too much and I can't talk to girls without stuttering.

My all time favourite band is Jethro Tull (music shouldn't be easy to listen to)

I've read: LOTR 4x / Hitchhiker's Guide 3x / Tales of Alvin Maker 2x (currently working towards three) / The Saga of Recluse ... undsoweiter.

I don't know whether any of this proofs that I'm a geek. You decide...
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
quote:
I've read: LOTR 4x / Hitchhiker's Guide 3x
What, that's it?

I'd read LotR that many times by the time I was twelve. And same for HGTTG.

Sheesh.

C'mon, you can do better than that. [Razz]
 
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
 
I'm such a band geek, that I'm going to put it on par with plain old geekiness.

Where all my BGs at?

(If I ever seriously talk like that, please feel free to shoot me.)

I'm such a band geek that when I came across Santa Clara Vanguard rehearsing, I forgot that I was sick with the stomach flu and sat outside to listen to them for nearly an hour.
 
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
 
I've watched every season of Transformers on DVD -- and I own every season of Beast Wars and can quote freely upon command.

Lalo, ftw!
 
Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :
 
quid: Well, I've been busy working my way through the entire Indiana Jones series. I know, it's not much of an excuse, but it took up a lot of my time.
Besides, I was only introduced to LOTR when I was fifteen. Douglas Adams came into my life even later.
I also spent a lot of time reading Spidey comics.
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
Excuses, excuses. [Razz]
 
Posted by Raventhief (Member # 9002) on :
 
I can quote Douglas Adams, Tolkien, Asimov, Herbert, and Heinlein on command. I have the Princess Bride, most of Monty Python, and the Matrix memorized, not to mention Shakespeare. Oh, and I can do the entirety of both Alice's Restaurant and Who's on First?
 
Posted by b boy (Member # 9587) on :
 
I have taken this test multiple times.

49.90138% - Super Geek

I not only attended band camp, i taught there after i was too old to be a camper.

i know what kwsni stands for!
 
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
 
I know the entire script, word for word, to Poltergeist.

The three computers in my house are called "Deep Thought" (an IBM), "Magrathea" and "Black Mesa".

I have watched 2001 from beginning to end, without falling asleep, twice in the same day.
 
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
 
I'm a programmer by trade, I always get teary-eyed during the first five minutes of Serenity, and I'm going to be taking a college math class just for fun this fall.
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
quote:
I have watched 2001 from beginning to end, without falling asleep, twice in the same day.
*awe*
 
Posted by citadel (Member # 8367) on :
 
I used the terms "coefficient of friction" and "correlation coefficients" in everyday conversation, including while at church.

I was on a long flight with my wife and was explaining that the acceleration due to gravity changes with altitude. The people around us thought we were geeks.
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
Just took that test... 58.1854% Geek, Extreme Geek. You'd think "extreme" would mean higher percentage than that, but what can ya do. And they definitely were missing a lot of aspects of geekiness [Wink]
 
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by b boy:
i know what kwsni stands for!

I didn't until you said that ... and then I started thinking about it ... and I do, too.

But I'm not a geek. I married a geek, but I'm not a geek. And having The Princess Bride memorized doesn't count ...

Although this might: I know many 1960's musicals by heart. I can do most of The Music Man word-for-word as fast as Robert Preston. Likewise The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Singin' in the Rain, etc.
 
Posted by Angiomorphism (Member # 8184) on :
 
yeah I only got 29%, and I'm way geekier than that! I think they focused too much on the traditional definition of geek. I'd say that in today's society, "geek" is a much broader term, reserved for people other than just Tolkien enthusiasts (like scientists and people who love RDA).
 
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
 
49% here. But I modified the HTML and Javascript to get 103%. That seems about right.
 
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
Super Geek
 
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
 
quote:
I have watched 2001 from beginning to end, without falling asleep, twice in the same day.
I know that in the book 2001 the big monolith was on a moon of Saturn, not orbiting Jupiter. Kubrick changed it because his SFX crew couldn't make a convincing Saturn. However, in both the book and movie of 2010, the big monolith is around Jupiter. Since so many more people knew his story (2001) from the movie than the book, Clarke decided to keep it around Jupiter.
 
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
 
quote:
I think they focused too much on the traditional definition of geek.
A carnival performer whose show consists of bizarre acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken??? You people are weird!
 
Posted by Angiomorphism (Member # 8184) on :
 
You mean you didn't know that that's what we were all talking about this whole time?
 
Posted by TrapperKeeper (Member # 7680) on :
 
13.41%. Time for me to leave this thread.
 
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
I have more books than DVD's, CD's, Ring Tones, and downloads of music--combined.

I have not read them all, but do plan to.

They range from Mercede's Lackey to Aristotle, Tolstoy to Asimov.

Even a couple of Norton Anthologies of History, which I enjoyed reading.
 
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
quote:
Since so many more people knew his story (2001) from the movie than the book, Clarke decided to keep it around Jupiter.
Yup. The book 2010 is a sequel to the movie 2001, not the book 2001.
 
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Dan_raven:
They range from Mercede's Lackey to Aristotle, Tolstoy to Asimov.

Dan, I am severely disappointed in you. I mean, plurals are one thing, but this? It's... it's... UNGEEKY! As punishment, you are required to read every Danielle Steel novel in existence, in order of their publication. And glue a tack to your apostrophe key.
 
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
 
I corrected my pastor for something he said from the pulpit. It wasn't theology that I was concerned with. It was that he used an illustration from the Lord of the Rings and said that Tolkien wrote it as a Christian allegory.

I told him never mind anything he said about God or Jesus from the pulpit, but if he brings up JRR Tolkien, he better get his facts straight.
 
Posted by Raventhief (Member # 9002) on :
 
Just took the geek test 55.6213%
 
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
 
I am secure enough in my geekiness that I have no need to prove it. [Smile]
 
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
I am so geeky, I believe Mercede's Lackey is a more fitting name than Mercedes Lackey for a writer churning out second rate books more interested in the cash than the craft.
 
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
 
Gah. I'd love to take the geek test, but it's blocked by my work's filter.
 
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
 
35.89744% - Major Geek
 
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
 
49.90138% - Super Geek

Fortunately, also socially competent and sexy as heck.

Thank you, good DNA [Wink]
 
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
 
There are more computers in my house than people.
 
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
 
32.1499% Total Geek

And here I thought I was a moderate [Razz]
 
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Primal Curve:
Gah. I'd love to take the geek test, but it's blocked by my work's filter.

If you were really a geek, that wouldn't stop you.
 
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
63.9 % geek....and I hate math and answered honestly. [Big Grin]
 
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Nighthawk:
quote:
Originally posted by Primal Curve:
Gah. I'd love to take the geek test, but it's blocked by my work's filter.

If you were really a geek, that wouldn't stop you.
If I were really a geek, I wouldn't be married and have responsibility to not put my job in jeopardy.
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
Yay Kiwi! I was afraid I remain the highest-scoring, and something would totally be wrong with that since I clicked no roleplaying boxes and barely any computer/programming ones. Phew!
 
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
I got about half the computer ones, but I am not a programmer.....and most of the role-playing ones.


I think they should subtract points if you have had sex....


....providing it was not by yourself. [Big Grin]
 
Posted by b boy (Member # 9587) on :
 
Wow, I'm impressed, but not surprised, by the geek-level in this forum. I used to post in the Geek Forum (on the Geek Test site) but when you get a group of people together who self-identify as geeks based on getting the highest score on a rated geek-system, you get many super obnoxious, pretentious, insecure geeks who become insufferable over time. I imagine that Mensa functions are much the same.

Yeah, I lost points in the programming and Anime departments.

Haha Kwea, I always wondered if there were ones on there that made you lose points...
 
Posted by the_Somalian (Member # 6688) on :
 
I saw four seasons of "Babylon 5" in three weeks.
 
Posted by Edgehopper (Member # 1716) on :
 
45.759%--mostly on math/science and RPGs. Though one that they could never get on the test--wrote a love letter to my (now ex) girlfriend in Matlab m-code. That should be worth at least another 10%.
 
Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :
 
I play exhausting games on online forums [Big Grin]
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
Gah, who cares about Mensa? They let in too much riff-raff.
 
Posted by Jebu (Member # 8718) on :
 
I've memorized the first 140 decimals of Pi.

I've read quantum physics at dinner table, and laughed out loud.

I cracked the code in the last page of the book 'Digital Fortress' by Dan Brown.

I 've finished 'X-Com: Enemy Unknown' at Superhuman difficulty level (with the difficulty bug fixed). I still play it after all these years.
 
Posted by Mathematician (Member # 9586) on :
 
I second the quantum physics at the dinner table, though that happens to me more with math than physics.

My geekiest is this: I ordered a pizza and invited friends over to watch the ending of a video game.

Also, I always bring at least 4 math books on vacations.
 
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
 
I know what GURPS stands for and I own the core rule book. I also own the Star Wars RPG core rule book. I want to learn Japanese just for fun.

Most importantly, I'm replying to this thread while listening to Dir en grey.
 
Posted by Angiomorphism (Member # 8184) on :
 
I have a fetish for attractive women in lab coats, like the one in my lab that just talked to me 5 minutes ago.. *drewl*
 
Posted by Edgehopper (Member # 1716) on :
 
quote:
I also own the Star Wars RPG core rule book.
West End's d6 version, WotC's d20 version, or both? [Smile]

I've got a D&D Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual, plus the Eberron Core supplement, Spycraft v1.0 and Spycraft v2.0 rulebooks, and West End's Star Wars core rulebook and Dark Empire sourcebook.
 
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
 
Every major video game I've purchased I've finished in one sitting. Call of Duty 2 in about seven hours, Soldier of Fortune 2 in nine hours, American McGee's Alice in eleven, Half-Life 2 in nineteen, and the original Half-Life in twenty-three hours.

I repeat: one sitting. Non-stop, no sleep, no breaks, no food for the most part.
 
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Angiomorphism:
I have a fetish for attractive women in lab coats, like the one in my lab that just talked to me 5 minutes ago.. *drewl*

That doesn't make you a geek. They're the one in the lab coat.
 
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
quote:
I've got a D&D Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual, plus the Eberron Core supplement, Spycraft v1.0 and Spycraft v2.0 rulebooks, and West End's Star Wars core rulebook and Dark Empire sourcebook.
If geekiness is measured in RPG rulebook quantities, I win the thread.
 
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
 
Designed a cable pattern from Cirth - and used only prime numbers.
 
Posted by Angiomorphism (Member # 8184) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Nighthawk:
quote:
Originally posted by Angiomorphism:
I have a fetish for attractive women in lab coats, like the one in my lab that just talked to me 5 minutes ago.. *drewl*

That doesn't make you a geek. They're the one in the lab coat.
Well to be fair, I'm wearing one too...
 
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
 
It's the d20 version from WotC.
 
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
 
30.17751% - Total Geek.

I had senioritis in high school...so I joined the Academic Decathlon team. We went on to take 6th at nationals and I won a bronze medal in math. My mom later threw it out by accident. [Cry]

In our coach's classroom we had a storage room that we called "The Time Chamber" where we would skip class to go study.

EDIT - spelling...Not a geek of the literary variety.

[ August 05, 2006, 05:06 PM: Message edited by: Juxtapose ]
 
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
 
I joined an applied physics class and we built cars that could successfully navigate through a maze and they played Beethovens Fur Elise whenever they moved. I insisted that my car play Fur Elise correctly and with all the proper rests.

I am a combination computer band geek [Cool]
 
Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
 
Three languages? Four? Geez, I know that many dead/outdated programming languages (m68k assembly, c64 assembly, Jovial J3B, and NES assembly).

I've written and played my own NES game. Pong.

I've implemented the Davis-Putnam procedure in PL/SQL, using a table for a stack.

I refuse to use Javascript. I know and loathe VB.
 
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
 
I just went back to school shopping both online and IRL, then took an inventory of what I bought. I've found that about 75% of my stuff--including pants, underwear, shirts, coats, and so on--has a Serenity or Firefly logo on it, makes a reference to Serenity or Firefly, or is a replica of one shown in Serenity or Firefly.

I get Geek Cred, yes?
 
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
 
Plus, I've founded the Most High and Secret Society of the Emerald City, where we go and watch all the Oz-related movies, read the books, and discuss which is the best. Yes, this is a real, school-sponsored club.

And I founded Book Club. Except I can't tell you that, because rule one of Book Club is you don't talk about Book Club.

Rule two of Book Club is you don't talk about Book Club.
 
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 
42.2097% Major Geek.

Sounds about right.

I found it ironic by the way that Hot Topic is one of the sponsors of the site that hosts the geek test.
 
Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
 
58% - Extreme Geek

CS Degree + videogamer will do that.
 
Posted by Solo Wing Pixy (Member # 9489) on :
 
Aw I only scored a 19.32939%... still a "Geek" though. I like how no matter how low you get, you at least are said to have "Geekish Tendencies"--just for taking that test I suppose.

Anyways, this thread reminded me of this OSC excerpt I just read not 3 hours ago.

"Some are born nerds, some choose nerdhood, and some have nerdiness thrust upon them. I chose."

(First paragraph in the Afterword for his short story Fat Farm, from Maps In A Mirror)

I was over at my parent's friends' house for a dinner party and I, being a (now official) Geek, was reading instead of socializing. I laughed when I read that, partly because its plain funny, and partly because of the coincidence between the quote and my position. Thanks Mr. Card for inadvertently relating to me and, in a way, consoling me.

[ August 04, 2006, 02:46 AM: Message edited by: Solo Wing Pixy ]
 
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
 
I'm a geek. A) I work in a laboratory. B) you should see the cool extraction/distillation setup I put together yesterday.

The acetone evaporates up into a second stage, where it condenses and drips down into an area that holds about 50ml of fluid and the part that we are extracting organics from. The cool thing, is that once it drips over 50ml, the whole thing self-siphons back down into the bottom flask. It keeps a steady supply of pure acetone bathing the part to make sure everything is extracted.

I can stand there there and just be mesmerized watching the whole system work.

AJ
 
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
 
I am a geek. I don't know and programming, but I can quote extensively from Firefly, Serenity, LOTR, and Harry Potter. I like to read more than almost anything else. I know I don't completely compare to some of the more superior geeks, and to you, you have my complete and utter respect. Long live geekdom!
 
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
 
Plus, I think we can all consider ourselves geeks on a higher level because we post in an online forum about a sci fi author. That definitely helps our geek rating.
 
Posted by Dog Walker (Member # 8301) on :
 
I only got a 10 on the test but i dont feel that is very accurate.
I have bought all the HP books the day they came
out.

I collect football cards and coins.

I skipped a party because Magic Street had just come out the day before.

I own all 5 Rocky movies, their soundtracks, the video game, the t-shirts, and named my dog Rocky.

I dance to hip-hop music when no one is looking. (i am white).

These things would increase my score at lest to a major geek.
 
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
 
You know you're a geek when you start a thread that is all in binary. [Wink]
 
Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
 
I think that makes you more of a wannabe.
 
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
 
I always thought that coming here every day made me a pretty big geek, but I guess I was wrong. I got 24.999% on the test, but mostly because I was really bored in high school and calculators and computers were the only way to pass the time.

Also, I would like to thank each and every one of you. I have never in my life felt so cool, and yet so incredibly inferior. It is quite exhilarating. [Wink]
 
Posted by Gwen (Member # 9551) on :
 
quote:
I cracked the code in the last page of the book 'Digital Fortress' by Dan Brown.
Oh yeah? Well I GOOGLED it!

Hmm, I don't program (QBasic doesn't exactly count, I don't think), I don't roleplay, and I've only read LOTR once. I don't even play video games, and I've lost Risk every time I've played it (less than ten times, and against an expert, but still...) I don't know my geek code, and I haven't played the flute in a year.

But I've read the Silmarillion (without falling asleep), and enjoyed it. I can quote passages of most books I've read more than once or twice (I drove my mom crazy quoting Animorphs, but by now I just quote H2G2 and EG and ES in my head). I have way more books than anything else, including, I bet, articles of clothing, which is saying something since I rarely throw any of it away. I know how to convert bases, and I know why all of it belongs to us. I know the meaning of the word "gafiate" and I can pick out a certain filk song on the guitar. I've taken the geek test, which certainly counts for something, although I don't remember what I got. I think it was in the high 20s, low 30s.
I wear glasses and I read a lot, to the point that I got a pass in middle school so that I could come into the library every lunchtime and read. I know my way around the section of the Dewey Decimal system that I was in charge of organizing when I was a library aide in eighth grade. Money that comes into my possession is more likely to be spent on books than anything else. I have a wish list of items at thinkgeek.com. I beat most people at checkers.
Geekiest of all...I'm geeky enough to care.
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
quote:
Also, I would like to thank each and every one of you. I have never in my life felt so cool, and yet so incredibly inferior. It is quite exhilarating. [Wink]
[ROFL]
 
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
quote:
You know you're a geek when you start a thread that is all in binary. [Wink]
http://www.galacticcactus.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1717&hl=
 
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
THAT was funny. [Big Grin]


You're welcome. [Wink]
 
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
 
66.27219 - Geek God

I think I've done better in the past on it too, I've forgotten some stuff. And I can think of a lot more than five things that should be on that.
 
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
 
quote:
quote:I've got a D&D Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual, plus the Eberron Core supplement, Spycraft v1.0 and Spycraft v2.0 rulebooks, and West End's Star Wars core rulebook and Dark Empire sourcebook.

If geekiness is measured in RPG rulebook quantities, I win the thread.

Wanna bet? I could give you a run for your money.

I have over 20 of the old West End Games d6 books. The Alternity Core Rule books (they need to bring that game back, it was great). Plus countless number's of D&D books. [Razz]

Edit: And incidiently the West End games version is so much better than the d20 version.
 
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
I'll bet I have more I.C.E. RPG books than anybody else here.
 
Posted by B34N (Member # 9597) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by quidscribis:
Good heavens, I have all of Macgyver, too. Sheesh! (And we're in the middle of watching season 3.) Dead Zone - just started watching season 4. Firefly isn't available here yet, and neither is most of Star Trek.

But no, I have nothing memorized and couldn't quote my way out of a wet paper bag. But I'm still a geek.

My proof?

I married a programmer two months after downloading his software and meeting him online and eight hours after meeting in person for the first time. That's TRUE GEEKNESS! Hah!

You can get Firefly on iTunes store under Fox Classic TV Shows.

I guess since I knew that, I would be a geek?
 
Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
 
9.46746% - Geekish Tendencies
 
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by SoaPiNuReYe:
9.46746% - Geekish Tendencies

You're in the wrong thread!!!
 
Posted by B34N (Member # 9597) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Sterling:
There are more computers in my house than people.

[Laugh]
If you go that route, I am definitely a geek:

You might be geek if you have:

9:1 Hard Drive to Person Ratio
3:1 Puter to Person Ratio
1 laptop - 2 OS

in your house hold. [Razz]
 
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
I don't know whether the likelihood that there is only one person in that "household" makes you more of a geek or less of one.

-o-

Three years ago, more or less, we had a "Hatrack Geek Club" thread. I was elected president.

'Nuff said.

-o-

(I made up some good titles for the other participants in the thread . . . I wonder if it's still around somewhere . . . )

EDIT: The best I could find was a reference to the original thread. The thread itself seems to be gone. lesigh

-o-

We own thousands of books. My "to be read" stack is easily over fifty.

[ August 06, 2006, 12:56 AM: Message edited by: Icarus ]
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
Sheesh. My "to be read" stack is easily over a thousand.

*snerk*
 
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
 
I have too many "to be read" books to leave them lying around the house. I have a very long list.
 
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
Me too, Jeesh . . . those are just the ones that are so close to the top that I've already bought them. [Wink]
 
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
 
I don't have enough money to buy all the books I like. I'm pretty sure I hold the record for most books check out at once from the library. Somewhere around sixty.
 
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
 
55.22682% - Extreme Geek

I've been playing Scrabble since I was 6 years old.

I can tell you all of the Q words which don't require U's.

I actually learned something from the reading comprehension section of the SAT.

They know my name at the library. Heck, they've even wiped out my fines before, just because.

I've turned down playing football with hot girls in bikini's to read my "Memoirs of Robert E. Lee" book.

A perch fish we were supposed to dissect in biology get exposed and hardened up and I adopted him (Freddy the petrified perch fish) rather than see him get thrown away. I then took him on trips with me. I irrationaly gave in to peer pressure one day and threw him away.

My biology teacher got me another one for my graduation present.
 
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
 
Mph, that was the thread I was commenting on. [Big Grin]
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
I was talking about books already purchased, in the house, waiting for me to read... [Big Grin]
 
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
I am so geeky--I consider it a good day because I talked to Inara xxxx and Xxxx Ender today--two of my favorite clients.

oooh, and I sent a quote out to The Borg School. OK, they spell it Bourg, but we know that means that the Borg have Assimilated U.
 
Posted by socal_chic (Member # 7803) on :
 
Okay, well I'm feeling a little out of place here. I scored 5.52268% - Poser. heh heh. I..uh, oh well. I hope I dont get kicked out for that one. [Cool]
 
Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
 
47.73176% - Super Geek.

But I play in a rock band, so my coolness credentials are restored.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
I wear a calculator watch.
 
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
 
I want your watch.
 
Posted by b boy (Member # 9587) on :
 
quote:
oooh, and I sent a quote out to The Borg School. OK, they spell it Bourg, but we know that means that the Borg have Assimilated U.
heheheheheheh... clever.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Jeesh:
I want your watch.

You can't have it. But you can buy your own.
 
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
 
What makes me a true geek, is that I actually spent a month or two, compiling my own dictionary of the languages of Middle-Earth. [Wink] I still have 3 pages starting with Adan...then going to Mithrond...etc etc etc.

Bits of grammar study in there too. [Wink]

<----Geek
 
Posted by _L (Member # 9448) on :
 
Traffic lights inexorably make me think of routers, I wear a watch that counts the time in binary by way of small green lights, and I have a T-Shirt that says "Bad grammar makes me [sic]."
 
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by rivka:
quote:
Originally posted by Jeesh:
I want your watch.

You can't have it. But you can buy your own.
I had that exact same watch over twenty years ago. It's good to know there are still some simple things in this world that don't change.
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by _L:
...and I have a T-Shirt that says "Bad grammar makes me [sic]."

*giggle*
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Oh, I have had various incarnations of this watch for close to twenty years. I love having a calculator any time I need it.
 
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
 
quote:
But I play in a rock band, so my coolness credentials are restored.
Yeah, but is it a math rock band?

quote:
I have a T-Shirt that says "Bad grammar makes me [sic]."
Where did you get it?! I want one. Hell, I'll DIY it. Is that considered nerdy? Because I prefer to DIY almost everything.
 
Posted by _L (Member # 9448) on :
 
quote:
Where did you get it?!
Here [onehorseshy.com]

[Smile]
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
Oh man, this one makes me happy [Smile]
 
Posted by Chris Kidd (Member # 2646) on :
 
I thought this was funny

Funny stick Figurers
 


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