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| Thread ID: 66592 | 2006-02-28 20:36:00 | Poll #2 | Poll (9879) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 434624 | 2006-03-01 06:13:00 | There is an ego thing you have to have as well.And I don't think a true geek has ego issues. The guys with the ego are usually Gamers rather than geeks :) true geeks don't care if others don't care. Gamers seem to take offence ;) Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 434625 | 2006-03-01 06:43:00 | Gaming is mainstream now. geeks tend to have their ego destroyed at a young age | Greven (91) | ||
| 434626 | 2006-03-03 00:55:00 | Gaming is mainstream now. geeks tend to have their ego destroyed at a young ageThat's the thing though, isn't it? Being Geek never was and never will be "mainstream". That's what sets us apart. A few years ago we were all talking about what it is to be geek... what was it - the Geek of the Week or something? Seems a lot of the geeks around PressF1 have gone. I realised this with my benchmarking thread a few weeks ago. The geeks would have said "go for it, sounds great, I'll help"... instead the gamers said "what's the point, someone else already has a benchmark tool". Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 434627 | 2006-03-03 01:31:00 | I don't know if I am or notIt's easy.. take the number of computers you've owned, then subtract the number of girlfriends and boyfriends you've had. If the number is positive you are a geek. If the number is negitive you are not. If the number is exactly zero there is till hope, go by another comptuer right now! -Qyiet |
qyiet (6730) | ||
| 434628 | 2006-03-03 01:38:00 | It's easy.. take the number of computers you've owned, then subtract the number of girlfriends and boyfriends you've had. If the number is positive you are a geek. If the number is negitive you are not. If the number is exactly zero there is till hope, go by another comptuer right now!Hmmm... 1+3... 62... carry the 5... +6... multiply by 17... carry the 2... Hmmm... So what am I? I'm happily married, and I still buy computers :D Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 434629 | 2006-03-03 10:11:00 | You're obviously a well-balanced person, Mike. But by qyiet's test, I can never be a geek. This is only my 2nd computer. I couldn't possibly live enough years - or afford the cash - to catch up the numbers on the other list. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 434630 | 2006-03-03 10:46:00 | The geeks would have said "go for it, sounds great, I'll help"... instead the gamers said "what's the point, someone else already has a benchmark tool". Mike. We said that the proposed test would have given you zero relevant data, Unless the entire system was to be optimised for running that single application. Sounds damn geeky to me, The reaction you desired from your missing geeks would have been completely misguided. Perhaps they are hanging out on a CS board? Still, I supose if you didnt get the answer you wanted it MUST mean all the really clever people have left...... |
Metla (12) | ||
| 434631 | 2006-03-03 18:58:00 | We said that the proposed test would have given you zero relevant data, Unless the entire system was to be optimised for running that single application.You said that, not everyone else ;) Still, I supose if you didnt get the answer you wanted it MUST mean all the really clever people have left......I never said that all the "really clever" people had left - just the geeks... you don't have to be geek to be clever (do you?) :) Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 434632 | 2006-03-03 19:01:00 | You're obviously a well-balanced person, Mike. But by qyiet's test, I can never be a geek. This is only my 2nd computer. I couldn't possibly live enough years - or afford the cash - to catch up the numbers on the other list.I'm not so sure about "well-balanced" :) A while back I counted about 13 computers downstairs... and three upstairs... I still have most of those 13 computers (except for the cases, which I sold to a PressF1 member - I hope he's getting good use out of them)... I don't think I had 13 girlfriends before I got married (and certainly not since I got married ;)) Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 434633 | 2006-03-03 19:18:00 | It's easy.. take the number of computers you've owned, then subtract the number of girlfriends and boyfriends you've had. If the number is positive you are a geek. If the number is negitive you are not. -QyietDamn... I got computer junk everywhere, but owing to my slutty youth, i can never be a geek........ I was told it would catch upon me one day, but i never thought it would be like this!!!!! :( |
personthingy (1670) | ||
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