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what does he do for a living? Different types of nerds use completely different sets of acronyms. For instance, it's reasonable to find a switch engineer who couldn't tell you about FSMO roles. Vice versa, a microsoft engineer could, understandably, become confused when discussing MPLS. Find out what his job entails and then read up on the whitepapers put out by the vendors in his field. Like, if he's a systems admin, you could read stuff from novell, if he's an engineer, stuff from cisco is always good for late night conversation.

then again, maybe he's just trying to impress you, in which case you should feign being ever-so awed by his vocabulary and offer to defragment his hard drive until he walks funny. in the case he's a linux geek, offer to let him check your filesystem.

_Peter.
 
Originally posted by: yoda291
what does he do for a living? Different types of nerds use completely different sets of acronyms. For instance, it's reasonable to find a switch engineer who couldn't tell you about FSMO roles. Vice versa, a microsoft engineer could, understandably, become confused when discussing MPLS. Find out what his job entails and then read up on the whitepapers put out by the vendors in his field. Like, if he's a systems admin, you could read stuff from novell, if he's an engineer, stuff from cisco is always good for late night conversation.

then again, maybe he's just trying to impress you, in which case you should feign being ever-so awed by his vocabulary and offer to defragment his hard drive until he walks funny. in the case he's a linux geek, offer to let him check your filesystem.

_Peter.
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Learning to be a nerd isn't something you can do overnight. It takes a lot of work and dedication. However, If you want the shortcut, it's here.
 
Originally posted by: unorthodoxnerd
i actually had to ask someone to help me do the whole picture thing.
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<typical atot response>did you pay them in sexual favours, if so, pics?<typical atot response>

😉
 
Originally posted by: unorthodoxnerd
not quite sure how to quote yet... but to oldsmoboat: your mom.
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You expect to learn about computers but aren't intuitive enough to click "Quote"?
 
Originally posted by: unorthodoxnerd
not quite sure how to quote yet... but to oldsmoboat: your mom.
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Wow, you're a fast learner. BTW, quote is right under the post to right, next to "reply."

You're also one dedicated gf to go this far. Won't he notice this thread?
 
Originally posted by: neutralizer
Originally posted by: unorthodoxnerd
not quite sure how to quote yet... but to oldsmoboat: your mom.
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Wow, you're a fast learner. BTW, quote is right under the post to right, next to "reply."

You're also one dedicated gf to go this far. Won't he notice this thread?
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seriously, this is a computer forum, half of us have girlfriends that share the last name .jpg.

😛
 
Originally posted by: yoda291
Originally posted by: neutralizer
Originally posted by: unorthodoxnerd
not quite sure how to quote yet... but to oldsmoboat: your mom.
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Wow, you're a fast learner. BTW, quote is right under the post to right, next to "reply."

You're also one dedicated gf to go this far. Won't he notice this thread?
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seriously, this is a computer forum, half of us have girlfriends that share the last name: hand.

😛
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Fixed

 
Originally posted by: cerebusPu
okay..this thread degenerated quick. why cant you guys be helpful?
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Because this never turns out to be true. We are now cynical. He/she can't quote but has no problem PMing me.
 
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