POLL:Are you a geek?

[Jerboy]

are you?

 

[PrinceofWands]

I have about a dozen systems in my house (I've even ran Novell for my home network environment) of all types. I have a server closet (converted linen closet) and enough spare parts to stock a computer store (not kidding, easily enough). I always have 2-5 systems apart being upgraded or put together or whatever. I love learning new tech stuff, in fact I have a tech book case in my dining room filled with tech manuals back to DOS days. I'm heavy into fantasy and sci-fi, movies, collectibles, role playing, etc. I despise macho bs like sports, cars, beer, etc. Overall I'm about as geek as you can get.

 

[cherrytwist]

I've got 3 pcs networked at home and a growing pile of parts/cases that I often buy/sell/trade here in the FS/FT forums.

I don't play counter-strike but I'm in an online NHL 2002 league (SinBin Online Hockey League) and get upset when I can't play at least one or two online NHL games a day. We play an entire multiplayer season. I have since learned a bit of html so I could build a web page for my team. Bad sportsmanship really peeves me, too.

I shake uncontrollably if I'm away from a keyboard for longer than a couple of hours.

I collect DVDs because...well, I'm not really sure why.

I met my fiancee before I owned my own computer. Thank god for that.

<-----Geek level 250%

 

[Anghang]

hellzyea...99% of the time that i sleep its cuz i fell asleep in front of my laptop/desktop...always gotta be on the net, checking email like every 5 minutes, always on several different forums and chats, and tho it'd probably be faster to call on the phone or ask somebody...i'm always gettin all information i need from the net...pretty much 100% of my job involves being in front of a computer....

 

[Juniper]

I spend a lot of my time online. Am I a geek?

 

[kami]

Big time geek. Most of my free time (i.e. not being with friends, girlfriend, or at school) is spent doing geeky things. Gotta love being a complete dork

 

[tweakmm]

I am a complete geek, but I also have a life

 

[perry]

What definition of geek are we using?

Main Entry: geek
Pronunciation: 'gEk
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from English dialect geek, geck fool, from Low German geck, from Middle Low German
Date: 1914
1 : a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake
2 : a person often of an intellectual bent who is disapproved of

 

[veryape]

Yea, but i'm one of those cool geeks you hear about so often, yet we are so elusive. Kinda like The Lochness Monster or Michael Jackson's pigment.

 

[fishingeek]

<-----

 

[Sir Fredrick]

El geeko supremo.
I've met all of my GFs online, but the relationship did not stay online (that is, we got together), so I couldn't choose 1500%

 

[Deeko]

I spend maybe an hour or so online a day, that's really the limit of my computer time. I just happen to know alot. Gonna go with no.

 

[RSI]

No. Unlike many people here P), I have a life. I got to school (college) full time, have a girlfriend, play the guitar, enjoy boxing/biking/rollerblading/etc, but am also extremely lazy, which is how I end up in front of the computer for 1-3hrs per day (unless it's the weekend and there is REALLY nothing to do, then it may be more than 3).

Thankfully for me, I have enough knowledge of computers to hold a related job.

-RSI

 

[Sir Fredrick]

<< No. Unlike many people here P), I have a life. >>



RSI
Diamond Member

Posts: 5909
Joined: May 2000

Sure, you have a life. I believe ya.

 

[Lars]

I love my computer. Am I a geek?

 

[Nemesis77]

<< I'm a big time computer geek but I have some life. geek level 100% >>



I carry my geekiness as a badge of honor

 

[Danman]

I guess I would be between geek level 100% and geek level 250% but I have a life and a kick ass girlfriend but I wouldn't have my computer for like 2 days I would start to have withdrawls and go crazy.

 

[jjones]

<< a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake >>


close enough.

 

[bacillus]

umm maybe a bit!

 

[Mustanggt]

perhaps a little bit of geek

 

[scsiguru]

My family drags me to the mountains once a year for four days....no net connection...just my Thinkpad... I never look forward to this...

 

[ProviaFan]

I don't know if I am a geek or not. I spend probably 4 or 5 hours on my computers each evening, although I do other things like play the guitar (and school of course).

 

[ILikeSprite]

ummm yes?

 

[EppyThatcher]

into video games/laptops/ computers, getting the newest coolest stuff, digital cameras, would perfer to sit home all day on the internet doing mindless things than work. I would also sell my wife for a very expensive nice laptop.

am i geek or am i just wrong?

=)

 

[AdamDuritz99]

CS cheaters SUCK! :|:|:|



peace
sean