You know you're surrounded by geeks when...

gopunk

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the professor jokingly asks "does anyone have an ethernet cable on them?" and a student reaches into their backpack and tosses one to him
 

notfred

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Those are the lame out of date geeks who still don't have wifi for thier laptops.
 

MichaelD

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Originally posted by: gopunk
the professor jokingly asks "does anyone have an ethernet cable on them?" and a student reaches into their backpack and tosses one to him

ROFLMAO!!!! That's GREAT!!!! :cool:

The Geek Motto:

Have LAN cable, will travel.
 

Aves

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Originally posted by: Tyler
Those are the lame out of date geeks who still don't have wifi for thier laptops.

Or the geeks that know that every place they go might not have WiFi and aren't left stuck without a connection.
 

AreaCode707

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Originally posted by: gopunk
the professor jokingly asks "does anyone have an ethernet cable on them?" and a student reaches into their backpack and tosses one to him

LOL, that's excellent!
 

pulse8

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Originally posted by: HotChic
Originally posted by: gopunk
the professor jokingly asks "does anyone have an ethernet cable on them?" and a student reaches into their backpack and tosses one to him

LOL, that's excellent!

Changed your name again? :confused:
 

toant103

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Originally posted by: gopunk
the professor jokingly asks "does anyone have an ethernet cable on them?" and a student reaches into their backpack and tosses one to him

if they have a laptop, they have a ethernet cable with them.

We have wireless here at VT
 

AreaCode707

Lifer
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Originally posted by: pulse8
Originally posted by: HotChic
Originally posted by: gopunk
the professor jokingly asks "does anyone have an ethernet cable on them?" and a student reaches into their backpack and tosses one to him

LOL, that's excellent!

Changed your name again? :confused:

I took a poll and 50+% of the voting population picked this one. I missed it myself, and it keeps consistency with the other forums I'm on (HotChic or Cygni) so I went back. :)
 

NogginBoink

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Originally posted by: gopunk
the professor jokingly asks "does anyone have an ethernet cable on them?" and a student reaches into their backpack and tosses one to him

Nah. A true geek would have pulled out a spool of cat 5 and a crimper.
 

gopunk

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Originally posted by: toant103
Originally posted by: gopunk
the professor jokingly asks "does anyone have an ethernet cable on them?" and a student reaches into their backpack and tosses one to him

if they have a laptop, they have a ethernet cable with them.

We have wireless here at VT

we have wireless in our CSE building and newer buildings on campus, it's just that particular building is the geophysics and earth sciences building, so nobody bothered to put wireless in there.
 

toant103

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Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: toant103
Originally posted by: gopunk
the professor jokingly asks "does anyone have an ethernet cable on them?" and a student reaches into their backpack and tosses one to him

if they have a laptop, they have a ethernet cable with them.

We have wireless here at VT

we have wireless in our CSE building and newer buildings on campus, it's just that particular building is the geophysics and earth sciences building, so nobody bothered to put wireless in there.

i want to have wireless everywhere on campus. Not just the building.