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Netslaves has an article about geeks and their toys. It mentions LEGO too. (URL) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) back of my mind for awhile now. Are the majority of AFOLs geeks? Or... more to the point... What variety of occupations/interests does the Lugnet community and AFOLs in general represent? I for instance... am a geek... I am a Development (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Keep in mind that there will be two very different answers. The adult community on Lugnet comprises that segment of AFOLs that a) have heard of it, and b) choose to participate. I suspect that A and B are largely concurrent, but the fact is (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It's kinda obvious what I do | V -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer ;-) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well according to your definition I would say I am a geek. I work on the development of a Meta data datastore for IBM. The product has been included exclusively with DB2 in the past but our goal is to make it database independent. Pretty geeky (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes Eric... I agree. Furthermore there very well may be tendencies for certain personalities (and associated professions) to respond or not to respond which will further skew the results. But I'm just interested and not trying to do anything (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm probably classified as a psuedo-geek. I repair all kinds of computer/electronics related hardware (primarily printers in my current job), which is pretty solidly in the range of geekdom, but it's a 9-to-5 deal with me. I enjoy it - it's (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I don't classify myself as a geek! I'm a firefighter! But, I am partial to geeks! hehheheh If I had to tip the scale, it would probably fall into the geek catagory! I would think that the majority of computer/internet users would fall that (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I guess I'm NOT a geek. At least, not a techno geek. I'm a stockbroker. As soon as I graduate with my bachelor's in May, I'll be workign towards my CPA degree also. So, no I'm not a geek, I'm a nerd. Matt (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I don't think I'm a geek. I currently work in Publishing but its only a job to get me to the next one. My previous 'career' job was floor manager in a factory, it couldn't get more blue collar, and I mean old school blue collar. Totally union, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm a graphic designer, which doesn't necessarily connote geek-ness on its own, but I think my geeky tendencies make up for that. ;^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) OK, after READING the article, I am definitely a GEEK!!!!!! A big one! And a netslave to boot!! How scary is that? But I am a geek about five million times over. Yay me! Matt (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I dunno; there are a lot of computer/internet users out there who most certainly are _not_ geeks. On the other hand, just because you're a firefighter doesn't mean you're not a geek, either. :) And many of the computer professionals I work (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I think you maybe misunderstood what I was saying! I didn't mean that being a firefighter was what made me "not" a geek! I was just stating it for the original question as to what AFOL's do! Second, I was saying that if I was walking a fine line (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I would probobly call myself a geek. I am currently studing computer science at university and I also spend most of my spare time on the computer, a lot of which is pulling various games to bits and working with editors for them and so on. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Nah, just anyone who likes it. (Of course, that's sufficient but not necessary.) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well I guess I am a greek. I am a structural engineer, and looking back on things - I actually learned a good deal about structural mechanics just by building with Lego as a young child. I didn't know at the time the technical physics behind (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm an aeronautical engineer, by my education. I was a "Rocket Scientist" (really..:-) for the first two years of my carrier, I decided that I didn't want to spare my job hours in front of a workstation by coding simulation programs, and I (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, according to CNN, there is but one career in the entire IT gammut that does not entail direct interaction with networks or personal computers. That is the Technical Writer. I am a Technical Writer. Unlike network administrators, UNIX (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) So... Have you ever had to write up documentation for a product that didn't exist yet, like Tina? --Electro-- (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I think the more important question is, who here is NOT a geek??? :-) ++Lar (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I (...) I think you met someone who is not a geek last night. Jonathan (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Who? :-) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) homemaker / mom ... the one who keeps all the plates spinning... sheree (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm not! You don't want to know how long it took me to figure out how to post on Lugnet! And one of the more painful experiences of my life was having to take a programming course in Pascal to get my math degree. Of course, as the daughter of (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) You have a math degree and think you're not a geek??? Wahahahaha! (FUT just lugnet.off-topic.geek) ++Lar (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Me? Computer programmer + Loves math + Likes Star Wars... to the point of analyzing frames of the movie for scale reference + Ditto Star Trek (but to a much lesser degree) + Once transcribed Monty Python and the Holy Grail by hand + Knows how (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Oh yeah? Well, *I* have Jeremy Bulloch's autograph that I got from him at a SciFi Con *and* I had a beer with him in the hotel bar afterwards. So there. (If you're saying "Jeremy who?" you aren't nearly geeky enough) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) On the other hand, you didn't write it as a math equation in RPN, so you can still be turned from the Geek side of the force... -JDF [who can be described as most of the things you listed, though my leatherman is full-sized and my (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm saying "Jeremy who?" *and* I can't remember the event -- it must've been really strong beer. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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If I'm not mistaken, which I ususally am, Jeremy Bulloch was the guy who ran around as Boba Fett in Star Wars. I think he also was some sort of Imperial officer somewhere in the background somewhere. Specific, aren't I? ;-) -Adam (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Jeremy Bulloch = Boba Fett :^P ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah, it's the scene where Leia is screaming "Luke, it's a trap!" and the officer who uses her for a shield is Jeremy Bulloch. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Did he speak, or was it a voice over that sounded kinda electronically enhanced? Just wondering... Aaron (once squashed by Darth at a convention when I was wee, did not speak. Either of us.) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The voice you hear in the movies is dubbed. Jeremy Bulloch is British. (...) You did what on Darth? ;^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) As it happens I have never seen an apple 2GS in my life. The 65816 system I play with is the super nintendo. (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) <<-- has a couple IIgs' in the basement! and a IIe! and a PCjr.! (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Aeronautical engineer. Worked once as a rocket scientist (literally..:-) nor working as an manufacturing engineer (...) Not that much (...) Of course yes. Has all the novels and at least 15 reference books and all four of the movies. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ummmmm, errrrrr, Field Analyst (fancy way of saying computer geek) at a World Famous Research Center (Geek Central). It gets worse. Fanatic game player (Super-Geek). Former computer game designer (World-class Geek). Artist (Whew! Saved!). (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Dunno about Pat, but I had to do that...kinda, sorta. The product existed, but none of the commands were set, so I had to make 'em up as I went along in one 24 hour straight orgy of writing. It went on to be a best-selling computer game. :-) (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm a geek, and proud of it. I'm a technical support engineer for very high speed cut sheet printers. I need a good knowledge of Unix/Solaris, TCP/IP, Windows, Macintosh, Novell, PostScript and PCL. I'm finding Perl and shell programming (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) A geek? Moi? I guess. Exactly what distinguishes a geek from an "ordinary" nerd? :^) My occupation? Pretty geeky, yep. Research biologist. Presently a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University, studying molecules of the immune system. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I've thought of the difference between geeks and nerds to be that geeks usually are in the computer industry, and often untidy; nerds may work in a more academic or scientific field and are rather tidy. :-) --Ryan (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) A geek *may* have social skills, a nerd does not. Looking around at clutter on desk...at least I'm not a nerd. :-) Bruce (though I feel constrained to point out that I have seen many computer-geeks that are tidy) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Guess I'm a geek, then -- by virtue of the fact that I'm married? In fact, if it weren't for the arrival of my son (turned five last week), I wouldn't have gotten sucked back in to the world of Lego. You two seem to be split over the issue of (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Marriage is not an indicator - nerds can marry other nerds and have a flock of little nerdlings. Hey, even though I earlier cited being an artist as a non-geek profession, one of the world's best known nerds is Van Gogh. (...) Depends on the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) No no. Think sorted pens. Pocket protectors. (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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