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In lugnet.general, Ryan Farrington writes:
> John J. Ladasky, Jr. wrote:
> > A geek? Moi?
> >
> > I guess. Exactly what distinguishes a geek from an "ordinary" nerd? :^)
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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
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)
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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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