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Subject:	Re: Geeks and Toys on Netslaves
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:42:07 GMT
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John J. Ladasky, Jr. wrote: > A geek? Moi? > > I guess. Exactly what distinguishes a geek from an "ordinary" nerd? :^) 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

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		Re: Geeks and Toys on Netslaves
(...) 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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		Re: Geeks and Toys on Netslaves
(...) 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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