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In lugnet.general, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> 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? :^)
> >
> >
> > 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)
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 tidiness. Isn't keeping a space
that you can share with another person a social skill? A nerd's tidiness,
then, would seem to be a social plus. As long as that tidiness isn't Felix
Unger compulsive, that is.
My engineer friend with the huge junk collection is also married, to a very
patient and understanding woman. So, I guess that keeps him out of the nerd
category. Actually, *she* collects books like nobody I know, so perhaps
they're birds of a feather!
FUT lugnet.off-topic.geek.
--
John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D.
Department of Biology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218
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