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(...) I actually have two replies to this post... ---...--- So... that's what the kids are calling it these days... <grin> Jude ---...--- OR ---...--- Is that true Chris? Jude FUT o-t.fun (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 3092 Title: Etymology of "Foo" Author(s): D. Eastlake 3rd, C. Manros, E. Raymond Status: Informational Date: 1 April 2001 Mailbox: (deleted to protect the guilty) Pages: 14 (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hey you geeks, check this out :-) (URL) think Pete Abrams' shirt design here is hilarious, and I'm not even a geek! -Shiri (who's not getting paid in any way to do this ;-)... I'm just a sluggy lover) (24 years ago, 30-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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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? 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'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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