0111 ways to spot a Geek
When you meet somebody at a bar,club, LAN party, whatever and think he might be Geek. Follow these 7 steps to see if he actually is.
1.
Look for tattoos, if he has 42 tattooed in binary (101010) on his body. Than he must be a diehard geek.
2.
Drinks caffeine beverages (coffee, jolt!, regular cola) all day long, than it must be a sign .
3.
Keeps people addressing as users, and thinks the bartender is the administrator.
4.
Carries his favorite William Gibson on his PDA/Cell phone. "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel" says it all.
5.
Has the opening song of Commander Keen, Final Fantasy VII, or Zak McCracken as a ringtone on his mobile.
6.
Likes bionically enhanced woman like 7-of-9 and *artist* enhanced like Larry Croft.
7.
Keeps calling you by your Handle IRL (in real life).
Final thoughts...
Use these tips wisely and when you do spot a Geek... embrace him and know you're not alone any more.
1.
Look for tattoos, if he has 42 tattooed in binary (101010) on his body. Than he must be a diehard geek.
2.
Drinks caffeine beverages (coffee, jolt!, regular cola) all day long, than it must be a sign .
3.
Keeps people addressing as users, and thinks the bartender is the administrator.
4.
Carries his favorite William Gibson on his PDA/Cell phone. "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel" says it all.
5.
Has the opening song of Commander Keen, Final Fantasy VII, or Zak McCracken as a ringtone on his mobile.
6.
Likes bionically enhanced woman like 7-of-9 and *artist* enhanced like Larry Croft.
7.
Keeps calling you by your Handle IRL (in real life).
Final thoughts...
Use these tips wisely and when you do spot a Geek... embrace him and know you're not alone any more.
posted by hojo at
5:50 AM
4 Comments:
missed a couple
thoes ringers you listed are nothing. try hand converted and sped up tunes from the top down shooter, tyrian for the PC.(had to speed up the midi to replicate the music when the game was on tubro mode!)
has Ram or other hardware on there keyring (i have the intigraded heat spreader off an athlon 64 x2 chip on mine)
Wobble excellent dude! Do ya have a picture of your keyring ?
.....
I wrote 101010 in permanant marker on my arm the other day.
And I have The Black Mages - Those who fight further (FF7 Miniboss theme in Rock style) as my ringtone, I drink coke all the time and I call people by their internet handles all the time :O
I also have a broken in half stick of DDR ram with a hole drilled into the PCB on my key ring.
*gets gun to shoot self*
i used 2 have a pcb necklace
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