View Full Version : Not another limp wristed computer geek?
Funkyfly
4th May 2005, 16:57
So exactly how many KBers are geeks?
Buy that im referring to those with IT/IM/IS related jobs.
Would seem this place is filled with limp wristed computer users.
What is it with computers and bikes? Are bikes a reprieve from the boring dreary life of working on/with computers?
White trash
4th May 2005, 16:59
Trash by name, extremely trash by nature.
Not an educated bone in my skinny body mate. Don't tell me you're one though?
Slipstream
4th May 2005, 17:03
Trash by name, extremely trash by nature.
Not an educated bone in my skinny body mate. Don't tell me you're one though?
Yeah...but you like to educate the peeps doncha ... giving them the learn on the track and back wheel :bleh:
:Punk:
Tell everyone about the gun in the hill on the discovery channel :killingme
Geek - but not limp-wristed (lugged around too many kaputt machines in my life and developed a few muscles - but don't tell the jocks, we don't want to shatter their "wittle illusions")
Hitcher
4th May 2005, 17:08
Repost your original message in !33+ and you'll have to use fly spray to keep them off...
Badcat
4th May 2005, 17:18
So exactly how many KBers are geeks?
Buy that im referring to those with IT/IM/IS related jobs.
Would seem this place is filled with limp wristed computer users.
What is it with computers and bikes? Are bikes a reprieve from the boring dreary life of working on/with computers?
speak for yourself, dude.
my wrists are firm enough to administer the odd slap.
ken
microsoft nz mac guy.
Dunno - I've always thought motorcycles were a pastime of the working man....and I'm a working man,minimal education and a lifetime of bruised knuckles...I just can't see computer geeks getting into bikes - but they aren't really are they? They haven't a clue about the mechanical side or the dynamics - it's the looks they go for....girls....
Technical - yup - in an electronimical kinda way, oh and telefermunications and wyareless stuff.
I'm not particularly fly with PCs though. I can drive one and make it do strange things, but not programme them or really geeky things like that.
Because I do have some pride. :Pokey:
Dunno - I've always thought motorcycles were a pastime of the working man....and I'm a working man,minimal education and a lifetime of bruised knuckles...I just can't see computer geeks getting into bikes - but they aren't really are they? They haven't a clue about the mechanical side or the dynamics - it's the looks they go for....girls....
Don't see the difference. Bikes, computers. Both are contrary bastards that refuse to do what you want them to (just because you're actually going about it the wrong way - no excuse, do what I meant you to do, not what I said) . Both respond well to judicious application of a BLOODY BIG HAMMER.
Badcat
4th May 2005, 17:34
Dunno - I've always thought motorcycles were a pastime of the working man....and I'm a working man,minimal education and a lifetime of bruised knuckles...I just can't see computer geeks getting into bikes - but they aren't really are they? They haven't a clue about the mechanical side or the dynamics - it's the looks they go for....girls....
bit of a day for assumptions - isn't it?
haven't a clue?
how do you know?
or are you just bored and looking for a bite?
suppose you did if that's the case.
D'oh!
Slipstream
4th May 2005, 17:40
:laugh:
Test your geekyness
http://www.innergeek.us/
Dunno - I've always thought motorcycles were a pastime of the working man....and I'm a working man,minimal education and a lifetime of bruised knuckles...I just can't see computer geeks getting into bikes - but they aren't really are they? They haven't a clue about the mechanical side or the dynamics - it's the looks they go for....girls....
Arse Biscuits
Arse Biscuits
Ill pass thanks
RON SOAK
4th May 2005, 18:02
Arse Biscuits
Yes please, wid a helping of double clotted
bit of a day for assumptions - isn't it?
haven't a clue?
how do you know?
or are you just bored and looking for a bite?
suppose you did if that's the case.
D'oh!
Yeah. He's pulling your tit mate. Get your own back . Tell him you know the truth about that cat of his. Then watch him deny everything.
gamgee
4th May 2005, 18:28
there's four things in my life:
surfing
computers
snowboarding
bikes
i know a lot about the first three and am currently working on my knowledge of the last one... and i've only broken my wrist once, skateboarding fell two metres and landed on it at a funny angle, fun times
Silage
4th May 2005, 19:05
Christian and geek - that ortta wind something up.
surfchick
4th May 2005, 19:12
i reckon bikers like gizmo's.
i met alot of bikers that are pilots.
plane is a mighty big gizmo.
'puta is a li'll gizmo.
bikes are a fast gizmo.
:laugh:
Test your geekyness
http://www.innergeek.us/
I scored far far far to high :-(
Slipstream
4th May 2005, 19:25
I scored far far far to high :-(
Try the tests in my signature.....the last one makes me :killingme everytime I test myself
:killingme :killingme :killingme
Small things amuse small minds I guess.
Speaking of which...I got acused of having the humour of a 7 year old today in QUAN 102 ....
just cos of how the standard error of x and the first hypothesis is written when accepted:
SE(X); Do Not Reject Ho
:killingme :killingme
And this is being absolutely serious too.
I knew accountants had a sense of humour :killingme
surfchick
4th May 2005, 19:39
hey skipslream-
i noticed role-playing was in the geek test :devil2: (these little devils are my favourite) lukily your favourite choice of smilie wasn't in the geek test...
Duh, I ride bikes to make up for my geekyness, dont chicks know that geeks give the best sex on acount of all the dodgy porno they watch, why dont they learn???
:laugh:
Test your geekyness
http://www.innergeek.us/
I came thru not to bad only, Major Geek 39.05325%
Matt Bleck
4th May 2005, 20:29
Try the tests in my signature.....the last one makes me :killingme everytime I test myself
:killingme :killingme :killingme
YEAH dude their classics :killingme
surfchick
4th May 2005, 20:33
I came thru not to bad only, Major Geek 39.05325%
i racked in the massive total of 1.9% . time to take up role playing and fixing my own glasses :msn-wink:
Mencius
4th May 2005, 21:10
dont chicks know that geeks give the best sex on acount of all the dodgy porno they watch, why dont they learn???
It's true too....... :yes:
Bearing that in mind (the dodgy porno that is) geeks usually have at least one quite firm wrist :killingme
Ang
My twat title is Technical Business ANALyst in an IT Team.
Geek, sometimes.
Odd, often.
Egg, depending on the weather.
Gizmo's, yeth pwease. My latest gizmo purchase almost got me taken out. Loud music & riding on the motorway doesn't mix... certainly the mix I had blaring in me ears at the time didn't assist in me staying aware of potential hazards!
MOTOXXX
4th May 2005, 21:23
yea im a geek.
but i dont care :whocares:
NordieBoy
4th May 2005, 22:25
I scored 23% on the geekiness test.
In my pockets every day are...
Cellphone (Kyocera Slider)
Palm (Tungsten E)
USB Memory sticks (256, 512 and 1Gb)
Behind me on the kitchen floor are 21 desktop and 8 laptop computers in various states of dis-repair (7 are mine).
I run Linux as my OS.
I want a higher score dammit! :mad:
Slipstream
4th May 2005, 22:28
hey skipslream-
Hey sirfchuck :D
i noticed role-playing was in the geek test :devil2: (these little devils are my favourite)
What's wrong with RPG's? oh....er....:whistle:
lukily your favourite choice of smilie wasn't in the geek test...
which one's that then???
The reason so many geeks like bikes/ride bikes is that they realise the superior power to weight ratio and price when compared to cages.
Not to mention riding bikes is one of the best things you can do in life. :ride:
Yeah I'm a computer technician as usual.. :whocares:
Bikes made me ditch computers big time and working with computers every day sorta killed it too (like the fatty in a Bigmac shop).
No your a professional faggot. (tristank)
surfchick
4th May 2005, 23:08
Hey sirfchuck :D-
te he- you snuck that one in surf:puke: eh?
>well slopsheen...
What's wrong with RPG's? oh....er....:whistle:
>there's an abreviation for dressin like a crazed mel gibson with a sporrin?
which one's that then???
>mmm you seem to get out of a fair bit of trouble with this one :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
i reckon bikers like gizmo's.
i met alot of bikers that are pilots.
plane is a mighty big gizmo.
'puta is a li'll gizmo.
bikes are a fast gizmo.
Pilots? Does that old chat up line still pull, huh? :devil2:
Slipstream
4th May 2005, 23:19
>mmm you seem to get out of a fair bit of trouble with this one :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
yeah :yes: .... but nah :no: .....
....
....
:whistle:
BTW Surfy...ya gotta put [/QUOTE] after every bit of quote and [QUOTE=KB name] Before every bit of quote...otherwise what you say gets put into the quote....:niceone:
Kwaka-Kid
4th May 2005, 23:22
not here.
very strong wrist, right wrist infact.
because of all the hours on the bike and that really heavy throttle return spring.
Hmmm....
3 our of 6 people in the IT Dept where TristanK and I work ride bikes. :whistle:
And even worse I studying Dip in Computer Networking at Mit :killingme
Yeah there are 3... and I'm the fastest :shake:
'looks at speeding ticket' AND THAT PROVES IT :Punk:
Part of the reason I ride bikes is its time when I don't have to think about computers, being able to fully concentrate on something other than PC's is a great way to take the mind off things. One of the problems I have with my job is if I can't sort a problem before I leave for the day, It will dwell on my mind until I do get it fixed, riding is a great way to get around this.
Yeah there are 3... and I'm the fastest :shake:
'looks at speeding ticket' AND THAT PROVES IT :Punk:
:killingme Ohh well Im not worried :Punk: :whistle:
Part of the reason I ride bikes is its time when I don't have to think about computers, being able to fully concentrate on something other than PC's is a great way to take the mind off things. One of the problems I have with my job is if I can't sort a problem before I leave for the day, It will dwell on my mind until I do get it fixed, riding is a great way to get around this.
Yea im in the same situation - I do no sports or anything like that so bikes fix that :niceone:
Its funny I came out as a geek yet I dont work as a geek. lolol. Ima geek as a part time.
phantom
5th May 2005, 08:21
yeah I'm another in the IT industry and have been since early 80's but the things give me the shirts now :ar15: was always a fixit man but now its all module replacement and programming stuff for the propellerheads. I've got one old computer that fell of the back of truck :whistle: at home that I use for email, a bit of wordprocessing and a bit of web browsing
I scored 35.89744% - "Major Geek". I would have scored higher if they put having PDA as a separate thing and listed "Cyberpunk" under "I play". I would also have had an "I have GMed" section and they totally missed out "LARP" (Live Action Role Play) and knowing things like: what "LART", "PFY", "PHB" and "BOFH" mean...
They also tend to lump all species of geek together. I didn't score as high as I would have expected as I am not a maths geek or a band geek so I had to leave a lot of answers blank.
I would have written the test so that it would have tailored subsequent questions based on certain answers - omitting any maths or music related ones for those who did not tick "Maths club" or "Attended Band Camp" (this one time, at band camp....) or at least factoring them out of the calculation.
If that previous paragraph does not conclusively prove me a geek, nothing will :killingme
I agree with the earlier post: there should have been "you have: A favourite smilie" - instant increase in geekiness for ALL KBers :yes:
Yes please, wid a helping of double clotted
:puke: ...............................
Ho hum. I scored only 7.10059 "Poser". Which is odd considering I work in IT - and as a programmer - though I don't actually get much coding done nowadays.
I wonder if this is related to my practice of using a BLOODY HEAVY HAMMER as the primary tool for fixing computers ? (And bikes. And cars. And anything else really)
pommie girl
5th May 2005, 13:30
Hmm, well, I married the IT geek but I ride the bike ... and I can most definitely attest to the fact that he doesn't have limp wrists :D
ManDownUnder
5th May 2005, 13:59
[QUOTE=White trash]Trash by name, extremely trash by nature.QUOTE]
Bloody skite...
As for me... ex Sys Admin, DBA (both to medium level - noit advanced by any means) and now hopped the fence to SW sales....
So arguably I'm the worst of both worlds! :ride:
MDU
a lot of comn puter geeks earn more than tradesman,
i reckon i have it in me to go geek, just need to lose the hair an get some big glasses an learn how to push a puter around an office
a lot of comn puter geeks earn more than tradesman,
i reckon i have it in me to go geek, just need to lose the hair an get some big glasses an learn how to push a puter around an office
It's an easy job Mikey - you just need to know what RTFM means.
http://img218.echo.cx/img218/6220/rtfm3lf.gif
Ghost Lemur
5th May 2005, 14:53
It's an easy job Mikey - you just need to know what RTFM means.
http://img218.echo.cx/img218/6220/rtfm3lf.gif
Dunno about the job being easy.
It's certainly not easy getting the damn foot in the door.
*mutters*
Gremlin
5th May 2005, 23:56
...using a BLOODY HEAVY HAMMER
tap-omitter (sp - but had to spell phonetically) if you please.
It sounds much more delicate and people think you know what you are doing... :laugh:
vifferman
6th May 2005, 09:15
I was a biker before I had anything to do with IT.
But (BUT!) I work for one fo the world's most boring IT companies, which employs about 1000 geeks worldwide, and about 90-odd (some very odd indeed) in D'Auckland. Of these, currently only 2.3 ride bikes (VFR800, SV650, and mebbe a GSXR1000), although others have said to me, "Yeah well I used to ride a bike but then I grew up / it got too dangerous / my nads fell off / I got married /I became boring." There used to be four (4.5) of us (the guy with the CBR600 left, so did the one with the QT50). So those statistics prove that only 2.5% of geeks ride bikes, that 93.2% of all statistics are made up, and that if only 2.5% of geeks ride bikes, then fewer geeks ride bikes than 'normal' people.
Actually, my stats are erroneous, as not everyone who works here is a geek; some are dweebs, some are dweeboids, there's a few accountants, lotsatossas, some chix (including two models), and rumour has it there's even a RegularGuy (which may or mayn't be me).
..
Actually, my stats are erroneous, as not everyone who works here is a geek; some are dweebs, some are dweeboids, there's a few accountants, lotsatossas, some chix (including two models), and rumour has it there's even a RegularGuy (which may or mayn't be me).
Any dooddles ?
vifferman
6th May 2005, 09:23
Any dooddles ?
Well, I'd guess that most of the guys (dweeboid, geek or whatever) have dooddles, but I'm not about to ask them.
Well, I'd guess that most of the guys (dweeboid, geek or whatever) have dooddles, but I'm not about to ask them.
Got any nails ?
vifferman
6th May 2005, 09:41
Got any nails ?
That sounds suspiciously like that duck joke...
And no, I don't have any nails here :no: (apart from fingernails and toe nails), but there's plenty at home. :yes:
That sounds suspiciously like that duck joke...
And no, I don't have any nails here :no: (apart from fingernails and toe nails), but there's plenty at home. :yes:
Got any bread ?
vifferman
6th May 2005, 09:54
Got any bread ?
I was going to say "Yes", but then I realised I brought noodles today, because I was anxious to get on my bike and come to work.
Well, at least Part A.
Big Dave
6th May 2005, 14:40
Steady on! I do geeky work, build web sites, cut code and sit before several screens all day.
I'm also a 6'5, 115kg, pretty fit biker who can dunk a basketball, smack a golf ball well over 300 meters and can lift a new bonneville clear off the ground - all by myself.
So yeah I'm a geek - what you goin' to %#$^@#$* do about it. :msn-wink:
Lou Girardin
6th May 2005, 15:02
Steady on! I do geeky work, build web sites, cut code and sit before several screens all day.
I'm also a 6'5, 115kg, pretty fit biker who can dunk a basketball, smack a golf ball well over 300 meters and can lift a new bonneville clear off the ground - all by myself.
So yeah I'm a geek - what you goin' to %#$^@#$* do about it. :msn-wink:
Yeah, but you're still scared of your better half. Aintcha?
Big Dave
6th May 2005, 15:07
I'm my own man - I just decided to do everything she says....well.... actually :wait: ....yes.
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