Am I a Geek?

[Biff]

Last night Ms Biff finally had enough and told me I was a geek. I don't mean because I can find my way around a PC, or that I work in a technology based environment. An environment that can be very political, mentally taxing and stressful.

Last night she caught me playing Microsoft Flight Simulator. I was doing a shuttle run from Christchurch to Queenstown.

Am I a geek?

I love flying (although I haven't flown since being here), I don't smoke pot (well, very, very rarely) and I don't drink beer or wine on my own in the house. But I do enjoy the odd go of my flight simulator, PS2 or X box in order to unwind. Not every night. But quite often.

Do you qualify as a geek by Ms Biff's standards?
How do you unwind?

[Dr Bob]

Do you know the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek? (extra points if you know what TOS, TNG, etc. means)
Do you carry around a leatherman, or swiss army knife and mainly use it for fixing sunglasses, glasses, or the addition of drives in a mini tower case?
Do you read more than watch movies?
....

[ktulu]

I see what you mean there biff, my girlfriend is a student and most of my mates are students, all heavy drinkers pretty much but I don't drink much and don't do any drugs, just love sport and riding bikes and a fair bit of computer games from time to time. All are fairly harmless compared to drinking and drugs I thought but still I am the weird one.

Hmmm...

[Biff]

Do you know the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek? (extra points if you know what TOS, TNG, etc. means)
Do you carry around a leatherman, or swiss army knife and mainly use it for fixing sunglasses, glasses, or the addition of drives in a mini tower case?
Do you read more than watch movies?
....

Star Wars and Star Trek - yep know the difference. I haven't a clue what a TOS, or TNG are though.

Carry a leatherman - no - own one - yes. Use it to fix things – only if there’s nothing else around, or to look cool in front of my 5 year old son. (he makes a “corrrr” sound when I flick open the various integrated utensils).

I read most evenings (Geeky books though – Stephen Hawkins at the mo’) and rarely watch movies.

What’s the prognosis Doc? Can I be cured?

[Waylander]

Do you know the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek? (extra points if you know what TOS, TNG, etc. means)
Do you carry around a leatherman, or swiss army knife and mainly use it for fixing sunglasses, glasses, or the addition of drives in a mini tower case?
Do you read more than watch movies?
....

Both for Star Trek
TOS= The Original Series

TNG= The Next Generation

Got the leatherman but dont often wear my sunglasses, and books are usually more entertaining for me.
And the diference between Star Wars and Star Trek, in one they explore in the other they are fighting against another force throughout the whole series of movies.
Do I qualify?

[Dodgyiti]

No need to for further information- you achieved geekdom at 'Flight Simulator'

[Dr Bob]

Your current read is Stephen Hawkins...... Yes, you are a geek, why you should have to ask is what astounds me.

Don't let the flight simulator stuff bother the missus- you are in the early stages.

p.s.

TOS - the original series
TNG - the next generation

[Dr Bob]

Both for Star Trek
TOS= The Original Series

TNG= The Next Generation

Got the leatherman but dont often wear my sunglasses, and books are usually more entertaining for me.
And the diference between Star Wars and Star Trek, in one they explore in the other they are fighting against another force throughout the whole series of movies.
Do I qualify?

If you want to qualify then you obviousley qualify.

[Waylander]

p.s.

TOS - the original series
TNG - the next generation

Woohoo!!! I was right. Now whethert is a good thing or not.....:spudwhat:

[Dr Bob]

I know that DS9 is obvious, not sure what they are calling voyager or enterprize, it's gotta boil down to a tla.

[dhunt]

Hmm I seem to get a bit of that too, preferring to work in a terminal to this click icky stuff, have a shelf full of computer books (good entertainment) and regularly enteratine myself by playing around with my server. Also using a tv remote to control your computer is not the "in" thing either.

But then again the other day I was told I don't look like a biker either so not sure about that one.

[Waylander]

I know that DS9 is obvious, not sure what they are calling voyager or enterprize, it's gotta boil down to a tla.

Probably Voy or Ent maybe? Ohwait then they would get sued buy Jackson and Tolkien for copyright enfringments on giant talking trees.

[dveus]

Last night she caught me playing Microsoft Flight Simulator. I was doing a shuttle run from Christchurch to Queenstown.

Am I a geek?

not if it involved at least one barrel roll, and some form of high speed low altitude flying.

[Biff]

Also using a tv remote to control your computer is not the "in" thing either.

Using a TV remote - that is so 90's luvvie.

I use a head tracker. I have a reflective spot on the bridge of my 3D glasses (no seriously, everything on my monitor is 3D, including all my games - sooo cool) and a widget on the top of my monitor that tracks my head movements. Where I look, the mouse goes.

Balls - I've done it again. I've just dug my geek pit even deeper.

not if it involved at least one barrel roll, and some form of high speed low altitude flying.

A bit difficult to do in a Concorde or a 747!
But it does have a neat trick plane. You can pull some fantastic stunts with this machine.

[Sniper]

Yes, ummm, no. Do you know, you sure you arnt me? I that too??