You know you're rather geeky when...
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Domenic [_Geek_n] wrote: I'm a geek, and proud of it Anyone who can work out how to do text shadows in HTML before me is a geek. :-D
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Why thank you! I was rather proud of that particular piece of handiwork. CSS is a powerful thing...
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Thanks Colin!
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I'm not a geek, and I would have done the same. Serious Domenic what kinda fun is there at an organized dance, when I was your age all the boys would be on one side of the room and the girls on the other. Of course the girls were only interested in older guys. At least at a chess tournament you can start a fight. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
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The good thing about picking a fight with chess geeks is that you'll usually win. Another good place is a senior citizen center, but watch out for those walkers. It hurts when they ram them into your shins. :)
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The good thing about picking a fight with chess geeks is that you'll usually win. Another good place is a senior citizen center, but watch out for those walkers. It hurts when they ram them into your shins. :)
Yeah walkers suck. The should have to be registered as weapons and not revealed in public. Regardz Colin J Davies
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Martin Marvinski wrote: Get out of the geek life style before it consumes you like the dark side. The geek lifestyle is the preferable one. I look at the pathetic hormone-driven society that my peers have created and just shake my head and laugh bitterly at the pointlessness of it all. They're so stupid; why should I care about them? Consumed with their petty social lives and interests, living in the present, they have no true purpose or direction, simply drifting around in this fake lifestyle they have created hoping interacting shallowly about totally inconsequential things. How could I ever let myself become like that? How could I ever live that phony teenage life, caring about who's going out with who, or where the party is next Sunday, or what band everybody is listening to? It's so ****ing DUMB! I got pretty darn close to going over to the light side when my computer died for several months and I got a social life out of boredom (you may remember my frantic help messages. In the end I had to get a new HD from the manufacturer, losing all my data X|). In retrospect, it was an extremely scary experience, and I'm never going back in that direction. And I'm still dealing with the leftover complications (as I said to Rama, I had to turn down several people asking me to go to the dance), and hate it with a passion every step of the way. No, I'd rather absorb myself in a world of thought and purpose, of knowledge, and therefore power. While they're losing their virginity and partying all night long, I'll be coding C#, getting a high-paying tech job, and learning the newest technologies. I prefer to read, to code, to learn, and to think. That is truly living, much more than anything I could ever achieve as part of their society. It's the dark side for me. I have gone down the dark path, and forever will it dominate my destiny.
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Hmm, I cant say I agree with you on that at all - what you have described as the pathetic hormone-driven society is what life at your age is about. If you miss out on that, you miss out on a lot of vital experience in all sorts of ways. You have plenty of time in later life to become a boring sod and achieve your exponential rate of learning. ____________________ David Wulff hu·mour Pronunciation Key (hymr) n. & v. Chiefly British Dave's Code Project Screensaver and Wallpaper page.
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... you skip your 8th grade graduation dance to go work at the chess tournament. :cool:
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It could be a lot worse... you could have skipped it to watch the World Cup. :rolleyes: Last Friday, 90% of the British working population phones in sick. :laugh: ____________________ David Wulff hu·mour Pronunciation Key (hymr) n. & v. Chiefly British Dave's Code Project Screensaver and Wallpaper page.
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Oh no, I turned down several offers. I'm a geek, and proud of it :)
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Domenic [_Geek_n] wrote: Oh no, I turned down several offers. I am proud of you too.:)
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Martin Marvinski wrote: Get out of the geek life style before it consumes you like the dark side. The geek lifestyle is the preferable one. I look at the pathetic hormone-driven society that my peers have created and just shake my head and laugh bitterly at the pointlessness of it all. They're so stupid; why should I care about them? Consumed with their petty social lives and interests, living in the present, they have no true purpose or direction, simply drifting around in this fake lifestyle they have created hoping interacting shallowly about totally inconsequential things. How could I ever let myself become like that? How could I ever live that phony teenage life, caring about who's going out with who, or where the party is next Sunday, or what band everybody is listening to? It's so ****ing DUMB! I got pretty darn close to going over to the light side when my computer died for several months and I got a social life out of boredom (you may remember my frantic help messages. In the end I had to get a new HD from the manufacturer, losing all my data X|). In retrospect, it was an extremely scary experience, and I'm never going back in that direction. And I'm still dealing with the leftover complications (as I said to Rama, I had to turn down several people asking me to go to the dance), and hate it with a passion every step of the way. No, I'd rather absorb myself in a world of thought and purpose, of knowledge, and therefore power. While they're losing their virginity and partying all night long, I'll be coding C#, getting a high-paying tech job, and learning the newest technologies. I prefer to read, to code, to learn, and to think. That is truly living, much more than anything I could ever achieve as part of their society. It's the dark side for me. I have gone down the dark path, and forever will it dominate my destiny.
-Domenic Denicola- [CPUA 0x1337] MadHamster Creations "I was born human. But this was an accident of fate - a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change..."
Domenic [_Geek_n] wrote: No, I'd rather absorb myself in a world of thought and purpose, of knowledge, and therefore power. Wait a minute, 8th grade equals 14 or there abouts. That equals hormones out of control which means anything in a skirt is viewed in a carnal way. At least in my day it did. Couldn't dance and had no social skills but that didn't stop me turning up everytime. Is this no interest in the opposite sex thing a current day or US thing? Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "In Summer, I like to dance naked on the roof to celebrate the event of the temperature finally falling below 40C (usually about midnight). But the neighbors have lately taken up the habit of staying up late. And looking up, at times, from their dreary, pointless lives..." - Roger Wright 15/05/2002
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Domenic [_Geek_n] wrote: No, I'd rather absorb myself in a world of thought and purpose, of knowledge, and therefore power. Wait a minute, 8th grade equals 14 or there abouts. That equals hormones out of control which means anything in a skirt is viewed in a carnal way. At least in my day it did. Couldn't dance and had no social skills but that didn't stop me turning up everytime. Is this no interest in the opposite sex thing a current day or US thing? Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "In Summer, I like to dance naked on the roof to celebrate the event of the temperature finally falling below 40C (usually about midnight). But the neighbors have lately taken up the habit of staying up late. And looking up, at times, from their dreary, pointless lives..." - Roger Wright 15/05/2002
Michael Martin wrote: Is this no interest in the opposite sex thing a current day or US thing? It's more of a "me" thing. I'd rather not let hormones and chemicals control my thought process, and because of my willpower and strong beliefs in an intellectual lifestyle I don't allow them to. That's just me.
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Michael Martin wrote: Is this no interest in the opposite sex thing a current day or US thing? It's more of a "me" thing. I'd rather not let hormones and chemicals control my thought process, and because of my willpower and strong beliefs in an intellectual lifestyle I don't allow them to. That's just me.
-Domenic Denicola- [CPUA 0x1337] MadHamster Creations "I was born human. But this was an accident of fate - a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change..."
Domenic [_Geek_n] wrote: It's more of a "me" thing. I'd rather not let hormones and chemicals control my thought process, and because of my willpower and strong beliefs in an intellectual lifestyle I don't allow them to. That's just me. Fair enough that is your choice. Just somewhere along the line you should let your hormones have a little control. It's only natural. :-D Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "In Summer, I like to dance naked on the roof to celebrate the event of the temperature finally falling below 40C (usually about midnight). But the neighbors have lately taken up the habit of staying up late. And looking up, at times, from their dreary, pointless lives..." - Roger Wright 15/05/2002
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Domenic [_Geek_n] wrote: It's more of a "me" thing. I'd rather not let hormones and chemicals control my thought process, and because of my willpower and strong beliefs in an intellectual lifestyle I don't allow them to. That's just me. Fair enough that is your choice. Just somewhere along the line you should let your hormones have a little control. It's only natural. :-D Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "In Summer, I like to dance naked on the roof to celebrate the event of the temperature finally falling below 40C (usually about midnight). But the neighbors have lately taken up the habit of staying up late. And looking up, at times, from their dreary, pointless lives..." - Roger Wright 15/05/2002
Michael Martin wrote: It's only natural "Natural." What a quaint little idea.
-Domenic Denicola- [CPUA 0x1337] MadHamster Creations "I was born human. But this was an accident of fate - a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change..."