Geek gets into trouble for being a geek
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Mechanical wrote:
To some place with no I.D cards, no chips implanted in my arse, no cameras watching my every move, no one to bother me.
Your profile says Pakistan. I wouldn't have thought that's how things were there - rather the opposite (an ID-less population, like it's in India).
Regards, Nish
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
an ID-less population, like it's in India
Resistance is futile, they are Borg? :)
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How many of you prefer to be left alone ? I think I would rather not have company of the non-geeks, the unwashed. So someone informed the police that a dangerous person may be living in the place I live in. So the police knocked on my door and demanded to come in. They checked out the whole place and asked me what I did for a living. Then they asked about the car I am overhauling in the garage. They said it may have been stolen (give me a f*in break!). So they took the registration copies of both my cars and my I.D card and told me to come get it from the police station. So now I am going there. And I will have to give them some of my hard earned money just to get out of the place. This is one of the reasons I decided to emigrate. To some place with no I.D cards, no chips implanted in my arse, no cameras watching my every move, no one to bother me. Somewhere I can eat, sleep, code and just be a geek.
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Chips'n'ID's ain't the problem, people are. In the place you want to be, they'd pay you a warm visit to pique their curiosity. So they took the car with them? Or just the registration?
Mechanical wrote:
How many of you prefer to be left alone ? I think I would rather not have company of the non-geeks, the unwashed.
I feel with you - OTOH I wouldn't want to live in a geeks only world, or isolated from the rest. I desperately need to "withdraw into my cave" regulary, but as long as they let me, I actually quite like "people", especially the washed. Regarding their traits - we have to work with what we have. Anyway, if you're a geek, money isn't that hard earned usually. Try make a living by picking aspargus, or glueing part 172 to part 533 on a conveyor belt. What helps a lot that "the geek" is now a staple in main stream culture. We've been pulled out of the dark, murky basements, and put into dimly-lit oh-it's-just-stale-pizza-not-severed-limbs basements. The unwashed masses have a role model to judge us by. It's a pain, but actually helps being left alone (and avoids the t+f situations).
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How many of you prefer to be left alone ? I think I would rather not have company of the non-geeks, the unwashed. So someone informed the police that a dangerous person may be living in the place I live in. So the police knocked on my door and demanded to come in. They checked out the whole place and asked me what I did for a living. Then they asked about the car I am overhauling in the garage. They said it may have been stolen (give me a f*in break!). So they took the registration copies of both my cars and my I.D card and told me to come get it from the police station. So now I am going there. And I will have to give them some of my hard earned money just to get out of the place. This is one of the reasons I decided to emigrate. To some place with no I.D cards, no chips implanted in my arse, no cameras watching my every move, no one to bother me. Somewhere I can eat, sleep, code and just be a geek.
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How many of you prefer to be left alone ? I think I would rather not have company of the non-geeks, the unwashed. So someone informed the police that a dangerous person may be living in the place I live in. So the police knocked on my door and demanded to come in. They checked out the whole place and asked me what I did for a living. Then they asked about the car I am overhauling in the garage. They said it may have been stolen (give me a f*in break!). So they took the registration copies of both my cars and my I.D card and told me to come get it from the police station. So now I am going there. And I will have to give them some of my hard earned money just to get out of the place. This is one of the reasons I decided to emigrate. To some place with no I.D cards, no chips implanted in my arse, no cameras watching my every move, no one to bother me. Somewhere I can eat, sleep, code and just be a geek.
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Finally back. They took some money (bribe) and let my registration books go. Along with me. The officer in charge questioned me like I was some criminal. It is crazy what the law lets them get away with. Pigs!.
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Mechanical wrote:
To some place with no I.D cards, no chips implanted in my arse, no cameras watching my every move, no one to bother me.
Your profile says Pakistan. I wouldn't have thought that's how things were there - rather the opposite (an ID-less population, like it's in India).
Regards, Nish
Blog: blog.voidnish.com Most recent article: An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application
Pakistan is a police state where anyone with a badge can do anything he pleases. There are ID cards, finger prints (you can't prove your identity without an ID card, and finger prints are a must to get an ID card), picture, and who knows what else.
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Pakistan is a police state where anyone with a badge can do anything he pleases. There are ID cards, finger prints (you can't prove your identity without an ID card, and finger prints are a must to get an ID card), picture, and who knows what else.
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Mechanical wrote:
Pakistan is a police state where anyone with a badge can do anything he pleases. There are ID cards, finger prints (you can't prove your identity without an ID card, and finger prints are a must to get an ID card), picture, and who knows what else.
Wow - that is interesting. India has ID cards too, but they are far from mandatory. And certainly do not involve fingerprinting.
Regards, Nish
Blog: blog.voidnish.com Most recent article: An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application
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Chips'n'ID's ain't the problem, people are. In the place you want to be, they'd pay you a warm visit to pique their curiosity. So they took the car with them? Or just the registration?
Mechanical wrote:
How many of you prefer to be left alone ? I think I would rather not have company of the non-geeks, the unwashed.
I feel with you - OTOH I wouldn't want to live in a geeks only world, or isolated from the rest. I desperately need to "withdraw into my cave" regulary, but as long as they let me, I actually quite like "people", especially the washed. Regarding their traits - we have to work with what we have. Anyway, if you're a geek, money isn't that hard earned usually. Try make a living by picking aspargus, or glueing part 172 to part 533 on a conveyor belt. What helps a lot that "the geek" is now a staple in main stream culture. We've been pulled out of the dark, murky basements, and put into dimly-lit oh-it's-just-stale-pizza-not-severed-limbs basements. The unwashed masses have a role model to judge us by. It's a pain, but actually helps being left alone (and avoids the t+f situations).
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
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In the place you want to be
I am still looking for the place I want to be. And I am sure there is a place for me. And I am sure such a place exists.
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Come to America. We have cookies.
I heard America is a prison with more food. Anyway, it isn't on my list.
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Finally back. They took some money (bribe) and let my registration books go. Along with me. The officer in charge questioned me like I was some criminal. It is crazy what the law lets them get away with. Pigs!.
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Mechanical wrote:
They took some money (bribe) and let my registration books go.
Waht is your complaint? You have the best justice money can buy! :~
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