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kevmille
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 Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 6:44 am Post subject: Any Non-Geek Gentoo Users Out There? |
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| Just curious to see if I was the only non-Geek Gentoo user out there? |
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ba747heavy
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linux/gentoo user = geek
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kevmille
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I refuse to believe that!!!  |
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Red Nalie
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| kevmille wrote: | | I refuse to believe that!!! |
....DENIAL! 
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frippz
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So what is a geek to you?
Sounds like something taken right out of an all american high school movie; if you're a geek, you're screwed! So please tell me what you mean by a non-geek gentoo user. How does one qualify to be a non-geek?
Are YOU a non-geek...? |
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isnogood
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| *Levi* wrote: | How does one qualify to be a non-geek?
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I know!!!
If you don't have the slightest idea why this thing even boots and stare in awe and wonder every time the x server starts.
I qualify. |
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iKiddo
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I get surprised faces once in a while for being able to fix computer problems. That's one of the reasons I wouldn't think of myself as a geek. |
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ed0n
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in my contry there's no such differences like geek and non-geek persons  |
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pzilla
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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| ed0n wrote: | | in my contry there's no such differences like geek and non-geek persons |
Which is...?
Chances are if you are here, you are a geek. If you did a gentoo stage one installation, chances are you are quite a geek, not because it is that difficult (well, it is a little), but because of your priorities.
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iKiddo
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| pzilla wrote: | | ed0n wrote: | | in my contry there's no such differences like geek and non-geek persons |
Which is...?
Chances are if you are here, you are a geek. If you did a gentoo stage one installation, chances are you are quite a geek, not because it is that difficult (well, it is a little), but because of your priorities. |
But as with all chances, there's always the odd one... |
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kevmille
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Actually, I have always been amazed that people who are computer literate are immediately labeled as a geeks. Yeah, some are as I have seen at the first Linux meeting I attended. Others are not though I am one of them 
And lastly, I am a former Marine so if anyone accuses me of being a geek, RUN!!! |
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petardi
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 3:58 pm Post subject: Re: Any Non-Geek Gentoo Users Out There? |
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| kevmille wrote: | | Just curious to see if I was the only non-Geek Gentoo user out there? |
Is that a good thing or a bad thing? |
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iKiddo
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 4:00 pm Post subject: Re: Any Non-Geek Gentoo Users Out There? |
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| petardi wrote: | | kevmille wrote: | | Just curious to see if I was the only non-Geek Gentoo user out there? |
Is that a good thing or a bad thing? |
Some like to be geek, others like to be non-geek. For me it's not a matter of good/bad. |
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pzilla
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 4:09 pm Post subject: Re: Any Non-Geek Gentoo Users Out There? |
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| iKiddo wrote: | | petardi wrote: | | kevmille wrote: | | Just curious to see if I was the only non-Geek Gentoo user out there? |
Is that a good thing or a bad thing? |
Some like to be geek, others like to be non-geek. For me it's not a matter of good/bad. |
This generalization of geek being good or bad comes from stupid american teenage movies like "revenge of the nerds". So is the steriotypical image of a pale white man with no social skills.
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Clete2
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| kevmille wrote: | Actually, I have always been amazed that people who are computer literate are immediately labeled as a geeks. Yeah, some are as I have seen at the first Linux meeting I attended. Others are not though I am one of them
And lastly, I am a former Marine so if anyone accuses me of being a geek, RUN!!! |
I'm a 2nd. Senior Black Belt in TaeKwonDo... And I am a geek, geeks can be normal... I can whip your butt, or so I think ... I play football with friends, run laps around the block, etc  ... And I know C/C++, PHP, VB, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, etc... and I am still half normal...
Pzilla is right... Almost everyone is a geek, my dad is an engineer, knows a lot about cars, so he is classified as geek I suppose... And if you installed Gentoo yourself without help of other people and you understood when you followed the manual (you didn't sit down and just go step by step, not knowing what the heck you were doing)... then you're a geek...
And I think it's good to be a geek, you're smarter than your friends...
EDIT: Take that back, when you are smarter, you spend time helping out your friends install X (no not XFree) |
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| Clete2 wrote: |
I'm a 2nd. Senior Black Belt in TaeKwonDo... And I am a geek, geeks can be normal... I can whip your butt, or so I think ... I play football with friends, run laps around the block, etc ... And I know C/C++, PHP, VB, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, etc... and I am still half normal...
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it's that second half that always gets ya eh?
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petardi
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I've asked Google Sets what can be predicted from "geek" and "linux".
| Quote: | geek
Linux
Internet Explorer
computers
Open
Borg
Star Wars |
There are no Marines there, only the Borg. |
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kevmille
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 5:42 pm Post subject: Re: Any Non-Geek Gentoo Users Out There? |
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| Quote: | | This generalization of geek being good or bad comes from stupid american teenage movies like "revenge of the nerds". So is the steriotypical image of a pale white man with no social skills. |
That it is so true, unfortunately. It is amazing how even today, athletes are highly praised but those who do very academically are not. [/quote] |
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kevmille
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| Quote: | | I'm a 2nd. Senior Black Belt in TaeKwonDo... And I am a geek, geeks can be normal... I can whip your butt, or so I think ... |
I will meet you behind the parking lot after school. Winner gets to take the loser's laptop:wink:
| Quote: | | I play football with friends, run laps around the block, etc ... And I know C/C++, PHP, VB, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, etc... and I am still half normal... |
I know Perl/CGI. I had to take a graduate computer programming class to fulfill my Information Systems requirement. Still a beginner though but this course allowed me to pick up PHP rather quickly. I taught myself HTML and right now I am self teaching myself XHTML and CSS. Got to meet those W3C and Section 508 web standards:)
| Quote: | | Pzilla is right... Almost everyone is a geek, my dad is an engineer, knows a lot about cars, so he is classified as geek I suppose... And if you installed Gentoo yourself without help of other people and you understood when you followed the manual (you didn't sit down and just go step by step, not knowing what the heck you were doing)... then you're a geek... |
Took me 4 tries to get a fully functioning system. Actually, I got it on the 3rd try but I thought my computer was messed up when I started X Windows so I reinstalled it. This forum helped quite a bit (better then the mailing list I might add).
| Quote: | And I think it's good to be a geek, you're smarter than your friends...
EDIT: Take that back, when you are smarter, you spend time helping out your friends install X (no not XFree) |
Okay, you are definately a bigger geek than me. Oh wait a minute, I am not a geek!!!  [/quote] |
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kevmille
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| petardi wrote: | I've asked Google Sets what can be predicted from "geek" and "linux".
| Quote: | geek
Linux
Internet Explorer
computers
Open
Borg
Star Wars |
There are no Marines there, only the Borg. |
Same thing sometimes |
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Clete2
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| Quote: | And I think it's good to be a geek, you're smarter than your friends...
EDIT: Take that back, when you are smarter, you spend time helping out your friends install X (no not XFree) |
Okay, you are definately a bigger geek than me. Oh wait a minute, I am not a geek!!! [/quote][/quote]
Well you ought to know this guy Jared... Not too smart... he couldn't figure out (after I told him a few times to get Roger Wilco), how to get Roger Wilco working after installing it... I said "Open Internet Explorer"... and he went blank, so I said "Err, just go to www.rogerwilco.com"... And he got there pretty quick... So after that it took him a few minutes to find the link to download with my help... Just thought I should share that experience... happens often too with any app...
He also thinks I am too smart, fixing his computer multiple times, so I am pestered with his and my computer problems...
Q: Did you understand the commands or just follow along? |
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Gandalf_Grey_
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Yes, I admit it, I am a geek.
However I do have a social life, so a social geek. :p
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iKiddo
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| Clete2 wrote: | | Q: Did you understand the commands or just follow along? |
At more or less my 3rd attempt I got too understand the commands properly. |
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kevmille
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| Quote: | | Q: Did you understand the commands or just follow along? |
My notebook told me to get out of the room while installing Gentoo Linux. When the installation was completed, my notebook called me on my cell. |
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hes a geek in denial if not im really confused why hes using linux ? does he need to be ? is this a bad thing ?
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