49(but never been bothered to try to build a robot so thats the only reason not 50 / 50) .... but I do have Asperger's.
p0110x - 15 years ago
got between 21-30, but some stuff is not included here xD, e.g. disassembling a laptop to its most, and repair it welding some stuff; making your house look like a computer lab by wiring with eth cables, having more than one computer in your own bedroom, having a "graveyard" of computers in your own bedroom... do those count? :D
"A real geek would know that a NES cart doesnt need blowing on. The connector inside is loose. They do that after awhile. Blowing on it makes it worse eventually..." >> well what I used to do is to put another NES cart over the playing one, that also worked :)
ETruss - 15 years ago
They didn't have computer camps when I was a kid. The only kid who got to play with computers was the guy whose dad worked for IBM. He eventually when on to work on the replacement for the air traffic controller system and retired early. I discovered computers when I was a junior in college and wound up writing business systems in VB. I'll have to work until I'm old enough to retire on full social security.
dogsboddy - 15 years ago
You've made my day, I only got into the 1-10 band, but then I am in the silver haired 50-60 yrs old band and most techie things are amazing to me. My other half's never found my porn and I was the proud owner of a calculator with red LEDs, I'll keep asking my son the questions when I get stuck!!
TrickAssMark - 15 years ago
Real geeks who are willing to give Apple money do so just to hack them for the fun of it.
Weird how a plurality depends on having an iPod Touch or iPhone. Or cat. Or HDTV. Or TV at all. Most of the stuff I've never done simply because it's never come up, and I tend to learn things on a need-to-learn basis. I'm also cheap and don't care about iPhones. For some reason, though, this need-to-learn thing confuses my friends, who think that because I know a lot in Flash that I should know all of Flash. And Polldaddy seems to have problems with new-lines in the comments. Seriously? Also, nice how the poll makes a bell curve.
Tensai Hilra - 15 years ago
I have just discovered I need to get out more... all but the Kernel. And thats just because I'm too lazy to submit my crap-code.
/me goes out for some bawls at the corner store.
Smudge - 15 years ago
Real geeks do all of this from a Unix shell.
TJ - 15 years ago
Real geeks dont use apple products.
lh - 15 years ago
A real geek would know that a NES cart doesnt need blowing on. The connector inside is loose. They do that after awhile. Blowing on it makes it worse eventually...
jon - 15 years ago
maybe for a hackintosh wannabe geek.
the smart geeks know better than to touch an iPod/iPhone.
j0shua - 15 years ago
Yeah...I find 31-40 pretty high, however, this is a gadget blog!
49(but never been bothered to try to build a robot so thats the only reason not 50 / 50) .... but I do have Asperger's.
got between 21-30, but some stuff is not included here xD, e.g. disassembling a laptop to its most, and repair it welding some stuff; making your house look like a computer lab by wiring with eth cables, having more than one computer in your own bedroom, having a "graveyard" of computers in your own bedroom... do those count? :D
"A real geek would know that a NES cart doesnt need blowing on. The connector inside is loose. They do that after awhile. Blowing on it makes it worse eventually..." >> well what I used to do is to put another NES cart over the playing one, that also worked :)
They didn't have computer camps when I was a kid. The only kid who got to play with computers was the guy whose dad worked for IBM. He eventually when on to work on the replacement for the air traffic controller system and retired early. I discovered computers when I was a junior in college and wound up writing business systems in VB. I'll have to work until I'm old enough to retire on full social security.
You've made my day, I only got into the 1-10 band, but then I am in the silver haired 50-60 yrs old band and most techie things are amazing to me. My other half's never found my porn and I was the proud owner of a calculator with red LEDs, I'll keep asking my son the questions when I get stuck!!
Real geeks who are willing to give Apple money do so just to hack them for the fun of it.
Got 50... is that good or not? jaja
Weird how a plurality depends on having an iPod Touch or iPhone. Or cat. Or HDTV. Or TV at all. Most of the stuff I've never done simply because it's never come up, and I tend to learn things on a need-to-learn basis. I'm also cheap and don't care about iPhones. For some reason, though, this need-to-learn thing confuses my friends, who think that because I know a lot in Flash that I should know all of Flash. And Polldaddy seems to have problems with new-lines in the comments. Seriously? Also, nice how the poll makes a bell curve.
I have just discovered I need to get out more... all but the Kernel. And thats just because I'm too lazy to submit my crap-code.
/me goes out for some bawls at the corner store.
Real geeks do all of this from a Unix shell.
Real geeks dont use apple products.
A real geek would know that a NES cart doesnt need blowing on. The connector inside is loose. They do that after awhile. Blowing on it makes it worse eventually...
maybe for a hackintosh wannabe geek.
the smart geeks know better than to touch an iPod/iPhone.
Yeah...I find 31-40 pretty high, however, this is a gadget blog!