You know you're a geek when...

[bcfcrule]

Have there been any moments in your life recently that you feel have really defined you as a geek?

I was playing snooker recently, going for a rather tough shot. I was thinking to myself "that pink needs to be pixel perfect to go down".

One of my friends once took her glasses off and said I looked blurry (well duh.) I responded with "I'm not blurred, I'm anti-aliased".

I think I'm beyond help.

[specofdust]

Nope, I smoke an' run!

[Starburn]

I think the worst is when you admire some piece of scenery or some water or the like, as if it were in a PC game, and think "jesus the graphics are amazing!"

rofl I've done that :/
so has my flatmate... so it must be fairly common then

[MiggyMan]

You know your a geek when... you randomly post an explaination of DNS records to pass the time, you rejoice in having a pak tag for the company data centre, you carry your pda *everywhere* and all you think about when working late on a thursday is giving eve online a fair chance since the lineage 2 server is probly down

Doctor.... can you give me anything for it ?

I think I dreamt about UML once...

You think that's bad, I keep looking at the world as an ldap entry :O

[herulach]

U know you're a geek when you start being able to translate binary to decimal in your head.

Your the geek of geeks when you can do hex.

It takes me ages to read analog clocks since the girlfriend got me a binary watch for my birthday last year, its completly instantaneous now.

[Dougal]

When you go see your mates, and when you try and brag about losing a girls virginity you tell them you

"she was a n00b"

Nah, thats the CS viriginity.

Or was that "ubern00b"

[Tarffie]

I always rest my fingers on WASD when I'm not typing, like some of you. I also take the racing line when I'm pushing a trolley/uboat/pallet truck round a shop. Don't see the problem in that, gets me round the store two tenths of a second faster.

[Lee H]

oh the geeky things I've done in my sleep...

I am able to sleep with my eyes open ( ask Nick... scared him with my party trick ) and can hold conversations....

Many a time I've gone sleep at say 12 and my housemates heard me shouting "need backup @ A " or "sighted underpass going to B " or various other CS related vocal commands

I too also take the fastest route round shopping places with trolleys - usually they have wonky wheels though and I have to broadslide from 1 aisle to the next, usually scything 1/100th of a second off my lap times

[Rave]

I know I'm a geek because people in my office come to me for help with their computers rather than call the IT helpdesk- IT support is not in any way part of my job description.

Edit: Lee, I was worried enough that I checked your pulse

[EvilWeevil]

1. I often say lol, sometimes roffle, and I say pwnage, pwned etc. 24/7.
2. I have a great time helping friends sort out techno problems
3. I have been unable to spend this holiday in Indonesia without surfing the net regularly.
4. Sleep-coding
5. I sometimes do maths working out by writing code...!?

I too also take the fastest route round shopping places with trolleys - usually they have wonky wheels though and I have to broadslide from 1 aisle to the next, usually scything 1/100th of a second off my lap times

6. Ditto - thank God for Ridge Racer

[Tobeman]

I have all my servicing tools on a USB pendrive at work, whenever someone asks me for a pen I chuck them my flash drive, lol - instant reaction

I was talking to a customer the other day too, we've got an advert in the towns 'town guide', he hadn't seen it. They were posted to all homes and businesses, he said he'd check his inbox to see if he'd recieved it.

[Lee H]

Lee, I was worried enough that I checked your pulse

LOL your not the first and you'll not be the last I expect.

[Oobie-]

or actually saying LOL????

Aye I am guilty of that


I have also called people around me noobs; said roffle; repeatedly called people hax during snooker games or tests; having a default position of hand on WSAD keys as previously mentioned ....
And for some odd reason I keep thinking that when people talk to me, there is a few seconds of delay and I wait some time until I reply to them (stupid Ts2)
I think I better stop

OH and I say pwned constantly.

[Lee H]

Aye I am guilty of that


I have also called people around me noobs; said roffle; repeatedly called people hax during snooker games or tests; having a default position of hand on WSAD keys as previously mentioned ....
And for some odd reason I keep thinking that when people talk to me, there is a few seconds of delay and I wait some time until I reply to them (stupid Ts2)
I think I better stop

OH and I say pwned constantly.

Nice list there - Welcome to Hexus btw

[TiG]

When you have Intel Telecom and compute products quick reference guide on your desk

TiG

[Tobeman]

When you play too many online games that require you to press enter, or t/y/u, or j/k/l to begin a chat you start a conversation off with one on an instant messenger