Geek Gift Ideas 2001

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday November 20, 2001 @04:51AM from the tis-the-season dept.

Once again its time for Slashdot readers to chime in on what they think would make good gift geek christmas presents. Please put approximate prices in the Subject so Santa can more easily decide your gift ;) I'm still stuck for ideas for a few people yet. Of course I'll have to post my ideas anonymously so people don't know what they're getting ;)

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here is a popular one.. by geekoid · 2001-11-20 04:53 · Score: 5, Funny

A job

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Simple! by boaworm · 2001-11-20 04:54 · Score: 3, Funny

A girlfriend of course, all geeks want those !

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1. Re:Simple! by tbone1 · 2001-11-20 04:58 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  A girlfriend of course, all geeks want those !
  
  #include "nancy_boy.h"
  Speak for yourself, duckie.
  
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Re:Early by KingJawa · 2001-11-20 04:56 · Score: 3, Funny

Did you give it to him? You could have used it on that penultimate word.
DSL with fixed IP Address by wiredog · 2001-11-20 04:56 · Score: 5, Funny

And without port 80 blocked.

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Roll Back the Clock by spikeham · 2001-11-20 04:57 · Score: 5, Funny

I want my shiny New Economy back!
$6000: Doll by banuaba · 2001-11-20 04:58 · Score: 5, Funny

The RealDoll. Never have to talk to a real girl again!

And, for you geekchicks out there, they now make a male realdoll!

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1. Re:$6000: Doll by yatest5 · 2001-11-20 05:11 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  The RealDoll. Never have to talk to a real girl again!
  
  Again?
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2. Re:$6000: Doll by CtrlPhreak · 2001-11-20 06:26 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  And, for you geekchicks out there, they now make a male realdoll!
  
  Why would they want that when they can have me instead? E-mail me and save $6000, that's already a point in my favor!
  
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Hehe by Ghoser777 · 2001-11-20 04:58 · Score: 3, Funny

The first time I read your post I thought you said: "all geeks want hoes." Which makes sense; when's the last time you saw a nerdy pimp? ;)

F-bacher

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How about an XBox? by Wakko+Warner · 2001-11-20 04:59 · Score: 5, Funny

slashdot
seems
to
think
they're
pretty
cool,
maybe
they're
what I
want!

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Home made cards and company by Laplace · 2001-11-20 05:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Since my employers owe me over $5000 in back pay, I'm giving the gift of love this year. My family gets to see me over the holiday, and my friends get cards (prints that I'll be making in my darkroom). Oddly enough, this is the first Christmas where I feel good about my presents. I'm not expecting anything but the same in return. The economy being in the shitter has impacted everyone in my family, and in some cliched sense we are returning to the true spirit of Christmas.
However, my sister's kids are getting a Dreamcast with Samba de Amigo that I picked up several months ago. Really, it is more of a family gift (my mom loves that game), but I like to play the rich uncle who shamelessly spoils his niece and nephew (since their mother doesn't).

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The twelve days.. by GiMP · 2001-11-20 05:00 · Score: 5, Funny

12. 36 gig SCSI drives
11. Mosix Nodes
10. Thousand dollars
9. Monitors
8. Cases of DVD-Rs
7. OC-3's
6. Cases of beer or caffinated beverage.
5. Golden fingers
4. Dual-Head Matrox g550s
3. Months of rent
2. Mylex raid controllers
1. Copy of Manos!
A/V R/C Helicopter w/ long range capabilities by orgnine · 2001-11-20 05:01 · Score: 5, Funny

I personally would really enjoy a high-powered high-tech remote control helicopter myself.

Arm it with a video camera to not only spy on friends or surprise them when they are backing out of the driveway... But also to travel over long distances and see where you are going at the same time :) Maybe even a sensitive omni-directional mic?

Hook up the A/V and R/C to a high-power transmitter and sit in your equipment van in the park with the dish spinning.

I think it'd be a blast.

orgnine
shrinky dinks. by rnb · 2001-11-20 05:03 · Score: 3, Funny

Inexpensive and wise.

Oh, yes.
Re:A girlfriend -- priceless by ryepup · 2001-11-20 05:06 · Score: 3, Funny

Your freedom is worth far more than a woman.

Enjoy it.
Re:A possible list by yatest5 · 2001-11-20 05:13 · Score: 3, Funny

>>or perhaps just another 21"

I could go for a few more inches, but 21 might be a bit extravagant.
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I already know what I'm getting.... by austad · 2001-11-20 05:18 · Score: 4, Funny

SPAM!

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For the guy who has everything! by Spackler · 2001-11-20 05:21 · Score: 3, Funny

Osama bin Laden's nuts on a stick planted at ground zero!

~price = $25,000,000
Origami a Day Calendar by Embedded+Geek · 2001-11-20 05:48 · Score: 5, Funny

My cubemate got me a 2002 Easy Origami Daily Boxed Calendar. It's printed on origami paper and every day gives you a different origami to fold (you're supposed to use yesteray's paper to fold today's project, but I might just buy a separate supply of paper - not sure yet). It gives you exactly what you want from a daily calendar - a minute of fun to kick start your morning without derailing the rest of the day.
Only problem I had was that I folded the thank you note in the "baby in a cradle" pattern to commemerate my "new time wasting project" (the origami). She mistook it and thought my wife and I were expecting...

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Give a geek the greatest gift... by hyacinthus · 2001-11-20 05:59 · Score: 5, Funny

...the gift of the English language. Take time out from your day and teach a poor, semiliterate computer nerd how to spell. Make space in your day to instruct him on the difference between "loose" and "lose". Get him a Concise Oxford English Dictionary.

The editorial staff of Slashdot certainly could use this gift, from what I've seen.

hyacinthus.