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Gifts for Valentine's Day, 2002?
Telemakhos asks: "This was asked last year, and though hardware may come and go in the course of a year, the mid-February question is eternal: What's Geeky and Good for St. Val's this year? Moreover, if roses aren't yet too bleeding-edge, whence is it best to order them?" Guys, while you are suggesting presents for the ladies, aside from the obvious, what would you like for Cupid Day?
Mandrake 8.2 Beta 1 burned on red CD's,
what linux geek wouldn't love getting a beta of a distro burned with love...
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
My gift for Valentine's day must be hand lotion.
Because my right hand is suffering from dry skin.
"Guys, while you are suggesting presents for the ladies, aside from the obvious, what would you like for Cupid Day?"
Well, I suppose one or two of them ladies you talk about would be nice. Do they run Linux?
-Shaunak.
but I usually get death threats and restraining orders.
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It's OK to be social, just don't tell anyone about it.
A sweet note telling how Emperor Claudius beheaded St. Valentine in 270 CE, and compare this to your relationship somehow.
(Quality(Rose)* totalroses) + Quality(dinner) = total_sex_time
Where Quality() is a seperate program for each chick, based on past total_sex_time :)
"I can't give you a brain, so I'll give you a diploma" - The Great Oz (blatently stolen sig)
Well, since I already have this to match my boyfriend, nothing would be nicer than another T-shirt to proclaim my geekiness to the world.
And, boys, don't forget to make it a night she won't forget of champagne, roses, chocolates, and patching your kernels together.
"Equal bytes for women!"
i think "the obvious" was referring to having your girlfriend's younger sister give you a blowjob.
She could re-subscribe me to a few magazines and journals. Society membership.
I don't know what to get her, fellatio? Cunning linguists?
Hello Kitty sub-notebook computer powered by the Transmeta Crusoe chip!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/17055.html
"Black holes are where God divided by zero." - Steve Wright
A Nice musuem tour would be romantic enough, and still give me a place to make a short movie on the new DV camcorder that she can get me.
I'm not going into details about the other movie I'll make that day, though.
I really hate Dan Patrick.
"Now with that kind of a day, you're sure to get your significant other in the mood for love as John Lee Hooker would say. "
With all THAT food? She/he is going to be seriously ill. Might I suggest an addition? Antacid.
-Shaunak.
I don't know about you, but personally I find those shirts vaguely insulting. Little tight glittery teeshirt saying "I my geek"...
I still think it would be funny if my boyfriend wore one, but he refuses. Not that I blame him.
Lea
I bought a 20 foot length of heavy chain earlier this week. I'm an old fashioned guy so I believe in making the valentine personally.
I am going to cut four thirty inch lengths off that piece of chain, use 'cold shuts' to attach snap ends, and drape two those chains down from the dee-ring in her collar to the dee-rings in her wrist cuffs. Something special and new for valentines day. She loves that kind of stuff.
Amen, reverend. This, after I constructed the perfect valentines for her... Homemade breakfast in bed, dozen long stems, cards, candy and a poem. I say, give me a girl who would appreciate that for valentines, or you know... Carmen Electra or something.
-dewhite
...a Router shaped like a heart!
Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill them right back!
If you like having a lot of free time to yourself, you might consider buying her a gift from HERE.
Hey, I'm being serious!!
PK: 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0
A date with the Frick-meister!
What's Geeky and Good for St. Val's this year?
I'm not sure what my girlfriend is getting this year, but after her last birthday I can assure you that it won't be any sort of kitchen appliance.
You know, you'd think that if she said so many times she wanted a toaster over, she'd appreciate it more.
I'm such a lummox.
--saint
Her: "Happy valentine's day!"
You: "Happy valentine's day!"
You: "Here's your valentine's day present!"
(hand her big wide, long, flat box)
Her: (looks at the wrapping) "Oh wow... you got me a pizza
You: "nonono! take off the wrapping!"
(rip rip rip)
Her: (looks at the box) "Oh wow... you got me a big box of chocolates
You: "nonono! open the box!"
(rip rip rip)
Her: (looks inside the box) "Oh WOW!!! YOU GOT ME A RACKMOUNT SERVER!! Let's have sex!!"
You: (air guitar)
I am getting my wife one of these for Valentine's Day. They are called the Erection Collection, and they feature stuff animals with huge, raging, hard-ons. They are around $20.00 each and I bought her Quickie The JackRabbit!
http://www.ercollection.com/home.html
Akn
Lucky you, my wife wants everything she sees!
Although it can be extremely crash-prone, if you can get a dual-processor implementation of this up and running, the results can be quite spectacular.
("Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!")
-Mark
Dinner, wine, etc... /etc? So that we (me and my fictional lady) can go trough it and optimize all the confi..
You mean, like,
Or did you mean something else? (-8
"Maybe some more bandwidth"
Cos every girl loves a fat pipe.
graspee
what more would we expect from a pimp daddy?
slashdot: where everyone yells sarcastic metaphors to themselves to understand the issue
If she needs a big diamond ring to stick around then you dont need her. Girls who consume that much money for sex are called hookers.
Why not? Glitter's fun. Self respecting geek girls can do whatever they like. =] Even if it means writing chmod 777 on their forehead in glitter. =]
Buy the guy's shirts. There's more of a choice anyway. Although, I'm afraid they've neglected the glitter. Such a shame.
-Sara
And dinner... aside from the misspelling, The New Hacker's Dictionary defines "dynner" as 32 bits. So, 32 bits from /dev/random, /etc, and a Windows kinda-but-not-really-emulator. Sounds just fine with me...
/me gets out the CD-RW drive...
Want Linux games? HERE.
Check out richdate.com
Its where you can win 3 dates and money! its pretty cool
I have 4 mod-points left to spend, but I searched, and sadly there is no +1 Pathetic.
This would, of course, be for the girl that has a nice rack?
:)
No, I didn't even try to resist.
This is my sig. There are many like it but this one is... Oops. Frank, I've got your sig again! Where's mine?
There's always the Kama Sutra. After all it is a book about geometry.
I don't want knowledge. I want certainty. - Law, David Bowie
What kind of sick fucks are women that they want us to demonstrate affection by ripping the sex organs off of plants and presenting them as gifts? I mean, think about it...
Of course, in all seriousness, the most of the employees at my local florest know my AmEx number by heart now...
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