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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.
Someone to whom presents may reasonably be given on Valentine's day.
Tarsnap: Online backups for the truly paranoid
"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.
I think it's a gift option that's always overlooked, primarily because the buyer isn't sure what the recipient would want. But I've always believed that books can be a timeless gift, treasured for years. Whether it be fiction, non-fiction, reference, or a little of each, I know that I always appreciate books. Heck, go to FatBrain to find a huge collection of technical books, or maybe to ThinkGeek for options like fiction, non-fiction, programming reference, and so on. And if you're not sure, DO get a gift certificate for your loved one at a bookstore (or even for the aforementioned websites!). Then they can pick out the books themselves, and they can't hardly go wrong.
I only post comments when someone on the internet is wrong.
How about for V-day, no tech toys, but a nice evening alone with your lady? Dinner, wine, etc...
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.
ThinkGeek has got a great little baby tee (God why do I love these so much!) It's all black with the words "I love my Geek."
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/5981.shtml
Very appropriate.
What I would love to have? Get me a nice OpenBSD tee shirt.
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 would much prefer to have a gift that wasn't computer related, but related to something else I enjoy doing. For instance, I skateboard in my freetime, so skateboarding stuff is good too (Although, I'm picky about that as well, bad example!).
Anyway, the point is that computer related items do not always make the best gifts unless you provide them with a full URL to exactly the item you want, but what's the fun in that?
What?
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
I look forward to reading of someone making millions off this idea.
Something for romantic geeks whose work causes them to spend long nights hacking separately.
Perfect especially if one or both are putting in late nights apart slaving over hot workstations...
2 x wireless linux PDAs
Each PDA has a harness and can be worn inconspicuously under clothing.
Eash PDA is connected to several unique peripherals.
Each such peripheral is thin, flat, about 4-9 square inches, consisting of pressure pads on the top, and vibrating pads on the bottom, and can also be worn inconspicuously under clothing.
When one geek touches one of the peripherals, the pressure pad senses the touch, and sends a message to other geek's PDA, which triggers the vibrating function of corresponding peripheral on their own body, and vice versa.
For instance, male geek can stroke just below his navel, and in response, female geek feels caressing vibrating sensation just below her navel. Female geek then rubs below her left armpit, and male geek feels vibrating sensation under his left armpit.
Advanced software configuration could cause random mappings between geeks, even sending telemetry about blood pressure, body temp etc.
-- In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was UNSIGNED, and the main(){} was without form and void...
Slashdot - the place where you can look like a genius by restating the obvious
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)
(ThinkGeek would be bigger than Amazon.com if it offered mail-order Geek brides.)
== Paul Rickard, Editor of The Microsoft Boycott Campaign ====
Freeze-dried astronaut ice cream, available from NASA, science museums, or camping goods store. You could even include a note about wanting to travel to the stars with her/him.
As a high school senior, I find I am completely and utterly lacking in anything resembling "nerve", "spine", or "courage". So while a statement to the amazingly attractive, intelligent, insightful girl who sits in front of me in Calculus (hope she doesn't read /.) that she is quite possible the most remarkable person I have ever met would be nice, it's out of the question. So instead I'm sending her an anonymous flower and card through the school "Valey-gram" program, and a box of the Oatmeal Square cereal thingies. Ah well, backbones are for other people, I always say.
Enough with this maudlin Valentine's Day related self-pity - a high-caliber site like slashdot doesn't need the mumblings of a sappy highschooler. I say the best possible gift would be a Furby modded to say "Happy Valentine's Day" in as many different languages as possible.
I'm the stranger...posting to
There's more to life than logic, mon amie.
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
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.
only the things you never tried. (I'm sure someone famous said it better, but you get the idea).
Take it from a shy geek who is MANY years out of high school. I don't remember the names of any of the women who turned me down, but I do remember the ones I never asked out.
iPod.
And I guess that dual-gigahertz G4 that it's attached to will get you laid for at least a year...
SIGFEH
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?
A high school senior. God how I envy you.
The path from high-school senior to middle aged man is maddeningly short with plenty of disappointments, triumphs and lots of experience that really kicks you in the nuts.
Make a play for her. Risk embarassment. The truth is that she'll probably blow you off. But at a minimum, you won't look back with regret.
In my sophomore year of college I spent a lot of time with a young lady that I absolutely found the most breathtaking, wonderful girl (woman?). And I didn't ask her out. I spent 9 months with her and didn't have the gonads to just say "Hey, how about you and me go get a pizza tonight". how foolish. Funny how we learn about courage after we don't need it so much.
And understand that marriage, kids, mortgage and career are just as effective prison bars as the keenest steel and thickest walls. You can't go back for so many reasons. You have people who depend on you, from the littlest baby to the people who work for you and depend on you to point them in the right direction every day.
There's every chance I'm the pathetic middle-aged loser you laugh at. There a sure chance you'll be the same thing in 25 years. Don't worry, it doesn't hurt so much. And I suppose the rewards are worth it.
Revel in your time. Have fun. Don't worry so much, you'll do fine. And just ask her out to talk. Movies are a bad first date, unless you think you'll run out of things to say.
There's even a web site dedicated to it! Hint: click on the link labelled "cunnilingus". And whatever you do, don't complain that it smells!
And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start
To mold a new reality... closer to the heart
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...
Help save the critically endangered Blue Iguana
How about a plush Cthulhu?
I got my Linux laptop at System76.