The Rise and Fall of the Geek

chilled writes "Tom Steinberg has posted this guest editorial on The Register bemoaning the decline of the Geek. He suggests that geeks in their alignment against for example RIP and Microsoft are losing their voice. I think he's right but the emergence of a common set of goals should be recognised as a very good thing. The geeks amongst us should use this commonality to rise up and use our voice for progress and not petty squabbling."

Comments

uuuh??

[skajake]

last i checked, Iraq started the war back when they invaded Kuwait. Since they surrendered they have still not upheld the terms of their surrendur. Now they are working with terrorist cells (Who have already engaged in a first strike i might add). And what does the Clinton Administration's overstating of the economy by 30%, as well as setting a precedence for fraud and perjury have to do with Bush? Last i checked the corporate frauds began in the overstated economy of the Clinton era.

Notice this every time a meta-moderate

[mitchner]

It's funny how many comments that go against the prevailing slashdot group-think are modded down as 'trolls' (despite being thoughful and well-written) while post after post piling abuse on M$ are modded up.

Hopefully I won't be called a troll for this!

Re:They call them geeks

[DLWormwood]

Homosexuals will sometimes call themselves "f-g" or "d-k-" amongst themselves; blacks sometimes will call themselves "n-gg-r" as well.

I think the recent popularization of "geek" as a term for us(?) is an attempt to defuse the negative connotation the word has. A term of endearment, of sorts... At least "geek" isn't considered a vulgarism by the populace at large like my "censored" terms above are.