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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."
d00d i is teh haX0r!1!1!! bye
finally!
That's right folks, and I didn't even try, I'm so 1337!
So does Katz still work here, or not?
Sorry for the offtopic post, but this is important.
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Geek + Geek wife != Geek kids all the time
and kittens: they suck
Maybe not, but many are quite humongous.
Holy fuck, that was the fastest downmod I've ever seen on anything after the first ten posts.
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.
~ Maintainer of the Skajake Projects
Space 1999!!!!
HEY! I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK!
Who's the best porn actress?
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!
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.
Those who complain about affect & effect on