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Geek Christmas Gift Ideas
Anonymous Coward writes "EDN magazine for December 12 has an article on Christmas gifts for techies. The best are a mouse pad that uses your hand as the mouse and Hokey Spokes (Why didn't I think of that?)." Getting desperate for ideas yet? I'm currently in the juggling fedex tracking numbers phase of christmas ;)
Using your hand as the mouse is all well and good
Anyone know where I can get a good penis enlarger or a new home mortage for Christmas? I've been searching all over the Internet without any success.
What about the real geek gifts? World domination? A Beowulf cluster? Or what all geeks are in need of. A girlfriend.
Whoops, read it wrong.
Go to the back of radio shack and look for anything that resembles the inner workings of a computer...pick up said items and purchase for your geek.
Also, let me know if you come across a flux capacitor or an oscillation overthruster!
(shameless buckaroo banzai reference)
The best things you can get a geek are some non-stupid-looking clothes, and a course in how to not act like a doofus. If I see one more CS student with a sweat-stained Linux T-shirt, in public, making some snide comment between something and Queen Amidala, I'm going to throw up. I mean really. Some of these people make Comic Book Guy look like James Bond. Maybe get them a plaque for above their monitor that says "Knowing obscure Perl modules won't by itself stop me from appearing retarded."
here goes my karma again ;)
I fuse with Mercer every single day...
A few pounds of Sodium...
I could have so much fun with that stuff...
At $30 per blade, the text message should probably read "Steal Me". :-)
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In my view the best view will be "Kharma Whorer 2002, Enterprise edition" This is for the geeks who do not know how to/or dont want to post insightful/funny/interesting/underrated posts. So what happens. Their Karma goes for a toss. this software will see the slashdot main story... then do automatic googling... and find out more information. In case of the story being a repeat it will also copy the insightful comments from previous one and post them on the story. This will earn insightful points... And googling will get informative points.
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Hear hear! I'm tired of be likened to the dimwits in Best Buy commercials. We play computer games, solder, slap our heads in the presence of lesser mortals, and occasionally endure a full body dip in sun tan lotion to embark upon the outside world... and sometimes we buy digital watches to irradiate our testicles, but that is only a minor part in our lives.
Bored with karma, be a fan/freak
You know, I'm thinking, Bill Gates has all this money and yet, he's probably the loneliest guy in the world. Does anyone ever say, 'Hey Bill, wanna go fishing?' or 'Did you catch Letterman last night?'; yeah, I thought it sucked too.
So this Christmas, as Bill is drinking Crystal and eating Beluga Caviar, I just wish Bill would get his little Christmas wish of new best friend.
So Bill, I don't know what your getting this year man (maybe a H2 Hummer), but I really hope you find someone you can really talk to.
Merry Christmas Bill...and Happy New Year.
"This isn't a study in computer science, its a study in human behavior"
CmdrTaco may already be in the FedEx numbers tracking phase but I'm still in the denial phase. It's easier to pretend that christmas doesn't happen this year until the last minute where I'll enter the panic phase and be forced to go buy stuff. I hate christmas :(
True warriors use the Klingon Google
mod points
'nuff said
Exactly!
I want WORLD PEACE for Christmas. But I want to watch the news reports about world peace on a new 60" plasma screen.
Was one of them a job? That would be a great gift.
A Simpson's quote to rebutle your quote:
Troy: {[on TV] Now turn to the next problem. If you have three Pepsis and drink one, how much more refreshed are you? You, the redhead in the Chicago school system?
[a window opens up on the screen to show the girl]}
Girl: {Pepsi?}
Troy: {Partial credit!}
(http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F15.html)
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Spelling lessons would make a good gift.
I used to have one at my last job and would drive people nuts racing it around the office while talking on the phone.
;)
Is that why it was your last job and not your current job?
Hoonestly, what kind of company do you work for where you don't get fired for driving a remote-control car around the office? And is your old job still open?
Hey kids, there's only 5 days left 'til Yak Shaving Day!
I would go outside and snuggle with a loved one... but I don't have an extention cord long enough.
*rimshot*
Slashdot gets worse every day... Pipedot: News for nerds, without the corporate slant
*snuggle with a loved one*
Restraining Order
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Geeks don't celebrate Christmas. That's for consumer lemmings. Happy Festivus!
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Aspirin, alka-seltzer, stomach tablets.
Perhaps some muscle relaxants, a gift certificate for a massage parlor.
And for when he/she gets home... I nice big bottle of 80 proof.
It may not be exactly what your geek was looking for, or even considered, but all those things will probably come in handy on those days when he/she is dealing with users...
HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!
Its a festivus for the rest of us.
Not everyone deserves a 320i