Adopt a KDE Geek

sultanoslack writes "In an effort to bring together KDE hackers that are students, unemployed or by other means lacking in hardware and capital with users in that have spare goodies, Adopt-a-Geek has been launched. More details are available on how to help out. Been wondering what you can do to help out? Here's your chance!"

Comments

Do I get a framed picture of my geek?

[Harald Paulsen]

Do I get some pictures I can put in my wallet, and a certificate telling me where he lives, where he goes to school etc. Then I could flash his picture whenever people tell me how they have adopted some poor kid in the 3rd world.

Aaaaw, look at that.. not-so-cute geek!

Re:Do I get a framed picture of my geek?

[pizza_milkshake]

yeah, i think i'd skip the picture... ;)

Re:Do I get a framed picture of my geek?

[Pilferer]

Do I get some pictures I can put in my wallet, and a certificate telling me where he lives, where he goes to school etc.

Him? What about Her? Are there any female KDE Geeks to adopt? I'd like a 16 year old asian girl, please!

*cough*

If only..

[Anonymous Coward]

If only somone had adopted me 2 years ago when I was dialing out to a shell from a TRS80 for internet access and coding purposes.. Ever use 'ed'? Ever use it every day for 6 months? There are many more geeks out there in need of help than just the KDE team. That 50mb IDE drive you are using as a doorstop could revolutionise somone's work. Find somone in need and help them out!

-MadCamel [EnergyMech IRC Bot - www.energymech.net]

My geek...

[LucidityZero]

My geek can program in C/C++, Java, Perl AND LISP.

And he's captain of the chess club!

I'm so proud of my adopted geek! :D

Re:My geek...

[Daleks]

My adopted geek can kick your adopted geek's ass! Well, actually, I doubt either of them could kick anyones ass, but mine does play a mean game of Scorched Earth.

Re:My geek...

[Asprin]

Umm.... how long are they supposed to sleep?

You see, I adopted my geek and brought him home (his name's Mike!) and put him in a jar by the computer so, you know, he could program when I wasn't using the computer and he could help my wife with her email quesions and so on.

Anyway, this morning I went to change the paper and feed him (pepperoni pizza - yum!) and he's *not* *moving*. I prodded him with a Playstation controller and even offered him a game of Moria, but he won't budge.

Should I try calling tech support?
Do I need to put air holes in the jar?
Does anyone know CPR?

Oh well, back to dot.kde.org!

Re:Better place sto donate

[Anonymous Coward]

You want them to donate a grammar or spelling checker, perhaps?

And the developers' old hardware goes where?

[Snover]

I would certainly consider giving it a good home here. I'm not discriminate. You can give me an 8086 and I'll be happy. All that copper will be good to keep away the evil mind-controlling radio waves.

Is that kind of like "Hire a Hermit?"

[lingqi]

I mean... pretty much the same, partly - live a secluded life, usually very eccentric, scare away "normal people."

But Hermits can't hack out bulletproof code... hmm...

FYI: back in the old-old days, Castle owners found it "fashionable*" to gave a hermit or two living on their property to... do whatever hermits do. There ARE professional hermits.

* I can't think of another word - I mean, besides peer pressure, why else would you get a hermit? At least your geek would write you some CS homework code for some pizza (I would assume)

TV Commericals

[johnraphone]

How long till we see the commericals? I know thier coming.... For only a stick of memory a day, you too can help a KDE geek!

From the comments on the KDE page:

[captainclever]

Warning, warning about to get slashdotted
by Yocihc on Monday 27/Jan/2003, @11:45

SLASHDOT crowd coming!!

lol :)

I am active kde hacker who needs some equipment

[Billly Gates]

I did a full "hello World" application using kdevelop with 2 full buttons for "print" and "Exit".

I feel I need to upgrade to a better system to expand my programming knowledge and help society and Kde in general. I am in desperate need of newer hardware and software since my low end athlon +1800MP with a half a gig of ram just doesn't cut it. A sun workstation 2000 with 2 gigs of ram as well as the Enterpise edition of Forte for java, Borland Jbuilder Enterprise Edition, as well as the full version of Kylix is what will really help me for my quest to help man kind. To help me write great software for you a nice scalable server to help beta test my high end client/server apps would also rock.

PS, I also wouldn't need oops I mean mind a dual XEON 3ghz with the Enterprise edition of Visual Studio.NET and Adobe Photoshop to port some of my great free software to Windows that I am sure I oops I mean none of you can live without. But I can live with just the 2 sun's.

Thanks guys I appreciate your help in this since I can't afford any of these nice toys oops I mean tools. Will you please adopt me.

How to help?

[Anonymous Coward]

> Been wondering what you can do to help out?
> Here's your chance!"

Actually, I'm a die-hard GNOME user (I tried KDE but I found it toyish, lame, and frankly, suckish). I'm wondering what I can do to help SABOTAGE the KDE project. Please give me advice on how I might engage in such activities.

Adopting a geek ?

[Fred_A]

Jeez I don't know, is it house trained ? Will I have to have it neutered ?

Remember, a geek is for life, it's a big decision...

Re:Adopting a geek ?

[Scorchio]

I don't think neutering will be an issue.

Why send hardware?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd be more than willing to really ADOPT a geek. In the sense that the geek moves to my place and I pay for his food and living. I've got lots of hardware here that I just might need one day and dont want to give away, but I wouldnt mind if some geek used it. Besides, I could always use a little help while coding and I sometimes feel lonely, so I'll have someone to cuddle. Geeks are just adorable - kinda like having a cat to play with. Only geeks play with a ball of ethernet cable, not a ball of yarn.

Plus I heard that fat geeks are really warm - could save some on the heating bill.

Why Dont the Rich KDE Geeks

[Zapdos]

share?

Adopt a Geek

[MissMoneypenny]

mmmmmm I already did that; he's 26-years old and also known as 'boyfriend'. I must say, they don't cost much these geeks and they do come with extra features - though I don't know if that also goes for a KDE geek ;-)
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MissMp