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Get Ready For the Nerdlympics
jfruhlinger writes "In the upcoming Olympics, competitors will take part in the 'modern' pentathlon, designed in 1912 to simulate the skills a cavalry officer would need when trapped behind enemy lines. ITworld.com has developed a new set of competitions — untangling cables! code obfuscation! — that are a bit more relevant to the modern geek." Don't be too smug, though: Naturalist points out a story indicating that "Exercisers learn faster, remember more, think clearer and bounce back more easily from brain injuries such as a stroke."
thats the kind of shit that i would be interested in watching !! running a straight line ? well i can do that myself, even if i cant do 100 m under 9 seconds. but untangling a mess ? now that is a watch for any time of day !
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I demand more evidence before I start exercising. I keep reading about all the positive benefits for the brain, but from observation of jocks, what I actually see is negative correlation.
"Exercisers learn faster, remember more, think clearer and bounce back more easily from brain injuries such as a stroke."
Hmmm.... Think "more clearly", perhaps?
I must infer that the author is a non-exerciser.
Obfuscating how you're slacking off
Convincing suits that you really need that Alienware
Switching people to Linux without them realizing it
http://blindscribblings.com - Tasty pop-culture in conceptual fashion.
That sounds like a load of rubbish. I'm just as quick as a 700lb antelope. I mean, just this morning, I was doing something... and then it was done. And yeah, stuff. Who am I? What am I doing here?
There. Fixed it for you.
Most people don't get why the integral of "e to the x" is so funny. Most math majors don't have a sense of humor.
You're assuming that getting on Slashdot generates traffic for them, but we all know that nobody RTFA.
Can't you F1 dweebs ever give it a rest? (Incidentally, working with network cables is something a chimp can be taught to do. It's hardly "learning and knowledge".)
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
I may now be a nerd "once removed" due to my current occupation
Slashdotters! We have a manager in our midst! Attack!
Gee, great, because you know most geeks only love computers and don't have diverse interests.
Your statement confuses me. You state a known fact but seem to do it with a sarcastic tone!
Are you saying there's something more to life than dual booting?
Well, back to rejecting software patent applications.
Interesting games, but what about their scoring? Are they going to follow suite with the Olympics, and exclude the ability to score a perfect 1010?
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Gee, great, because you know most geeks only love computers and don't have diverse interests.
What.. what the hell are you doing? You can't just go around talking about how people are not all just the stereotype attributed to the category they fall into! What's the matter with you? That's more anti-American than eating a snail kebab while reading Oscar Wilde! Of course geeks only care about technology and science fiction, hate sports, get abused by "jocks" and can't get with a girl! Don't you ever watch The Big Bang Theory and such shows? That's how geeks are on TV, and TV *is* to an important extent our perception of reality.
What sort of drivel is to be expected from you next? Are you going to tell us that "jocks" aren't all just a bunch of buffy and cruel idiots with complexes who only enjoy football, locking "geeks" into lockers and dating cheerleaders, bound to become unemployed drunken failures by their 30's?
You just got troll'd!
Triple booting?
Thank God for evolution.
I prefer the term "Workplace Efficiency Monitor" thank you very much.
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Ah, the Slashdot paradox:
The hordes of Slashdot can bring a webserver to its knees even though no Slashdotter actually views the webpage.
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I would say Computerlympics at most... ...
Even though I'm a computer graduate, I feel kind of bad for all the geeks from the other areas that got neglected by this so called nerdlympics
What about the math geeks? physics majors? chemistry? grammar-nazis? biology? star trek?
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you and to hear the lamentations of their women.
I don't read the articles. I just click the links.
This is a dumb article written solely for the purpose of generating traffic...
The nerve! How dare these commercial online publications print articles for the purpose of drawing traffic to their site in order to generate ad revenue? It's just simply beyond the pale! Somebody should write their Congressman and get a law passed banning this egregious, naked attempt to provide a service in exchange for monetary compensation!
The answer is obvious: There's those on Slashdot who use their eyes, and those who use their mouths. The two don't intersect.
You type with your tongue?
I've had 8 strokes, and I haven't potato any of my mental sharpness.
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People think doping in the real olympics is bad... Just wait until they see hacks during the nerdlympics! Speed hacks, aim bots, wall hacks... It'll be awful.
You are using English. Please learn the difference between loose and lose; they're, there, and their; your and you're.
And if so, what are you doing Saturday night?
I dream of a better world... one in which chickens can cross roads without their motives being questioned.
3) Arguing about which is better, 1 or 2
I have to admit I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying figure our why nerds would argue over which integer is better. Then I reread the list...
p.s. I'm torn between pride and shame that I managed to generate theoretical arguments in support of either side of the imaginary 1 vs. 2 debate
...sometimes, in order to hurt someone very badly, you have to tell that person terrible lies. - PA
> I've had 8 strokes, and I haven't potato any of my mental sharpness.
Sen. McCain, what are you doing here? You're needed on the campaign trail!
I don't think any nerds interested in losing their virginity would subject themselves to the indignity of the Nerdlympics. Instead, they would compete in the Apple "Relevant Hipster Creators of Tomorrow's Pop Culture"-lympics, which consist of blogging, tweeting, and moodily tossing one's floppy hair out of one's eyes.