I can't claim to have as clearly defined an understanding of the difference between "nerd" and "geek" as several of you appear to, but I'm quite sure that neither of them (according to my relatively feeble comprehension) would be the kind of person who would commit themselves to discussions such as this one.
Seems to me that this sort of semantics issue is about as superficial as eye makeup, and that we're all just one step away from a heated debate over the best iMac color.
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I can't claim to have as clearly defined an understanding of the difference between "nerd" and "geek" as several of you appear to, but I'm quite sure that neither of them (according to my relatively feeble comprehension) would be the kind of person who would commit themselves to discussions such as this one.
Seems to me that this sort of semantics issue is about as superficial as eye makeup, and that we're all just one step away from a heated debate over the best iMac color.
Shame on all of you.
-siv ("dufus" for the record)