Our society is to some degree violent. This is reflected in the media. Geeks, as members of this society, are also going to have picked up some of this violence. However, I don't feel as if 'geeks' and 'nerds' are any more violent than any other group. As an athlete, a nerd, and a human being, I can attest that the violently minded exist in most groups, just as those with more pacifistic views can be found in most associations. Saying that a social trait is unique to a particular group is dangerous.
Also, I fail to see the connection between posting news of an abondoned nuclear weapon and a prediliction towards violent thoughts in nerds. Yes, nuclear weapons are incredibly violent. However, the story is not based upon a fascination with these devices, but on the dangerous situation created when one was lost.
I was thinking the other day (a dangerous persuit), and a peculiar thought popped into my head. People are coded in binary. DNA is just a bunch of nitrogen bases ordered. There are four possible nitrogen bases, each could be seen as a different state (much like the high/low voltage 1 and 0). Now, this would appear to be a quadernary system, but just like hexadecimal, quadernary can be converted into a binary state. Each quadernary digit (A, G, T, C) can then be translated into two binary digits (00, 01, 10, 11). This 'code' drives the 'hardware' of amino acids. I'm sure its not an original thought, but it seemed pretty cool. Now, if I could just figure out how to make a hack for my DNA that would let me think faster...
He mentioned altruism as a 'utility.' I think this could, to an extent, qualify as altruism, so there is that utility. Another utility might be the chance to educate a segment of the population on your passion, and to expound your ideas to that audience. Of course, the biggest utility would be the huge ego stroke you get from thousands of people reading and discussing what you have to say.
-The Tardis "Boldly going where we've been before."
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Our society is to some degree violent. This is reflected in the media. Geeks, as members of this society, are also going to have picked up some of this violence. However, I don't feel as if 'geeks' and 'nerds' are any more violent than any other group. As an athlete, a nerd, and a human being, I can attest that the violently minded exist in most groups, just as those with more pacifistic views can be found in most associations. Saying that a social trait is unique to a particular group is dangerous.
Also, I fail to see the connection between posting news of an abondoned nuclear weapon and a prediliction towards violent thoughts in nerds. Yes, nuclear weapons are incredibly violent. However, the story is not based upon a fascination with these devices, but on the dangerous situation created when one was lost.
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I was thinking the other day (a dangerous persuit), and a peculiar thought popped into my head. People are coded in binary. DNA is just a bunch of nitrogen bases ordered. There are four possible nitrogen bases, each could be seen as a different state (much like the high/low voltage 1 and 0). Now, this would appear to be a quadernary system, but just like hexadecimal, quadernary can be converted into a binary state. Each quadernary digit (A, G, T, C) can then be translated into two binary digits (00, 01, 10, 11). This 'code' drives the 'hardware' of amino acids. I'm sure its not an original thought, but it seemed pretty cool. Now, if I could just figure out how to make a hack for my DNA that would let me think faster...
-The Tardis
He mentioned altruism as a 'utility.' I think this could, to an extent, qualify as altruism, so there is that utility. Another utility might be the chance to educate a segment of the population on your passion, and to expound your ideas to that audience. Of course, the biggest utility would be the huge ego stroke you get from thousands of people reading and discussing what you have to say.
-The Tardis
"Boldly going where we've been before."