I'm not the average geek, if there really is such a thing, here are my answers:
1) Girls (Score:5, Interesting)
by Stoke (stoke@excite.com)
At the age when most teens seem to be crazy over the opposite sex and dating, how is your situation with girls? Assuming you don't have a girlfriend, do you feel better off without one taking away your free time, or is it something you wish for?
My situation with girls is great, I can't complain. I don't have a girlfriend, but there are a few who I could see myself going out with. I'm coming up on the end of my first semester of my senior year in high school, though, and I don't really think this is a time to go out with anybody because the relationship will probably suffer greatly when I start college. I've had a girlfriend before, and it was nice, but I don't regret not having one now. Right now it's just more fun to go out and do things with different people and not feel tied down.
2) Just Curious... (Score:5, Interesting)
by Brazilian Geek (akajita@spamyourmama.bigfoot.com)
Are you now or have you ever been a Slashdot troll? If so, please comment on the feeling of being a troll, if not, what is your favorite troll?
I've never been a troll, it'd be neat to get FP though, but I'd post something useful, not FP$!@#. Signal_11 is the only troll that comes to mind, and he didn't really seem like a troll, just somebody that got on rob's bad side.
3) What are your plans for college? (Score:5, Interesting)
by Zachary Kessin (zkessin@script-fu.org)
If you have thought about it what do you want to do after High School? Do you have any ideas about college or further education?
I plan on going to college, for the experiance and the learning and to appease the Great Parental Units (TM). I work for a school district here though, and everybody I've talked to say I could get a job earning ~40k/year as soon as I graduate high school. But I'm rather looking forward to college for a more focused study on what I want to learn (networks) and the experiance:)
4) What are you listening to? (Score:5, Interesting)
by geophile (jao@mediaone.net)
When I was 15, my father said, "how can you listen to this? It's noise! There's no melody, it's just boom boom boom!". He was talking about the Beatles. Today, I am horrified to find myself saying the same thing about all rap/hip-hop/whatever, Britney Spears, N Sync, and just about everything else I hear that's been recorded recently. I don't buy much new music, but lately I've been buying CDs to replace my old LPs (The Who, Genesis, and yes, The Beatles).
At least there's Elvis (C, not P), They Might Be Giants, and Komeda.
Is it just me, or my g-g-g-generation, or does new music really suck? What are you listening to?
I'm listening to all sorts of techno and trance, having just gotten into it a few years ago. I also listen to all sorts of metal and alternative for the instrumentation and sounds. Lyrics are cool when they rhyme, but I'm not a big fan of rap. I DJ my high school dances occasionally and they're big hip-hop fans, so I find myself sampling some of that to hear what's danceable.. I like most stuff, from celtic and folk to country to death metal. I find most of today's pop doesn't have the heart or message in it that older, more sophisticated stuff did.
5) How is it? (Score:5, Interesting)
by dbarclay10 (dbarclay10_NOSPAM_@_MAPSON_yahoo.ca)
Hey, what's up?:) I'm not a teenager, but I am a Linux user, and a rather dedicated one. I've come to the realization over the past year or so that, indeed, MS Office is actually a good software packager. Well, relatively speaking, of course;) I find it fast, relatively lean, feature-complete, and more-or-less stable. I was wondering if you yourself have a particular software favorite that doesn't run under Linux?
I use windows 2000 *grin* on my home machine and openbsd on my servers at work, and the only thing really keeping me from linux is my Eudora Pro email:P I don't know of an email package for linux that does what it does..
6) If you were stranded on a desert island (Score:5, Funny)
by dattaway (dattaway@attaway.org)
...and could only have one cd to load a blank computer, what would it be?
A pre-customized bare-minimum slackware cd with only the apps i need and the rest of the cd for some select oakenfold mixes in mp3:)
7) Childhood toys? (Score:5, Insightful)
by Ralph Wiggam (ralph@springfield.com)
Pretty much every geek I've asked remembers loving construction type toys as children. I know my fave was Capsella because of the motors and gears, but there was always a big box of Legos in my house, too.
Did you play with toys like that in your 5-12 years?
What were your favorites?
I especially like Constructs which aren't made anymore, and I went through the LEGO kick, but now I'm into K'NEX! I've got like, 4 of the big sets (haven't gotten around to building them yet) but they're really cool. I've still got my constructs, but I dunno, I don't build much anymore. If I did, it would be those K'NEX sets.
8) Times Change (Score:5, Interesting)
by HRbnjR (chris@hubick.com)
When I was a geek in high school (10 years ago)... it was not cool at all. The computer club was definitely frowned upon by the "cool" people. My question is, with the rise of the internet, and computers becoming pervasive in "normal" peoples lives...has this changed? Or have geeks gained some respect?
I read an article somewhere (Wired?) that said geeks were the new sex symbols...doctors and lawyers used to represent power and success and where what men stereotypically wanted to be, and what women stereotypially chased after. But now, as it is suggested, do you think geeks have invaded some of this position? Do you see any attitudes like this in school?
Of the "cool" people (they're only cool if you let them think that) that I come into contact with, they don't look down on me because I'm a geek, they think it's rather neat that I can fix their AOL when it gets wacked out, and a lot of the girls have started to realize that this is where the money is when I'm older:) I do see geeks becoming sex symbols, but only if they work at it, not that the world is going off its rocker turning to extermely nerdy outcast people, but knoweledgeable citizens are gaining respect for what they know.
9.)Now answer honestly! (Score:4, Interesting)
by OlympicSponsor
In 8th/9th/10th grade I was unpopular (hung out with the losers, didn't go to dances, etc). 11th and 12th grades I was merely neutral (went to some dances, knew a lot of people, but I wasn't a jock or anything). I bring this up not out of relevance, but to show that "I've been there."
My question is: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? What I mean by that is: Many geek teenagers exhibit anti-social characteristics, including: poor hygiene, little or no conversation skills and attitudes (for instance know-it-all-ism) that are off-putting. Do adolescents get into computers because they don't get along and don't understand why, so turn to computers (books, D&D, whatever) as something they can understand/master? Or do adolescents who get into computers/whatever use up so much brain capacity with intellectually challenging tasks they can't learn how to interact with others? Or some third thing?
I lived in rural farm community until the middle of 3rd grade when I moved to where I am now. Back then, I was very active outside with my friends and did all sorts of fun things, but since I moved here, I didn't know anybody around and there weren't very many kids nearby, so I mostly stayed inside and read or build K'NEX (yay!). That's when I got into computers more. I didn't really have anything else to do and somebody gave us a Commodore 64, so I was all over that, and then we got my grandpa's old Mac, and eventually moved over to an Acer running windows 3.1 and up. I think my getting into computers was more an environment thing, and had we not moved, I'd probably be a jock or something now.
10.)Why a new Linux distribution? (Score:4, Insightful)
by Alan Shutko (ats@acm.org)
I use my c:\windows\hosts and/etc/hosts to resolve common banner-ad servers (ad.doubleclick.net) to 127.0.0.1 thereby rendering most pages i frequent with broken images where banner ads would usually appear. It's ugly, but the pages sure load faster...
Here's my hosts file:
http://chelsea.k12.mi.us/~rodent/files/hosts
See the previous slashdot article 2001: A Space Laptop and then the link it refers to from SpaceRef will all sorts of interesting information about the laptops, why they run windows, and how the networks are all set up, including both the shuttle LAN and the ISS LAN.
I sincereally hope that in the process of opening the protocal, things such as the WARNING system get Removed. In my opinion, this is the most worst abused function I've *ever* seen, and I have never seen it used for what it was intended... I heard it was supposed to help "regulate" AIM and things like that, but it just doesn't work and is a major annoyance for people like me who get ganged up on by vast groups of warning fiends!
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Nextel has stated they'll support iDEN and new handsets until 2010.
unless your university (like GVSU) doesn't implement wep ;)
if you read the article more carefully, it says that the residence halls have their own 45mb connection, seperate from the university's.
I disagree. There's nothing to prove that homosexuality is genetic, gays are just looking for a way to show that it's not their fault.
Homosexuality is a product of your environment, mostly from your childhood. Check out this link: What causes homosexuality?.
But yes, sexual orientation and other gender issues shouldn't prevent someone from making a useful contribution to science or any other area.
nowhere did it say 3 servers, it says 8000. maybe they changed it.
they're all OSDN stuff. it was an OSDN cisco router that melted, see http://usw-sf-log.sourceforge.net/
http://usw-sf-log.sourceforge.net/
I'm still waiting for an FTP install! I love slack, but I don't have the time to download and burn an ISO...and I'd rather not buy any CDs.
1) Girls (Score:5, Interesting)
by Stoke (stoke@excite.com)
At the age when most teens seem to be crazy over the opposite sex and dating, how is your situation with girls? Assuming you don't have a girlfriend, do you feel better off without one taking away your free time, or is it something you wish for?
My situation with girls is great, I can't complain. I don't have a girlfriend, but there are a few who I could see myself going out with. I'm coming up on the end of my first semester of my senior year in high school, though, and I don't really think this is a time to go out with anybody because the relationship will probably suffer greatly when I start college. I've had a girlfriend before, and it was nice, but I don't regret not having one now. Right now it's just more fun to go out and do things with different people and not feel tied down.
2) Just Curious... (Score:5, Interesting)
by Brazilian Geek (akajita@spamyourmama.bigfoot.com)
Are you now or have you ever been a Slashdot troll? If so, please comment on the feeling of being a troll, if not, what is your favorite troll?
I've never been a troll, it'd be neat to get FP though, but I'd post something useful, not FP$!@#. Signal_11 is the only troll that comes to mind, and he didn't really seem like a troll, just somebody that got on rob's bad side.
3) What are your plans for college? (Score:5, Interesting)
by Zachary Kessin (zkessin@script-fu.org)
If you have thought about it what do you want to do after High School? Do you have any ideas about college or further education?
I plan on going to college, for the experiance and the learning and to appease the Great Parental Units (TM). I work for a school district here though, and everybody I've talked to say I could get a job earning ~40k/year as soon as I graduate high school. But I'm rather looking forward to college for a more focused study on what I want to learn (networks) and the experiance :)
4) What are you listening to? (Score:5, Interesting)
by geophile (jao@mediaone.net)
When I was 15, my father said, "how can you listen to this? It's noise! There's no melody, it's just boom boom boom!". He was talking about the Beatles. Today, I am horrified to find myself saying the same thing about all rap/hip-hop/whatever, Britney Spears, N Sync, and just about everything else I hear that's been recorded recently. I don't buy much new music, but lately I've been buying CDs to replace my old LPs (The Who, Genesis, and yes, The Beatles).
At least there's Elvis (C, not P), They Might Be Giants, and Komeda.
Is it just me, or my g-g-g-generation, or does new music really suck? What are you listening to?
I'm listening to all sorts of techno and trance, having just gotten into it a few years ago. I also listen to all sorts of metal and alternative for the instrumentation and sounds. Lyrics are cool when they rhyme, but I'm not a big fan of rap. I DJ my high school dances occasionally and they're big hip-hop fans, so I find myself sampling some of that to hear what's danceable.. I like most stuff, from celtic and folk to country to death metal. I find most of today's pop doesn't have the heart or message in it that older, more sophisticated stuff did.
5) How is it? (Score:5, Interesting)
by dbarclay10 (dbarclay10_NOSPAM_@_MAPSON_yahoo.ca)
Hey, what's up? :) I'm not a teenager, but I am a Linux user, and a rather dedicated one. I've come to the realization over the past year or so that, indeed, MS Office is actually a good software packager. Well, relatively speaking, of course ;) I find it fast, relatively lean, feature-complete, and more-or-less stable. I was wondering if you yourself have a particular software favorite that doesn't run under Linux?
I use windows 2000 *grin* on my home machine and openbsd on my servers at work, and the only thing really keeping me from linux is my Eudora Pro email :P I don't know of an email package for linux that does what it does..
6) If you were stranded on a desert island (Score:5, Funny)
by dattaway (dattaway@attaway.org)
A pre-customized bare-minimum slackware cd with only the apps i need and the rest of the cd for some select oakenfold mixes in mp3 :)
7) Childhood toys? (Score:5, Insightful)
by Ralph Wiggam (ralph@springfield.com)
Pretty much every geek I've asked remembers loving construction type toys as children. I know my fave was Capsella because of the motors and gears, but there was always a big box of Legos in my house, too.
Did you play with toys like that in your 5-12 years?
What were your favorites?
I especially like Constructs which aren't made anymore, and I went through the LEGO kick, but now I'm into K'NEX! I've got like, 4 of the big sets (haven't gotten around to building them yet) but they're really cool. I've still got my constructs, but I dunno, I don't build much anymore. If I did, it would be those K'NEX sets.
8) Times Change (Score:5, Interesting)
by HRbnjR (chris@hubick.com)
When I was a geek in high school (10 years ago)... it was not cool at all. The computer club was definitely frowned upon by the "cool" people. My question is, with the rise of the internet, and computers becoming pervasive in "normal" peoples lives...has this changed? Or have geeks gained some respect?
I read an article somewhere (Wired?) that said geeks were the new sex symbols...doctors and lawyers used to represent power and success and where what men stereotypically wanted to be, and what women stereotypially chased after. But now, as it is suggested, do you think geeks have invaded some of this position? Do you see any attitudes like this in school?
Of the "cool" people (they're only cool if you let them think that) that I come into contact with, they don't look down on me because I'm a geek, they think it's rather neat that I can fix their AOL when it gets wacked out, and a lot of the girls have started to realize that this is where the money is when I'm older :) I do see geeks becoming sex symbols, but only if they work at it, not that the world is going off its rocker turning to extermely nerdy outcast people, but knoweledgeable citizens are gaining respect for what they know.
9.)Now answer honestly! (Score:4, Interesting)
by OlympicSponsor
In 8th/9th/10th grade I was unpopular (hung out with the losers, didn't go to dances, etc). 11th and 12th grades I was merely neutral (went to some dances, knew a lot of people, but I wasn't a jock or anything). I bring this up not out of relevance, but to show that "I've been there."
My question is: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? What I mean by that is: Many geek teenagers exhibit anti-social characteristics, including: poor hygiene, little or no conversation skills and attitudes (for instance know-it-all-ism) that are off-putting. Do adolescents get into computers because they don't get along and don't understand why, so turn to computers (books, D&D, whatever) as something they can understand/master? Or do adolescents who get into computers/whatever use up so much brain capacity with intellectually challenging tasks they can't learn how to interact with others? Or some third thing?
I lived in rural farm community until the middle of 3rd grade when I moved to where I am now. Back then, I was very active outside with my friends and did all sorts of fun things, but since I moved here, I didn't know anybody around and there weren't very many kids nearby, so I mostly stayed inside and read or build K'NEX (yay!). That's when I got into computers more. I didn't really have anything else to do and somebody gave us a Commodore 64, so I was all over that, and then we got my grandpa's old Mac, and eventually moved over to an Acer running windows 3.1 and up. I think my getting into computers was more an environment thing, and had we not moved, I'd probably be a jock or something now.
10.)Why a new Linux distribution? (Score:4, Insightful)
by Alan Shutko (ats@acm.org)
(doesn't apply)
I use my c:\windows\hosts and /etc/hosts to resolve common banner-ad servers (ad.doubleclick.net) to 127.0.0.1 thereby rendering most pages i frequent with broken images where banner ads would usually appear. It's ugly, but the pages sure load faster...
Here's my hosts file:
http://chelsea.k12.mi.us/~rodent/files/hosts
See the previous slashdot article 2001: A Space Laptop and then the link it refers to from SpaceRef will all sorts of interesting information about the laptops, why they run windows, and how the networks are all set up, including both the shuttle LAN and the ISS LAN.
I sincereally hope that in the process of opening the protocal, things such as the WARNING system get Removed. In my opinion, this is the most worst abused function I've *ever* seen, and I have never seen it used for what it was intended... I heard it was supposed to help "regulate" AIM and things like that, but it just doesn't work and is a major annoyance for people like me who get ganged up on by vast groups of warning fiends!
I've seen this picture at Stileproject.com, under Linux Loving Sluts
more linux babes for ya'll
http://www.mypoop.com the URL says it all...