You might be a computer geek if....

GnuTux · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:52 am **(#1)**

...you have more than 4 email addresses. :hehe

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16169

... Instead of laughing out loud you say lol.

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

You use numbers in place of letters.

Gms9810 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:41 am **(#4)**

You have more computers in the house than you have people.

Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

You succeed in writing G'MIC scripts for the GIMP plug-in.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

You've read (and enjoyed!) more than three books in this list:
- The Soul of a New machine
- Godel, Escher, Bach
- The "K&R"
- Mastering regular expressions
- Knuth's "Searching and sorting"
- The "Stroustrup"
- The TTL data handbook

And you call some of your favorite books by animal names.

Mike · **Joined:** Aug 27, 2010 **Posts:** 491

You remember everything in life as an extension.

Birthday - .gif
Doctor - .apt
Job - .sux
Pet - .fud

Or if you refer to sleeping at night as "shutting down" or "logging off."

kimppi · **Joined:** Feb 17, 2011 **Posts:** 225

You try to find the Undo button for real world.

(Btw, ofnuts presented very fine list... Causes goosebumps.)

Willy · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:36 am **(#9)**

Mike wrote:

You remember everything in life as an extension.

Birthday - .gif
Doctor - .apt
Job - .sux
Pet - .fud

Or if you refer to sleeping at night as "shutting down" or "logging off."

I has a lot of emails....

I a150 D0n'7 d0 74i5 v3ry 0f73n
(I also don't do this very often)

Oregonian · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:47 am **(#10)**

You have a USB flash drive on your key ring, on a lanyard around your neck, in your pocket, and stashed in several places at home and at work. You can never have too many of them.

Willy · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:50 am **(#11)**

Oregonian wrote:

You have a USB flash drive on your key ring, on a lanyard around your neck, in your pocket, and stashed in several places at home and at work. You can never have too many of them.

I only carry one 4 GB, but it's on a lanyard which is also my key chain, does that count?

Oregonian · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:54 am **(#12)**

Willy wrote:

I only carry one 4 GB, but it's on a lanyard which is also my key chain, does that count?

You may need one in your pocket for the times you don't need your keys.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

kimppi wrote:

You try to find the Undo button for real world.

(Btw, ofnuts presented very fine list... Causes goosebumps.)

Rule 34?

kimppi · **Joined:** Feb 17, 2011 **Posts:** 225

You know where this is from : /* You are not expected to understand this. */

(Yes, ofnuts, in "any conceivable subject"...)

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

Mike wrote:

Or if you refer to sleeping at night as "shutting down" or "logging off."

It is said that the epitaph of Kenneth Iverson, the inventor of the APL language, is something like:

)OFF 2004-10-18 18:56

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12844

Ronounours wrote:

You succeed in writing G'MIC scripts for the GIMP plug-in.

I guess, in your eyes, I wouldn't be a geek David. lol

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

Your most favorite place to hang out in college was the "computer lab" - and -

you compiled your homework over the telephone

partha · **Joined:** Mar 14, 2011 **Posts:** 998

Or if you are reading this thread to see how many of the replies are true in your case...

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

partha wrote:

Or if you are reading this thread to see how many of the replies are true in your case...

far too many to be believable

GnuTux · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:23 pm **(#20)**

..if you plan your vacations around COMDEX, CodeCon and CES. :geeking