A friend of mine send me this little "are you a geek" test. and I filled it. Really funny stuff
* when you have to write with a pen, you find yourself using the Palm Graffiti characters.
Pen?
* you've gutted and rebuilt your computer 5 times since you last changed the oil in your car. ( ck )
sure, even more
* you know the square root of 65536 is 256 without having to do the math.
You dont?
* you consider 1024 and 256 "nice round numbers"
sure, 1024=1 and 256=1/4
* you see a good-looking girl and you DESPERATELY want her e-mail address so you can get to know her.
Not only her email...
* you wake up and realize that your sleep pattern has been following an algorithm.
not yet
* your computer chair has the permanent and stiff indentation of your butt in it.
isnt that cool?
* the only tan you've ever acquired comes from your monitor.
I still have a life
* you have assembled your own Linux distribution, and re-wrote some of the more inefficient code, just for fun.
unfortunatly I dont write codes, but I must learn it
* every time someone says "I like Macs" you get mad and shout out "So you only go for the looks, do you? Superficial guy! The inner qualities are what's important, not the looks! Beauty is only skin-deep!"
Sorry, I'm a modder, but I do hate Macs
* when asked if you have more than one hard drive, you answer "In which computer?"
So true
* given the choice between a new computer and a date with a good looking girl, you'd take the new system.
I'll find a way to crack the system and get both
* you've ever been successful at catching a spammer.
I know a guy who can get his eye color...
* you call sex with your cute girlfriend "CuteFTP."
No, sorry, just no: sex is sex
* you spend more time changing settings in Windows XP than using it.
I must admit I have a problem with this.
* you dream of high-end computers instead of beautiful girls.
They are not incompatible, I'll go with both
* you get angry when someone says they own a new vid card.
No, but I want pics...
* your friends have a club with the word .com in it.
thebestcasescenario.com/forum
* you think everyone should have an opinion about Bill Gates.
yes
* you refer to having sex as setting up a LAN!
It would be like refering to sex as an orgy, it's more like a home network
* you refer to going to the toilet as "extracting to the temp folder" and flushing the toilet as "deleting the temp folder".
* you refer to eating and drinking as uploading!
* you refer to using the bathroom as downloading.
I should remember those ones...
* you've ever passed notes at school in binary.
Dont have all that time to lose
* you've had an article appear on a website
And you dont
* you've figured out how to crash Windows XP using only Internet Explorer.
Internet explorer IS the problem
* you snicker whenever someone asks how much memory is needed for WindowsXP to run smoothly.
I sure do...
* you go into a computer store and takeover a discussion for a salesman on the specs and merits of a computer while he site there nodding as you make the sale.
I call this a well spend time...
* a 320 GB HD, color laser, four 1GB DIMMs, and a 21" monitor would beat out Sarah Michelle Gellar, Cameron Diaz, Heather Graham, and Cindy Crawford.
Sure, I can see them naked with it
* you can actually read the error message details when a Windows program has a problem.
It's a must
* you spend more time chatting on-line in one day then you do in a week's worth of actual conversation with people face-to-face.
Not that much, I'll say half and half
* there are two magazines in front of you, the newest issue of PC Magazine and the other a porno. And you choose the PC mag over the porno.
I dont read paper
* the number of computers in your house exceeds the number of relationships you've had in your lifetime.
Sorry, nop
* your computer costs more and runs better than your car
yes
* your watch is set to GMT. Always. (After all, it's the only time that makes logical sense.)
I like this one, but nop, I'm set to -5:00
* in real life, you tell people to go to http://www.hell.com/
nop, but saying "go to DELL is much worse... lol
* when you're reading a magazine and you see an underlined passage, you feel compelled to click on it.
rolf
* you have the Linux Penguin sitting on your monitor
* ... and you know the penguin's name.
Tux the penguin
* everytime you go to write a note, you put your hands on your desk, as if looking for a keyboard to type it on.
I sometime feel ashameof this
* you've ever debated the merits of the window manager...
* ...with yourself.
And sometimes I lose
* you set up your old computer next to your new one 2 months ago so that you could transfer files and you've been using them "both" since.
yes
* your wallpaper is made up of Linux code.
no, but computer parts, brand, softwares
* your favorite pasttime is IRC on Saturday nights.
nop, does it mean I'm not geek?
* you have a PC for every person in the house, and still think you need one more. What if one goes down!?
actually, yes, even 2 for each one...
* you salivate when you hear the word, "upgrade"
And I want pics...
* instead of laughing you say "L O L!"
nop
* you have actually heard someone do this in real life.
yes
* ...and you actually understood what it meant.
yes
* you not only know what OS is, you have an opinion about it.
sure
* you bought a super socket-775 motherboard, not because you really needed it, but because you got it for only 40.00 via an online auction. Now you have a reason to build that extra computer you don't really need.
You speak to my ex-wife?
* you check your e-mail before you brush your teeth in the morning.
Am I the only one?
* you believe Unix/Linux is the most superior operating system out there
yes, even if I dont use it
* you refer to your computer as a friend.
No, as my coworker
* you can talk to your computer without being sarcastic or raising your voice.
Best way to crash a computer is yell at it
* you talk to your computer the way most people talk to their significant other.
no, most of the time it's to the monitor
* you use old CD-ROMs as coasters...
* ...and you've collected a matching set for every room in your house.
And now, my fav part:
* you e-mail yourself notes rather than writing them...
yes
* ...and you can justify the advantages of doing so.
Totally
* ...or you actually reply to the note.
It happen