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Onetime social outcasts rule pop culture (Night of the Living GEEK! alert)
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^
| August 30, 2005
| William Loeffler
Posted on 08/30/2005 9:38:28 AM PDT by buzzyboop
The Oxford English Dictionary defines a geek as "an unfashionable or socially inept person or a knowledgeable and obsessive enthusiast, such a computer geek."
A dork probably wrote that. Because television, cinema and even the fashion runways are thronging with a new class of beta male with more brains than brawn and a wardrobe that is so far from cool it circles round and links up with cool at the other end.
People are letting their geek flag fly. The reigning leading man at the box office is not some pumped-up action hero, but a sweet, lovable doofus who collects them, "The 40 Year-Old Virgin." Earlier this summer, there was worldwide anticipation over the latest book that chronicled the adventures of a skinny, bespectacled boy magic geek named Harry Potter. Kids who shop for back-to-school clothes at Target can find a line of clothes based on the 2004 sleeper hit, "Napoleon Dynamite," whose hero is a curly-haired, pigeon-chested high school outcast who plays tetherball.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
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KEYWORDS: computers; geek; nerd; socialoutcast
Exhibing the inner geek in all of us...
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posted on
08/30/2005 9:38:31 AM PDT
by
buzzyboop
To: buzzyboop
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posted on
08/30/2005 9:41:39 AM PDT
by
Charlespg
(Civilization and freedom are only worthy of those who defend or support defending It)
To: buzzyboop
To: buzzyboop
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posted on
08/30/2005 10:00:55 AM PDT
by
baker_girl
(You are all winners,except those of you who lose.)
To: buzzyboop
There was a picture posted here a few times with the caption that reads
"The cshell script initiated forked two child processes which grepped an erroneous file. The resulting mailer daemon resulted in an abortive error." If you understand this statement, you probably are a geek.
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posted on
08/30/2005 10:03:20 AM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
To: Ichneumon; Professional Engineer; Dont Mention the War; Polyxene; ChadGore; TheGeezer; ...
Geezer Geek ping.
This is a very low-volume ping list (typically days to weeks between pings).
FReepmail me if you want on or off this list.
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posted on
08/30/2005 10:07:45 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || (To Libs:) You are failing to celebrate MY diversity! || Iran Azadi)
To: Disambiguator
There was a picture posted here a few times with the caption that reads "The cshell script initiated forked two child processes which grepped an erroneous file. The resulting mailer daemon resulted in an abortive error."
If you understand this statement, you probably are a geek. What is an "erroneous file"? Was "erroneous filename" meant? Or "corrupted file"?
Does this mean I am not a geek?
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posted on
08/30/2005 10:10:14 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || (To Libs:) You are failing to celebrate MY diversity! || Iran Azadi)
To: sionnsar
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posted on
08/30/2005 10:11:23 AM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: sionnsar
"The cshell script initiated forked two forked
child processes which grepped an erroneous file." There. That's better.
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posted on
08/30/2005 10:12:09 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || (To Libs:) You are failing to celebrate MY diversity! || Iran Azadi)
To: sionnsar
I just transcribed the statement, so I can't be held responsible for any grammatical discontinuities.
;^)
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posted on
08/30/2005 10:20:55 AM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
To: Charlespg
I think inept is approriate word. I used to go to techie meetings like Linux users group, Wireless (WiFi) users group, amateur radio clubs, etc. Folks who could figure most stuff look like hermit. They don't use armpit deodorants.
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posted on
08/30/2005 10:22:46 AM PDT
by
hamboy
To: buzzyboop; sionnsar
Yes, I
am an Engineer. I have the sliderule to prove it.
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posted on
08/30/2005 11:05:45 AM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(As an Engineer, you too can learn to calculate the power of the Dark Side.)
To: Professional Engineer
Sigh. I used to have one of those...
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posted on
08/30/2005 11:07:13 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || (To Libs:) You are failing to celebrate MY diversity! || Iran Azadi)
To: Charlespg
GEEKS RULE I hope Eva Longoria hears this news when I happen to be standing in front of her.
To: Professional Engineer; sionnsar
They were made obsolete by the development of this...
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posted on
08/30/2005 1:48:09 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(I am impervious to insult, being extraordinarily dense, rather like Superman.)
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