Onetime social outcasts rule pop culture (Night of the Living GEEK! alert)

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | August 30, 2005 | William Loeffler

[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.

[buzzyboop]

Exhibing the inner geek in all of us...

[Charlespg]

GEEKS RULE

[Zuben Elgenubi]

[baker_girl]

[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.

[sionnsar]

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.

[sionnsar]

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?

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[sionnsar]

"The cshell script initiated forked two forked child processes which grepped an erroneous file."

There. That's better.

[Disambiguator]

I just transcribed the statement, so I can't be held responsible for any grammatical discontinuities.

;^)

[hamboy]

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.

[Professional Engineer]

Yes, I am an Engineer. I have the sliderule to prove it.

[sionnsar]

Sigh. I used to have one of those...

[youthgonewild]

GEEKS RULE

I hope Eva Longoria hears this news when I happen to be standing in front of her.

[NicknamedBob]

They were made obsolete by the development of this...