Geekiest Geek.

[Lee Bartholomew]

Just wondering who is the biggest geek here?

Who does what for a living IT wise?

[Double Trouble]

Just wondering who is the biggest geek here?

Who does what for a living IT wise?

It's you.

[Juju]

It'll be the one with the specciest specs.

Just my personal feeling.

[Juju]

Is it just me, or does that sound...?

[CJ]

Surely, it's geekiest geek?!?

CJ throws his hat into the ring...

[Juju]

Surely, it's geekiest geek?!?

Good point.

[Lee Bartholomew]

Yep your right.


MODERATOR !!!! :blush:

[Juju]

Yep your right.

Actually, it's "you're".... :flower:

[Lee Bartholomew]

Proof I can't do two things at once. Doing some TSQL coding. Typing goes to pot

[Dreadful Scathe]

Just wondering who is the biggest geek here?

Who does what for a living IT wise?
yeah its you !

Is TSQL is some sort of retro-virus SQL like in the Resident Evil games. It turns a normal query into some weird mutant ODBC spanning super-query ?

:)

[baldrick]

Sadly not only do I get computers to wirk, but I enjoy it:eek:
Can I have a proper job please?

[David Bailey]

Yep your right.


MODERATOR !!!! :blush:
Sigh.

What am I, your Mum?

And tidy up your room before you go to bed.

[Flat_Eric]

Just wondering who is the biggest geek here?

How do you suggest the selection should be made?
- Using the Geek test (http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html) or something?
- Listing reasons that make one eligible?

[Lee Bartholomew]

Sigh.

What am I, your Mum?

And tidy up your room before you go to bed.

Yes Moderator Master

[ducasi]

Even though all of my work, and much of my leisure time involves playing – oops! – I mean working with computers and other random computery technology I can't be a geek.

I don't like all that Lord of the Ring fantasy nonsense, don't read or watch any Sci-Fi unless it's funny (e.g. Hitchhiker's or Futurama), and I have some fashion sense.

I don't even know why I'm posting on this thread... :confused:

[Trouble]

Sigh.

What am I, your Mum?

And tidy up your room before you go to bed.

you would look rather good in a pinni.....:D

[Warwick]

Presumably, the geekiest geek will know what the motto of the monastery is. They will also know what the monastery *is*.

If there is more than one answering that question, then they'll need a feed to *the other place*.

[Lee Bartholomew]

Presumably, the geekiest geek will know what the motto of the monastery is. They will also know what the monastery *is*.

If there is more than one answering that question, then they'll need a feed to *the other place*.

Assume you mean D,NA

[Dreadful Scathe]

you would look rather good in a pinni.....:D

Having not met DavidJames I still picture him as Shirley Temple. One day I'm going to be dissapointed :)

[Beowulf]

Assume you mean D,NA

Down, Not across yes?. The B****** operator from hell. :wink:

Geek credentials?

Ok was Co-Sysop on a BBS Pre-WWW (well before the WWW was what it is today). Wrote my own door games.

Had a website called S*x-4-geeks a tongue in cheek mock-charity but was mainly a repository for geeky jokes, my computer programs etc.

Am a computer programmer / web designer for a living. I write applications for PC and PDA and am never far away from my IPAQ (my spare brain really)

I read math books for fun. I once calculated Pi to over 5000 decimal places over an annoyingly long time on my home PC because I felt like it.

Most of my books are either Sci-fi or fantasy or Computer/math books.

I (at last count) had 6 domains and associated websites on the go.

I have over 600 DVD's and a very nerdy habit of memorising most of the lines our of them. (:blush: sorry)

I have 3 Slide rules, a 1940's AVO meter, an excessive number of very loud ugly shirts and far too many t-shirts imported from Think Geek in the USA.

I know my geek code. and I also know that the 8 numbers that make up my date of birth in ddmmyyyy format crops up at position 96,698,076 in Pi.

And I know allt he words (and sing along to) Three dead trolls in a baggie- "Every OS Sucks" and ''Weird Al'' Yankovic- "It's all about the Pentiums"

me a geek?

naw what gives you that idea? ;) :rolleyes: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


note I CAN'T be a geek.. I have a girlfriend and a life :wink:

[Dreadful Scathe]

i got 61% in the geek test :) i think thats bad :)

[Lee Bartholomew]

That is pretty geeky.

OK....

I have programed since the age of 7 (basic on Commodore +4 and Dragon 32)

Have a retro computer collection that includes Tandys, BBC's, Vax's and 'portable' computers (oh and a collection of green screens to go with them)

Do freelance IT work for a living. Mainly programming specialising in Sybase's Powerbuilder.

First games I wrote were based around the Ian Livinstone 'dice' books.

Was into Games Workshop figures.

Built a website on the Amiga 500 in 93 (though it was as a magazine distributed on floppy disk and advertised in the back of Micro Mart, if only we knew at the time what hyperlinks would lead to)

Have a collection of nearly 60 PC books.

Ran a bbs which my mum didn't know about (phone ringing all night everynight. lol)

First www experiance was through Compuserve.

Most played game Elite and Elite 2.

Heros include Geff Gammond, David Bremmer, Peter Molynoux and the Darling brothers (codemasters)

Once made a USB controller for the kitcken taps and toaster. Why I wanted to plug a laptop in to the kitchen taps I don't know. Seemed a good idea at the time. Annoyed then Girlfriend though.

Set up windows 2003 server at home as a domain controller, then connected one pc.


.....

Oh and spell checkers have ruined my ability to spell

[Beowulf]

Tis writ in the great users manual..

"The geek shall inherit the earth"

let us rise up our brothers and claim what is rightfully ours.. let us not do battle with gun and knife and tooth and claw .. but battle for the planet during one massive lan party.

I'll put the coffee on... :wink:

[Lee Bartholomew]

I'll bring my LAN spec PC.

[Dreadful Scathe]

i wrote my first text adventure game on a spectrum 48k in Basic - it was set in my primary school.

i have connected at 300 baud and can REALLY appreciate broadband ;)

i made good use of Blue Boxing when it was still possible and frequented many a US based BBS, for free of course, in the early 90's -
the malaysian operator got very annoyed if you accidently missed the change over

i was co-sysop of a BBS in Swindon, of all places

i ran a public domain library and computer hardware business in 1994

i wrote my first commercial website in 1995 for a BBS company who were expanding onto the web for the first time.

i build all my PCs and have more spare bits than i know what to do with - i have about 6 or 7 pcs
and 4 laptops

i still have 2 Amiga 4000s - the graphics card for the 4000 cost me £450 - this was in 1997

i currently teach and consult on a variety of IT areas ranging from HTML through SQL , Business Intelligence and Oracle DBA.

i own a t-shirt with the slogan "404 shirt/tie - not found" on it :)

All your base are belong to me :)

[robd]

me a geek?



But you have a girlfriend! Isn't that incompatible with geekery :rolleyes:

Mind you, my girlfriend seems to see geekdom as something to aspire to :what:

[Warwick]

"The geek shall inherit the earth"

I'll put the coffee on... :wink:

Ah.. but beware Geeks bearing GIFs.

[straycat]

Geek credentials?


note I CAN'T be a geek.. I have a girlfriend and a life :wink:



i wrote my first text adventure game on a spectrum 48k in Basic - it was set in my primary school.

All your base are belong to me :)

Heh. Well - next to such inspiring examples, I'm beginning to feel like a part-timer in the geekhood stakes... especially since my t-shirt of MPW compiler errors (http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/91q3/cerrors.html) was thrown away :tears:

Oh well.

[Lou]

i currently teach and consult on a variety of IT areas .... Business Intelligence .....
Really? :whistle: Wish you'd told me that at the time... :na:

As self-proclaimed Geek Judge In Chief (a subject in which I'm quite qualified ;) ), I have to say DS is winning at the moment for having mentioned
All your base are belong to me
...although Beo's doing quite well, and I'd be interested in hearing more about Woodface's Tandy :D

[Beowulf]

76.92% - Dysfunctional Geek :blush:

oh.. and I'm wearing this to work today (and yes.. i KNOW it clashes with my shirt!)

[David Bailey]

OK, so who wants a poll, and who wants to be on the poll?

[Beowulf]

OK, so who wants a poll, and who wants to be on the poll?

does the winner get a custom byline ;) :na:

[David Bailey]

does the winner get a custom byline ;) :na:
I reckon the winner gets to design a custom vBulletin feature for the forum, how's that?

[straycat]

I reckon the winner gets to design a custom vBulletin feature for the forum, how's that?

Is that by way of punishment, or is that based on the idea that only a real geek would take that on (for free) and consider it a reward? ;)

[David Bailey]

Is that by way of punishment, or is that based on the idea that only a real geek would take that on (for free) and consider it a reward? ;)
Yes :)

[Lou]

OK, so who wants a poll, and who wants to be on the poll?

Pah! What would a poll prove? Forum's most popular geek? :rolleyes:

As I say - it takes an expert to judge these things! :whistle:

[straycat]

Yes :)

Hell - I'd take it on just for the fun of it ;)

[Beowulf]

Hell - I'd take it on just for the fun of it ;)

don't forget to include the back door ;)

( a little Pi symbol will suffice.. activated by clicking on it while holding down CTRL and Shift :whistle: Sorry.. but "The Net" is a great comedy. Almost as funny as "Hackers")

[TurboTomato]

I read math books for fun. I once calculated Pi to over 5000 decimal places over an annoyingly long time on my home PC because I felt like it.


Right I think we can stop the competition here - Beo has clearly won it hands down already! :D

I work in IT but I don't think my geek credentials are that high. I used to play plenty of computer games at one point but gave that up ages ago. It's my job and I pretty much leave it at the door when I go home. Now if we were talking car geekiness that would be a different story :devil: Being able to identify a car by its noise isn't really that useful in the real world :rofl:

[straycat]

don't forget to include the back door ;)

True geeks don't need back doors.

[Paulthetrainer]

That is pretty geeky.

OK....

I have programed since the age of 7 (basic on Commodore +4 and Dragon 32)

Have a retro computer collection that includes Tandys, BBC's, Vax's and 'portable' computers (oh and a collection of green screens to go with them)

Do freelance IT work for a living. Mainly programming specialising in Sybase's Powerbuilder.

First games I wrote were based around the Ian Livinstone 'dice' books.

Was into Games Workshop figures.

Built a website on the Amiga 500 in 93 (though it was as a magazine distributed on floppy disk and advertised in the back of Micro Mart, if only we knew at the time what hyperlinks would lead to)

Have a collection of nearly 60 PC books.

Ran a bbs which my mum didn't know about (phone ringing all night everynight. lol)

First www experiance was through Compuserve.

Most played game Elite and Elite 2.

Heros include Geff Gammond, David Bremmer, Peter Molynoux and the Darling brothers (codemasters)

Once made a USB controller for the kitcken taps and toaster. Why I wanted to plug a laptop in to the kitchen taps I don't know. Seemed a good idea at the time. Annoyed then Girlfriend though.

Set up windows 2003 server at home as a domain controller, then connected one pc.


.....

Oh and spell checkers have ruined my ability to spell

I'm not talking to you anymore Lee.

Not unless you give me tips on how to be more geeky. I always thought of myself as semi-geeky but I only scored 6% on the geek test. :sad:

I thought that going to Ceroc was geeky but alas it only seems to make me cool.:waycool:

[Shodan]

It'll be the one with the specciest specs.
I could be onto a big losing spree here then - I write the NHS's Ophthalmic Payments system. i.e. the system that does all the payments and stuff for all Opticians in the UK.

* If your an Optician, don't tell me. Cos then I'll have to sign another bloomin disclaimer stating I'm not fiddling the books for you. :whistle::rofl:

[Beowulf]

I read math books for fun. I once calculated Pi to over 5000 decimal places over an annoyingly long time on my home PC because I felt like it.


Right I think we can stop the competition here - Beo has clearly won it hands down already! :D


Ok.. I have a confession to make. I did that a while ago. Out of curiosity about how long it would take now, I had a plunder round in my source code archives (I have a 100 GB usb HDD that I carry with me with archives of my archives of my archives... I never know when I might need to reuse some source)

Found the source, couldn't compile (or more aptly.. couldn't be bothered to compile). Considered wasting more time at work re-writing it, but decided to have a look for source on-line first.

I've just beat my current "record" I just calculated 2 million digits of Pi in 2 minutes and 5 seconds :sick: Makes me think 2 things...


Haven't PC's got a helluva lot faster over the years and
I need to get a life :rofl:


(but will be trying for 32 million overnight :whistle: )

[killingtime]

I don't think I'm the geekiest geek here. I'm a bit of a gaming geek and computer geek but not as much as others. Still I'll go on the poll anyway :D.

[ducasi]

At just under 25% I'm only a "Geek", as opposed to being a total geek, a major geek, etc....

Still don't know what I'm doing posting to this thread...

[Flat_Eric]

I bow before Dreadful Scathe, Beowulf1970 and woodface's impressive curricula. My path may not quite match theirs, but hey, it's about joining in, isn't it?

- Geek test = 40.5%
- First computer: ITT 2020 in 1979 (7 yo), the only Apple II clone. Started programming at that time as well
- First major computer: Apple II, 16ko RAM extended to 64ko, with a yellow monitor and 4.5 inch soft floppies... Which I still have !
- Cowrote a winning scenario (Compatible Rolemaster-Cthulu-ADD2) competition for a national French RPG magazine
- Spent about a year with my mother (math / programming teacher) and uncle trying to find an algorithm for prime numbers (before it was proved that there was none). Spent some time on Fermat's theorem. Finished 2nd of a math competition with 3,000 participants
- First Internet experience: 1995 though Compuserve
- Have an online server under my staircase
- 3+ computer per person in my home
- Cofounded a 100% Linux and open source operated company in 1999
- Appeared in a national French Linux magazine as one of the promoters of open source (part of a 4-page article, with front photo of me. My mom was soooo proud)
- Passed the pre-Mensa test successfully
- Was hired as technical advisor for a bestselling book on cybercrime (for which I am mentioned in the Credits page) and a film series where Internet was involved
- Pride myself of owing rare IT tshirts, for example a limited edition released for the launch of Widows 2000 in Israel
- Work as IT consultant specialised in customer relationship management projects.

....And one or two other things that I wouldn't dare to confess here...

[Princess Fi]

I'm impressed! I thought I was bad with a score of 15.9% but you lot put me to shame! :worthy:

Thank you for making me feel so normal! :flower:

[Flat_Eric]

Thank you for making me feel so normal!
For some reason, I'd rather be into geekdom than into ogres ...:D :D

[LMC]

I used to streak through geek threads on the forum until they were appropriately sequestered in Geek's Corner. So it's not me.

[pmjd]

Thank you for making me feel so normal! :flower:
:yeah:
I used to think I was geeky but I've got nothing on you folk:rofl: I am the resident computer geek at work and for friends and family, and could quite happily have done some harm to some of the experts that have charged them for botched jobs:angry:, for example upgrading a computer from Win98 to WinXP (without a new license key) to solve a problem with a new Win98 compatible scanner/printer/fax???? Which turned out to be a cable fault:what:.

I do pull apart computers on a fairly regular basis, including last week transplanting a motor from one HDD into another to try and resurect the dead one. I am a sci-fi geek. However I can't program or have half as much computer experience as some of you guys

Mmmm....maybe I'm more of a nerd than a geek then:whistle:

[TurboTomato]

I'm not talking to you anymore Lee.

Not unless you give me tips on how to be more geeky. I always thought of myself as semi-geeky but I only scored 6% on the geek test. :sad:

I thought that going to Ceroc was geeky but alas it only seems to make me cool.:waycool:

Paul, you may have worked in payroll at one time, but that doesn't make you a geek :na: You have too good a physique and far too many attractive girls' numbers in your phone book to be a true geek ;)

[David Franklin]

I've just beat my current "record" I just calculated 2 million digits of Pi in 2 minutes and 5 seconds :sick: Makes me think 2 things...


Haven't PC's got a helluva lot faster over the years and
I need to get a life :rofl:
Of course, the algorithm makes a difference as well.

I don't know what algorithm you used in the past, but I would guess it was based on one of the arctangent formulae (e.g. PI = 16 * arctan(1/5) - 4 * arctan(1/239)). To calculate pi to n digits, these require O(n) terms, and calculating each term takes time O(n), so the total calculation takes O(n^2). That is not going to allow you to calculate 2 million digits in 2 minutes on a current day computer.

There are modern methods that can calculate PI to millions of digits using only tens of terms (O(log n)). The only problem is that you have to be able to do "proper" n-digit multiplication, division, and square roots. Which is quite a lot more programming work, but can be done in O(n log^k n)).

[Beowulf]

I used to think I was geeky but I've got nothing on you folk:rofl:


This coming from the guy with the TARDIS as his avatar ;) :rolleyes:

[Princess Fi]

For some reason, I'd rather be into geekdom than into ogres ...:D :D

HEY! What you saying about my man! :angry:

:yum:

[ducasi]

OK, maybe I am a geek... I...

Invented the x-bit hack in apache.
Own an Enterprise 64 (with serial number 42! :D)
Extended the ZX Spectrum's command library with a few of my own for manipulating microdrive cartridges in interesting ways.
Wrote my first program at school and "saved" it onto paper tape.
Wrote a complete Manic Minor clone for the ZX Spectrum.
Have a credit in a few Unix books, including "Unix Power Tools".
Wrote the first "MacEyes" application (complete with shaped window) for the Mac, back in the '80s.
Can still remember some Z80 op-codes – 205 is CALL, for example.
Was on usenet before "the great renaming".
Have had games I co-wrote for the Spectrum and Enterprise published. (Nothing you'd have heard of though. ;))
Was on the internet in '89, and created my first web site in '94.

I have vague memories of many other geek-related activities in my youth that I will not confess to here. (Oh, and some I remember well, but still do not wish to publicise. :D)

[Dreadful Scathe]

but "The Net" is a great comedy. Almost as funny as "Hackers")[/SIZE]

Yes its hilarious, but how dare you compare "Hackers" to "the Net" - Hackers has decent music and Angelina Jolie is a geek in it!!



I don't know what algorithm you used in the past, but I would guess it was based on one of the arctangent formulae

One thing Im not and never have been, is a maths geek. I barely understood a word of that :)


I bow before Dreadful Scathe, Beowulf1970 and woodface's impressive curricula.

bah - your credentials are well uber-geek as far as Im concerned :)


..And one or two other things that I wouldn't dare to confess here...

See, now THATs the sort of information we DO want :)

[Dreadful Scathe]

my rep total is 1337 - do i win something :rofl:



{please no one rep me again EVER :) }

[Princess Fi]

... I...

Invented the x-bit hack in apache.
Own an Enterprise 64 (with serial number 42! :D)
Wrote a complete Manic Minor clone for the ZX Spectrum.
Have a credit in a few Unix books, including "Unix Power Tools".
Wrote the first "MacEyes" application (complete with shaped window) for the Mac, back in the '80s.
Have had games I co-wrote for the Spectrum and Enterprise published. (Nothing you'd have heard of though. ;))





Wow! :eek: I never knew I was in the presence of such greatness! Can I have your autograph?

(Though the paper tape thing just makes you sound old - at this rate you'll actually have me beleiving that you are not actually 25 years old!)

:flower:

[Flat_Eric]

If you guys are in the mood, we could play the "your mom" game (as they do in hip hop movies) using geek culture.

An example: your mom is root on ZX81.

PS: my IRL mom, age 60, is currently learning PHP and MySQL self-taught...:cool: :worthy: :what:

[Beowulf]

my rep total is 1337 - do i win something :rofl:

{please no one rep me again EVER :) }

hehe I nearly repped you for that !!

[straycat]

my rep total is 1337 - do i win something :rofl:



{please no one rep me again EVER :) }

Here. Have all my base. It clearly are all belong to you. :rolleyes:

[Lou]

my rep total is 1337 - do i win something :rofl:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Best. Geek. Post. Ever.

[killingtime]

How do you suggest the selection should be made?
- Using the Geek test (http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html) or something?


I got 42.99803%... which apparently is a major geek but I don't think it's that bad.

[pmjd]

OK, maybe I am a geek...
lots of impressive stuff

A phrase involving sherlock comes to mind:rofl:


This coming from the guy with the TARDIS as his avatar ;) :rolleyes:

Well I am a Doctor;) Now where did I leave that sonic screwdriver

[pmjd]

Just done the test

31.55918%

Making me a Total Geek:rolleyes: still no where near some of the others though:whistle:

[Beowulf]

OK, so who wants a poll, and who wants to be on the poll?

Go on then DJ. And put everyone who's posted a measure of their Geekiness in this thread ..

could be "interesting" to see the results. :wink:

[Warwick]

Using the Geek test (http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html) or something?


Erm... That'd be 69.82701%. That's bad isn't it?

[straycat]

35.31 - Major geek. Yet still only half Warwick's score...

[pmjd]

Geek Test Rankings So Far....

Beowulf1970 = 76.92%
Warwick = 69.82701%.
Dreadful Scathe = 61%
killingtime = 42.99803%
Flat_Eric = 40.5%
straycat264 = 35.31
pmjd = 31.55918%
ducasi = 25%
Princess Fi = 15.9%

Ducasi a lower score than me?!?!:confused: :confused: I think the test isn't quite accurate:whistle:

[TurboTomato]

8.08679% - Poser :tears:

[ducasi]

OK, as DJ seems to be sleeping, I've added a poll to this thread – go vote! :)

[Dreadful Scathe]

Im winning. I voted for myself so I wouldnt get 0 :)

[Sparkles]

I'm not on the poll, but my 'geek test' score was "22.28797% - Geek" - don't know if that's good or bad?!
Something tells me I have a long way to go before i am a fully-fledged geek :sick:.

[Dreadful Scathe]

I'm not on the poll, but my 'geek test' score was "22.28797% - Geek" - don't know if that's good or bad?!
Something tells me I have a long way to go before i am a fully-fledged geek :sick:.
being gorgeous does you no good at all you know ;)

[Aleks]

My geek score is 34.12229, which surprises me.
I know virtually nothing about computers and programming is a mystery to me.

[Dreadful Scathe]

My geek score is 34.12229, which surprises me.
I know virtually nothing about computers and programming is a mystery to me.
"geek" is not just computers :)

[Cruella]

Oooh, i'm just over 2% Geek! Only because I've watched lots of DVDs though. :rofl:

[Aleks]

"geek" is not just computers :)

True, but it felt like 40% of the questions were related to computing in some way....what that says about my other geeky habits :whistle::whistle::blush: :blush: .

[TheTramp]

I'm not on the poll, but my 'geek test' score was "22.28797% - Geek" -

Heh! I beat you. 22.68% for me :D

[Freudian Hips]

7.88955% - Poser

Wow! Didn't think I would score so highly! And not even trying :rofl:

All those points were obviously nothing to do with computers :blush: :tears:

[Juju]

What geek test???

[baldrick]

Geek test pah. failed to recognise me at all.
27.21893% - Total Geek

[LMC]

0.39448%

Poser? Surely that should read "lazy cow" for only filling in the Q about flat out lying. Couldn't be bothered to fill in the other 37,842 tick boxes, although I noticed there was a book section which would probably up my score considerably if I could be bothered to go through it all.

[Warwick]

Im winning. I voted for myself so I wouldnt get 0 :)

Damn. I'll probably get a 0 then. I voted for Beo.

[Beowulf]

Damn. I'll probably get a 0 then. I voted for Beo.

hehe thanks.. but I doubt you'll get 0 :wink:

[Dreadful Scathe]

Damn. I'll probably get a 0 then. I voted for Beo.
i would have voted for beo if I hadnt voted for me - mind you, you can retract your votes now...

[Beowulf]

i would have voted for Beo if I hadn't voted for me - mind you, you can retract your votes now...

I know.. why do you think I went from 5 to 4 and Warwick went up to 1 :whistle:

I didn't want to get zero either :blush: anyway, it was a little self indulgent of me to vote for myself. :blush:

[Warwick]

I know.. why do you think I went from 5 to 4 and Warwick went up to 1 :whistle:

I didn't want to get zero either :blush: anyway, it was a little self indulgent of me to vote for myself. :blush:

Thank you... Alright then... time to flash some geek cred.

After I got attacked, I was allowed to borrow a netcam from work for a while. I wrote a quite quick script that grabbed stills from the webcam (every 10 seconds so not exactly a cron task). Every 2 hours it turned the stills into an mpeg and cleared them down. That was done on heavy medication.

I got sick of having to authenticate on the linux boxes at work and the escala's as well as the 'doze stuff so I mucked around with stuff until I manages to hack up a unified authentication system that works on everything.

First computer a ZX80 in 1980. The ZX-81 followed and included the 16Kb RAM pack sellotaped hard on to the back to prevent random crashes. Then a Spectrum that got the conversion to the better casing. Onwards.. I headed down the Atari route ending up on an ST. My first PC was quite a bit later entering with a 486DX33.

Currently the LAN at home has just the 5 machines on it. 2 Linux boxes and 3 Windows.

At work, when I started 3.5 years ago, we had 2 Bull Escalas and a Novell 4.11 Pentium Pro thing that had been built by an idiot and abended when you thought about it too hard.

We currently run a small Citrix farm, a large integrated financial system that hooks in to everything throughout the factory and back-ends on to Oracle. Exchange for internal mail and that includes push technology running to the smartphones for the sales force. Heavy spam filtering at the borders to keep the internet safe from being exposed to Exchange servers. 'Doze 2003 for most of the other stuff. Firewall-1 at the very border hanging off a bonded DSL connection (prior to my starting it was a 64K leased line costing £££££££). The Citrix stuff can be accessed anywhere in the world over secure connections. Any server suffers a big problem and it emails us. I have an intranet in place that the users can't see that gives me all kinds of stats about stuff like mailbox sizes and home area sizes.

BOFH

My boss likes subtle style. Our standard password scheme is to require some complexity and a change every 60 days with a minimum of 8 characters. There's a dictionary plugged into it and some cleverness. It'll reject 'password1' out of hand. Our current most annoying user needs an 11 character password and gets to change it every 25 days.

Oh.. and I finished Half Life 2 in 4 days.

[FirstMove]

35.89744% - Major Geek

But, I feel compelled to add the following comments:-

There are deterministic algorithms in P for checking primality :na:
In Hex (and hence binary), it's possible to work out the Nth digit of pi without working out all those that came before :waycool:

[Gentabout]

25.98 Total geek, i rounded it down to 2 decimal places.

A lot better (lower) than i expected it to be.

Gent

[Dreadful Scathe]

I completed the games "Millennium" and "Joan of Arc" on the Amiga - both on my first go ;) (11 hours and 5 hours respectively)

[Princess Fi]

HEY!!! Why am I on this poll??? :tears: I've got like the lowest score out of anyone on that list!

And who voted for me? *gives Ducasi a pointed look*

(I knew posting on this thread was a bad idea)

[ducasi]

HEY!!! Why am I on this poll??? :tears: I've got like the lowest score out of anyone on that list!

And who voted for me? *gives Ducasi a pointed look*
:whistle:

[TurboTomato]

HEY!!! Why am I on this poll??? :tears: I've got like the lowest score out of anyone on that list!


*ahem* I only got 8% :D

[Princess Fi]

*ahem* I only got 8% :D


Geek Test Rankings So Far....

Beowulf1970 = 76.92%
Warwick = 69.82701%.
Dreadful Scathe = 61%
killingtime = 42.99803%
Flat_Eric = 40.5%
straycat264 = 35.31
pmjd = 31.55918%
ducasi = 25%
Princess Fi = 15.9%

:whistle:

[Lee Bartholomew]

{snip}
...although Beo's doing quite well, and I'd be interested in hearing more about Woodface's Tandy :D

Was an old CoCo3 was the second computer I had. Just looked up spec on net (I was 8 and cant' remember them). 2mhz, 128k.

Still got a speccy programming book somewhere called "what can I do with 1k?"

[killingtime]

How do you suggest the selection should be made?
- Using the Geek test (http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html) or something?

I thought I'd add that I don't think that test is very good though. It's not even weighted (well unless you consider everything being a weight of 1 weighted). So watching The Matrix scores you as much as, say, collecting dirt.

Ah well.

I voted for myself on the geek test because I didn't want 0%. In retrospect I should have voted for Princess Fi who represents the true geek in all of us.

So vote Princess Fi (or Cthulhu) for (geek) president.

[ducasi]

I voted for myself on the geek test because I didn't want 0%. In retrospect I should have voted for Princess Fi who represents the true geek in all of us.

So vote Princess Fi (or Cthulhu) for (geek) president.
Never too late to change your vote (http://www.cerocscotland.com/forum/poll.php?do=unvote&pollid=739)! :D

[Beowulf]

Never too late to change your vote (http://www.cerocscotland.com/forum/poll.php?do=unvote&pollid=739)! :D

Very sneaky Duncan.
Poor Warwick temporarily lost his score there...:blush:

[Warwick]

Never too late to change your vote (http://www.cerocscotland.com/forum/poll.php?do=unvote&pollid=739)! :D

So it isn't :rofl:

[killingtime]

Never too late to change your vote (http://www.cerocscotland.com/forum/poll.php?do=unvote&pollid=739)! :D

Good call! I vote Fi as the geekiest of all geeks. I also think if she wins the poll her title should read [Dark] Princess of the Geeks :D.

[Princess Fi]

I should have voted for Princess Fi who represents the true geek in all of us.

So vote Princess Fi (or Cthulhu) for (geek) president.


Never too late to change your vote (http://www.cerocscotland.com/forum/poll.php?do=unvote&pollid=739)! :D

I hate you all.

I mean that from the heart.

Oh yeah, and merry christmas.

:flower:

[Stuart M]

I got 24.45759%

Lower than I expected, but then the test had a US bias when it came to things like sci-fi. I mean, I used to be able to name every Doctor Who companion right back to the start :blush: .

[Beowulf]

Hmm.. Fi and I are currently tied for the title of Ubergeek.

Sorry Warwick.. this has to be done.. just for sheer meanness and comedy value.

I just HAVE to change my vote to Fi ;)

[Princess Fi]

I hope you realise that you're about to have a queen who:

1. Has no idea about computers*
2. Has never read a comic book in her life
3. Has never seen an episode of Dr Who
4. Dislikes ST:TOS with a passion
5. Has 20:20 vision
6. Doesn't even know how i-tunes works
7. Studied HR at uni (come on, with the exception of Marketing can you think of a less-geek like business discipline??? Oh and guess what my minor was in ;) )
8. Have never taken part in an RPG
9. Has never created a webpage or had a blog because I don't know how
10. Has never heard of the majority of authors in the geek test!

So Hah! Elect me if you will, but....

Nah can't be bothered finishing that off

*not strictly true but I have the knoweldge of a normal person as opposed to a techno-geek.

P.S. Microsoft rule! (that was just to annoy Duncan who started me down this route of Queen Geek!)

[Lee Bartholomew]

:worthy::worthy::worthy::worthy::worthy: Our Queen For she shall lead us.:worthy::worthy::worthy::worthy::worthy:

[ducasi]

I hope you realise that you're about to have a queen who:

[...]
4. Dislikes ST:TOS with a passion
[...]
And what do you think of ST:TNG? Don't make me use the "W" word. :devil:


P.S. Microsoft rule! (that was just to annoy Duncan who started me down this route of Queen Geek!) :na:

[Dreadful Scathe]

As far as Im concerned Princess Fi has proven shes perfect. What better a leader than one with beauty and excellent social skills - things we can only dream about ;)

[Gadget]

Sorry - Fi is much prettier than Beo: he wouldn't make a very good queen.

[Princess Fi]

And what do you think of ST:TNG?
I can honestly say I haven't seen an episode of that in years (at least 5). In general entertaining enough and was far more realistic than "Neighbours" which was on at the same time weekday afternoons!


Don't make me use the "W" word. :devil:


Wow, that's weird. I had a random question spring to my mind. Something about what metal the wolf-guy out of X-Men's talons were made out of? Gee who do I know that knows that? :whistle:

And anyway don't make me tell the world about what I found in your bathroom! :na:


As far as Im concerned Princess Fi has proven shes perfect. What better a leader than one with beauty and excellent social skills - things we can only dream about ;)

OK I've just decided I like DS - you can be cheif-of-geeks in the new regime! :D

[Princess Fi]

Sorry - Fi is much prettier than Beo: he wouldn't make a very good queen.

:D Right, joint chief-of-geeks!

[Beowulf]

Sorry - Fi is much prettier than Beo: he wouldn't make a very good queen.

I agree.. I wouldn't want to be a member of a club that had me as a leader. :wink:

And I do think the best qualification for leadership is not to want it. :rofl:

I call on anyone who's already voted for me to change their vote!

"All Hail Fi - Dark Princess of the Geeks!!"

[Princess Fi]

"All Hail Fi - Dark Princess of the Geeks!!"

Why am I dark? :confused:

(just so I know in case I should photo shop my avatar - personally prefer the red tho)

[Lee Bartholomew]

So what should our first Geek task be?

World Domination perhaps, starting with the forum (I know a few vBulletin hacks;))?

[Beowulf]

So spoke the dark princess.

"Why be I dark ?" Quoth she
"For thou art enshrouded with the robes of HR" cried the worshipping masses
"And why for the robes of HR maketh me dark?"
"For they are touched by the hand of the pointy haired boss" cried the worshippers in unison.
"And why then am I your leader?"
"For she is the Kwisatz Hader ... erm.. I mean ... the Geekish matriarch" Mumbled the assorted acolytes.

[Princess Fi]

I think you've got your ordering mixed up there Beo - HR is not "touched by the hand of the pointy haired boss" - its there to p iss off everyone else in the company, be they pointy haired, coffe cup weilding, or curly tie-d

Oh that reminds me - not checked my dilberts for the day! :na:

[Lee Bartholomew]

So spoke the dark princess.

"Why be I dark ?" Quoth she
"For thou art enshrouded with the robes of HR" cried the worshipping masses
"And why for the robes of HR maketh me dark?"
"For they are touched by the hand of the pointy haired boss" cried the worshippers in unison.
"And why then am I your leader?"
"For she is the Kwisatz Hader ... erm.. I mean ... the Geekish matriarch" Mumbled the assorted acolytes.


Tsk. Geek.






:rofl:

[Warwick]

Sorry Warwick.. I just HAVE to change my vote to Fi ;)

That's quite alright. I already changed mine for the same reasons.:clap:

[Beowulf]

That's quite alright. I already changed mine for the same reasons.:clap:

There are still 9 heretics who think OTHER people could do a better job than Fi.. I would suggest we burn the heretics.. but I think one in particular might complain about that.. I'll deal with her myself :whistle:

[Stuart M]

I hope you realise that you're about to have a queen who:

<huge case of denial>


Only the true Geek Goddess would deny her own divinity.


(Fi you're now supposed to rant "What chance does that give me? OK, I AM the Geek Goddess! Now F*** OFF!")

Amazing that this thread got so far without being Pythonised - should be a version of Godwin's Law for that.

[Princess Fi]

(Fi you're now supposed to rant "What chance does that give me? OK, I AM the Geek Goddess! Now F*** OFF!")

OK....

"WHAT CHANCE DOES THAT GIVE ME??? OK I AM THE GEEK GODDESS!!! NOW F*** OFF!!!!

(OK I've gone from princess of the geeks, to queen of the the geeks, and now I'm a goddess. I could actually get used to this. But I get the impression its cause I'm the only girl on this thread! :rolleyes:)



[SIZE="1"]Amazing that this thread got so far without being Pythonised

Oh, add "I've never seen any Monty Python in full, and the little I did see I never found funny or memorable" to my list

nee!

[Princess Fi]

There are still 9 heretics who think OTHER people could do a better job than Fi.. I would suggest we burn the heretics..

That's a good point! (the 9 other people, not the burning. I prefer 'mysterious disappearance' myself) And the weird thing is - I'm not even one of those 9! I've not voted!

Oh lord - obviously all this exposure to you real geeks is rubbing off -




I'll deal with her myself :whistle:



My first thought was "Beo's turning into Darth Vader"

[killingtime]

Why am I dark? :confused:

I assume you'll turn out to be evil at some stage. [Dark] was in square brackets to denote it as optional. I think it is better without, but it is your destiny and if you turn out to be evil that's ok with me, daughter.







My first thought was "Beo's turning into Darth Vader"

See! She is one of us! :D

[Princess Fi]

*Fi sees Killingtime's "location"*

:eek:

Now that's just not fair!!!! :eek:

I suppose I should be grateful you've not started a new thread on this!

[TurboTomato]

All hail Princess Fi!! :worthy:

[firefly]

*Fi sees Killingtime's "location"*

...

I suppose I should be grateful you've not started a new thread on this!

No, he just needs to post a lot on as many different threads as possible and subliminally influence everyone that way :rofl:

Sorry Princess Fi, sisterhood and all that, but this is just too amusing - I might even vote for you myself :wink:

BTW my score was 8.88%; I'm barely even a poser. Although maybe I could be a minion in your new regime?

[killingtime]

*Fi sees Killingtime's "location"*

Bwahahahaha!


All hail Princess Fi!! :worthy:

:worthy: :worthy: :worthy: Princess of the Geeks!

Obviously I'll need to start inviting her to any roleplay sessions etc. in the hope that one day she might grace us with her presence :D.


No, he just needs to post a lot on as many different threads as possible and subliminally influence everyone that way :rofl:

That's the plan. I'm sure Princess Fi can win on her own merit though. She is princess of the geeks after all.

[Princess Fi]

Gee if only there was a way of putting in a hyper link with your location eh KT? ;)

I have to say you are doing a lovely job of getting me elected - when the next Forum Awards come up remind me to talk to you :wink:

[killingtime]

I have to say you are doing a lovely job of getting me elected - when the next Forum Awards come up remind me to talk to you :wink:

Ooh, is that because there is a geekiest geek category? If so I can think of some lovely daughter of mine that would be ideal for it.

[Stuart M]

Actually, I voted "none of the above" to the question in the poll.

Because it's clearly going to be either:

Sarge
Rosemary, the telephone operator
or Penry, the mild-mannered janitor


*cue funkiest cartoon theme tune in history...*

[Beowulf]

My first thought was "Beo's turning into Darth Vader"

"And now, your highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden Geek base...”

"Do not underestimate the true power of the Geek."

"Hmm.. the Geek is strong in this one"

“I find your lack of PDA disturbing.”

“Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a thread is insignificant next to the power of the geek.”

"No..... I am your father.”

[ducasi]

"No..... I am your father.”
No, killingtime is her father!

[Princess Fi]

... I can think of some lovely daughter of mine that ...




"No..... I am your father.”


No, killingtime is her father!

I feel an identity crisis coming up!! :sick:

[killingtime]

I feel an identity crisis coming up!! :sick:

I am your father. Now go to your room.

[Beowulf]

I feel an identity crisis coming up!! :sick:


I am your father. Now go to your room.

"I've got a bad feeling about this..." :wink:

[Shodan]

I tried my best, but only got 26.62% - Total Geek :sad:

[Dreadful Scathe]

Actually, I voted "none of the above" to the question in the poll.

Because it's clearly going to be either:

Sarge
Rosemary, the telephone operator
or Penry, the mild-mannered janitor


*cue funkiest cartoon theme tune in history...*
can i add at this point that i have a hong kong phooey t-shirt and matching boxer shorts (they were a present from a dancer in fact ;) )

[Paulthetrainer]

can i add at this point that i have a hong kong phooey t-shirt and matching boxer shorts (they were a present from a dancer in fact ;) )

ANYTHING Hong Kong Phooey is anti-geek as far as I'm concerned. Cooler than cool in fact.:waycool:

(or does that make me more geeky for thinking that?):what:

I'm still debating who to vote for. Beowulf appears to have impeccable credentials, as has Woodface, although I know Woodface personally, and in real life he's not particularly geeky. Plus he's not a poll option. TurboTomato is not terribly geeky in real life either, and I know for a fact that he goes to the gym a lot.

Before the poll closes (does that ever happen here?) I would like to congratulate all the runners and riders on the high standard of geekiness demonstrated, not to mention the excellent sportsmanship shown throughout this arduous campaign.

I salute you all.:worthy::worthy::worthy::worthy:

[TurboTomato]

ANYTHING Hong Kong Phooey is anti-geek as far as I'm concerned. Cooler than cool in fact.:waycool:

(or does that make me more geeky for thinking that?):what:

I'm still debating who to vote for. Beowulf appears to have impeccable credentials, as has Woodface, although I know Woodface personally, and in real life he's not particularly geeky. Plus he's not a poll option. TurboTomato is not terribly geeky in real life either, and I know for a fact that he goes to the gym a lot.

Before the poll closes (does that ever happen here?) I would like to congratulate all the runners and riders on the high standard of geekiness demonstrated, not to mention the excellent sportsmanship shown throughout this arduous campaign.

I salute you all.:worthy::worthy::worthy::worthy:

Just have done with it and submit to Princess Fi :na: :rofl:

[Dreadful Scathe]

Just have done with it and submit to Princess Fi :na: :rofl:
yes, we all want to ;)

[bigdjiver]

just got around to this thread. My first computer was an INS8060 based Sinclair MK14 which I soldered together myself. A real geek would have made his own PCB. I later wrote a Forth like interpreter for the INS8060,as well as a compiler and a decompiler. A real geek would have continued to code in hex.

[Dreadful Scathe]

just got around to this thread. My first computer was an INS8060 based Sinclair MK14 which I soldered together myself. A real geek would have made his own PCB. I later wrote a Forth like interpreter for the INS8060,as well as a compiler and a decompiler. A real geek would have continued to code in hex.
you had me at "kempston joystick" :)

[Stuart M]

ANYTHING Hong Kong Phooey is anti-geek as far as I'm concerned. Cooler than cool in fact.:waycool:

Not just cool - fanrific, in fact. Or was it panrific?

Geeky trivia fact - the voice of Hong Kong Phooey was provided by the janitor from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

[Flat_Eric]

The time has for us to choose our duties towards our beloved sovereign.

I'd like to offer my services as the royal donkey. The food is good and you get to socialise...

[Beowulf]

*cue funkiest cartoon theme tune in history...*

Geek mode engaged
http://www.skyfall.co.uk/forum/geek.gif

I'll grant you that.. but IMHO (and only in MHO) the funkiest Geeky TV tune of all time has to be the title music for Space 1999 (http://www.space1999.net/moonbase99/mp3/y1/1999.mp3).



The time has for us to choose our duties towards our beloved sovereign.

I want to be royal sycophant!! Always two steps behind "yes your Highness, of course your Highness, as you command your Highness" and secretly gaining power and influence for my Geek-Coup uprising. By which time I will have my people scattered in positions of power throughout the empire just waiting for my call to arms

http://www.skyfall.co.uk/forum/mwahhaha.gif

* looks at worried and angry faces *

Hmmm? I didn't say that out loud did I?

[ShinyWeeStar]

I couldn't possibly vote. It's all geek to me. :innocent:

[killingtime]

I couldn't possibly vote. It's all geek to me. :innocent:

Ah Princess Fi is the geekiest geek of geekdom. She should get your vote :D.

[Princess Fi]

NOooooo!!! I'm losing my percentage!!!!

Oh wait, that's not really a bad thing :)

[TurboTomato]

NOooooo!!! I'm losing my percentage!!!!

:eek: :eek:

Fear not exulted one, I will find some more minions to vote for you!! :worthy: :na:

[Beowulf]

NOooooo!!! I'm losing my percentage!!!!

Mwahhahahaha Mwahhahahaha

Her power begins to wane... soon my coup will begin.

[TheTramp]

I still have a vote to cast. For sale to the highest bidder.... :whistle:

[killingtime]

I still have a vote to cast. For sale to the highest bidder.... :whistle:

I heard Princess Fi will give you a {whisper} {whisper} {whisper} if you vote for her. :really:

[TurboTomato]

I still have a vote to cast. For sale to the highest bidder.... :whistle:

Vote Princess Fi!! :worthy: Or she will destroy you with her death-ray

[TurboTomato]

I heard Princess Fi will give you a {whisper} {whisper} {whisper} if you vote for her. :really:

She never gave me that :eek: :tears:

[Dreadful Scathe]

Mwahhahahaha Mwahhahahaha

Her power begins to wane... soon my coup will begin.
sorry to break it to you, but you dont have the legs for it :)

[Princess Fi]

I heard Princess Fi will give you a {whisper} {whisper} {whisper} if you vote for her. :really:

:rofl:

But seriously though KT - dop you honestly expect the voters of this fine thread to be swayed by the promise of sexual favours?

Ooh - look! my percentage is back up again!!!!

[killingtime]

But seriously though KT - dop you honestly expect the voters of this fine thread to be swayed by the promise of sexual favours?

Err...


Ooh - look! my percentage is back up again!!!!

Looks like, yes.

Anyway, I was suggesting you'd give them a sound thrashing at Civilization IV if they vote for you. We all know how good you are at that game; but that is expected of the princess of geeks.

[Stuart M]

Anyway, I was suggesting you'd give them a sound thrashing...
Ladies and Gentlemen - especially gentlemen - the "Taxi Rank" at JJ's tomorrow night will be replaced by a "Sound Thrashing by Princess Fi" board, for your convenience. Remember, orderly queue, line up on the left, one cross each...

[Princess Fi]

Ladies and Gentlemen - especially gentlemen - the "Taxi Rank" at JJ's tomorrow night will be replaced by a "Sound Thrashing by Princess Fi" board, for your convenience. Remember, orderly queue, line up on the left, one cross each...

Note to self - bring paddle to Jaks tomorrow night:rofl:

(could make for some very interesting photos :sick:)

But it would have to be in exchange for votes - I don't go around thrashing just everyone!!! :rofl:

[killingtime]

But it would have to be in exchange for votes - I don't go around thrashing just everyone!!! :rofl:

Promises promises :rolleyes:.

Looks like your campaign of sexual favours and sound thrashings seems to be working just fine Princess Fi, Princess of the Geeks.

[andystyle]

I have not got a problem with admitting to being a geek. Not only do I like science fiction and computers, I readily admit to having a well-above-average spec machine 60% of the time (the other 40% spent researching, saving and building the next machine).

I also have been known to spend way more time than is good for me playing World of Warcraft, in addition to researching the class I am playing in order to get the best out of it/own at PvP.

Believe it or not, I also have a very understanding girlfriend.

Anyone who wants a pop online, give me a shout. :devil:

[killingtime]

Oooh, since we are on the Geekiest Geek thread. For all the people who are into their sci fi series some uber-geek has produced a cross-series spaceship scale thing here (http://www.merzo.net/).

[TurboTomato]

Believe it or not, I also have a very understanding girlfriend.

Your having a girlfriend full stop puts you out of contention for the crown :na:

I'm looking forward to my thrashing from Princess Fi, Princess of the Geeks (tm) :worthy: :devil:

[Princess Fi]

Your having a girlfriend full stop puts you out of contention for the crown

Don't worry he is actually one of you - his gf's a cardboard cut out of Princess Leia *runs and hides* :na:

:flower:

[TurboTomato]

Don't worry he is actually one of you - his gf's a cardboard cut out of Princess Leia *runs and hides* :na:

:flower:

How did you know??! :eek: I thought the clothes I draped over her looked pretty convincing :D

[Beowulf]

mwahhahaha mwahahahaha

Someone voted for me again.. your power is waning Princess.

(have got to get my kicks from lifes small pleasures somehow you know)

[FirstMove]

If it pleases your exhaulted majesty-


Oh, Princess Fi Geeky pudding
Oh, Princess Fi Geeky pudding
Oh, Princess Fi Geeky pudding
and a cup of meek Freya

[andystyle]

Don't worry he is actually one of you - his gf's a cardboard cut out of Princess Leia *runs and hides* :na:

:flower:

I dumped the cardboard cut-out...things just weren't working.

[Beowulf]

If it pleases your exhaulted majesty-

Oh, Princess Fi Geeky pudding
Oh, Princess Fi Geeky pudding
Oh, Princess Fi Geeky pudding
and a cup of meek Freya

:rofl: sorry.. has to be one of the most surreal posts I've read in a while.. Don't think Freya would like to be described as "meek" mind you, for that matter I don't assume Fi Likes being called a "Geeky pudding"

Moderators!.. We've found Fi's new Byline ;)

[Princess Fi]

If it pleases your exhaulted majesty-


Oh, Princess Fi Geeky pudding
Oh, Princess Fi Geeky pudding
Oh, Princess Fi Geeky pudding
and a cup of meek Freya

:confused: :confused: :confused:




Moderators!.. We've found Fi's new Byline ;)

Just wait till the new regime starts mister - then you'll be sorry! :yum:

[Princess Fi]

um...*** ?

well said!

[TurboTomato]

I dumped the cardboard cut-out...things just weren't working.

My girlfriend was mortally offended - I had to make her little cardboard tears to cry out of her cardboard eyes :tears:

[killingtime]

Promises promises :rolleyes:.

Looks like your campaign of sexual favours and sound thrashings seems to be working just fine Princess Fi, Princess of the Geeks.

Quoting myself... sad.

Actually looks like people are changing their vote. Beo must be offering them something more. Or maybe they are voting for the lesser evil now?

[Beowulf]

Actually looks like people are changing their vote. Beo must be offering them something more. Or maybe they are voting for the lesser evil now?

Do not underestimate the power of the Dark side of the geek.

Have been reading up on my NLP books.. been peppering all my posts with subliminal brain washing messages.


http://www.skyfall.co.uk/forum/ticking.gifhttp://www.skyfall.co.uk/forum/hypno.gifhttp://www.skyfall.co.uk/forum/ticking.gif

Give in to the dark side... Your mind belongs to me

[philsmove]

May be we can have the Dark Prince AND Princess of the geeks

For I’m sorry I haven’t a clue fans

Can we hve entrance for the Geeks Ball

or does that need a new thread

[Princess Fi]

Actually looks like people are changing their vote.

Thank the lord! I knew if I stopped protesting it would make the difference!

I can go back to being normal!!!

(tho personally I think the reason people are changing their votes is because of Beo's new thread - only a true geek would go that far!):rolleyes:

[Beowulf]

Thank the lord! I knew if I stopped protesting it would make the difference!

I can go back to being normal!!!

(tho personally I think the reason people are changing their votes is because of Beo's new thread - only a true geek would go that far!):rolleyes:

hey honey, don't count your bugs before they're compiled.. You're not losing yet.

There's some very fickle people out there who obviously just want to keep you on your toes.

Geeky Pudding ;) :rofl:



Can we hve entrance for the Geeks Ball


must just be the geek in me.. but I read that as something about a HIVE entrance. We are all drones and Fi is our queen. That is very Sci-fi.. Hmm..Sci-FI another reason to vote for Fi ;) her name is synomonous with geekery

(all I can muster is a measly beowulf cluster or two ;) )

[Frankie_4711]

Just got round to taking the test (not been in a lot recently - looooong test!) and my score was 18.3432% - making me a Total Geek! :clap:

[killingtime]

* Looks at scores

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (that's the classic line from Star Wars III at the end, no really it was classic, it didn't have me in hysterics at all).

[TheTramp]

* Looks at scores

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (that's the classic line from Star Wars III at the end, no really it was classic, it didn't have me in hysterics at all).

I'm sorry. I had to vote for Beo though. He bought me chocolates on Tuesday for my birthday! :flower:

[Dreadful Scathe]

I'm sorry. I had to vote for Beo though. He bought me chocolates on Tuesday for my birthday! :flower:
but Fi is far better looking, surely an easy choice ? Beo looks like Gadget for goodness sake!!!! ;)

[TurboTomato]

but Fi is far better looking, surely an easy choice ? Beo looks like Gadget for goodness sake!!!! ;)

But if we vote for Beo, he'll be forced to have 'Dark Princess of the Geeks' as his tagline :na: :rofl:

[Dreadful Scathe]

But if we vote for Beo, he'll be forced to have 'Dark Princess of the Geeks' as his tagline :na: :rofl:
aha ..... hmm i like it :)

[Beowulf]

But if we vote for Beo, he'll be forced to have 'Dark Princess of the Geeks' as his tagline :na: :rofl:


aha ..... hmm i like it :)

erm... How does it go again? Oh yeah I remember.....



NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Oh brother !

(and I do not look like Gadget.. as I am the elder of the two.. he has to look like me. There's an important difference there)

[Warwick]

aha ..... hmm i like it :)

FX: clickety click.

*snigger*

[TheTramp]

So. Does this poll close today?

And will Beo's tagline be changed to "Dark Princess of the Geeks"?

The suspense is killing me! :whistle:

[Warwick]

So. Does this poll close today?

And will Beo's tagline be changed to "Dark Princess of the Geeks"?

The suspense is killing me! :whistle:

This one closes on January 12th

[TheTramp]

This one closes on January 12th

Ah. The poll does. But I think that today should be the results day. So that we can have Beowulf confirmed as "Dark Princess of the Geeks" in time for Christmas! :D

[Beowulf]

ID vote but i dont no anyfink about these new fangled computaters things. Its as difficult for me to understand as mafema.. mathima.. as erm.. hard sums.. , speling, and I cant be doing with any of this science nonsence either.

I cant stand star trak or space wars or hitchhikers guide to the universe or nuthin like that. I aint no geek, I don't fink my single brian sell would cope with all that technolologicaly type stuff.:confused: :whistle:
(and if they buy that .. they're dumber than they look!)

[Dreadful Scathe]

Oh Im convinced...NOT :)

[Warwick]

Only a day to go.... and Beo gets a new byline then. :grin:

[Beowulf]

Only a day to go.... and Beo gets a new byline then. :grin:

Shhh damn you Shhhh :rolleyes:

[Ghost]

Shhh damn you Shhhh :rolleyes:

Just voted for the Princess - belated birthday present :devil:

[Princess Fi]

Just voted for the Princess - belated birthday present :devil:

as much as I .... er... 'appreciate' (grr!) the sentiment, I think that vote was in vain - Beo's clearly in the lead to having his title of Dark Geeky Princess or whatever. :wink:

(at least this way the geek population will have a 'princess' in charge who can actually name one Dr Who)

[Beowulf]

can actually name one Dr Who)

Erm... Aren't they all just called "Doctor"? :rolleyes:

Can name a fair few of their companions though :wink:

[Princess Fi]

Erm... Aren't they all just called "Doctor"? :rolleyes:

Can name a fair few of their companions though :wink:

I more meant the actors that played them - but the comment stands for the companions too!


Ever get the feeling you are being picked on for being a geek?

Try being the only girl on a geek thread! :rolleyes:

[jive_me]

Had I paid more attention I might have joined you Fi, but I don't know if owning two lab coats, a microscope and dissecting kit is geeky or just slightly worrying :devil:

xXx:flower:

[Beowulf]

Had I paid more attention I might have joined you Fi, but I don't know if owning two lab coats, a microscope and dissecting kit is geeky or just slightly worrying :devil:

xXx:flower:

Still not to late to show your solidarity and fight for feminine equality and vote for Fi as Princess of the geeks you know ;) :whistle:

[killingtime]

vote for Fi as Princess of the geeks you know ;) :whistle:

My vote is, and always will be with Princess Fi. Fi FTW!

[Beowulf]

My vote is, and always will be with Princess Fi. Fi FTW!

and so is mine too.. believe me .. so is mine !!:rolleyes:

if only the people who voted for Dreadful Scathe , ducasi ,Flat_Eric,Killingtime and None of the above would change their votes to Fi.. we'd all be a lot happier..

(I know I would :( )

[Warwick]

and so is mine too.. believe me .. so is mine !!:rolleyes:

if only the people who voted for Dreadful Scathe , ducasi ,Flat_Eric,Killingtime and None of the above would change their votes to Fi.. we'd all be a lot happier..



Or they could just leave them where they are.:rofl:

Maybe some of them could move them to you just in case :whistle:

After all, they've got 2 hours left...

[Gav]

Still not to late to show your solidarity and fight for feminine equality and vote for Fi as Princess of the geeks you know ;) :whistle:

Ooooh, I hadn't voted yet, thanks for the reminder.
and seeing as you like it so much, you get my vote Beo! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :na: :na: :na:

[Beowulf]

For F***s sake !!

:angry:

[Ghost]

as much as I .... er... 'appreciate' (grr!) the sentiment, I think that vote was in vain - Beo's clearly in the lead to having his title of Dark Geeky Princess or whatever. :wink:

(at least this way the geek population will have a 'princess' in charge who can actually name one Dr Who)
Didn't say who's belated birthday present it was did I? :whistle:

For your belated present I've changed my vote to Beowulf :wink:

Anyone else had a birthday in the last year or so? :innocent:

[killingtime]

if only the people who voted for Dreadful Scathe , ducasi ,Flat_Eric,Killingtime and None of the above would change their votes to Fi.. we'd all be a lot happier..

I wonder who voted for me :confused:. Anyway only an hour and a half left :rolleyes:.

[Beowulf]

Well Fi helped me write my acceptance speech

"Well it's been nice participating on the forum and I've enjoyed dancing with you all.. but sadly I must now kill myself by lowering myself into this pool of molten metal Like the Cyberdyne Systems Series 800 Model 101 Version 2.4 did in Terminator 2 (the sudden immersion in molten steel around 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit should prove quite fatal and all that would remain after my cremation would be some charred dry bone fragments (mostly calcium phosphates and minor minerals). representing roughly 3.5% of my original bodily mass). In conclusion,Can i just say this to all who voted for me " may you all live long and prosper you shower of Hu'tegh Ha'DIbaHs! petaQ!!"

[TheTramp]

and so is mine too.. believe me .. so is mine !!:rolleyes:

if only the people who voted for Dreadful Scathe , ducasi ,Flat_Eric,Killingtime and None of the above would change their votes to Fi.. we'd all be a lot happier..

(I know I would :( )

Wouldn't make that much difference. You'd still be leading 17 to 14 at current score! :na:

I am so looking forward to seeing your tag-line in about an hours time (or when a moderator changes it!) :whistle:

[Warwick]

Well Fi helped me write my acceptance speech
Hu'tegh Ha'DIbaHs! petaQ!!"


I suppose technically we are all animals. But you only have yourself to blame that we have a perverse sense of humour.

[Ghost]

Well Fi helped me write my acceptance speech

"Well it's been nice participating on the forum and I've enjoyed dancing with you all.. but sadly I must now kill myself by lowering myself into this pool of molten metal Like the Cyberdyne Systems Series 800 Model 101 Version 2.4 did in Terminator 2 (the sudden immersion in molten steel around 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit should prove quite fatal and all that would remain after my cremation would be some charred dry bone fragments (mostly calcium phosphates and minor minerals). representing roughly 3.5% of my original bodily mass). In conclusion,Can i just say this to all who voted for me " may you all live long and prosper you shower of Hu'tegh Ha'DIbaHs! petaQ!!"


Congrats :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

However..........................
I think that calling you "Princess" may cause confusion to new members of the forum, so a slight tweak to "Dark Prince of the Geeks" is probably in order - Ducasi will have to do it anyway if you instruct him, your highness type person :whistle:

But that still leaves an opening for the "Princess" position - let's see Fi did come second................

I'm sure you'll make a lovely couple :devil:

*ducks and runs*

[Princess Fi]

{snip Beo's ever so graceful win of the Geekiest Geek competition}
[/I]

(to the "Na na na na, waaaay, good bye!" tune)

*while pointing at Beo*

Ha ha ha ha! ha ha ha ha! ha ha ha! You Geek!

:rofl:

Long Live Beo!* Princess of Geeks!!!!!

*OK I know he just lowered himself into a puddle of molten lava, but did none of you see Star Trek 3 when Spock ends up coming back from the dead? YES! I ADMIT IT!!! I HAVE GEEKY LEANINGS TOO! BUT I HID IT FROM ALL OF YOU DURING THIS D**** CONTEST! HAH!!!!

[Beowulf]

I'm sure you'll make a lovely couple :devil:
*ducks and runs*

be better off ducking and covering ;)

http://www.skyfall.co.uk/forum/nuclear_explosion.jpg

[Princess Fi]

I'm sure you'll make a lovely couple :devil:



A wolf and a red head - let me guess we met while I was on my way to Grandma's house? :sick:

Hate to spoil your illusions Ghost, but this princess has other plans :D

(5 months worth of wedding planning for one thing :clap:)

[Ghost]

Hate to spoil your illusions Ghost, but this princess has other plans :D

(5 months worth of wedding planning for one thing :clap:)
Ah the stalking paid off then?

Love that sig line :respect:

Anyway there's a Forum Queen (I think, who is it now?) and Sparkles is the Glitter Queen, so a Dark Prince and Dark Princess of the Geeks would fit nicely :wink:

[TheTramp]

I think that calling you "Princess" may cause confusion to new members of the forum, so a slight tweak to "Dark Prince of the Geeks" is probably in order

Hell no. Dark Princess of the Geeks it is! Well done Beo :na:

[philsmove]

Hell no. Dark Princess of the Geeks it is!
:yeah: Absolutely :D

[Caro]

I notice that this poll is now closed, and Beo was officially recongised 'the Geekiest Geek'. But I don't see his new title of 'Dark Princess of the Geeks'...?

Not that I want to stir things up... :whistle:

*returns quietly into the jungle*

[TurboTomato]

I notice that this poll is now closed, and Beo was officially recongised 'the Geekiest Geek'. But I don't see his new title of 'Dark Princess of the Geeks'...?

Not that I want to stir things up... :whistle:

*returns quietly into the jungle*



What's that Caro? :D

[Caro]

What's that Caro? :D

you mean boy... :tears:

[Beowulf]

What's that Caro? :D

SHHHHHHHH !!!!!!

you nasty mean rotten B'stards :tears:

[Caro]

you nasty mean rotten B'stards :tears:

:really: :eek: :tears:

[Ghost]

:really: :eek: :tears:

And after he wrote you that lovely letter too......


ooooh! Hark at Mr Silver tongue :na: :wink:

Right! this means war.

ahem

Dear Caro/Claire/Twirly* Delete as appropriate :wink:

A day without your smile is like a year with out seeing the sun. My heart a frozen tundra devoid of warmth. Although others may smile at me, theirs provide no warmth.. only your smile is the promise of Spring,

A day without hearing your voice is like a year without sound. My ears devoid of bird song, and music , the gentle babbling of a brook and the contented gurgles of a baby. Although others speak to me their words are empty and lacking meaning, dessicated and dry.. only your voice is the angelic choir that lifts my spirits and sends my soul soaring.

A day without your touch is a day without comfort ,my heart knows no rest, and my nights give no peace. Although others may touch me their touch is like hot coals or ragged sharp metal pressing into my flesh. Only your touch can soothe my aches and pains.

A day without your smell is like.. erm. is like :confused: .. can I pass on this one? :blush: :wink:

A day without the taste of your sweet lips is like a year without food. An all consuming hunger ravages my body, and I know no satisfaction, A hunger that cannot be satiated and a thirst that cannot be quenched. Only your lips and relive me from this torment. only your lips provide me with the nectar and ambrosia I crave (no.. NOT rice pudding!! :rolleyes: )

A day without you in my life is no life at all. :awe:

Eternally yours
Beo.

EDIT




aww... I'm the lucky one.

(we even cross post each other.. spooky !!)

[Dreadful Scathe]

Franck - can we all repectfully request that BeoWulf now be tagged with "Dark Princess of the Geeks" he asked for it, and by jove, he's going to get it :)

[Princess Fi]

you nasty mean rotten B'stards :tears:

Hey you were the one trying to land me in it! So :yeah: to Caro's point!

And anyway its just another part of your new royal persona oh princess! Next we'll look into getting you a set of little robotic corgis to follow you around!

:D

[Dreadful Scathe]

Well Fi helped me write my acceptance speech

"Well it's been nice participating on the forum and I've enjoyed dancing with you all.. but sadly I must now kill myself by lowering myself into this pool of molten metal Like the Cyberdyne Systems Series 800 Model 101 Version 2.4 did in Terminator 2 (the sudden immersion in molten steel around 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit should prove quite fatal and all that would remain after my cremation would be some charred dry bone fragments (mostly calcium phosphates and minor minerals). representing roughly 3.5% of my original bodily mass). In conclusion,Can i just say this to all who voted for me " may you all live long and prosper you shower of Hu'tegh Ha'DIbaHs! petaQ!!"

the Klingon swearing is only ever going to get you more votes :)