Geek Rites Of Passage

[Niteowl]

it would seem to me i encounter more and more geeks on IRC who have not gone through some of the Geeks Rites of Passage i assume anyone who is geeky enough to BE on IRC would have experienced.

it's a set, if you will, of media consumed, acts taken, whatnot, that sorta define you as a geek. now, i've seen the geek quiz, and admittedly, some of that is pretty hardcore (like programming in Assembly). so here is my list of things geeks should have at least heard of, ideally, have done add what you think is missing.

actually, this is mostly just media

-LOTR, the books
-LOTR, the movies, thus far
-Star Wars, pre-Jar jar
-LOTR animated series
-Robotech
-enjoy logic puzzles/programming/puzzles
-have played D&D at LEAST once
-think the term "windows 3.11 tiled windows rox" is kinda funny
-Battlestar Galactica
-Dr. Who
-Monty Python
-HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy
-Isaac Asimov
-StarBlazers
-know who JRR Tolkien, Terry Brooks,  and  Robert Jordan
-Forgotten Realms
-The Gunslinger Series by Stephen King
-Dune, the books
-Dune, the movies
-WarHammer
-Red Dwarf
-Rowan Atkinson and all his silliness
-has a doomed/cancelled/ended SciFi series (Firefly, Babylon5, Space Above and Beyond, FarScape)
-attributes "Revenge is a dish best served cold" to the Klingons
-knows how effective a two fisted punch is
-secretly wishes (s)he contributed/contributes to the linux kernal
-if not a coder, wishes (s)he knew how to

err, i'm sure i'm missing something here help me out

[Redford]

...can recite a list of all the nerd's rights of passage off the top of his head.

Oh snap!

[DruBo]

-Lovecraft (Cthulhu et al)
-William Gibson (neuromancer)
-Hunt The Wumpus (and other SP BSD games)
-NetHack (and other MP Unix games)
-remember Cyrix (and hate them)
-Tron (the movie)
-Hackers (also the movie)
-Blade Runner (yeah)
-Caffeine addiction
-have used epic4, bitchX, and/or IRCII for irc
-compiled your own damn kernel

By the way, it's "rites"

[Niteowl]

oh jeebus, those are some dead ringers there, can't believe i forgot them, prolly cuz soe of them i've never done

and yes, jeebus again, it's rites! jeepers...

[Malevolent]

-Knows what l33t/1337 speech is even if they don't use it

[Satanic Monkey]

Isn't it called The Dark Tower series , not the Gunslinger series?

[lolfighter]

I think much of that applies to OLD geeks, as in people > 30. Either that, or I have a life. Blast.

[Niteowl]

Isn't it called The Dark Tower series , not the Gunslinger series?

DAMN YOU and yer geeky ways!! it IS the Dark Tower series

[Satanic Monkey]

i just started reading the series, i'm currently on the third book.

[Grimm]

!!!

 

How could you get the most important thing(to me at least):

Magic: The Gathering.

Shame on those who don't understand Timmy, Johnny, and Spike.

[Nuketheplace]

What Johny and Spike? I know tim but thats all.  Ofcouse I stopped playing after Tempest but what are those two?

[Malevolent]

i just started reading the series, i'm currently on the third book.

I assume you're talking about LOTR. If so, you must finish the book before you see the last movie, no matter what.

[Satanic Monkey]

Nope ,i was talking about The Dark Tower series.

[m0nk3ym4n]

oh man... after reading all of this i realised just how large a nerd i am... I'm such a nerd.... *looks at the 12/30 he got on a chem test* okay, maybe not...

[Niteowl]

i just started reading the series, i'm currently on the third book.

I assume you're talking about LOTR. If so, you must finish the book before you see the last movie, no matter what.

http://www.stephenking.com/DarkTower/index2.html

a fantasy, dystopian, western, etc etc fiction epic from Stephen King. his most involved work. he's been working on the series off and on since he started writing.

[Satanic Monkey]

I recommend reading the series , it's really good!

[Malevolent]

Ok, I'll check it out.

[Dubbilex]

Well, I've never compiled my own kernel.  Damn.


*hangs head*

[Jefe]

*hangs head also*

I don't know what a kernel is...

[Niteowl]

kernel is (someone refine, correct me on this) the core code that an OS runs on. sometimes uber super duper REAL geeks will hack (taht is, add stuff, create more features for) the kernel  and recompile.

basically think of it as modding and or customizing yer own PC. i think i read a thread in server admins about ppl tweaking their particular linux kernel to run NS better.. how INSANE is that