[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: > Hadron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> In my point of view "geeks" are people who *love* computers and simply >>> know how stuff works, ether by official education or self education. The >>> latter by reading loads of documentation (RTFM) and buying books and >>> further more on a trial and error based. >> No "Geeks" in IT are nervous failures with little if any grasp of how >> technology and the tools are used to produce practical, usable SW which >> people want. Typically Quack Rant(TM) > Sorry, I have to go with the first definition. I've always taken > geek to mean someone who is very enthusiastic about some sort of > technical or academic persuit. Computer geeks are the typical > example but you can also have astronomy geeks or even poetry geeks. > Some people assume a geek is someone with no social skills, but I > think 'nerd' is the more appropriate description in that case > (and yes, you can be both). >From what I've heard, a geek is "a nerd with social skills". Furthermore, you description is very accurate. Hacking does not exclusively involve computers. My definition of a hacker is a person who develops a unexpected solution to a technical problem in a creative manner. > Of course we could both be wrong. I've also heard it said that a > geek is someone who eats lightbulbs. :) Haven't tried that yet Doh :-) > Thad Cheers -- |_|0|_| Marti T. van Lin |_|_|0| http://ml2mst.googlepages.com |0|0|0| http://osgeex.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
