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  • Nookster
    Confirmed IT Professional
    • Nov 2005
    • 3744

    #51
    Originally posted by The Truth Hurts
    I buy DVDs I have no intention of ever watching... just to add to the collection.
    Gah, I do that too!
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    • DaLord
      Confirmed User
      • Aug 2001
      • 3318

      #52
      I spend hours on http://www.mmorpg.com to find out which MMO to buy next.

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      • GAMEFINEST
        Make STACK$
        • Nov 2006
        • 14470

        #53
        I collect comic books, first apps, origins, shieet like that, estimated value, you dont wanna know ..
        Compound interest.

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        • Tom_PM
          Porn Meister
          • Feb 2005
          • 16443

          #54
          I read books n stuff. I watch tons of political coverage on tv. What qualifies as being a geek when everyone you know is a computer nerd anyway?

          Used to love DnD. I had the original World of Greyhawk, and wrote modules/quests. I still have a collection of hand painted figurines etc, although I've lost/traded/trashed everything else long ago (like in the 80's, lol).

          Nothing is geeky anymore. The lines are blurred!
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          • Rand
            Industry Vet
            • Jan 2002
            • 2663

            #55
            I settle arguments by whipping out my iPhone and Googleing the debated topic.

            It's become expected.

            -- Rand


            Payment Industry - Communications - Quality Assurance

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            • kmanrox
              aka K-Man
              • Oct 2001
              • 29295

              #56
              nice link on the mmorpg.com im downloadin some linux games to try now.. not that i have time to actually play them :-/
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              • Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life
                (felis madjewicus)
                • Jul 2006
                • 20368

                #57
                i masturbate to whorelore.com

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                • gornyhuy
                  Chafed.
                  • May 2002
                  • 18041

                  #58
                  Originally posted by ismokeblunts
                  in my opinion you slaughtered a classic which was perfectly fine as is. plenty of cheaper cabinets avad screen available to build a custom mame cabinet in.
                  Nah man, it was a gutted shell with only the wooden box, the marquee and screen glass and the arcade monitor (which turned out to work!) So it was a perfect candidate for MAME. When I say 'restored it' I mean fixing up the wooden cabinetry and painting and installing a new uber-control panel.

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                  • gornyhuy
                    Chafed.
                    • May 2002
                    • 18041

                    #59
                    Originally posted by gornyhuy
                    Nah man, it was a gutted shell with only the wooden box, the marquee and screen glass and the arcade monitor (which turned out to work!) So it was a perfect candidate for MAME. When I say 'restored it' I mean fixing up the wooden cabinetry and painting and installing a new uber-control panel.
                    By the way, I bought it out of a warehouse that was going to wind up taking it to the dump most likely. so there. ;)

                    icq:159548293

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                    • CurrentlySober
                      Too lazy to wipe my ass
                      • Aug 2002
                      • 38984

                      #60
                      i like poo
                      ️ ️

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                      • cthulhu_waves
                        Confirmed User
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 1966

                        #61
                        i watch on youtube
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                        • SarahLLO
                          Confirmed User
                          • Oct 2007
                          • 1168

                          #62
                          1. I read comic books, I have since I was 11 or so.
                          2. My favorite books to read are nonfiction, usually marketing or astronomy.
                          3. I play video games like it's my job, especially Namco Bandai's "Tales" series lately... I would literally kill for a sequel to Tales Of The Abyss :-/
                          4. I play a few browser-based/MMOs... not as often, though. Urban Dead, Kingdom Of Loathing, and sometimes Starport.
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                          • hentaibee
                            Confirmed User
                            • Aug 2003
                            • 724

                            #63
                            making huge titss anime art as well as 3d figures...
                            and getting tit models on your back as tattoo..

                            Feel free to call me a boob geek maybe ;)
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                            • Fap
                              Just Du It
                              • Feb 2004
                              • 12094

                              #64
                              bio major..

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                              • Lonely immortal
                                Confirmed User
                                • Mar 2007
                                • 417

                                #65
                                I go to my local public library every day and I know all the librarians by their first name



                                Shoot me now please
                                Last edited by Lonely immortal; 05-03-2008, 11:13 AM. Reason: spuling mistack
                                Coming soon

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                                • cherrylula
                                  lol
                                  • Jan 2002
                                  • 15969

                                  #66
                                  post on a message board

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                                  • kmanrox
                                    aka K-Man
                                    • Oct 2001
                                    • 29295

                                    #67
                                    this place is teeming with geex!
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                                    • WebMilitant
                                      Registered User
                                      • Mar 2008
                                      • 30

                                      #68
                                      Read threads like this...

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                                      • GrouchyAdmin
                                        Now choke yourself!
                                        • Apr 2006
                                        • 12085

                                        #69
                                        I'm probably going to fuck around with OpenSolaris, despite the fact it's not 1998. Damn it, Ubuntu's just too easy.

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                                        • brandonstills
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Dec 2007
                                          • 1964

                                          #70
                                          Some geeky things I have done:

                                          1) written operating system code
                                          2) generated IRQ's by grounding paperclips to the CPU pins directly
                                          3) written programs using only a hex editor
                                          4) turned an ordinary CRT monitor into an AM radio morse code transmitter entirely through software.
                                          5) modified COMMAND.COM with a hex editor to rename DIR to DEL and DEL to DIR.
                                          6) I've read "The Art of Computer Programming"
                                          7) research virtual machines and compiler design for fun in my spare time
                                          8) played D&D, Champions, and WoW
                                          9) build software for a planetary orbit simulator back in high school for a physics project
                                          10) programmed in more languages than I have fingers

                                          Brandon Stills
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                                          • kmanrox
                                            aka K-Man
                                            • Oct 2001
                                            • 29295

                                            #71
                                            Originally posted by brandonstills
                                            Some geeky things I have done:

                                            1) written operating system code
                                            2) generated IRQ's by grounding paperclips to the CPU pins directly
                                            3) written programs using only a hex editor
                                            4) turned an ordinary CRT monitor into an AM radio morse code transmitter entirely through software.
                                            5) modified COMMAND.COM with a hex editor to rename DIR to DEL and DEL to DIR.
                                            6) I've read "The Art of Computer Programming"
                                            7) research virtual machines and compiler design for fun in my spare time
                                            8) played D&D, Champions, and WoW
                                            9) build software for a planetary orbit simulator back in high school for a physics project
                                            10) programmed in more languages than I have fingers

                                            i made mister bojangles dance in BASIC like 25 years ago, am i a 1337 programmer too? if so i'll start writing my own OS code too, we can team up and compete with MS and apple
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                                            • Rosie
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Jul 2003
                                              • 369

                                              #72
                                              I run a business on Second Life and spend around 10 hours a day logged in there

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                                              • videodoll
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Sep 2006
                                                • 196

                                                #73
                                                wow, people geekier than myself.

                                                i have friends on irc and I chat there in console from my linux ftp server. don't tell anyone.

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                                                • Scott McD
                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                  • Nov 2002
                                                  • 67792

                                                  #74
                                                  I use MSN on my cell phone when i'm out somewhere. Pissed people off...


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                                                  • LauraLee
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • Sep 2003
                                                    • 3821

                                                    #75
                                                    I wish I was as geeky as some of you. Incredible skill sets to hold.

                                                    I read just about anything I can get my hands on and I love the history channel.

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                                                    • Kroy
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Sep 2005
                                                      • 413

                                                      #76
                                                      Originally posted by brandonstills
                                                      Some geeky things I have done:

                                                      1) written operating system code
                                                      2) generated IRQ's by grounding paperclips to the CPU pins directly
                                                      3) written programs using only a hex editor
                                                      4) turned an ordinary CRT monitor into an AM radio morse code transmitter entirely through software.
                                                      5) modified COMMAND.COM with a hex editor to rename DIR to DEL and DEL to DIR.
                                                      9) build software for a planetary orbit simulator back in high school for a physics project
                                                      10) programmed in more languages than I have fingers
                                                      That's not geeky that's fucking TALENTED!
                                                      Kroy
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                                                      • nico-t
                                                        emperor of my world
                                                        • Aug 2004
                                                        • 29901

                                                        #77
                                                        hm i dont think i have any geek stuff i do.... well i love to watch movies but thats not really geeky. I suck at programming and hate it with all my heart and try to avoid it mostly, hate star wars movies, and think lord of the rings and world of warcraft are extremely childish and unrealistic and are not appealing at all to me. Those are some main geeky things i guess, and i all hate 'em.

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                                                        • WiredGuy
                                                          Pounding Googlebot
                                                          • Aug 2002
                                                          • 34515

                                                          #78
                                                          I write code, reverse engineer search engines, tinker with bots and scripts. To most people, this is boring as hell.
                                                          WG
                                                          I play with Google.

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                                                          • rowan
                                                            Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                            • Mar 2002
                                                            • 17393

                                                            #79
                                                            Some geeky things I've done in the past...

                                                            - built a couple of Z80 based boards from scratch, with wiring soldered between each pin/pad, and without any circuit diagram. The first had a whopping 2 kilobytes of RAM and little DIP switches to load the program (which was assembly code scribbled on a sheet then hand-converted to hex). I added various things to it and at one point it had a speech synthesizer answering the phone and a relay to start a tape recorder. I was about 16-17 at the time.

                                                            - added 64K RAM to my 1MB 286 with a couple of 32K static RAMs. Can't remember exactly how but I think there was a memory hole of that size somewhere (maybe 1MB to 1MB+64, is that the HMA?) that I filled using some simple address decoding. Increasing your RAM by 6.4% isn't exactly significant but I had the parts laying around, and that's what being geeky is, right? :D

                                                            - wrote and ran a BBS on an old 6502 BBC Model B, when they were obsolete and 386's were pretty much the standard processor. I continued using a Model B until about 1992-1993 when I got the 286 given to me.

                                                            - in 1994 I started work on a BASIC-like language that generates 80x86 ASM and small executables, since it does not include redundant library code like QuickBasic/VBDOS does. It's fairly well known in the BASIC/old school DOS circles. I stopped developing it in the early 2000's.

                                                            - today, I'm building a NAS/backup box with 3TB of storage, including 5 x 750GB drives in RAID3 config, FreeBSD 7.0 64 bit, and hanging off its own UPS.

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                                                            • glow
                                                              Registered User
                                                              • Jan 2008
                                                              • 68

                                                              #80
                                                              I spend 7days a week online, i think thats geeky enough.

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                                                              • Billionaire
                                                                So Fucking Banned
                                                                • Mar 2008
                                                                • 125

                                                                #81
                                                                I think net neutrality is war.
                                                                Last edited by Billionaire; 05-11-2008, 11:11 AM.

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                                                                • Billionaire
                                                                  So Fucking Banned
                                                                  • Mar 2008
                                                                  • 125

                                                                  #82
                                                                  fuckin dweebs

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                                                                  • kmanrox
                                                                    aka K-Man
                                                                    • Oct 2001
                                                                    • 29295

                                                                    #83
                                                                    Originally posted by Billionaire
                                                                    fuckin dweebs
                                                                    havent heard that one in a long time hehe
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                                                                    • tony299
                                                                      lurker
                                                                      • Aug 2002
                                                                      • 57021

                                                                      #84
                                                                      I get excited when my new pc mag arrives.
                                                                      I went to the introduction to windows 98, microsoft rented movie theatres all over the country. They had free soda and popcorn and a live feed of the introduction. Then they had a trivia contest for prizes, they would give a quote bill gates said and they would have to give the year and where it was said. Each quote ten to twenty hands would go up and it was like fuck who would remember this shit? People yellin out comdex 1984. lol
                                                                      Last edited by tony286; 05-11-2008, 09:54 PM.

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                                                                      • tony299
                                                                        lurker
                                                                        • Aug 2002
                                                                        • 57021

                                                                        #85
                                                                        I forgot my first computer was radio shack colorco with a cassette tape hard drive.

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                                                                        • natas
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Mar 2002
                                                                          • 3377

                                                                          #86
                                                                          Originally posted by gornyhuy
                                                                          -I restored an old Mortal Kombat upright arcade box and then modded it to be a full mame box playing thousands of original arcade classics
                                                                          that's cool

                                                                          Originally posted by gornyhuy
                                                                          -I once broke into the university cafeteria in the middle of the night, picked the lock on the huge LED message sign control box, and reprogrammed it to say obscene and insulting things about the food, and then locked it out so they couldn't fix it without physically removing the sign.
                                                                          that's even cooler

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                                                                          • firecracker
                                                                            Confirmed User
                                                                            • Nov 2007
                                                                            • 653

                                                                            #87
                                                                            I can tell you stupid facts like slugs have 4 noses....
                                                                            When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I’ve never tried before.

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