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pimpdawny's introduction has inspired me to launch this thread. This is a picture of me:

mm_freak aka NevergreeN, nev, or DooM. =)

I spent 20 mnts to find some pics that are less idiotic. Here and here. Enjoy!

Boso, you confirm my thought. There are two kinds of geeks. The freak type with long hairs and the Boso type with short hairs and the obligate glasses. =D

ROFL
That was fun!

Btw anyone else who isn't shamed of himself? Show your faces, it won't hurt ... much .

Oooh mm_freak with the long hair. You have amazing hair!!! and not so bad for the eye either.

And look at you boso... y'all are both adorable.

Okay, just so I fit in here in this thread, I'll add my picture here so as to play along...



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and for fun...



that last one is more for me to say "What the f**k do you want?"

boso I forgot to ask... have you ever been to the U.S. or are you from here? Cause that 2nd picture, you put up... looking at it - you look strangely familiar.

pimpdawny wrote:boso I forgot to ask... have you ever been to the U.S. or are you from here? Cause that 2nd picture, you put up... looking at it - you look strangely familiar.

That is because I'm in every girl's dream .

Now serious: no I'm from Bulgaria and the farest place I've been is Spain.

Wow so cocky eh? LoL

It's cool, you're a cutie!

So you haven't been to the states... well you must have a twin here or something cause your picture is very familiar to me.

You left out a third type that's prevalent among Unix hackers and mainframers: Medium-length hair and a beard, both likely unkempt. I don't have any photos, but suffice it to say that's the stylistic category I fall into.

i have no digital camera....

I have to admit, I'm a little bit shocked... computer junkies who don't have quick cams or any sort of digita cams. Wow..

but that's cool. You're still fun!

pimpdawny wrote:I have to admit, I'm a little bit shocked... computer junkies who don't have quick cams or any sort of digita cams. Wow..

The real computer freak doesn't have digicams, scanners, printers or mice. They don't even have a screen. Serial terminals rule. I don't even have a cam, a friend has shot that one for me. =)

Edit: Also I don't have a scanner or printer. =P

It seems to me you'd have to go out of your way not to have a scanner or printer lying around...You can go out and find a working scanner or printer for five bucks (or less, I've had someone randomly give me a moderately old scanner) around here.

Now, getting ink for that $5 printer's another story...I'm so glad the college doesn't charge for minor print jobs.

However, I agree fully with your point that a real computer geek doesn't have to have a lot of snazzy "gadgets" like digicams and ipods lying around. Those things are expensive! A network of old boxes that you built or restored with your own hands has more geek value than a $100 iPod.

Pantero Blanco wrote:It seems to me you'd have to go out of your way not to have a scanner or printer lying around...You can go out and find a working scanner or printer for five bucks (or less, I've had someone randomly give me a moderately old scanner) around here.

The point is: I don't need it. =)

Pantero Blanco wrote:Now, getting ink for that $5 printer's another story...I'm so glad the college doesn't charge for minor print jobs.

Either the printer is expensive or the ink cartridges are. That's a marketing strategy. In general, a $5 printer is a lot more expensive in the long term. =)

Pantero Blanco wrote:However, I agree fully with your point that a real computer geek doesn't have to have a lot of snazzy "gadgets" like digicams and ipods lying around. Those things are expensive! A network of old boxes that you built or restored with your own hands has more geek value than a $100 iPod.

No, I'd love to have a large super-cluster for my calculations, but that's a dream. I'd even try to build quantum computers with more than 7 qubits, which are stable for more than a few microseconds. But I don't have the money for a computer hall or a laboratory. I'm still waiting 20 minutes for a 256 bit factorization and that sucks. =)

Maybe it's a girl thing... who knows. I like to have lots of fun stuff. I have the mp3 player, quick cam, digital camera, printer, and of course... you can't just have a PC, you must have a laptop too. Well I do anyway.

I am currently in college (a later in life decision - I just started this summer), and needed something to take with me to do homework on. Of course the laptop isn't all that great, at least it has a CD burner.