4 Oct
1998
4 Oct
'98
8:08 a.m.
The New Hacker's Dictionary, 3rd Ed., 1996, Eric S. Raymond:
- Doesn't define "geek" alone,
- Does define "computer geek" as:
"One who eats (computer) bugs for a living. One
who fulfills all the dreariest negative stereotypes
about hackers; an asocial, malodorous, pasty-faced
monomaniac with all the personality of a cheese grater.
..."
Sounds like we're in trouble, right?!
James Willing wrote:
Appearing quite stylish at work this week in my 'Geek' t-shirt from the
VCF, someone approached with a somewhat unexpected question:
"So, what does 'Geek' mean anyway?"
Ummmm.... (nervous pause)...
G enuinely
E nthuastic
E lectronics
K eeper
(best I could come up with on short notice)
Any other 'takes' on a definition for this? (word rather than concept)
-jim
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