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Bob's Geek Code |
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GE/CS d@ H++>+++ s:+ a+>+++ C++ UBCL++++$ P++ L++++$ E--- W+++ N++ o? K- !w--- O? M? V(-) PS+ PE(++) Y+ PGP++ t+ 5-- !X R tv+> b++(+++) DI+ !D G e++ h---!---- r+++ y+++(*) ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
Geek codes are a bit of harmless fun. A condensed way of describing your Geekiness. For an expansion of the above click on the section that puzzles you, or see the official description at www.geekcode.com.
The geek code moves about a bit. My version 2 weirdness rating
w+ (slightly weird) would now describe me a Windows
lover, so it's vital to keep these things up to date.
If you want a more serious view of who I am and what I've done then take a look at my CV.
I'm a engineering geek and a geek of computer science. I put the emphasis on engineering although my formal qualifications are in computing because I have a broad experience of engineering practice not just programming.
Dress ranges widely. For a business meeting I might be
d++ including the tie. Informally I go down to
d--- including the body piercing and for a party I
might even dx :-) Just whatever
No T-Shirts.
Officially dropped from version 3 I still include this code because I'm proud of my long hair, often worn as a pony tail.
So I'm a little over weight. So what.
So I'm 41, old for a geek. You're as young as the girls you feel. Unfortunately that only makes me 39 :-)
I use a computer every day although it's rare I play games.
I've been using Unix since V6 on the pdp11 and BSD4.1 on VAXen. I write Linux device drivers for synchronous comms cards, which I guess makes me a fairly serious Linux hacker.
PERL holds no fears for me but then neither do AWK or sed.
"Emacs sucks! vi forever!!!" Well that's what the geek code says. Emacs is to big and cumbersome in my opinion besides my fingers can work vi without the intervention of my brain, and Ex mode has no fears for someone brought up on ed.
Well I wrote these pages using only vi and in the past I've written my own web servers rather than just pages. One thing I do know, I'm not a graphics designer.
I read news both for work and recreation but I don't mind just flushing a group from time to time.
I've never visited the Oracle and don't know who Kibo is. I can play Mornington Crescent, does that count?
It's well known to my friends that to bring M$ products into our home would be grounds for divorce. Mice should always have an odd number of buttons, ones with just two are just plain broken.
I've heard of OS/2 and Macs. May have even used them once but they obviously made no real impact.
VMS that's the thing they use to test DEC machines before installing Unix isn't it.
I won't tell you what to do if you don't try and tell me what to do.
Anyone capable of getting themselves elected as president should under no circumstances be given the job. -- Douglas Adams
Key escrow legislation and network monitoring laws are unworkable legislation invented by ignorant politicians in response to journalistic pressure. If someone sends a libelous letter you don't arrest the postman.
I use GPG regularly, especially if I can use it to wind some official up. My public GPG key.
I have the entire original Star Trek series on tape but wouldn't give the modern stuff house room. Babylon 5 is just cac, ditto the X-Files, real SciFi died when people started being blinded by the technology and mysticism.
Used to play role playing games a lot as a kid and at University. I was even secretary of the war games society for a while. Don't seem to get the time any more, too busy with real life.
I watch too much TV and keep trying to cut down. It's just too easy to sink into a mindless stupor of an evening.
I've always been a big reader especially SciFi and scientific or engineering text books. The problem these days is finding enough real SciFi.
Read Dilbert it's good for you. Worrying thing is when you start recognising the characters in real life.
I've heard of Doom but never played it. Very rarely play computer games although I used to be a rogue and hack addict 20 years ago, hence the site name.
A bit recursive/redundant me thinks.
Well I've got a BSc is Cybernetics. That's the study of men in silver foil suits.
h---!----
A bit of an odd coding. How do you say "Happily married, but at the first sign of rug rats it's a bottle of gin and a very hot bath." ?
I'm not going to decode this one other than to say I'm male. Look it up yourself.
From the above you may get the impression that I don't like politicians or journalists. You'd be right. Then on the other hand who does like them?
