Geek, as defined by Merriam-Webster's dictionary: "a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake." So, after you know what's in a name, here are some arbitrarily chosen 7 deadly sins of nerds, geeks and aspiring "mad scientists". You may hear about other "sins", too, from your girlfriend, or family.
1. Losing your head, or rather replacing it with something more... usable:
2. Thinking that the answer to the Universe is anything but 42. Also, inventing (and living inside) a world with far more interesting laws, problems and answers:
3. Actually wanting the Earth to get swallowed by a neat little black hole (in the wake of LHC testing). Or at least craving to witness this event, if only for a microsecond.
4. Sex? What sex? "As you approach UofC (University of Chicago), the amount of sex approaches zero"
5. Obsessing over someone else's fantasy... "The Difficult Aspects of Assassination in the Crossover "Star Wars - Hello Kitty" Universe."
Though "obsessing" is so vital to being a "nerd", that it can not be counted as sin. OK, here is worse, then: submitting a new LOLcat to "icanhascheezburger", but forgetting to feed your own pet.
When a wonderful smart person becomes too obsessed and too involved with one little segment of skill or knowledge, they pass into a geek territory - and if they don't know when to stop, then they quietly (and usually harmlessly) go nuts. They implode, becoming a geek "neutron star" with entirely different set of rules inside. So, here are some of the signs to see, if your friendly cubicle geek is close to tipping over...
- starts rearranging his working space to resemble Photoshop palettes, and then proceeds to zigzag around, creating a digital masterpiece.
There is a reason to having extra keyboards: some may melt after a particularly hellish round of play -
- has hallucinations when staring at his desk:
or when making copies:
Conspiracies and weird AIs start popping on his computer screen:
- changes all framed art in his house into a handy reminder of a wireless password (for himself and his rare guests). All the "uninitiated" would just consider it to be some contemporary art.
The "MMMMPI" licence plate probably doesn't refer to PI. I would guess it refers to MPI, the Message Passing Interface. MPI is used on massively parallel machines, making a few spare M's quite appropriate.
I'm not sure where you see "Long Live the Policy of Army First!" in the North Korean art. On the wall behind her at the top of the bulletin, it says "Our Skill." The arch seen out the window looks like it says "We are happy" although I can't read the final symbol.
Speaking of Mountains of Madness and aliens, I would recommend the reading of "At the Mountains of Madness", by H.P. Lovecraft. A great novel depicting the epic journey of a scientific expedition on the antarctic continent.
I've been in Scotts' Hut at Cape Evans. I stood next to his bed and saw the newspaper he left on the table. I admit that I felt a very eerie feeling and think that the 5 that died visit their abandoned huts.
The article only mentions Discovery Hut but the better preserved is the one at Cape Evans where they were last. You can still smell the ponies.
Correct, its not a harpoon its a power saw for slicing the heads of whales prior to boiling down. I have seen one of these in action at Cheynes beach whaling station at Albany Western australia, 1970s. The place was horrendous.
Your storyis all kinds of.. I dunno... wrong. You say 1000 to 4000 people at South Pole depending on the season? Sorry bro but there is only one south pole station and it cannot, ever, accomodate 1000 people. try 300 in the summer (max) and about 60-90 winter (depending on budget).
Your source is about Antarctica... NOT the south pole. Calling all of the Antarctica as "south pole" is like calling all of Europe by the name London. Or better yet, its like calling All of north America by the name of Quebec.
You say that Antarctica has the highest number of historical deaths (ghosts) relative to current population of any continent on earth. Considering the rate of population increase, this didn't immediately strike me as being wrong. However, the low end of estimates for the integral of human population over its entire history is 100billion, giving a global average of more than 14 dead individuals for every living one. This ignores declining infant mortality (assuming they qualify as ghosts?), but my guess is that Europe is the true recipient of the title in question.
Can I make a point, in being Spiritualist? Ghosts are attracted to human energy. They make contact with us using it, and keep themselves energised using it. So, if you were a ghost, would you rather be in Antarctica (where not many people live), or a bustling city filled with people, such as Seattle or New York City? Really, ghosts don't aimlessly wander barren lands or graveyards.
Leaving aside the J.L. Borges comment about the Falklands' War (and by NO MEANS supporting any kind -or any other- of armed conflict), I must say the notices of the early dead of the Antarctica have been greatly exaggerated. Argentina and Chile maintain a healthy population in several bases around the Antarctic Peninsula (a friend of mine spent two campaigns in one of them).
As for the use of the "wasteland" when referring to the Falklands, international jurisprudence dictates that the domains of a certain country extend up to 200 nautical miles over the Continental Platform, which gives Argentina sovereignty over them. The British Empire took them by force in 1833, has been exploiting the vast wealth of seafood which can be found there, and now is starting to extract the oil.
Again, the midnight madness started by General Galtieri during the Lead Years in my country (which led to several death Argentinian and British soldiers) must not be justified by no means. But the claims of the British stating the Malvinas Islands (the name we gave and still give to the Archipelago) belong to them are simple ridiculous and unfair.
Hello, the building with the big hole in the facade is a design of the holland architecture studio MVRDV. It´s called "El Mirador", and it´s on the Sanchinarro neighbourhood. Google it and you will found a lot of info.
about Kazakhstan arhitetury: these buildings are not in Almaty and Astana (the capital). And the first - it's just a monument, and the second - building of the Ministry of Transport.
ummm i think thoes Terminator Posters are for Terminator 4. not 3.
to be honest i initaily didnt know what version they were up to since T3 was a total stinker. T4 should be heaps better tho Christian Bale should do a pretty good job of it, so long as the script doesnt suk to badly.
no quite the same, but I did a driving experience in the new Aston Martin V8 Vantage at Thruxton, which was amazing - felt like bond for half a day as least! cehck out the company here www.thruxtonracing.co.uk
hey anonymous cos in the movie, the chase is set in italy- rent the movie (its out now) and check the license plate- same plates. and Glyn- what do you think motoring journalists DO when they're given a fast car??? ever heard of Jeremy Clarkson? :-)
Steve Brooks and his chums used a vehicle with screw drive technology (similar to the design of the Holzleim 95) to be the first to cross the Bering Strait in 2001. www.icechallenger.com
At first i thought that this is some kind of an amphibious vehicle. But when i read the Wikipedia article about them, i realized that this is a Russian all terrain vehicle. It's build this way because of the harsh conditions in the Russian forests.
There's a wrecked car like that in Williams Lake, BC. It's pretty much a twisted hunk of metal and the sign beside it says something like "160 to 0 in 4 seconds... Don't Drink and Drive". It was installed by the family of the deceased.
I own a 1" scale Streamline Art Deco house. see here http://www.oceanboulevard.co.uk/2.html Until I started furnishing it, I had no idea how much it would cost me to furnish it accurately. For instance, if you look in the dining room, there's a circular display cabinet, which cost me £80!
Kalos, you're absolutely correct. It also takes months if not years to finish a dollhouse or roombox with this kind of attention to detail. We've built a few dollhouses, and although not museum quality, they do take patience and craft.
It's not true that 'true' dollhouses are for children to play with. check out the miniatures on my blog, they're all for adults only! And still true dollhouses.
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Loved it (especially the photoshop recreation).
I'd like to combat the assumption that all Extreme Geeks are male, though! x
oh no; far from it
Awesome pics. The keyboard with tacks is good for gamers like me.. Hahaha.. :D
I think the pi car is lacking without including the plate:
http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/~rsc/ahealy/pi_small.jpg
@anonymous: That's strange the PI car on your link seems not coming from California.
This PI car remains a mystery :P
actually have that bubble wrap calendar. and i think having more than 2 operating systems on your computer is getting pretty bad.
Don't be bashing Tatjana Van Vark ! She is wayyy genius...EXPLORE HER SITE !
I hate to tell you, but anyone using the keyboard to turn isn't a gamer.
The "MMMMPI" licence plate probably doesn't refer to PI. I would guess it refers to MPI, the Message Passing Interface. MPI is used on massively parallel machines, making a few spare M's quite appropriate.
Wrong.
MMMMM PI
It spells Mmmh Pie!
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