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Story: The essence of a Geek
Posted by: Myra Nelson (Thursday 26 January 2006, 4:54 PM)
Instead of finding a new term for "geeks" maybe the new terminology should be for the "new geeks". Something along the lines of "yuppie" in the old days.
I also agree with Archgeek of London. To a geek ADD is a curse. My fledgling skills dwindled over the years by the inability to sit and program for long periods because of my untreated ADD. Now I get to start over again.
And I don't think the inability to have a conversation of over 5 minutes without checking your IM is ADD. Sounds more like rabid self-importance.
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Story: The essence of a Geek
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It was Eric S Raymond, not Eric Reynolds who write... Amy Zunk -
eric reynolds?? Maybe you mean Eric S. Raymond's Anonymous
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Eric *Reynolds* wrote "The Cathedral and the Bazaa... Graham Bartlett
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You are of course quite right in pointing out... Matt Loney -
Good article, but the typos, misspellings and inco... Anon.
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Matt, it's still not *entirely* fixed - the n... Dan Mathias
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Geeks all have ADD? Truely these are the John... Archgeek of London
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Instead of finding a new term for "geeks" maybe th... Myra Nelson
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