They used the word "nerd" frequently, but it wasn't really meant derisively, and a few people self-identified as nerds. (The tech-savviest man in the room used

They used the word "nerd" frequently, but it wasn't really meant derisively, and a few people self-identified as nerds. (The tech-savviest man in the room used to run an ISP, I believe he was one such "nerd".)