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The Geek Code
- thebouv 11y agoGeez, I remember having my Geek Code in forum sigs, ircbots spitting them out on whois, etc.
- kalleboo 11y agoI remember having it in a Usenet X-header...
- aaronbasssett 11y agoG-
- zatkin 11y agoG--
- chinpokomon 11y agoG+∴G-
- tat45 11y agoAh, memories. A lot has happened over the past several years that could be added to the code. Having said that, GCS/MU d-- s-:++ a C+++$ UL+(+++) P+++ L++ E--- W+++ N++ w+ M++ PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP- !t X-- R++ tv-- b+ DI++++ D+ G+ e++ h---- r+++.
- hawkten 11y agoRemind me of http://www.innergeek.us/geek-test.html http://www.innergeek.us/geek-test.html
- tonteldoos 11y ago45.75646% - Super Geek. Geez, that took a long time to complete...
- nerdy 11y agoFunny, I thought the geek code was "RTFM"
- blatherard 11y agoCheck out the "Appearance" section http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html#appearance http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html#appearance for a big helping of "only males can be geeks" assumption-making.
- M8 11y agoIt reflected the state of things in 1996.
- blatherard 11y agoActually, I was an undergraduate in 1993 (when this was first written) and I can assure you that there did exist women who did geeky stuff, were in STEM fields, etc. In fact, I did research for a professor then who was precisely such a woman. I don't want to overstate this, but little things like these add up to a perception that things were a way that wasn't really the case.
- Jem 11y agoDespite this, I had my geek code proudly displayed on my website for years! :) (d- for appearance, although less so these days.)
- gknoy 11y agoAre you referring to the phrase, "clothes make the man" (which I've always taken to be relatively gender-neutral, since it's about how your presentation affects how others treat you / see you), or to the references to wearing pants/slacks?
- blatherard 11y agoDefinitely the examples, not the phrase.
- jarin 11y agoCheck out the "Sex" section http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html#sex http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html#sex for a big helping of not making any gender assumptions
- mpnordland 11y agoWould be nice to update it into a more workable form for today.
- devNoise 11y agoMaybe key value pairs in json?
- kyberias 11y agoI would like to write my geek code. Is there a nice Q&A-tool for that?
- knd775 11y agoYou just read the page and write it out. That's all there is to it.
- thanatropism 11y ago"Geek" nowadays means "has a Captain America Shield iPhone otterbox".
- baldfat 11y ago"Geek" now means a badge of honor to society. "Geek" and/or "Nerd" were interchangable in the 80s meant someone that was despised by society.
- fasfawefaw 11y agoGeek = cheerleader who owns a pair of glasses that she sometimes wears when she doesn't have any contacts available. Or is that a nerd?
- webnrrd2k 11y agoGeek.