SEARCH

Enter your search query in the box above ^, or use the forum search tool.

You are not logged in.

#1 2011-01-20 05:57:17

mynis01
#! Die Hard
From: 127.0.0.1
Registered: 2010-07-02
Posts: 1,745

you might be a nerd if...

...you constantly find yourself staring at your cpu temp and waiting for it to change after you modify your system.

Ok next person go!

Offline

Help fund CrunchBang, donate to the project!

#2 2011-01-20 07:24:36

ali
#! Die Hard
Registered: 2010-05-31
Posts: 1,034

Re: you might be a nerd if...

... you fill your conky with useless information to occupy all the screen.

Offline

#3 2011-01-20 07:58:27

rizzo
#! wanderer
From: ~/
Registered: 2008-11-25
Posts: 5,109

Re: you might be a nerd if...

... you use CrunchBang wink

Offline

#4 2011-01-20 08:00:36

AlexMex90
#! CrunchBanger
From: Mexicali, Mexico
Registered: 2009-07-09
Posts: 179
Website

Re: you might be a nerd if...

...you don't understand why people find math so hard tongue


Statler: Are you running Mac or PC?

Waldorf: After that... I'm running away!

Offline

#5 2011-01-20 08:53:39

luc
#! Die Hard
From: Munich, Germany
Registered: 2010-03-21
Posts: 561

Re: you might be a nerd if...

... you read this to find out if you are big_smile

Offline

#6 2011-01-20 10:35:01

bender
Member
Registered: 2010-05-31
Posts: 21

Re: you might be a nerd if...

... a pizza an d a coke are the most delicious midnight dinner.

Offline

#7 2011-01-20 12:56:32

GuruX
#! Die Hard
Registered: 2009-01-18
Posts: 527

Re: you might be a nerd if...

...you find anything smaller than 24" crowded for your production rig.

Last edited by GuruX (2011-01-20 12:56:41)

Offline

#8 2011-01-20 13:17:53

Anaconda
#! CrunchBanger
From: Vancouver Canada
Registered: 2008-12-04
Posts: 173

Re: you might be a nerd if...

... you think XKCD is the most brilliant comic in the universe.


"Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time." Linus Torvalds

Offline

#9 2011-01-20 13:18:18

pvsage
Internal Affairs
From: North Carolina
Registered: 2009-10-18
Posts: 9,241

Re: you might be a nerd if...

...you found the last "tale of band camp" in the first American Pie movie rather tame.


while ( ! ( succeed = try() ) );
We've earned a reputation as a nice, friendly community; please help us keep it that way.

Online

#10 2011-01-20 13:38:06

benj1
Wiki Wizard
From: Yorkshire, England
Registered: 2009-09-05
Posts: 1,084

Re: you might be a nerd if...

pvsage wrote:

...you found the last "tale of band camp" in the first American Pie movie rather tame.

are you talking about the flute 'incident'? how is that nerdy ??


- - - - - - - - Wiki Pages - - - - - - -
#! install guide           *autostart programs, modify the menu & keybindings
configuring Conky       *installing scripts

Offline

#11 2011-01-20 13:50:02

merelyjim
#! Die Hard
From: Fort Worth, Texas
Registered: 2010-04-07
Posts: 2,296
Website

Re: you might be a nerd if...

... you find you need a "testing machine," so you'll have at least one working machine to check the forums about why you can't get the other machine's wifi chipset to recognise the wireless network.

True story!


"When I enter a command... I expect ass to be hauled and the coffeelike aroma of hustle delicately hovering in the air." -thalassophile

My attempt at a blog; http://jims2011.blogspot.com/

Offline

#12 2011-01-20 21:47:58

babouk
#! CrunchBanger
From: #!_de
Registered: 2009-08-10
Posts: 107
Website

Re: you might be a nerd if...

merelyjim wrote:

... you find you need a "testing machine," so you'll have at least one working machine to check the forums about why you can't get the other machine's wifi chipset to recognise the wireless network.

True story!

1+
lol


waldorf | openbox
pekwm

Offline

#13 2011-01-20 23:10:14

safetycopy
urban legend
From: The Chatsubo
Registered: 2010-04-03
Posts: 1,311

Re: you might be a nerd if...

...you spend more time setting up your .vimrc than you do actually coding... big_smile


i wonder if i missed the warning
Skinny Puppy, Love in Vein

Offline

#14 2011-01-20 23:46:28

Bananaclasic
#! Member
From: In my head.
Registered: 2011-01-12
Posts: 66

Re: you might be a nerd if...

...when at the library, you prefer not to use the regular Wintel machines, you prefer to stick a LiveCD in, prompting the confused girls next to you to ask, "What are you doing?" when you're using the terminal.


If you understand, the world is just the way it is. If you don't understand, the world is just the way it is. -- Zen Proverb

Offline

#15 2011-01-21 05:04:54

merelyjim
#! Die Hard
From: Fort Worth, Texas
Registered: 2010-04-07
Posts: 2,296
Website

Re: you might be a nerd if...

... when going to Best Buy, looking at the new computers, when you're approached by the salesman, you whip out a Flash-drive and ask, "mind if I boot this into Linux for a few minutes?" tongue


"When I enter a command... I expect ass to be hauled and the coffeelike aroma of hustle delicately hovering in the air." -thalassophile

My attempt at a blog; http://jims2011.blogspot.com/

Offline

#16 2011-01-21 06:01:04

ali
#! Die Hard
Registered: 2010-05-31
Posts: 1,034

Re: you might be a nerd if...

... your machine does all your work without you even asking smile

Offline

#17 2011-01-21 08:46:04

qbrick
#! CrunchBanger
From: Hannover, Germany
Registered: 2009-07-20
Posts: 199

Re: you might be a nerd if...

...you find Crunchbang (although relying on Debian) to be a distro for the dark, twisted minded 'art people'.
What makes it even worse: with #! everything works ootb.

Offline

#18 2011-01-21 13:55:07

Unia
#! Die Hard
From: The Netherlands
Registered: 2010-07-17
Posts: 3,174

Re: you might be a nerd if...

luc wrote:

... you read this to find out if you are big_smile

I agree lol


If you can't sit by a cozy fire with your code in hand enjoying its simplicity and clarity, it needs more work. --Carlos Torres
      Github || Deviantart

Offline

#19 2011-01-21 18:14:07

boromeus
#! Junkie
Registered: 2010-09-12
Posts: 254

Re: you might be a nerd if...

... you modify  your desktop theme, Conky, Openbox and tint2 config twice a week, spending more time with the customization than with everything else (except browsing the Internet) and you post the new screenshots on the Artwork Forums regularly.

Offline

#20 2011-01-22 01:16:49

CrunchyFree
#! Junkie
From: New Amsterdam, U.S.
Registered: 2010-06-13
Posts: 426

Re: you might be a nerd if...

...you argue with the whole staff of  the Apple store over how there is absolutely no reason to buy an Apple product and winning.


XFCE User ~ Linux Abuser ~ Rubbish Refuser
[img]http://achievements.schrankmonster.de/Achievement.aspx?text=First%20Tiling%20WM%20-%2050G[/img]

Offline

#21 2011-01-22 01:29:51

chillicampari
Pinball Wizard
Registered: 2009-10-09
Posts: 466

Re: you might be a nerd if...

^ what did you win?

Offline

#22 2011-01-22 01:33:21

slapfish
#! Die Hard
From: Athens, Greece
Registered: 2009-10-22
Posts: 601

Re: you might be a nerd if...

^ the argument...(?)

Offline

#23 2011-01-22 01:45:32

chillicampari
Pinball Wizard
Registered: 2009-10-09
Posts: 466

Re: you might be a nerd if...

^ if so how would anyone know that they weren't just agreeing to get Crunchy to leave the store? lol

Offline

#24 2011-01-22 01:46:20

CrunchyFree
#! Junkie
From: New Amsterdam, U.S.
Registered: 2010-06-13
Posts: 426

Re: you might be a nerd if...

slapfish wrote:

^ the argument...(?)

Yes.


XFCE User ~ Linux Abuser ~ Rubbish Refuser
[img]http://achievements.schrankmonster.de/Achievement.aspx?text=First%20Tiling%20WM%20-%2050G[/img]

Offline

Be excellent to each other!

#25 2011-01-22 01:53:07

Sector11
77345 ¡#
From: SR11 Cockpit
Registered: 2010-05-05
Posts: 7,468
Website

Re: you might be a nerd if...

Once a day you do:

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install plastic-pocket-protector black-frame-glasses-with-tapped-left-arm
[sudo] password for n-e-r-d: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
plastic-pocket-protector is already the newest version.
black-frame-glasses-with-tapped-left-arm is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 upgraded.
$

and your homepage is: http://n-e-r-d.com/

Offline

Board footer

Powered by FluxBB

Copyright © 2012 CrunchBang Linux.
Proudly powered by Debian. Hosted by Linode.
Debian is a registered trademark of Software in the Public Interest, Inc.

Debian Logo