-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, Igor Chudov @ home wrote:
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 19:13:19 -0500 (CDT) From: "Igor Chudov @ home" <ichudov@algebra.com> To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net> Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: Re: Nerds, Dykes, Niggers, Dweebs, Fags, Bimbos, and Geeks
Timothy C. May wrote:
I just cringe when I meet young programmers at Cypherpunks who mumble "I'm just a computer geek." Fine, I write them off as geeks.
OK, I am a foreigner. Can anyone explain me what the word "geek" means and what are the origins of this word? I thought it was a cool word, meaning someone orthogonal to the present world but being able to change it.
- Igor.
Ummm... its usually functionally equivalent to "nerd" -- a complete social outcast thats really smart, or at least appears to be. --Deviant "Uncle Cosmo ... why do they call this a word processor?" "It's simple, Skyler ... you've seen what food processors do to food, right?" -- MacNelley, "Shoe" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMfmgCjAJap8fyDMVAQHqpQf/UMogPnVpjUgZKGO63mnSoOxgi829a+oj 2bzm1cOcJQtRGqSpHhjRKoV66h3LvOkYgx2hn+t3b6iA32UOO6SQ9HlucPsGKQVf 2E3GMrE94Numi6HC6J1FSSzFmmhRAxzMGbNav/VDgbEzufvAHpLKCEGpsnQ8VT6+ vJ08y7RPz6u/hFw51QZCMAW10Dfq1HZYwRidPCWooH8ynbEV7T6pXg+qiU8Ogpjh T4eaA8M2fY9uzj85fE124zztwoV8PB+MlLSw4+LyFxshyZtUiN4eQT6SdDJrUOHX Qw7RatH014JTC3UZO7b8DjyjXpMqnfOOgQTCuYxUS6eqjqlLFpqb5A== =IeDx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----