# I'm so pathetically geeky (computer related)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pathetically-geeky-computer-related/212799>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 12, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pathetically-geeky-computer-related/212799 "2003-11-12T13:14:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pathetically-geeky-computer-related/212799/61 "2003-11-15T09:05:47Z")

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> \*Originally posted by VenusProbe \*  
> \*\*You are a geek-goddess in my eyes. 🙂  
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Why, thank you. 😃 😃 😃

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**Author:** ![alibey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@alibey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alibey)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pathetically-geeky-computer-related/212799/62 "2003-11-15T10:56:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by rjk \*  
> \*\*Log scales are for sissies! _I_ have an _abacus_! \*\*

I have a rock:)

and a toshiba libretto ct50

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**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pathetically-geeky-computer-related/212799/63 "2003-11-15T22:50:14Z")

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> \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \*  
> \*\*I have a slide rule. \*\*

I have a pocket protecter and a pin that reads “Alpha Geek”. A friend gave it to me in a Windows NT administration class - and we were using DEC Alphas. 😃

My PC is one of those big towers, with one side panel open and a fan set up to keep the space between the hard drives cool. (They tend to overheat and the system locks up.)

Inside is a P4 1.6GHz with 256MB RAM and about 30GB between the 2 drives. This machine was built from scratch in 1999 and upgraded in more recent years.

Really geeky: I hooked up the video output of my Commodore 128 to the auxiliary input of my WinTV card, and can actually transfer data (one-way) between the two computers through the video interface.

Then there’s my collection of 1980s style computer chips. 😃

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**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-pathetically-geeky-computer-related/212799/64 "2003-11-16T01:57:57Z")

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My gosh. You people are so pathetic and geeky.

You make me very proud. 😉

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