How nerdy are you?This week Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died. A whole generation of pasty dice-obsessed nerds owes him big time. Me included.
So, in his honour, how nerdy were you? Are you still sunlight-averse? What are the sad little things you do that nobody else understands?
As an example, a B3ta regular who shall remain nameless told us, "I spent an entire school summer holiday getting my BBC Model B computer to produce filthy stories from an extensive database of names, nouns, adjectives, stock phrases and deviant sexual practices. It revolutionised the porn magazine dirty letter writing industry for ever.
Revel in your own nerdiness.
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chthonic, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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projects projects projectsi love robotics, i love the idea of building artificial intelligence (cuz then id have a friend) but would be too scared too incase it went bonkers and took over the world (hint: skynet)
i love programming anything from basic PIC microprocessors to full size latest dual core PC motherboards
i love imagining how to go about solving problems by using technology... at present i am converting an old diesel car to run purely on vegetable oil (cheaper and cleaner) you need to heat the fuel up before it gets to the engine other people do this by running the fuel line through a block of aluminium which is elecronically heated, very simple but for me ? hell no, its got to become a project its gonna be a microprossor controlled, intellegent, efficent system with temperature sensors, flow rate feedback etc etc..
as a kid in the Knight Rider/Street Hawk/Airwolf era I always wanted to own a car like KITT when i was older... and now im older i like to sit and think about how to make all the things that KITT could do possible..
about the closest iv got is installing a PC in the car so on a little screen on my dash i have my extensive MP3 collection, sat nav, TV radio, games, mobile internet, mobile cd/dvd writing (thats very handy when u visit friends or family that have just bought a new DVD that you want, just take it outside, copy and bring it back in) when i pull up at home it detects my wireless network and automatically synchronises my mp3 and videos with my home pc to get any new music i've downloaded etc..... and im now trying to interface the computer with the engine to plot performance, engine checks etc....
guys ??... GUYS ??.... hmmm wonder where my mates went
edit: forgot to mention that the theme for the mp3 player on my car pc is a layout of KITT's sound to light unit and the 'lights' actually flash in time...
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uummm....the cat I grew up with?
Yup...named her Kitt.
but called her Kitt-cat (like Kit-Kat candy bar) to hid the nerdyness....
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flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Sat 8 Mar 2008, 5:18,
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