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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too much time onlineI get very frustrated when I'm not able to google for things I can't find in my house, like my keys or the book I've misplaced.
I also got really excited when 'google' became a verb.
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 8:49,
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Alsowhen looking up something in a book, I want to be able to type in my search term and have it highlighted in green!
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 8:59,
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absolutelyIndexing is an art form that too few publishing houses possess. A bad index makes me hurl a book across my office and write snotty feedback to the sales rep.
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 9:05,
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Fewer people'll read it I post this as a reply..I was in town recently, and I wondered how tall a particular landmark was..
My brain's instinctive response was to say "Right-click and go to properties"
Perhaps it's a sign of schizophrenia, but I'm sure I felt my mind correcting my brain, and I felt both my brain's disappointment, and my mind's smugness.
Smug bastard.
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Thinker, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 13:24,
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I still prefer ask.comit fits with the way my mind works better
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flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Sat 8 Mar 2008, 4:40,
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