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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Im no GeekMy Current PC
Q6600 2.4 GHz (GO Stepping) Quadcore Oc'd to 3 GHz (stable) using air (Arctic cooling freezer 7 pro), that I won in an arm wrestling contest against Lincoln Hawk
4 (1x4) Gig of GeIL Ultra Low Latency DDR2 800MHz that I was awarded by Dave Courtney after carrying Ronnie Krays casket through the streets of London... Barefoot
Creative X-FI Fatal1ty Pro Soundcard and I/O Hub (and Fatal1ty Headset) that the Mother Superior gave me for saving all those children from the great St. Louise's Orphanage fire of 2005
XFX Alpha Dog XXX 8800GT 512 1950MHz,GDDR3, 670MHz, 112 streams, that was willed to me by a bitter, cynical man on his death bed whom I volunteered to read to in an effort to open him up and allow him to make peace with his estranged son
Antec P182 Case in Gun Metal black which Rosa Parks gave me after I offered her my seat on the bus, whilst simultaneously holding the police back
620HX Corsair PSU with modular Cableing that Charles Bronson (the hardman, not the actor) gave to me once I had proved how much fitter I was than him whilst having to exercise in a room 4 foot smaller than the 'palace' he had
2 x Sony DVD writers with lightscribe that I got for trying my hardest to stop a line of tanks from crossing Tiananmen Square back in the late 80's
And I'm hoping to buy a Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor as soon as I get back from behind enemy lines
...some of the above may be a lie
(, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 16:49, 5 replies)
I have a feeling...... that all of it may be a lie.
While most of it is clearly possible, I didn't think Sony did Lightscribe DVD burners...
[edit: Oh, right. They do now, and have for a year...]
Still, I'll fall back on "Pics (on the side of a CD) or it didn't happen"
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uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 17:12,
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ReallySounds like you could do with an upgrade mate
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KISS.ME.WHERE.I.POO Signed the sex offenders register on, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 17:28,
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its work in progressThey've asked me to headline Glastonbury so I'm hoping to upgrade soon
(, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 18:53, closed)
Don't blame me..when it won't open the fucking pod bay doors.
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TbhI'd have skimped out on one of those Lightscribe burners and bought a motherboard instead.
(, Mon 10 Mar 2008, 15:01, closed)
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