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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Sleep codingNow, I'm not a computer coding geek as such, but I do write code for CNC machinery - those big scary computer controlled metal cutting machines.
I also have the slightly unnerving habit of acting out my dreams in my sleep. I don't actually sleepwalk, but I'll chat away and move about in my sleep, doing whatever it is I dream about.
AAAND, yes, I program CNC machines in my sleep.
Until I explained what it was, my girlfriend thought I only dreamed random strings of letters and numbers, and must therefore be actually some kind of secret robot.
(, Mon 10 Mar 2008, 18:57, 4 replies)
"some kind of secret robot."Haha, brilliant!
"Alright love, did the shopping"
"Thanks dea- hold on; iron filings, wd40 and a spanner? Wha?"
(, Mon 10 Mar 2008, 19:33, closed)
my brotherwas a CNC programmer years ago
He once had an allergic reation to some new lubricant and wore bags on his hands for weeks.
oh happy days!
(, Mon 10 Mar 2008, 19:51, closed)
You might find it handyfrom what you mentioned you might find the gollowing tips handy:
It can be quite disorienting at night . All dark and difficult to deterimine wher eyou are in the bedroom.
set up a local workspace, I suggest G54, with a 0,0,0 based on the bottom left hand corner of the bedpost.
G90 mode is fien whilt awake, but set G91 before falling asleep. makes it all much easier to handle
(, Mon 10 Mar 2008, 20:39, closed)
well,I like to think I dream parametrically, allowing me to sleep in different positions...
(, Mon 10 Mar 2008, 22:02, closed)
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