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X11, geeks, school.
Kintaro:
At school, im not the type of geek that hangs around with geeks, i actually hang around with computer illetrates and a few warez kiddys. I know a couple of Linux people who we share distros but there not really friends of mine, just people I know. My last girlfriend was a Linux chick who I happened to meet at an installfest.
Yet I am in a new IT Class called "VCE IT" which is college IT in highschool pretty much. (Im in year 10, last year of high school).
The geeks in my IT class where "amazed" because i know html, and that the school disabled the command prompt, so id make batch scripts to do what i needed to do, they called me a "hacker". There not geeks because they actually know everything (like i do ). But because there outcasted because there really ugly or because of whatever, anyway they think im god now because I have some social skills and still spend more time on my computer then my cpu does.
There are many geeks in the class and many people who like Windows XP. Yesterday however my system crashed, and someone says "damn these computers suck". So natrually i started ranting like a maniac. (I wont post everything i said because i really did say it all, and if you just look around old threads in the forum you will get the message). Anyways i started by saying how Microsoft put bugs in there software, then there licenceing, then how they brought stuff of other companys and sold it. (Like how Microsoft Dos was made). By the time I was finsihed everybody listening was saying comments like "im gonna kill that dirty bill gates barsted" ect.
One kid told me "You know everything dont you!"
So i was stumpted (kinda flattered) and said "Lets just say know at least something about everything".
This has came as a shock to me, I have been having a day off and was reading about Linus Torvalds when I realized I was almost like him in every way. I dont mean to sound like im trying to take some credit, but he is a fast learner, he thinks he is god, and he likes playing jokes on people (read the Linux Anecdotes thread in Linux/Unux).
Well I dont know what to say, but we both like beer, we both like pool, we both like hacking, I am his evil twin or somthing.
Really its weird, or maybe everyones like Linus, hmmmmmm i thought i was more like Stallman or Tiemann
TheQuirk:
Can you really be a twin when you're years and years younger than him? On a different note: I think you're trying to flatter yourself[/f]--otherwise you wouldn't be writing this thread.
rtgwbmsr:
quote:Originally posted by TheQuirk:
Can you really be a twin when you're years and years younger than him? On a different note: I think you're trying to flatter yourself[/f]--otherwise you wouldn't be writing this thread.
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Probably. Or maybe Linux users have a similar connection to what Mac users have? (If you know someone is a Mac user, you can just start a conversation with them, even if they are a total stranger. Take my word for it, I've done it)
preacher:
quote:Originally posted by X11: Slackware Commando.:
At school, im not the type of geek that hangs around with geeks, i actually hang around with computer illetrates and a few warez kiddys. I know a couple of Linux people who we share distros but there not really friends of mine, just people I know. My last girlfriend was a Linux chick who I happened to meet at an installfest.
Yet I am in a new IT Class called "VCE IT" which is college IT in highschool pretty much. (Im in year 10, last year of high school).
The geeks in my IT class where "amazed" because i know html, and that the school disabled the command prompt, so id make batch scripts to do what i needed to do, they called me a "hacker". There not geeks because they actually know everything (like i do ). But because there outcasted because there really ugly or because of whatever, anyway they think im god now because I have some social skills and still spend more time on my computer then my cpu does.
There are many geeks in the class and many people who like Windows XP. Yesterday however my system crashed, and someone says "damn these computers suck". So natrually i started ranting like a maniac. (I wont post everything i said because i really did say it all, and if you just look around old threads in the forum you will get the message). Anyways i started by saying how Microsoft put bugs in there software, then there licenceing, then how they brought stuff of other companys and sold it. (Like how Microsoft Dos was made). By the time I was finsihed everybody listening was saying comments like "im gonna kill that dirty bill gates barsted" ect.
One kid told me "You know everything dont you!"
So i was stumpted (kinda flattered) and said "Lets just say know at least something about everything".
This has came as a shock to me, I have been having a day off and was reading about Linus Torvalds when I realized I was almost like him in every way. I dont mean to sound like im trying to take some credit, but he is a fast learner, he thinks he is god, and he likes playing jokes on people (read the Linux Anecdotes thread in Linux/Unux).
Well I dont know what to say, but we both like beer, we both like pool, we both like hacking, I am his evil twin or somthing.
Really its weird, or maybe everyones like Linus, hmmmmmm i thought i was more like Stallman or Tiemann
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Ok first of all you dont know jack shit. Well I dont either, but I just thought Id enlighten you. Second of all when I was in high school I was the biggest moron in the world, but I was so cocky that I swore I was a genius. Lets hope you arent the same way. By the way linux isnt for everyone, and I truly do admire those who are really good with MS Windows, they focused on an area different than me, but that doesnt mean they are stupid.
Refalm:
I'm getting the same comments from non-tech people that Mr. Tate gets too. I'm not flattered at all.
I think they just wants a computer to work, and if something doesn't work, they come to me to fix it.
When it's fixed, I get comments like "Wow, you are amazing with computers", "you really do know everything don't you?".
It's something to get used to. I don't think I'm that good in computers...
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