blogs.techrepublic.com.com— Here are 10 of the worst transgressions for any geek. Doing any one of these will put your geek credentials at risk. Do two of them and your geek card immediately gets revoked.
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Yeah, using the scroll bar is sometimes OK if you're on a laptop. If you're on a computer with a 3 button scroll mouse then it is completely unacceptable.
@regulatorguy Prepare to feel like an idiot - You can click the scrolling wheel on most 3 button scroll mice which lets you scroll down pages probably even faster than the scrolling bar.
Last time I sat down at a computer with a non-scrolling mouse (I forget what it was even for at this point) I kept stroking the middle of the mouse and wondering why nothing was happening. It's second nature at this point.
That said, using the scroll bar is acceptable if you need to skip half way down the document quickly, like trying to find an entry in a sorted list.
Not...never using the scroll bar does NOT make you superior to those that do. I know you are desperately trying to come up with at least ONe way in which you are superior to someone else. But you may as well give it up. You won't find any
The only problem I have ever had with DRM was for a TV show I bought in iTunes, not being able to put it on my NAS and watch it in VLC.
Other than that, iTunes works fine, and in fact, WinAmp has become the most obnoxiously annoying media player in my life these days, which makes me sad.
Except when you take your entire collection of music and play it on shuffle through wimamp and allow the entire screen to show the milkdrop 2 visualization program.
I have yet to find a more amazing visual than that.
Dude I love iTunes. It is the most efficient, easiest to use, all purpose multimedia player, albeit a bit bloated. If you hate using the OS folders system and like to keep multimedia organized the iTunes is for you. Sure it has shortcomings but it's pros outweigh its cons by a mile. GTFO with your Doubletwist. I have a library of 2500 lossless files and a couple hundred movies and iTunes does everything I need it for.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
have to agree with you, I mean i m sick of this geek culture trend s**t. Next thing they are going to do is open a geek school or what ? from 8 to 12 lets watch Star Wars, then lets cosplay in some lord of the rings, and afternoon everone has to power level some toons on wow. BTW ULTIMA ONLINE OR EQ IS GEEK NOT WOWComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Well there is a university down in the states that has a course in teaching Klingon (or so I've heard). My friend took a course in University on Science Fiction stories. He said it was extremely interesting, as they delved into stories he wasn't familiar with that had interesting social, morality, etc. themes brought up.
Buying a paper book? Isn't collecting things that are out of date considered geeky? I love the concept of an e-book but I also love the feel and look of books. Just as some geeks love stamps, coins or models.
I like having a book that is lightweight, portable, needs no batteries, is more resistant to dirt and water damage, has a zero-second boot time, never gets more than a cursory examination at the airport/border crossing, cannot be revoked in the future if the publisher changes their mind, and can be lent to friends without hassle.
Don't agree about not buying books. The internet is a great resource for reference but to really understand things it often takes a bit more than just checking the online manual, blogs and the occasional ebook.
Assuming most people don't have an ereader ebooks are a pain to read and there are a lot more distractions sitting at a computer than with a book.
The other thing is that the article assumes you're only reading a book to learn about some specific thing - PHP, Java etc. - often times it's useful to read books about more general subjects that cannot be found in manuals. For example books like Clean Code, The Pragmatic Programmer and books about design patterns are typically valuable even when technically out of date.
In fact the more I think about it the more ridiculous it is to say "buying books" means you're not a geek.
I dunno, I downloaded the Kindle app from the app store and get all my (e)books - computer related or not - from Amazon so I can read it from a Touch / iPhone / iPad. I miss real books but I admit - I feel geekiest when I read from some cool looking handheld device. :)
Wow, I didn't realize the "Geek" Threshold was this low.
Number 9 - Who doesn't know the difference between binary and hex?
Number 7 - Does ANYONE even LIKE their carrier? I thought EVERYONE (including geeks and non geeks) hate, loath and abhor their carriers. Even the Mom's of the CEO's of Verizon and AT&T hate them.
geekosphere - first time I've seen that one, and hopefully it never catches on.
Number 5 - I didn't think it was possible to confuse Star Trek and Star Wars. Does anyone really do this?
You obviously haven't been around too many people in your lifetime, or else you would know that most of the items are classic "f**k ups" of so-called "nerds", or nerds in training if you will. Go to a convention or just hang out with people some time and you will find out a lot of people think they know s**t and really don't.
When the Special Editions of Star Wars were coming out, a relative of mine (in her mid-late 20's then. Star Wars Generation, etc. etc.) said "star Wars, Star trek.. what's the difference" she honestly had no idea.
We had to explain to her how each differed. She didn't know which had Captain Kirk, and which had Luke Skywalker. It was truely sad.
Also when Episode 1 was about to came out, my SIL (who's 3 years younger then me) said "what is all this about star wars, why is it such a big deal about a movie?"
Again, completely clueless about the star wars phenomena
Back in the mid 90's, my brother was dating a girl, she saw my star wars (original) box set, and wanted to watch them all (since she said she hadn't seen them in some time). My brother rolled his eyes, having to watch "some space thing".
I remember after he saw Empire Strikes back, he said "that's it? what kind of ending was that?" I said "it was the best ending ever!" he laughed and said it was stupid or something. I turely think that was the first time he had ever seen the movies, and he's 3 years older then me. Hmmm, come to think of it. No, he DID see ESB, when it opened, albeit, he was probably 8 at the time.
Actually, you CAN have an iPod and use iTunes and still admit that iTunes is a big f**king pile of bloatware that has continually become increasingly slower to provide useless eye candy and sell you more.
It's nothing to to with processor power it's inherently the way it was made at least the windows version. You can take an i7 with SSD and it still performs like crap, brings up useless error messages for things it should handle it self and can't even redraw the screen when you resize the window without jumping all over the place.
@darkshroud It's not even about money. Most newish computers can handle iTunes flawlessly. And I have other computers as well as this Mac, this was my first Mac ever. I just wanted to try it out and I'm pretty pleased with it.
@petebob796 iTunes doesn't "jump all over the place" for me, there must be something wrong with your computer and/or install. I've tried it on Windows XP, Vista, 7 and OSX.
@khast Damn, 200mb?! You must be kidding me?
All of you just have this shear hate for Apple as a company which will make you hate all of their products/software no matter what - using the same logic, Apple fanboys behave the same way towards Windows products, HTC, Blackberries, and others.
And no I'm not a fanboy, I love Windows and I'm a big fan of Linux. Most of you have probably never even used an Apple computer/phone and you hate on it anyway.
If you are a sci-fi nerd who hasn't yet seen Blade Runner or read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", you are in for a treat. Both are excellent, IMO.
I have an iPhone, it's the only portable music device I use. When I'm at home, however, I'm using Zune with the Zune Pass to listen to music. iTunes for Windows is total crap. iTunes only exists on my PC to sync my iPhone and nothing else.
geekhang, really dude? How old are you? Do you know how to think before you start chaotically typing in Digg? C'mon dude, get real. EVERYONE HERE knows iTunes is a piece of s**t.
I'm OK with it, I don't get it. What don't you like about it?
I have an iMac and iTunes came pre-installed. It plays all my music, it helps me find new music (which I then download via torrents ha) and it's easy to organise my music with it. You should see my iTunes library, it's immaculate.
So IDK, you guys must hate it because you probably have music players from different companies such as Microsoft and iTunes won't allow you to put your music on them. There are plenty of different softwares out there that will let you though.
Maybe if I get a MP3 player which isn't from Apple one day, I'll consider changing my mind but at the moment, iTunes is perfect for me.
Get over it, we all have different opinions - no need to cry about it.
Well, we are talking about the Windows version of iTunes, which sucks. They either really suck at developing on Windows (which is bulls**t because it's probably C++ and that is the same on Mac), or they hate Windows enough to bloat the crap out of it. Either way Apple loses because they have more market on Windows than Mac.
This sounds more like 'How to be an irrational retard.'
"...iTunes has a draconian DRM system..."
Really? First of all, iTunes music has been DRM-free for quite a while now. Other content that does have DRM has at least the same (if not more) liberal usage rights than any other major online music store.
Way to completely miss the point. I know that Apple wasn't first to do it. In fact, it was a year after Amazon started doing it. The point is that an article written YESTERDAY states that iTunes uses a "draconian DRM system" when iTunes music has been DRM-free for almost two years now. That's usually a good sign that you can stop reading.
This sounds more like 'How to be an irrational retard.'
"...iTunes has a draconian DRM system..."
Really? First of all, iTunes music has been DRM-free for quite a while now. Other content that does have DRM has at least the same (if not more) liberal usage rights than any other major online music store.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Yeah the iTunes one is tough, I mean yeah it sucks, but the fact that the hardware is so awesome tends to make up for it. Honestly I dont actually use iTune itself that often as I charge by plugging into the wall.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
I don't agree with #1. I can't stand reading for long periods on a computer screen. I admit that searching in an electronic book is awesome, which is why I would pay more to get both.
The only problem with buying a book's hard copy is you can't search it like you can an electronic copy.
Get your employer to buy a books24x7 subscription. If i cant find my answers on Google, i search the text of thousands of tech related books on books24x7.
Books have massive usability advantages. They can be read even if there's no power to be had. Not immediately useful if you're reading about HTML, but you can wait. ;)
I disagree on the book one I much prefer books to e-books just wouldn't buy from a book shop I would buy online a much more u to date one. If it's a technical book it usually involves tutorials or similar so I want to work on my computer not read from it and switch back and forth even with multiple monitors. If I had a large screen e-reader I might change my mind but I don't think they are good enough yet.
"However, this is 2010. Any computer book you find at a bookstore is at least six months out of date. Almost everything you need to know is available on the web for free or in ebook format that you can quickly download to your laptop or tablet. Buying a dead-tree tome about a new technology is an immediate tip-off that your geek credentials are in question."
That is complete bullcrap. Most industry standard programming languages remain relatively stable for at least six months, and if you want to learn C++, Java, or Python, a good book is EXACTLY what you need. Granted, the good ones employ web elements as well, but nonetheless, they're still paper :P
I think I would also add that there may be an advantage to having some books at least 6 months out of date. Not everyone is an early adopter of the latest and greatest technology. I would consider it a relief to be able to buy a book on my lunch hour that covers some issue in depth in a technology that my company has not yet upgraded from. I can then go back to my desk with my many new books and look very busy. I could download the books for an ereader but somehow I just don't think the boss would think I looked busy using that, even if it contained the same books ;)
thelaikaOct 22, 2010
11. using the scroll bar for navigation
mariomarkusOct 22, 2010
Actually, I use scroll bar sometimes while using trackpad, the scrolling area on right side of trackpad just isn't perfect.
geekhangOct 22, 2010
Yeah, using the scroll bar is sometimes OK if you're on a laptop. If you're on a computer with a 3 button scroll mouse then it is completely unacceptable.
Closed AccountOct 22, 2010
Then you are an idiot. On a big page if you want to get down much faster, you can do it MUCH faster with the scroll bar than your mouse wheel.
Yeah...unacceptable to want to save time.
aptanalogyOct 23, 2010
Um....yes, still unacceptable, unless your center mouse button does not have the click-down super scroll capability.
elcadOct 23, 2010
Real geeks don't need a mouse.
geekhangOct 23, 2010
@regulatorguy Prepare to feel like an idiot - You can click the scrolling wheel on most 3 button scroll mice which lets you scroll down pages probably even faster than the scrolling bar.
Noob.
atomic1fireOct 23, 2010
there is always arrow keys for navigation...
mercanoOct 22, 2010
Last time I sat down at a computer with a non-scrolling mouse (I forget what it was even for at this point) I kept stroking the middle of the mouse and wondering why nothing was happening. It's second nature at this point.
That said, using the scroll bar is acceptable if you need to skip half way down the document quickly, like trying to find an entry in a sorted list.
waveyraveyOct 22, 2010
If you want to skip half way down the page, just click the middle mouse button and drag.
Closed AccountOct 22, 2010
Not as precise.
Not...never using the scroll bar does NOT make you superior to those that do. I know you are desperately trying to come up with at least ONe way in which you are superior to someone else. But you may as well give it up. You won't find any
wassamattaOct 23, 2010
errr I use it... when editing in a time line
baathorOct 22, 2010
I'm sorry but on OSX, iTunes is great and the DRM aren't draconian anymore!
enantiodromiaOct 22, 2010
The only problem I have ever had with DRM was for a TV show I bought in iTunes, not being able to put it on my NAS and watch it in VLC.
Other than that, iTunes works fine, and in fact, WinAmp has become the most obnoxiously annoying media player in my life these days, which makes me sad.
Closed AccountOct 23, 2010
Except when you take your entire collection of music and play it on shuffle through wimamp and allow the entire screen to show the milkdrop 2 visualization program.
I have yet to find a more amazing visual than that.
khastOct 23, 2010
I've always been a fan of Geiss, but Milkdrop is pretty awesome too.
Closed AccountOct 23, 2010
Same guy did them. If you want to see a really trippy active desk top google drempels. It's one of his too.
chrisvazquez1Oct 22, 2010
Dude I love iTunes. It is the most efficient, easiest to use, all purpose multimedia player, albeit a bit bloated. If you hate using the OS folders system and like to keep multimedia organized the iTunes is for you. Sure it has shortcomings but it's pros outweigh its cons by a mile. GTFO with your Doubletwist. I have a library of 2500 lossless files and a couple hundred movies and iTunes does everything I need it for.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
joshcdtOct 22, 2010
I agree completely. iTunes works great for me.
-Josh, InternetBeacon.com
maxxellOct 22, 2010
That's it! Turn it in, baathor!
enantiodromiaOct 22, 2010
This is the stupidest f**king retarded blog entry I have seen on Digg in a long time, and that's saying a lot.
You know what would really "get your geek card revoked", which is of course a god damn stupid thing to say in the first place?
Writing an article so retardingly asinine as this.
solisticeOct 22, 2010
have to agree with you, I mean i m sick of this geek culture trend s**t. Next thing they are going to do is open a geek school or what ? from 8 to 12 lets watch Star Wars, then lets cosplay in some lord of the rings, and afternoon everone has to power level some toons on wow. BTW ULTIMA ONLINE OR EQ IS GEEK NOT WOWComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
somedrunkOct 22, 2010
Well, true geek would probably be EvE.
g8kprOct 23, 2010
Well there is a university down in the states that has a course in teaching Klingon (or so I've heard). My friend took a course in University on Science Fiction stories. He said it was extremely interesting, as they delved into stories he wasn't familiar with that had interesting social, morality, etc. themes brought up.
Closed AccountOct 22, 2010
What are you talking about? Writing an article as retardingly asinine as this is EXACTLY what geeks do. That is the final test to GET your geek card.
wipisOct 22, 2010
Buying a paper book? Isn't collecting things that are out of date considered geeky? I love the concept of an e-book but I also love the feel and look of books. Just as some geeks love stamps, coins or models.
elmuerte17Oct 22, 2010
I like having a book that is lightweight, portable, needs no batteries, is more resistant to dirt and water damage, has a zero-second boot time, never gets more than a cursory examination at the airport/border crossing, cannot be revoked in the future if the publisher changes their mind, and can be lent to friends without hassle.
aronnycOct 22, 2010
I believe the article was referring specifically to books about computers. Otherwise, I'm in agreement with you about the look and feel of books.
mmilitiaOct 22, 2010
Don't agree about not buying books. The internet is a great resource for reference but to really understand things it often takes a bit more than just checking the online manual, blogs and the occasional ebook.
Assuming most people don't have an ereader ebooks are a pain to read and there are a lot more distractions sitting at a computer than with a book.
The other thing is that the article assumes you're only reading a book to learn about some specific thing - PHP, Java etc. - often times it's useful to read books about more general subjects that cannot be found in manuals. For example books like Clean Code, The Pragmatic Programmer and books about design patterns are typically valuable even when technically out of date.
In fact the more I think about it the more ridiculous it is to say "buying books" means you're not a geek.
somedrunkOct 22, 2010
Additionally, what if the machine you keep this stuff on crashes?
SOprofitsOct 23, 2010
I dunno, I downloaded the Kindle app from the app store and get all my (e)books - computer related or not - from Amazon so I can read it from a Touch / iPhone / iPad. I miss real books but I admit - I feel geekiest when I read from some cool looking handheld device. :)
cjays1Oct 22, 2010
1x. Using the terms MAC and Mac interchangeably.
smotpokerOct 22, 2010
1x++. Referring to Windows as "PC".
izzmoOct 23, 2010
Seriously, a Mac is a PC god damnit! I don't care what anybody says.
khastOct 23, 2010
Windows, Mac, Linux, and FreeBSD based OSes have one thing in common...they all run on "Personal Computers (PCs)"
remy1985Oct 22, 2010
Amen!
proverbs17Oct 22, 2010
Wow, I didn't realize the "Geek" Threshold was this low.
Number 9 - Who doesn't know the difference between binary and hex?
Number 7 - Does ANYONE even LIKE their carrier? I thought EVERYONE (including geeks and non geeks) hate, loath and abhor their carriers. Even the Mom's of the CEO's of Verizon and AT&T hate them.
geekosphere - first time I've seen that one, and hopefully it never catches on.
Number 5 - I didn't think it was possible to confuse Star Trek and Star Wars. Does anyone really do this?
I can't go on. This is just too stupid..... Where is the digg down button when you need it?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
izzmoOct 23, 2010
You obviously haven't been around too many people in your lifetime, or else you would know that most of the items are classic "f**k ups" of so-called "nerds", or nerds in training if you will. Go to a convention or just hang out with people some time and you will find out a lot of people think they know s**t and really don't.
g8kprOct 23, 2010
When the Special Editions of Star Wars were coming out, a relative of mine (in her mid-late 20's then. Star Wars Generation, etc. etc.) said "star Wars, Star trek.. what's the difference" she honestly had no idea.
We had to explain to her how each differed. She didn't know which had Captain Kirk, and which had Luke Skywalker. It was truely sad.
Also when Episode 1 was about to came out, my SIL (who's 3 years younger then me) said "what is all this about star wars, why is it such a big deal about a movie?"
Again, completely clueless about the star wars phenomena
Back in the mid 90's, my brother was dating a girl, she saw my star wars (original) box set, and wanted to watch them all (since she said she hadn't seen them in some time). My brother rolled his eyes, having to watch "some space thing".
I remember after he saw Empire Strikes back, he said "that's it? what kind of ending was that?" I said "it was the best ending ever!" he laughed and said it was stupid or something. I turely think that was the first time he had ever seen the movies, and he's 3 years older then me. Hmmm, come to think of it. No, he DID see ESB, when it opened, albeit, he was probably 8 at the time.
geekhangOct 22, 2010
Half of these are bulls**t.
6. Not knowing the name of the book that Blade Runner was based on
WTF? What about geeks (like me) who don't even know Blade Runner existed because they didn't exist in the late 1980s...
10. Admitting that you like iTunes
Lmao, this one made me laugh because it's a complete pile of crap.
What if a particular geek has only an iPod as a music playing device Which makes it OK for them to like iTunes.
Seriously, WTF?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
geekhangOct 22, 2010
Half of these are bulls**t.
My bad, I mean some of these are.
elmuerte17Oct 22, 2010
My iPod has RockBox. Sure sucks, being able to plug into any computer and freely transfer music to and from my device.
bdbrOct 22, 2010
Actually, you CAN have an iPod and use iTunes and still admit that iTunes is a big f**king pile of bloatware that has continually become increasingly slower to provide useless eye candy and sell you more.
geekhangOct 22, 2010
Lmao, if you were a real geek you'd have a powerful enough computer which could handle iTunes like it was notepad.
darkshroudOct 23, 2010
People who make comments about money like that usually over pay for fruit branded garbage.
petebob796Oct 23, 2010
It's nothing to to with processor power it's inherently the way it was made at least the windows version. You can take an i7 with SSD and it still performs like crap, brings up useless error messages for things it should handle it self and can't even redraw the screen when you resize the window without jumping all over the place.
khastOct 23, 2010
...except the text files I write in notepad don't take up 200MB on my hard drive. (My iTunes music library takes up roughly 200MB... *.itl files)
I would consider my feelings toward iTunes as a love/hate relationship...
geekhangOct 23, 2010
@darkshroud It's not even about money. Most newish computers can handle iTunes flawlessly. And I have other computers as well as this Mac, this was my first Mac ever. I just wanted to try it out and I'm pretty pleased with it.
@petebob796 iTunes doesn't "jump all over the place" for me, there must be something wrong with your computer and/or install. I've tried it on Windows XP, Vista, 7 and OSX.
@khast Damn, 200mb?! You must be kidding me?
All of you just have this shear hate for Apple as a company which will make you hate all of their products/software no matter what - using the same logic, Apple fanboys behave the same way towards Windows products, HTC, Blackberries, and others.
And no I'm not a fanboy, I love Windows and I'm a big fan of Linux. Most of you have probably never even used an Apple computer/phone and you hate on it anyway.
hmyauhnoOct 22, 2010
geekhang has had his nerd-card revoked
jareddennisOct 22, 2010
If you are a sci-fi nerd who hasn't yet seen Blade Runner or read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", you are in for a treat. Both are excellent, IMO.
remy1985Oct 22, 2010
iTunes is much better with a few dougscripts, but it's still a s**tty player though.
brycehebertOct 22, 2010
I have an iPhone, it's the only portable music device I use. When I'm at home, however, I'm using Zune with the Zune Pass to listen to music. iTunes for Windows is total crap. iTunes only exists on my PC to sync my iPhone and nothing else.
Closed AccountOct 22, 2010
Being forced to use iTunes and liking it are not he same thing. LOTS of people use it but hate it.
izzmoOct 23, 2010
geekhang, really dude? How old are you? Do you know how to think before you start chaotically typing in Digg? C'mon dude, get real. EVERYONE HERE knows iTunes is a piece of s**t.
geekhangOct 23, 2010
I'm OK with it, I don't get it. What don't you like about it?
I have an iMac and iTunes came pre-installed. It plays all my music, it helps me find new music (which I then download via torrents ha) and it's easy to organise my music with it. You should see my iTunes library, it's immaculate.
So IDK, you guys must hate it because you probably have music players from different companies such as Microsoft and iTunes won't allow you to put your music on them. There are plenty of different softwares out there that will let you though.
Maybe if I get a MP3 player which isn't from Apple one day, I'll consider changing my mind but at the moment, iTunes is perfect for me.
Get over it, we all have different opinions - no need to cry about it.
izzmoOct 24, 2010
Well, we are talking about the Windows version of iTunes, which sucks. They either really suck at developing on Windows (which is bulls**t because it's probably C++ and that is the same on Mac), or they hate Windows enough to bloat the crap out of it. Either way Apple loses because they have more market on Windows than Mac.
sirjimithyOct 22, 2010
This sounds more like 'How to be an irrational retard.'
"...iTunes has a draconian DRM system..."
Really? First of all, iTunes music has been DRM-free for quite a while now. Other content that does have DRM has at least the same (if not more) liberal usage rights than any other major online music store.
bdbrOct 22, 2010
Well, their MUSIC has been DRM-free, since about ten months after everyone else started selling music DRM-free.
sirjimithyOct 22, 2010
Way to completely miss the point. I know that Apple wasn't first to do it. In fact, it was a year after Amazon started doing it. The point is that an article written YESTERDAY states that iTunes uses a "draconian DRM system" when iTunes music has been DRM-free for almost two years now. That's usually a good sign that you can stop reading.
Closed AccountOct 22, 2010
Except the article pretty clearly points out that the music doesn't have DRM anymore...but their other media does.
sirjimithyOct 22, 2010
This sounds more like 'How to be an irrational retard.'
"...iTunes has a draconian DRM system..."
Really? First of all, iTunes music has been DRM-free for quite a while now. Other content that does have DRM has at least the same (if not more) liberal usage rights than any other major online music store.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
matthewf01Oct 22, 2010
Zune Marketplace + Zune Pass subscription FTW
daleroneOct 22, 2010
Yeah the iTunes one is tough, I mean yeah it sucks, but the fact that the hardware is so awesome tends to make up for it. Honestly I dont actually use iTune itself that often as I charge by plugging into the wall.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
johnnallOct 22, 2010
I don't agree with #1. I can't stand reading for long periods on a computer screen. I admit that searching in an electronic book is awesome, which is why I would pay more to get both.
captmorgan555Oct 22, 2010
The only problem with buying a book's hard copy is you can't search it like you can an electronic copy.
Get your employer to buy a books24x7 subscription. If i cant find my answers on Google, i search the text of thousands of tech related books on books24x7.
hellobosOct 22, 2010
this list sucks.
chitownbrianOct 22, 2010
This is hilarious!!!
danbarkerOct 22, 2010
That guy looks a bit like Josh Topolski from engadget.
Closed AccountOct 22, 2010
Moving out of mom's basement?
Closed AccountOct 22, 2010
Books have massive usability advantages. They can be read even if there's no power to be had. Not immediately useful if you're reading about HTML, but you can wait. ;)
bungoOct 22, 2010
I use iTunes but I hate it, and I know the name of "Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep?" but I've never read it. Am I a geek?
Closed AccountOct 22, 2010
"Believing the “free” in open source refers to price"
There is no "free" in open source.
This doesn't make any sense if you call it open source instead of "free software."
petebob796Oct 23, 2010
I disagree on the book one I much prefer books to e-books just wouldn't buy from a book shop I would buy online a much more u to date one. If it's a technical book it usually involves tutorials or similar so I want to work on my computer not read from it and switch back and forth even with multiple monitors. If I had a large screen e-reader I might change my mind but I don't think they are good enough yet.
bob_the_alienOct 23, 2010
Stupid list is Stupid, Oh, and I don't like Blade Runner, I've tried to watch it many times, everyone tells me how great it is, but I find it boring.
kill3rOct 23, 2010
Wow that was f**king stupid.
abstractj3Oct 23, 2010
Guess I'm a proud non-geek then!
itwasonlyajokeOct 23, 2010
I have to disagree strongly with this:
"However, this is 2010. Any computer book you find at a bookstore is at least six months out of date. Almost everything you need to know is available on the web for free or in ebook format that you can quickly download to your laptop or tablet. Buying a dead-tree tome about a new technology is an immediate tip-off that your geek credentials are in question."
That is complete bullcrap. Most industry standard programming languages remain relatively stable for at least six months, and if you want to learn C++, Java, or Python, a good book is EXACTLY what you need. Granted, the good ones employ web elements as well, but nonetheless, they're still paper :P
SOprofitsOct 23, 2010
I think I would also add that there may be an advantage to having some books at least 6 months out of date. Not everyone is an early adopter of the latest and greatest technology. I would consider it a relief to be able to buy a book on my lunch hour that covers some issue in depth in a technology that my company has not yet upgraded from. I can then go back to my desk with my many new books and look very busy. I could download the books for an ereader but somehow I just don't think the boss would think I looked busy using that, even if it contained the same books ;)
endgameOct 23, 2010
LOL number 2...I completely agree!
purplexOct 23, 2010
u now two of those i've done i'm sorry
hardeep1singhOct 23, 2010
What happened to
Admitting you like OS X.