Gah, sorry. I use nerd/geek interchangeably

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Post #199,429 by ben_tilly 3/18/05 3:52:44 PM Reply	Gah, sorry. I use nerd/geek interchangeably To me they mean pretty much the same thing except that one term is offensive on the West Coast and the other is on the East Coast. I think it is nerd that is offensive on the West and geek in the East, but I could have that backwards. Sorry, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #199,441 by bionerd 3/18/05 4:53:53 PM Reply	Not to worry A nerd by any other name is still a nerd :-) It's like, "How much more black could this be?", and the answer is none. None more black.
Post #199,826 by inthane-chan 3/21/05 5:00:10 PM Reply	Couldn't speak for the east... ...but 'nerd' is pretty offensive over here AFAIK. I broadly advertise myself as being the company Alpha-geek, but that doesn't mean anything as far as social acceptability goes. The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..." -Isaac Asimov
Post #199,828 by pwhysall 3/21/05 5:02:08 PM Reply	And in the UK, neither have particularly +ve connotations. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!

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Gah, sorry. I use nerd/geek interchangeably - (ben_tilly) - (3) - March 18, 2005, 03:52:44 PM EST

Not to worry - (bionerd) - March 18, 2005, 04:53:53 PM EST

Couldn't speak for the east... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - March 21, 2005, 05:00:10 PM EST

And in the UK, neither have particularly +ve connotations. -NT - (pwhysall) - March 21, 2005, 05:02:08 PM EST

Look at Scott's post in the science forum - (bionerd) - (4) - March 18, 2005, 10:49:47 AM EST

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Lack of explanation is a non-issue - (ben_tilly) - March 18, 2005, 03:57:44 PM EST

OT: To do a Linky - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 19, 2005, 11:46:39 AM EST

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OT - your picture - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - March 18, 2005, 02:42:47 PM EST

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