From: The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 14:51:40 +0800
To: "Igor Chudov @ home" <ichudov@algebra.com>
Subject: Re: Nerds, Dykes, Niggers, Dweebs, Fags, Bimbos, and Geeks
In-Reply-To: <199607270013.TAA07369@manifold.algebra.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.94.960727044904.2031A-100000@switch.sp.org>
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On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, Igor Chudov @ home wrote:

> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 19:13:19 -0500 (CDT)
> From: "Igor Chudov @ home" <ichudov@algebra.com>
> To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
> Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
> Subject: Re: Nerds, Dykes, Niggers, Dweebs, Fags, Bimbos, and Geeks
> 
> Timothy C. May wrote:
> > 
> > I just cringe when I meet young programmers at Cypherpunks who mumble "I'm
> > just a computer geek." Fine, I write them off as geeks.
> > 
> 
> OK, I am a foreigner. Can anyone explain me what the word "geek" means
> and what are the origins of this word? I thought it was a cool word,
> meaning someone orthogonal to the present world but being able to 
> change it.
> 
> 	- Igor.
> 

Ummm... its usually functionally equivalent to "nerd" -- a complete
social outcast thats really smart, or at least appears to be.

 --Deviant
        "Uncle Cosmo ... why do they call this a word processor?"
        "It's simple, Skyler ... you've seen what food processors do to food,
right?"
                -- MacNelley, "Shoe"


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