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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 1

mtillman-921105 (1/10/2012)
I guess I'm really the only nerd around here,

You and me apparently. We'll go be hopeless somewhere...

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 734605 More actions · Answer 2

GilaMonster (1/10/2012)
mtillman-921105 (1/10/2012)
I guess I'm really the only nerd around here,
You and me apparently. We'll go be hopeless somewhere...

I had to choose between the "This statement is false" t-shirt, the "2+2=5 for extremely large values of 2" shirt, and the "pi" shirt which has PI calculated out to 4493 digits used to spell "Pi" on the shirt.

You're not alone.

Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 3

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/10/2012)
GilaMonster (1/10/2012)
mtillman-921105 (1/10/2012)
I guess I'm really the only nerd around here,
You and me apparently. We'll go be hopeless somewhere...
I had to choose between the "This statement is false" t-shirt, the "2+2=5 for extremely large values of 2" shirt, and the "pi" shirt which has PI calculated out to 4493 digits used to spell "Pi" on the shirt.
You're not alone.

Is it bad that my favorite T-Shirt has Mario trying to steal a Dalek's arm and looking at people funny if they don't get the joke?

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 4

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/10/2012)
GilaMonster (1/10/2012)
mtillman-921105 (1/10/2012)
I guess I'm really the only nerd around here,
You and me apparently. We'll go be hopeless somewhere...
I had to choose between the "This statement is false" t-shirt, the "2+2=5 for extremely large values of 2" shirt, and the "pi" shirt which has PI calculated out to 4493 digits used to spell "Pi" on the shirt.
You're not alone.

The surest sign of being a nerd is protestiong that you're not one; I keep on giving myself away like that.

The T-shirt I had in my late twenties had "2+2 may be 5 if one of the 2s ia an L-value", and I think it was designed as a protest against the untyped and untrackable pointers in C (I certainly wore it in that spirit, being an Algol 68 and safe references buff at the time). Maybe the one you mentioned was a later variant?

Tom

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173004 More actions · Answer 5

GilaMonster (1/10/2012)
mtillman-921105 (1/10/2012)
I guess I'm really the only nerd around here,
You and me apparently. We'll go be hopeless somewhere...

You two must be the only nerds, because I'm a Geek (with a capital G, no less. @=)

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173004 More actions · Answer 6

Evil Kraig F (1/10/2012)
Is it bad that my favorite T-Shirt has Mario trying to steal a Dalek's arm and looking at people funny if they don't get the joke?

Oh, I want!!!!

Where did you find this shirt? (and, yes, people should get looked at strangely for not getting the joke.)

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Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 7

WayneS (1/10/2012)
Roy Ernest (1/9/2012)
I see lots of comments regarding post counts... Does everybody have a target? I have never thought about it at all.
When I get time post some thing, Thats it. 🙂
My only target regarding post counts is to have points > visits. No doing so well right now...
BTW, I like the hat in your picture Roy.

Thanks Wayne... I was trying to be a DON... 😀

-Roy

Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20677 More actions · Answer 8

Evil Kraig F (1/10/2012)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/10/2012)
GilaMonster (1/10/2012)
mtillman-921105 (1/10/2012)
I guess I'm really the only nerd around here,
You and me apparently. We'll go be hopeless somewhere...
I had to choose between the "This statement is false" t-shirt, the "2+2=5 for extremely large values of 2" shirt, and the "pi" shirt which has PI calculated out to 4493 digits used to spell "Pi" on the shirt.
You're not alone.
Is it bad that my favorite T-Shirt has Mario trying to steal a Dalek's arm and looking at people funny if they don't get the joke?

Choose? Most Geeks and Nerds don't fully understand they are different in that respect.

Others can offer 'assistance'.

Although the PI shirt, and knowledge to know the precision of the visual, and the ability to verbalize it accurately to such aforementioned precision, whether you bought it or it was a gift, speaks volumes.

My wife gives me shirts like 'I'm not slacking, my code is compiling' on front, with sword fighting on back with the swivel office chairs part of the picture.

And my mom gets me things like a sweatsirt - 'when all else fails, manipulate the data'.

And I don't understand the dirty looks I get when I wear these to work.

So I still need help.

Back to the kitchen to bake some cookies with powdered water.

spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 9

Roy Ernest (1/11/2012)
WayneS (1/10/2012)
Roy Ernest (1/9/2012)
I see lots of comments regarding post counts... Does everybody have a target? I have never thought about it at all.
When I get time post some thing, Thats it. 🙂
My only target regarding post counts is to have points > visits. No doing so well right now...
BTW, I like the hat in your picture Roy.
Thanks Wayne... I was trying to be a DON... 😀

DON Johnson? 😀

-- Gianluca Sartori

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95409 More actions · Answer 10

Gianluca Sartori (1/11/2012)
Roy Ernest (1/11/2012)
WayneS (1/10/2012)
Roy Ernest (1/9/2012)
I see lots of comments regarding post counts... Does everybody have a target? I have never thought about it at all.
When I get time post some thing, Thats it. 🙂
My only target regarding post counts is to have points > visits. No doing so well right now...
BTW, I like the hat in your picture Roy.
Thanks Wayne... I was trying to be a DON... 😀
DON Johnson? 😀

Looks like the same hat to me.

Wayne
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spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 11

WayneS (1/11/2012)
Looks like the same hat to me.

It is. I spent two hours with PhotoShop to put Roy's hat in Don's head. 😛

-- Gianluca Sartori

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 12

GilaMonster (1/10/2012)
mtillman-921105 (1/10/2012)
I guess I'm really the only nerd around here,
You and me apparently. We'll go be hopeless somewhere...

You are not alone. I'm definitely a nerd.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398716 More actions · Answer 13

Stefan Krzywicki (1/11/2012)
GilaMonster (1/10/2012)
mtillman-921105 (1/10/2012)
I guess I'm really the only nerd around here,
You and me apparently. We'll go be hopeless somewhere...
You are not alone. I'm definitely a nerd.

Not me. I'm really normal. I like football. Did you see that basket that Tebo scored during the scrum last night? See.

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Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 14

Gianluca Sartori (1/11/2012)
WayneS (1/11/2012)
Looks like the same hat to me.
It is. I spent two hours wit:-Ph PhotoShop to put Roy's hat in Don's head. 😛

And I was about to say that the Hat on my head is the cheaper version of the one in the Pic. 🙂

-Roy

Chad Crawford SSChampion Points: 11610 More actions · Answer 15

🙁 🙁 🙁

Ok, I had to Google "Mario Dalek" to figure out the joke. Do I get 1/2 credit for getting it once I saw the picture?

I'm galifraid I can't call myself a Whovian anymore. 🙁