my geek code

GE d- s:++ a+++ C++++ UL+++ P+ L+++ E+++ W+++ N+++ o+ K+ w— V PS+ PE f— c+++ Y+ PGP++ t+++ 5- X- R+++ tv++ b++ D-— xkcd G e++++ h– r+++**

Translation

• GE Geek of Engineering.
• d-*x I'm usually in jeans and a t-shirt.
• s:++ I'm of average height, I'm a linebacker candidate.
• a+++ age 60 and up (65 atm).
• C++++ I'll be first in line to get the new cybernetic interface installed into my skull.
• UL50 I've been using Unix for 50 years (on Jun 14, 2024).
• P+++ I've earned a living with Perl.
• L(U)+++ I use Ubuntu Linux exclusively, mostly command line.
• E+++ Emacs is my login shell!! M-x doctor is my psychologist! I use emacs to control my TV and toaster oven! All you vi people don't know what you're missing! I read alt.religion.emacs, alt.sex.emacs, and comp.os.emacs.
• W1.0+++ I am an original Netizen, first logging on in 1994.
• N+++ I read so many newsgroups that the next batch of news comes in before I finish reading the last batch, and I have to read for about 2 hours straight before I'm caught up on the morning's news. Then there's the afternoon.
• K+ I like Kibo. If you know, you know.
• w--- Windows is bloatware.
• V I've used VMS. Meh.
• PS+ My whole concept of politics? Nobody has the right to legislate morality.
• PE Distrust both government and business.
• f--- In matters of religion, I distrust all human claims for the one true way.
• c+++ I am a cyberpunk all the way, including music.
• Y+ I have an interest and concern in privacy issues, but in reality I am not really all that active or vocal.
• PGP++ I have the most recent version and use it regularly.
• t+++ Star Trek inspires me. I wonder about about warp field dynamics and the principles behind the transporter. I have owned the TECH manual and the LP record. I speak some Klingon. I wear an IDIC. I still hate the LCARS interface, though: incredibly noisy, and it really sucks.
• 5 Babylon 5 is sub-par.
• X-Files It's ok if you like paranoia and conspiracy stories. I don't.
• R+++ I've built and run my own dungeons for money. Lots of money. At comic-cons. With 100 little envelopes of dice I brought with me.
• tv--- Not much on TV anymore, though I sometimes watch it when I'm petting the cat.
• b++ I find the time to get through at least one new book a month.
• D--- Dilbert doesn't speak to me; I've tried to stay out of those type situations.
• xkcd I check out xkcd from time to time; sometimes it's really funny.
• G I know what the geek code is and even did up this code.
• e++++ I am well-educated, mostly by myself, but I did get more than one college degree.
• h+++ I live in the swampy woods, on land I own, in a house I own outright, and try to live as self-sufficiently as possible.
• r+++ I found my angel, and we've been married for decades now.