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.