You might be a geek if....
 

- you could quote lines from LOTR BEFORE the movies came out.
- you know, without having to look it up, what LOTR means.
- you have either: more than one computer, or more than one operating system.
- you can read binary.
- you have a light-sabre.
- you know what TCP/IP, SMTP, POP, USB and RAID mean.
- you know any programming language (other than high-school pascal).
- you have more online friends than RL friends.
- you agonized over the ideal online nick for more than 12 seconds.
- you wish people would call you "Gandalf".
- your formalwear includes a t-shirt printed to look like a tuxedo.
- you have a picture of a penguin, anywhere.
- every day is casual day at work.
- you can drink more than 4 cups of coffee and still not get a caffeine buzz.
- you are a regular on an online programming forum :D

You might be a geek if...
 

You know every single programming language....and you can read them in your sleep
You work for Microsoft.
You built your own IDE
You know what IDE means
You got all your friends into programming....through IM
You can program a 124-bit encryption key....with HTML
You know how to build an IM Client...with Assembly
You have every single version of Visual Studio.

If you think food is cigarettes and coffee.

if you think nights are for all night coding, instead of sleeping ;)

-you use an IDE
you might be super cool if - you don't run X

These are the ones that apply to me:

- you know, without having to look it up, what LOTR means.
- you have either: more than one computer, or more than one operating system. (both)
- you can read binary (If you mean trnslating into ascii...or just reading them as numbers)
- you have a light-sabre. (not a real one)
- you know what TCP/IP, SMTP, POP, USB and RAID mean. (TCP/IP, SMTP, POP)
- you know any programming language (other than high-school pascal).
- you have more online friends than RL friends. (sadly, this is debatable)
- you agonized over the ideal online nick for more than 12 seconds.
- you have a picture of a penguin, anywhere.
- you are a regular on an online programming forum
You know what IDE means
if you think nights are for all night coding, instead of sleeping

- you read only books that consist of programming.
- you have dreams of being inside the code.
- you buy your wife a programming for dummies for her birthday.
- you make little programming symbols out of your roman noodles.

You post in this thread

there are lots of kinds of geeks.

computer geek:
-you sit beside your computer all the time
-you are willing to exchange your girlfriend to a computer
-you sleep with your computer
-you take care of your computer 24 hours a day
-you let your computer have a daily check-up to the computer hospital

- you could quote lines from LOTR BEFORE the movies came out.
Check.

- you know, without having to look it up, what LOTR means.
Check.

- you have either: more than one computer, or more than one operating system.
Check.

- you can read binary.
'Fraid not.

- you have a light-sabre.
Pfft.

- you know what TCP/IP, SMTP, POP, USB and RAID mean.
I'm afraid so.

- you know any programming language (other than high-school pascal).
Checkedy-check.

- you have more online friends than RL friends.
Almost.

- you agonized over the ideal online nick for more than 12 seconds.
Probably.

- you wish people would call you "Gandalf".
I prefer "Mithrandir" myself. :p

- your formalwear includes a t-shirt printed to look like a tuxedo.
OK... I have style. I'm one of the few geeks who cares how he looks.

- you have a picture of a penguin, anywhere.
Look to the left.

- every day is casual day at work.
Damn school rules... though I do like the way the suit makes me look.

- you can drink more than 4 cups of coffee and still not get a caffeine buzz.
Coffee... bleh. Now mocca... there's a different story.

- you are a regular on an online programming forum :D
Damnit... ya found me. :)