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Look up Geek in Wiktionary, the free dictionary
A geek (pronunciation /gi:k/ ) is a person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by obscure or very specific areas of knowledge and imagination. Geek may not always have the same meaning as the term nerd (see nerd for a discussion of the disputed relation between the terms).
Nontechnical geeks
In the past, the image of geeks has almost always been associated with someone who was assumed to be more intelligent and educated than the general public due to the notion that many of them were intellectually talented.
However, with the revolution caused by electronic entertainment, the internet, and television, many, both male and female, have styled themselves as geeks in the interest of appearing more intelligent or generating a fashionably quirky image.
Examples of both can especially be seen in many genre fandom circles where esoteric jargon is frequently employed as a sign of being "in the know" or the desire to be part of a subculture's elite. An example of this is the widespread use of japlish in many western otaku circles or the frequent use of L33t online.
Many of these geeks prefer pop culture, entertainment and artsy or fannish subjects rather than the traditional domain of geeks; science or technical fields which are intellectually demanding and require serious committment.
Jay and Silent Bob of Kevin Smith's Jersey Trilogy (Clerks, Mallrats, and Chasing Amy) popularizes the image of self-styled geeks who may be proficient at absorbing pop culture/entertainment information (such as comics, movies, videogames, and sci-fi) but are not particularly educated or intelligent otherwise.
Evil Clown
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Geek Speak Of Clown
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?cid=13974229&sid=167554
Re:Interesting? mod this clown down.
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by Kent Recal (714863) on Monday November 07, @05:41PM (#13974229)
Nope, Gecko is written in C++ but the whole Firefox interface, which is for all means and purposes "my browser" is written in XUL, which is nothing more than Javascript + CSS + XML.
Which is why you can get browsers such as K-Meleon, also based on Gecko and still different browsers (K-Meleon being written in C++/Win32).
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Master of Ceremonies
Brinkecw's
http://www.xanga.com/brinkecw
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"The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one,
must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass."
- Multiple Attributions the Clown
Look up Geek in Wiktionary, the free dictionaryA geek (pronunciation /gi:k/ ) is a person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by obscure or very specific areas of knowledge and imagination. Geek may not always have the same meaning as the term nerd (see nerd for a discussion of the disputed relation between the terms).
Nontechnical geeks
In the past, the image of geeks has almost always been associated with someone who was assumed to be more intelligent and educated than the general public due to the notion that many of them were intellectually talented.
However, with the revolution caused by electronic entertainment, the internet, and television, many, both male and female, have styled themselves as geeks in the interest of appearing more intelligent or generating a fashionably quirky image.
Examples of both can especially be seen in many genre fandom circles where esoteric jargon is frequently employed as a sign of being "in the know" or the desire to be part of a subculture's elite. An example of this is the widespread use of japlish in many western otaku circles or the frequent use of L33t online.
Many of these geeks prefer pop culture, entertainment and artsy or fannish subjects rather than the traditional domain of geeks; science or technical fields which are intellectually demanding and require serious committment.
Jay and Silent Bob of Kevin Smith's Jersey Trilogy (Clerks, Mallrats, and Chasing Amy) popularizes the image of self-styled geeks who may be proficient at absorbing pop culture/entertainment information (such as comics, movies, videogames, and sci-fi) but are not particularly educated or intelligent otherwise.
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Geek Speak Of Clown
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?cid=13974229&sid=167554
Re:Interesting? mod this clown down.
(Score:2)
by Kent Recal (714863) on Monday November 07, @05:41PM (#13974229)
Nope, Gecko is written in C++ but the whole Firefox interface, which is for all means and purposes "my browser" is written in XUL, which is nothing more than Javascript + CSS + XML.
Which is why you can get browsers such as K-Meleon, also based on Gecko and still different browsers (K-Meleon being written in C++/Win32).
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Master of Ceremonies
Brinkecw's
http://www.xanga.com/brinkecw
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