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Moar power!Quote:
Originally Posted by KG4CGC
Radio is a Russian inwention.
They invented nuclear wessels
I resent the words "geek" or "nerd" for someone who is interested in technology , or the sciences. To me it carries a negative stereotype. Does a person who likes to play the guitar call themselves a "music geek" ? Or is a person who likes sports a 'sports nerd" ? What's wrong with the simple old fashioned idea of an "electronics hobbyist" or a "person interested in electronics" ?Quote:
Originally Posted by KK4AMI
And as far as weird people go, well I think people who consider themselves "normal" in that their only interests in life are watching the ballgame, drinking beer, and mowing the lawn, or other superficial activities, to be weird. How can anyone go through life without any kind of deep interest in anything other than trying to be a carbon copy of the guy next door. Of course this is highly subjective but it's how I see it.
In (ex Soviet) Russia, radio tower erects YOU.
We took it back...Quote:
Originally Posted by n2ize
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Yes, and yes. We took it back, and those aren't really pejoratives anymore, but rather badges of honor today.Quote:
Does a person who likes to play the guitar call themselves a "music geek" ? Or is a person who likes sports a 'sports nerd" ?
A person just "interested" in something isn't considered a geek or nerd in the subject. A hobbyist would be.Quote:
What's wrong with the simple old fashioned idea of an "electronics hobbyist" or a "person interested in electronics" ?
According to Today I Found Out http://www.todayifoundout.com/index....erd-came-from/
Before “geek”, “nerd”, “dork”, etc, the proper terms for these same ragamuffins were “Dewdroppers”, “Waldos”, and “Slackers”. Other common old slang words that were somewhat similar in meaning: pantywaist, oil can, drip, stinkeroo, mullet, roach, schnookle, kook, dimp, dorf, squid, auger, square, Joe Zilch, and dudd.
Who Gnu? Actually, I can remember being called many of these names. Maybe not oil can, but many of the others.
My definition of Geek was always somebody that was "Introspective" but kind of socially awkward. A Nerd is the same thing, but with the addition of having more income potential.
I agree, although I've come to terms with the fact that I'll only be a dilettante in a lot of aspects of ham radio. I have too many other interests to really specialize in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by n2ize
Granted, some of the most boring hams I've ever met are entirely useless for anything else but...