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Re: [SLUG] OT: Nerds and geeks

To: Herbert Xu <herbert@nospam.gondor.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: [SLUG] OT: Nerds and geeks
From: Graeme Merrall <graeme@nospam.inetix.com.au>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 11:15:28 +1000
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Herbert Xu wrote:

>   {terminal junkie}, {spod}, {weenie}.  2. Some self-described
>   computer geeks use this term in a positive sense and protest sense 1
>   (this seems to have been a post-1990 development).  For one such
>   argument, see `http://www.darkwater.com/omni/geek.html'. See also
>   {geek code}.
I definitely use geek as a positive term and am chock-full of 'geek
pride' :)

Graeme
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References:
- [SLUG] Info on 'TUX'
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- Re: [SLUG] Info on 'TUX'
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- [SLUG] OT: Nerds and geeks
  - From: Peter Vogel <pvogel@nospam.righthemisphere.com.au>
- Re: [SLUG] OT: Nerds and geeks
  - From: Herbert Xu <herbert@nospam.gondor.apana.org.au>

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