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Re: Leap second today
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 Jun 30, 19:00 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 Jun 30, 19:00 -0400
On 6/30/2012 6:27 PM, Lu Abel wrote: > My wife, the English major who now does marketing and PR for Silicon > Valley companies, says that "geeks" are a subset of "nerds," > characterized by success in technology. > > Larry Page and Sergey Brin (for anyone who does not recognize the names, > they are the founders of Google) are geeks. > > My brother, who can tell you the details of a dozen programming > languages but has no social life, is a nerd. Always the definitive answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek#Geek_chic If a geek is defined as non-mainstream, then sextant users qualify. But if we use a computer for cel nav, then certainly computer use is mainstream. With the advent of "Geek Chic" (see quote from Wikipedi below) we go well beyond black framed glasses (no tape added). Using a sextant instead of GPS squarely positions us a as frontrunners of both the Geek Chic and Retro crazes. "Our futures are so bright, we have to wear shades." Bill B "Geek chic" refers to the embracing of stereotypically "geek" characteristics including black-rimmed glasses, T-shirts with geek in-jokes, and more technically complex accessories.[citation needed] There are multiple interpretations of the term "geek chic", with heavy black-rimmed glasses being the sole defining trait as far as the press is concerned. Wearing them is sufficiently notable to have celebrities like David Beckham,[4] Justin Timberlake[5] and Myleene Klass[6] being reported as "trying geek chic". David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who, has also described the look of his bespectacled character as having "a bit of geek chic".[7] To geeks themselves, the term is used for "reclaiming the geek identity as something not only meaningful, but also stylish."[8] - for this usage, more than mere spectacle frames are required, and so the term has a wider remit, being applied to home furnishings[9] and objects as well as oufits (sic). In this usage, the term "geek chic" can even be used as a positive contrast to the somewhat more negative term "geeky."