Geek Pride Hits Boston This Weekend 135
The Festival is free and brought to you by Andover.Net / VA Linux, Addison-Wesley and SwitcHouse.
Also in attendance will be the esteemed Cmdr. Taco himself, Rob Malda, and Christopher Locke and David Weinberger, authors of The ClueTrain Manifesto. Listen to them address the assembled throngs, and ask questions. In addition to speakers, there will be food, chair massages, a $500 cash-prize Quake III competition, an install fest with support from the Boston Linux Users Group, and booths representing groups like Perl Mongers, the Free Software Foundation and more.
Roblimo will be there, enjoying the street party he secretly believes is being thrown for his and lovely wife Debbie's wedding anniversary, and JonKatz may be there as well. The first person to ask Katz about his dog and the manhole, then transmit a recording of his reaction to hemos, will win an as-yet-undetermined fabulous prize. If you can't make it to Boston for April Fool's Day, you can vicariously experience the gathering via downloadable video and audio, available for the same price as the festival, less the cost of getting there.
Idea for the geekfest (Score:1)
djsw
Flying into Boston... (Score:4)
I'm really tempted to go but I'm already going to be going to Boston later in the summer to visit my grandmother and cousins and old college friends.
- tokengeekgrrl
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions
Late Notice (Score:1)
Come on guys, Andover's part of this, we should have had WAY better notice than 2 days...
don't like that geek stuff either (Score:1)
I don't really get the use of the word geek either, but hey, it's like a term of pride to half my friends.
Like, "Hey, maybe i was a geek five years ago, but now that's the coolest thing to be!"
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All we gotta say is.... (Score:4)
- Natalie Portman will be within range for all the grit pouring you need. (She attends Harvard!)
- Boston baked beans make a good substitue for hot grits down the pants. As an added bonus, they taste the same even after festering in some AC's shorts all day.
- MIT might pull one of their pranks [mit.edu] for the occasion.
What can YOU do, mere Anonymous Coward? When Rob speaks I think we should shower him with hot grits. The first person to write "First Post" on a bathroom wall will get the respect of AC's everywhere!Don't forget to bring hardware to swap!
Re:Flying into Boston... (Score:1)
One option is to take a taxi from the airport to the Providence MBTA station, and take the train into Boston. This may be significantly cheaper than renting a car (and also possible for those under the age of 25) - you also avoid driving on I-95. check http://www.mbta.com [mbta.com] for the cost of that train ticket... I can't help on the cab fare.
Free Plugs? (Score:4)
Richard Stallman will be speaking in NYC next Monday. [columbia.edu]
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Re:Late Notice (Score:1)
Also seeing as it was posted in the quickies, a couple of weeks back.
*Think back, you remember don't you?*
-Janus
Re:Editorial Independance (Score:2)
Re:Late Notice (Score:2)
Geek pride - april fool's day. (Score:5)
Am I the only one afraid of what a thousand hackers will do when gathered into a small area on april fool's day?
an under-represented minority (Score:2)
kinds of geeks. You have computer
geeks, science geeks, hardware geeks, etc.
Geeks and nerds are
getting all this publicity,
but what about us space-cadets?
It's suddenly so cool to be a geek.
I suggest all you geeks remember
what it was like before you were
cool -- being a space-cadet still isn't
thought of as cool, even by the geek and
nerd populations, although its coolness does
happen to be on the rise.
A note to Rob -- please change "news for nerds"
to "news for nerds and space-cadets".
Coincidence? Or conspiracy? (Score:1)
And no, i can't tell you details about my job. But at least i can pony up a couple of pre-IPO shares so i can use the restroom.
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(oO)
Not even at gunpoint. (Score:5)
"Geek Pride" my ass. What a ridiculous crock of shit. Thousands of at-least-semi-intelligent young men, most of whom can't get laid, all standing around and telling themselves they're the master race because they know how to configure sendmail.
If geek pride didn't involve inventing bogus excuses to sneer at everybody else, I might be able to take it seriously.
Furthermore, the prospect of meeting Eric "You're Endangering My Tribe" Raymond is about as appealing as a headwound.
Even if I did want to play Professional Geek this weekend, I can't: I've got to be in the office. I've got code to write.
Re:Late Notice (Score:1)
And if all goes well, there will be Geek Pride Festivals beyond Boston.
21+? damn... (Score:1)
not to be skeptical but... (Score:1)
i gues i have answered my own question here-even if it is a joke it doesnt matter-get enough geeks together and well figger out a way to have fun (in our own geeky way)
latre
Re:How about a field trip to Framingham... (Score:1)
Re:IF I EVER... (Score:1)
Hey, that's *almost* a quine! And in Flamebait's clothing!
Re:Not even at gunpoint. (Score:1)
April Fools? (or not...) (Score:3)
I used to work for Prof. Pentland, and he's definately a good guy to hang out with, not to mention having a packed head (as Ender would say).
However, when I first heard of this thing via the MediaLab mailing lists, I had to wonder about the sanity of those involved. Or, at least, the common sense.
I mean, the Lab has done some really strange stuff over the years (anyone remember the original "fashion-show-with-wearable-computers"?), but I have to say, getting a group of nationwide geeks together is kinda weird. I mean, when I used to work there, you already had the biggest bunch of geeks together in one place.
Oh well, I'll probably fly cross-country to get there just for giggle (and to see my friends).
Fight advice: Check out the specials from the various airlines starting today for flights leaving early Saturday morning and returning Sunday or Monday. I can usually catch a flight from SFO to BOS for about $300 or so. I got used to seeing $150 from most East Coast cities for such a jaunt. And, when you're there, buy a 3-day T pass. It's cheap, and Boston has excellent public transporation.
Tourist Advice: go to RedBones in Davis Square (off the Red Line) for some tasty BBQ. Check out the MIT Museum for some randomly nerdy exhibits and a cool display of MIT hacks memorabilia. Go to E.L.I. computing on hampshire st in cambridge for a look at all the wonderful old recycled computer parts (they used to be the only place I could find PDP-11 parts). And, of course, go see the Boston Computer Museum (conveniently next to the Children's Museum).
Have fun!
-Erik
Have fun! (Score:1)
Someone previously said, "This is a crock, lots of young men who couldn't get laid, and who are getting together to sneer at other people." (the quote isn't exact but I'm sure you can find that post). I wanted to go to geek pride to:
1. Here the band Everyone. If you've ever played a video game in your life, you will *LOVE* this band. They're really cool ^^
2. Most of ya'll use Unix, but I swear to God, I know Windows 98 like the back of my hand (kind of dry, needs lotion, breaks every time someone takes a hammer to it) and I'm damn good with Active Server Pages. I'd love to meet any closet Windows geeks =)
3. Maybe there will be lots of young men who can't get laid. Who cares? If there were girls at Geek Pride, I'd rather talk to them to find out what makes them fall into the geek category instead of hit on them.
4. Why sneer at anybody? Geek- or non-geek-involved sneering, either way, is pointless. You don't have to sneer at another group of people to have a good time...
If you do go to Geek Pride, have fun for me... I'll be right here randomly uploading slashdot as usual. I'll join ya next time...
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Peace,
Lord Omlette
AOL IM: jeanlucpikachu
Foreign language translation (Score:3)
Alex Pentland, academic head of the MIT Media Lab he is, and Eric S. Raymond (ESR), software evangelist and straight-shooting author of some of the Free sofware world's most influential essays he is, be there they will. If you zero dollars (or the equivalent in lire, persos, krugerands, galactic credits, ec.) can cough up and Boston on Friday (31st March) or Saturday (1st April) get to, well met at the 3rd annual Geek Pride Festival you will be. Free and brought to you by Andover.Net / VA Linux, Addision Wesley, and SwitcHouse the Festival is.
In attendance the esteemed Cmdr. Taco himself, Rob Malda he is, and Christopher Locke and David Weinberger, authors of The ClueTrain Manifesto they are, will be. The assembled throngs listen to them address, and questions ask. Food, chair massages, Quake II competition for $500 cash prize it is, support from the Boston Linux Users Group an install fest with, and booths groups like Perl Mongers, the Free Software Foundation, and more representing they are, in addition to speakers there will be.
Be there Roblimo will. The street party is thrown for his and his lovely wife Debbie's wedding anniversay believes he, and enjoy it he will. Be there Jon Katz may as well. The first person to about his dog and the manhole ask Katz and to hemos transmit a recording of his reaction win an as-yet-undertermined fabulous prize he will. For April Fool's make it to Boston. Do not make it and experience vicariously the gathering via downloadable video and audio -- for the same price as the festival less the cost of getting there, available it is. There is no try to make it.
zorkmids! (Score:2)
Editorial Independance and reality (Score:1)
1) I wrote and posted the article. I hope Rob likes it, but I have no telepathic link to him. No one at VA knows me in particular, or how to reach me any better than the rest of the world does, since my email address is public knowledge.
2) Related to that last part, it would be pretty hard (and silly) for slashdot to ignore things that are related to VA Linux. The fact is, like Red Hat (and General Motors, and the Crips), VA does a lot of stuff. If we did ignore anything related to VA, it would mean not talking about projected hosted by sourceforge, or about VA buying other companies, for good or for ill.
See conspiracies where you will, of course, but q) bad-mouthing Rob really doesn't make sense here that I can see and w) our story choices aren't perfect, but they're hardly made by puppetmaster VA evil geniuses.
Thanks for considering,
timothy
Cool... (Score:1)
Pocket Protectors (Score:1)
Re:Flying into Boston... (Score:1)
Re:Not even at gunpoint. (Score:4)
And how wonderful, we get to
"..Listen to them address the assembled throngs, and ask questions..."
Since when did we as geeks ever decend to the level of being just another cow in the herd..
I must say I am very disappointed in the way this whole thing has been presented. Instead of being a herald to the *new and better* way of doing things that we as the most intelligent minds of our times could offer, this comes across as nothing better than a frat-house beer party
never before has being intelligent meant so little to moving a cause forward..
In the interest of full disclosure... (Score:3)
You guys might want to point out that it's presented by Andover.Net [andover.net] and VA Linux [valinux.com], who are the owners of Slashdot. I know, in this case it's something they're sponsoring, not something they're trying to promote and make money from -- but now that Slashdot is sponsored by the big boys, you guys should start putting a disclosure statement in things involving Slashdot ownership.
Btw, for those of you like me who have no hope of making it on such short notice, I saw this on the site:
Public Transportation in Boston (Score:2)
I highly recommend the use of public transportation during your stay in Boston. As a Massachusetts resident who lives 25 miles south of the city, I know that traffic in Boston can be horrendous, particularly on the Central Artery (I-93) in the morning and afternoon (especially when there is an event at the FleetCenter). Taking a taxi can be rather expensive, and driving around and finding places to park is quite a hassle.
Boston's public transportation system, the MBTA (known to us as "The T"), is reliable, clean, safe, and inexpensive (fare = $0.85, one of the few cities where you can take public transportation for less than a dollar). If you're coming from Logan Airport, take a Blue Line train inbound to Government Center and change over there to the Green Line. Take a southbound train to the Boylston Street stop. The Park Plaza castle is about two blocks away from the T station.
Hope that helps. If you've never visited the Commonwealth before, I wouldn't recommend driving here. We're notorious for road rage and poor driving skills.
Enjoy your stay in Boston!
awkwardone
Re:IF I EVER... (Score:1)
"is a quine" is a quine
"is a sentence fragment" is a sentence fragment
If this interests you, check out Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter.
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The Geek Pride chant? (Score:1)
We're Geeks!
We're- hold on, I have to reload slashdot.
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Don't underestimate the power of peanut brittle
Flying into Providence instead of Boston (Score:1)
Yes, a geek who actually knows about sports. Kinda amazing, isn't it?
Re:They're in Framingham? Heh heh heh . . . (Score:1)
Re:Flying into Boston... (Score:1)
They need volunteers! URL to volunteer. (Score:2)
Moderators, please moderate this up!
Re:21+? damn... (Score:2)
Re:Free Plugs? (Score:2)
But either way, you can go to this *and* go see RMS.
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Re:In the interest of full disclosure... (Score:2)
Re:Civil Disobedience (Score:1)
Being on topic now, This geek pride thing sounds interesting, but there is another event of earth-shattering importance coming up soon, and it IS an april fools' day joke: NATIONAL ATHEISTS' DAY IS APRIL 1ST! ("And the fool hath said in his heart, there is no God")
Re:don't like that geek stuff either (Score:1)
Re:They need volunteers! URL to volunteer. (Score:5)
jason@4u.net [mailto]
This is Scary (Score:2)
Gun nut (Score:1)
Re:Computer Museum correction & Boston info (Score:2)
The good news: I haven't been to the Museum of Science since the move, but I believe quite a few of the Computer Museum exhibits are now up and running in their new home. So it's a nice twofer when you go there. It's right on the Green Line. And the MoS is, I think, one of the better ones of it's kind in the country.
(not to mention the great parties Ingram used to throw there during Macworld back before they split for NYC)
Special Boston museum bonus: the penguins at the New England Aquarium. Go see them. For some strange reason, none of them really resemble Tux that much...
And there's a Franklin Covey store pretty close to the Castle (in the Prudential Center mall), where you can get all sorts of goodies and software for your Palm if the urge strikes you.
Finally, besides the excellent Redbones mentioned in the previous post, the Castle is also fairly close to Boston's Chinatown, where there is good eatin' to be had.
- -Josh Turiel
Geeky.org is up (Score:3)
I don't know about geeky being cool; it seems cool here because we're all geeks! Out in RL it's really not as hot as hollywood makes it out to be. Yes, Jon Katz, we're still a persecuted minority! And what are YOU doing about it?
*slap*
Thanks, I needed that.
Anyhow, a couple of us
Not much there yet, but we plan to fix that in the next day or so. Feel free to submit something.
-JD
Re:Late Notice (Score:2)
Re:Not even at gunpoint. (Score:1)
Are you serious? Being a "herald to the new and better way" has it's time and place, but so does enjoying yourself and hanging out with people with similiar interests. Is a frat-house beer party for geeks so bad? Man, I bet you are a lot of fun to hang out with.
Re:Flying into Providence instead of Boston (Score:1)
IIRC, that's the following weekend. (I write, as I shield my eyes from watching the Bruins blow a lead against Montreal.)
Wow, finally living somewhere with stuff going on! (Score:2)
And to be honest, I'm kind of glad this wasn't posted two weeks ago on Slashdot -- there were limited tickets for the party Friday night and I might not have gotten any!
This ought to be even more interesting than IBM's Bar Code thing a few weeks ago that Michael De Icaza spoke at. Hmmmm... free food, free beer and legos. Doesn't get much better than that!
Re:Flying into Boston... (Score:1)
Re:Flying into Boston... (Score:1)
Chickens Included??? (Score:1)
Re:zorkmids! (Score:1)
Invite Mattel! (Score:2)
sarcasm=TRUE
Maybe they could give lessons on how to encrypt well.
sarcasm=FALSE
Re:Late Notice (Score:2)
Re:Not even at gunpoint. (Score:1)
Disclaimer? (Score:2)
You mean, something like:
The Festival is free and brought to you by Andover.Net / VA Linux, Addison-Wesley and SwitcHouse?
Emphasis mine.
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You can stay at my place! (Score:1)
I couldn't configure sendmail to save my life. (Score:1)
Nor do I claim to get laid all that damn often
That's not the point. This thing strikes me as trumped-up self-congratulatory nonsense, is all.
Re:Public Transportation in Boston (Score:1)
--Ivan, weenie NT4 user: bite me!
Re:All we gotta say is.... (Score:1)
guillaume
for the sake of pete! (Score:1)
I'm just going for the opportunity to leer at all you delicious he-geeks...mmm yeah! Should be better than the MarketPro Computer Show crowd at the Capitol Expo Center.
I bin plannin dis fo' months!
--mandi
Re:I couldn't configure sendmail to save my life. (Score:2)
You should learn how to configure sendmail. Really. Then all you need to do is print out your sendmail.cf on some thermal-transfer paper and iron it onto a T-shirt. Wear it to the local shopping mall and the women won't leave you alone. Seriously. They'll flock around you. You'll have to beat 'em off with a fuckin' Louisville Slugger. And I'm not talking just the skanky hoes, here
huh?
What? Where am I? I must have dozed off again.
Let it go so Mattel can bully again? (Score:2)
People like you said it's just your case, get on with your life.
People like you said, it's just your bitching.
A bully is a bully. They should not be rewarded for a bully. People should not forget what they have done.
I am not the first employee that Mattel abused! Read Barbie's Betrayal [thenation.com].
Y2k Bug? (Score:2)
Did you get the Y2K bug fixes completed?
Sorry, it just slipped out.
Re:Public Transportation in Boston (Score:1)
Just another tribe (Score:1)
Re:Y2k Bug? (Score:1)
I have the plate PERL GRL reserved, but LNX CHK is available, too. I just don't know....
--mandi
D'Oh!!! (Score:1)
Have fun storming the castle!
Your Working Boy,
Re:This is Scary (Score:2)
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Re:I couldn't configure sendmail to save my life. (Score:2)
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Re:Flying into Boston... (Score:1)
The Green Line (Score:1)
I live in Boston (Dorchester), and take the T daily. The Green Line is the oldest line on the T, and crowds are frequent (even on weekends, and especially if there is an event at the Fleet Center).
Late Notice outside Boston (Score:1)
BLU announced it in February.
Grr....and I thought..... (Score:2)
However, if we are just another social-stero-typable group, then, I am not a geek. I think we've lost the whole point of being a "geek", to me, at least, it was always that you did things _your_ way, not everybody elses. I guess not, it seems we now blindly follow ESR, RMS and, even TacoBoy himself.
I cannot support anything that would impose a stero-type upon myself. Therefore, I do not believe in, or support "geek-pride." I've got better things to do besides try to gain acceptence into a system similar to that I've fought for the greater part of my life.
Grades, Social Life, Sleep....Pick Two.
Re:Pocket Protectors (Score:1)
Can it get any lamer than this? (Score:1)
get any lamer than "geek pride"? If I was
gay I might show up to a "gay pride" event,
but I certainly wouldn't show up to a "geek pride" event, I just don't think geeks are in quite the
same boat.
Not that I have anything against gay's, but
do you really want to equate "geek" with
"gay"? Do you want to say that being a geek is
the same as being gay? (I don't think so) I would think those that
are gay might have something to say about this.
You can be heterosexual
or homosexual (or bisexual, or whatever) and be a geek, but being a geek doesn't
determine your sexual preference. Being a geek
might determine "how often" you get sex, but not
with "whom" you have sex!
My first impression of the term "geek pride" indicates that all the geeks who participate are homosexual; however "gay pride" doesn't indicate to me at all whether the participants are geeks or not. Perhaps this is intentional?
Derry
Re:This is Scary (Score:1)
Re:Public Transportation in Boston (Score:1)
Re:Late Notice (Score:2)
Actually, I'm usually the last to know about these things, in this case a friend of a friend has something to do with organizing it, so I found out that way.
The "community" here in Boston, frankly sucks. Its pretty common that interesting tech-oriented social events are found out about by people after the fact. The Globe's new site (www.digitalmass.com) is probably the best resource here for this kind of thing going on, but I'm not even sure I saw this on there.
Re:I was... (Score:2)
Feel free to keep moderating down all the "grits" posts, though.
Re:I couldn't configure sendmail to save my life. (Score:2)
It's just fun. What's wrong with that?
Obviously there's nothing wrong with fun. If it were billed as Geek Drinking Day I'd be there in a minute. But Raymond and Katz are involved and you know damn well they're not going to get up, say "get drunk, have fun" and then put down the mike.
How many geeks can dance on the head of a pin? (Score:2)
And arguably a true geek would spend all night figuring them out.
When we start splitting hairs about who's a "geek" and who's not, that's where I draw the line. This is precisely what's annoying me about the whole thing.
The difference between "geek pride" and for example "gay pride" is that gays asserted "gay pride" at a time when they were defined as criminals just for living their lives; it took some balls to get out in the streets about it. "Geeks" invented "geek pride" after we got acceptance and stock options. BFD.
Re:Flying into Boston... (Score:2)
> Massachussetts has long been known as a center
> of moral sickness and depravity
Really? Thats interesting. I live here near boston
Which moral depravity are you talking about?
I would have thought Washington DC was the
center of moral depravity. Silly me.
> Have YOU accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and
> personal Savior?
Nice SIG....nope I havn't. Started out a Roman
Catholic (like many bostonians) tho...once I
turned 11 I realized it was a crock of shit and
left the church.
I am my own Lord and Personal saviour. For a
mere $49.95 I will be your Lord and Personal
Savior too. Unlike other Lords and Personal
saviours...I do NOT require or even ask you to
devote large portions of your life to me. I don;t
ask you to go out and convert others..in fact...
I would rather you don't!
Re:Can it get any lamer than this? (Score:2)
> do you really want to equate "geek" with "gay"?
Well I dunno about you, but I am going to the
event, and I am secure enough in my own sexual
identity to not care if some people go making
paralells that have nothing to do with the event.
The whole point of such an event is to have
a "get together" of people who have something
in commone ie geeks. Its a time and a place where
we can come together and talk, discuss and
just BE geeks.
Its taking a little pride in who we are, getting
together and doing "geeky" things. Its just some
time to get together and have some fun.
Re:Public Transportation in Boston (Score:3)
> Commonwealth before, I wouldn't recommend
> driving here. We're notorious for road rage and
> poor driving skills.
Well I dunno about that....I like to think of us
as "extra Skilled". In other states, one wouldn't
imagine turning left from any lane except the
left lane.... we here in boston are not so
limited in our thinking.
While in other places people yeild until an
opening to make a left turn, we in boston are
assertive. We even have our own "Boston Left
Turn" which entails creeping out until the
traffic on ones left is completely blocked
off...then creeping forward further until the
peoplke on the right have to stop...thus making
an opening.
(the best part is...those of you who don't live
here may be tempted to take this all as a joke,
or an exageration)
Now remember...this is the city that is known
for the expression "You can't get there from here"
and...it is true fairly often. While your
destination may be only 2 or 3 block away "as the
pedestrian walks" but, for you it could be a 4
or 5 mile drive through all manner of streets...
the path would often entail leaving the city, and
re-entering from a differnt entrance (this is
fairly common in cambridge where their motto is
"All one way streets going the wrong way, all the
time"
Also remember, all roads lead to a "square".
A "Square" can be thought of almost as the
singularity of a black hole, which warps all
space around it such that all paths lead
directly to it.
Unlikc black holes, you can escape a square, but
you must go through it. Generally a square
diverts all nearby roads through it such
that the only way to get to the other side
of a square is through it.
The "squares" are not places where you actually
WANT to drive (unless your destination is actually
IN one, even then your best not driving to it...
there is usually no available parking anyway).
Since I mentioned parking. Do remember, double
parking is not merely the "exception to the rule"
it IS the rule. Some of the wider streets in
boston proper (usually in residental areas with
lots of high priced apartments) usually have
cars double parking on both sides. You should feel
free to do like we do...act as if its perfectly
legal to park anywhere, for any length of time,
as long as your four-ways are on.
To illistrate this point, once I parked at a
parking meter and had no change. I ran to the
store half a block away to get change. When I
returned less than 5 mins later, there was a cop
just putting a ticket on my windsheild. he said
that he already wrote the ticket so he couldn't
do anything about it but... "You should have just
put your four-ways on".
-Steve
(I am not making any of this up...I am sure other
bostonians will attest that all of the above is
true)
Beware... (Score:2)
Re:How many geeks can dance on the head of a pin? (Score:2)
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Re:Can it get any lamer than this? (Score:2)
Remember the Undertones? Great band!
It was sarcasm. (Score:2)
Do you think they would try to explain to people who had a clue?
I'll be in Boston this weekend... (Score:2)
I don't give a damn about this stupid little event. It's a Linux-centric bullshit marketing toy. Now, in case people didn't know, I've been using Linux for a little over 5 years. Maybe closer to 6. And I'm totally disillusioned with Linux at this point. Kernel bugs aren't getting fixed for many versions - critical ones in the NCR 53c8xx driver, mind you - and people don't seem to care.
I have to be in Boston to find a home. I'm going to be there later tonight. And on Friday, I'm going to be all over the damn Cambridge suburbs looking for a home. And then on Saturday, I'm going to be looking all over as well.
The ONLY chance you have of finding me at this Geek Pride crap is so that I can manage to get in and ask ESR when he's going to give Microsoft his "seal of approval," since it's always seemed to be available to the highest bidder. Maybe he'll be a little less cocky, seeing as VA Linux's stock price is pretty much FREEFALLING. (Fairly surprising, seeing as their financials are doing fairly well, and they just signed up some major customers.)
BAH! Geek Pride? Maybe I'll stop by just to see how many lusers show up...
=RISCy Business
Re:Not even at gunpoint. (Score:2)
Which, BTW, are great places to get laid, meet people, have a good time. If none of these appeal to you, crawl back into your hole and lament about what assholes everyone ELSE is.
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Re:This is Scary (Score:2)
Or some other group that has been repressed as being anti-social/socially inept (which the top of this thread illustrates nicely), creating a SOCIAL event for themselves. In meat-space, no less.
Does community only exist in cyberspace?
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Re:How many geeks can dance on the head of a pin? (Score:2)
DeCSS, Napster, VCDs, cphack, DDoS, software patents..need I go on?
You do have an appropriate alias, however.
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Re:How many geeks can dance on the head of a pin? (Score:2)
is that gays asserted "gay pride" at a time when they were defined as criminals just for living their lives
DeCSS, Napster, VCDs, cphack, DDoS, software patents..need I go on?
No, not really. The point, such as it is, has been made, and my point is weaker than it looked when I wrote it. Nevertheless, you can be a "geek" without mirroring DeCSS or cphack. I really don't see an exact analogy there, sorry.
You do have an appropriate alias, however.
It's called "irony".
Re:Not even at gunpoint. (Score:2)
someone who doesn't, apparently, understand the concepts of irony or of having a sense of humor.
Uh, yeah, hence the nick (hence also the bit about sendmail and the master race). The Pot says he wants to talk to you as soon as you're free.
Furthermore, if Katz and Raymond are involved in this thing, I'm willing to bet you can bid "irony" and "sense of humor" a fond farewell. Those guys don't treat "geek pride" as an ironic or humorous issue. As far as I can tell from their writings, they're quite serious.
when it comes from someone still subscribing to nonsense like "geek == unable to get laid", I think we can safely ignore it.
Okay, I'll smiley it next time. Happy?
"Geek Pride Festival" is an inherently funnier name than "A Big Party For The Type Of People Commonly Known As 'Geeks' Although We Stress That It Is Also OK Not To Be A Geek And In Fact We Don't Even Like To Admit We Are Geeks In Case Someone Thinks We're Bragging," which is what Venomous seems to think we should be calling it.
That's either a lumbering attempt at a "joke", or else a lumbering attempt at getting away with a false opposition fallacy, right? Just curious.
Re:Gun nut (Score:2)
It seems to me that any "gun nut" attempting to sway over people with bad preconceptions would talk about Constitutional rights, about sporting, about responsibility, about self defense. Instead his site lauds over his ability to perform street-combat firearms maneouvers, and how good he is at blasting bullets into human figures. HUH!?? That would be exactly the WRONG impression I would want to give people. That would just make me feel
Oh, I guess you can continue and mark this as "redundant" or something...
Re:"Can't get there from here" (Score:2)
> comedy routine Bert & I by
> Marshall Dodge and Robert Bryan. Close, but not
> quite.
That may be the origin....however Here in boston
is where it is litterally true...and its certainly
popular around here.
> Though I agree driving around Boston can be
> painful -- especially if you are
> looking for a place to park under $8/hr.
Depends where you are. I used to work for MGH so
if I need a parking garage I sometimes go to
the Navy Yard garage (right across from building
149 in the Charlestown Navey yard). Nice MGH
shuttle goes from there to North Station (orange
line & green line, fleet center (why anyone would
go there beats the hell out of me), lots o bars).
Or continue on the shuttle to the main hospital
(take sabout 15 mins and is free btw) and you
can jump on the red line.
Used to be a maximum of $7/day to park there..
tho...I think they raised prices. Course...if
your actually driving into boston itself...well..
I avoid that at all costs. I fi am downtown in
boston it either means I have snapped and lost the
last threads of sanity I have left, or I took a
wrong turn in cambridge into one of those trap
areas that forces you away from your destination.