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Geek Culture / Equipment Of The Nerds! What Do You Got?

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crispex
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 16:37
I am a huge nerd, and this is topic is about what nerdy crap I have! What do you have? Post a reply!

I have:

-Flash Drive
-Floppy Disks
-Blank CDS
-Blank DVDS
-Laptop (Compaq Presario 2063)
-3 Desk Top Computers
-Digital Video Camera (Samsung)
-265 Gig Desktop Drive
-Digital Camera (Nikon)

I DO NOT have a pocket pretector despite what everyone might think. What do you have?

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Van B
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 17:25
I have action figures of Hurley, Charlie, and Jack from Lost.
I have a hatch set too with little Locke, Jack, Hurley, and Kate.
And a Swan keyring.
I got offered a friends old CD32 and said HELL YEAH.

Woohoo I win!


Good guy, Good guy, Wan...
Fallout
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 17:44
I would struggle to name all the gadgets I have. I am Inspector Gadget, without the ability to inspect.


Grandma
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 17:44 Edited at: 3rd Jul 2007 17:46
I got 3 PC's, G7000, NES, SNES, Sega, Gameboy, PS1, N64, PS2, xbox, Xbox 360 (okay, that's my brothers), a Commodore 64-128 and an age old T-1000 Toshiba laptop

As you can imagine, my early days was wasted doing alot of gaming, but i've broken that habit now, at most i only play 4 hours a week total. Really!

And mp3 player, video cam and the other "necessities" for your average geek ofcourse.

Edit: Oh, and a mac (!)

(Don't worry, it isn't functional atm)

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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 18:07
I have... Err... Acrobots (2)... But other than that, it's just me and my PC

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BatVink
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 18:09
I have 2 Amstrad PCW 8256 3 inch disks, one with Locoscript on it.

I take the crown from Van B.

Xenocythe
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 18:22
Jeku
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 19:06
I have a Commodore 64, Sega Saturn, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Sega Master System plug-in thingie for the Genesis, Sega 32X, Atari 2600 with something like 50 games, Panasonic 3DO with every game, Dreamcast, original Gameboy with LSDJ and flash cart for music sequencing.... and that's all I can remember now. That's just the retro section of my collection.

Dazzag
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 19:06
I'm not going there. Suffice to say that I have more cabling than NASA at this point Plus I put 2 PC's to the sledgehammer (quite fun) before I moved the last time. Brought it down to 6 (desktops and laptops) I believe...

Cheers

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French gui
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 19:23 Edited at: 3rd Jul 2007 19:28

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Milkman
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 19:28
You know you're a geek when you have at least 25 motherboards in your basement...

Who needs a signature?
SageTech
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 20:05
Sigh. When will you all learn? Its not what you have that makes you a nerd, its what you don't have. A life. Therefore, I am teh l33test nerd around. Bow to me you foolish socialites!


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Inspire
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 20:21 Edited at: 3rd Jul 2007 20:22
I got three desktops (one barely functioning), one laptop, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, Playstation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, a PSP, and an iPod. Probably around 60+ games too. I also have a digital camera and a digital video camera.

@ French gui:

Woah. That makes me wanna' do something with my life.

code master
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 21:00 Edited at: 3rd Jul 2007 21:04
I Have 3 Desktops, 2 of them in full service, 3 laptops, again, two of them working, Massive amounts of random games, An N64, A NES, 3 Gameboys, one GBA, $100 worth of Warhammer stuff, Massive collection of old PC parts, 3 or 4 WIP robots, 2 WIP electric guitars, 3 WIP programs.

Beat That, I dare you.



Not To mention, A massive collection of Action Figures, Other Odd toy collections that really belong on Ebay, A Digital Camera, Mp3 Player, Multimeter, Soldering Iron, Cd's, a huge box of Tapes, and.. like 5 sets of computer speakers.


Oh Yeah, I have a box of 5" floppy disks with games like Prince of Persia and King's Quest on them.

And A box of Circuit boards needing disassembling, and 10 2-inch-thick parts catalogs.

Grandma
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 21:39
Quote: "Sigh. When will you all learn? Its not what you have that makes you a nerd, its what you don't have. A life. Therefore, I am teh l33test nerd around. Bow to me you foolish socialites!"


Ha, you pitifull excuse for a nerd! Behold my binary wrath that will engulf all of TGC, drawing energy from my lack of life!

Noone can outmatch me when it boils down to social misfitness!


...
Yes, that's right, i challenge you to Mortal Com-Dat!

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Dazzag
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2007 23:45
Hmmm. I just noticed my ST Basic manual. Now thats pretty sad.... (c)1986...

Cheers

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Current fave quote : "She was like a candle in the wind.... unreliable...."
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Posted: 4th Jul 2007 02:14 Edited at: 4th Jul 2007 02:21
I have:

5 desktops (3 are old ones, and 1 is kinda old)
2 laptops (both old)
2 memory sticks (one is 256 mb, the other 1 gb)
2 lava lamps
1 disco ball
3 strands of Christmas lights (all in my bedroom year round (you should see the place at Christmas time))
1 light up camel from the nativity set, don't have the rest of it (camels name is Bruce)
1 red spinning lamp
1 mini glitter lamp
1 full size glitter lamp
TONS of blank CD's/DVD's
2 Hollywood style clapboards
1 USB joystick
1 USB Dual Shock controller
Lots of LEGO sets from the 70's and 80's
8 monitors (some of them are only 8")
1 framed picture of Larry Laffer (the LSL 7 version)
1 9 disk box set Alien Quadrilogy
1 Leisure Suit Larry Ultimate Pleasure Pack
1 digital camera
1 UFO nuke ship license (purchased at a truck stop)
1 Jolly Rogger Pirate Flag
1 Scottish Flag (no American Flags though)
1 PSP w/ 6 games and 2 memory cards
2 office chairs (within 3 ft of each other)
3 shelves filled with NickNacks (shells, fossils, rocks, collectibles ect...)


Thats just what I can see from my chair...

EDIT:

In the Living Room

2 TVs
1 N64 w/ expansion thing (2 shoeboxes full of games, 2 green controllers, 1 black joystick syle controller)
1 GBA SP with a box of games and 2 link cables
1 GBC (shares box with GBA for games)

EDIT 2:

oh and I have a pair of obnoxious shiny blue running shoes, picture attached

"I admire its purity, a survivor, unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality"

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RUCCUS
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Posted: 4th Jul 2007 03:03
Can we please settle something?

Nerds - fat or outrageously skinny, pimple covered, greasy haired, pocket protector wearing, "push your glasses up constantly", math book carrying people driven on becoming as smart as humanly possible.

Geeks - usually loners, unless in the presence of other geeks, who's main reason to live comes from their computer or gadgets. Mostly nocturnal, intaking anything that will keep them up longer into the night to go "LANing". They love the mechanics behind things, and could probably blow you up in a manner of ways, with a pair of shorts and some soda.

Nerds study. Geeks just get by.

I for one, am not a nerd. We're in geek culture after all.

<end rant>.


GatorHex
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Posted: 4th Jul 2007 03:14 Edited at: 4th Jul 2007 03:34
Quote: "Hmmm. I just noticed my ST Basic manual. Now thats pretty sad.... (c)1986..."


Don't say that [looks over at his copy of STOS Basic, Compiler & Maestro, Degas Elite]

17 years later since my 1st magazine coverdisk published game (Plax Atax) and I'm still trying to break into the game industry



Wow, just searched Google and my game made it into Atari Legends, i feel honored

http://www.atarilegend.com/games/games_detail.php?game_id=2414&PHPSESSID=2d525bda4b81f17514ee712bfca63

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Posted: 4th Jul 2007 03:17 Edited at: 4th Jul 2007 03:17
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Posted: 4th Jul 2007 03:40
Desktop specs:

AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Geforce 6800GT 256mb
1.5 gigs DDR
Winfast tuner card


My desktop's external gear:

22" widescreen Viewsonic Optiquest monitor
Logitech speakers with subwoofer
Logitech MX-518 gaming mouse
Logitech Elite Keyboard LE
Logitech webcam
Saitek Cyborg Evo joystick
4 port USB hub
SD Memory Card Reader
Epson V100 flatbed scanner
cheapo microphone
Wacom Graphire 4 4x6 Tablet
crappy Dell printer

On my TV/AM/FM tuner card
- an old JVC VCR
- X-box (broken right now)

Lappy (affectionately named Lisa) Specs:

AMD Turion 64 3200+
Radeon X700 w/128 mb
1 gig DDR
15" screen

Lappy Gear:

Koss headphones
Logitech cordless optical mouse (can't remember model but I think it's MX-400?)
built in SD card reader

Other Stuff:

Nikon Coolpix 7600 camera
Razr V3M phone
Bunch of games
NES
SNES
Sega
GameCube
X-Box
(Wii when Metroid 3 comes out)
hundreds of floppy disks, cds, old computer parts and monitors

Cool stuff on my desk:

Jalepeno flavored chips
Darth Tater
The Desktop Philosopher (image attached)

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Three Score
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Posted: 4th Jul 2007 05:32
I have a an old linux 7 book, a copy of BSD on my desk, a book on beginning basic programming, beginning programming in general, and C++ for dummies(I hate that book really)
have spools of random CDs...
got an extra mouse randomly on my desk on top of my printer..

umm...
Stride gum wrappers


for PC specs..
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More details about my computer


Component Details Subscore Base score
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ 4.8 3.0
Determined by lowest subscore

Memory (RAM) 896 MB 3.9
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE 3.1
Gaming graphics 319 MB Total available graphics memory 3.0
Primary hard disk 145GB Free (227GB Total) 5.4
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium

System
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Manufacturer HP-Pavilion
Model RK572AA-ABA a1700n
Total amount of system memory 896.00 MB RAM
System type 32-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 2
64-bit capable Yes

Storage
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total size of hard disk(s) 368 GB
Disk partition (C 145 GB Free (227 GB Total)
Disk partition (D 258 MB Free (6 GB Total)
Media drive (E CD/DVD
Disk partition (G 13 GB Free (34 GB Total)
Disk partition (H 75 GB Free (100 GB Total)
Media drive (L CD/DVDCD
Disk partition (M 498 MB Free (498 MB Total)
Disk partition (Z 279 MB Free (601 MB Total)

Graphics
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE
Total available graphics memory 319 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 128 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 191 MB
Display adapter driver version 7.15.10.9734
Primary monitor resolution 1280x1024
DirectX version DirectX 9.0 or better

Network
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Network Adapter Microsoft Tun Miniport Adapter
Network Adapter Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter
Network Adapter Virtual Machine Network Services Driver
Network Adapter Virtual Machine Network Services Driver



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Kevin Picone
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Posted: 4th Jul 2007 07:19
I've got a couple of PC's, a few old Amiga's and that's about it. Not into gadgets. Been holding off buying a mobile phone, Just waiting till they catch on

Dazzag
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Posted: 4th Jul 2007 09:21
Quote: "STOS Basic, Compiler"
Yep, those manuals too...

Cheers

I am 99% probably lying in bed right now... so don't blame me for crappy typing
Current fave quote : "She was like a candle in the wind.... unreliable...."
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Posted: 4th Jul 2007 15:05
Quote: "Just waiting till they catch on "


And I thought carrying a brick around was bad...


Mike

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Posted: 5th Jul 2007 02:26
Quote: "I have action figures of Hurley, Charlie, and Jack from Lost.
I have a hatch set too with little Locke, Jack, Hurley, and Kate."


You are officially the greatest man alive...

I finally changed the bad spelling
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Posted: 5th Jul 2007 23:17 Edited at: 5th Jul 2007 23:18
@GatorHex

I could swear on my left nipple that I played Plax Attax when I was a nipper. I definately played a game that involved cleaning teeth against the clock and there can't have been that many teeth cleaning games ever made.

Along with some crap-tastic Noddy game and a wire-frame space shooter, Plax Attax is one of the earliest games I can remember playing (there are more, but my memory ain't too good).

Small world.

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Posted: 6th Jul 2007 00:18 Edited at: 6th Jul 2007 00:19
I have an original Atari 400 with casette tape recorder, a TI994A still in the box, and a Commodore 64 with twin external 5.25 drives and printer, two Tandy 1000's with original peripherals, monitors, and software, an unopened AOL v1.4 floppy disk, an 8088 w/1MB memory (4 sticks of 256k RAM) that I play Tank Wars on, and some new junk too.

Best.

I'm sorry, my answers are limited. You must ask the right question.

indi
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Posted: 6th Jul 2007 01:35
gimme the TI xplosys

xplosys
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Posted: 6th Jul 2007 03:02
gimme died. LOL It's a keeper.

Best.

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Posted: 6th Jul 2007 03:39
lets see, I got a really old computer using the Win95 OS (and still works for a reason beyond me)a little more powerful 98 (also works) one Whit XP pro, and a Dell Dimension 1100 whit XP Home and broadband (and Im loving it!), a PS1 (does NOT work, damn you sister!) a Gameboy color, a GBA, two PS2's, a Gamecube, and a iAUDIO X5 (MP4 Player, 20GB, and was a B-day gift in 05)

Gamers-Gear the only gear you need!
Grandma
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Posted: 6th Jul 2007 04:12
Quote: "two PS2's"


That reminds me, i forgot to mention i have two PS1's, although one is of the PSone model. Only 1 work (damn brother!).

Quote: "MP4 Player, 20GB, and was a B-day gift in 05."


That must have been pretty expensive at the time. Atleast in Norway with our 110% taxes, lol.

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Posted: 7th Jul 2007 06:17 Edited at: 7th Jul 2007 06:40
Plax Atax is based on the Activision game Plaque Attack.

i never actualy played it, or even had a screen shot of it but i remmber seeing an advert for it on a panflet when i was a kid so i guess the idea stuck in my head.

Looking at a screenshot now(back then the Internet wasn't available), i don't think i did too bad, they had food attackin though and i had plaque monsters. Close.
I might have to re-make a 3D version in DBP




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Posted: 7th Jul 2007 20:19
Quote: "Plus I put 2 PC's to the sledgehammer (quite fun)"

It is fun! I have another sitting on my porch waiting for my sword.


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Posted: 8th Jul 2007 04:21
Swords against I computer, I thought I've seen it all...

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