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Jun 13, 2007 12:11

The Machine is Us/ing Us

I think I just had a nerdgasm.

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titanium_titan June 13 2007, 05:42:28 UTC
Interesting.

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etimodnar June 13 2007, 11:45:07 UTC
you hadn't seen it before?

I don't think you really are a nerd and therefore capable of nerdgasms. :P

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leemur June 13 2007, 12:07:35 UTC
No, I hadn't seen it before. While that I am not big on Youtube, it is certainly the kind of thing that interests me. I am an information junkie (colloquially known as a data slut), and I am always fascinated by the evolution of the Internet.

And it is exactly that which makes me a geek. The word 'geek' implies someone with a deep and residing interest in a singular subject ie maths geek, computer geek. On the hand, 'nerd' implies someone who enjoys learning and, as a result, has a general store of knowledge on a wide variety of subjects, although the depth of their knowledge never reaches that of the geek.

Geeks are specialists. Nerds are generalists.

I am a nerd.

(Although this is what a nerd really looks like. The word was invented by Dr Seuss.)

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etimodnar June 13 2007, 13:47:50 UTC
I think you're definitely a nerd by Dr Seuss standards. I have no reason to call you this except that it amuses me to do so. :P lol

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leemur June 13 2007, 15:56:29 UTC
So? You're a Tizzle-Top-Tufted Salubrian Snipe.

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mexicanjewlizrd June 13 2007, 13:23:31 UTC
Dude.
Just... Dude.
That started off fairly slow, but then... awesome. yes.

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leemur June 13 2007, 13:27:20 UTC
Wasn't it just?

It is kinda let down by the bit about changing 'love' and 'family' at the end, but other than that, fan-fucking-tastic.

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greyreviews June 14 2007, 12:11:04 UTC
Yeah its a nerdgasm alright. But only if one believes it.

I remain unconvinced. As although the infinite linking of data creates a meta universe of its own, unless you are an modern anthropologist (dont even get me started there) or a wikipedia addict (yes i see where you fit in here Lee) this is largely as irrellevant as me boasting that i could link any statement back to porn in 3 steps.

In other words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MvSAoJdMW0

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