"Focussed intellectual"? You've just made that up @Tijs. ;-) I prefer geek over nerd as well (although my blog still says "all-round nerd", hmmm…) I assume you guys all have this book on your shelf, right?
from: http://xenomachina.com/2006/08/nerds-versus-geeks.html
"It sounds like the definitions of these two terms are regional. The Wikipedia page suggests that this may be an east-coast versus west-coast thing: on the east coast people think nerds are smart, while on the west coast people think geeks are smart."
(more referrals over there)
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And? What answer was given?
1 year, 10 months ago by tonzylstra
Geek = tech, nerd not necessarily right?
1 year, 10 months ago by BlueAce
geek = focused intellectual, nerd = socially inept
thats the really really short version of course but basically you'd rather be a geek if you have to choose ;)
1 year, 10 months ago by tijs
"Focussed intellectual"? You've just made that up @Tijs. ;-) I prefer geek over nerd as well (although my blog still says "all-round nerd", hmmm…) I assume you guys all have this book on your shelf, right?
1 year, 10 months ago by kaeru
@kaeru: :)
1 year, 10 months ago by tijs
from: http://xenomachina.com/2006/08/nerds-versus-geeks.html "It sounds like the definitions of these two terms are regional. The Wikipedia page suggests that this may be an east-coast versus west-coast thing: on the east coast people think nerds are smart, while on the west coast people think geeks are smart." (more referrals over there)
1 year, 10 months ago by pascalvanhecke
(even better write-up: http://www.innergeek.us/definition.html )
1 year, 10 months ago by pascalvanhecke