Comments on: More ways to know if you are an old geek… http://closingbraces.net/2007/10/16/oldgeek/ After-hours notes and opinions on Java and system development Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: closingbraces http://closingbraces.net/2007/10/16/oldgeek/#comment-4589 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:53:05 +0000 http://closingbraces.net/2007/10/16/oldgeek/#comment-4589 @Pierre, thanks – that’s a worthy addition! Very good!

]]> By: Pierre http://closingbraces.net/2007/10/16/oldgeek/#comment-4588 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:31:45 +0000 http://closingbraces.net/2007/10/16/oldgeek/#comment-4588 I sent your ‘test’ to a friend of mine and he thought of an additional one:
17. You heard about this test in an email which has only one recipient: you!
Actually, old geeks seem to be an endangered species.

]]> By: Toni http://closingbraces.net/2007/10/16/oldgeek/#comment-3180 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:07:09 +0000 http://closingbraces.net/2007/10/16/oldgeek/#comment-3180 Yes – I remember these too!

I particularly like the one about the programming books being older than the people you work with. I still have an old copy of Personal Computer World magazine from 1988.

Anyone for a 386 PC with 2Mb or RAM and a 40Mb hard disk for £2495 ($5000) !!

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