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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:22 PM Original message |
The 2006 DU Uber-Alpha-Geek contest thread: |
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LadyoftheRabbits (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. No real credentials but... |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. I wrote an animation engine from scratch with no formal training. |
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LadyoftheRabbits (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I knew I'd see you here... |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Say, can I have some of that popcorn? |
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LadyoftheRabbits (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Why yes you may |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Thanks. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Double or triple buffered? |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I'm working on implementing triple-buffering as well as 4x anti-aliasing |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. I have a NES in perfect working order. And I've beaten Ghosts 'n' Goblins |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. I've got an Atari 2600 with a copy of "Pigs in Space"... |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. I own a hardback copy of the novelization... |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. I would have to win for the non-techno-geek award...the kind of geek |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. I have a fully functional (but not programmed in multiple techniques) |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. C64? Feh! |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I did student congress. Went to nationals in that. |
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LadyoftheRabbits (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Oh! I finally have credentials! |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Hey, I was in Model UN for 2 years in a row! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Well |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. Oh, yeah, I also qualified for the International Science Fair twice |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Did you qualify for the International Language Fair? |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Is there one? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Hmm. Are there any good pick-up lines in C? |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 10:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Not to mention partial to an unsigned long... |
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LadyoftheRabbits (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Oh that reminds me... |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Awesome! |
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tinfoil tiaras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. Okay, here's what I got |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. Pick me! Pick me! |
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Giant Robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
24. I am pretty geeky but may not make the cut here |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. 01001111 01101011 01100001 01111001 00101110 00001101 00001010 |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. 01011001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01110111 01101001 01101110 00101110 |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. Here goes: |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. I taught myself assembly language when I was 15 |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
31. I found a mate and reproduced so I am probably disqualified. |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. Just visiting, as a longtime geek who is not in the least interested in |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. Calcitrate |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. POKE 77,0 |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. My husband is a software engineer |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. Lifetime Member of the History Channel Club |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. Programmed serial drivers in assembly language for CP/M. |
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