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geek ('gēk), noun.
1. Obsessive Computer User: somebody who enjoys or takes pride in using computers or other technology, often to what others consider an excessive degree
2. Someone with greater than normal computer skills.
1. Obsessive Computer User: somebody who enjoys or takes pride in using computers or other technology, often to what others consider an excessive degree
2. Someone with greater than normal computer skills.
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 Jul 18 2007, 11:05 AM
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So how did you get your nickname/handle/name? I'm admin, um because I'm the site admin.
 I'm sure many of you have more interesting stories behind your choice of nicks, let's hear them! 
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Jul 18 2007, 11:14 AM
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 Member 1K  Group: Member Posts: 1,426 Joined: 7-March 06 From: Upstate NY Member No.: 165,146 Operating System: Windows XP Pro / Home, 2000, 2003, Fedora Core 4, Knoppix
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Jax was a nickname I had from football, its short for my last name. Island becuase my last name has "land" in it, so JaxIsland
Nothin special
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Jul 18 2007, 11:26 AM
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QUOTE Island becuase my last name has "land" in it i've been pronouncing it "jax-iss-land" in my head this whole time....i think i'll keep it that wayDSenette--.....be creative...surely you could figure it out -------------------- ● Advice is just that, advice. Always consider the source. ● When in doubt press F1. If that doesn't work check Google Trunk Monkeys 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8● Remember: GIGO means Garbage In = Garbage Out ● Always remember - WhatWouldScHwErVDo?  "Never under estimate the destructive power of stupidity"~ The monkey I only post Mon.- Fri. Please be patient. Has it been 3 days since the last reply to your thread? Read This You could PM me for support, but then i would have to kill you, so it's in your best interest to post in the forum if you have a question If i've helped you enough that you feel the need to donate, please conider the Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary also check out their EleCam |
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Jul 18 2007, 11:30 AM
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Member 1K Group: Member Posts: 1,426 Joined: 7-March 06 From: Upstate NY Member No.: 165,146 Operating System: Windows XP Pro / Home, 2000, 2003, Fedora Core 4, Knoppix
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QUOTE i've been pronouncing it "jax-iss-land" in my head this whole time....i think i'll keep it that way Crazy monkeys with their accents 
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If you have a question please post it in the forums, do not PM me for help. "It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value"-Stephen Hawking "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."-Confucius It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.- Mahatma Gandhi Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.- Mark Twain Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.- Sir Winston Churchill Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.- Albert Einstein Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.- Benjamin Franklin In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.- Carl Sagan I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.- Stephen Hawking |
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Jul 18 2007, 11:41 AM
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QUOTE(jaxisland @ Jul 18 2007, 12:14 PM)  Jax was a nickname I had from football, its short for my last name. Island becuase my last name has "land" in it, so JaxIsland Wouldn't it have been easier to just use your last name?
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Jul 18 2007, 11:54 AM
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Member 1K Group: Member Posts: 1,426 Joined: 7-March 06 From: Upstate NY Member No.: 165,146 Operating System: Windows XP Pro / Home, 2000, 2003, Fedora Core 4, Knoppix
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QUOTE Wouldn't it have been easier to just use your last name? It would be easier, but I cannot reveal that information due to operational security I have a very unique last name so I keep it close. If it was a common name I wouldnt mind it. -------------------- I am only available Monday - Friday 8 am - 4 pm EST. Please be patient.
If you have a question please post it in the forums, do not PM me for help. "It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value"-Stephen Hawking "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."-Confucius It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.- Mahatma Gandhi Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.- Mark Twain Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.- Sir Winston Churchill Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.- Albert Einstein Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.- Benjamin Franklin In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.- Carl Sagan I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.- Stephen Hawking |
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Jul 18 2007, 11:55 AM
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Keith - Keith was originally Scottish and probably came from a form of 'coillte' or 'ceiteach', meaning "woods". It might also have been influenced by Welsh 'coedwig' (forest), and even by Old English 'cuth' (knowledgeable).
Origin:Gaelic Meaning:Woods R - First letter of my last name. 128 - My boithday. -------------------- 376006 ƒïΓɃΩx² OL Dapps
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Jul 18 2007, 07:36 PM
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Um, I'm Troy and my wife is Ruth. As a "gentleman", I put ladies first. Although I wouldn't mind changing it to DriF6, after the awesome FPV vehicle, it's the picture under my name. Because it's only me on these forums anyway (not my wife as well), but people might get confused and think "who's this punk trying to help me, where's ruthandtroy?"
Unless we could put a little tag under it that says "the artist formerly known as ..."I'm always full of good ideas like that. 
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Jul 18 2007, 07:47 PM
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Member Group: Tech Apprentice Posts: 356 Joined: 26-January 07 Member No.: 206,682 Operating System: XP,Linux, Mac OS X
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Mine comes from my initials and the year I am eligible to retire. And no I am not that old, when I am eligible to retire I will be 49, but I will probably not retire till I am 52 or 53.
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Jul 18 2007, 07:50 PM
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 GeekU Junior  Group: GeekU Junior Posts: 599 Joined: 3-February 07 From: Barre, VT USA Member No.: 207,498 Operating System: Windows: 2000 Pro/XP Pro/Home/MCE/2003 Linux: Redhat and Debian
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Well, my first internet shell account had a login of 'bsbaker' and because I didnt wanna use that on forums, I took my last name (baker) and added the 7 because I was born in 1972 - My parents took the bs part of my name and used to pick on me (what they called me would not be appropriate for posting here
 ) But because I feel that the forums are family friendly, and I really want people to know who I am, I decided to display **Brian** at G2G.On the Internet I am also known as "Buddy" Named after the Driver of the #88 race car owned by Buddy Baker My parents and sisters and brother call me that as well  Thats The origin of Baker7 Brian -------------------- "Semper Paratus: Always Ready" "Blessed Are The Peacekeepers: For They shall be Called The Children of God"  "Courage, Justice, Compassion" [Motto: USCGC Tahoma - WMEC - 908] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not PM Me asking for support - Please Post in the forums. Messages asking for support will be ignored |
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Jul 18 2007, 08:50 PM
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You know what? I don't even know.
It's just that one day this word jumped into my mind, and since I don't really like nicknames with numbers, I chose it to be my nickname on a different board. Then I registered here again (after being a member a couple of years ago) with this name. I do have another name online, but I since I use it for political observations in public sites, I choose to keep it confidential so any private information I give away is not used against me. Also if someone accidental stutters on my opinions on the net, I don't want them to use them against me since G2G is not politically orientated.
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Jul 19 2007, 07:56 AM
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It's the nickname of a commercial diving helmet that I sometimes used to wear when I made my living at it. The correct name is a Ratcliffe Helmet. The avatar comes from a cartoon that was made years ago for one of the diving companies that used a lot of Ratcliffe Helmets.
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Jul 19 2007, 07:59 AM
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Ruler of Omicron Persei 8 Group: Global Moderator Posts: 19,614 Joined: 21-April 05 From: kn-ARGH!-xville Tenn-ARGH!-see Member No.: 34,880 Operating System: 3.1, 95, 98SE, xp, 2000, NT4, 2003 Standard Edition, linux (various flavors)
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QUOTE It's the nickname of a commercial diving helmet that I sometimes used to wear when I made my living at it. The correct name is a Ratcliffe Helmet. The avatar comes from a cartoon that was made years ago for one of the diving companies that used a lot of Ratcliffe Helmets what depth where you certified at? was it saturation level diving? that's some crazy stuff....staying down there that far for that long...breathing helium.....crazy stuff! i've always wanted to do diving...but never gotten any where near doing it
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Jul 19 2007, 12:11 PM
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GeekU Mod Group: Geek U Moderator Posts: 3,470 Joined: 26-October 06 From: Lake Mabprachan, Thailand Member No.: 198,237 Operating System: XP SP2 ~ IE 7 ~ Firefox ~ Opera
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QUOTE what depth where you certified at? was it saturation level diving? that's some crazy stuff....staying down there that far for that long...breathing helium.....crazy stuff! i've always wanted to do diving...but never gotten any where near doing it HSE Part II, mixed gas. Did saturation for 17 years until I came to my senses! -------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to join the fight against Malware? Click here to find out how. Please do not PM me asking for support. Post on the forums instead :) Please post the final results, good or bad. We like to know! If you feel I have helped you and would like to make a small donation, please click here |
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Jul 19 2007, 12:13 PM
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Ruler of Omicron Persei 8 Group: Global Moderator Posts: 19,614 Joined: 21-April 05 From: kn-ARGH!-xville Tenn-ARGH!-see Member No.: 34,880 Operating System: 3.1, 95, 98SE, xp, 2000, NT4, 2003 Standard Edition, linux (various flavors)
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nice...that's hardcore stuff
-------------------- ● Advice is just that, advice. Always consider the source. ● When in doubt press F1. If that doesn't work check Google Trunk Monkeys 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8● Remember: GIGO means Garbage In = Garbage Out ● Always remember - WhatWouldScHwErVDo? "Never under estimate the destructive power of stupidity"~ The monkey I only post Mon.- Fri. Please be patient. Has it been 3 days since the last reply to your thread? Read This You could PM me for support, but then i would have to kill you, so it's in your best interest to post in the forum if you have a question If i've helped you enough that you feel the need to donate, please conider the Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary also check out their EleCam |
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