Comments on: don’t even try to out-nerd me … http://blog.akaemi.com/2007/08/27/dont-even-try-to-out-nerd-me-2/ ramblings of an amateur Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:18:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jeff http://blog.akaemi.com/2007/08/27/dont-even-try-to-out-nerd-me-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2272 jeff Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:08:34 +0000 http://blog.akaemi.com/?p=78#comment-2272 In order to make the contest fair, i’ll happily sit out, otherwise, I would probably dominate. Unless somebody has been using Linux, as an end user (i.e. no Windows period ) for over 10 years, has been an active contributor to the open source initiative (http://www.opensource.org), is a perl hacker that has used perl’s regex package since perl 5 (i.e. the same regex package that java claims, in its own javadocs, that its own regexes are based on) and … no need to further elaborate … i win.

However (and this is a big however), if you are judging nerdlyness on other things ( the intangiables ), then my chances may dwindle.
You see, instead of playing video games, going to star trek conventions and/or collecting comic books (AS a TEEN or ADULT ), i actually played football, basketball and baseball.. yeah i was a jock ( and a good one ).
Also, instead of looking the stereotype of ‘the wormy lookin nerd’, i’m actually tall (6’3″), fit (240lbs with a 33″ waist) and good looking.
In fact (this is another strike against me if the intangiables counted), after high school, instead of going directly to the nearest Computer Science department, I joined the navy to serve my country and while there, I joined the special forces (SEAL Team 3).
Then, after positively contributing to society, i went to college and (uh oh, another strike coming up) never played video games, however, i played sports, got laid all the time (i know, i know, not very nerdy of me) and made straight A’s (sorry guys, i’m also really smart).

With all that said, since the contest doesn’t require a submitted photo, i may have a chance. Otherwise, i would be reduced to the cultural stereotype (by my nerdy peers and colleagues) as “dumb jock and good looking lady’s man”….

From a CS perspective, if you judge me, i’ll be fine, however, if you judge me based on the nerd’s lifestyle, then i’m screwed…. are you guys capable of having a fair contest…thats the real question????

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