Foo - You know your a nerd when....

This has prob been done before. If you dont want to add to it just click on out ;)

Ill go First.

You know your a nerd if you admit to dancing to the Star Wars Disco song!


YouTube - Star Wars Disco

...if you can relate to "White and nerdy" (click link at top...it won't embed...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Zc9NyYH-k

...if you can relate to "White and nerdy" (click link at top...it won't embed...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Zc9NyYH-k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw)

and yours is no longer available? :lol: Ok, got mine working.

when you see him say "soldering gun" when he's clearly holding a soldering iron, and you are upset by this.

You saw Revenge of the Nerds in the theater and thought it was a documentary.

...the first thing you notice is the spelling mistake in the thread title.

...the first thing you notice is the spelling mistake in the thread title.

Pretty much.

...the first thing you notice is the spelling mistake in the thread title.

Or when you ask yourself, "Is it a spelling mistake or a usage mistake?"

you make a conscious effort to shorten and dumb down your explanations for things, because most people just don't care to know that much detail.

when you have trouble telling people what you work on.

when you have trouble telling people what you work on.

pcad can teach you a lesson in this.
It's 'take pride you mighty nerd, because we don't care what others think about our nerdyness'

...the first thing you notice is the spelling mistake in the thread title.

:roflmao2: (I must have missed the "E" key.)

I am an engineer and I love Star Trek. I think that makes me Queen Nerd (or Borg Queen).

pcad can teach you a lesson in this.
It's 'take pride you mighty nerd, because we don't care what others think about our nerdyness'

PCad is married and I am not. I am pretty sure if someone asks me what do I do and if I get back with,
"I am an Analog Circuit Designer" they would go "riiiiiight"

Instead I say "I work on stuff for cell phones" which is close enough. If they asked me anything more, I find it incredibly difficult to relate to anyone who is not an engineer.

I am an engineer and I love Star Trek. I think that makes me Queen Nerd (or Borg Queen).

Whoa.
Smart - Check
Funny - Check
Rides bikes - Check

hmmmm...

"I am an Analog Circuit Designer"

Ooooh! <swoon> Too bad you're not in SoCal! :love:

"I am an Analog Circuit Designer"

Ooooh! <swoon> Too bad you're not in SoCal! :love:

:D. Thats gotta be a first!!

And I'm even a hardware EE!

EE student here. Prolly gonna get into Power.

I'm an EE, too.. analog AND digital, AND electromagnetics... ugh... uber dork, I am...

And I'm even a hardware EE!

No way! I am pretty sure you can relate to this.. At least all the single women at work seem to agree with it.

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/372660896_u2dwu-L.jpg

I'm an EE, too.. analog AND digital, AND electromagnetics... ugh... uber dork, I am...

I stay away from EM. That stuff still makes my head hurt.


EE student here. Prolly gonna get into Power.

Cool. I design a lot of power management stuff.

When your field of study includes Psychology and Quantum Theory?

I feel out nerded...

I feel out nerded...

grease monkey, you are just a different category of nerd.

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At my current job, it's about a 60/40 man/woman ratio for the engineers. Early on in my career though I was the first woman engineer hired for 2 of my jobs. That was interesting.

[QUOTE=skinnyone;7469160]I stay away from EM. That stuff still makes my head hurt.

Not if you wear one of those aluminum foil hats.

Some guys at MIT did a "Faraday Fez" experiment and actually found that the aluminum hats increased radiation to the head. (Okay, have I proved my nerd-worthiness yet?)

Not if you wear one of those aluminum foil hats.

Some guys at MIT did a "Faraday Fez" experiment and actually found that the aluminum hats increased radiation to the head. (Okay, have I proved my nerd-worthiness yet?)

I think if I wear an aluminum hat, even UnsafeAlpine wont date me.. Oh and you are nerdCertified!!!




At my current job, it's about a 60/40 man/woman ratio for the engineers. Early on in my career though I was the first woman engineer hired for 2 of my jobs. That was interesting.

That is an impressive ratio! Our campus runs closer to 90:10 -> M:W. To be very honest that cartoon is spot on, some of the things that have been said to my one, particularly close, friend surprise and baffle me at the same time!

Edit Example : Some guy emailed a younger prettier female colleague that he liked how her clothes fit, using company email!!!

You just need to find the right kind of female engineer. I used to work in the cell phone arena (QCOM, Ericsson). We had much fun with the SAR test heads and the jello stuff that went inside.

That is an impressive ratio! Our campus runs closer to 90:10 -> M:W.

****, I wish my campus was 90:10 for EE. Overall engineering it's probably somewhere around 75/25 because there's a lot of women in Chemical Engineering. But in Electrical/computer engineering (we're one college here), it's about 97/3. I'm not kidding.

Oh, and you know you're a nerd when you start threads like this in the roadie forum http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=465631

I think I saw maybe 5 women in all of my EE classes at GaTech, both undergrad and grad.

The following comic is so funny because it used to be a drinking game in our dorm ... Hah..

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tape_measure.png

^I've totally done that. I'll sit at work when it's slow and see how far I can get. It's all about the angle baby.

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In my college dorm we just played Quarters. Not too exciting.

When you have to make a thread about being nerdy so you don't feel as nerdy as others.

****, I wish my campus was 90:10 for EE. Overall engineering it's probably somewhere around 75/25 because there's a lot of women in Chemical Engineering. But in Electrical/computer engineering (we're one college here), it's about 97/3. I'm not kidding.

Oh, and you know you're a nerd when you start threads like this in the roadie forum http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=465631

Dude the 10% comprises of 2% engg, 8% admins and support staff.

... you respond to this thread.

When you have to make a thread about being nerdy so you don't feel as nerdy as others.

when you like frikkin sharks with frikkin lasers on their head.

when you like frikkin sharks with frikkin lasers on their head.

Hey shuddup.

When you have to make a thread about being nerdy so you don't feel as nerdy as others.

Dude, if your referring to me your wayyyyy off :p Im a nerd an F'n proud of it! :thumb:

I think I saw maybe 5 women in all of my EE classes at GaTech, both undergrad and grad.

The following comic is so funny because it used to be a drinking game in our dorm ... Hah..

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tape_measure.png

If that's the "measure" of nerdiness...I'd be world champ.


Career carpenter for over 20 years...I can extend with the best of them. :D

If that's the "measure" of nerdiness...I'd be world champ.


Career carpenter for over 20 years...I can extend with the best of them. :D

Can you recommend a good tape measure that has excellent extension capabilities while still being small, lightweight, and easy to haul around on a belt?

When you know more Star Trek trivia than your calc teacher. The one with the Cpt. James T Kirk life sized carboard cutout in the corner along with a TNG poster on the door along with a home built, 1/1000th size model of Voyager.

I'm a Computer Engineering student, with a minor in Mathematics, that rides bikes and has four laptops and two desktops in his room (one of them with Linux installed). I also danced a bit to that Star Wars Disco song, and I listen to Nerf Herder.

I think I've justified my geek pride.

At the Stevens Institute of Technology (my school), while we are slowly getting a healthy stream of women into our campus, if we isolate the population and concentrate on the engineering students, it is still evident that there will be plenty of men who will leave single and lonely every single year.

The likelihood of leaving disappointed at my school can be ranked rather nicely:

MOST LIKELY
- Naval Engineering (there is only ONE woman I know in this major...and she's not the most desirable)
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering (i.e. the female's engineering degree)
LEAST LIKELY

Fortunately for me (and my strong preference for the Asian woman), I attend NYU part-time. Somehow, I'm still single (though not lonely anymore :D).

you make a conscious effort to shorten and dumb down your explanations for things, because most people just don't care to know that much detail.

My boss told me to start doing that. I refuse to lower myself down to that level.