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Olorin · 07-02-2003, 09:47 PM

Are you an abundant or "over" geek? Well, then you just might fit the profile of the classic übergeek; passionate about technology, penetrating in intellect, and intricately curious about Life, the Universe and Everything. Ubergeeks know the answer to everything is 42, that anger leads to the dark side, and that there is only one ring to rule them all and in the darkness bind them.

If so, you belong here.

There's quite a bit of Tolkien paraphernalia including a sticker that reads, "Do not meddle in the affairs of hackers, for they are subtle and quick to anger." [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Hehe.

It's definitely worth checking out.

Any thoughts, opinions or amusing products you'd like to share are welcome here.

[ July 03, 2003: Message edited by: Olorin ]

Everdawn · 07-03-2003, 01:33 AM

Nope, i can say that i am a dumb blonde who goes surfing... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

I dont even know how all of my computer works... But I do like Tolkien, and a lot of historical stuff.

purplefluffychainsaw · 07-03-2003, 02:09 AM

**Coughs** Me? Geek? Why do you ask? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Nay, I am not a geek... Acctually, maybe I am. I'd better go check out that link then... Hang on, there's a song about this... I'll go find it.

It's Great to be a nerd by the arrogant worms. Don't ask me how it goes - I only know one line. Do a serch for it or something. It mentions Tolkien, that's how I know about it.

[ July 03, 2003: Message edited by: purplefluffychainsaw ]

Meela · 07-03-2003, 09:19 AM

Geek? My own parents call me a geek. All I do is live in a dream world of elves, dragons, and heroic princes and princesses. They hid the internet wire, but they don't realise I know where it is, which is why I'm sneaking on here now, while nobody else is in. Can't keep a good geek down [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Gorwingel · 07-03-2003, 02:38 PM

I saw this website earlier, and it has some very cool stuff. Though I truthfully have to tell you that I don't think I reach geek level because I personally don't know about all the computer things.
I may not be a computer geek, but I am certainly a Tolkien geek!

Gamja · 07-03-2003, 02:43 PM

O! it is wonderful to have the intelligence of a nerd, but it is tyrannous to use it like a nerd.

[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] that's a bit of a wordplay on shakespear's "measure for measure".

Duncariel · 07-03-2003, 03:19 PM

This is kinda off subject, but it explains alot.

My friends and I were watching MI and we got on the subject of hackers and the geek world, and somehow, the discussion centered on me. I don't understand...
Maybe it's because I spend more time reading and tooling about on the internet than eating or sleeping. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] I dunno.

Tinuviel of Denton · 07-03-2003, 04:00 PM

Oh, Meela...I know how you feel. My parents were tired of me staying up later than four a.m. so they set the Internet settings so that I am automatically kicked off at midnight. Sigh. They just don't understand...

There's another word that means something similar to "ubergeek." Let me see, what was it now? Oh, yes. Otaku. It's Japanese (which makes it the only word in that language I know...) and means "Someone who is frighteningly obsessed with something." Heh, heh, heh. That's me, all right.

Horse-Maiden of the Shire · 07-03-2003, 05:54 PM

Tolkien Otaku. That's me. Well, I am certainly a LotR geek, and my class thinks I am uber-smart. Which really annoys me. Grr.

VanimaEdhel · 07-04-2003, 05:03 PM

Interesting site. However, I'm too afraid of most gadgets to be considered an übergeek. I do, however, overuse the word "über" in standard conversation, sadly.

I didn't get to finish taking it, but you can always take the Geek Quiz to see if you're a geek or not!

Yavanna228 · 07-04-2003, 05:22 PM

Well, according to Vanima's link, I am only a poser. I don't know if that's good or bad, but geeks are...cool...I guess. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Peace

Aredhel Idril Telcontar · 07-05-2003, 01:12 AM

Major geek. Go me! Yep, everyone I know thinks I'm a geek, a nerd, a teacher's pet etc. etc. etc.
When people call me a geek, I thank them. My friends call me Tokien geek. So do my parents and relatives. Yay!!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Gorwingel · 07-05-2003, 01:24 AM

I took this Geek quiz and it said that I was a geek. On another Geek test (I think it was the geek purity test or something like that) I got points taken away for having Windows as my operating system [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] (the reason I have a lack of brand spankin new technological gadgets is because my parents are too cheap and I am too lazy to go out and get a job).

But I am definitely going to have to get that ubergeek sticker for my car. I absolutely love that.

Finwe · 07-05-2003, 10:24 AM

Yup, I'm a geek. I always knew it. I've been one from birth.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 07-05-2003, 10:49 AM

Ya know, it's kind of scary how many of those I checked. Of course the whole +5 hobbits and such was a given... Very funny geek test though. Of course, when I called my brother an uberdork the other day (joking of course... it would scare me if I started using 'uber' seriously!) he told me I was a geek... And I had a Star Trek arguement with Keeper of Dol Goldur (v. big geek) only yesterday... Ha. Guess I'm a Total Geek, but I already knew that!

Fea

VanimaEdhel · 07-05-2003, 02:51 PM

I finally took the test and got a 10.65089%, meaning that I, apparently, have "Geekish Tendencies". I'm not sure I'd have anywhere to put an ubergeek sticker, as I don't have a car yet (ah, the joys of being 16). I'll keep my eye on the site and see if there's anything interesting for when I'm old enough to order stuff by myself online and have my own credit card (two years, I suppose).

Meela · 07-05-2003, 03:07 PM

I got 50 something %. I'm a super geek.

Kates Frodo Temp · 07-05-2003, 05:14 PM

You guys gotta hear this! It's weird to the point of insanity! This morning, I get on my friends website and take the geek test which she has a link for.

Actually, I'd taken it before, but it was after midnight and I wasn't thinking clearly and got "geekish tendencies". I though I'd score lower in the morning, but I got "geek".

Anyway, I take the test, and visit, like, 10 links for geeky stuff. Very cool! Then I visit BD for a break, check out this discussion, and it's THE SAME TEST. Wild, huh?

If wanting to know Spanish, Norwegian, French, Italian, Japanese, Quenya, Tengwar, and Sindarin, being in the process of writing my own language for a fantasy novel that's based on the fact that fairy tales are actually ancient history (no, I heard about The Dark is Rising Sequence AFTER I started the book,) playing gameboy for 3 hours (10pm-1am,) and writing out my posts for an RPG at an amusement park while my cousins were riding a roller coaster make me geeky, I'm lovin' it!

~Ainemetion/Aietmen~

Olorin · 07-05-2003, 07:42 PM

I'm a major geek and proud!!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

So says the test, anyway. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

EDIT: Yay! My 100th post! Hehe. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[ July 05, 2003: Message edited by: Olorin ]

Everdawn · 07-07-2003, 02:20 AM

woah, i got 3.9 something something percent... hehehe, oh dear, i had no idea what hardly any of that stuff was!

Beren87 · 07-07-2003, 02:25 AM

I currently own 1/2 of the ThinkGeek shirt collection, as well as 25 entries on the fortunes page.

I love that site, I'm obviously an ubergeek.

Lily Bombadil · 07-08-2003, 11:30 PM

I am a Tolkien geek. No question. Tolgeek! Hey, I made up a word!
My LotR loving sister hits me every time I mention LotR! Luckily she got in trouble for it. Hee, hee, hee... That's why I'm glad that I didn't say that the beds in this camper I saw at Bass Pro shop would have only fit a hobbit. I did NOT want her to punch me in front of my beautiful, tall, elven, Mirkwood prince (my one true love).

Aye, that I am a Tolgeek! *sigh*

07-09-2003, 04:48 AM

Major geek. Go me!

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 07-09-2003, 02:47 PM

I got 35.10848% - Major Geek! Yeah! I'm a Major Geek! (I always knew it anyway). I loved the Tolkien questions, of course I checked the boxes for all of those! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

07-02-2003, 09:47 PM	#1
Olorin Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Where the sun sails and the moon walks. Posts: 155	Are you an ubergeek- Very Funny Are you an abundant or "over" geek? Well, then you just might fit the profile of the classic übergeek; passionate about technology, penetrating in intellect, and intricately curious about Life, the Universe and Everything. Ubergeeks know the answer to everything is 42, that anger leads to the dark side, and that there is only one ring to rule them all and in the darkness bind them. If so, you belong here. There's quite a bit of Tolkien paraphernalia including a sticker that reads, "Do not meddle in the affairs of hackers, for they are subtle and quick to anger." [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Hehe. It's definitely worth checking out. Any thoughts, opinions or amusing products you'd like to share are welcome here. [ July 03, 2003: Message edited by: Olorin ] __________________ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then don't be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

07-03-2003, 01:33 AM	#2
Everdawn Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: On the sand dunes outside of Ilium, watching it burn. Posts: 1,291	Nope, i can say that i am a dumb blonde who goes surfing... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I dont even know how all of my computer works... But I do like Tolkien, and a lot of historical stuff. __________________ "Athena, stepping up behind him, visible to no one but Achillies, gripped his red-gold hair. Startled he made a half turn, and he knew her upon the instant for Athena." ~The Iliad~ ~My lord, Éomer~

07-03-2003, 02:09 AM	#3
purplefluffychainsaw Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: In a very cold place.... Posts: 162	Coughs Me? Geek? Why do you ask? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Nay, I am not a geek... Acctually, maybe I am. I'd better go check out that link then... Hang on, there's a song about this... I'll go find it. It's Great to be a nerd by the arrogant worms. Don't ask me how it goes - I only know one line. Do a serch for it or something. It mentions Tolkien, that's how I know about it. [ July 03, 2003: Message edited by: purplefluffychainsaw ] __________________ Love, Drugs and Fairy Boys ~ SAM

07-03-2003, 09:19 AM	#4
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,070	Geek? My own parents call me a geek. All I do is live in a dream world of elves, dragons, and heroic princes and princesses. They hid the internet wire, but they don't realise I know where it is, which is why I'm sneaking on here now, while nobody else is in. Can't keep a good geek down [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

07-03-2003, 02:38 PM	#5
Gorwingel Beholder of the Mists Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now Posts: 1,430	I saw this website earlier, and it has some very cool stuff. Though I truthfully have to tell you that I don't think I reach geek level because I personally don't know about all the computer things. I may not be a computer geek, but I am certainly a Tolkien geek! __________________ Wanted - Wonderfully witty quote that consists of pure brilliance

07-03-2003, 02:43 PM	#6
Gamja Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 55	O! it is wonderful to have the intelligence of a nerd, but it is tyrannous to use it like a nerd. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] that's a bit of a wordplay on shakespear's "measure for measure". __________________ "Ni"-the knights who say "Ni!"

07-03-2003, 03:19 PM	#7
Duncariel Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Land of the Ice and Snow Posts: 226	This is kinda off subject, but it explains alot. My friends and I were watching MI and we got on the subject of hackers and the geek world, and somehow, the discussion centered on me. I don't understand... Maybe it's because I spend more time reading and tooling about on the internet than eating or sleeping. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] I dunno. __________________ Middle-earth: Insanity "What, the peons aren't trusted?" -- Yazoo, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

07-03-2003, 04:00 PM	#8
Tinuviel of Denton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Amid the hills and dales of the Shire... or not. Posts: 579	Oh, Meela...I know how you feel. My parents were tired of me staying up later than four a.m. so they set the Internet settings so that I am automatically kicked off at midnight. Sigh. They just don't understand... There's another word that means something similar to "ubergeek." Let me see, what was it now? Oh, yes. Otaku. It's Japanese (which makes it the only word in that language I know...) and means "Someone who is frighteningly obsessed with something." Heh, heh, heh. That's me, all right.

07-03-2003, 05:54 PM	#9
Horse-Maiden of the Shire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chillaxin' with Glorfindel-441 miles on the RtR Posts: 1,198	Tolkien Otaku. That's me. Well, I am certainly a LotR geek, and my class thinks I am uber-smart. Which really annoys me. Grr. __________________ "There's a big...machine in the sky...some kind of electric snake...coming straight at us." "Shoot it," said my attorney. "Not yet...I want to study its habits."

07-04-2003, 05:03 PM	#10
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,463	Interesting site. However, I'm too afraid of most gadgets to be considered an übergeek. I do, however, overuse the word "über" in standard conversation, sadly. I didn't get to finish taking it, but you can always take the Geek Quiz to see if you're a geek or not! __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes

07-04-2003, 05:22 PM	#11
Yavanna228 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: on the wings of the morning Posts: 394	Well, according to Vanima's link, I am only a poser. I don't know if that's good or bad, but geeks are...cool...I guess. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Peace __________________ 'Dulaman na Binne Bui, Dulaman Gaelach/ Dulaman na farraige, 's e b'fhearr a bhi in Eirinn!'

07-05-2003, 01:12 AM	#12
Aredhel Idril Telcontar Wight Join Date: May 2003 Location: Hanging on a sheer cliff with Maedhros Posts: 113	Major geek. Go me! Yep, everyone I know thinks I'm a geek, a nerd, a teacher's pet etc. etc. etc. When people call me a geek, I thank them. My friends call me Tokien geek. So do my parents and relatives. Yay!!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ "I am your sister and not your servant, and beyond your bounds I will go as seems good to me." Tai uzdaryk mane Tevyne savyje/kaip giesme gerkleje mirtis uzdaro/ ir kaip uzdaro vakara naktis/ o Tu man atsakai: as Tavo laisve

07-05-2003, 01:24 AM	#13
Gorwingel Beholder of the Mists Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now Posts: 1,430	I took this Geek quiz and it said that I was a geek. On another Geek test (I think it was the geek purity test or something like that) I got points taken away for having Windows as my operating system [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] (the reason I have a lack of brand spankin new technological gadgets is because my parents are too cheap and I am too lazy to go out and get a job). But I am definitely going to have to get that ubergeek sticker for my car. I absolutely love that. __________________ Wanted - Wonderfully witty quote that consists of pure brilliance

07-05-2003, 10:24 AM	#14
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Yup, I'm a geek. I always knew it. I've been one from birth. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.

07-05-2003, 10:49 AM	#15
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,600	Ya know, it's kind of scary how many of those I checked. Of course the whole +5 hobbits and such was a given... Very funny geek test though. Of course, when I called my brother an uberdork the other day (joking of course... it would scare me if I started using 'uber' seriously!) he told me I was a geek... And I had a Star Trek arguement with Keeper of Dol Goldur (v. big geek) only yesterday... Ha. Guess I'm a Total Geek, but I already knew that! Fea __________________ peace

07-05-2003, 02:51 PM	#16
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,463	I finally took the test and got a 10.65089%, meaning that I, apparently, have "Geekish Tendencies". I'm not sure I'd have anywhere to put an ubergeek sticker, as I don't have a car yet (ah, the joys of being 16). I'll keep my eye on the site and see if there's anything interesting for when I'm old enough to order stuff by myself online and have my own credit card (two years, I suppose). __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes

07-05-2003, 03:07 PM	#17
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,070	I got 50 something %. I'm a super geek. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

07-05-2003, 05:14 PM	#18
Kates Frodo Temp Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Vale, Ancartia Posts: 112	You guys gotta hear this! It's weird to the point of insanity! This morning, I get on my friends website and take the geek test which she has a link for. Actually, I'd taken it before, but it was after midnight and I wasn't thinking clearly and got "geekish tendencies". I though I'd score lower in the morning, but I got "geek". Anyway, I take the test, and visit, like, 10 links for geeky stuff. Very cool! Then I visit BD for a break, check out this discussion, and it's THE SAME TEST. Wild, huh? If wanting to know Spanish, Norwegian, French, Italian, Japanese, Quenya, Tengwar, and Sindarin, being in the process of writing my own language for a fantasy novel that's based on the fact that fairy tales are actually ancient history (no, I heard about The Dark is Rising Sequence AFTER I started the book,) playing gameboy for 3 hours (10pm-1am,) and writing out my posts for an RPG at an amusement park while my cousins were riding a roller coaster make me geeky, I'm lovin' it! ~Ainemetion/Aietmen~ __________________ I yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen. Genesis 1:1 Sign my lighter, Meela?

07-05-2003, 07:42 PM	#19
Olorin Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Where the sun sails and the moon walks. Posts: 155	I'm a major geek and proud!!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] So says the test, anyway. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] EDIT: Yay! My 100th post! Hehe. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [ July 05, 2003: Message edited by: Olorin ] __________________ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then don't be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

07-07-2003, 02:20 AM	#20
Everdawn Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: On the sand dunes outside of Ilium, watching it burn. Posts: 1,291	woah, i got 3.9 something something percent... hehehe, oh dear, i had no idea what hardly any of that stuff was! __________________ "Athena, stepping up behind him, visible to no one but Achillies, gripped his red-gold hair. Startled he made a half turn, and he knew her upon the instant for Athena." ~The Iliad~ ~My lord, Éomer~

07-07-2003, 02:25 AM	#21
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,260	I currently own 1/2 of the ThinkGeek shirt collection, as well as 25 entries on the fortunes page. I love that site, I'm obviously an ubergeek.

07-08-2003, 11:30 PM	#22
Lily Bombadil Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hold on...let me consult this broken compass... Posts: 279	I am a Tolkien geek. No question. Tolgeek! Hey, I made up a word! My LotR loving sister hits me every time I mention LotR! Luckily she got in trouble for it. Hee, hee, hee... That's why I'm glad that I didn't say that the beds in this camper I saw at Bass Pro shop would have only fit a hobbit. I did NOT want her to punch me in front of my beautiful, tall, elven, Mirkwood prince (my one true love). Aye, that I am a Tolgeek! sigh __________________ "YOU!" "Indeed."

07-09-2003, 04:48 AM	#23
Ascalótëion Guest Posts: n/a	Major geek. Go me!

07-09-2003, 02:47 PM	#24
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	I got 35.10848% - Major Geek! Yeah! I'm a Major Geek! (I always knew it anyway). I loved the Tolkien questions, of course I checked the boxes for all of those! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.