Tell us a geeky secret you've never told anybody before

[Novus]

Tell us a geeky secret you've never told anybody before.

[Binge]

If I ever owned a mac I'd hide my really risky pr0n in a folder labeled "Windows" 

[Puddsy]

My school work lives in a folder called "not porn"

[paicrai]

I name every single personal folder (AKA Not from things I've installed and stuff) really silly things.

[daerid]

Tell us a geeky secret you've never told anybody before.

Isn't it customary in these threads for the OP to start us off?

Oh and: I went to a bona-fide Star Trek convention when I was 12

[Findecanor]

Years ago, I used to have my own patch for Window Maker, that I never released. It used to have somewhat different images and rendered the active window's resizebar different from those of inactive windows. I applied my patch on every new release.
These days, I am too lazy to be a pixel-perfectionist and install from source -- I use the stock Ubuntu package.

I also had my own GTK theme (for Gnome apps), back in the 1.x days. This I did release, though, and it was somewhat popular. It did not only draw things to fit with Window Maker, it also patched the code of some existing widget classes to work in what I thought was more usable. It was quite a big hack, indeed, all for perfectionism. I even had my own graphics routines to draw antialiased arrows and tabs in user-selected colours. When GTK had a large internal redesign, I didn't rewrite my code, so then the project died.

[tp4tissue]

If I ever owned a mac I'd hide my really risky pr0n in a folder labeled "Windows" 

??   what is   ( really- risky- pr0n)   as opposed to your ( vanilla- pr0n)  ??

[Binge]

If I ever owned a mac I'd hide my really risky pr0n in a folder labeled "Windows" 

??   what is   ( really- risky- pr0n)   as opposed to your ( vanilla- pr0n)  ??

Risky,


Vanilla,

mmmmMmmm heatspreaders... looking at this just makes me wet.

[esko997]

Not exactly a secret but pretty geeky; I have a Linux tattoo.

[rowdy]

Not exactly a secret but pretty geeky; I have a Linux tattoo.

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37253.0

If you haven't already ...

[Melvang]

My PC is named Menzoberanzen from the legend of Drizzt series with all my hard drives named after cities from the stories.

Also all my characters from Star Wars the Old Republic MMO are names from those characters as well.

[tp4tissue]

If I ever owned a mac I'd hide my really risky pr0n in a folder labeled "Windows" 

??   what is   ( really- risky- pr0n)   as opposed to your ( vanilla- pr0n)  ??

Risky,

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Vanilla,

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mmmmMmmm heatspreaders... looking at this just makes me wet.

I was thinking of putting my water setup back up.. now that summer's come.. but then I remembered why I stopped watercooling.. that damn ggggurrrzheeeeeeee sound..

Has there been any new pumps with improve noise lately?

stopped using it a while back because I wasn't getting a higher OC even with temps down. and I didn't game enough to significantly impact hardware lifespan.. so Water with its pump-whine didn't make sense to me

[lightsout714]

I stare at pictures of keyboards all day on the internet.

[HipsterPunks]

I kept all my magic the gathering decks from high school, and i sometimes set up a game with myself. I usually draw a couple hands and then put them away.

[Binge]

If I ever owned a mac I'd hide my really risky pr0n in a folder labeled "Windows" 

??   what is   ( really- risky- pr0n)   as opposed to your ( vanilla- pr0n)  ??

Risky,

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Vanilla,

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mmmmMmmm heatspreaders... looking at this just makes me wet.

I was thinking of putting my water setup back up.. now that summer's come.. but then I remembered why I stopped watercooling.. that damn ggggurrrzheeeeeeee sound..

Has there been any new pumps with improve noise lately?

stopped using it a while back because I wasn't getting a higher OC even with temps down. and I didn't game enough to significantly impact hardware lifespan.. so Water with its pump-whine didn't make sense to me

The best noise to performance ratio I ever had from a pump was the Laing DDC 3.25.  With an aftermarket head it would outperform mostly anything out there except and iwaki rd-30.  Part of what you're talking about is why I don't watercool myself except for those AIO coolers.  They are much less noisy and are engineered to cool just a bit better than air.  That's all I really need these days

[paicrai]

i once made a massive folder with lots of subfolders
led to nothing at all

[Eszett]

My secret, hmm ... I have to think. You mean a really nasty secret everyone will be shocked to hear? Hm ... yes I have one of that kind! A few years ago I realized, that it's alot more comfortable to urinate into the washbasin (for a male) than into the toilet. Moreover, it saves water, cleaning with a few splashs of tap water is enough. Try it out by yourself, but don't tell your girlfriend! Thank you for your attention, folks :-)

I don't know if that is geeky enough, but it has to do with creativity. We are conditioned to do certain things in the provided habit. It's creative to break those habits for a practical benefit.

[tp4tissue]

If I ever owned a mac I'd hide my really risky pr0n in a folder labeled "Windows" 

??   what is   ( really- risky- pr0n)   as opposed to your ( vanilla- pr0n)  ??

Risky,

Show Image

Vanilla,

Show Image

mmmmMmmm heatspreaders... looking at this just makes me wet.

I was thinking of putting my water setup back up.. now that summer's come.. but then I remembered why I stopped watercooling.. that damn ggggurrrzheeeeeeee sound..

Has there been any new pumps with improve noise lately?

stopped using it a while back because I wasn't getting a higher OC even with temps down. and I didn't game enough to significantly impact hardware lifespan.. so Water with its pump-whine didn't make sense to me

The best noise to performance ratio I ever had from a pump was the Laing DDC 3.25.  With an aftermarket head it would outperform mostly anything out there except and iwaki rd-30.  Part of what you're talking about is why I don't watercool myself except for those AIO coolers.  They are much less noisy and are engineered to cool just a bit better than air.  That's all I really need these days

I've considered for a time also to just put my PC outside my room and just pipe in dvi with a high gauge cable.

[SpAmRaY]

Many times I just say I don't know how to do something to avoid being pestered about helping someone with a computer problem.

[eth0s]

I can speak Elvish and Klingon.

[dante]

I can somewhat make vocal clicking noises like the Predator

[tp4tissue]

Many times I just say I don't know how to do something to avoid being pestered about helping someone with a computer problem.

I gave someone a really bad hair cut one time, to make him stop coming over for haircuts.. cuz I wanted to increase my laziness..

[tp4tissue]

I can somewhat make vocal clicking noises like the Predator

what.... Video now... can you do any other robot noises?

[dante]

I can somewhat make vocal clicking noises like the Predator

what.... Video now... can you do any other robot noises?

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No.. I'm still in research mode on what video camera to buy as I wanted to start a Youtube channel this year.

[Lanx]

when i have to crimp and network our home computers (i use wired as much as possible, all pcs, game systems etc), my wife has to help me out b/c i'm color blind. i have a network cable tester as well, if i do it w/o the wife pointing out which colors are what, i have a 50/50 success rate.

[Lain1911]

I kept all my magic the gathering decks from high school, and i sometimes set up a game with myself. I usually draw a couple hands and then put them away.

I still have all my cards too....and even Yugioh up until they started banning cards.

[Binge]

If I ever owned a mac I'd hide my really risky pr0n in a folder labeled "Windows" 

??   what is   ( really- risky- pr0n)   as opposed to your ( vanilla- pr0n)  ??

Risky,

Show Image

Vanilla,

Show Image

mmmmMmmm heatspreaders... looking at this just makes me wet.

I was thinking of putting my water setup back up.. now that summer's come.. but then I remembered why I stopped watercooling.. that damn ggggurrrzheeeeeeee sound..

Has there been any new pumps with improve noise lately?

stopped using it a while back because I wasn't getting a higher OC even with temps down. and I didn't game enough to significantly impact hardware lifespan.. so Water with its pump-whine didn't make sense to me

The best noise to performance ratio I ever had from a pump was the Laing DDC 3.25.  With an aftermarket head it would outperform mostly anything out there except and iwaki rd-30.  Part of what you're talking about is why I don't watercool myself except for those AIO coolers.  They are much less noisy and are engineered to cool just a bit better than air.  That's all I really need these days

I've considered for a time also to just put my PC outside my room and just pipe in dvi with a high gauge cable.

There was a guy who ran a 100% copper pipe loop with a high performance pool pump connected to a massive geothermal water loop.  He had water valves in different rooms he could connect his PC(s) to and ran about 5-6 PCs off of the same loop and kept temperatures well below ambient   My favorite observation of his was that it was almost too quiet.

[paicrai]

If I ever owned a mac I'd hide my really risky pr0n in a folder labeled "Windows" 

??   what is   ( really- risky- pr0n)   as opposed to your ( vanilla- pr0n)  ??

Risky,

Show Image

Vanilla,

Show Image

mmmmMmmm heatspreaders... looking at this just makes me wet.

I was thinking of putting my water setup back up.. now that summer's come.. but then I remembered why I stopped watercooling.. that damn ggggurrrzheeeeeeee sound..

Has there been any new pumps with improve noise lately?

stopped using it a while back because I wasn't getting a higher OC even with temps down. and I didn't game enough to significantly impact hardware lifespan.. so Water with its pump-whine didn't make sense to me

The best noise to performance ratio I ever had from a pump was the Laing DDC 3.25.  With an aftermarket head it would outperform mostly anything out there except and iwaki rd-30.  Part of what you're talking about is why I don't watercool myself except for those AIO coolers.  They are much less noisy and are engineered to cool just a bit better than air.  That's all I really need these days

I've considered for a time also to just put my PC outside my room and just pipe in dvi with a high gauge cable.

There was a guy who ran a 100% copper pipe loop with a high performance pool pump connected to a massive geothermal water loop.  He had water valves in different rooms he could connect his PC(s) to and ran about 5-6 PCs off of the same loop and kept temperatures well below ambient   My favorite observation of his was that it was almost too quiet.

[tp4tissue]

I kept all my magic the gathering decks from high school, and i sometimes set up a game with myself. I usually draw a couple hands and then put them away.

I still have all my cards too....and even Yugioh up until they started banning cards.

i learned more reading and math from magic and yugioh than I ever did from middle school.

[tp4tissue]

If I ever owned a mac I'd hide my really risky pr0n in a folder labeled "Windows" 

??   what is   ( really- risky- pr0n)   as opposed to your ( vanilla- pr0n)  ??

Risky,

Show Image

Vanilla,

Show Image

mmmmMmmm heatspreaders... looking at this just makes me wet.

I was thinking of putting my water setup back up.. now that summer's come.. but then I remembered why I stopped watercooling.. that damn ggggurrrzheeeeeeee sound..

Has there been any new pumps with improve noise lately?

stopped using it a while back because I wasn't getting a higher OC even with temps down. and I didn't game enough to significantly impact hardware lifespan.. so Water with its pump-whine didn't make sense to me

The best noise to performance ratio I ever had from a pump was the Laing DDC 3.25.  With an aftermarket head it would outperform mostly anything out there except and iwaki rd-30.  Part of what you're talking about is why I don't watercool myself except for those AIO coolers.  They are much less noisy and are engineered to cool just a bit better than air.  That's all I really need these days

I've considered for a time also to just put my PC outside my room and just pipe in dvi with a high gauge cable.

There was a guy who ran a 100% copper pipe loop with a high performance pool pump connected to a massive geothermal water loop.  He had water valves in different rooms he could connect his PC(s) to and ran about 5-6 PCs off of the same loop and kept temperatures well below ambient   My favorite observation of his was that it was almost too quiet.

wish i had a tractor, then I'd totally do geotherm.

[Binge]

here's a guy's mini-geotherm   Awesome project if you have the balls!

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=706697

[tp4tissue]

here's a guy's mini-geotherm   Awesome project if you have the balls!

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=706697

my yard is very hard dirt + gravel filled...  To dig a large trench would take me 2 days by hand at the very least.

hmmmmm...........

[Lain1911]

here's a guy's mini-geotherm   Awesome project if you have the balls!

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=706697

Some ask why and others call it passion.

[noisyturtle]

I once tricked a little kid into trading me his brother's Ninja Gaiden Trilogy (SNES) for my copy of Gears of War 2 (360,) and I never felt guilty about it.

Not really a secret anymore though.

[bueller]

I once tricked a little kid into trading me his brother's Ninja Gaiden Trilogy (SNES) for my copy of Gears of War 2 (360,) and I never felt guilty about it.

Not really a secret anymore though.

You monster hahaha

[Altis]

I used to put all my personal files/folders in a folder on C: called "007".  Mostly because it would appear at the top, but you know..

[katushkin]

I have been to two internation meet-ups for EVE Online in Iceland.

They were both ****ing awesome.

[tp4tissue]

I once tricked a little kid into trading me his brother's Ninja Gaiden Trilogy (SNES) for my copy of Gears of War 2 (360,) and I never felt guilty about it.

Not really a secret anymore though.

You monster hahaha

best trade i ever made was foil gyarados for foil charizard..  or perhaps blaine's arcanine for charizard..    idk both good trades.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

I've never flown on an airplane.

Not really a secret, just a weird fact about me...

[tp4tissue]

I've never flown on an airplane.

Not really a secret, just a weird fact about me...

that's easy.. go sign up for a southwest credit card..  fly to florida fly back..  maybe cost $200? 

[Puddsy]

It's hard to fly to Florida from Vulcan.

[tp4tissue]

It's hard to fly to Florida from Vulcan.

Hard!, but doable !

[user 18]

Like CLiB, I have never been on an airplane -- despite the fact that I applied last week for a job at an international airport

All the computers my family owns (too many to count) are named after dog or cat breeds.

[paicrai]

i love funky music more than anyone would expect

[Binge]

i love funky music more than anyone would expect

Check out The Budos Band.

[paicrai]

i love funky music more than anyone would expect

Check out The Budos Band.

sweet!

[TheSoulhunter]

I can somewhat make vocal clicking noises like the Predator

And I thought I was special :3
Here is my version...

soulhunters-crappy-website.com/misc/Predator.wav

[bear95]

I spend hundreds of dollars on keyboards

[rowdy]

I spend hundreds of dollars on keyboards

You've been a member of GH for ... whoa! more than 2 years - I think it's a given that you spend too much on keyboards and keyboard accessories

[nar]

Every computer, game system, camera and other similar electronic device is named and numbered (With additional descriptive letters to know what each thing is). Every peripheral and data storage device is also numbered.

I can pretty much refer to any electronic thing I own by a series of numbers (it also helps that every wifi-enabled thing also has their local IP set to match their unique numbers).