Re:Essential Skills for Geeks
by Xichekolas on Friday July 10, 2009 @01:46PM
(#698065)
> Be able to calculate tip and split the check, all in your head.
Wait. What?
So being able to do simple math is reserved for geeks now?
Also:
> Understand that it is LEGO, not Lego, Legos, or Lego’s.
You are not truly geeky unless you are a pedantic asshole. Make sure you rage in comments any time someone accidentally writes "it's" where they mean "its"... because, you know, it can't just be a typo.
Re:Essential Skills for Geeks
by limmeau on Friday July 10, 2009 @01:53PM
(#698079)
No, but game theory is. Splitting the bill without tediously adding up everybody's items and without everybody paying for the single gourmet's dessert is a mechanism design problem.
Wait. What?
So being able to do simple math is reserved for geeks now?
Also:
> Understand that it is LEGO, not Lego, Legos, or Lego’s.
You are not truly geeky unless you are a pedantic asshole. Make sure you rage in comments any time someone accidentally writes "it's" where they mean "its"... because, you know, it can't just be a typo.