[geeks] Re: 48v

Ken Hansen geeks at sunhelp.org
Mon Apr 23 12:53:04 CDT 2001


"Uber geek" w/r/t Jerry Pournelle refers to *interest* in all matters technical.

You may be confusing this title with "Uber hacker" - see Mr. Protocol. ;^)

The difference is Interest (geek) vs. ability (hacker)...

These are, of course, by own definitions.

Ken 

-----Original Message-----
From: David Murphy [mailto:drjolt at redbrick.dcu.ie]
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 1:28 PM
To: 'geeks at sunhelp.org'
Subject: Re: [geeks] Re: 48v


Quoting <B21DC65B35E6D211BDC1009027626F7D0220FB89 at icti_mail.icti-usa.com>
by Ken Hansen <Ken.Hansen at ICTI-USA.com>:

> Jerry Pournelle is a *major* tech-geek. I admire his work and marvel
> at his collection of "toys." He verges on "uber geek" status, IMHO -
> a tilte that would certainly encompass all matters telephonic!

>From reading Byte articles, he seemed to have a lot of basic problems
with windows for someone rated as an 'ubergeek', but maybe that's just
me 8)

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