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Flayer · 3 Jan 2004, 01:18

I was in the pub a few hours ago talking to a friend; I told her I was planning to study computer sciences next year: "oh my god" she replied. I asked why... "all those computers all the time!" she replied. I thought "JOY JOY JOY" :/
Yeah, I suppose I'm a geek, but I'm proud of it!
And why shouldn't I? Everyone knows computer gaming is going to be the sport of the 21st century and programmers have loads of sex-appeal

Evergreen · 3 Jan 2004, 01:22

You know it's possible to be intresting without telling people you use computers all the time.

It's like the TV of the 21st century.

Bound to be a turn off, I mean seriously who the **** finds a couch potato who's seen every episode of eastenders intresting. Or has got a perfect score on test the nation....

Luckeh!!!! · 3 Jan 2004, 01:28

if you think computer science is about playing/making games and being in front of the computer all day you're gonna be in for the shock of your life.

Sarina_Joy · 3 Jan 2004, 01:32

I never thought I was a 'computer geek' until yesterday when it dawned on me that spending 9 hours playing Masters of Orion 2 isn't normal :\

Evergreen · 3 Jan 2004, 01:33

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Originally Posted by Sarina_Joy

I never thought I was a 'computer geek' until yesterday when it dawned on me that spending 9 hours playing Masters of Orion 2 isn't normal :\

It is you know. It's a totally spanking game.

Never thought you had it in you tbh, you always came across to me as a casual chat pc user.

KoeN · 3 Jan 2004, 01:36

this reminds of this friend of hans and me who told us last year he'd study CS. we burned him down to the ground, begged him not to do it etc, but now he studies CS anyway. the bastard!
now i have a rl m8 who studies CS

byebye reputation...

Bloomers III · 3 Jan 2004, 01:37

i'm a geek in denial! i onyl go on the internet to be sociable.....with people i have never met

JetLinus · 3 Jan 2004, 01:59

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Originally Posted by Sarina_Joy

I never thought I was a 'computer geek' until yesterday when it dawned on me that spending 9 hours playing Masters of Orion 2 isn't normal :\

I can assure you it IS normal, compared to 2 of my mates and me playing it for 40 hours a week hotseat...
(I think we did that some time ago in some sort of christmas holidays anyway. Great fun!!! Lithovors + Resistant r0x0rs!)

Androme · 3 Jan 2004, 02:09

Sarina - you also happen to forget that only

people play Sonic The Hedgehodge for 12 hours too

Structural Integrity · 3 Jan 2004, 11:15

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Originally Posted by Flayer

and programmers have loads of sex-appeal

eeeeh... only the appeal perhaps...

BTW, computer-geeks rock!
And KoeN, computer-engineering > computer-science

wu_trax · 3 Jan 2004, 11:20

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Originally Posted by KoeN

this reminds of this friend of hans and me who told us last year he'd study CS. we burned him down to the ground, begged him not to do it etc, but now he studies CS anyway. the bastard!
now i have a rl m8 who studies CS

byebye reputation...

for a moment i seriously thought CS means counter strike.
now how sick is that, especially given the fact that i never played that damn game and that i more or less study CS?

Flayer · 3 Jan 2004, 11:46

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Originally Posted by Luckeh!!!!

if you think computer science is about playing/making games and being in front of the computer all day you're gonna be in for the shock of your life.

computer science or computer engineering etc... I'm not sure what the _english_ term is for what I want

skiddy · 3 Jan 2004, 13:47

Microsoft Certified, Epson Certified, Cisco Certified.

So NOT a computer geek.

Zword · 3 Jan 2004, 14:55

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Originally Posted by Flayer

I was in the pub a few hours ago talking to a friend; I told her I was planning to study computer sciences next year: "oh my god" she replied. I asked why... "all those computers all the time!" she replied. I thought "JOY JOY JOY" :/
Yeah, I suppose I'm a geek, but I'm proud of it!
And why shouldn't I? Everyone knows computer gaming is going to be the sport of the 21st century and programmers have loads of sex-appeal

I do the same study but there is a difference between computer geeks and normal ppl. You will notice it when you are in you class.

KraKto$is8 · 3 Jan 2004, 14:58

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Originally Posted by wu_trax

for a moment i seriously thought CS means counter strike.

So did I... are we special?

Zword · 3 Jan 2004, 14:58

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Originally Posted by KraKto$is8

So did I... are we special?

no just obsessed

Gayle29uk · 3 Jan 2004, 15:00

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Originally Posted by Flayer

computer science or computer engineering etc... I'm not sure what the _english_ term is for what I want

The term is correct, the reality does not involve games but does involve making lots of flowchart type things and long detailed design documents.

Evergreen · 3 Jan 2004, 15:04

Haven't you aged yet gayle?

Gayle29uk · 3 Jan 2004, 15:06

Not for another month and a half. Then I'm over the hill and past it

KraKto$is8 · 3 Jan 2004, 15:06

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Originally Posted by Zword

no just obsessed

Isn't that the same thing?

Structural Integrity · 3 Jan 2004, 15:15

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Originally Posted by Gayle29uk

The term is correct, the reality does not involve games but does involve making lots of flowchart type things and long detailed design documents.

Yes, both are actually quite boring if you're not really interested in software.
Iin these (almost) four years I've done computer engineering I have had only one project in which I had to make a game... it had to be MFC, so it wasn't really like you had much choice about what it was going to be either. I made a half-working reaction-time measure game... or whatever name you want to give it.

Nooo, going to do computer science/engineering because you'll get to program 1337 games is a big illusion. I know I fell for it.
However, with the knowledge you gather at school you should be very able to make something that looks like a game. But i guess it takes some special dedication to actually pull something off.

Luckeh!!!! · 3 Jan 2004, 15:42

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Originally Posted by Structural Integrity

Yes, both are actually quite boring if you're not really interested in software.
Iin these (almost) four years I've done computer engineering I have had only one project in which I had to make a game... it had to be MFC, so it wasn't really like you had much choice about what it was going to be either. I made a half-working reaction-time measure game... or whatever name you want to give it.

Nooo, going to do computer science/engineering because you'll get to program 1337 games is a big illusion. I know I fell for it.
However, with the knowledge you gather at school you should be very able to make something that looks like a game. But i guess it takes some special dedication to actually pull something off.

my group project is to make a java based Risk game, not bad compared to last years who had to make a graph API lol

anyway, both computer science and computer engineering involves ALOT of reading/doing

MrL_JaKiri · 3 Jan 2004, 17:14

Computer Science has an immense amount of reading attached, and (at cambridge) a horde of mathematics.

Dilly_D · 3 Jan 2004, 18:10

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Originally Posted by Luckeh!!!!

if you think computer science is about playing/making games and being in front of the computer all day you're gonna be in for the shock of your life.

haha, yup...my roomate is on his last year (4th year) of computer science...he has sooo much work to do all the time, always coding and programming and shit...pretty much non stop

Structural Integrity · 3 Jan 2004, 20:50

I don't know wht people look down on geeks so much. I mean, if it wasn't for geeks, you wouldn't be playing your cool games now, or be fiddling around with the internet, or be able to instant-message all your friends, or even have teletext.
A bit more respect, yeah!

Dilly_D · 3 Jan 2004, 21:50

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Originally Posted by Flavius

why haha ?

why not haha?

Weeks · 3 Jan 2004, 22:01

When a was a young unknowledgeable boy i though:

"Yuck i don't want to spend all my time in front of a computer in an office that'd be so dull and i don't think i'd like it. Doesn't feel natural enough."

When i was a little older and a little more knowledgeable i though:

"But i'm pretty fk'ing ace at computing. And making games would be cool cos i'd be creating something. Exercising the mind is very important."

When i was a little older, and after my degree in computer science with games and graphics, and when i was alot more knowledgeable i though:

"Yuck i don't want to spend all my time in front of a computer in an office it would send me insane and i want to talk to humans more and exercise my body more and moreoer i just wouldn't like it. Doesn't feel natural enough."

Dilly_D · 3 Jan 2004, 22:04

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Originally Posted by Flavius

why laugh at someone when he's working?

I wasn't

Pyr0 MK III · 3 Jan 2004, 22:23

LaughOutLoud

Flayer · 3 Jan 2004, 23:02

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Originally Posted by Weeks

When a was a young unknowledgeable boy i though:

"Yuck i don't want to spend all my time in front of a computer in an office that'd be so dull and i don't think i'd like it. Doesn't feel natural enough."

When i was a little older and a little more knowledgeable i though:

"But i'm pretty fk'ing ace at computing. And making games would be cool cos i'd be creating something. Exercising the mind is very important."

When i was a little older, and after my degree in computer science with games and graphics, and when i was alot more knowledgeable i though:

"Yuck i don't want to spend all my time in front of a computer in an office it would send me insane and i want to talk to humans more and exercise my body more and moreoer i just wouldn't like it. Doesn't feel natural enough."

so.. what are you doing now

Weeks · 4 Jan 2004, 00:43

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Originally Posted by Flayer

so.. what are you doing now

Learning French, will goto live in Nice (i think) afterward and do any work possible, yacht work, bar work etc. Anything non-computery/officey to get me by.

Then i will hopefully find something that i will want to focus on for the rest of my life or at least a good chunk of it.

p.s. i dont really regret doing my comp sci degree. i just dont want to spend the rest of my life doing computing.