You know you're a geek when ...

[SimpleSi]

... your restore a netbook using

 

mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/16g

gunzip -c /mnt/16g/asus.img.gz | dd of=/dev/hdc bs=1204

 

 

And of course, you know there are better geeks when they come along to show you how it could be done with less typing

 

Si

[Arcath]

or when you have every pc/laptop/netbook you've ever owned still in use running increasingly stripped down versions of linux.

 

You could always put:

 

#!/bin/bash
mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/16g
gunzip -c /mnt/16g/asus.img.gz | dd of=/dev/hdc bs=1204

 

into /bin/fudgedit then chmod +x the file. Then you can restore your netbook just be running the command fudgedit

[browolf]

... your restore a netbook using

 

mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/16g

gunzip -c /mnt/16g/asus.img.gz | dd of=/dev/hdc bs=1204

 

 

And of course, you know there are better geeks when they come along to show you how it could be done with less typing

 

Si

 

I have no idea what that means so clearly can't be a geek. Which is always good.

Edited March 30, 2012 by browolf

[tom_newton]

Less typing is not always good - typing is something that can be sped up, understanding, however, once lost... very difficult to get back.

 

I understood quickly what you were doing - this is "a good thing" ™ for your commandline

[SimpleSi]

@browolf

I'm sure you could come up with something else

 

Si

[SimpleSi]

PS - I did google the syntax BTW as its 3 years since I did it last

Si

[difinity]

I just put Ubuntu on my Dell Mini 9.

 

Booted from cd and I clicked a couple of things. No typing required

[Iain.Faulkner]

You know you're a geek when.....

 

You're watching TV and notice that in the office on screen they have an HP 2055DN and wonder if they're having the same problems as you :-)

[AMLinington]

You know you're a geek when you watch a film and rage about how the commands the actors used on a command line don't result in a task being completed, merely pages of text to spin across the screen looking impressive.

[teejay]

You know you're a geek when.....

 

You're watching TV and notice that in the office on screen they have an HP 2055DN and wonder if they're having the same problems as you :-)

 

Ah, they won't have the same problems as they have the special magic version that's only available in tv land which requires no power lead or network cable to be plugged in.

[cpjitservices]

I recognised my geekiness when I was watching the firewall and knew exactly what the Cisco IOS ACL command was and knew exactly what it would do and exactly where it was placed, for those of you who have seen it next time you watch it see if you can see / notice the ACL being typed into the CLI of a Cisco box, and also.... Die Hard 4 - Brilliant film! Edited March 30, 2012 by cpjitservices

[elsiegee40]

When you're watching a film at the cinema and start admiring the servers or wondering what the hell they're up to with the cabling (Johnny English)

[timbo343]

when you go see 21 jump street and notice the outline and colour differences of a Dell 1720 in the background and think, thats in that dark store room for a reason....

[Guest salan]

I used to work for Marconi in the payphone division and had a little book of all the model of payphones made. I would constantly whilst out and about say things like 'Thats a saphire all pay' thats a 2000 coin only etc lol Much to the embarrasment of the family.

Yes I know its very sad!

Alan

[Iain.Faulkner]

Ah, they won't have the same problems as they have the special magic version that's only available in tv land which requires no power lead or network cable to be plugged in.

 

You mean mine won't work without a power lead or a network cable plugged in!!

 

Thank god for that, I've been pulling my hair out over this one :-)

[korifugi]

You mean mine won't work without a power lead or a network cable plugged in!!

 

Thank god for that, I've been pulling my hair out over this one :-)

 

Damn - I thought mine was wireless too

[GrumbleDook]

I used to watch Buffy and Angel and point out the various Macs, including the specific models ...

[Norphy]

In the later episodes of Stargate, I used to watch and think "Yeah, as if the US military are going to use 17" Dell XPS notebooks as their workstations"

[Sirbendy]

You see Cisco IP phones in "use" and think "now, I know you can't DO that with it..."..heh. Or hear one ring and smile in a shopping centre.

 

You know you've spent too long with Vauxhalls when one goes past and you mutter "hydraulic lifters gummed up there, poor maintenance boyo..", or see the lights flicker in a certain way at lights etc, and think "Bingo, another AF13/13II/17/20 gearbox there..", or you hear a servo whine and think "Vauxhall" before you turn round..got to love the ePAS systems..heh.

[witch]

I used to watch Buffy and Angel and point out the various Macs, including the specific models ...

 

I'm surprised you could look away from Buffy - I certainly couldn't take my eyes off Angel to be looking at Macs!

[CAM]

You know you are a geek when you watch an anime, see they are using an XP workstation connecting remotely to a Windows 7 machine and go "Ahh! There is an example of Windows 7 in the media after all!"

[tom_newton]

You see Cisco IP phones in "use" and think "now, I know you can't DO that with it..."..heh. Or hear one ring and smile in a shopping centre.

 

You know you've spent too long with Vauxhalls when one goes past and you mutter "hydraulic lifters gummed up there, poor maintenance boyo..", or see the lights flicker in a certain way at lights etc, and think "Bingo, another AF13/13II/17/20 gearbox there..", or you hear a servo whine and think "Vauxhall" before you turn round..got to love the ePAS systems..heh.

 

Cisco phones - often turned off when people are "using" them. I like that one.

 

As for vehicles - not my strong suit, but I can "feel" the wife's TypeR rather than hear it, so I always know when she's home rather than a neighbour parking up.

[SYNACK]

In the later episodes of Stargate, I used to watch and think "Yeah, as if the US military are going to use 17" Dell XPS notebooks as their workstations"

 

Using 'Alienware' would just be too on the nose

 

I automaticlly pick which version of Windows or Office etc. from notification sounds or default wallpapers/ui shots. Models of phone, printer and PCs. I have also picked out the random command line / cisco ios command stuff and get wound up seeing html streaming down the screen as they are going on about code.

 

I also see all the computer internals pushed into service as props in movies, motherboard in Paycheck, ATX power connecters used for data in Mission to Mars. Walls of Dell servers behind glass or in the open apparently running but making no noise - really oneis loud enough, a whole wall is deafening (Firewall, Numb3rs, Chuck, Bones...).

 

The makes of certain 'infinate resolution' security cammeras used in TV, magic GPS that works underground.

 

Knowing some things can wreak TV if you let it, science is a big one, one psycologist I knew just could not watch scifi as they always got stuff about the brain wrong. Its a case of suspending beleif with shear force of will.

 

As the the US using Dell laptops, did you see the shuttles/IIS, they are still using reborded thinkpads, using current performance Dells is probably a scifi level step up from S.O.P. of the US Gov.

[denzal2k4]

Shopping with the missus, pointing out the various till models or saying, we used to do them!...IBM 4840 surepos that is...

[SimpleSi]

'infinate resolution' security cammeras

You mean they are not real????

 

Si