I'm such a geek sometimes.

Yep. I'm such a geek. I've named my computer Lucy. Great name I think. It's a reference to the movie Hackers, where one of the characters (Joey) has a computer he calls Lucy. It's great 'cause Joey was a script-kiddie of sorts, "hackin' across state lines". Next, I've ordered a wireless keyboard/mouse combo and a 256mb USB key. Can't wait to be in another room typing. Two more geeky things; I've downloaded more nerdcore/geek rap. Yes I know, it's sad, but damnit I actually understand the lyrics. Instead of rapping about things I've never done (blunts, bitches and 40s), they rap about things I get (athlon xp, spam, programming, etc). The final thing is: my project is on sourceforge and already has 50 downloads! Amazing! This project will be completed because it's required for another project. Ok, enough about that. Time to rant a bit.

I hate it how a lot of people are using the word geek. "omg! i'm such a geek! omg! so emo!" Friggin annoying when they aren't geeks. It's really misleading damnit. I want to know real geeks, not people thinking they're geeks because they sounded intelligent while their friends were hammered beyond belief.

Choice Definitions of a Geek (thanks to Google's define):

• An intellectual who is bent on a particular profession; especially within the computer field. Social interests are deeply rooted in Sci-Fi. link
  
• Traditionally a term of derision, geek has come to have a more positive connotation in this computer age. Technically adept people now frequently refer to themselves as geeks, in a mixture of self-deprecation and pride. link
  
• To quote from The New Hacker’s Dictionary, a computer geek is “one who eats (computer) bugs for a living. One who fulfills all the dreariest negative stereotypes about hackers: an asocial, malodorous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality of a cheese grater. Cannot be used by outsiders without implied insult to all hackers. A computer geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hacker in larval stage. Also called ‘turbo nerd’ or ‘turbo geek. ... link
  
• The sort of person who would get really excited at the prospect of using a text editor on a 900 megahertz workstation to write out the definitions of technical terms. link
  

I like that last one, heh. Anyway, people! Get the definition right! Argh!
Good night now.

I'm such a geek sometimes.

Yep. I'm such a geek. I've named my computer Lucy. Great name I think. It's a reference to the movie Hackers, where one of the characters (Joey) has a computer he calls Lucy. It's great 'cause Joey was a script-kiddie of sorts, "hackin' across state lines". Next, I've ordered a wireless keyboard/mouse combo and a 256mb USB key. Can't wait to be in another room typing. Two more geeky things; I've downloaded more nerdcore/geek rap. Yes I know, it's sad, but damnit I actually understand the lyrics. Instead of rapping about things I've never done (blunts, bitches and 40s), they rap about things I get (athlon xp, spam, programming, etc). The final thing is: my project is on sourceforge and already has 50 downloads! Amazing! This project will be completed because it's required for another project. Ok, enough about that. Time to rant a bit.

I hate it how a lot of people are using the word geek. "omg! i'm such a geek! omg! so emo!" Friggin annoying when they aren't geeks. It's really misleading damnit. I want to know real geeks, not people thinking they're geeks because they sounded intelligent while their friends were hammered beyond belief.

Choice Definitions of a Geek (thanks to Google's define):

• An intellectual who is bent on a particular profession; especially within the computer field. Social interests are deeply rooted in Sci-Fi. link
  
• Traditionally a term of derision, geek has come to have a more positive connotation in this computer age. Technically adept people now frequently refer to themselves as geeks, in a mixture of self-deprecation and pride. link
  
• To quote from The New Hacker’s Dictionary, a computer geek is “one who eats (computer) bugs for a living. One who fulfills all the dreariest negative stereotypes about hackers: an asocial, malodorous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality of a cheese grater. Cannot be used by outsiders without implied insult to all hackers. A computer geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hacker in larval stage. Also called ‘turbo nerd’ or ‘turbo geek. ... link
  
• The sort of person who would get really excited at the prospect of using a text editor on a 900 megahertz workstation to write out the definitions of technical terms. link
  

I like that last one, heh. Anyway, people! Get the definition right! Argh!
Good night now.

Google-Sun vs. Microsoft

If Sun won't use web-based Office, who will?

"The only decent implementation of a clientless Office application with a rich user interface I've ever seen is Microsoft Office delivered via Citrix or Terminal Services but even that was never too popular."

One word: Pfft.

"Short of using Citrix, the only thing that would come close to delivering a decent client-less experience is Macromedia flash but coding such a beast is quite a challenge and it's much easier to implement something using screen push technology like Citrix."

This is bullshit. What has most, if not all, of Google's webware been using? AJAX! Yes, that clean, cool combination of XML, Javascript and something else. And who says it has to be a bloated piece of crap? No not at all. Just conduct a few usability tests and see which functions are used the most. The rest? Kill them. Kill them all. Heh. There are already online text editors (Gmail, Hotmail html/text email editors). All you need to do is add just a few more features. And if using XML, you can create new tags and use the OpenOffice document format. The author didn't put enough thought into his post.

Google-Sun vs. Microsoft

If Sun won't use web-based Office, who will?

"The only decent implementation of a clientless Office application with a rich user interface I've ever seen is Microsoft Office delivered via Citrix or Terminal Services but even that was never too popular."

One word: Pfft.

"Short of using Citrix, the only thing that would come close to delivering a decent client-less experience is Macromedia flash but coding such a beast is quite a challenge and it's much easier to implement something using screen push technology like Citrix."

This is bullshit. What has most, if not all, of Google's webware been using? AJAX! Yes, that clean, cool combination of XML, Javascript and something else. And who says it has to be a bloated piece of crap? No not at all. Just conduct a few usability tests and see which functions are used the most. The rest? Kill them. Kill them all. Heh. There are already online text editors (Gmail, Hotmail html/text email editors). All you need to do is add just a few more features. And if using XML, you can create new tags and use the OpenOffice document format. The author didn't put enough thought into his post.