lightningbolt....lightningbolt....lightningbolt... .lightningbolt....

 

LOL! I understand where that came from. I've seen that video too!

 

yes.. but did you know about it BEFORE they had a dumb video?

 

I would argue that the rotary engine in any vehical is a nerd revenge.

Small, compact, and oh so powerful and high tech.

 

Its ok, Im am now a rising senior mechanical engineering student.......Ive come to terms with the fact that I am a geek. But when I buy my 8 next year, ill be a geek driving a sweet car!!

 

I think everyone is intrigued by the rotary. Volvos are for nerds, not rotaries.

 

im essentially a financial accountant on the path to becoming a lawyer, is that geeky? im good at math id have to say im atleast partially geek.

 

Geek is such an outdated word, and really was intended for carnival freaks.
With everyone adapting to the use of computers, it's more like savior & tech god sometimes.
I am referred to as Nick Burns around the office, but with my hair and the way I dress it does not indicate my field of work. You might however guess I work in the music industry.

 

hmmmm University student.... 18 turning 19

parents gave me $60000 (AUS) and demanded i dun buy anything 2nd hand. the only thing thats new, sleek, attractive and around my budget is the RX-8
...... dunno how i fit into 'geek', but couldnt care less

 

What's really great about the 8 is that a laptop bag fits perfectly in the little recess in the trunk. I can put my laptop in there, then whip around any corner at dangerously high speeds. When I arrive at the office, it hasn't even moved.

There is a bit of revenge of the nerds going on here. I have been in software for ten years. Though I am only 33, and not rich by any stretch of the imagination, I was able to buy an 8, while only working 20 - 25 hours a week.

Being a geek allows me to slack off a lot, and drive my car

 

yeah i noticed that! my small carryon big enough for two laptops and a couple briefs (files not underwear) fits perfectly flat in the little luggage well. Its like this car was built for the young professional.

 

Well, I work for a software company...does that make me a geek?

-Eric

 

geek here . .. computer technician and network admin

 

The Geekiest people I've ever met are amateur astronomers (Maybe ham radio operators beat astronomers in Geekiness, but I don't know any Ham operators.) I was stunned at how many members here have telescopes in their basements and garages... me included. Check out this thread in the Lounge on the Hubble (and the pic of Sea Ray's observatory which he posted... drool!):

Hubble casualty of Bush space plan




Yes, that's a motorized, sliding roof.

ZoomZoomH: I love Morgan Webb... I think most Geeks do.



Aratinga: Nice Slate article... thanks!

 

dammit, I have a f**king telescope too, you can really see Venus well lately.

 

so that really REALLY bright thing in the evening sky this past few days IS Venus huh

 

yes it is, and sinks into the horizon as the evening gets later.

 

Geek!

 

Gee - I'm an electrical engineer AND a ham radio operator! I guess that makes me the geekiest of the geeks!

 

You weren't going fast enough

john

 

You're welcome... and my boyfriend just moved his monster telescope into my living room. Does this make me a geek by association?

We looked at Comet Neat last night. It was ... neat!

 

I teach Computer Science to aspiring nerds at a university. I am to a "common nerd" what a drug dealer is to a "casual user". How embarassing.

The 8 really is a nerd car. Any non-nerd would have bought the 350Z. Nerds put handling and innovation over HP and image.

NERD POWER!

 

Or, maybe nerds care about performance in all its facets.. as I've said many times, "when will you people learn that torque matters on a racetrack too". It's not figure skating, there are no judges, just a clock..

john

 

Funny how all the IT guys thought I was talking about THEM when I mentioned nerds!

 

I think because it's an old cliche.

I don't think any "Revenge of the Nerds" types are buying, more of the technologically advanced segment of our society.