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Geeks/Nerds already rule the earth

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by shirokit

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Hehe just as the title says. Geeks/Nerds really do rule the earth if you think about it.

What would happen if all geeks/nerds goes on strike at the same time or just disappears out of the picture?

I think it would be a global communication and economic meltdown.

How long will the net/telecomunications/wireless/satelites/travel/power/water/banks sustain itself in that event?

What would happen to the stock markets?

The truth is almost every company/country relies on computers in order to function and without the help of geeks/nerds their computers will slowly but surely start to malfunction due to lack of computer knowledge of the regular user.

If you think about it almost everything in our daily lives relies on geeks/nerds doing what we do.

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by bizzo

Do you honestly think that all the geeks and nerds on the planet will be able to drop their technology and log off for even a day?

by charliespencer

"What would happen if all food delivery truck drivers goes on strike at the same time ..."

"What would happen if all sewage / waste processors goes on strike at the same time ..."

"What would happen if all electrical / utility workers goes on strike at the same time ..."

Let's look at that last one really close; where are your geeks without electricity? Most of 'modern' society is one good electro-magnetic pulse away from scrounging in the streets.

by shirokit

Lol the secret is still save as jocks lack the knowlage to find and navigate this place.

all Jocks please raise your hands sothat we can flame you and see if we can get your accounts locked.

would food truck drivers have fuel if we disapear.

sewage / waste processors will back up ether way

Electrival and utility workers would anyway not be able to do anythin.

Ok before someone freaks and think im trying to organize a global IT strike / logoff im not. This was just intended as a fictional post to waste some time and to cheerup those thats a bit depressed. I knew I should have said what would happen if the little green men took every Geek / Nerd off planet :P

by charliespencer

I'll let you in on a couple of the ground rules. We don't start flame wars at TR. We avoid unsupportable statements like "jocks lack the knowledge".

If you can't play by the rules, there's always the 'spam' button.

by the 'g-man.'

not all IT people are geeks or nerds
not all finance people are geeks or nerds

How long will the net/telecomunications/wireless/satelites/travel/power/water/banks sustain itself in that event?

They would do just fine as not all people working in these areas are geeks or nerds.

What would happen to the stock markets?

Despite not all being geeks or nerds they have done a fine job of messing these up anyway so who cares.

Now...if they took all the Research / Development / Scientific people away things would remain as is, no development but as is, once again who cares!

by shirokit

Seems some of you dont understand what this is all about (the first few got it). This is not a flame against anyone. Palmetto get a personality

The 'G-Man' I totaly agree that their not geeks thats why I didnt say their geeks. Rather ask yourself who maintains their computers?

by shellbot

You possibly upset the "status quo"..

You posted a "haha" post..but because you're relativley new to posting, we just not sure of how you meant it.

Its one thing to post and ask what peoples opinion is, its another to post your idea as "fact" and when people don't get the joke, you can't go tell them to get personalities.

by kgilley

Shirokit, I think that is a high honor to be called a geek/nerd. As a geek I am constantly striving to improve my intellectual skill set. Though some may think I am weird for not indulging is substances that would kill brain cells or run the risk of inflicting a concussion with bone-jarring jock activities, I am quite comfortable being the only one that they turn to in times of distress. Those who try to use the terms in a derogatory way simply show how small their minds are. In a crisis who do they consult? Geek or Jock?

I do, however, object to the use of the personal pronoun their (which is a term of ownership) instead of the contraction they're (they are). I am my own geek and not one of theirs.

by seanferd

the spam button. And flaming.

Our two main weapons are the spam button and flaming. And the TR password "Do not respond" template.

Our three main weapons are: The spam button, flaming, and the TR password "Do not respond" template. And these nice TR mugs.

Let me come in again.

Nobody expects the spam button! Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: ...

by deadly ernest

when that's activated all the spam at TR and the top 250 members home emails are redirected to the trouble maker at the same time their email address is placed on every spam list in existence.

by shirokit

True not everyone that maintains computers is geeks / Nerd. I dont look the part but actualy am one. No one can argue that geeks does not play a vital role in the world. <<< thats the point I was trying to make with this btw.

O and nope this account has not been stolen, as I sayd I was bored and needed to kill some time :P If no one believes me they can send an e-mail out to this accounts e-mail and ask if I am truely myself.

by the 'g-man.'

you said post to it for checking, hello...accounts e-mail address, hello, hello???

Sometimes it's easy to forget where you're goin'
Sometimes it's harder to leave
And everytime you think you know just what you're doin'
That's when your troubles exceed

by boxfiddler Hot topic

are dependent upon the electricity that powers their toys. Dependent upon the trucks that transport the food they eat, dependent upon the water and sewage companies for clean water, and flushing toilets, and dependent upon the trash collector to haul off garbage keeping their neighborhoods clean and disease free.

Your dependencies are backwards, and in the event the lights go out permanently, I bet that I, a simple farmer, last a whole lot longer than you, a braggart geek.

by shellbot

tell it like it is..

us farm girls will end up running the world..

if everything went out tomorrow..i could make shelter and hunt food..what more do i want ;)

by blondlot

Er, not quite. If civilization ended tomorrow, all the crazy survivalist/hippie neo-primitives- who are adept at hunting and gathering- would be best at surviving. Farmers rely on society for protection. In a lawless mad max world every farm/stationary domicile is one hungry party of nomadic raiders away from being razed to the ground.

by shellbot

I'd adapt..
What kind of farmers do you know?

The ones I know, and grew up with are well capable of looking after themselves.

So those who can hunter-gather will survive..but farmers wont..i beg to differ.

If needs be I can hunt, fish, gather edible food, build, weave, ect..growing up on the farm taugh me most of that.

Of course every farm building is ripe for the picking..I do watch movies too :)
Thats where being able to build a hut from sticks is a good skill

by deadly ernest

every farmer I know has a few rifles and knows how to use them, they usually keep a good stock or ammunition too.

I support the cowgirls, as the worst that can happen is they ride their way to victory - yahoooo.

by boxfiddler Hot topic

How is it you get the 'end of civilization' from the 'lights going out permanently'?

by shellbot

gonna mention that as well..but was too lazy to continue typing ..

ok, when the end is near, we'll hook up and build a little empire ..day one a hut form sticks..day 30 a fully working network with a proper database to store our knowledge :)

by shirokit

You will have to ask the admins for it or ask them to verify it.

Pasting your e-mail in an open forum like this is well just stupid as e-mail adress bots is active all over the net. I have enoth spam already on my gmail account no way im going to do anything that will give this e-mail spam aswell.

by notsochiguy

...society got along for thousands of years without computers. Maybe not as well (or, maybe it could be argued better...that's a different thread waiting to happen), but well enough.

Now, if you would have brought up pretty much the same topic, but phrased it more along the lines of "asides from the military, nerds/geeks can do more to screw up the planet immediately than anyone", I think people may have had more fun with the topic, and been slightly more receptive.

Or maybe not. Who knows. At the least, the tone would have been better...and that's a start.

by santeewelding

When I stubbed my big toe, the whole friggen enterprise came to a full stop -- brain, heart, liver, kidneys, sphincter. You name it. Every organ of my sentience laid aside its quarrelsome preeminence. Everything cringed.

Is that what you presume yourself to be?

A big toe?

Or a sphincter?

by shellbot

they were trying to respond to G-Mans post :)

If not..hey..as we say over here "I've pulled"

by fearl3$$

I stared Reading this, and understand what Shiro is saying. And it is a question/opinion, that I have aswell.. IT People does rule the earth, and most of us are bieng called geegs/nerds for what we do. And I saw a post about no electricity, then we will be nothing, but, what does run those Powerplants that give's power to our technology? PC's/Servers/Software/computerchips?

And nowaday's farmers also rely on computer tech, to milk cows,keep refrigirators cool and so on... So even farmers would not survive... We will have to start all over again.
As I see it, we need older tech to build newer better tech, but if the whole system crashes in this moment in time we would have to sortof start from the begining again, because what happens to older tech? it gets thrown out?

"Everything I said here is my own opinion and must not be taken as Facts."

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