Meow! =3D(^.^)=3D

>Rule #1:
>When in doubt - buy him a 1000' spool box of cable.  It does not
>matter if he already has one.  I have a friend who owns 17 miles of
>cable, and owns a cargo container to stash it all, but still complains
>about not having enough.  As a geek, you can never have too much bulk
>cable.  Kat knows why.

        U=E9, I have all my house wired for audio, video, network (of course=
 100MBit certified) and IR...Does I need MORE cable? :oD

>Rule #2:
>If you can not afford a spool of cable, buy him anything with the
>word "Linux" or "Open Source" in it.  Geeks love saying those words.
>"Hey Mike, can I borrow your Linux CD?" "OK. By-the-way, are you done
>with my Open Source program archive discs yet?"

        Bah! :oP Too many distros, too many confusion in my head.

>Rule #3:
>If you are really, really broke, buy him anything for his handheld. It
>doesn't matter if he doesn't know what it is. A 99-cent screen duster,
>a small bottle of compressed air, or something to stick on the case.
>Men love gifts for their overgrown Gameboys.

        Humm ;o)) Love gifts ;o) Have a spare video board around? ;o)

>Rule #4:
>Do not buy geeks any kind of internal hardware. And never buy geeks
>backup storage media. Once I was told that if God had wanted geeks to
>use backups, he wouldn't have made RAID 5.

        :o( I want my DVD recorder!!! :oO Maybe a better processor too...(actually=
 a P2/333, for my despair)

>Rule #5:
>You can buy men new HIDs to replace the ones they have worn out.  If
>you have a lot of money buy your man a big flatscreen with the digital
>inputs. Watch him go wild as he games, and games, and games....

        Hmm...Nice gift, maybe an Apple Studio Display, that BIG lcd... ;oD

>Rule #6:
>Do not buy a geek any of that fancy ergonomic crap. If you do, it will
>sit in a closet for 23 years. Real geeks know how to type on a standard
>keyboard without getting CTS.

        Yep. Sure.

>Rule #7:
>Do not buy any geek any personal care items.  I'm told geeks do not
>stink, they work hard to avoid exposing their computers to volatile
>chemicals.

        Yep, Sure=B2

>Rule #8:
>Buy geeks component MP3 players. Almost as good as cable spools. Within
>a couple of weeks there will be MP3s of everything. Albums. TV shows.
>Porn. You get the idea. No one knows why.

        EEEHHH! ;oDDD I want my MP3 player!!! Of course, the Cli=E9 760 from Sony=
 is a good idea! ;oDDD

>Rule #9:
>Never buy a geek anything that says "work in Windows only." It will
>ruin his Special Day and he will always feel inadequate for not being
>able to port/reverse-engineer it to work on a real OS.

        Yep, Sure=B3. Or at least, be cheap enough that I can smash it with a=
 hammer, in the "destruction night"...

>Rule #10:
>Good places to shop for geeks include Radio Shack, Incredible Universe,
>bulk electronics parts stores, and just about any major department
>store's electronics department.  "From Greybar, eh? Must be something
>I need. Hey! Isn't this a power supply from a PDP-11? Wow! Thanks."

        Can I have one of that wonderfull micro-pseudo-more-or-less-scopes that=
 Radio Shack sells? ;o)))

>Rule #11:
>Geeks enjoy danger. That's why they never use ESD wrist-straps- but
>they will operate on a live computer. Get him a monster server machine
>and tell him the power supply is on.

        Wow! ;oD Have you ever touched the PSU of an old VAX 11/750? ;o) Peace for=
 the mind ;o)

>Rule #12:
>Tickets to a Linuxworld Expo are a smart gift. However, he will not
>appreciate tickets to any conference about Microsoft products.

        Well, at least gimme tickets for expo in Brazil. Or better, send me the=
 air tickets ;o)

>Rule #13:
>Geeks love soldering guns. Never, ever, buy a geek you love a soldering
>gun. If you don't know why - please refer to Rule #8 and what happens
>when he gets a component MP3 player.

        UHuhauhAuhAUHAUHAUHuhAuhauhaUHauhAUHauha

>Rule #14:
>It's hard to beat a really good Perl cookbook or an indexed command
>reference. Never buy a real geek a, "teach your self x in 21 days,"
>book.  It must be a command refernce.  No one knows why.

        Hmm, maybe "for dummies" book, at least it's fun!

>Rule #15:
>Cables.  Geeks love cables.  It takes us back to last Thursday, doing
>the network install at someone's new apartment.  Nothing says love like
>a thousand feet of fibre. Kat knows why.

        Cables! Cables! Cables! We love cables! ;oD

        Enought tips for my xmas, hehehe


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