"Alexandre Domingos F. Souza" wrote:
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>         Meow! =3D(^.^)=3D
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> >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.
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>         U=E9, I have all my house wired for audio, video, network (of c=
ourse 100MBit certified) and IR...Does I need MORE cable? :oD
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> >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?"
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>         Bah! :oP Too many distros, too many confusion in my head.
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> >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.
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>         Humm ;o)) Love gifts ;o) Have a spare video board around? ;o)
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> >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.
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>         :o( I want my DVD recorder!!! :oO Maybe a better processor too.=
..(actually a P2/333, for my despair)
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> >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....
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>         Hmm...Nice gift, maybe an Apple Studio Display, that BIG lcd...=
 ;oD
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> >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 standar=
d
> >keyboard without getting CTS.
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>         Yep. Sure.
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> >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.
>=20
>         Yep, Sure=B2
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> >Rule #8:
> >Buy geeks component MP3 players. Almost as good as cable spools. Withi=
n
> >a couple of weeks there will be MP3s of everything. Albums. TV shows.
> >Porn. You get the idea. No one knows why.
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>         EEEHHH! ;oDDD I want my MP3 player!!! Of course, the Cli=E9 760=
 from Sony is a good idea! ;oDDD
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> >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.
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>         Yep, Sure=B3. Or at least, be cheap enough that I can smash it =
with a hammer, in the "destruction night"...
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> >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."
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>         Can I have one of that wonderfull micro-pseudo-more-or-less-sco=
pes that Radio Shack sells? ;o)))
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> >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.
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>         Wow! ;oD Have you ever touched the PSU of an old VAX 11/750? ;o=
) Peace for the mind ;o)

How about PDP 8 PS, or DEC Tape, Maybe even an IBM 650 Valve Job on the
side.

>=20
> >Rule #12:
> >Tickets to a Linuxworld Expo are a smart gift. However, he will not
> >appreciate tickets to any conference about Microsoft products.
>=20
>         Well, at least gimme tickets for expo in Brazil. Or better, sen=
d me the air tickets ;o)
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> >Rule #13:
> >Geeks love soldering guns. Never, ever, buy a geek you love a solderin=
g
> >gun. If you don't know why - please refer to Rule #8 and what happens
> >when he gets a component MP3 player.
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>         UHuhauhAuhAUHAUHAUHuhAuhauhaUHauhAUHauha
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> >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.
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>         Hmm, maybe "for dummies" book, at least it's fun!
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> >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 lik=
e
> >a thousand feet of fibre. Kat knows why.
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>         Cables! Cables! Cables! We love cables! ;oD
>=20
>         Enought tips for my xmas, hehehe
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> Alexandre Souza
> taito@terra.com.br
> http://planeta.terra.com.br/lazer/pinball/
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