Your not the only one. Whats better is when your laptop battery dies you make an extension cord to the car to plug it in, I soldered it with a small torch. Not having electricity is rough, not having steam service is worse.
Nah, the fact that you're in a thread that asks whether the thread starter is a geek proves that you're a geek. The laughter just reinforces it It's like those generic "You know you're a ____ when..." threads where inevitably the third post is "you read/participate in this thread".
If you were a geek of the Heinlein variety, you'd have a backup power system and wouldn't need to make a thread about losing power.
I can't figure out this Heinlein guy from the wiki, but many a time have i wanted a generator for when the power goes out as we have voip, and when it goes out our phone is gone.
UPS? If you're using something like Vonage, a UPS will keep one of their modems and your cable modem going for a few hours at least. How many people still have line-powered phones anyways? All of the cordless stuff won't work with the power out either. And almost everyone has cell phones by now, so I figure it's largely a non-issue (though I still haven't managed to convince my family to switch).
I need to get a UPS, 5000 watt generator would be cooler tough as I could do normal things when the power is out.
Make a generator out of an old V8. How impressed with your manliness will all your friends be, if during a the world cup the power goes out and you valiantly spring into action providing enough juice to keep the TV running and the fridge chillin' beers... football (soccer), beer and the rumble of a V8. Can't beat it. Or if you live near a gypsy camp, you could go down there and tell them you're on the lookout for an industrial three phase and within a couple of days they'll be at your door with a bright yellow one and the "D.O.E" markings crudely scored off.
There is no much thing as "too far" when it comes to being a geek. Sort of like asking whether water is too wet. As r4tch3t says: "I'm geek and I'm proud. I'm posting this from my tablet PC while I am having a lie-in on Saturday. I always carry a Leatherman and a white LED pocket torch. I own two Junghans self-charging, self-setting watches. I have a Knomo laptop bag. I know pi to ten digits. I know e to ten digits. All scientific progress? Geeks. The industrial revolution? Geeks. That surgeon doing life-saving surgery? Geek. Geeks rule.
Pi is the thing Americans eat everywhere, and E is just a letter, it doesn't have any numbers in it. Just kidding, if you didn't get it
i got you beat, i had to tweak the settings on my laptop but i sat there watching anime for 5 hours on the lappy when the power went out
