Ask the Computer Geek

Welcome to Ask the Computer Geek!

Our website allows you direct contact to The Geek to ask any question you like about any subject. Now of course we know a lot about computers and the Internet, but you might just be infatuated with how a geek's mind works on any subject - so ask any question!

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What is a Geek?

From the wiki: The word "geek" has recently come to be used to refer to a person who is fascinated by knowledge and imagination, usually electronic or virtual in nature.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word geek as "1: a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken, bat or snake 2: a person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked 3: an enthusiast or expert especially in a technological field or activity".

I like the wiki definition better as I have yet to bite the head off of a chicken, bat or snake alive or dead. I don't think I would say that I am disliked, well not by that many people - well, not by people that don't know me anyway - well, I guess somewhat disliked, but not by stereotype only because I want them to.

I am okay with the ethusiast or expert part, but that would have to be used loosely because in this industry I have learned that there are few general experts. Mostly, you can have expertise in a certain component of the vast industry, but rarely a wide-spectrum expert of computers and the Internet.

So I like the wiki, fascinated by knowledge and imagination of this generation of the Net. I have a hard time resting if a solution has yet to be found to an issue. Writing code becomes my Sudoku of choice in trying to figure out the puzzle and in many cases there are numerous ways to accomplish any single thing. That is what makes it so fascinating!