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What is the nerdiest and coolest thing you've seen on Boards?

  • 29-12-2007 1:16pm
    #1
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,649 CMod ✭✭✭✭


    Was talkin to a mate about this the other day, the way society has changed so much and its ok to say you like Star Wars, that you post on the internet and you like comic books (that get made into cool films) Therefore what was nerdy 15 years ago, is longer nerdy now.

    So it got us thinking, what is nerdiest thing you have seen on boards.ie? A particular forum or thread or post? Answers like "the whole of the "x" forum wont wash as per my first paragraph. To me, it has to be this thread:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054996000

    I like transformers but even this one made me go, whoa there ted!!!

    Then the flip side, what is the coolest thing? Obviously SSF etc is cool, but im more referring to a thread or post. What do you think? I always thought the "Boner Wednesday" thread in BGRH was pretty cool, although i dont know if it can count is being cool?


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 674 ✭✭✭kaki


    For me, nerdiest and coolest are interchangeable, so my joint nomination is

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055154306&highlight=time+travel


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,905 ✭✭✭User45701


    faceman wrote: »
    Was talkin to a mate about this the other day, the way society has changed so much and its ok to say you like Star Wars, that you post on the internet and you like comic books (that get made into cool films) Therefore what was nerdy 15 years ago, is longer nerdy now.

    ye, its funny how many people where wrong about that one, some peoples minds are so... i dont know what word to describe them, allot of people are very sheapish though but thats not a good word to describe this.

    The nerdiest and coolest thing for me was probably those old style groups that where an extension of outlook, where you used to have to download episodes in like 40 segments because all we had then if you where lucky was a 33k maybe 56k but with eircom it would

    it would never go that fast.

    EDIT: Actually a year or so ago i sa wa very funny picture of someone dressed up in a orginal cylon outfit, standing at the side of the road with a cardboard sign that read "Replaced by CGI please help"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    I think the coolest and nerdiest thing I have seen here was when Anti and a couple of others built a working PC and encased it in cardboard.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,905 ✭✭✭User45701


    actually i did see a pc with no case once, all the difference parts where attached to the underside of a desk so you could not even see the pc, i dont know much about tech but one would assume it would be prone to dust or hitting your kneww off your exposed motherbord or something


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,231 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    Terry wrote: »
    I think the coolest and nerdiest thing I have seen here was when Anti and a couple of others built a working PC and encased it in cardboard.


    W0000t

    \o/

    All hail the amazing computer case (with added garda strobe)

    http://sparky-s.ie/host/files/6xgqu0cny6jmmvvh6g2k.jpg

    http://sparky-s.ie/host/files/67m3rvzfct4v5oz49ft2.jpg


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    the nerdiest thing is people listing the spec of their computers in their signature. and there is nothing cool here if we're all honest about it.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,474 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Someone thread where they were talking about burning DVD's and someone suggested using a toaster.
    Then someone else posted a link to a toaster that had a DVD writer in it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,084 ✭✭✭eroo


    its ok to say you like Star Wars, that you post on the internet and you like comic books

    it is?:p

    Tbh,I haven't seen anything that would set my world on fire!So,someone post up something!:)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭Jimbo




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    thanks to boards i remember seeing one of these...

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/igrill.shtml

    what's great though is the description.

    Running late at work? Need to get dinner on the table? It is easy to warm up the iGrill from any internet connection. With a little advance planning, your meal can be ready when you get home!


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  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    The nerdiest probably has to be that thread on the events forum where everyone started speaking in binary. It eventually moved on to hex and octal as well. Everyone was using an on-line translator apart from one person who was doing it themselves (or so she claimed). She thought we were all fluent in binary. 'Twas pretty funny.

    Here's the thread.

    Much thanks to feylya for starting the binary thing off.

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=54047862&postcount=135


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,424 ✭✭✭Aisling(",)


    The nerdiest probably has to be that thread on the events forum where everyone started speaking in binary. It eventually moved on to hex and octal as well. Everyone was using an on-line translator apart from one person who was doing it themselves (or so she claimed). She thought we were all fluent in binary. 'Twas pretty funny.

    Here's the thread.

    Much thanks to feylya for starting the binary thing off.

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=54047862&postcount=135

    whats binary?:confused:


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    The nerdiest probably has to be that thread on the events forum where everyone started speaking in binary. It eventually moved on to hex and octal as well. Everyone was using an on-line translator apart from one person who was doing it themselves (or so she claimed). She thought we were all fluent in binary. 'Twas pretty funny.

    Here's the thread.

    Much thanks to feylya for starting the binary thing off.

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=54047862&postcount=135

    It gets even better when you realise what time I posted it at :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    The ` [post Your Favourite Non-alphanumeric Character Here} thread in tCN.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    feylya wrote: »
    It gets even better when you realise what time I posted it at :D

    1am isn't that bad. It wasn't a Saturday night either.


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    1am isn't that bad. It wasn't a Saturday night either.

    I meant that time was in binary... 0100 :D


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    feylya wrote: »
    I meant that time was in binary... 0100 :D

    I didn't even notice that. I wish I hadn't taken a mouthful of tea before reading that post. It ended up all over my laptop. Ah well, at least it will cover some of the semen stains.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    The nerdiest probably has to be that thread on the events forum where everyone started speaking in binary. It eventually moved on to hex and octal as well. Everyone was using an on-line translator apart from one person who was doing it themselves (or so she claimed). She thought we were all fluent in binary. 'Twas pretty funny.

    Here's the thread.

    Much thanks to feylya for starting the binary thing off.

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=54047862&postcount=135

    01101100 01101111 01101100


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    01101100 01101111 01101100
    01101111 01101101 01100111 00100000 01110011 01100001 01100100


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Cremo wrote: »
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    01100110 01110101 01100011 01101011 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100001 01110011 01110011 01101000 01101111 01101100 01100101


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    low blow man, low blow :p


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Cremo wrote: »
    low blow man, low blow :p

    00111010 01110010 01101111 01101100 01101100 01100101 01111001 01100101 01110011 00111010


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    01111001011011110111001001100101001000000110110101100001

    That's a low blow.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    The-Rigger wrote: »
    01111001011011110111001001100101001000000110110101100001

    That's a low blow.

    01100111 01110010 01101111 01100001 01101110


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01110111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01110011 01101000 01100101 00100000 01110011
    01100001 01101001 01100100


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    01100111 01110010 01101111 01100001 01101110

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    011011100110111101110100001000000110110001101111011011100110011100100000011001010110111001101111011101010110011101101000


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭Sabre0001


    11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
    11001100110000001100111111100111111110001111
    11001100110011111100111111100111111101110111
    11000000110000001100111111100111111101110111
    11001100110011111100111111100111111101110111
    11001100110000001100000011100000001110001111
    11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

    Can I play too :rolleyes:


    <Eyes are killing me now....Wasn't even worth it but I'm posting it because I did it :P>

    🤪



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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    The-Rigger wrote: »
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    01110101 01110011 01100101 00100000 01110011 01110000 01100001 01100011 01100101 01110011 00100000 01100111 01101111 01100100 00100000 01100100 01100001 01101101 01101110 01101001 01110100 00101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100111 01110010 01100101 00100000 01110000 01110101 01110011 01101000 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101111 01110101 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01110000 01100001 01100111 01100101 00100001


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    f8ad3d539e67f05843129391c7159942 16f43046295eea6bfbc79f0901402fa8f27036f4


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    Sabre0001 wrote: »
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    11001100110000001100111111100111111110001111
    11001100110011111100111111100111111101110111
    11000000110000001100111111100111111101110111
    11001100110011111100111111100111111101110111
    11001100110000001100000011100000001110001111
    11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

    Can I play too :rolleyes:


    <Eyes are killing me now....Wasn't even worth it but I'm posting it because I did it :P>
    01100001011011010110000101110100011101010110010101110010001000000111010001100010
    01101000001000000011001100110000001110000010111100111000001000000010000100111101
    001000000010100001101001011011100111010000101001


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Gordon wrote: »
    f8ad3d539e67f05843129391c7159942 16f43046295eea6bfbc79f0901402fa8f27036f4

    01110001 01110101 01100101 00111111


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    01110001 01110101 01100101 00111111
    9db13c6b218d4d70b904c3abfaf2d776


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭Sabre0001


    Webmonkey wrote: »
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    01101000001000000011001100110000001110000010111100111000001000000010000100111101
    001000000010100001101001011011100111010000101001

    01001000 01101111 01110111 00100000 01100001 01100010 01101111 01110101 01110100 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110111 00111111

    🤪



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    Sabre0001 wrote: »
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    01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01100010 01100101 01110100
    01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110111


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,851 Mod ✭✭✭✭Michael Collins


    This thread is quickly becoming the nerdiest ever...oh the irony.
    (The even nerdier part is that I decoded it...)

    Also, it seems if you make one binary post, everyone follows...

    01010100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100011 01101111 01110101 01101100 01100100 00100000 01100111 01100101 01110100 00100000 01110110 01100101 01110010 01111001 00100000 01100001 01101110 01101110 01101111 01111001 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01110001 01110101 01101001 01110100 01100101 00100000 01110001 01110101 01101001 01100011 01101011 01101100 01111001 00100001 00100000 01000011 01110101 01100101 00100000 01100001 00100000 01110000 01100101 01110010 01110011 01101111 01101110 01100001 01101100 00100000 01101001 01110011 01110011 01110101 01100101 00100000 01110000 01101111 01110011 01110100 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00101110 00101110 00101110


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    This thread is quickly becoming the nerdiest ever...oh the irony. Also, it seems if you make one binary post, everyone follows...

    Ooooh deja vu.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


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    00100000 01110100 01101000 01101111 01110101 01100111 01101000


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Webmonkey wrote: »
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    01100100 00110101 00101100 00100000 01110011 01101000 01100001 01101101 01100101 00100000
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    00100000 01110100 01101000 01101111 01110101 01100111 01101000
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    00110000 01100110 01100110 01100100 01100100 00110001 01100100 01100110 01100011 00110001


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    01100001 01110011 01110011 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01101101 01101111 01110101 01110100 01101000


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    Gordon wrote: »
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    01100001 00110101 01100101 00110011 01100110 00110100 00111001 00111000 00110110 00110111
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    01101101 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01110010 01101001 01100100 01101001 01100011
    01110101 01101100 01101111 01110101 01110011


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Gordon wrote: »
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    01100001 00110101 01100101 00110011 01100110 00110100 00111001 00111000 00110110 00110111
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    00110000 01100110 01100110 01100100 01100100 00110001 01100100 01100110 01100011 00110001

    01101110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01101110 01100101 01110010 01100100 01111001 00101110 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101100


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Qgg, cjobsz jt tp qbttff


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,452 ✭✭✭Time Magazine


    Thread tl;dr.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,958 ✭✭✭DJ_Spider


    How about this for something nerdy?! Modded PC cases.

    http://tinyurl.com/2pgqh7 Now Alvin has somewhere to live!

    Oh and check this one http://tinyurl.com/2lwe9f Ideal for Me!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,958 ✭✭✭DJ_Spider


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,649 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    this thread has become a paradox of yizzer binary bedrooms.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Parsley


    Back on topic, I nominate this thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055053909


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