Nerds are cool now

porsche959

Some of the types I see around Ballsbridge for the Web Summit are quite trendy and stylish.

When did IT nerds become cool?

Scannal

Remember when people used to say a young person was weird for spending hours on their computer alone in their bedroom? Now they're weird if they don't do that.

kjl

porsche959 wrote: »

Some of the types I see around Ballsbridge for the Web Summit are quite trendy and stylish.

When did IT nerds become cool?

We always were, you lot have just started to realise how cool we are.

Now geeks on the other hand are not cool, they are wannabe nerds.

for those of you who don't know, a nerd is someone who actually creates software and products. A geek is just a fanboy user who can only barely use the product better than a non geek.

Nerds Rule!!!

Larbre34

porsche959 wrote: »

Some of the types I see around Ballsbridge for the Web Summit are quite trendy and stylish.

When did IT nerds become cool?

When they started earning a ****ing fortune off the back of it.....

solomafioso

Scannal wrote: »

Remember when people used to say a young person was weird for spending hours on their computer alone in their bedroom? Now they're weird if they don't do that.

I used to be with it...

Also...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8

Larbre34

Scannal wrote: »

Remember when people used to say a young person was weird for spending hours on their computer alone in their bedroom? Now they're weird if they don't do that.

The Coderdojo is the death of society.

BeerWolf

Larbre34 wrote: »

The Coderdojo is the death of society.

The what?

HugsiePie

In school we were always told to be nice to nerds

Theyll be your boss someday

AnonoBoy

Nerds were always cool, they just knew they were before everyone else did. Hence why they're so cool.

Of course, soon they won't be cool, they'll be The Man and Jocks will be cool again.

I'm getting ahead of the curve by wearing a letter jacket wherever I go and talking about that girl Carly, the arty loner that won't put out and the bet I have with the guys that I can turn her into a prom queen before the end of term. Also I'm drink-driving a lot more and beating up that douchebag Jeffrey whenever I can. Dude's a complete spaz brah.

Scannal

Larbre34 wrote: »

The Coderdojo is the death of society.

Who's he?

endacl

BeerWolf wrote: »

The what?

Codordojo. A simple choice between tasty fish, or joining a martial arts training academy.

Either way, there's battering involved.

Collie D

endacl wrote: »

Codordojo. A simple choice between tasty fish, or joining a martial arts training academy.

Either way, there's battering involved.

Get out

valoren

Pardon Me?

endacl

Collie D wrote: »

Get out

Careful now. You need to ask yourself 'did endacl choose the fish, or the lethal ninja skillz?'...

Chunners

porsche959 wrote: »

Some of the types I see around Ballsbridge for the Web Summit are quite trendy and stylish.

When did IT nerds become cool?

When I became one :cool:

The Backwards Man

Nerds have been cool since that Robert Carradine movie thirty odd years ago.

I rooted for the nerds in that Beastie Boys video too.

solomafioso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5YkmjalDg

Pumpkinseeds

They're rich nerds too. Anyone who can afford to pay 1500 euro for a ticket to that summit can afford to look good.:D

OldNotWIse

porsche959 wrote: »

Some of the types I see around Ballsbridge for the Web Summit are quite trendy and stylish.

When did IT nerds become cool?

When they started making more money than the rest of us.

castletownman

I could literally hear the premature ejaculations during the news coverage when a real girl Eva Longoria arrived into the summit to talk yesterday. Room was full of "huhuhuhuh" laughs.

smash

castletownman wrote: »

I could literally hear the premature ejaculations during the news coverage when a real girl Eva Longoria arrived into the summit to talk yesterday. Room was full of "huhuhuhuh" laughs.

Web Summit... Talk by Eva Longoria... Was she there to entertain wags? Because I can't possibly think of any reason why she'd be talking about anything that could have had any relevance to the conference?

BeerWolf

smash wrote: »

Web Summit... Talk by Eva Longoria... Was she there to entertain wags? Because I can't possibly think of any reason why she'd be talking about anything that could have had any relevance to the conference?

To give a distraction while they fixed the Wifi there... [First day of the Web summit, and there was no internet there would you believe? lol]

Larbre34

smash wrote: »

Web Summit... Talk by Eva Longoria... Was she there to entertain wags? Because I can't possibly think of any reason why she'd be talking about anything that could have had any relevance to the conference?

Not so, she is the most relevant thing to the conference, and I'm not talking about fluff factor. She is a serious I.N.V.E.S.T.O.R.

smash

BeerWolf wrote: »

To give a distraction while they fixed the Wifi there... [First day of the Web summit, and there was no internet there would you believe? lol]

I know yea, heard all about it. What a disaster!

SEPT 23 1989

loneliness and cheeseburgers are a dangerous mix

smash

Larbre34 wrote: »

She is a serious I.N.V.E.S.T.O.R.

Unless you're willing to explain that as some weird acronym to do with Eva Longoria then I'm not sure why you've separated all the letters.

JustAddWater

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

loneliness and cheeseburgers are a dangerous mix

try smokey bacon crisps

porsche959

Chris Dawes was a British IT entrepreneur & pioneer of the 1980s and 1990s.

http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/23/features11.g24

Drugs, sports cars, practically buying a small island & trying to build a cult around yourself, and general debauchery. Maybe IT nerds being cool is not such a new thing.

Boom_Bap

How many software engineers does it take to change a lightbulb?












0 - it's a hardware issue :pac:

Macavity.

Most people at the web summit aren't even nerds.

Eileen Down

Bueller?

Bueller?

Bueller?

smash

Macavity. wrote: »

Most people at the web summit aren't even nerds.

Or Entrepreneurs. They just get tickets through work and are probably bringing clients out.

the groutch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0DRch3YLh0

Horsefumbler

Genetic Lottery Winner wrote: »

Does not compute.

Congrats on first post lad

AndonHandon

Jocks will rise again.

branie2

Thank you

smileyj1987

IT nerd in training ! So that's great to hear .

ahnowbrowncow

smileyj1987 wrote: »

IT nerd in training ! So that's great to hear .

Don't get your hopes up, only rich nerds are cool.

AllGunsBlazing

Nerds are cool now?

About twenty years too late for me then.....

smileyj1987

ahnowbrowncow wrote: »

Don't get your hopes up, only rich nerds are cool.

Ah now don't be jealous IT is where the money is at now a days !

Calina

porsche959 wrote: »

Some of the types I see around Ballsbridge for the Web Summit are quite trendy and stylish.

When did IT nerds become cool?

If they are cool, they aren't nerds.

LoganRice

You better start nerding it up a notch OP. Go get yourself some horn-rimmed glasses and a PhD in S.W.A.G

sashafierce

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Putin

sashafierce wrote: »

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Nice assumption busting there.

porsche959

porsche959 wrote: »

When did IT nerds become cool?

They always were - it is just that the rest of the world is catching up and noticing

Though the Vlogbrothers daily Vlog which kicked off the "Nerd Fighter" movement probably did speed things along a little bit.

Don't forget to be awesome.

GarIT

sashafierce wrote: »

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Did she not do a degree after finishing her basic education?

smash

sashafierce wrote: »

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What's his name? :pac:

Duggy747

As a network nerd, I got 99 problems but a switch ain't one!

Boom_Bap

Duggy747 wrote: »

As a network nerd, I got 99 problems but a switch ain't one!

I got 1100011 problems but a b*tch aint 00000001

GLaDOS

BizzyC

kjl wrote: »

We always were, you lot have just started to realise how cool we are.

Now geeks on the other hand are not cool, they are wannabe nerds.

for those of you who don't know, a nerd is someone who actually creates software and products. A geek is just a fanboy user who can only barely use the product better than a non geek.

Nerds Rule!!!

Nerd isn't restricted to software/computers.
A nerd does have to have a scientific specialisation though; physics, maths, engineering etc.

A geek is just a nerd without the knowledge to back it up...