Are you a Geek? If you do three or more of the following, then the answer is Yes!

1. You spend more time automating something than you ever would performing the task manually
2. You buy t-shirts for their comedy value
3. You store binaries on your iPod
4. You have more categories on your iPod than you do tracks
5. You hack your iPod
6. You don’t watch live TV, ever
7. If someone isn’t on Facebook or MySpace, you consider them as non-existent
8. You send an IM to the guy sat next to you
9. You think Bill Gates is God
10. You think Bill Gates is Lucifer
11. You spend an age making your Linux desktop look just like Windows
12. You don’t find The TV show ‘The Big Bang Theory’ funny – it’s real life right?
13. You brag about your network ping
14. You spend your salary on virtual goods
15. You turn up to a wedding in a suit and sneakers
16. You consider green-screen terminals pre-history
17. You phone the cops if your DSL line goes down
18. You have more than 2 screens on your desktop
19. You laugh at the movie ‘The Net’
20. You shout at the screen ‘thats not possible’ when TV shows use poetic license on computer abilities
21. ‘Computer’ is a vulgar term to you
22. You first look for an Internet Cafe in tropical countries
23. You’ve connected your PSP to a TV
24. You dismiss any device that doesn’t have a USB connection
25. Your laptop is adorned with badges of rock bands or games
26. You go to work on your skateboard
27. You think any kind of commercialization around open-source is a capital offence
28. You will only use a browser that has less than 1% market share
29. You consider high-caffeine products as health food
30. You can reel off more than 10 kinds of encryption without hesitating
31. You rarely use your cellphone as a cellphone
32. You get annoyed to see someone over 40 with your latest gadget
33. You consider ASCII art as a masterpiece
34. You collect Star Wars Lego dioramas and show them on your desk
35. Your oNline hANDle beGIns with a smalL lEttEr but has caPItaL letters in it at raNdOM plAces

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