Heretofore Unwritten Rules of Geekhood

After almost nine years of living with a geek, I learned something one night. These code warriors live by an esoteric Bushido, some of which I hazard my life to make public:

1. Geeks do not share their notebook chargers. To each his own power supply.
2. Geeks may be slobs on the outside, but they keep their computer desktops clean. Desktop cleanliness is next to godliness.
3. Geeks religiously check for Software Updates. If your computer crashed because you haven't installed the latest OS update, it's your bad.
4. Geeks name their machines. And pick a gender, first of all.
5. Geeks use BB Edit for word processing. Anyone using MS Word is a pussy.
6. Nobody, but nobody, should go to a geek for tech support without the exact error message. "Something went wrong and now my computer doesn't work" will not cut mustard.
7. Never try to second-guess a geek when he instructs you on how to fix your machine. Instructions are sacred; the word "ReadMe" should be taken literally.
8. Geeks communicate in binary, prime numbers or Fibonacci sequences. If geeks had bars, they'd brawl over who knows pi up to a higher decimal place.



Maybe my next computer will be gay...