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  From: Tim Ansell <ansell@chariot.net.au>
  To  : lloy0076 <lloy0076@senet.com.au>
  Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 19:57:28 +0930

Re: Geek or Nerd?

I'm looking at what people think the words mean not the actual meaning....
Sometimes they can be quite diffrent... Sometimes not... It's quite intresting......

Tim

lloy0076 wrote:

> Brian:
>
> > Tim,
> > You have NOT been asked to discover the location and meaning of these words
> > so you can stay in your comfortable chair and lazily ask someone else if
> > they know.  BTW, how will you check that the info you obtain here is accurate?
>
> In an information age where the Internet, email and such are becoming
> more important sources of information each day this statement amuses
> me.Asking someone else if they know is quite valid in the real world -
> if you work in a company with 10 programmers, if you get stuck on
> something you don't just suddenly go wander off with your problem to the
> text books only - you talk to your fellow human beings. That way you
> might find the answer quicker, save the boss more money and he/she might
> give you a pay rise.
>
> Why is it that University's devalue asking one's fellow questions so
> much? Asking the right information and working with people to get that
> information is a skill in itself....
>
> DL
>
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