Beat me to it.

Of course it's win-win. We Texans come standard issue with an arsenal of firearms (even when we're gay, kung fu studying, yoga-practicing, car guy vegetarians). We need SOMETHING that moves for target practice. May as well be these idiots.

I listen to music, and I play it, thus I am a musician. Also a music geek.

I watch movies. I am NOT a "movie guy" or a "movie afficiando" or a "movie snob."

I work in IT, and thus am a geek. Just browsing the web doesn't make me a geek.

My sister drives a car, but that doesn't make her a gearhead or mechanic. I read car magazines regularly, participate in forums online about cars, and do a bit of work on my own. Thus, I am a gearhead, and she is not.

When I say "gamer", I do not mean just "a person who plays video games." I mean "a person for whom playing video games and participating in the associated subculture is a significant hobby." You know - I play an occasional game, but I am not a gamer. My roommate is a gamer - he subscribes to EGM, reads IGN regularly, and spends hours a day gaming almost every day. He can tell you things like what cool new game is coming out, or what spiffy technology is behind it, or what the cheat codes for GTA4 are off the top of his head.

So, while your polite and well-meaning comment is understood, you're taking it the wrong way. The term gamer isn't used in a derogatory manner, at least that I know of. Human beings categorize things to make them easier to understand. As intelligent (I hope) /.ers, we are aware that each individual is unique and blah blah blah, but we are still going to categorize. It's the way our minds work.

If you don't like the term, try and start a new one. However, it's fitting and apt, thus I think you're out of luck. After all, no matter what you do, "fetch" isn't going to happen.




PS - Listing two games I've played in the last 6 years hardly qualifies as a "bunch." And I pick up on things because I'm not an idiot and I have a gamer for a roommate.

Rules 34 and 35.

*groan*

And I'm not a gamer at all, but it's worth pointing out I'll buy literally anything BioWare makes without question because I was so impressed by KOTOR 1 and 2, and I'll be signing up for my first MMO with TOR from BioWare. Unless the Stargate MMO comes out first. Because I 3 snarky Colonel O'Neill.

Actually, the flying part is really easy. It's the navigating and legal stuff that's a pain. Takes about thirty seconds to master the controls of a Cessna; 45 if you deal with flaps.

That is VASTLY more complicated that it needs to be. "Stupid passwords that OS/X or Windows manage to forget"? Funny, I've been running consumer grade WiFi (on Open/Hyper/DD-WRT routers) since it was available, and I use my laptop at many locations on a regular basis. My XP install has yet to "forget" a password. Sounds like an overtech solution to PEBKAC.

No, they are the internet's army, and I don't doubt that anonymous would be interested in this little scam.

So what you're saying is that broadband data transfer is dead in favor of a SNEAKERNET?

Wow. Because everyone *I* know has terabytes of media that they didn't get from me.... *rolleyes*

In seriousness, that part of your post is as bunk as the "Windows is dead, long live *nix" guys (not arguing which is 'better', just that Windows isn't going away, no matter how much you may like it to). However, you did make one VALID point:

"Choking online won't stop the bleeding. "

That is true.

Wait... You deployed a new server solution and it wasn't patched to current? I know you *nix guys are lazy about patching, but really? Why WOULDN'T you patch a new deployment before deploying it? Sounds like it's a PEBKAC issue..

In a true enterprise-scale environment, that's not a risk I'm willing to take. My hundreds of HP, Dell, and Sun Intel boxes are guaranteed to have their hardware supported by Windows, as are my storage arrays, tape library, and thousands of desktops.

The Corvette, among others, has had this system in place since the late 80s. It is an option. Simply consists of a low power RF transmitter keyfob that changes the electronics locks to the unlock state when in range. Nifty, but not the smartest thing. Just because I'm within 15 feet of my door, doesn't mean I want my front door unlocked.