Any mailing list for Fedora newbies?
Paul Howarth
paul at city-fan.org
Fri Feb 4 18:09:12 UTC 2005
Rajev Mhasawade wrote:
> Oh plzzz,i didnt call u guys geeks in a derogatory or cruel way.Im
> really sorry if u find it obscure.I didnt meant it that way.
> I mean as far as i know what geek is one who is addicted to the
> computer or Internet, one who is skilled with computers.I wrote this
> bcoz i cud harly understand that high techno-lingo used in mailing
> lists and started feeling down bcoz of my dumbness.
> Perhaps,experts is a word which wouldnt sound obscure?
> Hence plz dont misunderstand me.
As somebody mentioned earlier, I don't think anyone took offence at your
use of the term "geek". Don't worry about it.
See the "Jargon File" entry for "geek":
http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/G/geek.html
Paul.
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