Homz Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Nerd training 101 My son and I are watching Star Trek (original series). This is the new enhanced DVD set. They have updated some of the space scenes making it more interesting to the young viewers. My son shuns the nerd title. I asked him who he thinks comes up with all those cool video games he loves to play. Star Trek is a good indoctrination into the realm of the nerd. Any suggestions for 200 level classes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Well, I don't know how old the kid is, but my baby brother (28 years younger than I am) started programming before he was really physically capable of typing - told my Mom what to type while watching over her shoulder. I s'pose the current languages would be either C+ or whatever's the big thing right now, or Java. Both are well after the era in which I was writing code, and therefore are a lot more neat. That's kinda nerdie. Or go the opposite route with a bit of the classics. A true adventure story, one of the greatest in world history, is Xenophon's Anabasis. Xenophon was a great soldier as well as something of a philosopher and one of Socrates' students. (He wrote the "other" version besides Plato's about Socrates' trial and death.) He also wrote a really interesting piece on cavalry. Anabasis tells the tale of an army lost deep in "enemy" territory that survives a long travel home. So... heck, there are nerds and there are nerds. Probably the worst you could do to the kid would to be to get him turned onto Webern and composing in the 12-tone row concept. <grin> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Hmmm. How old is he? I'd suggest maybe The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings books? I think I read them for the first time when I was about 10. That got me into Dungeons & Dragons a little later. I guess that's kinda nerdy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Hmm, let's see here. I'm no longer that geeky nerd I used to be in high school and college. Yep, I'm proud to say that I'm a professional nerd these days!! Why even shun away from that title? In high school I played in 2 bands (rock and jazz), I played soccer, and I was in the chess and math clubs, so I guess I was a nerdy jock. However, this "nerd" married a high school cheerleader (got the babe!), drives a brand new bimmer, lives in a big house, travels the world, plus has all these cool guitars! Tell your son being a nerd may not be glamorous now, but later on it pays off. Get him into launching model rockets. That's what got me into becoming a rocket scientist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicked1 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Here's how I know he's a nerd--a couple of years ago, he wanted to go on vacation to Washington, DC. To see Abraham Lincoln. Not the Lincoln Memorial....the MAN. Homz told him he'd have to build a time machine. He says "Ok. Think Mom will help?" The subject of time travel comes up again during the Star Trek-a-palooza today. Homz asks the boy if he's finished his machine. He said, "No! Cause I didn't have a giant clock!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 "Tron" is a great intro to nerd movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 Hmmm. How old is he? I'd suggest maybe The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings books? I think I read them for the first time when I was about 10. That got me into Dungeons & Dragons a little later. I guess that's kinda nerdy. I read 'The Hobbit' to him a couple of years ago. We've been teaching him and his sister how to play D&D for years now. He loves it. To Milod: 12-tone row? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Bump for Homz's sake.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Bump for Homz, Wicked1, and NeoConMan. Rest in Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopssorryy Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Needs some Star Wars and Nintendo (not the company the system!). I was raised in my dad's Mustang, which he decked out to be like Nightrider, and had a ColecoVision and a TV hooked up were the glove box usually is. Donkey Kong FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I see a couple of threads by Homz. Who was homz? I see Neo as "banned" but not homz. What did they do so awful to be banned? I'm not suggesting they din't deserve it, but I kinda liked Neo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Bump for Homz, Wicked1, and NeoConMan. Rest in Peace. Half the people here now probably don't know who Homz and Wicked1 are BTW, is Neo booted permanently? And if so, why? PM me if it will cause controversy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Whats the deal with all these ancient threads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 My guess is that NEO got banned for breaking too many of the rules. If want to talk to NEO go over the MLP cause he post there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 ......................................Neo's doing fine..... .... " Dave's not here man. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 It's actually wickedred1, Homz's better half, who is not banned, but too smart and too mature to get caught up in these forums. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Whats the deal with all these ancient threads? and its all n00bs posting em up. Makes one wonder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Cali is not a n00b d00d. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Owl Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nerds run the world, and make your email work. I'm a nerd, I have not one, but two nintendo tattoos. Also, get some Monty Python and the Holy Grail up ins, you can't be a nerd without that one under your belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Cali is not a n00b d00d. Oops. I didn't see it was him that bumped this up... my bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nerds run the world, and make your email work. I'm a nerd, I have not one, but two nintendo tattoos. Also, get some Monty Python and the Holy Grail up ins, you can't be a nerd without that one under your belt. I remember being told many years ago to be good to nerds, they'll probably become your boss one day. I was always part of both the athletic group and the rocker head group. Now I work in the IT industry. Have for over 25 years. I guess I belong and am accepted everywhere. Yay for me. A good way to live is not to be good to any particular group, but decent with everyone. Works for me. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Owl Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I remember being told many years ago to be good to nerds, they'll probably become your boss one day. I was always part of both the athletic group and the rocker head group. Now I work in the IT industry. Have for over 25 years. I guess I belong and am accepted everywhere. Yay for me. A good way to live is not to be good to any particular group, but decent with everyone. Works for me. Dave Yeah I played sports, was in band, did all that too. Now though I pretty much just have one group of good friends who share similar interests and that's it. Good philosophy though Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Homz was banned for not remembering which orifice God intended man to speak from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ne14t? Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 World of Warcraft...it can turn even the biggest jock into the biggest nerd, it also destroys lives, families and creates a new wave of 40 year old virgins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paging Page Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 OK so it's old, but I'm new -- True Star Trek NERD ADVANCED TRAINING involves these courses: NERD 201 "Beginning Klingon" NERD 228 "Famous ST quotes: Memorization" NERD 204 "Titles and StarDates of Favorite Episodes" NERD 291 "Vulcan Cultural Explorations" And...... you have to Netflix or otherwise obtain and watch every single episode of every single ST spinoff. Don't forget DEEP SPACE 9. And possibly including unrelated but also nerd-inspiring series: Stargate SG-1 Battlestar Galactica (old and new versions) Anything STAR WARS Memorization of the phrase, "Tae Nasha No Korosha" ("Live Long and Prosper") in Vulcan Then you'll almost be getting there. Don't forget ... more advancement is possible.... NERD 340 "Shakespeare in the Original Klingon" NERD 472 "Leadership Styles: Kirk vs. Picard" NERD 557 "Attending the Star Trek Convention" NERD 648 "Attend ST Cons in FULL COSTUME" ... with extra credit for being asked to sign autographs as your resemblance to the star is THAT. GOOD. Sheeesh. Y'all don't even KNOW the beginnings of Star Trek nerd-dom. Which is ... sort of in its own way... a relief. Don't ask me how I know all this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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