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Semantics are important Tom Send a noteboard - 15/05/2012 04:42:32 PM
You can't say what you mean or mean what you say unless you use the right words. Random Thoughts is absolutely correct that Tesla was not properly a "geek" according to the accepted use of the word.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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Tesla and Edison Camilla - 15/05/2012 07:14:10 AM 1332 Views
I only know about as much as is in the comic. Joel - 15/05/2012 09:51:00 AM 940 Views
I had no idea he discovered the resonant frequency of the Earth, cool beetnemesis - 15/05/2012 02:30:35 PM 778 Views
Tesla was amazing but he wasn't a geek random thoughts - 15/05/2012 03:17:56 PM 870 Views
Semantics. Stephen - 15/05/2012 03:30:23 PM 812 Views
Semantics are important Tom - 15/05/2012 04:42:32 PM 737 Views
Are you sure of that? nossy - 15/05/2012 03:32:43 PM 767 Views
You know what they say. Stephen - 15/05/2012 03:45:05 PM 710 Views
What about the people who can remember claptrap like that? nossy - 15/05/2012 03:56:02 PM 710 Views
Hah, I definitely fall into both categories too. *NM* Stephen - 15/05/2012 05:35:06 PM 384 Views
Have I ever been unsure?? random thoughts - 15/05/2012 07:16:00 PM 813 Views
I'm not sure if it's possible to be a nerd when you write like that. Tom - 15/05/2012 07:31:47 PM 864 Views
So who told you nerds care about grammar? random thoughts - 15/05/2012 08:09:37 PM 702 Views
Nerds are by definition intellectual and good students. Tom - 15/05/2012 10:05:43 PM 782 Views
Whose definition? nossy - 15/05/2012 10:24:16 PM 696 Views
Someone socially inept but uneducated is a dork, a loser, a reject, or an "extra". Tom - 16/05/2012 12:03:44 AM 857 Views
or a dweeb(ie). *NM* Tom - 16/05/2012 12:07:57 AM 340 Views
You must not have met very many engineers or doctors *NM* random thoughts - 16/05/2012 04:02:56 PM 354 Views
Quite a few. All are capable of effective communication. Tom - 17/05/2012 01:39:06 AM 769 Views
I'd be worried to meet one who wasn't. *NM* Nebhead - 17/05/2012 09:22:50 AM 345 Views
Smart and effective, sure. Panorphaeon - 19/05/2012 07:14:06 PM 785 Views
Double. *NM* Panorphaeon - 19/05/2012 07:27:07 PM 350 Views
Reply foul. *NM* Panorphaeon - 19/05/2012 07:27:42 PM 361 Views
So... is "cynical" the word? nossy - 15/05/2012 03:29:55 PM 757 Views
Tesla- The reason I'm studying what I'm studying. Stephen - 15/05/2012 03:31:31 PM 823 Views
Is this the same Tesla from The Prestige? I looooved that movie! *NM* Milla - 15/05/2012 04:15:09 PM 555 Views
Yes. And that is a great show. *NM* Gher - 15/05/2012 04:37:28 PM 375 Views
Wardenclyffe Tower Chas - 15/05/2012 11:20:09 PM 965 Views
Aha! Thank you. Camilla - 16/05/2012 07:34:30 AM 682 Views
*Duplicate* *NM* Isaac - 15/05/2012 11:43:34 PM 364 Views
I think Tesla is overrated, and the tower has to do with wireless electricity Isaac - 15/05/2012 11:43:41 PM 921 Views
Isn't the "Earthquake machine" story urban myth? Artsapat - 16/05/2012 06:38:40 AM 711 Views
I hope not Camilla - 16/05/2012 07:33:01 AM 799 Views
Think I knew most of that once. Panorphaeon - 19/05/2012 08:02:17 PM 692 Views
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