01101110 01100101 01110010 01100100 01110011
I would like to take the opportunity to extend a hearty and heartfelt greeting to my fellow nerds out there, but as I am unable to virtually submit a Spock hand gesture, I offer you this:
01101000 01101111 01110111 01100100 01111001
Now, if you are able to discern what that says without the use of Google or a college professor, I encourage you to either apply for a job at NASA or get a girlfriend. Also, contrary to legend, sunlight is NOT fatal and if the constant stream of computer illumination isn’t giving you cancer the mold from your mother’s basement probably is.
It’s not that I disapprove of the stereotypical nerd lifestyle, in fact I’ve lived it for the majority of my stay on this big blue planet. However, in retrospect, it wasn’t the most healthy existance. I had to lose the twenty pounds I gained when living solely off of ramen noodles and candy corn, and once I finally managed to get up from the overstuffed chair which had housed my buttox while I was obsessedly attached to online Sudoku and Facebook I found that it had lost all definition and resembled two hams that some madman had beat mercilessly with a potato peeler. It took months of playing Dance Dance Revolution before I regained the ability to walk without hearing the sound of my own fatty demise racing behind me wearing cleats and swinging a waffle iron. My soul-crushing addiction to muffins didn’t help any either, but I’m working on that (I’ve finally kicked the hard stuff – no more apple cinnamon).
My point is, it IS possible to have a genius IQ (or just a penchant for anime in general) without becoming lost to social interaction. Believe it or not, people who have people may not be the happiest people, but they are better adjusted and tend to live longer. Yes, I will miss the candy corn and World of Warcraft, but now that I live in the real world (where they have these things called “friends” – I’m still trying to figure out what they’re for) not only have I achieved a more healthy approach to life, I’ve also found other nerds who have escaped the alluring draw of technology’s cold, binary logic to embrace the warm, not-so-binary allure of other people’s company.
Also, Spock wasn’t nearly as cool as Riker. There, I’ve said it and I feel much better for it.
01100010 01111001 01100101
on May 17th, 2009 at 8:39 AM
I have no idea what them numbers mean it would be understandable if there was a $ in front
on May 17th, 2009 at 11:21 AM
If there was a dollar sign it would go from being binary to being the amount that the muffins owe me in damages…or the amount that the Florida State Legislature should award me for my “Save the Navals” campaign!
on May 17th, 2009 at 11:26 AM
HeeHee…Riker IS awesome! But nobody beats…
Captain, Jean Luc Picard, of the USS…ENTERPRISE!
And you forgot to mention that when you go outside you’re not supposed to look directly into the sun when trying to figure out what the heck it is!
on May 17th, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Nerds needn’t worry – they naturally develop a second protective eyelid after years of computer viewing. Now clouds ARE something to be feared.
*hums Worf song*
on May 27th, 2009 at 4:14 AM
there are some codes in computer i seen same numbers in matrix in which computer displays same numbers
on May 28th, 2009 at 2:46 PM
Yeah, the Matrix (which is totally fiction and no, I’m not just saying that cause some guy named Smith has a gun to my head) used a combination of Binary and some other programming languages that are waaaaay too complicated for me. Even to say the names of those foul tongues requires a degree in physics and a computerized brain. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending how you look at it, I lack on both counts.
on June 4th, 2009 at 5:27 PM
The ones and zeroes represent a positive and negative charge. Doesn’t get any more simple than that.
on June 5th, 2009 at 1:41 PM
I prefer to think that the ones represent sanity and the zeros represent the crazy. The arrangement of the ones and zeros is a metaphor for the careful dance of my mind around the brink of insanity.
on June 24th, 2009 at 6:27 AM
Really, it would be understandable if there was a $ sign in front.
on June 24th, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Great writing. I will back in this blog
on June 24th, 2009 at 6:15 PM
If there was a dollar sign in front I would be partying with the ghost of Ed McMann and buying a castle made out of jello.
on June 25th, 2009 at 2:03 AM
bit and byte I think its a computer algorithm?
on July 6th, 2009 at 1:07 PM
Howdy and bye to you too
p.s.
What do I need to in order to apply to NASA?
on July 6th, 2009 at 2:36 PM
I’ve been told that in addition to being able to read binary you must be able to count past 100, play the trumpet and be able to hold your breath for a long time. Either that or be a monkey.
I’d suggest being a monkey. Counting is hard.
on July 19th, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Hey i can do all those things, if by playing the trumpet you mean strangling it while making weird cat dying noises.
on July 19th, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Is THAT what playing the trumpet is? Oh, I can totally do that.