I am a geek, but I believe there are many different kinds of geeks (I myself am a gaming geek :D) so I don't quite fall into all those catagories. :/

Eww. sugar. That just plain interferes with the integrity of the caffeine. Gimme coffee, black any day (or better yet, espresso). I could just skip to popping a pill, but I like the routine. =]

Now, Bill Joy is a geek. I'm geekin' with Bill. OSX has the most beautiful GUI in the world. And as they say down south: "God don't like ugly."

www.wired.com/wired/archi...ljoy_pr.html

Though I do still prefer CLI ftp to all the GUI front-ends to ftp. And Fink. Fink is good.

I am a geek who HATES all OSs. Not a good one yet.
I am also the type of geek that will see a computer in a movie and say "Hey, that's a ..." and be able to tell you the history of the machine
Chris

import uk.co.irony.*;

public class Geek extends HumanBeing implements Person{
    public Geek(){ super(); }
    public boolean areYouAGeek(Quality[] qualities) {
        int geekScoreCard = 0;
        for(int i = 0; i < qualities.length; i++) {
          if(isGeekLikeQuality(qualities[i])) geekScoreCard++;
        }
        if(geekScoreCard > 6) return true;
        else return false;
    }
    private boolean isGeekLikeQuality(Quality quality){
        if(quality.getDesc().equals("Is assisting in at least one open source project")) return true;
        else if(quality.getDesc().equals("Gets highly caffeinated")) return true;
        else if(quality.getDesc().equals("Wakes late")) return true;
        else if(quality.getDesc().equals("Works late")) return true;
        else if(quality.getDesc().equals("Is restless till it's understood")) return true;
        else if(quality.getDesc().equals("Reads Slashdot regularly")) return true;
        else if(quality.getDesc().equals("Reads New Scientist regularly")) return true;
        else if(quality.getDesc().equals("Has at least once owned a palmtop")) return true;
        else if(quality.getDesc().equals("Had/has a ZX81")) return true;
        else if(quality.getDesc().equals("Prefers MAME to all modern game consoles")) return true;
        else if(quality.getDesc().equals("Has more than two computers at home")) return true;
        else if(quality.getDesc().equals("Knows how to RTFM")) return true;
        /** please add yours here */
        else return false;
    }
}

I actually have no technical skills, but I am a computer historian, so that has to make me a geek
Chris

<<<4) NOT run any Microsoft Product as your primary OS (yes, you can have a Windows computer, I have several, but Linux and Solaris and FreeBSD are more predominate than Windows in my house).>>>

I scoff at the notion that one cannot be a geek and be primarily a Windows guy.

I love mornings [4am - 6am]. it gives me fresh ideas for my works.
but I hate weekend mornings. it gives me the creep.
I prefer soda as my primary drinks.
I run Windows as primary O/S and Linux as my Hobby Linux.
I prefer reading a book...

and all my friends still call me geek :)