You know you're a techie when. . .

[Frankie]

When you are on a tech forum often at 4am helping people with troubleshooting

[waggythegeek]

1, 10, 11, 100, 101, 110, 111, 1000

In a base x number system, each number represents that number times x to the power of y-1, where y is the space that the digit occupies. For instance, in our regular base ten number system, 39 means 3*10^1, because the 3 occupies the second slot, and 2-1=1,+9*10^0. Since 10^0=1, 9*1=9. 10^1=10, *3=30. 30+0=39. In binary, 100111 means 1*2^0+1*2^1+1*2^2+0*2^3+0*2^4+1*2^5

Reduced 1*1+1*2+1*4+0*8+0*16+1*32

Reduced 1+2+4+0+0+32

Reduced 39

Binary is just base 2. Try fooling around with different bases, like base 6. Just remember, each base x system has x digits, with the highest digit being x-1. X is always represented as 10. Have fun, 01001111 01001010?

EDIT: LOL, the binary at the end was supposed to be 01001111 01001011

That's what I get for not actually using a binary translator.

[ZuluGod]

You think your smart enough not to get any viruses you dont install any antivirus... then you download an antivirus 

[Guest]

When you're sad to see the last post of this thread.

[Fgtfv567]

When you're sad to see the last post of this thread.

Welp, you're not the last post, I AM NOW.

[Go_On_Shadow]

Welp, you're not the last post, I AM NOW.

not anymore

[Fgtfv567]

not anymore

DAMMIT! Wait a minute... HAHA!! I WIN!!

[Go_On_Shadow]

DAMMIT! Wait a minute... HAHA!! I WIN!!

But You dont.

[peanutsrevenge]

when...

 

About 8 GTX960 videos are showing as 'watched' in your sub box a day after they arrived there

I don't mind being shunned from the 'techie' community for just being a sad bastard though, I'll understand

[waggythegeek]

But You dont.

Lololo, beetchu awl

[Opcode]

... you spend your spare hours posting on LTT.

[soaringchicken]

You feel the need to scavenge PC parts wherever you can find them, and this ^

[mrmonmon2]

ZuluGod, on 25 Jan 2015 - 01:50 AM, said:

You think your smart enough not to get any viruses you dont install any antivirus... then you download an antivirus 

weakling, I torrented with no antivirus an was fine, as proof to a friend I downloaded an antivirus to scan it then uninstalled it after it said no virus's detected

[ZuluGod]

weakling, I torrented with no antivirus an was fine, as proof to a friend I downloaded an antivirus to scan it then uninstalled it after it said no virus's detected

Oh, yea torrents are a thing, no viruses still

[applesuxD]

You know you're a techie when. . .

you bring your own mechanical keyboard when you help a friend overclock his PC

you wear a usb drive on your wrist with the latest Ubuntu release

I'd like to hear your stories. see if I share any of the experiences.

adding a few more

your friend who was a computer tech at a neighboring high school hits you when you tell her it was in fact you who found and shared the bios password generator(thank you dogbert)

you have at least two pieces of tech on your person at all times

and most importantly:

you will NEVER use any computer without an SSD, even at school or work

When someone calls a desktop a cpu

Omg my brain

When i am addicted to pcpartpicker hahah

When i look as hard as i can in a pc to see the specs

[z0ne]

When you absolutely cringe when people aren't using shortcuts and doing things by right mouse clicks, let even alone getting in chrome going to google.com clicking the searchbar and then typing. 

[Rashy]

Ok Another one. When you take hours of making a build in PCPP but will never build it

[FloRolf]

... you use normal shortcuts and everyone is impressed and thinks you are a hacker.

... you get super excited at multiple year old hardware like an hd5970 or even better Geforce 2 Ultra.

... you unplug you hdd and power led's on your pc so then don't blind you when you are folding over night

... your friends talk about their awesome PCs and you just listen and don't try to correct their bullshit.

[Inkz]

When you go straight to the graphics settings before playing a game.

[Husky]

When you bypass the schools firewall by using HTTPS.

 

When a Mechanical keyboard is your first upgrade. (Typed on a Corsair K70 with Red Switches)

[Briggsy]

when people frequently call you a techie.

[mrmonmon2]

ZuluGod, on 27 Jan 2015 - 12:19 AM, said:

Oh, yea torrents are a thing, no viruses still

I did happen to download a virus once but just removed it myself, that computer still works.

[DildorTheDecent]

When you bypass the schools firewall by using HTTPS.

Yup. School has a really shitty firewall if we can access Facebook and YouTube by doing the HTTP/HTTPS switch-a-roo

[mrmonmon2]

Husky, on 27 Jan 2015 - 09:30 AM, said:

When you bypass the schools firewall by using HTTPS.

does not work in my school anymore, hell they even blocked tor, proxies won't connect, it's getting really annoying

[Pugs501]

does not work in my school anymore, hell they even blocked tor, proxies won't connect, it's getting really annoying

I'm still not Teaching