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• ArchimedesX commented on Was 1971 the best year to be born a geek?
  @147: Nobody's being divisive, we're just arguing with the express purpose of determining which group has an exclusive claim to greatness. Seems to me that as long as the old ways are remembered, whoever is born closest to the future is in the best predicament....
• Ignatz commented on Was 1971 the best year to be born a geek?
  1970 here. Didn't do much of the computer stuff; got 1 semester of programming in junior high but was hopelessly bad at it (the fact that i didn't have a computer at home to practice on didn't help). Big space travel geek as a youngin', exacerbated by Star Wars, Star Trek, etc. But the true path to Geek for me was science fiction and fantasy media. Started with Bakshi's "The Hobbit", with Brother Theodore as Gollum. My sister was reading the whole series, which I promptly swiped. Same with Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles". Then in '79 a family friend bequeathed me...
• takeshi commented on Was 1971 the best year to be born a geek?
  Glad we got the ball rolling on 2001... John Lennon wanted to create a temple where the film was to be played in a loop, without interruption, forever. According to 2001: The Filming of the Future, at the film's premiere, a 5 year old kid stood up in his seat and shouted, "This is God!" during the StarGate sequence. No LSD required, indeed. This was the version with 30+ minutes of additional footage, mind you. Now, seeing that would be amazingly geeky, but I think only about 50 people ever did....
• ill lich commented on Was 1971 the best year to be born a geek?
  Reminds me of Homer Simpson claiming "everyone KNOWS rock was rock-n-roll was perfected in 1974, it's been scientifically proven!"...
• Dupin commented on Was 1971 the best year to be born a geek?
  I'll argue for 1957 as being a good year to be born a geek, even if it sounds old to many. Reasons are: I got to see 2001: A Space Odyssey when I was about 10. Those were mind-blowing special effects that overwhelmed my sense of wonder. I was in college when Star Wars came out and I was again overwhelmed. Remember that adult scientists were likewise overwhelmed and tried to work out the theories that would create a light sabre. I got to play with computers back with punch cards, and got to peek and poke on PET micros,...