Ankit Ahuja

Update:

Due to persistent requests, I had to replace the earlier image of Bill Gates with that of Linus Torvalds :)

Now the dictionary meaning for the word “Geek” is :
A knowledgeable and obsessive computer enthusiast

Well, I was made to think by my college-mates that I was somewhat of a geek. But all my geek-ego came crashing down late one night when I was up chatting through the IRC.

First of all, even though I like to think I type at a decent speed, I had a hard time catching up with these guys. And I managed to land up randomly on this channel while going through a list of 4000+ IRC channels. Here are some funny excerpts from my chat:

1. On female geeks

<ankit_the_hawk> i have never witnessed a girl geek before
<QwertyM> yeah?
<QwertyM> witnessed?
<d1g1t> seen* met* heard of*
<Filled-Void> hitboxx always witnesses girls >:)
<ankit_the_hawk> lol
<QwertyM> lol
<d1g1t> LOL
<ankit_the_hawk> lol
<ankit_the_hawk> ok ok...never heard of
<ankit_the_hawk> would be the right thing to say
<QwertyM> probably
<QwertyM> if you mean the same
<d1g1t> Rules of the internet : #20934 : no lol' ing twice at the same thing!
<QwertyM> Go to #python and say lol
<QwertyM> they'll kick ya
<d1g1t> pick up line : "help me setup linix on my computer plz"
<ankit_the_hawk> lol yea!


2. On Windows


<ankit_the_hawk> I just found this channel in a list
<ankit_the_hawk> on Mirc
<QwertyM> off 4000 other channels?
<d1g1t> OMG
<ankit_the_hawk> leave my IP alone
<d1g1t> HE USES WINDOWS
<ankit_the_hawk> yea
<d1g1t> HE IS AN OUTCAST
<ankit_the_hawk> now don't kick me for that
<QweryM> TOTALLY
<Learning-Ubuntu> Devil's cape for the Win
<QwertyM> BURN
<QwertyM> CRASH
<d1g1t> THROW HIM IN SOME VOLCANO
<QwertyM> AND BURN

These were the couple of parts I feel everyone would be able to understand. I refrain from posting the more unusual. The reason I was so enthralled was that these guys belong to the same city as I do. And I hardly find any where I go.

After reading them, you will probably understand the scarcity of female geeks and the geeks love for Windows :D

So well, this is one reason, I have started liking IRC. Especially the channel #wordpress is cool where I am able to get my queries answered and one can find lots of like-minded people who are capable of helping you out.

I am in the process of finding more channels for open source development, programming in C/C++, CSS, etc. which are the things that I like to do. And so, IRC is much more than just geek chatter.

The above chat also thrusted me further in my quest to use Ubuntu as a permanent OS :)
The following couple are examples of IRC clients that can be used on Windows:

1. mIRC:

I find it easy to use. Though I was warned by the geeks that it is a ” hotzone for malware, trojans, etc. to enter one’s pc” since it uses p2p. Presently, I use this one but I will definitely crossover in little time.

2. x-chat 2:

This was the one that was suggested to me by them as the replacement for mIRC. I will definitely try it in a couple of days since I have already installed it. Its just a matter of letting go of mIRC. :)