{"id":30,"date":"2005-08-27T00:06:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-27T05:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dilettantes.code4lib.org\/?p=30"},"modified":"2006-01-18T23:57:44","modified_gmt":"2006-01-19T04:57:44","slug":"geek-chic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rossfsinger.me\/blog\/2005\/08\/geek-chic\/","title":{"rendered":"Geek Chic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just caught the end of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0118929\/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxrdz0xfHE9ZGFyayBjaXR5fGZ0PTF8bXg9MjB8bG09NTAwfGNvPTF8aHRtbD0xfG5tPTE_;fc=1;ft=21;fm=1\">Dark City<\/a>. I love this movie, despite its cheesiness, and I think it speak volumes of you, as a nerd, as to where you stand on this flick.<\/p>\n<p>In general, I see the computer geek community as comprised of two camps: the <a href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/\">slashdot community<\/a>, made up of the engineering (and engineering aspirant) type; efficiency, economy, practicality rule above aesthetics. Things that kick ass are valued more than objects of elegance. Principle carries more weight than pragmatism.<\/p>\n<p>Then there is the other group. This is a nerd set that values form, as well as function. Perfection gives way to pragmatism. Strong coding skills aren&#8217;t necessary (they help, of course), because &#8220;rules&#8221; are an &#8220;impediment to creativity&#8221;. &#8220;Innovation&#8221; is the watchword above &#8220;propriety&#8221;.  Thankfully, I would place a vast majority of <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.inkdroid.org\/code4lib\/\">#code4lib<\/a> in this arena.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thankfully&#8221;, for two reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It shows hope for the library development community<\/li>\n<li>I hang out there all day, and I tend to dislike the former group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another way to look at this schism is &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0133093\/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxrdz0xfHE9dGhlIG1hdHJpeHxmdD0xfG14PTIwfGxtPTUwMHxjbz0xfGh0bWw9MXxubT0x;fc=1;ft=20;fm=1\">The Matrix<\/a>&#8221; vs. &#8220;Dark City&#8221;.  Both movies are based on the same premise:  <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Descartes#Significance\">Cartesian logic<\/a>.  They both center around thinking things that cannot be certain that anything exists besides themselves.  The difference is that one is a kick ass blockbuster smash and the other is a low budget cult classic.<\/p>\n<p>You can enjoy both movies (I certainly do), but if you laugh more at &#8220;I know kung-fu&#8221; than seeing the wires attached to Rupert Sewell as he fights with the bad guy who looks like Reducto from &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adultswim.com\/shows\/birdman\/index.html\">Harvey Birdman:  Attorney at Law<\/a>&#8220;, you squarely fall in the innovator more than engineer camp.  What is your Keanu tolerance? It says a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Although I&#8217;m not sure why, the world does need both &#8220;The Matrix&#8221; and &#8220;Dark City&#8221; fans.  They serve different purposes.<\/p>\n<p>But when you&#8217;re recruiting a geek, it&#8217;s good to know what you&#8217;re getting.  Try &#8220;The Matrix&#8221; vs. &#8220;Dark City&#8221; question and evaluate from there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just caught the end of Dark City. I love this movie, despite its cheesiness, and I think it speak volumes of you, as a nerd, as to where you stand on this flick. In general, I see the computer geek community as comprised of two camps: the slashdot community, made up of the engineering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philosophizing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossfsinger.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossfsinger.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossfsinger.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossfsinger.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossfsinger.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rossfsinger.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossfsinger.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossfsinger.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossfsinger.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}