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You know you’re a nerd when….

# 2003-06-16 16:39:46 -0400 | Java | 5 Comments

You know you’re a nerd when you use vi/perl substitution commands to fix your spelling mistakes in an instant-messenger chat:

mlq: I learnt all I need to know from reading the C# lang spec from top to bottom… dunno if that’s your think (it’s mine *sigh*)
mlq: s/think/thing/
cm: mine too - *sigh*
cm: I’ll have some if that tonight
cm: s/if/of/

*sigh*

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5 Responses to this entry:

  1. 2003-06-16 09:44:02 -0400 # Charles Miller Says:

    Wow. Doesn’t everyone do that?

  2. 2003-06-16 10:42:16 -0400 # Simon Brown Says:

    Cool - I thought that it was just me! I use bash-style command line substition like ^think^thing. ;-)

  3. 2003-06-16 13:19:19 -0400 # Alan Green Says:


    s/you/I/gi
    s/re/m/
    s/ when.././

    hmmm…. that about says it all.

  4. 2003-06-16 16:10:45 -0400 # Maggie Leber Says:

    Using substring substituition has been a time-honored tradition in most of IRC for years and years now…especially on the more tech-ish channels.

  5. 2004-02-27 21:24:59 -0500 # Philipp Meier Says:

    Yes, yes, yes. And I always wanted a gnome-jabber / irc / gaim plugin to automatically "corret" the previous message if someone sends a matching re.

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