May 13th, 2003
The Top 9 Lines From the Geek Bible
9> Blessed are the geeks, for they shall inherit the earth. And then all those jocks who teased them in high school will be sorry!
8> In the beginning, Id created Wolfenstein, and saw that it was good. Thence came Doom, Doom 2, and Quakes 1 through 3. And much sleep was lost.
7> And on the seventh level, God rested, which was a tactical error because He got ambushed and was blown away by Satan. Lucky for us He had a saved game.
6> [This passage cannot be viewed because you are practicing an incompatible religion. Please upgrade now.]
5> This is now hand over hand and my flesh upon flesh: She shall be called Heather because she came out of porn.com.
4> Revelations XP:SP1 — And there shall arise security flaws, and buffer overruns, and viruses shall smite the land, and there shall be no surcease; and the IT warriors shall wail and gnash their teeth.
3> And lo, a Blue Screen of Death descended upon the land, striking down the firstborn of those without the Penguin upon their door.
2> In the beginning there was chaos. And Bill said, “Let there be Windows.” And behold, the chaos became ninefold, but with pretty icons.
and the Number 1 Line From the Geek Bible…
1> And God said, “Let there be electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength range of 400 nm to 700 nm that travels with a speed of about 186,281 miles per second in a vacuum.”
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Credits:
Selected from 48 submissions from 16 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:
Brandon Hunt, Braintree, MA — 1, 9
Dave Goudsward, Boynton Beach, FL — 2, 6
Matt Hurlburt, Stow, OH — 3
Doug Crews, San Diego, CA — 4, 8
Janis Spidle, Kansas City, MO — 5
Alan Bland, Boulder, CO — 7
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator