Felicia Day opens a box

[Raye]

I've maintained that the word "nerd" has been thrown about wrongly for a while now. Somehow it became cool to be a nerd. By definition:

nerd/nərd/
Noun:
1. A foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious: "one of those nerds who never asked a girl to dance".
2. An intelligent, single-minded expert in a particular technical discipline or profession.

It has next to nothing to do with video games. Just so happens that nerds, generally speaking, enjoy video games. But it's not a two-way relationship, not all gamers are nerds. Felicia Day happens to be a nerd [you can't be a mathematician and not be a nerd], and a gamer and famous though.

[nkuvu]

Well....

If we must go down the attractive female geek chic route with definitions and interpretations as currency then I'd like to bring attention to Joanne Colan

Never heard of her before this, but I like her.

[Art]

Never heard of her before this, but I like her.

She's very good indeed. She's no longer with Rocketboom but she put in quite a few years there. Well worth catching up on now historical contemporary news.

-Art

[raspberry jam]

you can't be a mathematician and not be a nerd

I'd say that that is incorrect... that something is 99% true doesn't mean that the 1% doesn't exist.

[Lady Rhonwyn]

I've maintained that the word "nerd" has been thrown about wrongly for a while now. Somehow it became cool to be a nerd. By definition:

nerd/nərd/
Noun:
1. A foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious: "one of those nerds who never asked a girl to dance".
2. An intelligent, single-minded expert in a particular technical discipline or profession.

It has next to nothing to do with video games. Just so happens that nerds, generally speaking, enjoy video games. But it's not a two-way relationship, not all gamers are nerds. Felicia Day happens to be a nerd [you can't be a mathematician and not be a nerd], and a gamer and famous though.

By your definition, she's not a nerd. She's not a single-minded expert in a particular technical discipline or profession. She is also a major in something with the violin...

[sorudo]

there is something called a game nerd.......someone who always wants to know everything about a game, this can go as far as speaking a language or reading the text.
guild wars has plenty of them, there are some who can write in ascalonian.....