This is an appendix of my thesis "Classifying Galaxies, Gays and Geeks - Signature Codes in Usenet postings". (It's written in finnish, but there's an English summary available.)


Topics in different Geek Code versions

v3.12
5.3.1996
v2.1
18.7.1994
v1.0.1
17.7.1993
v0.3
10.5.1993
v0.2
27.4.1993
v0.1
24.4.1993
Types of Geeks Type Type Type Type Type
Dress Dress Dress Dress Dress Dress
Hair
Fashion
Shape Shape Shape Shape Shape Shape
Glasses Glasses Glasses Glasses Glasses
Pens
Automobile
Age Age
Weirdness Weirdness Weirdness Weirdness
Verbage
Computers Computers Computers Computers Computers Computers
UNIX UNIX Unix
Perl Perl
Linux Linux Linux Linux
386bsd
USENET News Usenet News
USENET Oracle
Emacs Emacs
World Wide Web World Wide Web
Kibo Kibo
Microsoft Windows MS-Windows
OS/2
Macintosh Macintosh
VMS VMS
Political and Social Issues Politics Politics Politics Politics Politics
Politics and Economic Issues
Cypherpunks Cypherpunks
PGP
Star Trek Star Trek Star Trek Star Trek
Babylon 5 Babylon 5
Jeopardy
X-Files
Role Playing Role Playing Role Playing Role Playing
MAGIC: The Gathering
Television Television
Books Books
Dilbert
DOOM! DOOM!
Barney
The Geek Code
Education Education Education
Music Music Music Music Music
Housing Housing Housing
Friends Friends
Relationships Relationships
Nutrition Nutrition
Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex
total 34 total 41 total 17 total 12 total 9 total 8

© Juhani Anttila 2005