Word: nerd
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...buzz WENDY TAYLOR, PC Computing: "HP's Vectra is a solid machine with some of the best networking smarts available in a PC today. Plug it in, follow the instructions, and you've got your own small-office or home-office network--and you don't need a nerd...
...dots on highways ($3.50 each) and whether Buffalo, New York is named after the animal (no). The task was a tedious one but I actually found it somewhat entertaining. A former co-captain of my high school's quiz bowl team, I discovered that it appealed to my inner nerd. But beyond that, I sensed that under the layer of minutiae I had an immense responsibility. I felt a tremendous power in ensuring, even in the most minor of details, that my magazine printed only the truth...
...follows a desperate parent searching for the one toy his child hopes will be under the Christmas tree. The director is Brian Levant, who moved plenty of Flintstones merchandise with his last film hit; the star is Arnold Schwarzenegger, himself a preposterous and popular action figure. For the science nerd in all of us, there's Star Trek: First Contact, eighth in the series, second with Patrick Stewart helming the Enterprise. And if Grandma drops by for Christmas dinner and refuses to leave, take her to Mother, the delightful Albert Brooks comedy about a guy who moves back in with...
What makes Ned Johnson rare is that like Bill Gates, he is both a nerd and a predator. He adores technology and understands it as few ceos do. He is also an unalloyed capitalist who pursues market share relentlessly. Johnson's double vision makes him a formidable competitor and one of those rare sons who increase exponentially the patrimonies of their fathers...
...Power" users, on the other hand, should head over to Cambridge's nerd mecca: Micro Center (corner of Memorial Drive and Magazine St., near Central Sq.) Micro Center describes itself as a computer department store, and the name fits. This megastore carries almost anything you could ever want to put into your computer or onto your hard drive...