earlier parts of the film, "Triumph of the Nerds", we saw that Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs were members of the Silicon Valley's Homebrew Computer Club. The so called computer back then called the "Altair 8800", was nothing more than something that the nerds of that time played with. It did not seem to do anything useful. Because people did not know what to do about it, some people would find some kind of use of the "Altair 8800", most of which were the nerds of Silicon Valley. It was always a hot topic
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Avah Maldita (AARTE PA?) written by: simplychummy|Kah Ramirez Jan. 20, 2012-Sept. 17,2012 Copyright © 2012 by simplychummy. All rights reserved. STEALING IS A CRIME. Credits to wattpad for keeping and publishing my stories for free. Chums note: The following is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. If you’re going to post MY story to other sites, please do acknowledge me as the author. Oh? Aarte pa? :) Hindi naman isang diretso ang bahay namin, madaming
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types of students with different characteristics and personalities but the three most outstanding are: the athletics, the nerds, and the problematic students. First of all we have the nerds; they spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular activities, which are generally related to science, mathematics or technology, they also play games like trading cards or video games. Nerds are very intelligent but socially and physically awkward; they usually wear glasses, and they do not care too much about
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on the relationship between these two friends (“Plot Summary”). They are friends with colleagues Howard Wolowitz, a mechanical engineer, and Rajesh Koothrappali, an Indian immigrant who works as an astrophysicist. The foursome are “self-professed nerds, [with] little or no luck with popular women” (“Plot Summary”). A neighbor, Penny, is of average mind but compared to this brilliant squad she’s made to seem of less than average intelligence. Leonard’s goal is to get Penny to be his girlfriend. Immediately
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pedestal and treated as if they are gods, that they receive all the attention. Intellectuals are on the other hand are treated as outcasts because they are smart. That they are left out of all social aspects of high school. Or that they are labeled as “nerds”. Although I agree with Penrod up to a point, I cannot accept his overall conclusion that everyone dislikes smart people and the media glorifies celebrities that have no education. Or that we all make fun of someone because they are smart. In
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high-class of all other girls at school. Allison’s, the basket case, attire consists of what a bag lady would wear. Andrew, the jock, dresses like an athlete; he wears a letterman jacket and blue jeans. Brian, the brain, appearance looks like a typical nerd. John, the criminal, wears a trench coat and dresses like a stoner. As their day winds down, the five students begin to realize that they are not so diverse after all. John and Andrew, who seemed to be diametrically opposed, notice that they are comparable
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Nicolous S. Abarca BSA 1-28 Japanese Manga and Anime Japanese culture has its own unique forms of comic books and animation. Manga (comic books) and anime (animation) are extremely popular in Japan. The earliest animation that is known to have been created in Japan was released in 1917. This early cartoon featured a samurai testing a sword and being defeated. Japanese animation pioneers included Seitarō Kitayama, Jun'ichi Kouchi, and Shimokawa Oten. The modern style of anime was developed
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The Triumph of the Nerds is a documentary chronicles of the rise of the personal computer/home computer beginning in the 1970s with the Altair 8800, Apple I and Apple II and VisiCalc. It highlighted the progress and competitiveness of the market between companies like Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Xerox, and Lotus, just to name a few. It continues through the IBM PC and Apple Macintosh revolution through the 1980s and the mid 1990s, ending at the beginning of the Dot-com boom with the release of Windows
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Worth, Texas (Star-Telegram, 2011). The new wave cover band performed well-known hits from the 80s and 90s while portraying “nerds” – members wore thick, horn-rimmed glasses with tape holding the nose bridges together, they wore their pants too short, ties unkempt and neck braces. They were quintessential throwback “nerds” made famous in the classic film Revenge of the Nerds (Kanew, 1984), complete with grating laughs, social awkwardness and sexual repression – all played for comedic effect. The band’s
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31 33 35 Hello Recruit. Welcome to the Nerd Fitness Rebellion. If you’re reading this, then you’ve already taken the first step - you’re interested in making changes to become a healthier and more awesome version of yourself. Now, I don’t just help ANYBODY get healthy - I’m only looking for people to join our Rebellion that are willing to put in the time, energy, and effort to actually follow through with this stuff. I’m Steve Kamb, creator of Nerd Fitness, and I know that getting healthy can
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