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<p>Yeah, but people (other than my friends, who are also geeks, and jaded about this sort of thing) look so awed when I tell them that I’m in the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. Anything involving AI seems to awe people. 
My roommate (also a geek, but not a techie) tells people that I’m working on Skynet.</p>
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<p>I’d buy that, but in CS you get SCA geeks who brew their own mead.</p>
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<p>I’m a big fan of steel-toed boots. Lots of CS people shop out of army surplus stores, at least around here. :p</p>
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<p>You just have to do it on your own time…</p>
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<p>I’ll give you that one.</p>