We do need to get the geek and nerd thing straight though, it’s a bug bearer of mine.
Nerds are socially inept, not particularly useful at anything, shy, self-concious, clumsy, poor at interacting with just about anything and generally a waste of space.
Geeks are usually of high intelligence, seriously adept at logical and quantative problem solving, socially proficient, extremely useful, confident and quite often, valuable and succesful members of society.
Without geeks you wouldn’t be talking to each other on the internet, the telephone would never have been invented, you wouldn’t have any bikes to ride or beer to drink and you wouldn’t be flying anywhere on holiday. I’m extremely proud to be a geek but don’t like being associated with nerds.
Non-geeks often confuse the two but that’s generally because they’re not smart enough to see the difference.