Gifts for computer scientists
Gift ideas for computer scientists
This is where creativity is at a premium for many people. ;) Unfortunately, it is becoming more and more common for people to need gifts that appeal to lovers of ones and zeros. Be it because relatives or friends are IT administrators, programmers or something else in the IT industry, or because SysAdmin Day is approaching - sometimes you just need something suitable for IT people. In our Geek Shop, IT people are some... Mehr anzeigen of our favorite customers and that is why we have a large selection of IT gadgets and other items that they are guaranteed to be happy about and that also make great gifts.All users of a unix-like operating systems (Linux, Mac, BSD, etc) should know what a fork bomb is. A fork bomb is a program which creates so many c...
View full detailsIsn't it a good feeling to have power over hardware users? Of course, backups don't help against a real admin, but users won't reali...
View full detailsProgrammers who use pointers should be careful because they aren't far away from hell ;) At least that's what the 2nd of the 10 commandme...
View full details"Hey, you're studying computer science, physics or something. Can you take a look at my computer? Internet Explorer is suddenly so slow and the nic...
View full detailsWho knew that two small words could make a seasoned programmer sweat and shiver in fear? Simply utter "syntax error" to reduce anyone who works in ...
View full details[i]pi[/i] * thumb = 42-thumb = 42/[i]pi[/i]-thumb = ~13.3742 is the answer to everything, as we know – life, the universe and everything. And, as ...
View full detailsTo be or not to be, that is the question.2b, or not 2b, that is the question./(bb|[^b]{2})/ We knew it: coders are poets. If only Shakespeare had b...
View full detailsWhen a German-speaking person reads these two words, a relaxed feeling automatically sets in. One thinks of good air, healing springs, and absolute...
View full detailsIf there's going to be chaos on your desk, at least it should be in style! Inspired by one of the most famous works of Japanese art, The Great Mat ...
View full detailsWho tells us what is right and what is wrong? Or, maybe, right is not right, and wrong is right!? Maybe it's a matter of opinion?
At times, one can get the impression that in many software companies, one department does not know what the other is doing and vice versa. For exam...
View full detailsGiven that the binary system is widely used in IT (and thus in most parts of our lives), surprisingly few people actually understand the combinatio...
View full detailsSure, table based layouts should be avoided at all costs, but, if you ever make a layout for Firefox which took several hours of hard work and trie...
View full detailsSometimes it's astonishingly easy to hack into other computer systems. Just pick up your phone and say: "Hi. This is your system administ...
View full details"You are dumb" in binary ASCII-code.The right answer to all DAU questions (including the one on what's written on your T-shirt): You are dumb! ;-)
The T-shirt ´before you bother me` picks up on an all too familiar situation in everyday office life, when technical problems occur and colleagues ...
View full detailsMagic makes many a practical gadget of our time look old, but unfortunately students are strictly forbidden from casting spells outside of Hogwarts...
View full detailsWhether through portals or with the help of a flying saucer through the vastness of the universe, with Rick Sanchez at your side you usually end up...
View full detailsOf course, you can love the Godzilla franchise simply because they are cool horror films. But true fans know that there is a lot more behind the mo...
View full detailsAfter many fans of Blizzard and the "World of Warcraft" expansion Battle for Azerothwere morethan disappointed, a lot has now been made up for with...
View full detailsThere was little competition for the NES among 16-bit games consoles, but the Sega Mega Drive was definitely one of them. It ran iconic classic gam...
View full detailsThe bike is locked, but we simply carry the USB stick with our most important and confidential data around with us. This is actually sacrilege. On ...
View full detailsThe command [i]export EDITOR=""[/i] is used to set the default editor. The short; [i]rm,[/i] means nothing more than to "remove"...
View full detailsSome call it arrogance, engineers call it expertise. Where others see problems, they see solutions—in ways that normal people couldn't even begin t...
View full detailsSorry to all 1337 h4x0r, but someone had to say it :) If you don't understand what's written on the shirt, you should be happy. Here is the transla...
View full detailsIt's not enough for talented coders to write their own code, they try to analyze other programs and hardware too! For example, they'll wr...
View full detailsIf you think shells live on the beach, and a console to you is a video game, this shirt is probably not really meant for you. But... if you have ev...
View full detailsSo, your computer centre urgently needs better security? Are you perfectly qualified for the job? Then don't hesitate: Become a member of the ...
View full detailsFor all those code monkeys among you ;-)
Be it software, hardware or the analog world outside the computer - sometimes, when things have gotten too messy and are running hot, all it takes ...
View full detailsMagic: The Gathering has something for everyone. And that doesn't just mean the different colors and editions, but also the different ways to play....
View full detailsWhat sounds like a joke to today's generations was once an absolute revolution: a data carrier made of cardboard that is inserted into a drive. 80 ...
View full detailsLet's keep our computers clean and ban Unicode! Abominations like Unicode are destroying our good nerd-values and when you get right down to it, AS...
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