Nut.

Lady who sucks? is that it?

History buff?

You're a techie?

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The thing about computers is, I love computers.

You should be nice to nerds. In fact, I'd go so far as to say, if you don't already have a nerd in your life, you should get one. I'm just saying.

Now she'll never try anything new. She'll sit in her room, never come out, play on her computer.

Advanced... dork.

Tom is a language geek.

Tom is a language nerd.

Let's gut the friggin' nerd.

Did you like being a joke? Do you wanna go back to that? Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on.

Talk to them and make it easy for them to tell their friends.

I am not a nerd.

(Laughter)

It's a continuum of traits.

My son's a big technonerd.

But you're gonna go through life thinking that girls don't like you because you're a nerd.

But that's kind of what we do for a living, so we can always add that stuff in later once this thing ends up on its feet.

Microsoft America, Apple America, Coke America,

Well, he is just the usual otaku.

That sounds even nerdier,

Yes. I am a nerd.

Don't you get that? I am not going back to the Caribbean Night at AEPi!

(Laughter)

So she was making a politically rational decision.

And I want you to know from the bottom of my heart that that won't be true.

And at a certain point, you look around, you're like, Whoa, this is a really nerdy crowd.

Take a look at this one.

That's okay.

I liked that politeness.

The king of geeks, huh?

What could they work on for an hour? Nerds, they won't be hurried.

No it's not. KickAss is just some geek!

Maybe we oughta ask some nerds what this thing really does. laughter

I can tap into thousands of people's minds.

All you have to do is be a geek.

They only sell them on their website.

So, what the research actually says

And remember, be nice to nerds.

So you haven't talked to anybody today other than, you know, Captain Nerd there.

(Laughter) TEDsters do have fun working. And they work hard.

There was just something about watching those clueless members of Congress debate the bill, watching them insist they could regulate the internet, and a bunch of nerds couldn't possibly stop them.

And I left the room and said, No way.