tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455129.post114980498054079114..comments2023-11-03T05:05:27.605-05:00Comments on The Grand Duchy of Susania, Wherein Various Vicissitudes Waft Forth: Who Were the Geeks in Olden Times?Susaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977938723351021767noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455129.post-1149830105399480552006-06-09T00:15:00.000-05:002006-06-09T00:15:00.000-05:00...any excuse to use "Rousseauean" ... (rolls eyes......any excuse to use "Rousseauean" ... (rolls eyes)<BR/><BR/>I suppose mechanical invention was probably the closest thing to geek that 200 years ago could offer. Eccentric introverts, locked away in a workshop toiling over clockworks and such. Or math geeks... I suppose. Maybe sometime between the execution of Greek mathematicians and the invention of the sliderule math made people cool. I doubt it.Mike Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119045198858883590noreply@blogger.com