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nerd knob n. [Cisco] A command in a complex piece of software which is more likely to be used by an extremely experienced user to tweak a setting of ... nerd knob n. [Cisco] A command in a complex piece of software which is more likely to be used by an extremely experienced user to tweak a setting of one sort or another -
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nerd knob: n. ... Nerd knobs tend to be toggles, turning on or off a particular, specific, narrowly defined behavior. Special case of knobs...
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The word itself appears to derive from the lines “And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo / And Bring Back an It-Kutch, a Preep and a Proo, / A Nerkle, a Nerd, and a Seersucker, too!” in the Dr. Seuss book If I Ran the Zoo (1950). (The spellings ‘nurd’ and ‘gnurd’ also used to be current at MIT,
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Seesmic for Windows ... 18 nov 2009 ... I helped out with the UX on this one, doing a lot of the design work and much of the UI implementation in the Windows / WPF version. What a fun project. Seesmic has been great to work with: really talented engineers and super passionate leadership.
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The scoop on everything related to luxury chocolate. ... A fellow Chocolate Nerd just asked what one should eat while avoiding refined sugars. ... Hob Knob; Kohler, the people who make faucets, have set a very intriguing precedence with their luxury chocolate collection. It's obvious that their keen eye for design...
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[...] PagePacker from Big Nerd Ranch Big Nerd Ranch are known for their excellent classes about many Mac OS X technologies include Cocoa Bootcamp. One of their instructors is Aaron Hillegass, a name you should know if you do any Cocoa work on the platform as he’s written two great books on the subject.
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The Pilot Knob Inn Bed and Breakfast received the recognition based on positive reviews from guests who have visited one of the site's seven tobacco barn log cabins or five suites, all securely nestled in the wooded landscape on the eastern slope of Pilot Mountain.
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...when you are going to die? This highly unscientific quiz will haphazardly let you know when you may die. Do not be fooled by imitations! ... This quiz will test you on your lifestyle, and using a highly advanced, totally secret, super-algorithm that was created in less than one-hour, will tell you of ... Nerd Forum...
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Word History: The word nerd, undefined but illustrated, first appeared in 1950 in Dr. Seuss's If I Ran the Zoo: "And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo And Bring Back an It-Kutch a Preep and a Proo A Nerkle a Nerd and a Seersucker, too!" (The nerd is a small humanoid creature looking comically angry,
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Nerd pride body; The Nerd Pride movement, modeled on the Gay Pride movement, was started at MIT by Professors Gerald Sussman and Hal Abelson. Nerd pride paraphernalia includes baseball hats, buttons and - of course - pocket protectors.
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