They say they were the outcasts in high school, too smart for their own good, too bored to be A students. Some even flunked out of college. But now many of them are wizards of the computer business, people earning healthy salaries but who love their old lifestyle of friends and late-night Denny's runs. What holds them together is their passion for socializing and connecting on the Internet, a world where they find companionship, ideas and, most importantly, party invitations. Nerds are computer people with no social skills, prone to pocket protectors and taped glasses.
Hackers is a term no one uses anymore.
Geeks like science fiction, board games, Nerf wars and all-night parties. They are the few, the proud, the weird. Blind conformity and stupidity are unforgivable. It's Thursday night and four of the five denizens of Darkwater are home. Two are sprawled out on the floor playing a video game on a new Sony Play Station while another watches.