...it wasn't until today that I noticed they were buying codpieces in a Wal-Mart.

Brilliant.

Not that I'm jealous, mind you, but

my local Wal-Mart only sells pieces of cod.

I wouldn't go anywhere else. Their codpiece prices are the most reasonable I've found.

In Response to jon (#2513):

Why buy when you can make your own at home?

Here [optusnet.com.au]'s handy instructions for making your own Darth Vader Cod Piece.

Just watch those nipples harden when you start showing off your Sith Lord crotch wear.

But, be careful to follow the instructions carefully! Nothing ruins an evening faster than an inappropriately constructed cod piece.

I have a quick survey I would like to conduct and due to not properly understanding how to be a karmic whore, I cannot start a new thread so this will have to do and is somewhat related.

John and Phillip are obviously computer geeks, phillips geek is more apparent from the beautiful forums on which I am posting, but I want a quick rundown on some info.

1) How many of you goats readers have geek skills e.g. what can you use?

2) How many of you own/use one or more codpieces?

3) Being that I live in North West Arkansas near Bentonville, Arkansas The birthplace of Wal-Mart and still the location of the home office. It is needless to say we have many a Wal-Mart, but no matter how many times I look I cannot find the aisle with the cod pieces could someone please direct me? (this question doesn't need to be answered by everyone)

In Response to Jeff (#2608):

So as to get this off to a good start I will post my answers to these questions.

1) I can use HTML/XML, Java, JavaScript, C++, Java Server Pages(JSP), Microsoft Office, Visio(unimportant), ATT Graphvis(more lovingly known as DOT), Informix SQL, C, Basic, and for fun I can program your basic Texas Instruments Graphing calculator.

2) I do not use a codpiece but mostly only because I don't own one, hence my third question.

In Response to Jeff (#2608):

1) I'm an English major. I'm very good with toasters.

2) Exactly what would you do with the second codpiece? Actually, don't answer that.

In Response to Jeff (#2608):

What software/hardware can I use?
        What've you got?

What I do or do not with one or more codpieces in the privacy of my own home is none of your business.

However, I've got an excellent recipe or two (with or without pony) for pieces of cod that I'm happy to share.

In Response to Jeff (#2608):

1)HTML, JavaScript, PHP, VB(in ASP pages), BASIC, TI-BASIC (I once coded a version of battleship on the TI-82 that would run singleplayer against the computer, or could be used 2 player w/ the link cable), thats pretty much it for programming....but I am also highly proficient in Flash, Photoshop, 3D Studio, FormZ, AutoCAD, network admin, hardware setup/installation/configuration.

2) I have no codpiece, although I had a jockstrap in junior high (football) and highschool (lacrosse)

3) The codpieces are found next to the Do-It-Yourself DDOS kits (same isle as the horse hearts)

In Response to Dynedain (#2617):

oh, and I read /. daily (multiple times daily....actually more than I read goats)

In Response to Jeff (#2608):

1) I have lots of useless knowledge, so obscure that I can't even use it on messageboards and the like.

2) I don't eat seafood.

3)I have actually never set foot inside of a Walmart. EVER!

In Response to Jeff (#2608):

(1) I run a small web development company which pays the bills to run a small evolutionary computation research company that seldoms manages to pay even my paycheck. Geek? Can do. Never found a language I couldn't hack in, or an OS I couldn't poke. I understand complexity theory, lamda calculus and hoare logic. I can read reverse polish notation, and can explain exactly why it is a very bad idea. I can tell you how to begin to stop spam taking over the internet, and why it will probably never happen. I could crack your passwords if I wanted, but its a boring game for stupid kids, so I won't.

On more important geek skills I can speak for hours on obscure trivia of doctor who, believe star trek lost the plot when they let a french man on the enterprise, list thirty nine completely contradictory beliefs that Phil Dick claimed to hold about the nature of reality, but, sadly, have never developed the l33t skilz to be any good at Quake...

(2)I just wanna know how many people use one or more codpieces, but don't own any...

(3)Live in Britain. No walmarts, we call them Asda. Last seen in aisle three, next to the butter nut squash.

Actually I just like saying butter nut squash.

Cheers,
Graham

In Response to Jeff (#2608):

1. I have some experience with some things people call Geek but, seeing as I was one of the 12 jedi (Sora Bulq - the weequay jedi) in AoTC that survived the Arena scene, I'm going with that as my superior geek skill. (yes you may now quiver with fear and jealousy ;)

2. I had a black leather codpiece. My girlfriend threw it away. I no longer have a codpiece.

3. If by Wal-Mart you mean "The Tool Shed" then the codpieces are found next to the chain mail bikinis and rubber arms (they scare me).

In Response to Jeff (#2608):

1) How many of you goats readers have geek skills e.g. what can you use?

I went to MIT, so I'd better have some mad g33k skillz even if I wasn't a computer science major. I'm fluent in windows, mac, and unix, though I still get confused about a lot of the admin-type stuff in unixes. And I know C, html, basic, a tiny bit of perl, and MATLAB. Though I've found my pagemaker and filemaker skillz more marketable than any of these.

And, since there are many types of geeks other than computer-related ones, I can also design a mean cognitive/behavioral experiment and do multivariate calculus. And if you get me started explaining how children acquire language, you'll regret it.

2) How many of you own/use one or more codpieces?

I don't know. Probably a couple of us at most.

In Response to porcupine8 (#2671):

Oh yeah, and scheme/lisp.

I realize I'm not much of a geek compared to most of the others who've replied to this, or for that matter compared to the average MIT student, but compared to the general population I'm doing okay.

In Response to Jeff (#2608):

I realized I have made a mistake, I had asked "How many of you goats readers have geek skills e.g. what can you use?" I really ment to ask how many of you goats readers/affiliates have geek skills e.g. what can you use, I most certainly didn't mean to exclude Jon and Phillip from replying by any means, in fact I would love to know just how geeky/skillful you are. My apologies for earlier transgressions/thoughlesness.