Geeks, as a general rule, are pretty easy-going. We like to think things through, so passionate confrontations aren't commonplace for us. When we get well and truly provoked, though, watch out! We won't stop talking until every last point that we can think of has been made at least twice. So, what do you say to provoke a geek? Glad you asked…

10. "No real programmer would ever use PHP."

- This won't work for every geek, of course, but for those it works on, it should work really well.

9. "Comic books are just for kids!"

- I'm sure you've heard this one before-I know I certainly heard it often enough in high school, and even though it's even less true now than it was then, I'm sure comic book afficionados still hear it today.

8. "Role-playing games are just for people who can't deal with real life."

- There are, sadly, still a lot of people who think anyone who plays D&D must live in his parents' basement and bathe once a month. Such people must be put straight, and immediately!

7. "The Pirates of the Caribbean movies are so realistic!"

- I doubt many people actually believe this, but there are an awful lot of misconceptions about pirates out there, so you never know.

6. "Yeah, I got an Xbox 360 so my daughter could play Hello Kitty games. Is it really good for anything else?"

- We've hit the ones that are hard for me even to type, now…

5. "Mac, Windows, or Linux? Does it really make a difference?"

- An argument so old its original form was probably first written down in hieroglyphs, I know, but I don't know a single geek it wouldn't work on-myself included.

4. "The Ewoks were the best thing about the original Star Wars trilogy." / "Greedo shot first!" - I couldn't decide between the two. If one doesn't work, I'll bet the other one would.

3. "Tolkien? Ehhh, I prefer Terry Brooks!"

- I almost feel like I should argue with myself just for writing that. I'm going to let the top two stand for themselves.

2. "Joss Whedon is a hack!"

1. "I don't see what's so bad about DRM!"

Top ten lists, of course, are never provocative…

一般而言，极客都十分随和。我们喜欢全面、彻底地考虑事情，因此，激情对峙对我们来说就不再习以为常了。但是，当我们的的确确被激怒时，请防着点！我们所能想出的最后一点不至少重复两次我们是不会善罢甘休的。因此，你会用些什么话来激怒一个极客呢？很高兴你问了、、、

10、"真正的程序员不曾使用过代码。"-这话不适于每个极客。当然，但对受PHP影响的那些人还是凑效的，应当真的凑效。

9、"漫画书仅适于小孩。"-我敢肯定你之前听过这话-即便现在听来没当初那么真切了，我坦白自己在中学的时候听得够多了。我肯定漫画书迷如今仍能听到这话。

8、"角色扮演游戏仅适于那些无法打理好生活的人。"-可惜的是，仍有许多幻想扮演D&D的任何人的人群必须寄居在父母的地下室，一个月洗一次澡。像这样的人必须矫正，要立即矫正！

7、"影片《加勒比海盗》是如此逼真！"-我不敢相信许多人居然相信这是真的，但这里却列出了人们对海盗的大量误解，因此你是永远无从得知的。

6、"耶，我得到一台360游戏机，我女儿可以玩凯蒂猫，这难道对别的东西不好吗？"-我们已经破坏了那些对我来说甚至连打字都困难的游戏机，现在、、、

5、"Mac、Windows、Linux这3款操作系统真的各有所异吗？"-这个争论太过时了。我知道最初的版本初次很可能是用象形或图画文字记下的；但是我却不知道它在哪个极客手上无法起效-包括我自己。

4、"伊沃克族是《星球大战三部曲》原着里的最佳人物。"/"葛瑞多先开枪。"-我无法决定这两者孰是孰非。如果一方不是，我敢打赌另一个便是了。

3、"托尔金吗？呃，我更爱特里·布鲁克斯。"-写这话时，我差点要跟自己争起来了。下面的两大招我想让它们自行发表言论了。

2、"乔斯·温登是黑客！"

1、"我不觉得数字版权管理没什么不好啊！"

这10大妙招，当然，绝不带挑衅、