Geek ? 什么是 Geek ? 谁是 Geek ?

Geek, 现在似乎是一个非常流行的词汇。国内有人翻译为”奇客”, 也有人翻译为”极客”。
虽然很多次看到文章介绍 Geek，但还是有些模糊。究竟什么是 Geek ,什么人算是 Geek 呢?
先看看金山词霸的”美国传统词典”中收录的定义:

1)An odd or ridiculous person.(畸形人，怪人一个奇怪或不可思议的人)
2)A carnival performer whose show consists of bizarre acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken.(疯狂的杂耍演员一个狂欢节的表演者，表演内容包括奇怪举动，如把活鸡的头咬下来)
词源起于中世纪日耳曼方言”Geck”和”gek”.

很明显，金山词霸没有与时俱进，这个含义不是我们想要的。查看一下手边的《韦氏词典》，

a personal often of an intellectual bent who is disapproved of

哦 ,这本韦氏是 96 年世界图书出版社在国内的第一版……
还是看《黑客大辞典》(Mirror)中的定义吧

A person who has chosen concentration rather than conformity; one who pursues skill (especially technical skill) and imagination, not mainstream social acceptance. Geeks usually have a strong case of neophilia. Most geeks are adept with computers and treat hacker as a term of respect, but not all are hackers themselves — and some who are in fact hackers normally call themselves geeks anyway, because they (quite properly) regard ‘hacker’ as a label that should be bestowed by others rather than self-assumed.
One description accurately if a little breathlessly enumerates “gamers, ravers, science fiction fans, punks, perverts, programmers, nerds, subgenii, and trekkies. These are people who did not go to their high school proms, and many would be offended by the suggestion t