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During the TED Conference this week in Long Beach, Calif., BNET's Brent Schlender asked Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates what he thought of Apple's new iPad tablet.

While usually well-intentioned, geeks are often awkward in social situations. (No, Facebook doesn't count.) We're talking about face-to-face conversation. Short of a permanent power outage, it might be the geek's worst nightmare.