geeks shift their own gears
Very interesting correlation between geek types and preference for stick shifts.
http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1306&aid=-1
Someone proposed that this is counter-intuitive because one would think that the geeks would be interested in having a computer control the car's transmission. But I disagree, because I suspect that Linux users (type that likes having the ability to control/change/tweak things themselves) would likely favor manual transmissions more than Windows users (type that just wants to sit down and go without the need or option to control certain things); and I'm pretty sure that Linux users outnumber windows people on /. 
