Posted by: time
A Friday Link... How nerdy are you?
Posted by: wfaulk
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 27/02/2004 20:50
42.857142857142854%
And I answered "I don't know" on a lot of them.
And I answered "I don't know" on a lot of them.
Posted by: m6400
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 27/02/2004 21:54
69%, although, looking at the answers, apparently I am a good guesser.
However:
However:
22. Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something? For more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom? Or truth? Perhaps peace? Yes? No? Could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. The temporary abstracts of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose. And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself; although only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now. You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson? Why? Why do you persist?
Because I can.
Because I have to.
Because I choose to.
Because it is inevitable.
Because we must have the prreciouss.
Posted by: ninti
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 27/02/2004 22:01
52.38095238095238% of me is a huge nerd
That was exceedingly hard.
That was exceedingly hard.
Posted by: speedy67
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 27/02/2004 23:17
16.6666666666667%
I don't play RPGs...
And did some silly mistakes i would have got right, if the test were german, for example Asimovs Robot-law. Just choosed the wrong one (human being for humanity...)
And i have to go to sleep now...
enough excuses, i'm a n00b...
I don't play RPGs...
And did some silly mistakes i would have got right, if the test were german, for example Asimovs Robot-law. Just choosed the wrong one (human being for humanity...)
And i have to go to sleep now...
enough excuses, i'm a n00b...
Posted by: canuckInOR
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 27/02/2004 23:23
16.666666%, without guessing at anything. If I didn't have a clue what the question was asking, I picked the last one.
Posted by: tfabris
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 01:36
54.76190476190476%
Not sure if I should be proud?
Not sure if I should be proud?
Posted by: tfabris
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 01:38
No wait. Here's what's more scary. I actually said to myself, after taking the test... "If I ever start my own software company, this will be my employment application..."
Posted by: Roger
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 04:34
35.714285714285715%
Posted by: CrackersMcCheese
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 05:13
I'm ashamed to say I scored 11.904761904761905%
I have to sell my empeg now, right?? I'm not worthy.
I have to sell my empeg now, right?? I'm not worthy.
Posted by: gui
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 06:27
Only 21.428571428571427%
Am still grasshopper...
Am still grasshopper...
Posted by: thinfourth2
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 06:38
14% roughly not even remotely nerdy
I'll hand in the empeg on the way out
I'll hand in the empeg on the way out
Posted by: pgrzelak
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 09:15
54.76190476190476% Ow...
Posted by: tfabris
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 10:17
I have to say that anyone taking the test from the UK (or any country other than the USA) is probably at a disadvantage. There were a few references in there to TV shows that I'm pretty sure are only popular in the US. And the Python/Adams references don't offset it because those are equally as popular in the US among geeks.
Posted by: peter
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 10:59
47.61904761904762% nerd blood flows through my veins, apparently, and that's with knowing nothing about either RPG or Star Trek...
Peter
Peter
Posted by: drakino
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 12:38
38.095238095238095% here.
And a TI-89 question? I think personally any true nerd would be using a RPN based calculator
And a TI-89 question? I think personally any true nerd would be using a RPN based calculator
Posted by: Heather
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 13:58
2.380952380952381% nerd blood flows through your veins.
I got the weasel one right.
I got the weasel one right.
Posted by: ninti
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 14:34
You must have been trying to get it wrong, because even random guessing should give you 20% or so.
Posted by: Dignan
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 14:54
14.285714285714286% of me is a huge nerd!I liked the geek test better, though
Posted by: CrackersMcCheese
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 14:54
Well if I didn't know the answer I selected the last option so as not to cheat. 2% is very achievable if you don't randomly guess.
Posted by: Half_Geek
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 16:41
Well, to prove the strength of guessing, I managed 40.476190476190474% and I didn't actually know more than a handful!! Or to be more acurate - I not only didn't know most of the answers - I didn't really understand most of the questions!
Posted by: Whitey
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 21:20
I forwarded this link to a friend of mine. His response was:
"I scored just over 19%, but in the process, I found a crucial error in thier code. I wonder how much that counts for?"
"I scored just over 19%, but in the process, I found a crucial error in thier code. I wonder how much that counts for?"
Posted by: russmeister
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 28/02/2004 22:29
28.571428571428573% nerd blood flows through your veins. I guess I'll crawl into my corner now. 
Oh, and Half_Geek, maybe you should change your handle to 2_5_geek.
Oh, and Half_Geek, maybe you should change your handle to 2_5_geek.
Posted by: andy
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 29/02/2004 03:51
I managed 40.something with my UK handicap. There were definitely a bunch of people in there I hadn't heard of, but mainly I think because I stopped gaming and D&D many years ago...
Posted by: Half_Geek
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 29/02/2004 08:58
I seem to remember getting about 30% on the geek test, so perhaps a name change to either Third_Geek or Two_Fifths_Nerd is called for!!
Damn, now I need to work out if I want to be part-Geek or part-Nerd! Decisions, decisions......
Although if I am a 33% Geek and 40% Nerd, what is the last 27% made up of..... Or has wondering that just boosted the 40%?!?
Damn, now I need to work out if I want to be part-Geek or part-Nerd! Decisions, decisions......
Although if I am a 33% Geek and 40% Nerd, what is the last 27% made up of..... Or has wondering that just boosted the 40%?!?
Posted by: JeffS
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 29/02/2004 09:23
26.19047619047619%
Ok, I have to admit I didn't know there was a 0th law of robotics and I've read a LOT of Asimov (but it's been a while). I just figured they were counting like geeks do (always start with 0!
)
Ok, I have to admit I didn't know there was a 0th law of robotics and I've read a LOT of Asimov (but it's been a while). I just figured they were counting like geeks do (always start with 0!
)
Posted by: JeffS
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 29/02/2004 09:25
18. List these Sith Lords in chronological order of their birth:
Lincoln, Roosevelt, Clinton, Bush
Lincoln, Roosevelt, Clinton, Bush
Posted by: tfabris
Re: A Friday Link... How nerdy are you? - 29/02/2004 11:13
Ok, I have to admit I didn't know there was a 0th law of robotics and I've read a LOT of Asimov (but it's been a while). I just figured they were counting like geeks do (always start with 0! )I didn't know there was, either. I'm guessing it came from either a later Asimov work, or from someone other than Asimov. I don't know if I got the answer right, but my guess was based on the fact that the other questions contained 1, 2, and 3, so therefore it couldn't be one of those.