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#168381 - 30/06/2003 14:32 Geek Test...
Tim
veteran

Registered: 25/04/2000
Posts: 1525
Loc: Arizona
I just found the Geek Test.

Thankfully, I only scored a 15.18738% - Geek

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#168382 - 30/06/2003 14:45 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Tim]
Dylan
addict

Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 498
Loc: Virginia, USA
Sad but true.

24.45759% - Geek

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#168383 - 30/06/2003 15:04 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Dylan]
drakino
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
38.46154% - Major Geek

That now scares me as well. I'm not sure I would want to meet too many people that score much higher then this

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#168384 - 30/06/2003 15:12 Re: Geek Test... [Re: drakino]
Tim
veteran

Registered: 25/04/2000
Posts: 1525
Loc: Arizona
I saw a score of 57%... really worrisome

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#168385 - 30/06/2003 15:23 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Tim]
g_attrill
old hand

Registered: 14/04/2002
Posts: 1172
Loc: Hants, UK
20.3% - phew! My complete lack of interest in Star Trek, Terry Pratchet novels etc. Games Workshop and those card games severely punished my score.

In fact I should be automatically disqualified for making those statements...

Gareth

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#168386 - 30/06/2003 15:31 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Tim]
thinfourth2
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 13/04/2001
Posts: 1742
Loc: The land of the pale blue peop...
I only got 8%

I should probably leaves the BBS now
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#168387 - 30/06/2003 15:37 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Tim]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
All but 35%
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#168388 - 30/06/2003 15:45 Re: Geek Test... [Re: g_attrill]
Laura
pooh-bah

Registered: 16/06/2000
Posts: 1682
Loc: Greenhills, Ohio
Not fair that I had to check 5 boxes just because I am female. I came up with 24.26036% - Geek. Oh well.
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MKI #017/90

whatever

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#168389 - 30/06/2003 15:52 Re: Geek Test... [Re: thinfourth2]
pgrzelak
carpal tunnel

Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
I guess it just proves that I am an antisocial cubicle swelling hermit:

48.71795% - Super Geek
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200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs

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#168390 - 30/06/2003 16:45 Re: Geek Test... [Re: pgrzelak]
Laura
pooh-bah

Registered: 16/06/2000
Posts: 1682
Loc: Greenhills, Ohio
Congratulations
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MKI #017/90

whatever

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#168391 - 30/06/2003 17:10 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Tim]
JeffS
carpal tunnel

Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
24.06312% - Geek
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#168392 - 30/06/2003 17:19 Re: Geek Test... [Re: pgrzelak]
Taym
carpal tunnel

Registered: 18/06/2001
Posts: 2504
Loc: Roma, Italy
44.77318% - Major Geek

Really scary...
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#168393 - 30/06/2003 18:44 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Tim]
Dignan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
32.54438% - Total Geek

Will my girlfriend talk to me anymore?

It's nice that knowing pi up to 21 digits has come in use once in my life
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#168394 - 30/06/2003 19:32 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Tim]
mvigneau
member

Registered: 12/08/2002
Posts: 179
Loc: Manchester, NH
I am on this board...so that must mean something...

44.57594% - Major Geek


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#168395 - 30/06/2003 21:01 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Tim]
mcomb
pooh-bah

Registered: 31/08/1999
Posts: 1649
Loc: San Carlos, CA
33%, Total Geek. The scary part is that I am not and have never been a gamer so that alone disqualifies me from like half of the questions.

-Mike
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#168396 - 30/06/2003 21:35 Re: Geek Test... [Re: mcomb]
lectric
pooh-bah

Registered: 20/01/2002
Posts: 2085
Loc: New Orleans, LA
Oh crap. 61.14398% - Extreme Geek. There seem to be an inordinate amount of questions to "geeky" passtimes. Yes, I played D&D. A lot. Yes I play(ed) computer games. A lot. And yes I love my math and science and books. So sue me. At least I can still function reasonably well in a society that doesn't exactly hold certain things with the same high regard as I do.

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#168397 - 30/06/2003 21:36 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Tim]
mtempsch
pooh-bah

Registered: 02/06/2000
Posts: 1996
Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden
41.02564% - Major Geek

Not entirely unexpected

/Michael
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#168398 - 30/06/2003 22:35 Re: Geek Test... [Re: wfaulk]
gsm01320
journeyman

Registered: 26/06/2003
Posts: 73
Loc: NVirginial
24%ish-Total Geek
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#168399 - 30/06/2003 23:19 Re: Geek Test... [Re: gsm01320]
canuckInOR
carpal tunnel

Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
22.28797% - Geek

There were questions that I had to answer affirmatively to, through no fault of my own. For example, I have been in a science competition due to the fact that in my high school, everyone had to enter the science fair in grade 9 and 10, and it's not my fault I went to a school where only 5 people in my grade were bright enough to make the honour roll, so it's not like there was much competition for winning the thing. Or some of the book questions -- I inherited some of those authors (Clarke, and Asimov) due to a friend moving, and he would have tossed them otherwise. But then, there were also things that I didn't check off due to a technicality, such as "I like to turn on my computer first thing in the morning." I never actually turn it off. Any of them. And I like to look at the uptime. There was a power outage at my apartment roughly 98 days and 8 hours ago. And, thanks to Lasik, I don't wear glasses any more -- I used to, and I did fix them myself, but even I had a difficult time spotting the repairs when I was done.

Oh, well. At least now when someone calls me a geek, I can tell them exactly what percentage geek I am.

I think that line just bumped me up a few points. *sigh*


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#168400 - 30/06/2003 23:20 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Tim]
ricin
veteran

Registered: 19/06/2000
Posts: 1495
Loc: US: CA
62.13018% - Extreme Geek

Eesh...
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#168401 - 01/07/2003 03:47 Re: Geek Test... [Re: ricin]
Roger
carpal tunnel

Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
20.51282% - Geek
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#168402 - 01/07/2003 06:03 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Roger]
morrisdl
enthusiast

Registered: 21/08/2000
Posts: 346
Loc: Rochester, NY USA
17.15976% - Geek

I (as should the rest of you) checked the extra credit boxes at the end of the test for having a car stereo that runs on Linux. I think if you have a WAP in your car you should check all the extra credit boxes ;-)

Thanks!
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#168403 - 01/07/2003 06:30 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Tim]
jmwking
old hand

Registered: 27/02/2003
Posts: 776
Loc: Washington, DC metro
26.82446% - Total Geek

I like sports! I rode to work today (20 miles). I have season tickets to college basketball (major program); I've been to Final Fours. I am not a geek. I am not a geek. I am not a geek. Sigh. Oh well, I guess I read too much (that's where I got hammered).

-jk

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#168404 - 01/07/2003 06:35 Re: Geek Test... [Re: morrisdl]
Roger
carpal tunnel

Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
car stereo that runs on Linux

Wait. It runs Linux?

Seriously, I didn't consider that this increases my geekiness, since all I actually use it for is playing music.

Where I really got hit, I think, was that I have far too many computers.
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#168405 - 01/07/2003 07:04 Re: Geek Test... [Re: canuckInOR]
JeffS
carpal tunnel

Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
there were also things that I didn't check off due to a technicality, such as "I like to turn on my computer first thing in the morning." I never actually turn it off.
I have the same technicality, but since I check my email first thing when I wake up, I checked the box anyway.

I think the one where I could have scored more points was the “programming my calculator” question. Not only did I program my calculator in High School, but I wrote a menuing system for all my programs. The funny thing was that we weren’t allowed to use graphing calculators in math classes because people would write formulas as “programs” (not that they’d write programs to figure out the answers, only that they’d store the written formulas in memory). I, however, wrote programs to figure out all the answers for me using the formulas. I showd it to my teacher and asked if I could use it on tests since clearly I understood the formulas and the theory behind them if I could code the calculator to do the work for me. Surprisingly, she let me! I’m still amazed that she let me get away with it, though I did take her very cute daughter to see Phantom of the Opera (don’t say anything Bitt!), so maybe she was a tad more understanding than she should have been. The truth is, I really did know the formulas better than anyone else in the class. So I think that should have at least counted double for geekiness (though perhaps taking the teachers daughter out would count against geekinees).

I didn’t, however, check the one for “has a hard drive dedicated to mp3’s”, though I considered checking it because of the Empeg. I figured there would be an mp3 player question somewhere but it never came up.
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Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings; they did it by killing all those who opposed them.

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#168406 - 01/07/2003 07:13 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Tim]
Heather
addict

Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 510
Loc: NY
2.95858% Poser.

I'll pack my stuff and leave now.
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"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." -Susan B Anthony

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#168407 - 01/07/2003 07:16 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Heather]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
And most of that came just from being female.
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#168408 - 01/07/2003 07:17 Re: Geek Test... [Re: JeffS]
pgrzelak
carpal tunnel

Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Greetings!

Well, hard drive dedicated to MP3's is certainly the empeg. Even if you don't have them mirrored on the PC, I cannot think of a more "dedicated hard drive". Also, I hope you counted each empeg as a computer, especially if you have / hack the developer edition.
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200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs

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#168409 - 01/07/2003 07:30 Re: Geek Test... [Re: pgrzelak]
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
42.60355% - Major Geek
Mostly due to a comp. sci. degree and too many computers...and a liking for Tolkien and Trivial Pursuit.
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#168410 - 01/07/2003 08:34 Re: Geek Test... [Re: Tim]
David
addict

Registered: 05/05/2000
Posts: 623
Loc: Cambridge
15.38462% - Geek

I suppose that's a good thing...

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