Post #190,769
1/19/05 10:56:20 AM
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Now you can PROVE your nerdliness
For the record:
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/images/ft/nq.php?val=5573||||]
[link|http://www.wxplotter.com/ft_nq.php?im|http://www.wxplotter.com/ft_nq.php?im]
The Sig: "Despite the seemingly endless necessity for doing
so, it's actually not possible to reverse-engineer intended invariants
from staring at thousands of lines of code (not in C, and not in
Python code either)." Tim Peters on python-dev
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Post #190,771
1/19/05 11:06:43 AM
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KNEEL, MORTAL!
I pulled in an 80. :)
"Here at Ortillery Command we have at our disposal hundred megawatt laser beams, mach 20 titanium rods and guided thermonuclear bombs. Some people say we think that we're God. We're not God. We just borrowed his 'SMITE' button for our fire control system."
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Post #190,772
1/19/05 11:07:58 AM
1/19/05 1:42:40 PM
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That's unpossible! 98 Nerd King God
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/images/ft/nq.php?val=1795||I am nerdier than 98% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!||]
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"In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for. As for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican."
-- H. L. Mencken
Edited by Silverlock
Jan. 19, 2005, 01:42:40 PM EST
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Post #190,773
1/19/05 11:14:56 AM
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Awww. Only an 87.
[link|http://forfree.sytes.net|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #190,808
1/19/05 1:33:35 PM
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82
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
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Post #190,809
1/19/05 1:43:48 PM
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I fault WVU.
We both spent too much time socializing...
*chuckle*
[link|http://forfree.sytes.net|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #190,936
1/20/05 6:45:25 AM
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Me also
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Post #190,812
1/19/05 1:45:46 PM
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Me too
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- I was involuntarily self-promoted into management.
[link|http://kerneltrap.org/node/4484|Richard Stallman]
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Post #190,864
1/19/05 7:07:55 PM
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Same
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Post #190,775
1/19/05 11:40:54 AM
1/19/05 11:41:52 AM
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Got 75%.
Not bad.
Edit: I see they have a purity quiz coming up. I tend to do very very badly on those.
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Edited by jake123
Jan. 19, 2005, 11:41:52 AM EST
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Post #190,776
1/19/05 11:43:15 AM
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That depends on your definition of "badly"...
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Post #190,777
1/19/05 11:44:33 AM
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Pretty much
OTOH, when I've done them in the past in groups of people, I've had people step away from me afterwards...
Comes from having passed almost a decade in touring rock bands, I think; I REALLY REALLY excel on the sex and drugs and rock and roll thing.
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Post #190,778
1/19/05 11:47:12 AM
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I had the opposite problem.
The first time I took a purity test, I was more pure than Jesus.
"Here at Ortillery Command we have at our disposal hundred megawatt laser beams, mach 20 titanium rods and guided thermonuclear bombs. Some people say we think that we're God. We're not God. We just borrowed his 'SMITE' button for our fire control system."
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Post #190,781
1/19/05 11:56:11 AM
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The first time I took a purity test ....
the form I was filling out spontaneously combusted.
:)
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"In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for. As for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican."
-- H. L. Mencken
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Post #190,866
1/19/05 7:09:12 PM
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My result was so high...
How high was it?
It told me I should be a dog so I could stay home and lick my balls all day.
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Post #190,884
1/19/05 8:21:55 PM
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Somehow, I'm not surprised at this, Barry. ;-)
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Post #190,908
1/19/05 11:45:30 PM
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The thing about purity tests
They always asked the wrong questoin. Not, "Have you ever ... ?" But, "Would you ever, if you could get someone to say yes?" That's the number I'm interested in.
Oh, ummm ... if you're a hot chick and all.
I mean, who cares what another guy gets on one of those. Fag.</flashback>
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Post #190,786
1/19/05 12:02:43 PM
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I didn't know I was this big a loser. 87
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
(Just trying to be accepted in the New America)
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Post #190,788
1/19/05 12:04:39 PM
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*shakes hand*
/me chuckles.
[link|http://forfree.sytes.net|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #190,792
1/19/05 12:07:37 PM
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53
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Post #190,818
1/19/05 3:30:58 PM
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Take it again and cheat this time! ;-)
lincoln
"Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times
[link|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net|contact me]
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Post #190,820
1/19/05 3:40:24 PM
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Re: Take it again and cheat this time! ;-)
I got a 99 by doing that. Hmm... wonder what I missed...
~~~)-Steven----
"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."
General George S. Patton
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Post #190,794
1/19/05 12:11:00 PM
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I don't know
[link|http://www.wxplotter.com/ft_nq.php?im|
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/images/ft/nq.php?val=1786||I am nerdier than 95% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!||] ]
Should I feel proud about this?
Tom Sinclair
"This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here."
-- The Bursar is a man under a *lot* of stress
(Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies)
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Post #190,798
1/19/05 12:19:42 PM
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Ooh, irony
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Post #190,813
1/19/05 1:59:03 PM
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On the other hand
I *did* post my nerd score to my Web page.
Does that make it a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Tom Sinclair
"This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here."
-- The Bursar is a man under a *lot* of stress
(Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies)
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Post #190,860
1/19/05 6:47:41 PM
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Did you break the link there, too?
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Post #190,874
1/19/05 7:30:44 PM
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Nope
[link|http://homepage.mac.com/tsinclair/|http://homepage.mac.com/tsinclair/]
Tom Sinclair
"This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here."
-- The Bursar is a man under a *lot* of stress
(Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies)
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Post #190,802
1/19/05 12:40:48 PM
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Sheesh. 93 - Nerd King.
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Post #190,810
1/19/05 1:44:52 PM
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This test would be easy to cheat . .
. . but playing it with max honesty and giving nerdiness the benefit of the doubt in questionable cases:
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/images/ft/nq.php?val=5636||I am nerdier than 45% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!||]
Of course, being in the technology business biases my score towards nerdiness. On the other hand, I did reasonably well on the [link|http://www.wxplotter.com/ft_loser.php?im|Loser test].
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/images/ft/lsr.php?val=2598||I am 18% loser. What about you? Click here to find out!||]
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #190,868
1/19/05 7:15:40 PM
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I'm a Total loser - 91!
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Post #190,870
1/19/05 7:19:19 PM
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Funny, I got a 22
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Post #190,872
1/19/05 7:27:48 PM
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I'm a Loser. 81. :-/
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Post #190,885
1/19/05 8:27:23 PM
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69! My favorite number! ;-)
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Post #190,909
1/19/05 11:49:12 PM
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Yup: nerd
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Post #190,814
1/19/05 3:06:04 PM
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63 - Low Rank Nerd
~~~)-Steven----
"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."
General George S. Patton
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Post #190,819
1/19/05 3:32:40 PM
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56. Phew, I must have a *bit* of a life :)
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #190,825
1/19/05 4:07:38 PM
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What? Only a 74%? Something's gotta be wrong.
[link|http://www.wxplotter.com/ft_nq.php?im|
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/images/ft/nq.php?val=2723||I am nerdier than 74% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!||] ]
-YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #190,880
1/19/05 8:06:23 PM
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No, by using that link . . .
. . to a dynamic page instead of cutting and pasting you have shown your nerdy deficiency. Probably you cheated to get that high?
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #190,840
1/19/05 4:55:42 PM
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Nerdier than I thought! - 90%
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #190,846
1/19/05 5:22:51 PM
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Same here
24, Nerd Wannabe.
Brenda
"The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself." -- Hitopadesa 600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantr
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Post #190,900
1/19/05 10:51:56 PM
1/19/05 10:53:43 PM
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And John is....
By the way, John took it, and he's:
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/images/ft/nq.php?val=5780||I am nerdier than 93% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!||]
"The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself." -- Hitopadesa 600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantr
Edited by Nightowl
Jan. 19, 2005, 10:53:43 PM EST
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Post #190,848
1/19/05 5:33:38 PM
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Re: Now you can PROVE your nerdliness
nerd score:
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/images/ft/nq.php?val=1777||I am nerdier than 92% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!||]
loser score:
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/images/ft/lsr.php?val=0668||I am 53% loser. What about you? Click here to find out!||]
--
Steve
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Post #190,854
1/19/05 6:03:39 PM
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61
that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE
clearwater highschool marching band [link|http://www.chstornadoband.org/|http://www.chstornadoband.org/]
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Post #190,865
1/19/05 7:08:09 PM
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Re: Now you can PROVE your nerdliness
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/images/ft/nq.php?val=5762||I am nerdier than 87% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!||]
Darrell Spice, Jr. [link|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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Post #190,867
1/19/05 7:10:26 PM
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You should have gotten more points with your ani-gif. :-)
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Post #190,873
1/19/05 7:28:07 PM
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64, but I knew that already.
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Post #190,878
1/19/05 7:59:43 PM
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70.
It would have been interesting to see comments about the individual answers, though.
Wade.
Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
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Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please
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Post #190,887
1/19/05 9:22:17 PM
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Bow down, foolish mortals.
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/images/ft/nq.php?val=4798||||]
And no, I didn't cheat. I'm not sure how I feel about this...
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #190,891
1/19/05 9:33:01 PM
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You should ask your wife what she thinks. :-)
Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
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Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please
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Post #190,893
1/19/05 9:44:03 PM
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Was there any doubt? You are **admin** after all. :-)
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Post #190,924
1/20/05 1:46:20 AM
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Bow to your new overlord...
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/images/ft/nq.php?val=4798||I am nerdier than 99% of all people||]
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/images/ft/lsr.php?val=3760||I am 99% loser||]
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/thetester/images/php/wq.php?val=5393||I am weird||]
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwethey[link|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Miltary Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]
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Post #190,951
1/20/05 9:27:36 AM
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:-)
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Post #191,025
1/20/05 9:34:44 PM
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Do you want the IQ test now?
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Post #190,901
1/19/05 10:53:32 PM
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84 for me.
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #190,914
1/20/05 12:07:12 AM
1/20/05 12:09:37 AM
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Supreme Nerd God
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/images/ft/nq.php?val=4798||I am nerdier than 99% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!||]
But I didn't answer all the questions honestly. The RPN HP calculator question probably put me over the top.
Edited by gdaustin
Jan. 20, 2005, 12:08:36 AM EST
Edited by gdaustin
Jan. 20, 2005, 12:09:37 AM EST
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Post #190,952
1/20/05 9:34:33 AM
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That's one of the things that lowered my actual score
They obviously don't realize that HP still makes RPL capable calculaters. Also if I had taken the test at home (where I would have been on my home built computer is) I would have scored higher.
~~~)-Steven----
"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."
General George S. Patton
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Post #190,962
1/20/05 10:42:09 AM
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Oh dearie dearie me.
93%.
I'm blaming the fact that I possess and know how to use an HP 42S calculator.
Peter
[link|http://www.ubuntulinux.org|Ubuntu Linux]
[link|http://www.kuro5hin.org|There is no K5 Cabal]
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Post #191,024
1/20/05 9:32:17 PM
1/20/05 9:33:44 PM
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HP 41C
They didn't have the graphs on the calculator back then. I had to use the Commodore 64 for that.
And wrote a "yuck" BASIC program. It was that, or Assembler Language in the monitor.
I think the Amiga had a C compiler.
Glen
Edited by gdaustin
Jan. 20, 2005, 09:33:44 PM EST
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Post #191,047
1/21/05 2:19:46 AM
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WTF... 92 ?!?
I never dared dream I was *that* much of a nerd!
Heck, I even tried to err (if at all, then) on the non-nerd side.
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
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Post #191,200
1/22/05 7:21:30 PM
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97%....
....yikes! Oh wait, we are living through the pointy-clicky generation. Now I know why I scored so high....I'm an actual thinker. What a concept...
Cheers,
Slugbug
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Post #191,240
1/23/05 10:49:30 AM
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I.C.L.R.P.D. (new thread)
Created as new thread #191239 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=191239|I.C.L.R.P.D.]
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwethey[link|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Miltary Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]
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Post #193,670
2/8/05 2:33:37 PM
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Not fair
[link|http://www.wxplotter.com/ft_nq.php?im|
[image|http://www.wxplotter.com/images/ft/nq.php?val=1786||I am nerdier than 95% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!||] ]
Of course I have bio-hazard warning labels in my room - its a boat. Its got all kinds of warning labels around the fuel and engine room areas.
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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