Geekier than thou

Buckethead Buckethead

For what it's worth, I scored pretty high on the test. I have some issues with the construction of the test, but will forego a full out analysis as that would be a bit geeky. I will note, however, that the test is a bit skewed by the emphasis on computer stuff. The fact that I work in the IT bidness had a dramatic effect on my score. That and my ability to recognize old, dead scientists and obscure chemical elements. A proper geek test would focus on mindsets as well as skillsets. And would include probing questions about geekly matters like Star Wars v. Star Trek, LoTR and velvet tiger art.

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Posted by Buckethead Buckethead on   |   § 13

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Ninety-freakin' -four?! Holy crap.

Funny thing is, for people who've never met him, Buckethead is a big dude. It's a peculiar, if not unique, marriage of brawn and geek that's yielded the modern Buckethead.

You should kick your own nerdy ass for wishing for a more thorough assessment of your nerdliness.

GeekLethal GeekLethal

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MO,
Wait til Johno takes it.

If this thing has extra innings, double overtime, and time-and-a-half on holidays, he'll get all of it as it computes his final score.

GeekLethal GeekLethal

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I suppose I shouldn't complain about how my job forces me to have geekly knowledge of computers; because after all, how did I get this job anyway? There are other geek tests that I score not quite so highly on. This one emphasized my strengths (or weeknesses, depending on how you look at it.)

Also, I used to have a old style HP calculator with the reverse polish notation. That's a couple points on this test right there.

Also, if you answered "speed of light" for the question about E=MC2, you were not so much wrong as insufficiently geeky. In normal conversation, I would answer, "speed of light." But when I saw the scientific notation that approximated 300,000 km/s, I knew that was the answer.

I don't know why I knew that the first picture was Maxwell. I just do.

Aaaach.

Buckethead Buckethead

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Rest easy, B. I scored an 88%

Works for me... I don't have Buckethead's computing power. And, thank Tanj, I did NOT NOT NOT know that first picture was Maxwell. 'cause that's just useless knowledge.

Ninety-four. Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh.

Nerd.

Johno Johno

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That test is clearly flawed. I scored only 18%, but given that I am a woman, and that there are more varieties of geekiness than mere techno-geekiness, I think I've been grossly underestimated as a nerd.

Allison Allison

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Um, Actually the speed of light is 2.99792458e8 m/s. They had that and 2.99792458e8 km/s (which is wrong). Hope you put down the m/s entry.

I guess you can argue the test parameters, but this one wasn't too bad.

I just didn't find any relevance to knowing my DHCP address on the present computer. If you asked me if I knew the addresses of the computers I work with I'd have said yes in general. That and the routing tables, the network DNS servers, etc.

As for the pictures of Maxwell, I'm a physicist. We had to study that historical nerd, so the picture was just there. Thought it was pretty funny though that they chose him.

Nylarthotep Nylarthotep

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Nylarthotep, I said I picked the one that approximated 300,000 km/s. That doesn't mean I picked the one that had km/s as the unit of velocity.

Johno, laugh it up nerd boy, I'm the only one who scored higher than you out of what, ten people?

Buckethead Buckethead

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