[Trunkyo]

And let's try this little test to see which of us is truly the geekiest!
The Geek Test

I only got 37.86982% - Major Geek

[Hammerite]

Damn...

19.32939% - Geek

[Squinky]

38.85602% - Major Geek.

Man, that test is dated.

[Giligan]

7.29783% - Poser


Still, some of those questions are crazy. "Have you programmed a calculator in math class?" Who the heck has done that?

[Fantasysci5]

36.68639% - Major Geek. I'm proud, I'm a geek AND a girl!!!

[tsa]

20.71006% - Geek. A disappointment since I scored 53% on the MIT nerd test.

[Jelena]

I have geek tendencies: 9.07298%

[tsa]

What's the difference between a geek and a nerd?

[Jelena]

Marginal I guess.

[DustyShinigami]

I've also got geekish tendencies.

Whatever, i still consider myself to be a geek.

[colpet]

I'm between geek and total geek. I would have scored higher had computers and calculators been common place in my youth.

[Hammerite]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1xjc...eature=related

"Ha, look at him he's a nerd!"

[splin]

Damn, there is a 10:1 ratio for male/female geeks. Not so cash, eh?

Anyway, I got 20.71006% - Geek. No way I'm that geeky.

[Jazhara7]

70.4142%


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[Jazhara7]

Originally Posted by Giligan

7.29783% - Poser


Still, some of those questions are crazy. "Have you programmed a calculator in math class?" Who the heck has done that?

If you've been to higher math classes, you would have likely done that, kiddo.




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[bulldog]

Here is mine - 2.95858% - Poser

[rlpw]

36.68639%-Major Geek
I was really surprised in my geekiness, I thought I was just weird.

[Giligan]

Originally Posted by Jazhara7

If you've been to higher math classes, you would have likely done that, kiddo.

Sure, but you've got to admit that the test is clearly biased towards the "20-year-old hacker guy who only leaves his apartment to attend a comic con" demographic.

[Jazhara7]

Originally Posted by Giligan

Sure, but you've got to admit that the test is clearly biased towards the "20-year-old hacker guy who only leaves his apartment to attend a comic con" demographic.

Not really. It's a test determine how geeky you are, and yes, being that type of person make you rather geeky. But you can get the very same score by being another type of geek entirely. For example, being a member of the SCA doesn't really fit very well into the demographic you mentioned.

Also, I am a "22-year old non-hacker chick who does indeed leave her home even if she's not really a social butterfly that to her dismay has never been to a comic con, but a world exhibition and several medieval fairs and reptile fairs before". And you saw my geek score!


Though admittedly, the test is a bit outtdated. I think it actually was made before Episode 3 was out.


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[tsa]

There were so many Star Wars/Trek questions in it that people who are not very much into that stuff don't stand a chance. No wonder many people here had a higher score than me.

Why not do the MIT nerd test too and calculate an average? I had 57% on the test today. Questions follow here:

1. Have you ever used a computer? (If the answer is no, try
taking the Baker House Purity test.)
2. Have you ever programmed a computer?
3. Have you ever built a computer?
4. Done #2 continuously for more than four hours?
5. Have you ever "fingered" anyone on a computer?
6. Did you enjoy it?
7. Do you wear glasses?
8. Are your glasses broken (e.g. taped) ?
9. Is your vision worse than 20/40?
10. Worse than 20/80?
11. Are you legally blind?
12. Have you ever asked a question in lecture?
13. Have you ever answered a question in lecture?
14. Have you ever corrected a professor?
15. Have you ever answered a rhetorical question?
16. Do you sit in the front row?
17. Do you take notes in more than one color?
18. Have you ever worn a calculator?
19. A pocket protector?
20. Have you ever used a microscope?
21. Have you ever used a telescope?
22. Have you ever used an oscilloscope?
23. Is your weight less than your IQ?
24. Have you ever done #2 on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of
the same weekend?
25. Have you ever done #2 past 4 am?
26. Have you ever done #2 with someone of the appropriate (Either
or both, your choice) sex (besides your consultant)?
27. Have you ever done #2 for money?
28. Do you own a Rubik's Cube?
29. Can you solve it?
30. Without the book?
31. Without looking?
32. Do you have acne?
33. Do you have greasy hair?
34. Are you unaware of it?
35. Have you ever bought anything from Radio Shack?
36. Did you redesigned anything from Radio Shack?
37. Do you know how to use a sliderule?
38. Do you know calculus?
39. Do you know Maxwell's Equations?
40. Do you have them on a T-shirt?
41. Have you ever dissected anything?
42. Do you know pi past five decimal places?
43. Do you know e past five decimal places?
44. Do you own more than $500 in electronics (excluding stereo)?
45. More than $1000?
46. Have you ever built more than $1000 worth of electronics?
48. Have you ever designed a multistep chemical synthesis?
49. Was it fun?
50. Have you ever read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
51. Was your math SAT more than 300 points higher than your verbal?
52. Have you ever worked on a Friday night?
53. While there's a party next door?
54. And wished that someone would invite you to over?
55. Have you ever played a computer game?
56. Done #55 in the last three months?
57. Done #55 in the last three weeks?
58. Have you ever written a computer game?
59. Are your pants too short?
60. Do your socks mismatch?
61. Have you used a chemistry set?
62. After the age of 13?
63. Have you ever played D&D (or other role-playing game)?
64. Since high school?
65. Have you ever entered a science fair?
66. Did you win?
67. Do you own a digital watch?
68. Does it play music?
69. Does it have a calculator?
70. Have you ever used a rare earth element?
71. Do you own a CRC?
72. Do you own a CRT?
73. Do you own an HP calculator?
74. Do you know how to use it?
75. Were you ever on a chess team?
76. Were you ever on a debate team?
77. Do you know more than three programming languages?
78. More than eight?
79. Have you ever made a technical joke?
80. Did no one get it?
81. Can you name more than ten Star Trek episodes?
82. Are you socially inept?
83. Do you own a pencil case?
84. Do you wear it?
85. Do you know Schrodinger's equation?
86. Have you ever solved it?
87. Have you ever used the word "asymptotic"?
88. Can you count in binary?
89. Have you ever broken into a computer system?
90. A government system?
91. Have you ever changed your bank account?
92. Changed someone else's?
93. Done #2 for money?
94. Have you ever inhaled helium?
95. Do you know the Latin name for a fruit fly?
96. Do you own anything that is radio controlled?
97. Have you ever interpolated?
98. Have you ever extrapolated?
99. Have you ever used a modem?
100. Have you ever reached sexual climax while doing #2?


RANK CLASSIFICATION
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1-20 Totally cool, dude!
21-40 Your social life needs some serious help.
40-60 Nerd!
60-80 YOU need some serious help.
80-100 Hail, O Great Nerd Master. I have sacrificed some virgin,
untouched sliderules in your name.