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  • D Dalek Dave

    That's it, I am getting thicker. From a peak of 156 I had reduced to 146. Thats 10 points! I will be an absolute moron by the time I am 50! Mrs wife got 126 which I said "Not too bad a score my dear!" then ducked as a shoe came hurtling my way. Really, I know it was patronising, but isn't she clever for recognizing it. I think I will not do this any more, it could get depressing :)

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    Steve Mayfield
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    Isn't there something about alcohol consumption negatively affecting brain cells?

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      Isn't there something about alcohol consumption negatively affecting brain cells?

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      Dalek Dave
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      No, there is not, booze killing brain cells is a fallacy.

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      • D Dalek Dave

        No, there is not, booze killing brain cells is a fallacy.

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        CaptainSeeSharp
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        You should drink to that.

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        • D Dalek Dave

          That's it, I am getting thicker. From a peak of 156 I had reduced to 146. Thats 10 points! I will be an absolute moron by the time I am 50! Mrs wife got 126 which I said "Not too bad a score my dear!" then ducked as a shoe came hurtling my way. Really, I know it was patronising, but isn't she clever for recognizing it. I think I will not do this any more, it could get depressing :)

          ------------------------------------ "I'm going to walk around a field dangling my keys on a bit of string until I hear whistling noises. " Steve Harris 2009

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          Anthony Mushrow
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          I don't trust them, between different tests I've had 96 and 14x. Admittedly, the 96 was on a BBC test the nation type IQ test but in my defence there was much drinking that night.

          My current favourite word is: Sammidge!

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          • A Anthony Mushrow

            I don't trust them, between different tests I've had 96 and 14x. Admittedly, the 96 was on a BBC test the nation type IQ test but in my defence there was much drinking that night.

            My current favourite word is: Sammidge!

            -SK Genius

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            Dalek Dave
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            That would make it dodgy on both counts!

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            • R Rajesh R Subramanian

              The movie in which the idiots think plants need water to grow? That was a funny movie. :)

              “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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              AspDotNetDev
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              Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

              idiots think plants need watergatorade to grow

              FTFY.

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              • D Dalek Dave

                No, there is not, booze killing brain cells is a fallacy.

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                Mladen Jankovic
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                Your quite right. From gathered data, the only thing we can conclude is that heavy drinking kills your IQ, but not your brain cells since there's no empirical data in this thread to support such a claim.

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                • D Dalek Dave

                  No, there is not, booze killing brain cells is a fallacy.

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                  Roger Wright
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                  That's not entirely true, Dave.   Ethanol is known to attack only the weakest, slowest brain cells, much like cheetahs hunting wildebeasts.   Similarly, this culling tends to strengthen the whole organ.

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                  • D Dalek Dave

                    That's it, I am getting thicker. From a peak of 156 I had reduced to 146. Thats 10 points! I will be an absolute moron by the time I am 50! Mrs wife got 126 which I said "Not too bad a score my dear!" then ducked as a shoe came hurtling my way. Really, I know it was patronising, but isn't she clever for recognizing it. I think I will not do this any more, it could get depressing :)

                    ------------------------------------ "I'm going to walk around a field dangling my keys on a bit of string until I hear whistling noises. " Steve Harris 2009

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                    AspDotNetDev
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                    Where did you get your IQ taken? Was it an in-person test, or was it some online test?

                    Dalek Dave wrote:

                    Not too bad a score my dear

                    Asshole. But a funny asshole at least :laugh: Sweet, looks like CodeProject filters out explitives. Fucking cool! Hmm, it also seems to lowercase them... maybe I'll report that as a bug.

                    Visual Studio is an excellent GUIIDE.

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                    • D Dalek Dave

                      That's it, I am getting thicker. From a peak of 156 I had reduced to 146. Thats 10 points! I will be an absolute moron by the time I am 50! Mrs wife got 126 which I said "Not too bad a score my dear!" then ducked as a shoe came hurtling my way. Really, I know it was patronising, but isn't she clever for recognizing it. I think I will not do this any more, it could get depressing :)

                      ------------------------------------ "I'm going to walk around a field dangling my keys on a bit of string until I hear whistling noises. " Steve Harris 2009

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                      Keith Barrow
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                      Embarrisingly, I used to be a member of Mensa where, obviously, they often discussed IQ tests. The low-down is this: during your whole life your IQ doesn't drop post 18 by more than a few points (much less than 10). what does differ is your performance at any given time, if you are tested again under more favourable circumstances your IQ will be closer to your true score. The upshot is your measured IQ is always less than your true IQ and is heavily influenced by your mood/ enviroment at the time of testing.Your IQ is normally within 2ish points of the maximum score you get in your adult life, unless something degenerative happens to the brain, E.g. Dementia or trauma. Also there are different tests with non-equivalent scores, but all set the average at 100

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                      • D Dan Neely

                        Not really. The 'best' free tests have a +-15point error range. As of a few years ago there was a site selling stuff of some sort playing off of peoples intelligence that consistently gave people 15 or 20 points higher than anywhere elses tests.

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                        Micky Finn
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                        So my 129 might actualy be a 114? No wonder TV seems funnier these days.

                        Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Rick Cook

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                        • L Lost User

                          CaptainSeeSharp wrote:

                          I am curious to know what my IQ is.

                          So are we, so are we!

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                          Oakman
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                          Richard MacCutchan wrote:

                          So are we, so are we!

                          Stamford Binet tests warn that they aren't very accurate below 90.

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                          • D Dalek Dave

                            Thanks for that tip. I get a similar feeling when I speak to anyone in a call centre. (Actually, an honourable mention for a lad at O2 Mobile broadband today who took my details and said rather than waste my time he would call me back...which he did and had solved my problem, emailed me the details and said to give him 10 mins to push it through the system. But this is an exception.)

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                            RichardM1
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                            He clearly won't hold that job very long.

                            Silver member by constant and unflinching longevity.

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                              He clearly won't hold that job very long.

                              Silver member by constant and unflinching longevity.

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                              Johnno74
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                              RichardM1 wrote:

                              He clearly won't hold that job very long.

                              thats funny because its true....

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                              • C CaptainSeeSharp

                                Are there any real and legitimate free IQ tests out there? I am curious to know what my IQ is.

                                Fall of the Republic[^]

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                                Mark_Wallace
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                                No.

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                                • C CaptainSeeSharp

                                  Are there any real and legitimate free IQ tests out there? I am curious to know what my IQ is.

                                  Fall of the Republic[^]

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                                  NormDroid
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                                  CaptainSeeSharp wrote:

                                  I am curious to know what my IQ is

                                  Anyone care for a guess.

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                                  • M Micky Finn

                                    So my 129 might actualy be a 114? No wonder TV seems funnier these days.

                                    Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Rick Cook

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                                    Michael Schubert
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                                    Micky Finn wrote:

                                    No wonder TV seems funnier these days.

                                    :laugh:

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                                      Your IQ only measures how fast you learn (possibly how well you can take IQ tests). And it decreases naturally as you age.

                                      OSDev :)

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                                      Caslen
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                                      I thought the test results were calculated taking age into account?

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                                      • 0 0x3c0

                                        Your IQ only measures how fast you learn (possibly how well you can take IQ tests). And it decreases naturally as you age.

                                        OSDev :)

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                                        KungFuCoder
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                                        Also I think it depends which test you do and your state of mind at the time. I did one to try to get into MENSA when I left university (good but didn't quite make it) One DIY test I got for Christmas (IQ went down significantly) One as part of a 5 hour interview for a company running IQ and personality tests (the interview was basically to just do every test they sold) where my IQ was better than ever The test just gives you an approximate score for your performance on that test on that day and (for me anyway) there are days when every problem is easy and days when just being concious is quite dongerous and probably a waste of time.

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                                        • N NormDroid

                                          CaptainSeeSharp wrote:

                                          I am curious to know what my IQ is

                                          Anyone care for a guess.

                                          Software Kinetics (requires SL3 beta) - Moving software

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                                          Rick York
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                                          No guesses necessary. I think it's obvious.

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