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  • P Paul Watson

    Shaun Wilde wrote: Geek-o-meter Do we get special rebates at geek stores now? Like students.

    Paul Watson
    Bluegrass
    Cape Town, South Africa

    Christopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)

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    You need a minimum score of 65% to qualify

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      I got 69, turns out my girlfriend was right* to call me a geek after all... (* don't let her know I said this though...)


      Dylan

      "In meetings, the person who is least competent usually does the most talking. Talking is a direct substitute for competence, at least in the minds of other people. Five minutes after you leave a meeting, you won't remember what anyone said but you will remember who did most of the talking. Withing a day your mind will translate that into a notion that the talker was unusually knowledgeable" - Scott Adams, Dilbert and the way of the weasel

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      Lost User
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      Get her a t-shirt[^]. Kevin

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      • S Shaun Wilde

        http://www.vnunet.com/quiz/geeko.jsp[^] Enjoy :)

        Stupidity dies. The end of future offspring. Evolution wins. - A Darwin Awards Haiku

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        Atlantys
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        Should I be proud or not??? X| X| You're pretty much a nerd, sure enough. So if that's what you wanted to hear, well done, ish. I mean you're a "kind-of" geek, but definitely not gifted. Either you're a hard worker who's as thick as two short sales executives, or you just can't be bothered with detail. Whichever, you're a loser. That's why I ramble so much. If you're short and quotable, there's a much greater danger of ending up in a sig. [Christopher Duncan on how to prevent yourself from ending up in a sig]

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          Get her a t-shirt[^]. Kevin

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          Dy
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          :-D That rocks. Not to sure this could be called a 'suitable' Christmas present. Thinking of such things, I've been dropping hints for a CP mug and mouse mat, I wonder if they will pay off...


          Dylan

          "In meetings, the person who is least competent usually does the most talking. Talking is a direct substitute for competence, at least in the minds of other people. Five minutes after you leave a meeting, you won't remember what anyone said but you will remember who did most of the talking. Withing a day your mind will translate that into a notion that the talker was unusually knowledgeable" - Scott Adams, Dilbert and the way of the weasel

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          • S Shaun Wilde

            http://www.vnunet.com/quiz/geeko.jsp[^] Enjoy :)

            Stupidity dies. The end of future offspring. Evolution wins. - A Darwin Awards Haiku

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            KaRl
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            a small 75% :-D "You have a choice: work harder and learn more, or give up and start to enjoy life" : it's exactly what I'm thinking about :wtf:


            Ohé Partisans, Ouvriers et Paysans C'est l'alarme! Le Chant des Partisans

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            • M Megan Forbes

              66% apparently... "geek (noun, slang) Etymology: perhaps alteration of dialectal geck, from Low German gek, meaning fool." :laugh: So does this make me 66% fool? Are you messing with my mind? :rolleyes:


              I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Religion without Science is blind, Science without Religion is lame -Albert Einstein

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              Roger Wright
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              Megan Forbes wrote: 66% apparently... How did you manage to score so high? I only managed a 48% and I've been practicing a lot longer than you! BTW, does anyone recognize those cool images on the left?:) "My child was Inmate of the Month at Mohave County Jail" - Bumper Sticker in Bullhead City, AZ

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              • S Shaun Wilde

                http://www.vnunet.com/quiz/geeko.jsp[^] Enjoy :)

                Stupidity dies. The end of future offspring. Evolution wins. - A Darwin Awards Haiku

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                David Stone
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                :omg: 89%! Is this a good thing? Actually, I move to throw out the entire quiz because of it's format...just look at the file extension people! Can we really trust anyone who uses...that:laugh:


                I don't know whether it's just the light but I swear the database server gives me dirty looks everytime I wander past. -Chris Maunder Microsoft has reinvented the wheel, this time they made it round. -Peterchen on VS.NET

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                • D Daniel Turini

                  You're on a particularly useless cusp known as "being a bit of a nerd". Nobody really trusts what you say about computers, but at the same time, they keep asking you really annoying questions that they could answer for themselves if they just spent five minutes thinking about it. You also have to spend a lot of time not having a life in order to keep your slightly inadequate skills up to date. You have a choice: work harder and learn more, or give up and start to enjoy life. Ok, I lied a bit: my son's name is not Linus :) I see dumb people

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                  Daniel Turini wrote: Ok, I lied a bit: my son's name is not Linus LOL. Actually, we are going to name our son Obi-Wan . But that wasn't in the list... ----------------------- New and improved: kwakkelflap.com My first CP article: Pseudoregisters[^] while (!:bob:.IsDrunk()) { :bob:.Drink( :beer: ); }

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                    You need a minimum score of 65% to qualify

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                    Paul Watson
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                    Mark Nischalke wrote: You need a minimum score of 65% to qualify Yeaaarrgghh! This would be funny it it weren't such a perfectly true idea. I could get 65% and still not be eligible because I am either too tall or I must know how to l337 speak hehe.

                    Paul Watson
                    Bluegrass
                    Cape Town, South Africa

                    Christopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)

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                    • S Shaun Wilde

                      http://www.vnunet.com/quiz/geeko.jsp[^] Enjoy :)

                      Stupidity dies. The end of future offspring. Evolution wins. - A Darwin Awards Haiku

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                      Megan Forbes
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                      Hmmm... it strikes me that we should be doing better on this - like all above 90%? Does CP have the wrong following (are we all strippers posing as dev's), or is the survey odd? :~


                      I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Religion without Science is blind, Science without Religion is lame -Albert Einstein

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                        http://www.vnunet.com/quiz/geeko.jsp[^] Enjoy :)

                        Stupidity dies. The end of future offspring. Evolution wins. - A Darwin Awards Haiku

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                        joan_fl
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                        C++ not bad.

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                          C++ not bad.

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                          Megan Forbes
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                          joan_fl wrote: C++ :-D


                          I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Religion without Science is blind, Science without Religion is lame -Albert Einstein

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                          • S Shaun Wilde

                            http://www.vnunet.com/quiz/geeko.jsp[^] Enjoy :)

                            Stupidity dies. The end of future offspring. Evolution wins. - A Darwin Awards Haiku

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                            David Wulff
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                            See title. Guess what I answered for number 2 ("BTinternet?")... i answered "Argh....." ;) [edit: apparently each time you get different questions. :-O] Certificate[^]. I didn't get these, but surely the fact I even bothered to find them must add something to my initial score?... 100%[^] 0%[^]


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                            David Wulff Born and Bred.

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                              See title. Guess what I answered for number 2 ("BTinternet?")... i answered "Argh....." ;) [edit: apparently each time you get different questions. :-O] Certificate[^]. I didn't get these, but surely the fact I even bothered to find them must add something to my initial score?... 100%[^] 0%[^]


                              David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

                              David Wulff Born and Bred.

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                              Shaun Wilde
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                              hmmm - I got 63% on my first go and then tried really hard and got 93% however the questions change each time

                              Stupidity dies. The end of future offspring. Evolution wins. - A Darwin Awards Haiku

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                                hmmm - I got 63% on my first go and then tried really hard and got 93% however the questions change each time

                                Stupidity dies. The end of future offspring. Evolution wins. - A Darwin Awards Haiku

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                                David Wulff
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                                Shaun Wilde wrote: however the questions change each time D'oh. :-O


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                                  :omg: 89%! Is this a good thing? Actually, I move to throw out the entire quiz because of it's format...just look at the file extension people! Can we really trust anyone who uses...that:laugh:


                                  I don't know whether it's just the light but I swear the database server gives me dirty looks everytime I wander past. -Chris Maunder Microsoft has reinvented the wheel, this time they made it round. -Peterchen on VS.NET

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                                  David Stone wrote: Actually, I move to throw out the entire quiz because of it's format...just look at the file extension people! Can we really trust anyone who uses...that I think you should move your score up a few percent, just for that comment. ;P That's why I ramble so much. If you're short and quotable, there's a much greater danger of ending up in a sig. [Christopher Duncan on how to prevent yourself from ending up in a sig]

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                                    See title. Guess what I answered for number 2 ("BTinternet?")... i answered "Argh....." ;) [edit: apparently each time you get different questions. :-O] Certificate[^]. I didn't get these, but surely the fact I even bothered to find them must add something to my initial score?... 100%[^] 0%[^]


                                    David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

                                    David Wulff Born and Bred.

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                                    Strange that Al Gore was not one of the answers

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                                    • S Shaun Wilde

                                      http://www.vnunet.com/quiz/geeko.jsp[^] Enjoy :)

                                      Stupidity dies. The end of future offspring. Evolution wins. - A Darwin Awards Haiku

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                                      Bruce Duncan
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                                      76% "You're on a particularly useless cusp known as "being a bit of a nerd". Nobody really trusts what you say about computers, but at the same time, they keep asking you really annoying questions that they could answer for themselves if they just spent five minutes thinking about it. You also have to spend a lot of time not having a life in order to keep your slightly inadequate skills up to date. You have a choice: work harder and learn more, or give up and start to enjoy life." There's hope for me yet!! :-D

                                      Bruce Duncan, CP#9088, CPUA 0xA1EE, Sonork 100.10030
                                      I can levitate birds...

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                                      • S Shaun Wilde

                                        http://www.vnunet.com/quiz/geeko.jsp[^] Enjoy :)

                                        Stupidity dies. The end of future offspring. Evolution wins. - A Darwin Awards Haiku

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                                        Tim Smith
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                                        ROFL, my secret is out... Solid, if unimaginative scoring. You probably know enough about computers to get by, though I bet you have to bluff a bit when it comes to talking to your kids/IT department. Pay a bit more attention when others are trying to help you and you might not be such a drain on everyone's time. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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                                        • B brianwelsch

                                          39%. Said I might even be able to get a job in the computer field. :-D BW "I'm coming with you! I got you fired, it's the least I can do. Well, the least I could do is absolutely nothing, but I'll go you one better and come along!" - Homer J. Simpson

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                                          brianwelsch
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                                          With a bit of persistance I got 90% :-D :rolleyes: BW "I'm coming with you! I got you fired, it's the least I can do. Well, the least I could do is absolutely nothing, but I'll go you one better and come along!" - Homer J. Simpson

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