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  • D David Stone

    http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Take the geek test...then...as always...PUT YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT LINE!


    Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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    Ryan Binns
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    This is really scary :omg:. I felt for sure I'd get higher than that. Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
    Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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    • J Josh Martin

      Sad. So sad. I need to get a life. Josh Find a penny, pick it up, and all day long you'll have a back-ache...

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      Chris Maunder
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      I gladly pass the ubergeek hat to you :) cheers, Chris Maunder

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      • J jhaga

        Poser (too long, somebody has to pay me for doing that test) CodeProject House, Paul Watson wrote: ...and the roar of John Simmons own personal Nascar in the garage. Meg flitting about taking photos.Chris having an heated arguement with Colin Davies and .S.Rod. over egian values. Nish manically typing *censur*. Duncan racing around after his pet *c.* Michael Martin and Bryce loudly yelling *c.* C.G. having a fit as Roger Wright loads up *c.* . Anna waving her *c.* and Deb scoffing chocolates in the corner. ...Good heavens!

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        John M Drescher
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        jhaga wrote: too long, somebody has to pay me for doing that te I felt the same way... John

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        • D David Stone

          http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Take the geek test...then...as always...PUT YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT LINE!


          Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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          Jon Sagara
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          ;P

          Jon Sagara
          A bottle a night isn't alcoholism - it's persistence! -- A coworker, jokingly

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          • D David Stone

            http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Take the geek test...then...as always...PUT YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT LINE!


            Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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            Erik Westermann
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            I am a female geek (check all 5 boxes) :laugh: My wife liked that one! Erik Westermann - Author

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            • D David Stone

              http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Take the geek test...then...as always...PUT YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT LINE!


              Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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              David Cunningham
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              I'm very disappointed that I'm: 41.61736% - Major Geek I know from personal experience that I should be far higher on this scale :D David

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              • D David Stone

                http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Take the geek test...then...as always...PUT YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT LINE!


                Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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                Michael A Barnhart
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                My family just does not appreciate how normal I am. :-O "For as long as I can remember, I have had memories. Colin Mochrie."

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                • C Chris Maunder

                  This is embarrassing... cheers, Chris Maunder

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                  Ryan Binns
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                  We would expect no less ;P Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
                  Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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                  • D David Stone

                    http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Take the geek test...then...as always...PUT YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT LINE!


                    Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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                    Tim Craig
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                    But I didn't get any credit for owning a slide rule.

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                    • C Chris Maunder

                      I gladly pass the ubergeek hat to you :) cheers, Chris Maunder

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                      Josh Martin
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                      The saddest part is that I double checked my answers to see if there were any I marked by mistake. I found two more that I qualified for... Josh Find a penny, pick it up, and all day long you'll have a back-ache...

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                      • D David Stone

                        http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Take the geek test...then...as always...PUT YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT LINE!


                        Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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                        Paul M Watt
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                        40.03945% - Major Geek


                        Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day
                        Light a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life!

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                        • D David Stone

                          http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Take the geek test...then...as always...PUT YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT LINE!


                          Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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                          Agnihothra
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                          Some questions were US specific..couldnt relate to them.. Regards Agni.

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                          • D David Stone

                            http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Take the geek test...then...as always...PUT YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT LINE!


                            Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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                            Steve McLenithan
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                            Not bad...<edit>A lot of that stuff was before my time anyway...</edit>

                            Steve McLenithan
                            Is Bert Evil? | Homer: "Hello, operator, gimme the number for 911!"

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                            • D David Stone

                              http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Take the geek test...then...as always...PUT YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT LINE!


                              Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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                              Joseph Dempsey
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                              Hmmm.... super geek :) Joseph Dempsey joseph_r_dempsey@yahoo.com "Software Engineering is a race between the programmers, trying to make bigger and better fool-proof software, and the universe trying to make bigger fools. So far the Universe in winning." --anonymous

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                              • D David Stone

                                http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Take the geek test...then...as always...PUT YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT LINE!


                                Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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                                Jason Henderson
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                                Not surprised.

                                Jason Henderson

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                                "If you are going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill

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                                • D David Stone

                                  http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Take the geek test...then...as always...PUT YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT LINE!


                                  Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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                                  Sijin
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                                  Lot of questions :) :)


                                  I always think that the idea of a compiler that compiles another compiler or itself is rather incestuous in a binary way. - Colin Davies My .Net Blog

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                                  • D David Stone

                                    http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Take the geek test...then...as always...PUT YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT LINE!


                                    Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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                                    Richard Stringer
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                                    Its rigged :) Richard In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. Orson Welles

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                                    • D David Cunningham

                                      I'm very disappointed that I'm: 41.61736% - Major Geek I know from personal experience that I should be far higher on this scale :D David

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                                      Roger Wright
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                                      Identical score here.... In my case I got cheated - most of the questions were about recent inventions, not the geek toys I loved. Slide rules, binary digital clocks, photo darkroom in my bedroom closet, with foil in the cracks to block light, chemistry sets, crystal radios, homemade tube amplifiers, Altair8800, SN74180 ALUs, the good stuff!:-D RPGs in my neighborhood involved cowboys, indians, and cap guns.

                                      "The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
                                      but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
                                      Lazarus Long

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                                        Identical score here.... In my case I got cheated - most of the questions were about recent inventions, not the geek toys I loved. Slide rules, binary digital clocks, photo darkroom in my bedroom closet, with foil in the cracks to block light, chemistry sets, crystal radios, homemade tube amplifiers, Altair8800, SN74180 ALUs, the good stuff!:-D RPGs in my neighborhood involved cowboys, indians, and cap guns.

                                        "The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
                                        but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
                                        Lazarus Long

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                                        Paul M Watt
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                                        Roger Wright wrote: RPGs in my neighborhood involved cowboys, indians, and cap guns. ROTFL Yeah it does sound like you got cheated, I am sure you would get a few extra points for converting that version of the geek test to your time period ;)


                                        Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day
                                        Light a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life!

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                                        • D David Stone

                                          http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html Take the geek test...then...as always...PUT YOUR SCORE IN THE SUBJECT LINE!


                                          Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing

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                                          Lost User
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                                          :-D Could probably have been higher... Paul ;) I have been afraid always. When you see something insurmountable ahead of you, say to yourself: "All right! I am afraid. Now that I've been properly afraid, let's go forward." That is the whole secret. - Jeanne d'Arc

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