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Is it an illness to be a geek ?!

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  • C Colin Angus Mackay

    I got 40! :eek: Although some of the questions I was ambivalent about and would have prefered a neutral answer because I could not say if I agreed or disagreed with it.


    "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!

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    this is because you *are* a geek, Colin. What's bad about it? You are excellent at it.


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    • C Corinna John

      I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco

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      Corinna John wrote: eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). The percentage of those scoring over 32 that have been diagnosed is more interesting though, at least if you're testing to see if you are autistic it is.... I'll guess and say I scored a 23. :) BW The Biggest Loser


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      • C Corinna John

        I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco

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        29 Phew, just made it under "One of the Georges," said Psmith, "I forget which, once said that a certain number of hours' sleep a day--I cannot recall for the moment how many--made a man something, which for the time being has slipped my memory."

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        • C Corinna John

          I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco

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          I just had someone come up to me a few minutes ago and ask how to get to Fry's Electronics (the WalMart of Electronics/Computers/Software) :rolleyes: because he was told "if anyone knows how to get there, Steve will" :sigh: Steve

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          • C Colin Angus Mackay

            What's VHF stand for? (I'm assuming it is not Very High Frequency)


            "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!

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            VHF == Very High Functioning. - It means the Aspie can imitate almost all social skills, and other stuff, thus if you looked at the person you wouldn't recognize they had the syndrome. Regardz Colin J Davies

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            • M Megan Forbes

              Colin Angus Mackay wrote: You might have noticed that I sometimes explicitly ask if I'm talking too much. Actually, the fact that you are so sincere when speaking is one of the qualities I really like about you Colin :)


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              Megan Forbes wrote: the fact that you are so sincere when speaking is one of the qualities I really like about you :-O


              "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!

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              • C Corinna John

                I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco

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                hmmm...


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                • M Matt Gullett

                  39 - Now leave me alone, you're making me loose my concentration.

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                  Matt Gullett wrote: 39 - Now leave me alone, you're making me loose my concentration. (1) I think you mean "lose", not "loose". :) (2) What do you mean, "overly fascinated with fiddly details"? I resent that! (3) I now feel oddly inadequate having scored only 38. On the other hand, that's the same number as my age, and the same as Eric Gagne's jersery number. (See? I just can't help it.) ... though, to be honest, I thought half my answers were more to do with the old Attention Deficit Thingywhatsis... wait, now I'm all confused... -- Diane C Itinerant games programmer "Federal Espresso - When it absolutely, positively has to stay up overnight."

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                  • C Corinna John

                    I've heard a lot about "Asperger Autism", but yesterday I read a casual term for it: The "Geek Syndrome" ^. So I took part in a screening test ^, and got a score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Did anybody else take that test? How many possible "Asperger Autists" are here on CP, and... why the hell do those psycho-docs call it a syndrome?! It's not bad to be strange. If there was a little more tolerance for strange people, no "Aspi" would need any therapy. :rose: Have Fun testing yourself, coco

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                    Corinna John wrote: score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Me too....37, is that good or bad or what??? whats going on? "Creating tomorrow's legacy systems today..... .... One CRISIS at a time!" -- Unknown "If you build it.... .....BUGS will come!" -JB
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                    • L Looney Tunezez

                      Corinna John wrote: score of 37 (eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher). Me too....37, is that good or bad or what??? whats going on? "Creating tomorrow's legacy systems today..... .... One CRISIS at a time!" -- Unknown "If you build it.... .....BUGS will come!" -JB
                      this.Dispose();
                      "A Bug is a piece of code that knows whatz its purpose"

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                      There is no "good" or "bad". If you don't get along on a planet full of people, the number 37 might be connected to the reason for it, that's all. :)

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