TNCaver wrote:
an assertion that seems just as bigoted as what you perceive in the down-voting of that post
This was not an assertion nor a perception. At least I don't believe so, because (unbiased) studies have been done that proved that very point. You down-voted because of your lack of facts, it appears. Not a good reason.
Gary
Sorry, seems I got the responses mixed up. You were not the one with the dumb reason for down-voting. I've fixed it. :thumbsup:
Gary
Well, yes, and Internet sample link given by TNCaver (see first embedded quote with link). I think his point was the questions can't be biased, yet a lot of them are. They see simple to us intelligent folks, but wouldn't be so simple if you were of other mentality, I would think.
Gary
TNCaver wrote:
What possible advantage could one's culture, race, religion or ancestral background give to typical IQ questions such as this[^]?
Well, if you didn't speak English in your culture, you'd be pretty much screwed, wouldn't you?
If Bob sold 15 apples in a working week, what is the average number of apples he sells each day?
If your culture calls for a 6 or 7 day work week, your answer would be different than mine. Not all cultures have 5-day work weeks.
If you have a cube which is 5m x 5m x 5m, what is the cubic metres this container would hold?
I guess in your upbringing you'd have to know the abbreviation for metre is m, wouldn't you. I know a few races that don't know that fact. And what the F is a metre, anyhow? We have meters over here. That alone could affect your answer.
“Boat is to sea” therefore “Plane is to _____” Air – Boats travel through the sea, therefore what do planes travel through? The Air.
I'd have to call this answer WRONG. Boats travel through the WATER, which includes seas, oceans, rivers, lakes, ponds. You see a boat on the sea. You see a plane in the sky (not in the air). Bad question.
The acronym RSVP originally came from the French term Répondez s’il vous plaît – True or False?
Quite a few cultures around here wouldn't ever have heard RSVP in the first place.
Gary
In the studies I have seen, the tests WERE biased towards WASP. Those studies that I read were 20-25 years ago, and no, I can't point you to an InterLink with proof. I down-voted because of your silly down-vote.
Gary
WASP biased example I took one of them there IQ tests. One section had pictures: a plane is to a car, like a train is to a ? type of question. The picture of the plane was an old DC3 tail dragger. If you hadn't ever been on a plane, or seen anything other than a jet, the test was biased against you. As an old fart, I flew in one in Florida. Have to walk up-hill to get to your seat. :wtf:
Gary
:thumbsup::thumbsup::rose:
Gary
Take your finger off the power button.
Gary
If I read correctly, you want to send e-mails but can't because of system limitations. This is not an Access problem. Why not FTP the document to a server, then allow the users to come get it? Send a G-Mail to all users (manual creation, probably) telling them the new report is available for review, click this link, and they can download it from there. Not much you can do, e-mail wise.
Gary
Now THAT made me laugh! :beer:
Gary
Shameel wrote:
ii_noname_ii wrote:
Should I be worried about american predator drones dropping bombs
No, unless you have oil.
Or the guy on the floor above you has it.
Gary
Intelligence and spelling and keyboarding ability are not related. Our problem is by the time we type something, we are already thinking about 3 other subjects. I find it common to have two disjoint thoughts in ... and then ignite the remaining fuel and in two hours you'll be at the moon. ;P
Gary
Mensa members are in the top 2% of intelligence, based on any number of IQ tests. Not all math - a lot of word and association problems. Pass the test, pay your dues, and you're in. The meetings I found rather boring. Likely the area of the country. Not too much to attract and keep intelligence around these parts. They have a yearly gathering which may be fun. Never went to one, but the follow-up reports say they have a blast. So being Mensa means 1) you're certifiably "gifted", 2) you paid your annual (or lifetime) dues, 3) you're embarrassed to tell anyone, 4) you get a certificate and membership card, 5) you get a (cheaply made) magazine to impress the Postal Workers, 6) you get something to slide in your resume, and 7) when people call you a stupid moron you can show/tell them you are actually a genius (maybe still a moron, just not a stupid moron. :-O ) It does NOT mean you are good at anything other than thinking (or really good at multiple choice questions). I find that I am very good at too many things and loose interest in anything after a period of time. Intertel is one step above, at the upper 1% of IQ. Generally, you are more intelligent than 99 people standing around you. This, of course, would not include when being surrounded by all you clowns. From http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologicaltesting/f/genius-iq-score.htm[^] The average score on an IQ test is 100. Sixty-eight percent of IQ scores fall within one standard deviation of the mean. So that means that the majority of people have an IQ score between 85 and 115. 1 to 24 - Profound mental disability 25 to 39 - Severe mental disability 40 to 54 - Moderate mental disability 55 to 69 - Mild mental disability 70 to 84 - Borderline mental disability 85 to 114 - Average intelligence 115 to 129 - Above average; bright 130 to 144 - Moderately gifted 145 to 159 - Highly gifted 160 to 179 - Exceptionally gifted 180 and up - Profoundly gifted
Gary
xavier morera wrote:
Oh well... some VERY RICH people go in life being dishonest ...
FTFY IIRC, Bill Gates hired lots of temps and stuck them in a previously empty office during the first sales visit by IBM. Who started it? But I thought the post was about those sham-wows seen on TV. :laugh:
Gary
Yes, and change the file extension from CSV to TXT to ease things along.
Gary
You've been through security at the airport, haven't you?
Gary
Dweeb.
Gary
O/S 2 Warp - I still have that loaded on my wife's PC. THAT was a real O.S., before Win 95. Had it running 7/24/365 for years on 30+ machines (386, 486SX, and finally blazingly fast 486-66), never rebooting except when the cleaning people pulled the power. Got to dump the CP/M, dual floppy in a wooden box (Zenith I think) PC for software development when DOS came out. The C IDE interface was simple, looked something like this,
c:\
and it fit on a floppy:
Gary
We have a dress code at work. No inappropriate messages on T-Shirts. No visible Cleavage. No bra straps hanging out, etc. Very conservative. It doesn't sound like this lady violated anything. Maybe it was your imagination that got the better of you. You couldn't see her nickles, could you? BTW - Why can't us older folks enjoy a little good-looking gals. It's the really young, hot ones I don't want to go parading around. (NOT) :-O
Gary
I never heard the Big Bang, but I understand that it happened.
Gary