A P.S.
,,,,,,,,I never did get the hang of cheating on a test!
....not that I am saying the people who are proudly touting their GEEKDOM. did such a nefarious action...
......nor that they are not Geeks <Since, I am told it is a good thing>
........I think I better disassemble my computer and find out why it has a geek prejudice...Will that be like looking for its soul? An exercise in futility?
(Trying to boost my score....Is this graded on the Curve?....I may still have hope then)
fatima10
Fatima --
Lightwizard?
I seem to resemble at least two different people on these message boards, for some reason. Sofia called me littlek in one thread, and now I'm lightwizard. It must be the little and magical fairy avatar...
:wink:
8% = Poser.
Whadda they mean "Poser" - they think I WANNA be a Geek?
The test is quite long, 507 questions, but takes less than 10 minutes.
I got 54% Super Geek, but I think it's quite flawed as I'm highly desired by females wherever I go. Perhaps it's the pecs.
Other rationale:
1) I bet the guy never developed any heuristics for the test, so it's highly skewed towards his own preconceptions.
2) I would expect older people to score significanly higher as they experience more in life. Young larvae are at a disadvantage.
3) As time goes on the diversity and depth of geeks would only increase, thereby reducing the accuracy of such a single-minded test.
4) Also, the author lives in Cincinatti -- not exactly Geek Central.
5) BTW, if you're curious about the scoring ranges:
Descriptor = '% - Poser';
if (Percentile > 9) {Descriptor = '% - Geekish Tendencies'};
if (Percentile > 15) {Descriptor = '% - Geek'};
if (Percentile > 25) {Descriptor = '% - Total Geek'};
if (Percentile > 35) {Descriptor = '% - Major Geek'};
if (Percentile > 45) {Descriptor = '% - Super Geek'};
if (Percentile > 55) {Descriptor = '% - Extreme Geek'};
if (Percentile > 65) {Descriptor = '% - Geek God'};
if (Percentile > 75) {Descriptor = '% - Dysfunctional Geek'};
if (Percentile == 100) {Descriptor = '% - Liar!'};
I bet the distribution peaks at around 15-25, so the test seems designed to discriminate between the extremely geeky, making it irrelevant to most of us.
I certainly wouldn't base any important decisions on such a frivolous test!
I got 4.9% = poser. Win some lose some I guess
Oh, yeah, act all surprised. Hallmark of a geek.
Uh oh. I think fishin's been walking around thinking he's cool...
I figgered I would have scored higher but I do don't the RPG thing so I was saved.... I mean, who doesn't know the 3 scales for temp. measurement and the freezing point on each? Come on! Everyone knows that stuff...
Yeah, it was kinda weird to me what seemed to count a lot and what didn't. Personally, I think I'm a huge geek, but there was nothing about areas where I'm really geeky -- owning Steve Martin albums, fer instance, or talking to somebody who could really care less about allosteric binding in Target for five minutes...
Uh, no we don't, fishin'...
fishin' wrote:I figgered I would have scored higher but I do don't the RPG thing so I was saved.... I mean, who doesn't know the 3 scales for temp. measurement and the freezing point on each? Come on! Everyone knows that stuff...
They got me on RPG, Star Trek, Quantum Leap, SCA, that kind of thing.
How many points would I have scored if I confessed to having a picture of me with Patrick Stewart's wax replica on my dresser? (It's from a visit to Madame Tussaud's.) It's fooled a few people, as in: "Wow, when did you meet Patrick Stewart?" Only in my dreams. :wink:
Your Patrick Stewart, Mac is a Shakesperian actor as well, so that should hike up you points tally.
<sigh> I know, oak, I know...
Is that why you've let your hair grow and had it lightend, cos of Patrick
8.6785% - Poser
Being a technopeasant helped.
LibertyD ~Apologies
libertyD, you must forgive my faux pais, by addressing you by someone else's name....My apologies to you ...littleK/???????well that is not too close. At least, like novels, the beginning and the end are what makes us read the book, start to finish: EXAMPLE:
L!!!!!!ibertyD!!!!!!!!!
L!!!!!!!wizarD!!!!!!!!!
SEE? Kind of close....does this up my geek score?
My apologies, on, mis-addressing you!
fatima10
heehee...no problem, Fatima!
I don't even have the fairy avatar anymore.....
