The Geek Test
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I felt I suffered from an unfair test in some ways. For example, my lack of exposure to tabletop RPG dinged me pretty bad on that test--even though I view it as no larger a gap in my geek cultural exposure than having not seen Attack of the Clones yet. I mean, yeah, it's a serious gap, but it's not *that* important. There were other things that cost me a lot of points that I was kind of miffed about, such as a surplus of dates or an utter distaste for television. I don't see those as a blight on my geekiness at all, especially due to the reasons--being married to a big geek, and shunning TV for computers and math books. Ah well. Nothing's perfect I guess.
Some quesions that perhaps might have been fair to ask and probably would have helped my score --
- You know how and why a slide rule works and/or have made one (I didn't see a thing on there about slide rules, a serious omission in my book)
- You engage in excessively geometric/mathematical artistic expressions such as building with Zome tools or doing origami
- You own a sword or practice sword and want to know how to use it (It should have said at least *something* about societies for creative anachronism and/or boffing clubs...)
- You program computers for fun (I didn't see a *thing* about this, and should be worth big points in my book!)
- You do/learn math for fun
- The math you do for fun is so advanced that most people will never have cause to know it *exists*
- You have taken apart computer parts and/or destroyed them for fun (ooh--or fixed them using one of the following: superglue, a rubber band, a toothpick, scotch tape or a wad of chewing gum)
- Something about interest in codes or ciphers--either making or cracking or just fooling around with them
- You know what "steganography" is, and/or you've tried your hand at it or at least wanted to
- You dressed up as a mathemagician for Halloween (and are darned proud of it!)
I was, however, quite satisfied with their listing of geek classical literature. In particular, some oft-overlooked movies like Princess Bride and even more classic references like to Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics made an appearance. Nice.
I felt I suffered from an unfair test in some ways. For example, my lack of exposure to tabletop RPG dinged me pretty bad on that test--even though I view it as no larger a gap in my geek cultural exposure than having not seen Attack of the Clones yet. I mean, yeah, it's a serious gap, but it's not *that* important. There were other things that cost me a lot of points that I was kind of miffed about, such as a surplus of dates or an utter distaste for television. I don't see those as a blight on my geekiness at all, especially due to the reasons--being married to a big geek, and shunning TV for computers and math books. Ah well. Nothing's perfect I guess.
Some quesions that perhaps might have been fair to ask and probably would have helped my score --
- You know how and why a slide rule works and/or have made one (I didn't see a thing on there about slide rules, a serious omission in my book)
- You engage in excessively geometric/mathematical artistic expressions such as building with Zome tools or doing origami
- You own a sword or practice sword and want to know how to use it (It should have said at least *something* about societies for creative anachronism and/or boffing clubs...)
- You program computers for fun (I didn't see a *thing* about this, and should be worth big points in my book!)
- You do/learn math for fun
- The math you do for fun is so advanced that most people will never have cause to know it *exists*
- You have taken apart computer parts and/or destroyed them for fun (ooh--or fixed them using one of the following: superglue, a rubber band, a toothpick, scotch tape or a wad of chewing gum)
- Something about interest in codes or ciphers--either making or cracking or just fooling around with them
- You know what "steganography" is, and/or you've tried your hand at it or at least wanted to
- You dressed up as a mathemagician for Halloween (and are darned proud of it!)
I was, however, quite satisfied with their listing of geek classical literature. In particular, some oft-overlooked movies like Princess Bride and even more classic references like to Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics made an appearance. Nice.
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ENTAR TEH DRAGON PWNS JOOO!!!!!11one!!!the test wrote:I HAVE SEEN (2+ TIMES) any kung fu movie made before 1980
I had been wondering if that was just me.the test wrote:I LIKE TO do physics in my head
How many different kinds of poker can I count?the test wrote:I KNOW...(@)how to play 7+ games with regular deck(s) of cards
27.21893% - Total Geek <- more than I thought before I read the test hehe
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SCA = society for creative anachronism (you're not the only one who missed this -- Drak complained it wasn't there, because she didn't recognize the abbreviation.)
It's basically a medieval club, usually focused on swordfighting with wooden or foam swords, or fencing. Sometimes they get all dressed up in clothing from the period, or walk around in armor, or otherwise celebrate the 1500's...
It's basically a medieval club, usually focused on swordfighting with wooden or foam swords, or fencing. Sometimes they get all dressed up in clothing from the period, or walk around in armor, or otherwise celebrate the 1500's...
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