Archived comment by Joe Napalm:
Well, ParU, if you do a man grep it should help you grok the difference.

*Grin*

-Jn-
Efreeti Sophist

Archived comment by ParU:
Well I think that you should get extra 'geek' points (or maybe a Loonie pt) if you know what 'grok' and 'grep' mean and the difference between them.

brian28306 - sorry 'bout that - here's your belated froot bat, he comes with his very own NASCAR and 'Fritz' helmet.

Archived comment by Joe Napalm:
Don't worry, Inuki...I scored higher than you, so you're not the geekiest person here. A friend of mine sent me this test awhile ago, and I scored a 57.79093% - Extreme Geek. So, I edged you out a by just a bit...you can hide behind me when the Geek Patrol comes knocking.

Mycroft claims he scored lower than me, but only because he's such a geek that he nitpicked himself a lower score. *rolls eyes*

And this guy in the quote is a "whoosie", as ParU calls em. As Yamamoto said, your resolve should be such that - even if your head were to suddenly be lopped off - you would be able to complete one final action with certainty. None of these froofy "I'd kill you if I weren't tied up with a gun to my head" excuses...I mean, pahleeze...show a little intestinal fortitude.

Translation for the Bushido-impared: "Do or do not...there is no 'try'." Most of you scored high enough on the Geek test to grok that, at least. *Grin*

Anyway...I'm on dial up. Lemme alone.

-Jn-
Efreeti Sophist

Archived comment by brian28306:
Since I don't don't have a frootbat, I thought I try giving the cool point to the dog. Bad IDEA! Charlotte has bounced all over the house, swallowed a raquetball, went through a storm door, took down 12 ft of fence and now huddled in the corner by the fireplace twitching. I'm pretty sure I'm not going near her, I like my arms. I think I'll send in the boy, I remember how to make another one of him.

There should be disclaimers on cool pts.

Archived comment by ParU:
I think I've been punk'd by KtG...

But I gotta give a cool pt. to brian28306 cause that's sorta the thing my daughter's said before about UNIX. And since he doesn't know her, it's pretty cool.

And Igirly and steff - I guess I'm intimated by both of you. Igirly for her wit and literary knowledge and all around 'Intelliness' and steff for, you know...

Archived comment by brian28306:
All I can add is...Got Root?

Root...God, What is difference?

Archived comment by Matt:
Well, I enjoy wearing pants.

Archived comment by Lady Grace:
Great article from Social Neanderthal's namelink. Thanks!

Archived comment by Passerby:
"...off to find someone wearing pants."

Damn....eliminated again.

Archived comment by steff:
heh. thanks sis. exactly what i was going to say. kind of.

actually, i was going to say, "i'm NOT socially inept, i just don't LIKE most people." but, yeah, the charming the pants off people was a nice touch. *grin*

...off to find someone wearing pants...

Archived comment by Kris the Girl:
Has anyone else ever noticed that ParU often gives kind of...backhanded points? Like "good job I suppose, but did you know the orignator of that phrase/location that was made/the number of marbles in the jar? I'll give the other .5 point to whoever can tell me that!"

Archived comment by Intelligirly:
ummm...ParU, darling? I'm so very NOT frightened by Steff. Please. A) not male, whip has no authority over me. B) Dude, she's my sister. I can SO take her.

I'm not insulting her. And I wasn't really referring to social ineptitude. I read the nerd as "loners" not "social outcasts". Ergo, Steff's a very much nerd, while I usually prefer nerdiness with occasional breaks for socializing with the select few.

But neither of us is truly socially inept. We can charm the pants off most anyone. And sometimes do, just for the fun.

Pardon the mini-rantishness of this. Nothing intended. *gentle smile*

Archived comment by ParU:
Well 0.5 cool pts. to Paul for that clever (though well worn) pun.

And I think the reason I placed so (relatively) low on that geek test is that role-playing games came out only after I was 'all growed up'.

Still I think that Igirly would only dare insult (compliment?) her sis, cause she knows she's no longer around. Cause steff's still got that whip.

Archived comment by peegee:
Hey, if social ineptitude is the issue I am a major nerd too. Plus I know about being considered a commodity because I supposedly can "fix computers" which often involves telling people that they got the wrong type of cable or yanking jammed paper out of other people's printers.

Still, I'd rather be normal...

Archived comment by Social Neanderthal:
Follow the link to a news article that has direct relevance to the 'nerd' issue AND the California recall vote.

A quite insightful article.

Archived comment by Intelligirly:
Stiiiiil a nerd, then.

And Steff's a MAJOR nerd.

Archived comment by Noyock:
I have a behavioural-psych friend who claims that the nerd/geek thing is a socialization issue: that geeks are the ones who are more gregarious (albeit usually just with other geeks), whereas nerds tend to be loners. Don't know whether she was just making that up or what, but it makes sense as a distinction.

Archived comment by Jon:
Hangs head I used to be one of those rabid debaters about Mac/PC. Nowadays I'm more sanguine about that sort of thing. Some things work better for one person, some things don't.

I thought that programmers debated about vi and emacs... at least, that's what the programmers on IP have mentioned.

I'm kind of surprised how high I rated on the geek test. Roleplaying adds a bit, I suppose, but my computer geekiness is pretty low. *shrug*

Archived comment by Mike:
27.0217% or something. Come on, Collecting coins or stamps counts but catching frogs and snakes doesn't? Boo. Boo-urns! Jeez, I don't even make a decent geek.

(*glumly bites head off chicken*)

Archived comment by tim:
~high fives Paul~
Thanks...I thought I was going to have to interject the non-sequitur , appear the malcontent, and drag this thread out of technotown all by myself again.
Nice pun too.
: D

Archived comment by Paul:
UNIX? Isn't that the term for those guys that used to guard the royal harems?

Archived comment by peegee:
I agree on the UNIX part (or Linux or BSD) for that matter, and hey, without it there'd be no IP (the servers are running BSD, last time I checked). Oh, and of course real UNIX geeks are on a first name basis with Ken, Dennis and Brian and know how sometimes a vacuum cleaner is like a mainframe.
*grin*

Archived comment by Matt:
Not know what a Cray is? I mean, come on; Batman has one, fer chrissakes!

The first computer I ever used was a Texas Instruments TI 99-4A. It showed you how to program in BASIC. But god help you if you made a mistake; the keyboard didn't have a backspace key.

Archived comment by ParU:
Good for you Cebu! And yeah Igirly, that's usually the way the geeks/nerds do their debates. Course it's funny as real computer nerds use UNIX and thus don't really care about the Mac/PC bit too much, but durn few college folks even know what UNIX is. (Or TECO, or TSO or what a Cray is or what JCL was). Course I learned from Hollerith, so I'm dating myself a bit here.

Archived comment by Cebu:
Yeah, uh, no I've never been involved in a PC Mac debate. I've never used a mac and I don't know anyone with one and I'm too poor to buy one myself. Plus? I don't care. This is what I'm comfortable with and that's all that matters. Works for me.


I shouldn't post when I'm tired.

Archived comment by Intelligirly:
Involved in, part of the discussion? Or involved in, trapped between the geeky but very vehement parties surrounding you loudly declaiming the merits of each and the particular demonic characteristics of the creators, unable to free oneself from the force field they've surrounded the entire office area with yet again under the mistaken impression that anyone else cares or has nothing else to do that requires their brains because surely EVERYone needs to know exactly what kind of computer/ISP, etc to use and can only decide if we debate it at the top of our lungs? Cause, yeah, the latter. A lot. Otherwise, not so much.

Archived comment by Matt:
And hey, hasn't everyone been involved in a Mac vs. PC debate? I mean, really!

Archived comment by tim:
Intelligeek
; )

Archived comment by marinerd:
I had this exact same conversation last night, about geeks vs. nerds. Also, I think there's a tendency nowadays to call anyone who is intelligent some kind of name.

Archived comment by Lady Di Lee:
I think I agree with your difference between geek and nerd. Nerds are more informational, and geeks are more technological. I wonder if Dr. Suess ever imagined 'nerd' would become so widely used of a word when he came up with it.

Archived comment by Intelligirly:
I'm 16.76529% which apparently means I'm a geek. You know why? Because I read and I like learning. That's it. I checked hardly any computer questions or math questions. I believe that would make me well-read and intelligent, rather than a geek. Or, say, a nerd, rather than a geek. I think, in my geeks are more technically and numerically oriented, while nerds are the ones who know a lot and breeze through homework. Perhaps that's just me.

I'm proud of being intelligent, dang it!!

:D

Archived comment by Inuki:
I'm still a little worried that at 57% and change I'm geekier than all of you... and I'm still in college. Plenty of time to do things like learn programming languages and the like left for me... (And knowing the field I'm going into, I'm going to be learning some form of programming coding, even if it's just scripting.)

Sheesh.

Archived comment by ParU:
Well I think marinerd deserves a cool pt for this test.


And I'm a little chagrined that Monk scored geekier than I. What does that mean?

Archived comment by marinerd:
I don't think anyone should object to a high score. I think, in this test, "geek" really just means smart, in a technological way. It's not a bad thing at all, IMHO.

Archived comment by daen:
There was a magic moment this morning when every workstation in the office was occupied by a co-worker taking the geek test.

Ah, the feeling of power.

Archived comment by Monk:
43.98422% - Major Geek

I was looking through the thread at everyone's score....I don't know if I should cry that I scored higher, or if I'm so well rounded that I can balance easily between player and geek.

Archived comment by Jon:
I know what you mean, Obs. Fortunately, I had a friend in college who actually knew things about computers, so I had backup. : )

steff, if you watched more "Highlander" movies or TV, you'd realize that a bladed (or light-sabred) weapon can be pulled out of nowhere in particular! Also, the sonic screwdriver could fit in a purse or pants pocket.

Archived comment by Social Neanderthal:
Obs--MS Excel has this wonderful invoicing template, you can put in the hourly rate, mileage [footage?], the quantity, and away you go....

....use it as you see fit.

[I always double the rate for family members]

Archived comment by Obsidiana:
Try being in college and being labelled "the one who's good with computers"...I constantly have to sort out problems that my friends or suitemates are having. Last year I had to trek all the way across campus every time my one friend wanted to upload a picture.

And honestly, I'm not even really all that good with computers. I just have this amazing ability to read directions, follow them, and retain what they say.

Archived comment by marinerd:
Tara, SSHHHHH! We're trying to keep a low profile up here!

Archived comment by Matt:
Taragirl, I'm on the opposite end of that all the time. If I got paid a dollar for every minute of tech support I've done for friends, family, and coworkers, I'd be a wealthy man.

Example:
*phone rings* "Hello? Oookay, and when did you do this? Okay, then there's still a chance you can get it back. Go to the Recycle Bin. Yeah, it says, 'Norton Protected Recycle Bin.' No, don't double-click on it. Yeah, all that junk you're seeing won't help you. Cancel that. Now right-click once. You see the option that says 'Explore'? Click that. Yeah, left-click. Okay, you see the files you accidentally deleted? Good. Now select those by dragging the mouse. Now go up to where it says File and choose Restore. That'll put them back on the Desktop."


True story.

Archived comment by Taragirl:
Scored 12. Higher than I thought. I constantly use my husband as my personal help desk with computer related stuff. Bad part is that all the IT folks at my work think I know much, much more than I really do!

BTW, Seattle trip was wonderful! Weather was picture perfect and sights awesome!

Archived comment by dragonfly:
Ok ok ok....







...im still glad I scored low.*grumble*

Archived comment by Kris the Girl:
I gotta say, I'm not really that surprised that there are a few high scores from the folks around here. And no, I'm not saying it's a bad thing. A lot of the regulars here do computer tech stuff, and that's nothing to sneeze at, but it's also the topic of a large portion of the test questions.
And we've established multiple times that there are quite a few of us that enjoy reading *gasp* sci-fi/fantasy novels.
And, just to set the record straight, I bought THREE puzzles yesterday, and I'm thrilled. I loves me some puzzles.

Archived comment by marinerd:
Social, I think most of us lazy geeks are cut and paste geeks.

Archived comment by Dragonfly:
YEAY!! I was the one to score the lowest. (er..so far...) YES I'm proud, I don't WANT to be any sort of geek. yeaaay hehe.

Archived comment by DTM's Girlfriend:
hmmmm...

That Geek Test should definitely include

- posts on geeky website more than once daily

And I too, am surprised all you geeks didn't score higher.

Archived comment by Social Neanderthal:
I got a 19 and change on the test, so I guess that's a geek. I suspect I scored higher than I should have based on the fact that I don't feel compelled to post my EXACT score.

Or maybe I'm just a lazy geek.