August 06, 2006
The truth about me UPDATED
This is going around now. You might as well know the truth. Is it cool to be a nerd? You tell me....
In defense of myself, I held a 4.0 GPA throughout college. The fact remains that I lost interest in computers after trying to complete an online course in BASIC. I grew disinterested quickly. I had friends who immediately fell in love with computer programing in the mid-70's, and whom I immediately lost contact with. We could have stayed friends, I just never saw them again. I needed a computer language for my school requirements. I had someone else complete the assignments for me.
While my entire corporate career was in, and with computers, I learned and mastered only what I needed. I was an early datacommunications engineer, back in the early 80's when the field was new. I can still recite all the pins of the RS-232 connector. Hooking up computers was interesting. Programing them was not - for me. I owned and studied James Martin's "Telecommunciations and the Computer" (the first edition) but truthfully datacomm was never "nerd cool", just like telephony wasn't nerdy, but was cool.
I do not dive with a dive computer, rather I use the dive tables and a military compass board. Dive computers are generally considered reliable, but when it comes to my survival in the water the only thing I trust is my ability to think clearly and not panic.
I dive alone.
Rev. Greg
Postscript;
Why did I score so high this time?
Well, I'll tell you, and you're not going to like the answer. The first time I took the test I made no attempt to look anything up, and answered right off of the top of my head. Fact is, I own both a telescope AND a microscope but sincerely didn't remember the night I took the test the first time. Other questions I lied on knowing how nerds think.
In addition, I looked up the periodic table questions on google because I know about nerd psyche, having known many nerds and high IQ folk. The reality is they, as a community, all have giant chips on their shoulders and would NEVER admit to not knowing something, rather looking it up to get the best score possible.
Tests are bullshit. Always have been, always will be. IQ is an illusion. The ultimate test is life itself. Here is an example;
http://www.jamsarts.com/illusion-einstein.htm
While still working for Sun I came across this question printed out on someone's desk. I stole it and copied it, and returned it. Within 5 minutes after I read it I knew the answer. I have never had my answer verified, but I knew.
Post your answer to this question here and we will compare....
Rev. Greg
I don't believe at all in that - how do you call - crap, sh...t....Just a few months ago, some english "scientist" published IQ tests resultats of nations. Germans is on the top, second place took Nederlander....my Serbs is on the bottom, maybe 98. of 100, or similar. Then has been revealed that the very same scientist stated last year that men has higher IQ than women! Smells like rascism. Smells like misusage of science, smells like science is about to fall in the shit - once again in her history. So,who cares about their tests and ther resultats. Fuj!
PS - 15 % NERD. JUST FOR FUN.
68
Posted by: robin at August 16, 2006 05:06 AMSomeone is full of piss and vinegar! I'm loving it, all too funny.
Posted by: k at August 11, 2006 11:02 PMMinutes after I read this I experienced a flash of lucidity...
Who keeps fish?
A fish keeper.
No one can convince me that this wasn't the answer Einstien had in mind. German my ass. Any moron can set up graphs and chart a stupid answer like that. And by the way, setting up little charts only proves that the German doesn't have a pet, not that he keeps fish.
Sheesh.
Rev. Greg
Posted by: Rev. Greg at August 11, 2006 05:46 AMI was lazy. I guessed it was the Norwegian. Should have thought about it. People don't usually eat their pets.
Posted by: chikushonin at August 11, 2006 04:44 AMI can't understand this sh*t at all. I looked up the answer though and the German keeps fish.
http://tinyurl.com/4lko4
http://www.stanford.edu/~laurik/fsmbook/examples/Einstein'sPuzzle.html
Personally I don't buy it though. But I think the speed of light is as relative as anything else so don't go by me.
clown hidden
This is true, these test are inevitable traps, I know.
IQ: The ratio of tested mental age to chronological age, usually expressed as a quotient multiplied by 100 = A false belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that persists despite the facts.
Now what about EQ? Now there's a test I would surely fail, lol!
Greg is right... IQ means nothing. My husband has a very high IQ but has very bad people skills. So what is better IQ or adaptability? I on the other hand I'm the first to admit I'm not the brightest, but I can walk into a room of strangers and not have a problem having a conversation.
Danna
I got a 37 - wannabe nerd. However, I object to the assuption that nerdiness is solely defined by the scientific/engineering/chemical/computer nerd variety- it is true that this sub-species likes to think of themselves as dominating the field, but this is not true- ask Robin Beck. He's a Nichiren nerd. There should be a different test - these results are skewed! Objection, your honor! Byrd in LA (law nerd)
Posted by: Byrd in LA at August 7, 2006 11:42 PMWell I scored only a 13, which I knew I would... I'm an artist not a nerd. But I'm sure my husband would score 100.
Fun quiz.
Danna
I guessed about right - "slightly nerdy." Score? 67 -- "Low Ranking Nerd. Definitely a nerd but low on the totem pole of nerds."
Posted by: Michele at August 7, 2006 04:37 AMI don’t buy it Greg . A Collage grad with a 4.0, not a nerd?! You purposely sabotaged your results, I know it. Hell, as a college drop-out, I found that test fairly easy. Greg cheated!
I scored 89, now there is a contridiction.
For the recorcd I'm not a nerd, just a freak.
All hail this is the nerd goddess writing. Dang I got a 97.
It's not my fault I went to engineering undergrad.
Still like heels, manicures and pedicures.
A fashionable nerd,
Mimi
Posted by: Mimi at August 6, 2006 06:07 AM