[Northkeep] Off Topic but interesting - The Geek Test

[Dennis England]

First I respectfully suggest that the fact that you are having this
discussion indicates you may have been mis-scored!  As for me, at only
18.145% I am a mere geek.  I will continue to work toward true Super
Geekhood as befits one of my lowly geek stature.

Balvin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Carlson" <marccarlson20 at hotmail.com>
To: <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [Northkeep] Off Topic but interesting - The Geek Test


> >From: <ravenrux at cox.net>
> >Hear! Hear!  Fortran rules!
> >>I fully agree with the most worthy Masamune-San.  I have actually done
> >>programming on paper cards - top that, all you C++ babies!  That should
be
> >>worth some major Geek points.
>
> Pfft.  The first time I programed one of these things it was with paper
tape
> and holes (and so is it any wonder that I think programming is not for
> rational people...).  Clearly the test is seeing if you are a geek by
> CURRENT standards, not historical ones.
>
> Seriously, while I understand that today being a "geek" is frequently seen
> as cool, this just baffles me.  OTOH, in the bad old days, being a Star
Trek
> fan (simply as an example) was a BAD thing, and got you nailed with a lot
of
> ridicule.  Now when I see co-workers with their Trek calenders it just
> confuses me.  I think deep down I'm just convinced that the current "being
> geeky is cool" thing is just a subltle set up for some serious ridicule
and
> humiliation down the road (in the Stalinist 'tempt hem with capitoliism
and
> then purge the ones stupid enough to try it' mode).
>
> This of course may explain why my interests are so compartmentalized, and
> people who only have seen the shoes thing, are surprised by the other
> historical materials sites I have out there, much less the other stuff  :)
>
> Marc/Diarmaid
>
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