Nerd Test

[stix]

Take the test and see how much of a nerd you are. (?)

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~horie/nerd.html

Added 12/4/06:

Here's the automated version, which is only slightly different and returns a score and some other info.

http://www.armory.com/tests/nerd.html

I scored a 39, plus I'm giving myself a bonus point for posting my score.

[MediumRare]

47.
Some were iffy- somewhere between 42 and 52.

G

[DrageMester]

47 - same as MediumRare.

[dolphinius_rex]

43 for me, which is higher then I expected.

Too bad there were no questions about how early in life you began using computers/electronics (at 1 years old, I think I would have had an edge )

[MediumRare]

I didn't start at 1, but I've been using computers for 42 years. (Now where have I seen that number before?)

G

[dodecahedron]

Now where have I seen that number before?

your age is showing.
sometimes when i teach, and the final results of the calculation is 42, i say "of course, that was the answer that we expected at the outset, that is the answer" and the students have a blank stare on their faces... illiterate bastards...

[DrageMester]

sometimes when i teach, and the final results of the calculation is 42, i say "of course, that was the answer that we expected at the outset, that is the answer" and the students have a blank stare on their faces... illiterate bastards...

Yeah, well at least they are Mostly Harmless!

[socheat]

56...

[LoneWolf]

I refused to take the test because those who put it up weren't nerdy enough to put in radio-button answer selection and automated test scoring.

[socheat]

Um... how many points do I get for making an autoscoring system myself?

I kept losing count, so I copied and pasted into vim, deleted the ones I said yes to, and then did: "wc -l file", and substracted that number from 100...

[dolphinius_rex]

Um... how many points do I get for making an autoscoring system myself?

I kept losing count, so I copied and pasted into vim, deleted the ones I said yes to, and then did: "wc -l file", and substracted that number from 100...

That's got to count for at LEAST 1 or 2 bonus points I think...

[stix]

It has been suggested that if you take the test and post your score, you may qualify for a bonus point, since such activity, by nature, could be considered that of a nerd.

Um... how many points do I get for making an autoscoring system myself?

I kept losing count, so I copied and pasted into vim, deleted the ones I said yes to, and then did: "wc -l file", and substracted that number from 100...

LOL

[Ian]

I got a 42.

Yep, white and nerdy.

[Bhairav]

54..

Does programming your Mindstorms kit count? Does teaching your dad how to program your Mindstorms kit count?

[Ian]

Do you have the new Mindstorms kit? It looks badass.

[Bhairav]

Do you have the new Mindstorms kit? It looks badass.

Nope. I have the original ones from 2000 and 2001, incl. the R2D2 kit.
Which new one? The NXT?

[LoneWolf]

Took the autoscoring test. It's a bit dated (lack of broadband/internet/ipv6 that sort of thing), but...

Your Nerd Purity Test Results
You answered "yes" to 31 of 100 questions, making you 69.0% nerd pure; that is, you are 69.0% pure in the nerd domain (you have 31.0% nerd in you).
Your Weirdness Factor (AKA Uniqueness Factor) is 12%, based on a comparison of your test results with 576688 other submissions for this test.

The average purity for this test is 73.8%.
The first submission for this test was received June 16, 1994.

[algrinch]

This one has been around for a long time but is much more extensive.

http://www.innergeek.us/geek-test.html

This one has check boxes and autoscores the test at the end


My Score: 38.2643% - Major Geek