How many points do you get in the Geektest?

[piousp]

Rules:

1. Complete the geek test on this page:

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

2. To start the test, just choose your language and start!!

3. Come back here and post your result!!!!

Just be honest ;)

To start the thread, i'll post my result:

31.23% so i'm a Total Geek :p

[eragon100]

Pretty high score:

40.23669% - Major Geek

[sydbat]

44.57594% - Major Geek

I'm scared now...

[shadowdude1794]

32.27%

[eragon100]

44.57594% - Major Geek

I'm scared now...

I am proud of my 40% major geek score :D

[piousp]

I am proud of my 40% major geek score :D

Woah, i better start watching some Star Trek and play Dungeons and Dragons (the board game) to get my score up. :p
I think i could reach 35%++ with little effort :p

[lykwydchykyn]

32.7
Somehow I thought I'd score higher. I have suspicions about the geekiness of the person who wrote that test. No mention of interactive fiction, and not nearly enough coverage of Linux or FOSS culture.

And I feel sorry for anyone over 30 who doesn't get at least 25%.

[S0m3th1ngw13rd]

30.17751% - Total Geek

[simtaalo]

30.47475% total geek

[jomiolto]

36.88363% - Major Geek

And I don't really watch TV or movies, so I checked very few of the movie/TV series related ones :P

[piousp]

32.7
Somehow I thought I'd score higher. I have suspicions about the geekiness of the person who wrote that test. No mention of interactive fiction, and not nearly enough coverage of Linux or FOSS culture.

And I feel sorry for anyone over 30 who doesn't get at least 25%.

Safe then! Just 22 and 31%.

[eragon100]

Safe then! Just 22 and 31%.

17 and 40 %

Gotcha!

I wonder tough, what does the fact you watch anime have to do with you being a geek? It was a question in the test, and offcourse I ticked it (and I would have ticked the "very much" box as well if it would have been there :lolflag: ). But I don't see how it makes me a geek :confused:

[Barrucadu]

34.91124% - Total Geek

[bfc]

Hmmm only 15.18738% - Geek

[piousp]

17 and 40 %

Gotcha!

I wonder tough, what does the fact you watch anime have to do with you being a geek? It was a question in the test, and offcourse I ticked it (and I would have ticked the "very much" box as well if it would have been there :lolflag: ). But I don't see how it makes me a geek :confused:

Well, idk, maybe only us geeks are geek enough to download raw anime and watch it :p

[piousp]

Hmmm only 15.18738% - Geek

Yay, i'm more geek than you :P (I'm not sure if I should be happy about it!! :D )

[RiceMonster]

19.72387% - Geek

[eragon100]

Well, idk, maybe only us geeks are geek enough to download raw anime and watch it :p

raw? It is fansubbed and edited. Raw is the original japanese-only video, right?

[Eisenwinter]

I've taken this test a few months ago.

And I scored again, 12% - Geekish tendencies.

[xpod]

I`ll try for the lowest score...
9.81963,just some geekish tendancies apparently.

[chucky chuckaluck]

6.31164% - Poser

(phew!)

[stopie]

w00t

37.86982% - Major Geek

[Neural oD]

22.63% - hell - never saw myself as geek!

[chucky chuckaluck]

22.63% - hell - never saw myself as geek!

it's a little like having something in your teeth, or having toilet paper stuck to your foot. you're always the last to know.

[gnomeuser]

37.27811% - Major Geek

I'm a bit disappointed really, considering I made a living teaching roleplaying for a while, I would have expected more geekiness.

[eragon100]

it's a little like having something in your teeth, or having toilet paper stuck to your foot. you're always the last to know.

And if you are a geek or not is not an objective fact, it depends on your point of view. So if you don't think you are a geek yourself, then if you are one or not depends on the view of the people around you, presuming you believe that how people around you see you and threat you is in fact part of who you are. So you will indeed always be the last to know (for sure) if you are a geek or not if you keep this in mind.

Now, I believe a just came a bit closer to understanding why I personally scored as a 40 % major geek... :D

[piousp]

raw? It is fansubbed and edited. Raw is the original japanese-only video, right?

Wait, i thought fansubbed wasn't geeky enough for me :D JK, i need to learn a bit more japanese before i can truly watch raw episodes :(

[piousp]

6.31164% - Poser

(phew!)

Whoa whoa, chucky, i though you were dancing around 50%++ :o
Guess i have to re-read your posts ;)

[Sealbhach]

Whoa whoa, chucky, i though you were dancing around 50%++ :o
Guess i have to re-read your posts ;)

+1, very surprised.

Obsessing about tint, pypanel, Openbox, Fluxbox etc is very geeky if you ask me. I have reservations about the validity of the test.


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[ABitTooSpicy]

Just a plain old Geek: 19.83%

[Idaho Dan]

Plain old geek here, 16.79529%.

[andras artois]

Geekish tendencies.

[lukjad]

http://www.innergeek.us/grafix/buttons/iam-majorgeek.jpg
And proud of it.

[The Joe]

23.6686%

[Vicfred]

scored 34.51677% - Total Geek

not enough mmorpg questions ;x

[Lostincyberspace]

Sheesh. You guys are a disgrace to geekanity.

Here is a true score:
http://www.innergeek.us/geek-test.html

They're even missing one classic geek question.
Did you fill this out using a text based web browser.

They are also totally missing any references to tokusatsu.

The creator of this won't even pass my test of geekiness.

[billgoldberg]

11%

It seems I have tendencies.

Which I don't agree with.

[Ender Black]

35.10848% - Major Geek

Agreed with above; not enough MMORPG questions. Test felt a bit dated.

[chucky chuckaluck]

Whoa whoa, chucky, i though you were dancing around 50%++ :o
Guess i have to re-read your posts ;)


+1, very surprised.

Obsessing about tint, pypanel, Openbox, Fluxbox etc is very geeky if you ask me. I have reservations about the validity of the test.


.

if it weren't for the comic book, buffy and musical theater questions, i would have scored a 0. my laptop is just a low brow joseph cornell box to me. i don't use it for anything useful other than emailing myself reminders to take out the trash.

[cmay]

13.01775% - Geekish Tendencies

[piousp]

35.10848% - Major Geek

Agreed with above; not enough MMORPG questions. Test felt a bit dated.

Indeed, but at least i had fun doing it!

Dont forget the extra points! "I can think of other things that should get me points on this test" ;)

[xpod]

6.31164% - Poser

(phew!)
Eh?....i cant believe that.That test is surely broken.I was sure i`d have the lowest score.
Could it possibly mean you only use Windows (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1057558)?

[Firestem4]

35.10848% - Major Geek

[billgoldberg]

13.01775% - Geekish Tendencies

Add 5 points to it for using php tags.

Then deduct 10 after you realize it isn't php but plain text.

[Stenrad]

44.97041% - Major Geek. Woohoo!!!!

[marcgh]

20.11834 % - Geek (no cheating)
Well it was fun, now I'll go back to the beginners forum!

[Mason Whitaker]

I was completely honest, and I scored a 18.93%

Not so bad I guess

[happysmileman]

About 27% (closed the window forgetting to Ctrl-C), I think I was too young to get some of those :P. But my score probably wouldn't be much higher anyway.

[RATM_Owns]

12.8%

[hyperdude111]

8.975 = poser
Was it me or is the color scheme of that site quite annoying and painful for the eyes. *OW*

[adamlau]

Sorry, that test takes too long to take. Like the eHarmony questionnaire :( ...

[damis648]

I've got a better one (http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_cg.php?im). My result (as I am proud to show) is:

http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=8800

[lykwydchykyn]

8.975 = poser
Was it me or is the color scheme of that site quite annoying and painful for the eyes. *OW*

Not to anyone who scored over 30, I guarantee. Green on black gives me nostalgia goose-pimples.

[tom66]

33.333333% - Total Geek

[Mohamedzv2]

3.*******-Poser

I tryed to copy...apparently I pressed the wrong buttons. I just had poser and 3.something %

[mamamia88]

11 percent guess i'm not geeky enough

[Le-Froid]

6.31 - Poser

Lots of questions...

[tom66]

http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=0848

I did that without trying. Wow...

[butlins]

4.14201% - poser


and i run linux for 5 years

[-grubby]

9001% - uber 1337 champion

[spupy]

14.39842% - Geekish Tendencies
:( I thought I'd score more.

[Kopachris]

35.50296% - Major Geek
I'm disappointed in myself. :( I was really hoping to get a higher score, plus some of the questions I didn't answer totally straight. I watch any of the Star Trek series when they're on.

[kavon89]

18%, just Geek I guess

[damis648]

http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=0848

I did that without trying. Wow...

Way to be honest. :popcorn:

http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=0848

[MaxIBoy]

32.34714% - Total Geek


8.975 = poser
Was it me or is the color scheme of that site quite annoying and painful for the eyes. *OW*

Not to anyone who scored over 30, I guarantee. Green on black gives me nostalgia goose-pimples.
I'm 15, and I think that green on black goes very easy on the eyes. I prefer red on black as an artistic choice, but green on back is the most readable. Black on white is actually very bad; it's a legacy color scheme resulting from anachronistic paper technology.

[cardinals_fan]

29.19132% - Total Geek

I scored high on the math/science and technical categories, but really low on gaming/"culture" questions.

[2hot6ft2]

26.0355% - Total Geek

[darrenn]

17.5% sounds about right.

[shadylookin]

16%

I guess geekiness is determined too much by watching movies/television that finished airing before I was born or was a small child.

[Kopachris]

16%

I guess geekiness is determined too much by watching movies/television that finished airing before I was born or was a small child.
3 hours of ST: TNG is on every Tuesday on WGN. :) My dad tells me that we watched TNG while I laid on his lap and he fed me as a baby. :popcorn:

[Kopachris]

http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=0848
Not faked! I did Wiki/Google a couple questions to verify what I thought was the right answer. I was right. :p

[niko7865]

61.34122% - Extreme Geek
http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=0848

[spcwingo]

20.71006% - just plain geek.

[pbpersson]

23.66% - just plain geek

[eragon100]

I also got the computer god score on that second test, YEAH! 100%!

And no I didn't lie, I actually did the Rot-13 decryption, and yes, the ASCII-text conversion as well. Without looking them up! :)

Shame tough it doesn't ask if you know python or not, now I had to say I know C++ but I don't know much about that language at all. Oh whatever, I understand all the stuff like OOP, creating GUI's, functions, etc. I just do it in python. doesn't really matter, right? :popcorn:

[halovivek]

7.88955 -poser

[tom66]

Way to be honest. :popcorn:

http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=0848

I did really score that. If you don't believe it, I took a screencap.

On the rot-13 decryption, I simply compared two letters. If you notice, you'll see one of the phrases has two 'e's, and you can use this to reference what the phrase is.

[jimi_hendrix]

35 if i round (i got 34..9 and a long decimal)

so i am a major geek

[armageddon08]

18.73767% - Geek

[handy]

I got -430% but that is great, as I am a boddhisatva who chose to play Misere. ;)

[piousp]

I got -430% but that is great, as I am a boddhisatva who chose to play Misere. ;)

So, you are an anti-geek? :p :D

[ajcham]

42.99% - Major geek

Still have room for improvement though… a little work and I'll be a Super Geek by the end of the month.

[handy]

So, you are an anti-geek? :p :D

Not really.

You see there is a type of person who Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. called a Wampeater.

What Wampeaters do is teach other people how not to live, by example.

Now this is quite a sacrificial life, being for the benefit of others. Wampeaters are rarely appreciated for what they are really doing.

No matter if we call them Wampeaters, or boddhisatva's playing Misere. They are never what they seem to be. :-)

There is a card in the Tarot deck called The Hung Man. It is the most difficult card of all to define; those trying to interpret it should have spoken to Kurt.

[piousp]

Not really.

You see there is a type of person who Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. called a Wampeater.

What Wampeaters do is teach other people how not to live, by example.

Now this is quite a sacrificial life, being for the benefit of others. Wampeaters are rarely appreciated for what they are really doing.

No matter if we call them Wampeaters, or boddhisatva's playing Misere. They are never what they seem to be. :-)

There is a card in the Tarot deck called The Hung Man. It is the most difficult card of all to define; those trying to interpret it should have spoken to Kurt.

Thanks for the info, i didn't even know they were called Wampeaters. I did find some info about boddhisatva (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva). Yo have some REALLY interesting stuff there handy

[Trail]

29%. I should get a liking to Star Wars I guess...

[handy]

Thanks for the info, i didn't even know they were called Wampeaters. I did find some info about boddhisatva (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva). Yo have some REALLY interesting stuff there handy

:lolflag:

I think it is everyone who posts in these forums responsibility to entertain there fellow members.

If we all did that, then none of us would ever be bored, we would instead be always giving to our fellow human beings, which would gain us good karma & have us born into a higher caste next time round.

You see, posting on forums can actually be part of our spiritual growth & help us down our path to enlightenment. :KS

:-)

Find a Kurt Vonegutt book, it will knock your socks off, he was a conceptual genius, funny as all get out & at the same time a brilliant social commentator. Also, there is a book by Tom Robbins called "Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates", which is THE book to read, incredibly funny, & hugely educational at the same time, imho. :-D

[Achetar]

45.75937% - Super Geek

I should watch more Star Trek...

[sujoy]

28.00789% - Total Geek

i need to start watching star trek :lolflag:

[Onyros]

19.9211% - Geek - long gone are the days when geeks were frowned upon, stared at with disdain... Geek is the new popular :P

[lukjad]

I've got a better one (http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_cg.php?im). My result (as I am proud to show) is:

http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=8800
http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=0668

Meh, oh well.

[chucky chuckaluck]

http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=6484

[Coreigh]

35.50296% Major Geek.

I felt like I did pretty poorly though. I think I could be a much bigger geek if I applied myself.:D

[piousp]

Ok, i did the other test:
http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=0848

[bobbocanfly]

http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=0848

[Sorivenul]

Find a Kurt Vonegutt book, it will knock your socks off, he was a conceptual genius, funny as all get out & at the same time a brilliant social commentator. Also, there is a book by Tom Robbins called "Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates", which is THE book to read, incredibly funny, & hugely educational at the same time, imho. :-D
handy, you are my new best friend. :D

Vonnegut and Tom Robbins. "Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas" and "Another Roadside Attraction" are on my list of favorite Robbins books. "Cat's Cradle" and "Player Piano" are on my list of favorite Vonnegut books.

Oh, and by the way:
46.xxxxx% - Super Geek

[piousp]

Find a Kurt Vonegutt book, it will knock your socks off, he was a conceptual genius, funny as all get out & at the same time a brilliant social commentator. Also, there is a book by Tom Robbins called "Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates", which is THE book to read, incredibly funny, & hugely educational at the same time, imho. :-D

Ok! I'm gonna check if i can get one of his books here. My guess is that it'll have to order it online

[Nevon]

33.92505% - Total Geek

[notwen]

35.7002% - Major Geek

[ubuntu27]

This is what I get:

15.97633% - Geek

What!!? And I though I will get at least 40% of score :(

[qazwsx]

13.01775% - Geekish Tendencies
:tongue:

But

"http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/nq/4fbf3d9fe6.gif"

[boof1988]

Not as good as I expected...

29.78304% - Total Geek

[chucky chuckaluck]

wow! what a bunch of dorks! (no offense intended.)

[boof1988]

wow! what a bunch of dorks! (no offense intended.)

We're dorks... We can take it.

[empty_spaces]

I got 12.03% - Geekish Tendencies
I thought I was a little geekier than that.

[Sorivenul]

wow! what a bunch of dorks! (no offense intended.)
dorks != geeks

[Lunx]

14.7929% - Geekish Tendencies

But did answer yes to the question on whether I thought I was gettin' geekier with age. 32 years old I bought my first games console, 37 when I got my first 'puter, 41 before I became enlightened and commenced using Linux (five weeks ago).

[kk0sse54]

3.5503% - Poser, how cute a geek test called me a poser...

[jimi_hendrix]

http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=0848

[kbutcher5]

41.6% bah, humbug :P

[handy]

19.9211% - Geek - long gone are the days when geeks were frowned upon, stared at with disdain... Geek is the new popular :P

Hmm, I think it depends where you hang out.

[handy]

handy, you are my new best friend. :D

Vonnegut and Tom Robbins. "Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas" and "Another Roadside Attraction" are on my list of favorite Robbins books. "Cat's Cradle" and "Player Piano" are on my list of favorite Vonnegut books.

Have you read Fierce Invalids...? I think it is by far the best thing Robbins has done. Personal taste & all that, I know. :-)


Ok! I'm gonna check if i can get one of his books here. My guess is that it'll have to order it online

Do you have a library, perhaps they can access it for you?

[pgatrick]

34.91124% - Total Geek

[jeyaganesh]

12.62327 Geekish Tendencies

[densou]

30,76% - Total geek :o

[piousp]

Have you read Fierce Invalids...? I think it is by far the best thing Robbins has done. Personal taste & all that, I know. :-)



Do you have a library, perhaps they can access it for you?

Yeah, we do, but sometimes its hard to find (good) english literature here if you know what i mean ;)

[Sorivenul]

Have you read Fierce Invalids...? I think it is by far the best thing Robbins has done. Personal taste & all that, I know. :-)

I actually just finished Fierce Invalids... about 2 months ago. It was excellent, but as you say, "personal taste". From time to time I also enjoy Christopher Moore and Jonathan Carrol, amongst others.

[MikeBrown]

21.69625% Geek

Not Bad Not Bad, And I think I came into this conversation at just the right time. I love Tom Robbins! I'm pretty sure I have all of his books now (mostly bought at used books stores :D ) And would actually have to say that Fierce Invalids and Still Life are my two favorite.
Still life is a very good intro to Tom Robbins book (and I have actually lost it because I've loaned it to so many people, so i'm going to have to get a second copy!)

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

I guess this OK for being 60 years old.


Compared to those in the same age group as you:
0% scored higher (more computer geeky),
0% scored the same, and
100% scored lower (less geeky).

What does this mean? Your computer geekiness is:

Step aside Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, and Steve Jobs... You are by far the SUPREME COMPUTER GOD!!!

[ajcham]

I guess this OK for being 60 years old.

Unfortunately geek points must be deducted for your misspelling of Gallifrey.;)

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

Unfortunately geek points must be deducted for your misspelling of Gallifrey.;)

I never saugh it in print. Fixed it.

[unconquerable]

I got less then half way and stopped. Way too ADD.

[-grubby]

32.34714% - Total Geek
I'm 15, and I think that green on black goes very easy on the eyes. I prefer red on black as an artistic choice, but green on back is the most readable. Black on white is actually very bad; it's a legacy color scheme resulting from anachronistic paper technology.

I'm 15, and I think that green on black is not easy on the eyes. That site hurts my eyes. I think the best color scheme is black on a dulled white or grey, but black on white isn't so bad as long as you aren't looking at it for a long time (And you do look at that quiz for quite a while).

[perlluver]

27.22 - Total Geek. I thought I would do better, and think I might have done this before. Now to be a true geek, copy the score that it gives you, and if you do, let me know how.

[kk0sse54]

27.22 - Total Geek. I thought I would do better, and think I might have done this before. Now to be a true geek, copy the score that it gives you, and if you do, let me know how.

You mean like copy and paste? Just use your third bottun or mouse wheel (I don't know how it is for other people)

[Sorivenul]

You mean like copy and paste? Just use your third bottun or mouse wheel (I don't know how it is for other people)
I believe perlluver wants people to repeat their results.

[Kopachris]

You mean like copy and paste? Just use your third bottun or mouse wheel (I don't know how it is for other people)
Heh, I forgot about that! I just memorized my percentage really quickly so I could type it up.

[kk0sse54]

I believe perlluver wants people to repeat their results.

#-o

[jomiolto]

I've got a better one (http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_cg.php?im). My result (as I am proud to show) is:

http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=8800

Uh, I actually scored a 100 (Computer God) on that test. There were several things I could have answered with more "geekiness", but I guess you don't have to have them all for a 100... (or maybe you could get 120 "OMG ÜBER GEEK!" ;) )

[CrazyDesi]

29.98028%-Total Geek

[Noblacktie]

12% - Geekish tendencies.

Gawd that screen hurts my eyes.

[CraigPaleo]

19.13215%-Geek

[handy]

Hey, I have read a LOT of books; really I have; LOTS & LOTS & LOTS of books, & really if I had to recommend a book to other people there is only one book for the job: It was written by Tom Robbins & is called "Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates."

If you REALLY want to know about the ins & outs of being a geek, the above mentioned book is the one that only those who know, know about.

Beyond that, please DON'T give feedback to this thread?

& whatever you do, don't mention the name of THAT book.

[handy]

Shsss. No secrets, ok?

Really what ever you do don't ever acknowledge that this conver...


Fof will you, how many times in how many non secret ways do you need to not be told?

Tomorrow, apparently will be a very sunny day.

[Metallion]

21.10454% - Geek

[AnonCat]

38%

[Fenris_rising]

24% - Geek :D

regards

Fenris

[fatality_uk]

A true geek is....
and needs no further justification!

[Kazade]

39.44773% - Major Geek...


I thought I'd get more.