posted 16 December 2003 09:13 PM
Only 41. But, as my thesis supervisor once pointed out to me, I'm a user. I understand that for IT people, that's a synonym for 'idiot'.
But how many can claim to have had an e-mail address for the last 20 years?
"You are a digital ace, expert in both practice and theory, and you take full advantage of digital tools. Some might call you a nerd."
Wha?? I don't have Linux, I don't have a PDA, and I'm a nerd???
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Jimmy Brogan
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posted 16 December 2003 09:20 PM
164 - "some might call you a nerd"
I prefer guru thank-you.
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WingNut
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posted 16 December 2003 11:05 PM
I get:
As a qualified technician I have translated the error code: "Sorry.Your choice of browser is imcompatible with our desired monopoly."
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pogge
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posted 16 December 2003 11:29 PM
I get the symbol for a broken image link. It probably means the same thing.
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posted 16 December 2003 11:44 PM
I don't want that piece of crap software.
Edit: I guess strikeouts don't work on the active topics page. Who knew? (Obviously not me.)
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spatrioter
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posted 16 December 2003 11:51 PM
How will you survive in Microsoft Presents North America (TM) without an Internet Explorer browser??
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Gir Draxon
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posted 17 December 2003 03:01 AM
113
Kinda low, but most of that stuff I never use. Like all that PDA crap... who needs a PDA when they are lugging around their whole computer most of the time?
Its not a quiz about knowledge, its a quiz about usage. This, I maintain, is why I appear to be less of a nerd than the other.
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posted 17 December 2003 03:05 AM
I think it's more of a quiz about financial status than anything else.
*Hatches conspiracy theory about Microsoft checking the IP of everyone who took the quiz*
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WingNut
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posted 17 December 2003 07:06 AM
My Linux OS will run IE, Word, Excel and all that other garbage Micro$erf calls software. But I refuse to demean it in such a way. Would you feed your children a diet of Big Mac's and coke ... oh, yeah, we are in North America. Never mind.
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paxamillion
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posted 17 December 2003 09:16 AM
I think I was 105 or 115 or something like that. Do I need to run right out and buy something?
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Willowdale Wizard
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posted 17 December 2003 12:15 PM
70% of the respondents scored 80 or above. i would think that indicates the vast general public isn't taking this quiz.
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paxamillion
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posted 17 December 2003 12:20 PM
quote:Originally posted by Oliver Cromwell: But, as my thesis supervisor once pointed out to me, I'm a user. I understand that for IT people, that's a synonym for 'idiot'.
Only amongst IT people with their own issues.
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posted 20 December 2003 09:59 PM
I got a 60. I daresay this is a lot closer to the general public's score...
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posted 20 December 2003 11:35 PM
Even with IE, the nonstandard crap at MSNBC won't run on my mac. Tried both OS 9.1 and OSX .1.5, using Microsoft's own browser each time.
Microsoft's ongoing deliberate sabotage of industry standards is well-recognized and repugnant. If a man did to other men what Microsoft does to other companies, he would be put to death in America.
posted 21 December 2003 12:52 AM
I scored 106...but mainly because there are a lot of gadgets that I don't own...like a PDA, don't have a cellphone (hate being bugged when I'm out and about), and haven't got a recent vintage notebook with Wi-Fi.
I believe in doing computer stuff on the cheap as much as humanly possible.
And love how M$NBC works to perpetuate the M$ monopoly even on something as silly as a stupid tech survey.
My tech survey would give you ten points for every non-M$ piece of software that you make use of
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WingNut
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posted 21 December 2003 01:11 AM
quote: Even with IE, the nonstandard crap at MSNBC won't run on my mac. Tried both OS 9.1 and OSX .1.5, using Microsoft's own browser each time.
Don't sweat it. It sounds like it is not a "how much do you know survey?" as a "how much of a consuner are you?" survey.
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aRoused
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posted 21 December 2003 11:48 PM
85. And what radiorahim said.
You get ten whole points for having Linux installed, btw.
I think the surest sign that my score should be higher is I'm feeling intense shame and general inadequacy from having such a low score. Maybe I'll go download an archaic abandonware game to make me feel better.
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