A repeat run (at home this time, which affects the "lay your hands on $item inside 15 seconds" bit significantly) produced 97,81,71,62,18, which seems to rate as "Cool".
It's a little odd as I'm not really dumb or awkward, but dorky? Absolutely. (A couple of these may be off because I fudged slightly on the "lay your hands on in 15 seconds" section, though I do work with nerds so some of the objects are in nearby cubes.)
Heh... I might have to rush through my building, but I know one of the chemists in the lab at my work has a graphing calculator. The test didn't say it had to be mine :)
And I have a Digimon stuffy, which I counted as a Pokemon figure :)
I think both those questions were worded wrong. The question should be, "Can you lay hands on a slide rule/graphic calculator and show that you know how to use it?"
I still pass for the slide rule. Calculators that use RPN and do graphics though... no thanks.
I'm afraid I don't pass on the slide rule, but I do on the graphing calculator - though it might take me a little bit to remember how as it has been many years since I used one.
I like the added detail you suggest. Another example would be to add to the Pokemon figure: "...and do you know its name, history, and/or powers?" :)
Of course, the number of possible questions to ask that way is nigh infinite, so perhaps it is best left alone ;)
Heh... and that's just one possible sub-flavor of nerd/geek.
I think equally viable would have been "Can you name at least 3 Pokemon?" with the follow-up question (worth more) "...and their powers?" and to dig deeper (very geeky) "...and their evolved forms [or] weakness?"
...but that's getting pretty specific for a theoretically general nerd/geek test, even though Pokemon is relatively well known.
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Date: 2007-09-04 08:14 pm (UTC)Nerd-A-Rama?
Date: 2007-09-04 08:27 pm (UTC)Re: Nerd-A-Rama?
Date: 2007-09-04 08:38 pm (UTC)Um... yeah.
Date: 2007-09-04 09:33 pm (UTC)It's a little odd as I'm not really dumb or awkward, but dorky? Absolutely. (A couple of these may be off because I fudged slightly on the "lay your hands on in 15 seconds" section, though I do work with nerds so some of the objects are in nearby cubes.)
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SongCoyote
Re: Um... yeah.
Date: 2007-09-04 10:19 pm (UTC)Re: Um... yeah.
Date: 2007-09-05 03:27 pm (UTC)And I have a Digimon stuffy, which I counted as a Pokemon figure :)
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SongCoyote
Re: Um... yeah.
Date: 2007-09-05 07:57 pm (UTC)I still pass for the slide rule. Calculators that use RPN and do graphics though... no thanks.
Re: Um... yeah.
Date: 2007-09-06 02:22 am (UTC)I like the added detail you suggest. Another example would be to add to the Pokemon figure: "...and do you know its name, history, and/or powers?" :)
Of course, the number of possible questions to ask that way is nigh infinite, so perhaps it is best left alone ;)
Light and laughter,
SongCoyote
Re: Um... yeah.
Date: 2007-09-06 02:55 am (UTC)Re: Um... yeah.
Date: 2007-09-06 05:39 pm (UTC)I think equally viable would have been "Can you name at least 3 Pokemon?" with the follow-up question (worth more) "...and their powers?" and to dig deeper (very geeky) "...and their evolved forms [or] weakness?"
...but that's getting pretty specific for a theoretically general nerd/geek test, even though Pokemon is relatively well known.
It's been fun chatting with you :) Back to work for me!
Light and laughter,
SongCoyote
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Date: 2007-09-11 11:38 am (UTC)That trough has a heater in it to keep it from freezing over, though, so it never gets below 5°C.