Are You Nerdier Than Half the Population?

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In summary: What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:Somewhat nerdy. I mean face it, you are nerdier than about half the test takers.
  • #36
isnt this a little like asking "how conservative are you?" on the NRA website?
 
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  • #37
mathwonk said:
isnt this a little like asking "how conservative are you?" on the NRA website?

No it's exactly like that.:smile:

I just wanted to see how I compare.

Actually to be honest I thought it'd be a giggle.
 
  • #38
Evo said:
I do have both a microscope and a telescope in the house. When I was younger, a great deal of my time was taken up by making my own slides. :redface:
I think my microscope is still at my parents' house. I haven't used it a good 15 years, though.

Maybe I'm getting less nerdy (doubt it), but for the first time ever, I can't remember what processor my desktop computer has. And while I've never known my IP address, I do have my work IP on a post-it in my wallet...
 
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  • #39
If I didn't have a dynamic IP I'd know the address. Aw :frown:
 
  • #40
11% more nerdy, 89% less nerdy. High level nerd.
 
  • #41
Not only do I know my IP address, but I also know what an IP address is in fact I even have an x25 address, but I am hardly a nerd, more of a geek:
24% scored higher (more nerdy), and
76% scored lower (less nerdy).
 
  • #42
5% scored higher (more nerdy),
0% scored the same, and
95% scored lower (less nerdy).

I wish they told how they weight the different responses.
 
  • #43
Mk said:
If I didn't have a dynamic IP I'd know the address. Aw :frown:

I think that having a static IP address in order to know it is what really gains the nerd points there.
 
  • #44
I think that having a static IP address in order to know it is what really gains the nerd points there.

You can still know the range, like mine starts with 80.42.163 or something like that. I got 78th percentile.
 
  • #45
ohhh God.. I was completely honest..

6% scored higher (more nerdy),
1% scored the same, and
93% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Supreme Nerd. Apply for a professorship at MIT now!.
 
  • #46
I don't feel like a nerd at all, I'm just naturally curious..
 
  • #47
26% scored higher (more nerdy),
1% scored the same, and
73% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Mid-Level Nerd. Wow, it takes a lot of hard nerdy practice to reach this level.
 
  • #48
9% scored higher (more nerdy),
1% scored the same, and
90% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Supreme Nerd. Apply for a professorship at MIT now!.
 
  • #49
23% scored higher (more nerdy),
1% scored the same, and
76% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Mid-Level Nerd. Wow, it takes a lot of hard nerdy practice to reach this level.
I had to lie on the calculator question. TI was my favorite among those listed, but I personally like the Pickett N4-ES Hyperbolic Dual Base Speed Rule.

I think the test discriminates against the analog crowd.
 
  • #50
10% scored higher (more nerdy),
1% scored the same, and
89% scored lower (less nerdy).

Considering I made my own Telescope (5 or 6 of them actually) and microscope, I should have thought I would have scored higher. I think I lost points because I have friends. :cry:
 
  • #51
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Overall, you scored as follows:

3% scored higher (more nerdy),
0% scored the same, and
97% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

All hail the monstrous nerd. You are by far the SUPREME NERD GOD!
 
  • #52
0% scored higher (more nerdy),
1% scored the same, and
99% scored lower (less nerdy).
What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

All hail the monstrous nerd. You are by far the SUPREME NERD GOD!

I did not think I was that bad (someone kill me)
 
  • #53
sas3 said:
All hail the monstrous nerd. You are by far the SUPREME NERD GOD!

I did not think I was that bad (someone kill me)

:smile: All hail o' mighty sas3! :smile:
 
  • #54
Can we make sas3 a professor frink badge? Pleassssee!
 
  • #55
All I need now is a pocket protector and some thick glasses held together with tape.
 
  • #56
sas3 said:
All I need now is a pocket protector and some thick glasses held together with tape.
You also need an old bamboo and ivory slide rule in a heavy leather belt holster (voice of experience, here!).
 
  • #57
turbo-1 said:
You also need an old bamboo and ivory slide rule in a heavy leather belt holster (voice of experience, here!).

Or a circular slide rule. They can fit right in behind your pocket protector...:rolleyes: Or so I've been told.
 
  • #58
8% scored higher (more nerdy),
0% scored the same, and
92% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Supreme Nerd. Apply for a professorship at MIT now!.

Yay! :D
 
  • #59
my glasses are currently taped together at the bridge
 
  • #60
5% scored higher (more nerdy),
1% scored the same, and
94% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Supreme Nerd. Apply for a professorship at MIT now!.Ah, if only getting a professorship at MIT were as easy as taking a "nerd test"...
 
  • #61
my answer to the last question "Why did you take this quiz?" was:
Had to prove that I am not as nerdy as someone else, and here’s what I get,

37% scored higher (more nerdy),
1% scored the same, and
62% scored lower (less nerdy).
What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Low Ranking Nerd. Definitely a nerd but low on the totem pole of nerds.


Just as I guessed
 
  • #62
49% scored higher (more nerdy),
1% scored the same, and
50% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Somewhat nerdy. I mean face it, you are nerdier than about half the test takers

how boring am ?
 
  • #63
<a href="http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nq.php">
<img src="http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/nq/1c4608232e.gif" alt="I am nerdier than 64% of all people. Are you a nerd? Click here to take the Nerd Test, get nerdy images and jokes, and write on the nerd forum!"></a>

Interesting... a 64 apparently I am a low ranking nerd. I don't know whether I am relieved or upset because I made a D...
 
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  • #64
2% scored higher (more nerdy),
0% scored the same, and
98% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

All hail the monstrous nerd. You are by far the SUPREME NERD GOD!



Uhhh...:rolleyes:

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  • #65
Interesting:

41% scored in the top 10%
67% scored in the top 25%
82% scored significantly above average (60% or higher)

PF is almost as good as Lake Woebegone when it comes to nerds.

Of those scoring in the top 25%, 46% figured out how to put their score in a quote box. 70% of people scoring between 75 and 90 figured out how to put their score in a quote box and only 31% of those scoring 90 or above figured out how to put their score in a quote box, so I theorize that too much nerdiness tends towards non-functionality disorders.

Of those scoring in the bottom 75%, only 31% figured out how to put their score in a quote box and 15% either posted no numeric score or botched their attempt at posting their score (based on the assumption that those posting no numeric score became frustrated when they botched their attempt and just deleted their score).

Evidently, a rating between 75 and 90 provides the optimal level of nerdiness, since performance declines both above 90 and below 75. Of course, the only two able to get the cool picture of a finger to show up in their post scored 97 and 98, so at some point nerdiness seems to break through to sheer genius.
 
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  • #66
I think that the test is a bit out dated. Most people on the internet probably own laptops now and if you still own any computers with less than a gig of memory you are probably more likely a nerd than not.


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  • #67
potmobius said:
8% scored higher (more nerdy),
0% scored the same, and
92% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Supreme Nerd. Apply for a professorship at MIT now!.

Yay! :D

That's probably the reason for the necropost. :rolleyes:

Yikes! I'm getting nerdier with age! (Or, others are correct that the quiz is outdated with more advanced techology becoming more commonly used.)
Today's score:

11% scored higher (more nerdy),
1% scored the same, and
88% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

High-Level Nerd. You are definitely MIT material, apply now!.
 
  • #68
Lol I got 67% more nerdy
1% the same
32% less nerdy.

hmmmm :D says I'm not nerdy but I'm not hip either. lol damnit.
 
  • #69
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  • #70
8% scored higher (more nerdy),
0% scored the same, and
92% scored lower (less nerdy).

What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:

Supreme Nerd. Apply for a professorship at MIT now!.


I think my computer activities and friday night homework gave me away... What the test didn't understand was if I didn't complete those physics lectures, the world (my world) would have come to an end!

Joe
 

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