Nerd Test


>Those of us who spend inordinate amounts of time in front of computers, 
>even reluctantly, may resist the nerd label, but sometimes greatness is 
>thrust upon us. 
>
>How much do you have to know about computers, or what kind of activity will 
>earn you the nerd label? 
>
>Let me offer a set of criteria which may help you measure your nerdyness. 
>Some are my own creation, while others have been shamelessly cribbed from a 
>folder where I keep humorous messages which come across the Internet. 
>
>If more than 10 of these statements apply to you, you're a borderline nerd. 
>If more than 20 of these statements apply to you, you're definitely nerd 
>material. I'd say anyone with more than 15 should resign themselves to at 
>least closet nerd status. As part of True Confession time, I scored 18, 
>which tells you where I am. But my toaster and lawnmower work fine. 
>
>1. Your hard drive is better organized than your desk. 
>
>2. You own a T-shirt or baseball hat with the name or logo of a computer 
>hardware or software company on it, and you have actually worn it in 
>public. 
>
>3. You keep a backup disk with your game scores. 
>
>4. When you get some free time in August, you play golf -- on your 
>computer. 
>
>5. When your modem connects, you can tell by the sound it makes what baud 
>rate you're connecting at. 
>
>6. You don't keep your floppies in one of those flip-top plastic boxes. 
>Instead, you stack them on your desk or throw them into a shoebox or your 
>socks drawer. 
>
>7. You use CD-ROMs for coffee coasters. 
>
>8. Your business card is too small to hold your name, your address, your 
>title and all your e-mail addresses. 
>
>9. You know Bill Gates' e-mail address, but you can't remember your own 
>postal code. 
>
>10. You put in a second telephone line specifically to attach your computer 
>to. 
>
>11. When you meet someone you'd like to talk to again, you ask for their 
>"voice number" since you assume they, like you, have a separate "data 
>number." 
>
>12. You can remember the anniversary of the day you brought your first 
>computer home, but you have trouble remembering exactly which day you were 
>married. 
>
>13. Your idea of a relaxing day at the beach is sitting with your portable, 
>catching up on old e-mail. 
>
>14. You take a manual for some new piece of software you're trying to learn 
>with you on vacation. 
>
>15. You rotate your screen-saver more frequently than the tires on your 
>car. 
>
>16. Your computer, fax, modem, and printer all work fine, but your 
>lawnmower, toaster, microwave or car haven't worked for two months. 
>
>17. When someone says "ATM," you think Asynchronous Transfer Mode. 
>
>18. When you send a letter to a friend using snail mail (regular post 
>office mail), you put in lots of smilies and tokens like <g>, ROFL, and 
>;-). 
>
>19. Your heart rate will exceed 100 beats per minute if you get into a 
>discussion about the superiority of PCs over Macs or vice versa. 
>
>20. You would never give your child a name which, when combined with your 
>last initial, would exceed eight characters. 
>
>21. You have told people things online which you have never told anyone in 
>a face-to-face conversation. 
>
>22. If someone asked you to explain the Internet, you could actually give 
>them an answer. 
>
>23. You have played every level of DOOM in a single sitting. 
>
>24. You own at least three computer games, but not a complete deck of 
>cards. 
>
>25. You subscribe to more than one computer magazine. 
>
>26. You get mail addressed to "Dear User." 
>
>27. You could figure out how to get to most companies' Web sites by 
>guessing at the address. 
>
>28. You don't buy products from companies which don't provide a Web site or 
>e-mail address to contact them. 
>
>29. You use a CD-ROM phone directory more frequently than a paper one.
>
>Paul De Groot is available at pdegroot@thejournal.southam.ca
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