2010 Geek IQ Test 245
snydeq writes "Windows NT name size limits, network cabling and protocols, Linux printer daemon commands, AD&D character alignments — find out how much you know where it really counts by taking InfoWorld's 2010 Geek IQ Test."
100%, and I didn't even take it. (Score:5, Insightful)
I know I'll ace it, because I'll open Google in another window.
And that, of course, is the correct answer, in 2010.
Ally McBeal?! (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:100%, and I didn't even take it. (Score:4, Insightful)
Nope. It will take 40 seconds between questions and you will give up in exasperation.
Re:Windows Questions?! (Score:5, Insightful)
And what's with all the Windows questions?
- A geek knows Windows inside and out.
- A true geek knows to how to live without Windows (-- that's probably where we fall, in our parents' basement)
- An übergeek knows life, the universe and everything, including Windows.
Re:Failed on the first question (Score:3, Insightful)
I think starting the quiz is the first test ;)
Can't get in either, same error. Probably their way of saying "FU, we're slashdotted!"
ROTF? (Score:1, Insightful)
That picture though, ROTF? "rolling on the floor" ? rofl maybe, but I at least have never heard of "rotf"...
InfoWorld Fail (Score:5, Insightful)
Geek Trivia != IQ Assessment (Score:2, Insightful)
Scoring high wont help with your Mensa application.
And if you don't know what Mensa is, you should probably avoid this trivia test.
Re:Shitty site (Score:4, Insightful)
Definitely not for nerds (Score:4, Insightful)
I can see why they call it a "geek" test, what with geeks being the aspirational losers of the intellectual landscape, and this test mainly being about useless trivia. A "nerd" test would contain more substantive questions, you know, stuff that matters. Sure, many nerds would ace this geek trivia quiz, but the geeks would be lost on the nerd quiz.
Re:100%, and I didn't even take it. (Score:4, Insightful)
I win. I never clicked and just read the answers above and proclaimed; Windows questions? Must be fucking junior IT admin day.
I don't do *worlds.com, multi-page, geek come-ons. Try again.
knowledge != IQ (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Shitty site (Score:5, Insightful)
2 pop-ups blocked on every page, slow load times, intrusive flash ads all over, 1 question per page to force more ad views.
It's a trap! The real correct answer is not to play at all.
I win.
Re:Karma Whoring Post (Score:5, Insightful)
Sounds more like an MCSE test than a geek test.
Re:Thank you. (Score:3, Insightful)
I unblocked each site listed in NoScript, one at a time, and still couldn't get the quiz.
Yep, definitely not worth the time. I'd rather see a Flash applet than play Russian roulette guessing which site is required for the content and which site will try to copy my hard drive to Nigeria.
Infoworld and Windows [was Re:Ally McBeal?!] (Score:3, Insightful)
And what's with all the Windows questions?
Trade magazine shilling for $$$ + abusive monopolist = lot's of free advertising and concocted credibility
Re:IQ tests... (Score:3, Insightful)
Until they discover that you can save a lot of time, money and frustration and maybe even get more interesting conversations by hiring a professional.
Re:Definitely not for nerds (Score:4, Insightful)
Can someone clear this up for me? I keep hearing the two differ. Some tell me they're a geek but not a nerd. Some the opposite. So what is what? Where can I find _the_ definition to point all others to?
Nobody writes it down. If you have to ask, you don't need to know.
Watch the movie "Wargames" (The original 1983 one.) Wait for the scene when David goes to the university to talk to Jim and Malvin, and observe the characters. Jim is a geek, and Malvin is a nerd.
Re:Karma Whoring Post (Score:3, Insightful)
Question 5: Which one of these will let you quickly look at the open ports on a machine?
Correct Answer: What's wrong with lsof, it's so much more funky!
I think you mean nmap, do you not?
lsof = LiSt Open Files; nmap is _the_ tool for anyone who wants to seriously check a network for anything.
Re:Windows Questions?! (Score:5, Insightful)
- A geek knows Windows inside and out.
That might be true up to 95 or so, and only if said geek is old enough to have experienced these times. Later, GNU/Linux became so ubiquitous in geekdom that knowing the answers for this test is actually a hint that you are not a real geek. Personally, I find the old Geek Quiz [oneplusyou.com] much more entertaining.