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2010 Geek IQ Test
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."
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I know I'll ace it, because I'll open Google in another window.
And that, of course, is the correct answer, in 2010.
WTF kind of "Geek Cred" quiz has a question about Ally McBeal? And what's with all the Windows questions?
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.
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!"
That picture though, ROTF? "rolling on the floor" ? rofl maybe, but I at least have never heard of "rotf"...
Looks like InfoWorld failed the Geek IQ test... Question 1. How much bandwidth do you need to avoid getting slashdotted?
Scoring high wont help with your Mensa application.
And if you don't know what Mensa is, you should probably avoid this trivia test.
I opened it and closed it a few seconds later because it was too hard to find test with all those ads and hideous page design. I'm not clicking a single thing on that page!
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.
... and then they built the supercollider.
Being able to recall a bunch of facts is not the same thing as the ability to make logical deductions, work out the answers to problems or make the link between cause and effect. All this test does is check a persons memory - which is less important these days with search engines and knowledge bases. What would make a better test would be to present a problem and see how people deduce the answer, not just discover how much time they waste reading industry publications.
politicians are like babies' nappies: they should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons
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.
Sounds more like an MCSE test than a geek test.
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.
And what's with all the Windows questions?
Trade magazine shilling for $$$ + abusive monopolist = lot's of free advertising and concocted credibility
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.
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.
Do not meddle in the affairs of geeks for they are subtle and quick to anger
- 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 much more entertaining.
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