I ranked as a Nerd also. (I think it was 17 points).
It seemed like the difference between nerd and geek is defined (for this test at least) as geeks being more into fantasy than future & current technology.
My problem is that I'm equally comfortable in the technological future, the present, the recent past, the historical past, the archeological past, the paleotological past, the cosmological past, and various fantasy realms. The first time I read Chaucer in the Middle English, I understood 90% without help, and learned the pronunciation rapidly. I seem to get jokes in Shakepeare that most people miss (although my wife thinks that Romeo and Juliet is actually a farce, with the title "Romeo and Juliet, a Tragedy" being satirical) - some of which have been confirmed by further reading in some scholarly works.
I see no contradiction between the history of the universe (and evolution) versus religion - just different aspects of the whole. (I see religion in Quantum Mechanics).
I can look at an area I know, and see in my minds eye what it looked like 150 years ago; and 200 miliion years ago, as well. To me, if we were able to look at one person's life and follow it everywhere, it would look much like a vaguely human-shaped, flesh (pick your shade) colored worm (with lots of wardrobe changes!:-)).
I think this test is wrong, because I simply choose the things that would be easiest for me - i.e. easy work, more comfort. The exception was the Han Solo question - I'd rather hang out with him than Jean Luc, he seems to be more fun and more likely to drink alot, versus Jean Luc, who you seem to have to work on for some time to get him to loosen up.
I am one of the most normal-seeming NERDs you will ever know.
I was a gymnast in high school - before gymnastics were COOL! [Not geeky because it's sports, geeky because hardly anyone else knew anything about it].
I was in several rock bands (made good money for a while), playing lead and rhythm guitar. [Not geeky!]
My degree is B.S. Physics (I couldn't afford to go much further in school, and wasn't quite good enough for the major scholarships that I would need). [I almost got a job as a physicist, after working in other areas for over a year, at a major university's nuclear lab. It would have meant giving up my $12K/year salary, for $10K/year - with no guarantee of more than a year, and also going back on night shift]. [VERY geeky!]
I was a DJ at the college radio station, also one of their engineers (with an actual FCC licence), and advertising director, and judge of elections for the station, plus I got to go to the college budget meetings to get more funding for the station. [Not geeky because of the music, but some of the other roles I took on were very geeky].
I collect comic books. [Very geeky], movies (DVDs/VHS) [very mainstrream!
I go back far enough that I used to have 8" floppy disks! And a machine that used them!EXTREMELY NERDY
Like I said (or actually quoted), basically criminal minds see everything as a weapon. (BTW, the accuracy with a car is often not as good as with a gun. - Also, cars are not as easily disposed of as a gun can be). :-)
I say register them all, and make it difficult to get (cars AND guns)!
Somebody else** said "Make the bullets cost $10,000.00 each, and you'll cut down on all killings." Some will still be done, but drive-bys and the "you're wearing the wrong color" kills will stop. It would be too expensive to have most gun battles!
[** might have been Chris Rock].
I didn't see this until today (Thursday 9/18), so I couldn't be the first. :-(
The holes in many of them are actually rectangular, based on the original Hollerith design. [He needed to find a way to tabulate all the people coming through NYC, immigrating. He used bill holders of the time - since US currency was larger than the current size, the punch cards are similarly larger].
I still have a box of IBM punch cards (around 2000 cards) that contain MVS and DOS JCL and Utility data for various job streams. I have about 150-300 5.25" floppy disks, and about 600-900 3.5" floppies. I only have a couple hundred CD's, and DVDs (if we limit the DVD's to computer programs and no movies or tv shows). [I also have about 1000+ VHS tapes. One of these days, I'm going burn them all to DVD].
I still have a 5.25" floppy drive (in a bag, in a box) in storage, and a few 3.5" floppy drives, and one ancient 1.4 GB tape cartridge and matching drive.
Current computer inventory:
* 1 Samsung Instinct (PHONE, w/Sprint's Everything plan) NEW!
* 1 Dell w/Quad Core (2.6 GHz), 4GB RAM, 500 GB HD, 16x DVD Burner, and speakers , and 19" CRT monitor [Vista Ultimate] NEW.
* 1 Dell Notebook (2.6 GHz), 256MB RAM, 40 GB HD, CD-RW [Win XP Home].
* 1 Rebuilt (3 times) Gateway Pentium III (600 MHz) [Originally from 1999, started with 128 MB RAM, and 27 GB HD], 512MB, 120 GB HD (and a currently detatched 100 GB HD), 16x DVD Burner, DVD Player, and Super 3.5" Floppy Drive (which could store 120MB on the right floppy [I have 3 of the disks]) [Win XP Pro] {Shares the 19" CRT} I need to get a KVM+ Audio switch to replace the Video switch.
* 1 HP Pentium IV (2.2GHz), ?RAM (none now), no HD, 8x DVD Burner.
* 1 Sony Vaio Z505 RX Notebook Pentium II (!!) (400 MHz), 128MB RAM, 9 GB HD, CD reader, 3.5 Floppy drive (USB) - bad batteries and power supply, Win 98 SE [Originally from 1999] (Weighs around 4 lbs [i.e. less than 2 kg]). A very expensive, not so heavy paperweight!
* 1 Gateway Profile II (500 Mhz Celeron-D) [All in one], 128MB RAM, 20 GB HD, DVD Player, 3.5" Floppy drive [Originally from 1999 - never opened until 2002 - NEVER WORKED - probable bad power supply]. Win 98.
* 1 Homemade AMD K6 (600 MHz), 512MB RAM, 20 GB HD, CD Burner, CD Player, 3.5" Floppy Drive - WIn 2000 [**to be given to a friend, once I put the DVD burner into it, and maybe the 100 GB HD from the Gateway].
2 empty CPU cases (w/o power supplies) - currently being used as supplemental stands (a lamp is on one, which is on its side, under a cloth).
I heard a comedian, who said that criminals in prison "think differently than most of us - You see a toothbrush, he sees a weapon. You see a pillow, he sees a..... Well, basically, everything looks like a weapon to him."
Guns, knives, spears, arrows, rocks, etc. all can kill. The thing about guns, is they make it very easy to do from a distance, at a high rate of speed, and difficult to stop it. Also, there are very easy to get, at least here in the USA.
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Wouldn't it be closer to "In a Swedish world, ...". (Or maybe, "In a world where, they speak Swedish,...")?
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