How nerdy are you

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:37 pm

http://www.wxplotter.com/ft_nq.php

I'm a 34.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:42 pm

My nerd score is 71. I'm a mid-level nerd.

Live long and prosper!

john m · Post by **john m** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:47 pm

bz£ · Post by **bz£** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:48 pm

89, which was probably about when this was written. I mean, graphing calculators and periodic tables? Come on. How much more can you cater to the junior high crowd?

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:49 pm

i got 18.

"Not nerdy, but then again maybe not all that cool either."

at least i'm not nerdy!

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:08 pm

50%. And they call that "slightly nerdy."

I call it average.

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:10 pm

96!

My only complaint was that they didn't have any higher math education to choose from.

erik · Post by **erik** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:38 pm

Puce wrote:96!

My only complaint was that they didn't have any higher math education to choose from.

You have to email him that complaint to get the other 4%.

LMNOP · Post by **LMNOP** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:41 pm

14. Apparently age and apathy counteract nerdiness.

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:45 pm

59 - 'mildly Nerdy'

Southwest_Statistic · Post by **Southwest_Statistic** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:48 pm

I got 99. I think Puce and I should converse sometime.

bz£ · Post by **bz£** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:48 pm

15-16 puzzle wrote:
Puce wrote:96!

My only complaint was that they didn't have any higher math education to choose from.
You have to email him that complaint to get the other 4%.

In Klingon.

Gazelles · Post by **Gazelles** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:49 pm

Huh, 7%. "Definitely not nerdy, you're probably cool." That must be why I'm eating Nilla Wafers in a house by myself while browsing an Internet forum.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:28 pm

Got a score of 19. Not too nerdy.

But that quiz did remind me of a proudly nerdy moment. Back at college, I used to work at the Audio-Visual Department (not as nerdy as it sounds). And we got a shipment of compressed air cans. Of course people turned them upside down and shot things. Not I. I decided to take the inside tube from one of the overhead projector acetate rolls and attach it to the nozzle of the compressed air can. Then I turned it upside down. The result was quite surprising as first, no spray came out. We were all confused but then we noticed the tube was getting considerably colder. Then suddenly the contents of the can shot out of the tube in a mist form, kinda like firing off a fire extinguisher. We were amazed. We had just made a nasty li'l freeze ray.

And that's my nerd moment.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:35 pm

23

Not nerdy, but definitely not hip.
(this seems to mean I could answer the maths and science questions but I know bugger all about computers)

Why are:
Calculus
Theory and Logic
Elementary Differential Equations
Linear Algebra
regarded as different 'levels' of mathematics? I've studied all of them, they're just different streams, not quantitative rankings (did that just increase my score?)

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:44 pm

Leaf wrote:50%. And they call that "slightly nerdy."

I call it average.

Add one percent and they drop the "s". I'm "lightly nerdy"

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:59 pm

71. Oh yeah.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:35 pm

Sober, you and I share the same exact nerd factor! Quick -- Picard or Kirk?

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:41 pm

Caravan Ray wrote:23
Why are:
Calculus
Theory and Logic
Elementary Differential Equations
Linear Algebra
regarded as different 'levels' of mathematics?

I assumed they were indexed according to when they are most commonly taken in university. At my school it goes

Math 121: Calculus
Math 123: Theory and Logic
Math 241: Linear Algebra
Math 251: Differential Equations
Math 310: Graph Theory
etc, etc...

Some of these are pre-requisites to others, so it is fair to label them lower levels of math.

Post by **Lunkhead** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:56 pm

Niveous, you deserve some extra nerd points for refering to 15-20 yr. old Marvel comics characters and story arcs (ie the Beyonder and Infinity Wars) on an online bulletin board.

Wait, crap. I guess I deserve a few, also, just for knowing what you were talking about.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:20 pm

Puce wrote:
Caravan Ray wrote:23
Why are:
Calculus
Theory and Logic
Elementary Differential Equations
Linear Algebra
regarded as different 'levels' of mathematics?
I assumed they were indexed according to when they are most commonly taken in university. At my school it goes

Math 121: Calculus
Math 123: Theory and Logic
Math 241: Linear Algebra
Math 251: Differential Equations
Math 310: Graph Theory
etc, etc...

Some of these are pre-requisites to others, so it is fair to label them lower levels of math.

Hmm...well, I'm just a dumb ol' engineer - not a proper maths nerd anyway - I did Calculus, Linear Algebra, Logic and Statistics in first year - followed by Vector Calculus and Diffential Equations in 2nd year - and this was more than enough time for me to draw the conclusion that Mathematics acedemics are probably one of the strangest forms of life on the planet.

j$ · Post by j$ » Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:18 pm

My nerd score is 9

Apparantly I despise nerds. Which isn't true. I find the look quite attractive actually.

Does anyone see past the ears on that woman? Maybe if it was a man ...

j$