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From andre@ai.mit.edu Tue Sep 11 23:38:47 1990
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From: andre@ai.mit.edu (Andre' DeHon)
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 90 16:28:14 edt
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To: third_east@MIT.EDU
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Cc: tiuzzol@MIT.EDU
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Subject: [prince@pebbles.tcs.uh.edu: Nerd Test-- yet another]
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Usnail: 305 Memorial Dr., Cambridge, MA 02139
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Phone: dorm (617) 225-9751 office (617) 253-8829
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Organization: MIT AI Lab
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Gee, see what happens when the net gets a hand on the East Campus
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Nerd Test....
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------- Forwarded Message
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 90 15:35:42 CDT
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From: prince@pebbles.tcs.uh.edu
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Subject: Nerd Test-- yet another
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To: sharon839@houston.relay.ucm.org, lsmsa@athena.mit.edu,
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prince@pebbles.mit.edu, minar@reed.bitnet, prince@pebbles.mit.edu,
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dsm3664%ritvax.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu, prince@pebbles.mit.edu
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*** NERDITY TEST, SQUID VERSION ***
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--- All technicalities count! ---
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# sampled: 44 mean: 58.39 std: 14.99 range: 25-84
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SELF-GRATIFICATION
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1. Have you ever seen an hp?
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2. Touched an hp?
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3. Owned an hp?
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4. Fondled an hp?
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5. Pushed the hp's button?
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6. Have you ever done homework that's not yours?
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7. Done homework over the phone?
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8. Read or bought any explicit mathematical materials?
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9. Read or bought technical journals (for the pictures, not the articles)?
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KNOW THYSELF
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10. Can you read faster than 2400 baud? (extra point if over 9600 baud)
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11. Have you ever worn a pocket protector?
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12. Have you ever examined a log table?
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13. Touched a log table?
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14. Thought about it's design and possible function?
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15. Manipulated trig identities?
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16. Experienced Galilean transformation?
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17. Experienced Lorentzian transformation?
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18. Do you speak/use more than 5 languages? (Computer languages count)
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19. Done mathematical induction?
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20. Do you have a floppy disk?
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21. A hard disk?
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22. A flying disc (frisbee)?
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23. Have you ever experimented with more than one thermodynamic
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law in the same day?
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24. Have you ever integrated by parts?
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25. Used the right-hand-rule?
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26. Been motivated by quest for knowledge?
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27. Been motivated by quest for money?
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28. Experienced an E-field and a B-field?
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29. Never scored below average in a test?
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30. Do you wear glasses? (contacts and sun glasses do not count)
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31. Have you ever integrated in a teacher's presence?
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32. Changed your major because of a class.
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33. Been forced to do RPN by a member of the opposite sex?
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34. Enjoyed it so much you considered quitting school?
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35. Fantasized about a non-linear least-squares-fit?
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SKILLS OF WHICH WE DO NOT KNOW
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36. Have you ever integrated an equation with discontinuities?
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39. Integrated to success?
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40. Integrated to excess?
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41. Used a CRC?
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42. Used a CRC within the last week?
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43. Used a CRC more than 5 times in one night or one continuous sitting?
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44. Used frictionless surfaces, massless strings or pulleys for other
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than their specified purpose?
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46. Skipped class for the sole purpose of studying?
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47. Completed homework at least one week in advance?
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48. Used a harmonic oscillator?
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49. Found its period?
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50. Blown your own glassware?
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51. Never used an ammeter in parallel or a voltmeter in series?
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52. High scored a test?
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NERD BONDING
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54. Have you ever tasted a solution?
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55. Tasted a supersaturated solution?
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56. Tasted your friend's supersaturated solution?
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57. Tried titration?
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58. Titrated in a public place?
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59. Titrated your friend's solution?
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60. Missed the equivalence point?
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61. Written up the experiment?
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62. Faked the results?
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63. Talked about binomial expansion to a person of the opposite sex?
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64. Attended a seminar?
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65. Enjoyed it?
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66. Have you graded?
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70. Have you memorized Newton's Laws.
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71. Have you ever put an object in motion?
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72. Did it stay in motion?
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73. Have you ever been attracted to a large body?
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74. Used physics as a pick-up, get-to-know-better routine on someone.
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75. Done homework in a group greater than 10 people?
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76. Have you experienced acceleration ( F over m )?
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77. Known a person who was admittedly into AC/DC (Analog
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Conversion / Digital Conversion)?
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SKILLS OF WHICH WE DO NOT WANT TO KNOW
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78. Have you ever gotten DE's from a friend?
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79. Done P-Chem after 2am?
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80. Never done a re-do/re-write?
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81. Taken the nerdity test more than 5 times?
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82. Lied on the nerdity test?
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83. Given someone else a nerdity point?
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84. Been mathematically motivated?
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85. Exaggerated about any mathematical event? (kludging on math
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homework counts)
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86. Graphed a saddle point?
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87. Graphed a monkey seat?
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88. Engaged in Fourier with the intension of differentiating?
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KINKY STUFF
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91. Double majored? (or even thought about it)
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92. Pulled more than 3 consecutive all-nighters?
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93. Been in lab for more than 5 hours straight?
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94. Differentiated by definition for more than 1 year .
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95. Differentiated with the chain rule?
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96. Been into E & M?
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97. Chemical bondage?
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98. Rigorous mathematical proofs?
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100. Purposely scheduled a Friday lab?
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----- END OF TEST ----
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____CALCULATE YOUR OWN SCORE____NO CHEATING!
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------- End Forwarded Message
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