tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post3585184802013306262..comments2024-03-09T08:06:26.066-08:00Comments on Looking For Detachment: Merely SupremeSilver Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-86578092282175360872009-01-21T06:33:00.000-08:002009-01-21T06:33:00.000-08:00DinoGal, thanks! Nice dino-palaeo blog you have, a...DinoGal, thanks! Nice dino-palaeo blog you have, and also your other website -I've added your blog to my sidebar. <BR/><BR/>I saw the quiz first at Outside the Interzone, who saw it first at ...Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-54847741242316468012009-01-21T06:26:00.000-08:002009-01-21T06:26:00.000-08:00So far, of the blogs and comments I've seen, Cath ...So far, of the blogs and comments I've seen, Cath has the lowest score and DinoGal has the highest. Great going, everyone! If someone would please just create a table or graph for the geoblogosphere and readers thereof, then we can study this phenomenon and understand it more fully. Or maybe a scatter plot...Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-8533782133868266782009-01-21T00:56:00.000-08:002009-01-21T00:56:00.000-08:00I got 98% (Nerd god/godess) and Dinochick got the ...I got 98% (Nerd god/godess) and Dinochick got the test from my blog origionally. <BR/><BR/>Nice blog by the way.Dino Gal 097https://www.blogger.com/profile/02819960698006076122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-69561418071483632242009-01-20T13:29:00.000-08:002009-01-20T13:29:00.000-08:0057%. I think I lost points for not knowing my GPA ...57%. I think I lost points for not knowing my GPA (foreign concept in the UK), amount of RAM or IP address. Plus I had to admit to using Explorer (I'm at work and don't have the choice!).Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-9886962425750398562009-01-20T09:58:00.000-08:002009-01-20T09:58:00.000-08:00Wonk: a person preoccupied with arcane details or ...Wonk: a person preoccupied with arcane details or procedures in a specialized fieldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-10632547354776906962009-01-20T09:07:00.000-08:002009-01-20T09:07:00.000-08:0097 here...And I wonder why I can run so damned fas...97 here...<BR/><BR/>And I wonder why I can run so damned fast...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-88319570312394241072009-01-20T08:19:00.000-08:002009-01-20T08:19:00.000-08:00I heard that dork is the term for a whale's penis....I heard that dork is the term for a whale's penis. <BR/><BR/>The breakdown that I am aware of (wow, social stratification of brainy-types) from my HS days, and seems to still hold true:<BR/><BR/>Being a geek is cool, a nerd less so, a dork not at all. <BR/><BR/>Geeks are socially acceptable, they just know a lot of minutiae. <BR/>Nerds are more socially awkward, but still contain the braincells.<BR/>A Dork is socially awkward, and generally only knows useless info, like the Klingon language.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172331419528519432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-15500660605204131442009-01-20T06:20:00.000-08:002009-01-20T06:20:00.000-08:00What's a wonk? I'm probably not nerdy enough to kn...What's a wonk? I'm probably not nerdy enough to know that word.<BR/><BR/>GeoJoe - 91 is the lowest number I've seen so far. I think the test must be rigged for geos or something. All numbers over 90 (maybe no one below 90 takes the test or reports the number - we'll never get a true reading if that's the case).Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-56919822128294506182009-01-20T06:14:00.000-08:002009-01-20T06:14:00.000-08:00I scored 91 on the nerd test.I scored 91 on the nerd test.GeologyJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212488235413098715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693614218792476252.post-13536380601974438862009-01-20T05:30:00.000-08:002009-01-20T05:30:00.000-08:00I've always considered myself as a wonk rather tha...I've always considered myself as a wonk rather than a nerd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com