Hacker meme

[jack]

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=6466991387133790712

The first time I got 90%, because I didn't expect an answer to *actually* be 'none of the above' and for the last question I stopped after eliminating the first two wrong from left to right, without stopping to see that they were all even.

Apparently 2% of people got it all right -- interesting because I only did because I saw Naath's correction of one question, so I knew what I was supposed to put. Or maybe that's the idea -- they want to date people who correct the quiz.

I think "nothing" is a perfectly acceptable answer to "What is the decimal value of the binary 0000?" though I couldn't be bothered to check if it was also valid.

Ultimate binary quiz! Yay! With no mention of: negatives, one's complement, fractions, bitwise operators. I'm not sure, I *may* have written assembly language in my sleep. If you go to bed thinking about something you've been doing...

Comments

[ewx.livejournal.com]

I thought the quiz was a bit lacking in things like 2's complement too. But then again we don't think people have inadequate understanding of decimal notation if they don't know 10's complement.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Though we generally do if they can't do decimals. That is, decimal fractions: see, practically synonymous? :)

And yes, fair enough, but calling it 'hacker' and saying 'program machine language in your sleep' seems to suggest it would measure beyond 'adequate' :)