The 50 Skills Every Geek Should Have

[cool_cat]

thank god ,I am nowhere near a geek!neither a nerd!.

 

[d@rK nEmEsIs]

I got 23:ashamed:

 

[Rockfella]

Yeah, we cant hide anything from our parents no matter what we do..... some exceptions are always there though...

^nobody touched my system.. even if they do, I'm 21 its okay...
and believe me, all fathers know what their sons are upto.. its the mothers who always create all the ruckus.. well there are always a few exception

 

[sarang]

And what are you supposed to tell if your parents or someone sees that empty folder?
"Thats a default folder..like my documents..its a feature of windows 7 but i managed to get it on vista..but realized i dont need it..":lol:

blame it on the HDD manufacturer. Damn they gave me an RMA'ed disc which had this folder stuck there. No matter how often i delete it , it keeps coming back.

 

[tracerbullet]

47. Get an NES cartridge working again by blowing in it

My favourite Aah the good ol' days.

 

[SunnyBoi]

22:ashamed:

 

[superczar]

Edit: LOL, Excel formatting sure goes for a toss on our BB

1​

Install a hard drive in a laptop



Y

Several times

2​

Perform a clean OS install on a machine with two OSes



Y

Several times

3​

Swap out the battery on your iPod/iPhone



Y

Twice

4​

Jailbreak an iPhone



Y

Umpteenth times

5​

Wire your house for Ethernet and Coax cable



Y

6​

Use BitTorrent and RSS to automatically download new shows from trackers



Y

7​

Use an A/V receiver to its fullest capability (every port is taken)



Y

Of course, the S Video ports aren’t taken

8​

Calibrate an HDTV without the manual



Y

9​

Use a DSLR in full manual mode



Y

10​

Hack the encryption and mooch your neighbor's Wi-Fi



Y

11​

Solder cleanly enough to get around a circuit board



Y

12​

Use your 3G phone as a Wi-Fi access point



N

13​

Shove the guts of a modern game console into a retro game console



N

14​

Design a webpage in HTML by hand that features a picture of your cat



Y

Ok, not my cat, but a picture nevertheless

15​

Use Photoshop to imperceptibly doctor a photo



Y

16​

Abstain from buying extended warranties



Y

17​

Know where to buy cheap cables and accessories



Y

18​

Fix your parents' computer over the phone without looking at a computer



Y

19​

Enter the Konami code



Y

20​

Comment on Gizmodo from your phone



Y

Ok, not gizmodo, but definitely ON TE

21​

Type quickly using T9 texting



Y

22​

Program a universal remote



Y

23​

Contribute code to the Linux kernel



N

24​

Hide porn from your significant other



Y

25​

Avoid DRM on everything



Y

26​

Know how to back up your data to networked storage—and actually do it



Y

27​

Watch TV shows on the internet for free



Y

28​

Edit together digital video ripped from YouTube



N

Grab, yes, never had the patience to edit

29​

Play any SNES game on your computer through an emulator



Y

30​

Reset expired trial software by messing with the registry



Y

31​

Hackintosh your PC



Y

32​

Download pre-release movies from Usenet



N

33​

Hack the Wii to play homebrew games



Y

34​

Get around web content filters on public computers



Y

35​

Get into a Windows computer if you forgot your password



Y

36​

Securely erase your data so it can't be recovered



Y

37​

Share a printer between a Mac and a PC on a network



Y

38​

Build a fighting robot



N

39​

Write your own Firefox plugins



N

40​

Navigate and reorganize the files on your computer in DOS



Y

41​

Get something on the front page of Digg



N

42​

Get through to executive customer service



Y

43​

Rip a CD to V0 quality MP3s



Y

44​

Rip a DVD to DivX



Y

45​

Build your own computer from parts



Y

46​

Swap out the hard drive in your DVR for a bigger one



N

47​

Get an NES cartridge working again by blowing in it



Y

48​

Calibrate a 7.1 surround-sound system



Y

5.1 yes, 7.1 , No

49​

Play downloaded games on a Nintendo DS



Y

50​

Talk about things that aren't tech related



Y

41​

 

[jith77]

Sad, i never knew we had to hide porn coz i grew up stealin those cassettes from dad during school days. I learned it the hard way when my other half found it a couple of days before

 

[m-jeri]

16 .....

hehehhe.. nope me never a nerd...

 

[zhopudey]

1. Install a hard drive in a laptop - Yes
2. Perform a clean OS install on a machine with two OSes - Yes
3. Swap out the battery on your iPod/iPhone - No
4. Jailbreak an iPhone - Potentially Yes
5. Wire your house for Ethernet and Coax cable - Yes
6. Use BitTorrent and RSS to automatically download new shows from trackers - No
7. Use an A/V receiver to its fullest capability (every port is taken) - Potentially Yes
8. Calibrate an HDTV without the manual - Potentially Yes
9. Use a DSLR in full manual mode - No
10. Hack the encryption and mooch your neighbor's Wi-Fi - No
11. Solder cleanly enough to get around a circuit board - No
12. Use your 3G phone as a Wi-Fi access point - Potentially Yes
13. Shove the guts of a modern game console into a retro game console - No
14. Design a webpage in HTML by hand that features a picture of your cat - Yes
15. Use Photoshop to imperceptibly doctor a photo - Yes
16. Abstain from buying extended warranties - Yes
17. Know where to buy cheap cables and accessories - Yes
18. Fix your parents' computer over the phone without looking at a computer - Yes
19. Enter the Konami code - No
20. Comment on Gizmodo from your phone - Potentially Yes
21. Type quickly using T9 texting - yes
22. Program a universal remote - Potentially Yes
23. Contribute code to the Linux kernel - No
24. Hide porn from your significant other - Yes
25. Avoid DRM on everything - Yes
26. Know how to back up your data to networked storage—and actually do it - Potentially Yes
27. Watch TV shows on the internet for free - Potentially Yes
28. Edit together digital video ripped from YouTube -Potentially Yes
29. Play any SNES game on your computer through an emulator - Potentially Yes
30. Reset expired trial software by messing with the registry - No
31. Hackintosh your PC - Potentially Yes
32. Download pre-release movies from Usenet - No
33. Hack the Wii to play homebrew games - No
34. Get around web content filters on public computers - No
35. Get into a Windows computer if you forgot your password - Maybe
36. Securely erase your data so it can't be recovered - Yes
37. Share a printer between a Mac and a PC on a network - Potentially Yes
38. Build a fighting robot - No
39. Write your own Firefox plugins - No
40. Navigate and reorganize the files on your computer in DOS - Yes
41. Get something on the front page of Digg - No
42. Get through to executive customer service - what?
43. Rip a CD to V0 quality MP3s - Potentially Yes
44. Rip a DVD to DivX - yes
45. Build your own computer from parts - yell yeah!
46. Swap out the hard drive in your DVR for a bigger one - Potentially Yes
47. Get an NES cartridge working again by blowing in it - Yes (does media game catridge qualify? :ashamed
48. Calibrate a 7.1 surround-sound system - Maybe
49. Play downloaded games on a Nintendo DS - Potentially Yes
50. Talk about things that aren't tech related - Yes

Score -
Yes 17
Potentially yes 15
No 15
Maybe 2
What? 1

 

[superczar]

42. Get through to executive customer service - what?

Shout out at /Pester/Badger the regular customer care guy so much about your perceived grievance that he/she has no choice but to redirect your call to his manager

 

[sarang]

Shout out at /Pester/Badger the regular customer care guy so much about your perceived grievance that he/she has no choice but to redirect your call to his manager

Tell the CC guy you have purchased 5 of these(The product for which support is expected) for your office. Most of the times works for me.

 

[denharsh]

My fav coke and wafers are missing

 

[vishalrao]

if the count should be what you actually have done, then i scored about 12. if its what you know you can do if you wanted to, then i scored 46 hyeah:

 

[superczar]

nah, only actually done counts

 

[vishalrao]

awwww not fair... i can hand edit HTML pages... but dont got no cat to post a pic of... but i still should be able to count the HTML one

 

[superczar]

ya, replace the cat with your mugshot/GF/dog whatever

 

[i_max2k2]

Somethings that I haven't / couldn't do or done yet,

Use BitTorrent and RSS to automatically download new shows from trackers - pretty easy, I dont watch a lot of TV shows

Contribute code to the Linux kernel - haven't done much linux yet :ashamed:

Build a fighting robot - Dont think I will do that nytime soon lol

Write your own Firefox plugins - not yet

Get something on the front page of Digg - not yet

Play downloaded games on a Nintendo DS - Dont have a ds, but for everything else there's iPhone hyeah:

Talk about things that aren't tech related - What the hell are they talking about?

43ish

 

[c2quado]

@tracerbullet
47. Get an NES cartridge working again by blowing in it

My favourite Aah the good ol' days.

I too have blown so many cartridges when they dint worked

and magically they worked after a full blow lolz

good ol' days :cheers:

19. Enter the Konami code

Done that numerous times when i was a kid.
If talking about NES OR SNES

11. Solder cleanly enough to get around a circuit board

geeky enough to mod my ps2SLIM to install pc IDE hdd to play games from hdd

though thanks to google for schematics or may have blown the console without those instructions

24. Hide porn from your significant other

truecrypt with a keyfile + pass :angel:

31. Hackintosh your PC

gonna do that its on my list But the hdd's dont have enough space Reason ^ skill number 24. :rofl:

36. Securely erase your data so it can't be recovered

easy-peasy

 

[rPOk]

my score is a respectable 16....
what's the fun of porn if you're watching it without your significant other :no: