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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:52 pm 
 

Gnat the Beggar wrote:Only 5%.....  :oops:

Got 60.2% on third try after reading the answers... and I still got one wrong. :lol:


i need say no more :D


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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:06 pm 
 

FormCritic wrote:
It is a small measure of your relative level of education and cultural awareness.

How is IQ related to My Chemical Romance and "The Black Parade?"  No idea.  8)
i got that one right although i am completely unfamiliar with the my chemical romance canon. i recognized the name as a band...
  

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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:45 pm 
 

Search your basements everyone:

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plug ... ll/1391148
  

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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:45 pm 
 

That nuclear bunker was pretty cool, but it costs some cold, hard cash. However, if you'd like a tank, you can get them real cheap.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... orest.html
  

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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:46 pm 
 

ashmire13 wrote:
Yep, it was me, just checked!  :D   might check your private store off ebay for some extras....  :wink:


Al, checked your store, PM sent... 8)


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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:51 pm 
 

misterspock wrote:That nuclear bunker was pretty cool, but it costs some cold, hard cash. However, if you'd like a tank, you can get them real cheap.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... orest.html

I remember, as I was leaving school/starting to drive in '88/89, you could buy an ex-Army water cannon vehicle for £1800 in the Exchange & Mart, very tempting to 5 17yr olds looking to car share, but highly unpractical  :lol:


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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:02 pm 
 

ashmire13 wrote:
Al, checked your store, PM sent... 8)


noted - will come back to you shortly on it mate ok.


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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:36 pm 
 

Gnat the Beggar wrote:Only 5%.....  :oops:

Got 60.2% on third try after reading the answers... and I still got one wrong. :lol:

48.4% smarter than average.   :oops:
  

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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:28 pm 
 

HermitFromPluto wrote:Search your basements everyone:

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plug ... ll/1391148


I swear I've played that game, or similar, though maybe it was at an arcade at the time.

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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:38 pm 
 

benjoshua wrote:O.K. Are you smart or stooopid?

If you are going to play, don't cheat and take the test until you get a high score. :x

http://www.flashbynight.com/test/

I'm only "5% smarter than average."  :oops:


40.5% smarter here.  Anybody come up as dumber than average yet?
  

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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:08 pm 
 

Grug Greyskin wrote:
40.5% smarter here.  Anybody come up as dumber than average yet?


People that came up below average didn't post.  :P


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Post Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:04 am 
 

I got 40.5 as well. Missed the rock band question and didn't react to the rapid count down clock on the first.
  

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Post Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:30 am 
 

I believe they knocked around this idea last year but sounds like the Postmaster General is serious about cutting out Saturday delivery to reign in USPS losses.  That is in addition to increasing postal rates for every thing except stamps.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... sNewsForth
  

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Post Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:33 pm 
 

Grug Greyskin wrote:
40.5% smarter here.  Anybody come up as dumber than average yet?


I took the test again knowing the answers.  I was able to up my score to 50.4% smarter than average.  :D

I wonder how the test is scored.  :?


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Post Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:28 pm 
 

I suppose it's a matter of total time, or time per question if they're ranked according to difficulty or obscurity, in addition to the number of correct answers.  In that case, you might score lower having answered all of them correctly but taken more time, compared to someone who blew through them all at top speed but got one wrong.  I didn't check my answers, so have no idea how many I got wrong, but I think my score was the same as yours.


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Post Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:44 pm 
 

benjoshua wrote:O.K. Are you smart or stooopid?

If you are going to play, don't cheat and take the test until you get a high score. :x

http://www.flashbynight.com/test/

I'm only "5% smarter than average."  :oops:


My score is 29.

I am only 62% smarter than average.   :D


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Post Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:28 pm 
 

HermitFromPluto wrote:Search your basements everyone:

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plug ... ll/1391148


The follow-up on http://blog.videogamepricecharts.com/20 ... fraud.html is even more amusing. Yet more craziness over SW seals (and if you can tell the difference, good luck).

There's probably a joke moustache set or something of that ilk inside, anyhow. Not that they'll ever find out without x-ray vision...


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Post Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 2:30 am 
 

faro wrote:
The follow-up on http://blog.videogamepricecharts.com/20 ... fraud.html is even more amusing. Yet more craziness over SW seals (and if you can tell the difference, good luck).
There's probably a joke moustache set or something of that ilk inside, anyhow. Not that they'll ever find out without x-ray vision...




LOL! I worked at NOA (Nintendo of America) back in the early 90s, and had my mitts on quite a few of those competition game paks at one time or another - not to mention some of those rare and obscure titles that people would call in about once in a blue moon. When I finish my time machine, I'll be sure to grab a current price list before I head back.


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