From a scale 1 to 10 how much of a computer person are you?

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WyteWatt

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Ok 1 is the lowest and 10 is the highest. When i am saying how much of a computer person you are i mean like how much you use the computer, etc.

I am a 10 i believe. I am always trying to learn something new on the computer. Like how to use a new program, gaming, upgrading my computer, building a new homebuilt computer, looking at hardware on newegg.com, reading new reviews, in computer forums, etc! Computers never get boring and thats what makes me like them so much! All the other stuff i was into like RC cars and trucks, power rangers when i was a lot younger, ninja turtles , etc all got boring very fast unlike computers! Always new hardware, reviews, games, etc! Never ever boring.

 
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Marshallj

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I guess that would make me an "11"

I've done all that, had a commodore 64, used to go on BBS's before the internet was popular, posted on Usenet in the early 90s, built 386's, 486's, pentiums, Ppros, P2's, etc. and I've been to Comdex twice (as an employee for a motherboard manufacturer).
 
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vi edit

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Ten, in my mind would be a guy that programs assembly, thinks in binary, can design his own CPU, and writes his own operating system.

Overall, I'd put myself at about a 7.5. Pretty competant, but by no means a grand master of all things computer related.
 
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gopunk

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i know how things work and crap, but i don't keep up date with hardware or stuff. i have more of an interest in theory of computation and AI related stuff (in those areas i have a 10)
 
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NewSc2

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Originally posted by: vi_edit
Ten, in my mind would be a guy that programs assembly, thinks in binary, can design his own CPU, and writes his own operating system.

Overall, I'd put myself at about a 7.5. Pretty competant, but by no means a grand master of all things computer related.
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I agree, to be a 10 you have to be like Bill Gates or somebody. If you like to tinker around with computers and you call yourself a 10, then what would somebody that knows how to program OS's and such be?

I do keep up with computers and build my own computers, and I oc/ed my p4 from 2.0A to 2.75ghz (like it was REALLY REALLY REALLY hard... :roll;) but I consider myself about a 7
 
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Deeko

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Computer...kill flanders.
Did I hear my name? My ears are burning!
Good start! now finish the job!
^my answering machine message
 
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melly

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speak for yourself.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, HEROES IN A HALF SHELL!
 
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Barnaby W. Füi

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I love programming and want to "be all I can be" as far as programming goes. OS development is cool, webdev, general purpose scripting, it's all fun.

In my mind I'm a 10 but compared to alot of people I'm pretty low on the ladder. Compared to most of atot I'm probably a 10 ;)
 
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melly

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Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
I love programming and want to "be all I can be" as far as programming goes. OS development is cool, webdev, general purpose scripting, it's all fun.

In my mind I'm a 10 but compared to alot of people I'm pretty low on the ladder. Compared to most of atot I'm probably a 10 ;)
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you're a ten in every way ;)
 
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Barnaby W. Füi

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Originally posted by: caramel
speak for yourself.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, HEROES IN A HALF SHELL!
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o/` they're the world's most fiercest fighting teens o/` [ ..teenage mutant ninja turtles ..] o/`

o/` they're heroes in a halfshell, and they're green! o/` [ ..teenage mutant ninja turtles ..] o/`

o/` when the evil shredder attacks, these turtle boys don't cut him no slack! o/`
 
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Siddhartha

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If I am sitting down at work, I am sitting in front of my computer. At home, my computer is always on. It is a hobby that provides entertainment, information, and it satisfies my need to tinker without getting dirty like working on cars.
 
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Zugzwang152

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i'm gonna say 8 for me, because while i'm very interested and relatively competant in computers, i'm no genius, and i have a lot to learn.
 
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beer

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IMO, a 10 would be someone who has a Doctorate in EE and specializes in one part of the design process (i.e microarchitecture), and has a general theory behind how computers work.

Using applications or programming in a high level language does not make you a 10. It should be a logarithmic scale, I'd say. Just because most of the world is a 1, and you are ten times their literacy, does not make you a 10. It would make you a 2. A 4 year college graduate in EE is probably a 8. A 9 or 10 requires you to be very involved in multiple components of the design process and having done extensive research to further the computing industry.

I'm a freshman EE. I can program straight C, C++, php, mySQL...all that is really irrelevant compared to C.
I know Linux fairly well, all microsoft platforms, and OSX (kinda)
I also have a good deal of 'certification' style knowledge, namely networks, etc.

But, like I said, a computer person should understand WHY and HOW it works...not just using applications. You can train a monkey to plug in parts, use a program, play games, and read hardware specs. It's another level to understand hardware specs, though.

I know a bit about processsor design, but its entirely theoretical. Now, using my scale, I'm a 5. After next year, I'll probably be a 7, because I will have taken a good number of logic and signal sources. I'll be an 8-8.5 when I graduate.

I'd say, unless you have EE-level knowledge, you can max out at a 5. This includes programmers that do anything other than C or assembly for the x86 platform.If you can program well, in C, I'd say you can max out at a 6.5 Simply because, to truly understand why a C compiler works, you need to understand how the computer allocates memory, uses the stack, and stores functions. Such knowledge is fairly rare. With anything else, simply because it can be done through memorization does not make you a "computer" person. Just because you can memorize and spit back software configs and clock speeds does not make you a computer person. And certainly, playing games, reading forums, looking at web sites, or chatting is utterly worthless if you are trying to evaluate how much you know about computers.

So, on a Log10 scale, I'm a 5 now.
 
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MWink

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Normally I'd consider myself a 10 but I guess I'm now only a 9 since I bought a Dell. :Q (Though it was a hot deal)
 
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notfred

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Originally posted by: imtim83
use a new program, gaming, looking at hardware on newegg.com, reading new reviews, in computer forums, etc!
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Yeah, that makes you a 10
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beer

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Originally posted by: Tyler
Originally posted by: imtim83
use a new program, gaming, looking at hardware on newegg.com, reading new reviews, in computer forums, etc!
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Yeah, that makes you a 10
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bascially what i said
except in a less direct way

 
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