Comments on: Test reveals: highest IQs use Firefox on MacPPC, lowest use Firefox on Win98 http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 12:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Misfitina http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194819 Misfitina Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194819 Wow Ivy Leaguers engaged in "studies" that reinforce their classist superiority? Who'da thunkit? My research indicates that the bigger a douchebag you are, the more tendency you have to go to an Institution with an obscene tuition cost. Wow Ivy Leaguers engaged in “studies” that reinforce their classist superiority? Who’da thunkit?

My research indicates that the bigger a douchebag you are, the more tendency you have to go to an Institution with an obscene tuition cost.

]]> By: QueQueg72 http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-195849 QueQueg72 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-195849 Apparently "I r teh stupid" because I don't know the symbol for Tungsten, and I didn't know who the first female prime minister of the UK. Apparently “I r teh stupid” because I don’t know the symbol for Tungsten, and I didn’t know who the first female prime minister of the UK.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-914954 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-914954 I clicked the A option as fast as I could and got an "IQ" of 105.8. Basically, that test is bunk if picking the same choice for every question quickly makes you smarter than "average" I clicked the A option as fast as I could and got an “IQ” of 105.8.

Basically, that test is bunk if picking the same choice for every question quickly makes you smarter than “average”

]]> By: nex http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194570 nex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194570 I had no idea that it doesn't even attempt to be anything remotely like an accurate test. I take it all back. I had no idea that it doesn’t even attempt to be anything remotely like an accurate test. I take it all back.

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194584 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194584 #25 Anonymous Thank god! That question was driving me nuts, I knew it was flawed. #25 Anonymous

Thank god! That question was driving me nuts, I knew it was flawed.

]]> By: Elvis Gump http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194590 Elvis Gump Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194590 What if I use Firefox on all my boxes? I run Ubuntu, XP, Mac and even an old Win98 machine I keep to fire-up in emergencies when I hang up the XP/Ubuntu machine and need net access. What if I use Firefox on all my boxes?

I run Ubuntu, XP, Mac and even an old Win98 machine I keep to fire-up in emergencies when I hang up the XP/Ubuntu machine and need net access.

]]> By: nemrel http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194594 nemrel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194594 No, in fact using firefox on Windows 98SE is the only smart way to browse the internet on Windows 98. IE 7 and 8 don't work on Windows 98, so if you want IE you have to use IE 6 which has so many security holes in it. At least Firefox's latest builds work on 98. I have my parents using Windows 98SE (XP seriously is too had of a jump for them at 60 years-old oto figure out (I'm not being an agist)) and I always yell at them for not using Firefox instead of IE 6. No, in fact using firefox on Windows 98SE is the only smart way to browse the internet on Windows 98. IE 7 and 8 don’t work on Windows 98, so if you want IE you have to use IE 6 which has so many security holes in it. At least Firefox’s latest builds work on 98. I have my parents using Windows 98SE (XP seriously is too had of a jump for them at 60 years-old oto figure out (I’m not being an agist)) and I always yell at them for not using Firefox instead of IE 6.

]]> By: Roach http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194611 Roach Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194611 Knowing trivia has nothing to do with IQ. Bah. Apparently I got all those right, though. Knowing trivia has nothing to do with IQ. Bah. Apparently I got all those right, though.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-198496 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-198496 <i>I know that the web versions bump up your scores considerably</i> I get exactly the opposite. They always strip 30 to 40 points off mine. I know that the web versions bump up your scores considerably

I get exactly the opposite. They always strip 30 to 40 points off mine.

]]> By: bigpaul http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-195169 bigpaul Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-195169 104? That's not even above average! Not to be all 'tooting my own horn', but last time I did an IQ test, I came in around 145. I'm at my work computer now, so I'm typing this on Vista w/Firefox. But if I was at home I'd be writing this on latest version of Mandriva. I wonder what you'd see if you got into the 140-160 IQ range? Not may macs is my guess... 104? That’s not even above average!

Not to be all ‘tooting my own horn’, but last time I did an IQ test, I came in around 145. I’m at my work computer now, so I’m typing this on Vista w/Firefox. But if I was at home I’d be writing this on latest version of Mandriva.

I wonder what you’d see if you got into the 140-160 IQ range? Not may macs is my guess…

]]> By: Rick. http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194662 Rick. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194662 The test told me I'm the 2nd smartest person in Malibu, CA. Since I'm not in Malibu, it ain't too bright itself. The test told me I’m the 2nd smartest person in Malibu, CA. Since I’m not in Malibu, it ain’t too bright itself.

]]> By: Norm & Al http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-195187 Norm & Al Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-195187 Me bash stupid internets. Me bash stupid browser. Me bash meself. Internets for pron, stupid. Internets for music, stupid. Me bash RIAA. Grunt Grunt I eat glue! Me bash stupid internets. Me bash stupid browser. Me bash meself. Internets for pron, stupid. Internets for music, stupid. Me bash RIAA.

Grunt

Grunt

I eat glue!

]]> By: Clumpy http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194934 Clumpy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194934 What a small group to make such a sweeping statement. This test is so culturally biased and arbitrary that it's unreliable at best. What a small group to make such a sweeping statement. This test is so culturally biased and arbitrary that it’s unreliable at best.

]]> By: etorsten http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-201099 etorsten Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-201099 And the smartest people of the world live in Moldava (at the moment of this comment). Blogpost in German here: http://maciscool.blogspot.com/2008/06/safari-nutzer-intelligenter.html And the smartest people of the world live in Moldava (at the moment of this comment).

Blogpost in German here: http://maciscool.blogspot.com/2008/06/safari-nutzer-intelligenter.html

]]> By: Robbo http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194451 Robbo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194451 Woo-hoo! I'm a genius! But only if you take these things seriously - in which case you'd be a moron - so .... ... nevermind. Woo-hoo! I’m a genius!

But only if you take these things seriously – in which case you’d be a moron – so ….

… nevermind.

]]> By: Tenn http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194453 Tenn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194453 So I guess -85 IQ do not use internets? So I guess -85 IQ do not use internets?

]]> By: anthropomorphictoast http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194710 anthropomorphictoast Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194710 I'd be in the smart demographic if I could afford a Mac. :D I’d be in the smart demographic if I could afford a Mac. :D

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194460 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194460 If your IQ is 85, you use the computer in the Warden's office until the company comes to pick up Ripley. If your IQ is 85, you use the computer in the Warden’s office until the company comes to pick up Ripley.

]]> By: Falcon_Seven http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194461 Falcon_Seven Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194461 @2 No, they obviously use Firefox on Mac Intel.<br /> Just so you know, I'm not biased for/against Macs, I hate all computers equally. @2 No, they obviously use Firefox on Mac Intel.
Just so you know, I’m not biased for/against Macs, I hate all computers equally.

]]> By: Alex http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194462 Alex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194462 Of course, this doesn't take into account the browser/OS demographics of smart people who consider IQ tests bogus. Of course, this doesn’t take into account the browser/OS demographics of smart people who consider IQ tests bogus.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-195488 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-195488 What a pointless waste of non-renewable energy. As a non-US citizen, too many US-focussed general knowledge questions: What a relief that I happen to know that CC's third ship was the Santa Maria! Plus, I don't live in California, but on the opposite side of the globe. Where does this site get its location data from? The webmaster's backside? As someone who has been properly tested at 142 (and despite my reservations on the usefulness/accuracy of standardised "intelligence" tests), I feel let down by my paltry 112 on this test. I must be dumberer than I had thunk! What a pointless waste of non-renewable energy.

As a non-US citizen, too many US-focussed general knowledge questions: What a relief that I happen to know that CC’s third ship was the Santa Maria!

Plus, I don’t live in California, but on the opposite side of the globe. Where does this site get its location data from? The webmaster’s backside?

As someone who has been properly tested at 142 (and despite my reservations on the usefulness/accuracy of standardised “intelligence” tests), I feel let down by my paltry 112 on this test.

I must be dumberer than I had thunk!

]]> By: Angstrom http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194465 Angstrom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194465 It's good to see I'm the 72nd smartest person on the planet and also among the most credulous if I chose to believe that. I have to wonder about the people who scored so awfully on the test though http://www.iqleague.com/group.aspx?page=5&nameUrl=boingboing-net ouch ! It’s good to see I’m the 72nd smartest person on the planet and also among the most credulous if I chose to believe that.

I have to wonder about the people who scored so awfully on the test though

http://www.iqleague.com/group.aspx?page=5&nameUrl=boingboing-net

ouch !

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-198306 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-198306 By the way, all those who are saying their IQs are in the 140s and 150s: How did you take the test? I've taken several online tests, and always came out at least 140, and up to 160. However, I'm no genius so I know that the web versions bump up your scores considerably, on purpose or not... By the way, all those who are saying their IQs are in the 140s and 150s: How did you take the test?

I’ve taken several online tests, and always came out at least 140, and up to 160. However, I’m no genius so I know that the web versions bump up your scores considerably, on purpose or not…

]]> By: roryrhorerton http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194467 roryrhorerton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194467 Woo!! Smartest user of Firefox on UNIX! Second smartest person in Missouri! Let's see how long that holds up once people start filtering in from BB. Woo!! Smartest user of Firefox on UNIX! Second smartest person in Missouri!

Let’s see how long that holds up once people start filtering in from BB.

]]> By: CJ http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-195491 CJ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-195491 #31: That's nothing. It thinks I'm off in the ocean to the east of Madagascar. Gosh, I hope I'm at least on a raft... #31: That’s nothing. It thinks I’m off in the ocean to the east of Madagascar. Gosh, I hope I’m at least on a raft…

]]> By: nex http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194468 nex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194468 I suspect the scores around 100 +/- 5 are not statistically significant, but ff on Win98, whoa ... I wonder how many people were in that group. I suspect the scores around 100 +/- 5 are not statistically significant, but ff on Win98, whoa … I wonder how many people were in that group.

]]> By: hellhead http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-196262 hellhead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-196262 I think it's funny when people are all I took a test once and I had a 198 IQ. This is crap! Sorry, I just think it's funny. I took a test once and it said I had a 153 IQ. Seriously, I'ma genius. I'ma go diddle myself. I think it’s funny when people are all I took a test once and I had a 198 IQ. This is crap!

Sorry, I just think it’s funny. I took a test once and it said I had a 153 IQ. Seriously, I’ma genius.

I’ma go diddle myself.

]]> By: mmbb http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194471 mmbb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194471 Upon completion of the test, you are taken to a page called "congradulations.aspx" That's smrt! Upon completion of the test, you are taken to a page called “congradulations.aspx”

That’s smrt!

]]> By: mmbb http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194728 mmbb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194728 Rich Gibson is dumber than I am by 10 minutes. Yay, me! Rich Gibson is dumber than I am by 10 minutes. Yay, me!

]]> By: mdhatter http://boingboing.net/2008/05/23/test-reveals-highest.html#comment-194474 mdhatter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-194474 Gee, I use Firefox on a PPC Mac. It may be BS, but it made me smile. Gee, I use Firefox on a PPC Mac.

It may be BS, but it made me smile.

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