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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Martinus on May 14, 2001, 08:46:00 am
Reading the cold fusion thread has got me wondering, what kind of "schooling" have you guys got? There are obviously a lot of smart people hanging around here.

I've done A level Biology, chemistry and physics, I've also done a Higher national certificate in electronics and computing.
I am about to start a HND in multimedia and computing in september.

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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Warlock on May 14, 2001, 09:29:00 am
5 years US Army Electronics Tech, nightvision, thermal veiwers, Checmical alarms/detectors, GPS systems, etc

1 year Field tech, bank alarms, ATMs, Card Access systems, CCTV system, drive through terminals, vaults, etc.

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Post by: Ypoknons on May 14, 2001, 09:53:00 am
Don't rub it in.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif) I might be ancient, but I'm only 14!  I'm still in Middle School.   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) But I've done my .pof work...

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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: wEvil on May 14, 2001, 10:30:00 am
A level in fine art and AS in I.T
9 GCSEs

nothing particularly amazing..but since i'm one of those people that the education system failed spectacularly on....
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Jabu on May 14, 2001, 10:30:00 am
Umm... I'm in 9th grade...
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Woomeister on May 14, 2001, 10:37:00 am
A Levels in Physics, Computing and History
12 GCSE's

Currently studying for a degree in Computer Technology.
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: QXMX on May 14, 2001, 10:57:00 am
Physics Major, second year.  Minor in Computer Sciences.   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Fineus on May 14, 2001, 11:07:00 am
Oh, im so clever! I've got.... common entrance for 13+.... hehe

I take my GCSEs in three weeks though  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Styxx on May 14, 2001, 11:23:00 am
Degree in computer science, completed when I was 21, focusing on computer graphics.

One year experience with microelectronics, working on circuit optimization and translation.

Three years experience on computer graphics, working on programming 3D engines for medical applications and scientific visualization.

Three years experience on web applications development and integration, working mainly with advanced Java applications, application servers, database integration and middleware integration and development.


I have plans to start an MBA on e-commerce soon - or something related to AI. Neural nets or genetic algorithms, probably...
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Max Sterling on May 14, 2001, 11:43:00 am
Hehe. You asked for it.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)


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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: morris13 on May 14, 2001, 11:50:00 am
National Merit Scholar back when I graduated about 12 years ago. Currently a double major in Philosophy and Religious Studies. Voracious reader in most non-fiction areas.
If you want to read some really good, really easy to understand stuff on astrophysics and stellar mechanics go find the stuff Isaac Asimov wrote about it. Some of it might be a lil dated but its all VERY well written and none of it is going to be actually wrong. I learned pretty much everything a person needs to know about the life cycle of stars when I was 10 by reading one of his books.
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Starwing on May 14, 2001, 12:03:00 pm
12th grade exams, however you call them in English, with a 1 in physics, and 1- in English (1: best mark, 6: worst mark)
Currently studying "Physical Technology and Information Processing" the forth semester.
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: phreak on May 14, 2001, 02:20:00 pm
I would say i'm extremely intelligent but my school offers teachers that don't teach real well so i just read ahead so i can understand their mumbles.
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Unidan on May 14, 2001, 02:51:00 pm
Me in 7 grade. Me oly twevle. Me stupid.
J/K

No, I may be young but I understand everything you guys throw at me, from POF's to TBL's.


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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Shrike on May 14, 2001, 04:04:00 pm
3 years post secondary in geology.
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Grey Wolf on May 14, 2001, 04:12:00 pm
8th grade, high honors since 6th grade, ~97 average for science since 6th grade.
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: The Claw on May 14, 2001, 04:28:00 pm
8 GCSE's, doing 5 A levels (including General Studies, which I was forced to do).
 And and IQ of 130, apparently.
 Also a interest in fusion experiments that has led to many late nights on the web looking through various scientific websites.


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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Setekh on May 14, 2001, 05:00:00 pm
Year 10, but I am doing the HSC course this year (it's meant to be done in year 12 - it allows passage to university).
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Darkshear on May 14, 2001, 05:05:00 pm
I was in college when I was 15 if that counts...
majored in graphic design and commercial art...
have certificates in Aircraft mechanics and aircraft manufacture...
shame I don't do that stuff anymore...
I had to decide to be a starving artist instead :/
Though I hope to aspire to be a not quite starving artist someday :P
It's a big step...but I have high ambitions :P
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Martinus on May 14, 2001, 05:20:00 pm
Wow, I wasn't half right about the talent around here, between the lot of us I recon we should try and design a fully operational destroyer.

 
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Warlock said:
1 year Field tech, bank alarms, ATMs, Card Access systems, CCTV system, drive through terminals, vaults, etc.

In which case are you interested in doing a bank job???   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

 
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The Claw proclaimed:
Also a interest in fusion experiments that has led to many late nights on the web looking through various scientific websites.

...and a few demolished sheds no doubt   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) BOOOM, crap dunnit again...

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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Setekh on May 15, 2001, 01:09:00 am
We seem to have a very intelligent FreeSpace community. Or is it just the HLP community? Aha!  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Jabu on May 15, 2001, 02:00:00 am
The latter.

Only 13 days of school left in this bloody place. Moving on...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Oh yeah, I'm really smart. 10 in physics, maths and English  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
(10 is the best, 4 is the worst)
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Ypoknons on May 15, 2001, 03:45:00 am
HLF community.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) But I'm not included in that catagory, no matter what they say at school! Unidan reminds me of my newbie days... I was modelling and tbling FS1 at that time. Yes, I'm a brag.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif) But I haven't gotten any better at it!

Hey, that's OT... Sorry.

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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Setekh on May 15, 2001, 04:40:00 am
Nah, it's cool. One of the great things about this community (I mean the Hard Light one, which I think will continue even after FS is gone) is that you guys are smart enough to moderate yourselves. Which is cool.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Arnav on May 15, 2001, 08:05:00 am
Krunk stupid.... no honestly. I'm slaved to my school chair doing twenty two IGCSE exams for 9 subjects in the space of three weeks!
Oh yeah, I get A's.


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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Pez on May 15, 2001, 05:39:00 pm
I just wanna say that education doesn't matter all that much (it's good with a good education though) in terms when being smart. Just cause you have alot of education doesn't mean you are smart. Trust me, I meet idiots at the university everyday.

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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: IceFire on May 15, 2001, 07:04:00 pm
 
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We seem to have a very intelligent FreeSpace community. Or is it just the HLP community? Aha!

The HLP part of it is definately the benefactor.  At least right now.

HLP is more of a niche site with an emphasis on modding and an even greater emphasis on people who already are knowledgeable about the topic.  This requires an average IQ higher than a brick wall, which is what you experience on the general forums such as the VWBB and the VBB.  Not all the time granted but most of the time.

I'm personally just a high school student.  Average wouldn't quite fit because I've been all over the board in terms of marks although i'm proud of my recent achievements and potential scholarships for next year (although small and insignificant, still a source of pride).  As far as talking physics and the like, I can't do the calculations and I probably won't take another hardcore science course in my life, but I do enjoy the subject casually and I can talk the talk in general theory and terms.

Its not intelligence, or education persay, but the interest and the attitude.
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Martinus on May 15, 2001, 07:10:00 pm
 
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Its not intelligence, or education persay, but the interest and the attitude.

Very well said.
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Setekh on December 15, 2001, 03:02:00 am
I was Krooz™ing along some of the old HLP threads and found this one. Some of these old ones really interested me... but the new generation of HLPers hasn't really seen them at all. So, I want all of youse to answer the question... what is your education level?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) To that effect...

*bump!*
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: NeoHunter on December 15, 2001, 03:40:00 am
Here I go......

Just managed to get into Secondary School.

Passed my GCE "O" Levels with a nice score of 14 points for Best Five Subjects.

Got a Diploma in Multimedia Computing.

Now, waiting for the Army to call me in for National Service.

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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Sandwich on December 15, 2001, 05:56:00 am
Hmmm... I didn't really care all that much for the schools here, even though on average the level of education is higher here in Israel than in the USA.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

But when I asked to major in Computer Science and they placed me in Tourisim (since it had a few points of computers and required good English), I realized that my education would not come from the 1-12th grade educational system. I started teaching myself everything about computers I could get my hands on - hardware, OS'es, HTML, networking - basically everything except hard-core programming (no time... yet).

Of course right after 12th grade the army stole me for 3 years, so since then I've been playing catch-up. I'll probably go into Uni. in February for somethhing or other in computers... PHP and MySQL, possibly. Anyways, my interests have never been content with remaining mere interests, and I've always tried to read up as much as possible about many things - astronomy, higher physics, etc etc - so my base knowledge is quite wide.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

Then there's my sense of humor.... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif) I'm hoping it's genetic, so I have an excuse.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)

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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Zeronet on December 15, 2001, 06:31:00 am
I,ve only got 1 GSCE C grade in Science but i did that last, when i was 14 so i think im on track   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif). Note C was the highest you could get  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: CP5670 on December 15, 2001, 06:31:00 am
Only 15 years old here (10th grade), so I haven't really gotten a chance to study some things I really want to yet. That should change in a few years.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) (getting heavily into mechanical engineering and theoretical astrophysics, so those would be my first choices in college) IMHO the school system here sucks though, so I do a lot of stuff independently.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: The Claw on December 15, 2001, 07:10:00 am
Heh.... how old is this?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
 Ah, since then I've flopped my exams since I never did any work, then decided to do some work and not flop these ones coming up  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
 Heh... I've also for some strange reason got half of the girls in the year below me fancying me... strange really. But then again, I'm not arguing.
 Next year me and my mate Beaver are gonna probably do a 2 year college course in computing, with the aim of eventually becoming coders... maybe. Still not sure what I want to do  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: an0n on December 15, 2001, 07:47:00 am
7 GCSE's
Studying AS Maths Mechanics and Physics,
doing Biology and Chemistry next year (studying all to A level) then Law and History to AS in my final year.

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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Thorn on December 15, 2001, 08:00:00 am
I graduate from high school this year, after that, I really dont know what I'm gonna do for my education..
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Nico on December 15, 2001, 08:56:00 am
heh, I'll told you, but you won't understand anything, it's french stuff hehe:
So, at college, 2 years of general education, I did one year of STI (Industrial technics science), then 2 years of bac L (Litterature). then went to faculty for one year (English DEUG), and now I'm in art school (hand graphic school). Next year, I go to computer graphics school, for 6 months, and then should be provided with a job  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
(after all, you should understand everything, I think I explained enough  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) )
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Post by: aldo_14 on December 15, 2001, 09:55:00 am
8 standard grades (6 1's, 2 2's)
7 Highers (4 A's, 2 B's, 1 C)
1 SYS B
2nd year student, Computer Science (BSc) at University of Strathclyde...possibly doing a masters after my degree in 2/3 years time.
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: jonskowitz on December 15, 2001, 06:45:00 pm
  I managed to get through highschool  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

  I have a 2yr degree in automotive sciences, and I'm starting on my associate degree next quarter to go towards getting my Master's degree (4yr) in computer science.

  Most of the rest of what I know is the result of a very disjointed and scitzophrenic bunch of interests including:
 theoretical physics (mostly resaerch for ideas into various Sci-Fi ideas, such as FTL travel and the real world effects of Einstien's field equasion),
 Drama and writing (again, to develope Sci-Fi stories and backgrounds),
 Electronics (cause I love to play with gadgets),
 Aviation design (cause I love building flyable models),
 Mathmatics (up to Algebra, can't remember most of the Trig/ Calc I learned.  Been too long since I used any of it),
 A smattering of programming in C, C++, and VBasic (just barely enough to get myself in trouble  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif) ),
 and... baking  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)  (Christmas time in my house is so cool, never a shortage of cookies, candies, or romantic candle-lit dinners  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif) )

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Post by: mikhael on December 15, 2001, 07:04:00 pm
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Self taught unix geek (been doing that for the last ten years). I have 1 semester (4 credits) of Lightwave modelling.

I spent 5 yrs in the navy, a year as a web hosting company sysadmin, a year as a college sysadmin and now I work for another webhosting company.

I am mostly self taught in all my skills. I read entirely too much (at least a novel a week, usually more like three to five). I spend my free time working on 3d modelling, games (not as much as I'd like), web design, quantum theory and other 'hard' sciences.

In summary? I'm a geek  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif).

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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Grey Wolf on December 15, 2001, 11:20:00 pm
Brilliant. Just damn brilliant.   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/devil.gif)

I'm taking 10th grade math in 9th grade and it's quite easy. I'm probably the smartest person in my Science and English classes, and in the upper fifth for my Math, Global Studies, and French classes.

Let me put it this way: have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Morons.
You get a cookie if you tell me where that's from.

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Post by: Blue Lion on December 15, 2001, 11:30:00 pm
I'm dumb as a brick

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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: diamondgeezer on December 16, 2001, 12:53:00 am
A-levels in Chemistry, Geology and Geography.

Currently studying for an MGeol in extra-terrestrial volcanism (Olympus Mons 0wnz j00, Hawaii!)
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: mikhael on December 16, 2001, 01:18:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009:
Brilliant. Just damn brilliant.    (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/devil.gif)

I'm taking 10th grade math in 9th grade and it's quite easy. I'm probably the smartest person in my Science and English classes, and in the upper fifth for my Math, Global Studies, and French classes.

Let me put it this way: have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Morons.
You get a cookie if you tell me where that's from.

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Vizinni in the Princess Bride, when the Sicilian is about to attempt to outwit the Man in Black, I think.



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Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Grey Wolf on December 16, 2001, 01:19:00 am
 
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Originally posted by mikhael:
Vizinni in the Princess Bride, when the Sicilian is about to attempt to outwit the Man in Black, I think.
Your cookie will be sent to you by the Alpha 2 delivery service  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: WarpStar on December 18, 2001, 01:12:00 am
I got nothing more than a some education, but I do a lot of independent reading into physics and such, as that's my major  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: How smart are you?
Post by: Setekh on December 18, 2001, 01:42:00 am
It seems HLP attracts the thinkers, eh?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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Post by: Fineus on December 18, 2001, 02:04:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Setekh:
It seems HLP attracts the thinkers, eh?   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Looks around

Really?!