Golden_Eternity's Computer Purity Test

-- Sex and Computers --
Met anyone in real life that you first met online?
-Had sex with them?
-Married them?
Broken up with a real life boyfriend/girlfriend online?
Ever had a membership at an adult website?
Ever had your own electronic archive of adult material?
-Was it larger than a gig?
-Did you have to purchase new hardware to hold all your porn?
Ever had your own adult website?


Ever researched sexual techniques online?
-Used what you learned...?


Taken an online sexual purity test?
-Used it as a guide for future activities?
Written such a test?


-- Modems --
Do you remember 2400 baud modems?
-Do you still have one?
Do you know what ATDT5551212 does?
Can you tell how fast a modem is connecting by listening to it?
Can you diagnose connection issues by the sound a modem does/doesn't make?


-- Hardware --
Ever voided a hardware warrantee?
Vacuumed the inside of your computer?
-Did it run faster?
Hot-swapped hard drives?
Do you have spare parts lying around your room (in a box in your closet, etc.)?
Had enough non-functional hardware components to put together a fully non-functional system?
Ever used the Laser housing from a CD-ROM as a refrigerator magnet (Yes, they are magnetic)?
Ever had a computer catch on fire?
-Was it back online by the end of the day?
-Within two hours?
Ever had a UPS cut power to your rack?
Stuck an antenna ball on your wireless LAN receiver?


-- BBS --
Ever been on a Bulletin Board System (BBS)?
Ever run a BBS?
Played Trade Wars?
Legend of the Red Dragon?
Lied to gain adult access to a BBS?


Ever used Telix?
Terminal?
COMit?


-- Configuring & Tweaking --
Have you ever configured a config.sys file?
Have you modified an autoexec.bat?


Compiled your own kernel?
-From over 400 miles away?
-Did it work right the first time?


Formatted your hard drive?
-More than once?
-Just for fun?
As an alternative to ordinary system maintenance (i.e., clearing out old files, defragmenting, etc.)?


Have you edited your system registry?
-Modified your Windows 95 startup tips?
-The Run history?
-Did it still run?


Hex edited an important system file?
-Changed the Start button?
-Made a "Clear" button clear?
-Did it work afterward?


Have you ever had to call tech support?
Did you know more than the support rep?
Ever done something they told you was "impossible"?
-Can you demonstrate it?
-Have you documented it?
Have you ever BEEN tech support?
-Do you now have a profound understanding of the stupidity inherent in the common man?


-- Old Time Online --
Have you ever been on AOL?
Before it provided access to the internet?


Do you remember the internet before the world wide web?
Used Gopher?
Archie?
Veronica?


-- Obsession --
When asked if you speak any language other than English, answered:
C?
HTML?
Java?
Fortran?


Dreamed about programming?
-Playing a computer game?
-Someone you met online?


Stayed up all night on your computer?
-Online?
-Working on hardware?
-Rebuilding your system (Software)?
-Reading the BOFH collection?


Left your computer running for more than a day?
-A week?
-A month?
-100 days?
-Just because it running something (e.g. Distributed.net's RC5 Challenge)?


-- Telnet --
Sent e-mail using telnet?
Posted to a newsgroup using telnet?


-- Piracy --
Have you ever circumvented copy protection on software?
Used/posessessed software in violation of copyright/license agreement?
-Distributed it?
Created a digital copy of an audio track in violation of copyright laws?
-Distributed it?


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