Thursday, April 17, 2008

Nerd Geek Test

I'm not really sure what defines a dork/geek, but I'd be willing to bet the control of electrons has something to do with it. Millions of people go home every night and stare at fancy boxes with various patterns of electrons. Apparently staring at patterns of electrons has become so normal that these people are fine and this is acceptable in society. 

Even small user changes to electron patterns are normal and the acceptable way of doing this is with a small rectangular box that is held in one hand. The small rectangular box is used to switch to different patterns until one finds a pattern of their liking and sticks with it.

If a user wants more control and wants to switch from controlling which patterns he sees to controlling the patterns themselves, he changes to a better input device. This input device is usually held with two hands as opposed to the small rectangular box that is held with one. Holding the two handed device the user is given greater control over the electron patterns. This level of control allows more precise movement of shapes within the patterns. This level of control seems to fall beyond what is acceptable by society.

Test this out next time your at home controlling your electron box. How much control do you have? Does this relate to your own view of how geeky / nerdy you envision yourself? Let me know.

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