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Hacker Purity Test (1989)
E HACKER TEST - Version 1.0 From NutWorks, the former Bitnet humour group Submitted-by: claudio@amsoft.imp.com (Claudio Nieder, Uster, Switzerland) Preface: 06.16.89 This test was conceived and written by Felix Lee, John Hayes and Angela Thomas at the end of the spring semester, 1989. It has gone through many revisions prior to this initial release, and will undoubtedly go through many more.
(Slight revisions by William Ward on 12.08.89) Herewith a compendium of fact and folklore about computer hackerdom, cunningly disguised as a test. To determine your hacker purity, use the submit button at the bottom, or subtract the number of questions you answered yes to from 0x200. Find your purity in this table: 0x000 and 0x016 -> Wizard 0x017 and 0x040 -> Guru 0x041 and 0x080 -> Hacker 0x081 and 0x0C0 -> Nerd 0x0C1 and 0x100 -> Operator 0x101 and 0x180 -> User 0x181 and 0x200 -> Computer Illiterate
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