Re: IQ

Bill H. said:

Bah.

IQ tests are meaningless. Sure, they might be able to measure some
abstract abilitiy when it comes to mathematics, pattern recognition and
spatial comprehension, blah blah blah. I took those all the time when
I was about 18. What do they tell you? A number. Big deal. For the
record, I also got a 140.

The real question is: What are you going to do with your life?

Do? Haven't you been following the Iron Bill ($hit! Owe Sornson
another dime....) story??

It's like George Plimpton and Homer Simpson had a love child!

Bill H. said:

Bah.

IQ tests are meaningless. Sure, they might be able to measure some
abstract abilitiy when it comes to mathematics, pattern recognition and
spatial comprehension, blah blah blah. I took those all the time when
I was about 18. What do they tell you? A number. Big deal. For the
record, I also got a 140.

I think that is as far as they go on line. As far as I could tell I aced it.

Quoted message said:

The real question is: What are you going to do with your life?

At 56 I am still working on it. There is plenty of time left.

IQ

Quoted message said:

tests don't measure whether a person has goals, how committed he/she
is, nor if their goals are in line with anything remotely realistic.
Oh, and they tell nothing of how you deal with other people or
creativity problem solving, which are probably much bigger factors in
acquiring wealth, status, success and a happy, fulfilled life than what
some online test tells you about yourself.

I am not worried about acquiring wealth since I have been in a position
of having way too much money in the past and it did not make me happier.
The 140 explains in part why I do such crazy and reckless things, mostly
out of boredom. Being rich enough to die in a mansion surrounded by
servants and beneficiaries counting my days is not where I want to be.
If I kill myself on a bike I will have as Frank Sinatra said, "did it my
way.".

Quoted message said:

Same thing for all those who want to join Mensa. What's the point? To
sit around drinking cocktails talking about how smart you are and how
difficult life is when you're a genius? No thanks...

That is exactly why I did not join. One meeting was more than enough.

Quoted message said:

-Bill H.

Live life the way you want,
Bill Baka

Neil Brooks said:

Bill H. said:

Bah.

IQ tests are meaningless. Sure, they might be able to measure some
abstract abilitiy when it comes to mathematics, pattern recognition and
spatial comprehension, blah blah blah. I took those all the time when
I was about 18. What do they tell you? A number. Big deal. For the
record, I also got a 140.

The real question is: What are you going to do with your life?

Do? Haven't you been following the Iron Bill ($hit! Owe Sornson
another dime....) story??

It's like George Plimpton and Homer Simpson had a love child!

Neil,
You are one of the self righteous inferiors I hang out to irritate.
Bill Baka

bbaka said:

Neil Brooks said:

Bill H. said:

Bah.

IQ tests are meaningless. Sure, they might be able to measure some
abstract abilitiy when it comes to mathematics, pattern recognition and
spatial comprehension, blah blah blah. I took those all the time when
I was about 18. What do they tell you? A number. Big deal. For the
record, I also got a 140.

The real question is: What are you going to do with your life?

Do? Haven't you been following the Iron Bill ($hit! Owe Sornson
another dime....) story??

It's like George Plimpton and Homer Simpson had a love child!

Neil,
You are one of the self righteous inferiors I hang out to irritate.
Bill Baka

.. . . having a little difficulty squaring:

- being referred to as self-righteous, and
- being called inferior by the one *calling me* self-righteous

Quite the conundrum.

Can you shed a little light on that for me, Bill? I'd be grateful.

Neil Brooks said:

bbaka said:

Neil Brooks said:

"Bill H." <[email hidden]> wrote:

>Bah.
>
>IQ tests are meaningless. Sure, they might be able to measure some
>abstract abilitiy when it comes to mathematics, pattern recognition and
>spatial comprehension, blah blah blah. I took those all the time when
>I was about 18. What do they tell you? A number. Big deal. For the
>record, I also got a 140.
>
>The real question is: What are you going to do with your life?

Do? Haven't you been following the Iron Bill ($hit! Owe Sornson
another dime....) story??

It's like George Plimpton and Homer Simpson had a love child!

Neil,
You are one of the self righteous inferiors I hang out to irritate.
Bill Baka

.. . . having a little difficulty squaring:

- being referred to as self-righteous, and
- being called inferior by the one *calling me* self-righteous

Quite the conundrum.

Can you shed a little light on that for me, Bill? I'd be grateful.

You mean I have to explain every little dig? I thought you could figure
that one out without your mommy helping you.
Bill Baka

bbaka said:

Neil Brooks said:

bbaka said:

Neil Brooks wrote:

>"Bill H." <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Bah.
>>
>>IQ tests are meaningless. Sure, they might be able to measure some
>>abstract abilitiy when it comes to mathematics, pattern recognition and
>>spatial comprehension, blah blah blah. I took those all the time when
>>I was about 18. What do they tell you? A number. Big deal. For the
>>record, I also got a 140.
>>
>>The real question is: What are you going to do with your life?
>
>
>Do? Haven't you been following the Iron Bill ($hit! Owe Sornson
>another dime....) story??
>
>It's like George Plimpton and Homer Simpson had a love child!

Neil,
You are one of the self righteous inferiors I hang out to irritate.
Bill Baka

.. . . having a little difficulty squaring:

- being referred to as self-righteous, and
- being called inferior by the one *calling me* self-righteous

Quite the conundrum.

Can you shed a little light on that for me, Bill? I'd be grateful.

You mean I have to explain every little dig? I thought you could figure
that one out without your mommy helping you.
Bill Baka

Since I came to you for help on this, I can only assume . . .

Bill? You're my mommy?

Mom? Can I have a bike? Preferably a Moots??

bbaka <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

.. . . having a little difficulty squaring:

- being referred to as self-righteous, and
- being called inferior by the one *calling me*
self-righteous

Quite the conundrum.

Can you shed a little light on that for me, Bill? I'd be
grateful.

You mean I have to explain every little dig? I thought you could
figure that one out without your mommy helping you.
Bill Baka

[censored] Bill, you're his Mommy? Wonders will never cease.

Rich said:

bbaka said:

I thought about it for a while longer and in retrospect I know I did
'ace' it

You THINK you aced it. You think wrong.

Having just reread "Stranger in a Strange land", I Grok I aced it.
Too simple, just like the Army IQ test I aced.
Bill Baka

bbaka said:

Having just reread "Stranger in a Strange land", I Grok I aced it.
Too simple, just like the Army IQ test I aced.
Bill Baka

Having taken it and scored higher, I know you didn't.

Bill H. said:

Same thing for all those who want to join Mensa. What's the point?
To sit around drinking cocktails talking about how smart you are and
how difficult life is when you're a genius? No thanks...

No, it's all about D&D and Star Trek, and and maybe half-step gearing...

Matt O.

bbaka said:

'YOU' never will get it so I give up, but I can't kill file you either
unless I change readers so here we are. I thought about it for a while
longer and in retrospect I know I did 'ace' it so the only way it could
have gone farther is if it was timed. I got 150 one time at work while I
was talking to my boss and answering the test questions. He knew what I
was doing but as long as I was in the conversation he didn't care.
That was multitasking.
Bill Baka

You know, Bill, I used to think of you as mostly idiot. Then I thought of
you as mostly jerk. Then I thought of you as simply childish. But this
thread has explained it all, and it's been like an epiphany; you are
entertainment; you are the comic relief of rec.bicycles.misc.

Austin
--
I'm pedaling as fast as I durn well please!
There are no X characters in my address

Rich said:

bbaka said:

Having just reread "Stranger in a Strange land", I Grok I aced it.
Too simple, just like the Army IQ test I aced.
Bill Baka

Having taken it and scored higher, I know you didn't.

I'll second that. I was going to leave Iron Bill (do I have to pay
royalties for that?) in his ignorance, but since you broke the ice, I'll
make sure he's heard it twice.

Austin
--
I'm pedaling as fast as I durn well please!
There are no X characters in my address

AustinMN said:

Rich said:

bbaka said:

Having just reread "Stranger in a Strange land", I Grok I aced it.
Too simple, just like the Army IQ test I aced.
Bill Baka

Having taken it and scored higher, I know you didn't.

I'll second that. I was going to leave Iron Bill (do I have to pay
royalties for that?)

First one's free.

Quoted message said:

in his ignorance, but since you broke the ice,
I'll make sure he's heard it twice.

Poet 'n know it?

AustinMN said:

bbaka said:

'YOU' never will get it so I give up, but I can't kill file you either
unless I change readers so here we are. I thought about it for a while
longer and in retrospect I know I did 'ace' it so the only way it could
have gone farther is if it was timed. I got 150 one time at work while I
was talking to my boss and answering the test questions. He knew what I
was doing but as long as I was in the conversation he didn't care.
That was multitasking.
Bill Baka

You know, Bill, I used to think of you as mostly idiot. Then I thought of
you as mostly jerk. Then I thought of you as simply childish. But this
thread has explained it all, and it's been like an epiphany; you are
entertainment; you are the comic relief of rec.bicycles.misc.

Hey, hey, HEY... when did Fabrizio resign?

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $695 ti frame

Rich said:

bbaka said:

Having just reread "Stranger in a Strange land", I Grok I aced it.
Too simple, just like the Army IQ test I aced.
Bill Baka

Having taken it and scored higher, I know you didn't.

I took the test at the Army induction center in Oakland, Ca. in 1966, so
it may have been different. Why would I cheat on an IQ test just to get
drafted? That is what they accused me of doing.
So I didn't go to Vietnam because they thought I had no respect for
authority and I am not complaining about that odd outcome.
Bill Baka

AustinMN said:

bbaka said:

'YOU' never will get it so I give up, but I can't kill file you either
unless I change readers so here we are. I thought about it for a while
longer and in retrospect I know I did 'ace' it so the only way it
could have gone farther is if it was timed. I got 150 one time at work
while I was talking to my boss and answering the test questions. He
knew what I was doing but as long as I was in the conversation he
didn't care.
That was multitasking.
Bill Baka

You know, Bill, I used to think of you as mostly idiot. Then I thought
of you as mostly jerk. Then I thought of you as simply childish. But
this thread has explained it all, and it's been like an epiphany; you
are entertainment; you are the comic relief of rec.bicycles.misc.

Austin

If it serves a purpose why not?? I have many a case of epiphany while
riding. Besides, as far as me and this group, would I be here if I was
Forrest Gump? Some of the replies to my 'occasional' trolling have had
me ROTFLMAO.
Life need not be serious, it just happens, so go with the flow.
Bill Baka