The AQ test

[elfs]

Charming. Both FallenPegasus and Zoneryie posted their scores on the Autism Quotient Test. The test reads, "The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives."

I scored 37.

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I backed out of the 2.6.3 kernel for my home box. It was so nice, so fast and shiny and all, but the ATAPI cd-record doesn't work (it seems to hang badly probing SCSI psuedo-channel 1, which I don't have) and the SCSI cd-record needs a reboot after every burn. On 2.4.24, I can repeatedly burn CDs all night long without complaint. So that's okay. Also, the NVidia driver for 2.6.3 isn't quite up there yet, so I'll wait. On 2.4.24, I get full three-D.

After running through the Service Pack 1 upgrade of Windows 98SE, the sound stopped working an Warcraft 3 just hangs. Time to re-install.

Lain is still down so my access to the outside world is seriously hampered by having a major chunk of my thought processes hidden behind a black screen even I can't reach through. Fortunately, Lain networks fine so I can still get to the data, even work with it, but it's awkward.

Comments

[riverheart.livejournal.com]

I scored 37.

I scored 12. That seems awfully low.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't know. Of all the people I know, you do seem to be one of those who easily reaches out and connects to other people, makes them feel happy and welcome. It seems to be intrinsic to who you are.

[firewheelvortex.livejournal.com]

Score: 34 - and while I'm aspy, I'm functional. OTOH, I'm WAY less social than you are, unless you have a drug regimin I need to know about.

The only time we were in the same venue (The Wet Spot) several years back, I missed the chance of introducing myself as I was on a couch upstairs near the exit, trying to not twitch visibly. Alas.

[wendor.livejournal.com]

Not sure I want to comment on my score of 40.

*shakes hands with the 'over 40' crowd*

[wolfwings.livejournal.com]

39-41 here, as two questions I waffle between mild agreement and mild disagreement all night long.

[kyriani.livejournal.com]

I scored a 35, same as last time I took that kind of test (was on some other psych site). No suprise there.

Score. And Win98se

[beschizza.livejournal.com]

33.

I built a tiny computer for use as a pseudo-console to play old arcade games (using MAME) and maybe become a Tivo.

To keep things simple, I had to go with Windows because I didn't want to get snarled up in getting TV-out working from redhat.

In the spirit of keeping everything legal, I decided to fish out my old Windows 98se disk for the job. It's the first time I've used it in about two years, and I'm [i]hating[/i] it.

The alleged 'speed' gain it gets you in gaming is mythical — it's just a more responsive, cleaner UI. But so much is just plain broken, weird, messy, jaggy (crappy font smoothing), that the whole experience is like a puddle of vomit on your computer desk, the semi-digested carrots spelling out "crippled, half arsed 'consumer' edition of actual OS" amid the bile.

If we are to bother with windows at all, it absolutely must be as good as it can get. 2000 with all the SPacks or XP is the way to go. With Xp ruling the roost these days, most workplaces and schools should have plently of copies of 2000 lying around doing nothing.

As much as windows is loathsome (I keep my definitions and security patches meticulously up to date but STILL see malware get through), the NT 5 series is the best and running Win98 is like having some extra masochism on your plate.

best regards

Re: Score. And Win98se

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Redhat is probably not the OS of choice of making a MAME console. I'd've gone with slackware. And TV-out from NVidia "just worked" for me.

Re: Score. And Win98se

[beschizza.livejournal.com]

Interesting... my Tv-Out is nvidia. Maybe I should have had more faith.