• Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
  • Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!

BBC Geek quiz

Collapse
X
  •  
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

    #21
    5 out of 10, but most were just guesses.

    Comment


      #22
      Originally posted by Diestl View Post
      I think the score is indicative of age i.e 6 years = 1 point, I got 5 and im 30+.
      erm that makes me 48. Most of them were 80s, so anyone below 40 should do OK
      The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

      But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

      Comment


        #23
        8-10: Super Mario
        Who has time? Who has time? But then if we do not ever take time, how can we ever have time?

        Comment


          #24
          Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post
          erm that makes me 48. Most of them were 80s, so anyone below 40 should do OK
          Nah I think there were some from every decade from 60's.

          Comment


            #25
            8 / 10
            Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?

            Comment


              #26
              9/10 I got one of the consoles wrong.

              I remember the beastie in question 6 all too well since it was a standard IBM XT 286 desktop in a "luggable" case and at the time I worked as a hardware engineer for an IBM dealership. I fixed dozens of them.
              The only non standard parts were the CRT tube, modified housing for the system unit and a couple of swivels on a standard IBM keyboard.
              Unreliable buggers since everything came unseated including the RAM chips when being lugged.

              I resurrected a couple of Commodore Pets for a museum a few years ago, that was quite a challenge. Fortunately I still had parts from when I worked for a library mainframe company that used them for branch backup units in the event of comms failures.

              Comment


                #27
                2 / 10

                2 lucky guesses i guess. or is that 3 unlucky?

                Comment


                  #28
                  Originally posted by DS23 View Post
                  2 / 10

                  2 lucky guesses i guess. or is that 3 unlucky?
                  Thats what I got!!
                  Bazza gets caught
                  Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

                  CUK University Challenge Champions 2010

                  Comment


                    #29
                    Apple Lisas were my first work computer.

                    They seemed to attract dirt. It may just be my dodgy memory, but the cases always looked dirty.

                    Comment


                      #30
                      Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
                      Thats what I got!!
                      And 2 lovely ones at that
                      Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

                      Comment

                      Working...
                      X