Are you really a Geek? EDIT: The "Answer" is up

da_foz · **Posted:** Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:08 pm

"So, I was walking around campus the other day and I saw a Volkswagen beetle whos licence plate was 'feature'."

That is the one statement geek test. Please don't give it away if you have seen it before. I'll post the answer in a couple of days for those who don't get it. I got it from slashdot a while back.

Maverick · **Posted:** Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:09 pm

what am i supposed to be looking at here?

jonos · **Posted:** Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:20 pm

its probably a riddle or soemthing.

da_foz · **Posted:** Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:26 pm

Maverick wrote:

what am i supposed to be looking at here?

Yes, it is a riddle or something. You are not a geek. The first line is "the statement".

Martin · **Posted:** Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:11 pm

Fuck I give up.

da_foz · **Posted:** Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:42 pm

Darkness wrote:

**** I give up.

LOL, you will just have to wait a bit then. I'll try to remember to post the hidden meaning before I go out of town this weekend (leaving Friday morning).

rizzix · **Posted:** Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:46 pm

"feature" ?

Martin · **Posted:** Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:03 pm

After about an hour of searching on google I *think* I get it. I have way too much time on my hands.

da_foz · **Posted:** Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:07 pm

Darkness wrote:

After about an hour of searching on google I *think* I get it. I have way too much time on my hands.

Wow.

I just don't have anything else to say to that.

I will post the 'answer' late tonight or tomorrow morning.

da_foz · **Posted:** Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:10 pm

da_foz wrote:

"So, I was walking around campus the other day and I saw a Volkswagen beetle whos licence plate was 'feature'."

Its a feature, not a bug.

The funny thing is that I was looking around the Spam forum and the 'answer' is one of the quotes in the quote thread.

Tony · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:01 am

da_foz wrote:

Its a feature, not a bug.

it's funny, but I had to think for a while even after you gave the answer Confused

I don't think I would have ever gotten this one on my own Thinking

jonos · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:51 am

i still didn't get it until i thought it over in metal shop (which is an awesome course), and because of it i almost messed up my threading.

Paul · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:59 pm

da_foz wrote:

"So, I was walking around campus the other day and I saw a Volkswagen beetle whos licence plate was 'feature'."

Its a feature, not a bug.

The funny thing is that I was looking around the Spam forum and the 'answer' is one of the quotes in the quote thread.

I still don't get it, I would like to know the answer, and the above is all you posted...
are you telling us to look in spam?
BTW Check my post number

jonos · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2004 12:14 am

evil evil evil!!!!!! paul in the devil reincarnated. everyone run for your lives...

Mazer · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2004 8:10 am

Paul Bian wrote:

I still don't get it, I would like to know the answer, and the above is all you posted...
are you telling us to look in spam?

A Volkswagen Beetle is sometimes called a bug. If you make, say a game for example, and someone plays it a finds something really weird in it that probably shouldn't happen, what would you do? Clearly you aren't going to admit you made a mistake, and instead will cover it up, claiming that it is a feature of the game and not a bug.
As another example, if you are making a Galaxian type game and every once in a while you see a red line flash across the screen (when it clearly shouldn't be happening), you might try saying something like "That's just the invisible boss shooting at you."

Paul Bian wrote:

BTW Check my post number

No, you check mine.

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