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Ermm....where to start....how about:

- from the site the links point to. If the banner ad is stuck on the same Christian wibble it was every time I followed the links, please ignore it - christ (sic) only knows why valueclick keep feeding me those adverts...unless /. is highly religious or something and I haven't noticed. :)

Anyway, it's nice to know I'm only moderately schizoid.

Not that it's at all accurate, because these type of questionnaire things always ask bizarre questions a little thought will let you answer yes, no and maybe to. "Sometimes I can feel things that are very real to me, even though I can't prove them. - yes, maybe, no". Well, it depends, doesn't it? On precisely what you can feel about what - and how your answer illustrates your personality depends on what you thought you were thinking about, not what they thought you were thinking about. Do they mean that "I feel (and it seems real to me), but I cannot prove that:

• UFO's, ESP, telepathy, the occult, biorhythms and other bits of tree hugging hippy crap are all really real?
• If I were in charge, I'd do some things differently from the currant glorious leader of our nation and peoples lives would be better as a result?
• I am the voice for the spirit of my chosen deity?
• Sporty Spice is more attractive than Posh Spice?[*]
• Things were better in my day?
• The New World Order is monitoring my thoughts through a network of clandestine mind control devices which, since you asked, is why I'm wearing this tinfoil hat?
• Emacs is better than vi[*], mutt is better than Netscape, tin is better than slrn and anything is better than Windows?[^]
• I hold some opinion or other that isn't based in pure objective fact?

" - yes, maybe, no?

So everybody with the exception of certain totally logical (and fictional - I'm not that far gone) Star Trek characters can say yes. Which, it could be argued, makes it a pointless question in identifying personality traits. Unless the questioner is pulling a double bluff, and it's not your answer which matters, but whether or not you follow the reasoning and end up answering yes, which then presents the problem that you'll get lumped in with the UFO spotting loonies. So you should probably answer no, lumping you in with the UFO spotting loonies who don't like to admit it to a computer personality test and are trying to fool it. Except the test has taken this into account by calculating from your answers to the better phrased questions whether or not you are a UFO spotting loony. Which brings me neatly back to the the point that it's a pointless question.

Moving swiftly alone, you find questions like "I like to be financially secure. - yes, maybe, no". Let me think... Does anybody really like being heavily in debt, living from hand to mouth, routinely throwing away the first appearance of any bills and spending most of their time trying to remain in possession of a home? Personally, I'm never happier than when emptying out my small change collection to pay for food, isn't that normal? - or - is the question asking "I like to be financially secure and I do something about it. I save, plan expenditure, budget for bills and so on, whilst not going on wild credit card fueled spending sprees at the drop of a hat which would indicate my impulsive personality trait. - yes, maybe, no". Who knows what they meant to ask? (yes, maybe, no?[+])

So has this wolly rant about testing actually told you anything about the Hound?

No? Well, that probably means you are a normal person, sorry for being less than helpful. Try getting the source code to AQOTDD and feeding it into the doctor to find out what it thinks of my C.
Yes? You probably write personality tests and can doubtless infer the character traits of Ritz crackers from the pattern of the dots, so good luck to you, you nutter.

Go to t'home page,

[*] Except these are actually facts, of course.
[^] And I mean anything.
[+] If you answered:

• Yes: You probably wrote the test. How about explaining what the questions are asking?
• Maybe: You're not the sort of person who thinks about questions in personality tests before answering them. Maybe you'd be better off not doing them?
• No: You are an outstandingly intelligent and thoughtful person. Well Done!

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