Al Gore or the Unabomber?

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Can you tell the difference between things Al Gore said in his book "Earth in the balance" and things the Unabomber said in his manifesto?

Take the Quiz! (http://www.crm114.com/algore/quiz.html)


(this is more a frontroom style thread but I put it here because of the politics. It's just for fun)

[Kralizec]

Hmm. 42%

I'm not surprised, I read parts of the manifesto years ago. Fun quiz though.

[Whacker]

50% Haven't read either. Interesting.

[drone]

25%. (read neither)

I cast the Unabomber into the Tyler Durden role, and got most of them wrong. Gore's parts were actually more tirade-like, I should have known, he was the one trying to sell something. :inquisitive: Outrage is the opiate of the masses, I guess.

[Lemur]

33%, which means I suck. Never read either tract, however.

[Whacker]

FearOutrage is the opiate of the masses, I guess.

Fixed that one for ya.

:balloon2:

[seireikhaan]

25%. Ouch. At least I have the excuse of not having read either. :sweatdrop:

[Louis VI the Fat]

50%. ~:eek:

While I was taking the quiz I thought I had it pretty much down. I was all ready to post my 100% score and then lecture you all that there is, in fact, a big difference between the systematic madness of the Unabomber, and the appearance of madness that is simply a product of Gore's wandering creative mind....

Blimey. ~:mecry:

[Kralizec]

I knew that they'd be pretty hard to distinguish, but I didn't think even Gore would suggest that children in the developping world live in a less destructive environment then over here. What a jerk and utter fool :no:

[Goofball]

58%.

Don't look if you havenT taken the quiz yet:

Your score is 58%

Right Yours

1.Gore Unabomber
2.Gore Gore
3.Unabomber Unabomber
4.Gore Gore
5.Unabomber Gore
6.Unabomber Unabomber
7.Unabomber Gore
8.Gore Gore
9.Gore Unabomber
10.Unabomber Unabomber
11.Unabomber Gore
12.Gore Gore

[Rhyfelwyr]

50%.

Fear the inconvenient truth!

[ajaxfetish]

Your score is 33%

Also read neither, but still: Wow . . .

Ajax

[woad&fangs]

58%

Interesting, I didn't know that actors were buried in different cemeteries.

edit: wait, that was a Gore quote!!??

[discovery1]

17 %

Oh yeah, lowest of the low.

[KukriKhan]

Having labored through Kaczysnki's maifesto years ago (but not Gore's piece), I figured I'd slam-dunk you guys and score somewhere in the 80's.

Du-uh.

50%:embarassed:

[Kommodus]

Wow, just 42%. :shame:

The Unabomber makes some surprisingly cogent arguments when compared to Gore's sensationalism. Who knew? :dizzy2:

[KukriKhan]

Wow, just 42%. :shame:

The Unabomber makes some surprisingly cogent arguments when compared to Gore's sensationalism. Who knew? :dizzy2:

Yeah. OTOH, Gore just wants your money and your love, whereas Kaczysnki blew people up whilst opening their mail.

[Csargo]

Your score is 42%

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

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[Crazed Rabbit]

50%. The same as random guessing. But relatively...

CR

[Adrian II]

I blindly ticked off 'Unabomber' at all 12 questions, i.e. without looking at the texts. My score is 50%. :balloon2:

[Sasaki Kojiro]

I blindly ticked off 'Unabomber' at all 12 questions, i.e. without looking at the texts. My score is 50%. :balloon2:

I'm impressed that you managed to check the boxes at all.

[naut]

33%.

Thought that the more boring quotes would be Gore, since well ... Gore is boring. But, I guess that didn't work out, since they were all boring. :shrug:

[Viking]

25%

I hadn't read either; and I had to check up Wikipedia who the Unabomber was before I took the quiz. :inquisitive:

[lars573]

I got 67%. Which means I pass even by uni standards. :laugh4: Also never read either document.

Your score is 67%
Right Yours

1.Gore Unabomber
2.Gore Gore
3.Unabomber Unabomber
4.Gore Gore
5.Unabomber Unabomber
6.Unabomber Gore
7.Unabomber Unabomber
8.Gore Gore
9.Gore Unabomber
10.Unabomber Gore
11.Unabomber Unabomber
12.Gore Gore

But I just picked Unabomber first and alternated accordingly. :sweatdrop: STill the end result was 1, 6, 9,and 10 wrong.

[Whacker]

I'm impressed that you managed to check the boxes at all.

:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:

:2thumbsup:

(Sorry Adrian!)

:balloon2:

[Craterus]

I got 75% and I haven't read either.

[Adrian II]

I'm impressed that you managed to check the boxes at all.Sorry for being too succinct, Sasaki Kojiro. I see how my reply could be construed as rude.

My 50% score merely means that the test is fair. It does not mean that I'm uninterested, unappreciative or disrespectful.

Having read both texts in the past it does not surprise me at all that the two gentlemen may be confused. If anything other peoples' test scores seem to confirm that this is the case. My own test score wouldn't add anything to the equation.

:bow:

[Whacker]

@ Adrian & Sasaki - I didn't think either of your responses were rude, I thought they were meant in good humor.

[Adrian II]

@ Adrian & Sasaki - I didn't think either of your responses were rude, I thought they were meant in good humor.I'll apologize to Sasaki Kojiro if and when I want to, you young whackersnapper. :furious3:

[Reverend Joe]

I got a 92%. :laugh4:

Proof below (in spoils because it shows the answers.)

Your score is 92%

Right Yours


1.Gore Unabomber

2.Gore Gore

3.Unabomber Unabomber

4.Gore Gore

5.Unabomber Unabomber

6.Unabomber Unabomber

7.Unabomber Unabomber

8.Gore Gore

9.Gore Gore

10.Unabomber Unabomber

11.Unabomber Unabomber

12.Gore Gore

I just assumed they would pull out the craziest **** that Gore said and the sanest stuff the Unabomber wrote.

[Louis VI the Fat]

[irritating taunting voice] Adrian got owned by the intricacies of the English language and he doesn't know why-y, nah-nana-naah-naaah. ~;p

[Adrian II]

[irritating taunting voice] Adrian got owned by the intricacies of the English language and he doesn't know why-y, nah-nana-naah-naaah. ~;pYes, my English could be butter. I was hoist with my own paté and turn to pissers.

[Viking]

[irritating taunting voice] Adrian got owned by the intricacies of the English language and he doesn't know why-y, nah-nana-naah-naaah. ~;p

Perhaps he just wanted to boast about his braille pc display. :shrug:

[Adrian II]

Perhaps he just wanted to boast about his braille pc display. :shrug:Well, I can't holp it. I'm from Umsterdoom.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Did Al Gore say it? Or was it the Archaic Apostate?

It may be more difficult to decide than you think. Each quote below is either from Al Gore's speech at the National Assn. of Black Owned Broadcasters or from AdrianII.

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There may or may not be an equal number of quotes from both.


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We've all run out of cliches to describe how exciting the communications industry is right now. There's never been a time like this. Communications technologies are transforming your workplace, your work force, your products, and your companies . . . offering a unique opportunity to pioneer minority ownership in the next generation of products and services that use the nation's airwaves.

1 ( ) Gore () AdrianII



Make no mistake, the obstacles are enormous, because the figures on minority ownership in broadcasting and telecommunications are a disgrace. No other word will do. We should understand that.

2 ( ) Gore () AdrianII



There are 490 minority-owned telecommunications firms--out of about 98,000. That's one-half of 1%. There are approximately 31 minority-owned TV stations--out of 1,155. That's less than 3%, and only a few of those are high-powered facilities in major markets. And yes, there are about 292 minority-owned radio stations--out of more than 10,000. That's less than 3% also. Of the 7,500 cable operators in America, nine are minority-controlled. I had to get out my calculator on that one; it's about one-tenth of 1%.

3 ( ) Gore () AdrianII



The revenue generated by these personal communications licenses could amount to 1 1/2 times the gross revenues of all the African-American business on Black Enterprise magazine's Top 100 Black-Owned Businesses list.

4 ( ) Gore () AdrianII



You know, there are those who think the information highway is a long, straight, and wide road. The fact is, it's a winding road. At points it goes uphill steeply, at some points through patches of fog. There are on-ramps and off-ramps, and they're not always well marked. There are dangerous stretches.
Yogi Berra said one time, "When there's a fork in the road, take it." I wish it were that easy.

5 ( ) Gore () AdrianII

[Adrian II]

Furry fanny. :laugh4:

[Reverend Joe]

We've all run out of cliches to describe how exciting the communications industry is right now. There's never been a time like this. Communications technologies are transforming your workplace, your work force, your products, and your companies . . . offering a unique opportunity to pioneer minority ownership in the next generation of products and services that use the nation's airwaves.

1 ( ) Gore () AdrianII



Make no mistake, the obstacles are enormous, because the figures on minority ownership in broadcasting and telecommunications are a disgrace. No other word will do. We should understand that.

2 ( ) Gore () AdrianII



There are 490 minority-owned telecommunications firms--out of about 98,000. That's one-half of 1%. There are approximately 31 minority-owned TV stations--out of 1,155. That's less than 3%, and only a few of those are high-powered facilities in major markets. And yes, there are about 292 minority-owned radio stations--out of more than 10,000. That's less than 3% also. Of the 7,500 cable operators in America, nine are minority-controlled. I had to get out my calculator on that one; it's about one-tenth of 1%.

3 ( ) Gore () AdrianII



The revenue generated by these personal communications licenses could amount to 1 1/2 times the gross revenues of all the African-American business on Black Enterprise magazine's Top 100 Black-Owned Businesses list.

4 ( ) Gore () AdrianII



You know, there are those who think the information highway is a long, straight, and wide road. The fact is, it's a winding road. At points it goes uphill steeply, at some points through patches of fog. There are on-ramps and off-ramps, and they're not always well marked. There are dangerous stretches.
Yogi Berra said one time, "When there's a fork in the road, take it." I wish it were that easy.

5 ( ) Gore () AdrianII

Ummm...

BTO? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU0SwYK0vco)

I don't understand... too much Wild Turkey, I guess... :confused: