The MQ Factor

This one had got locked in blogger draft for too long. Wrote it sometime back and shared it in an email. May it benefit you :-)

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No offence intended.... No benefits promised.
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So what is MQ factor. MQ factor will tell you more
about yourself than a lifetime of pschoanalysis by
Freud himself. MQ factor is the essense of your
being. Much like relativity, it may seem flippant at
first but it is profound, which only sincere effort to
understand will reveal. "M" of course is the sacred
syllable. Don't ask me what it stands for. Think of it
as YHWH Release 2.0. Only to be revered, never to be
spoken. Those who know about it, know about it. And
those who don't, can't be told. But if you insist,
here is the invocation to start with...

The sacred "M",
The source of all,
Padmasambhava's gem
Our destinies call.

For knowing our worth
This quiz we take
To our sorrow and mirth
Do we solemnly awake.


"Q" is of course the much more mundane oxford
dictionary "quotient". Whatever has got left of you
(and me) after getting sufficiently divided. It is
designed to correctly estimate your potential (
knowing whether you ever realize your potential is
tougher to tell, and may need solving NP problems). It
is exact. It tells you about all your past and future.
It is deterministic. And whatever MQ factor you will
get eventually, is unalterable even by gods (if and
when they start proving their existance ). Amen.
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Answer these questions and thou shalt learn thy
destiny:

1) Number of pens found in your shirtpocket (or purse
for ladies)
a) What is a pen used for??
b) 1
c) 2 or 3
d) 4 or above

2) Which colour of pens do you keep (as you will see
colour is the most important property of the universe.
Most other things "pale" in comparison).
a) does not apply (see above)
b) Blue or Black
c) 2 to 3 colours
d) >= 4 colours (I always remember the
four-colour theorem!)

3) What is the type of your handwriting
a) What is "writing". I am still in the stone
age. (Or too far off in foundation's intergalactic
empire.)
b) I love scribbling and scrawling. Don't care
if anyone understands or not. Or even I do.
c) Discipherable, though ugly.
d) Human Typewritter. (Or a computer font, for
variety)

4) Number/Type of underlines used used while writing
a) None
b) One
c) Multiple but same throughout.
d) Multiple and different depending on type of
heading/text.

5) Rough work
a) Don't do any rough work at all. It is too much
effort to move the fingers. Thinking (and snoozing) is

easier.
b) Do some. Mostly on the sand (with sticks) or
on napkins.
c) Do in a properly designated pad. New page each
time.
d) Use multiple colours and multiple underlines
even for rough work.

6) Number of Writing Pads used
a) Stone age, remember!
b) One. If I find it when I need it, which is
usually quite rare.
c) One and I stick to it till the last page runs
out.
d) Many, one for each type of task. An additional
one for personal todo list.

7) Documentation Software Used
a) Notepad or Vim (even drawings are done in ascii
art)
b) Latex (the only true one).
c) Word
d) Only Excel or Powerpoint

8) Average Length of folder & file names I use on my
PC.
a) 2
b) 5
c) 10
d) > 20

9) Habit of colliding with people/lampposts.
a) My office coffee bill (and laundry bill of my
coleagues) is doubled due my uncontrollable dynamics.
(Though I always find equations for blocks sliding
down an inclined plane easy.).
b) Run only into CEOs or Presidents of my company.
Great scientists or aritists also make the grade,
whenever available. Lesser mortals are obviously
excluded.
c) Rarely. And that too when in a hurry. Don't care
about who suffers. A true democrat.
d) Never. What are eyes for.

10) The difficulty level of your work.
a) All work is difficult. Better sleep.
b) It is always easy. But there is nothing else to
do.
c) It is always easy but I can always be found
slogging.
d) It is always difficult but it gets only done due
to my greatness and hardwork.
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Assign the following points for each of the answers
a) 0 (always start indexing by 0, except in the
accursed matlab).
b) 1
c) 2
d) 10

Add them up to get your MQ factor. You might need the
calculator depending on your hair type (pointy or
not).

And here is the rating.

A) Between 0 and 4 :
Fully Englightened. You are a Living buddha. O
Maitreya, I bow to thee. Suffering is beyond you.

B) Between 5 and 9:
Fool. Wake-up. Light of wisdom has still not fallen on
thy mortal soul.

C) Between 10 and 50:
You are going to go a long way. Your represent the
most important thing in statistics. The first order
moment rather than the second. Most of the time not a
very bad situation to be in these matters.

D) Greater than 50
You are the ineffable Perfection. You are the
singularity of the Big Bang! If you don't become the
PA, you will become the President. God save..... the
rest of us :-)

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Do share your score,
If you don't mind
Will share mine and more,
and pay in kind.
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This quiz was specifically designed keeping two people in mind to form the two opposite polarities. One of them is obviously Colonel. Anyway, that is how I get to make my mandatory dedication to Colonel for this post.