Radified Digital Warrior
Skills for the Digital Age

Researchers claim that the average person uses less than 10% of their brain's potential.
Since a computer is like a brain, it shouldn't surprise anyone that
the average person uses only a small percentage of their PC's potential.

This page is about using more of your computer's potential.
How much of your digital brain power are you using?


81-100: Radified Warrior


61-80: Techno Ninja


41-60: Digital Savant


21-40: Über Geek


1-20: Binary Newbie


_Communication & Data Transfer_

Real-time chat [1 point]
Send/Receive files with ICQ [
point]
Post a message on bulletin board [
1 point]

Up/Download files with FTP client [
1 point]
Break up large file into smaller parts [
1 point]
Configure dial-up connection [1 point]

Configure broadband connection [
1 point]
Use Internet Relay Chat [
1 point]
Install & configure firewall [
1 point]

Install & configure an FTP server [
1 point]
Install & configure a router [
1 point]
Video-conferencing [
1 point]

Run a network scan [
1 point]
Run a file integrity check [
1 point]
Run a trace [
1 point]

Use secure email [
1 point]
Surf the web anonymously [
1 point]
Install & configure PGP [
1 point]

Translate a foreign language [
1 point]
Packet sniffing [
1 point]
Set up a home network [
1 point]

Set up a wireless home network [
1 point]
Set up a web site [
1 point]
Set-up a bulletin board [
1 point]

Password protect a web directory [
1 point]
Install & configure IIS5 [
1 point]
Install & configure Apache for Windows [
2 points]

Point total for Comm & Data Transfer: [28]
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_Hardware_


Install/upgrade PCI card [1 point]
Upgrade graphics card [
1 point]
Flash motherboard BIOS [
1 point]

Replace power supply unit [
1 point]
Upgrade your CPU [
1 point]
Install a CPU heatsink/fan [
1 point]

Adjust CPU voltage [1 point]
Overclock CPU [
1 point]
Format hard drive [
1 point]

Partition hard drive [
1 point]
Create logical DOS drive [
1 point]
Delete a partition [
1 point]

Wipe a hard drive [
1 point]
Install 2nd IDE drive [
1 point]
Install SCSI card [
1 point]

Install SCSI device [
1 point]
Install SCSI hard drive [
1 point]
Set up dual-monitors [
1 point]

Replace motherboard/chipset [
1 point]
Configure IDE RAID [
1 point]
Host a LAN party [
1 point]

Play a DVD movie [
1 point]
Set up dual-CPU system [
1 point]
Configure camcorder & shoot DV [
1 point]

Configure camera & shoot a digital still [
1 point]
Design & build your own PC [
7 points]

Point total for Hardware: [32]

What skills will the Digital Warrior have in 5 years?


_Software_

Search for information [1 point]
Download & update drivers [
1 point]
Install virus protection [
1 point]

Scan a photo [
1 point]
Scan a document with OCR [
1 point]
Upload pictures from digital camera [
1 point]

Edit a picture [
1 point]
Copy a CD [
1 point]
Copy CD with copy protection [
1 point]

Rip songs from audio CDs [1 point]
Rip a DVD [
1 point]
Encode .wav files to MP3s [
1 point]

Compress audio with lossless codec [
1 point]
Listen to Internet music [
1 point]
Decode MP3s to .WAV files [
1 point]

Burn a CD from MP3s [
1 point]
Compile a CD of favorite songs [
1 point]
Burn a CD from
ISO * [1 point]

Create an ISO file from a CD [
1 point]
Burn a CD from
bin/cue files [1 point]
Overburn a CD [
1 point]

Back-up a CD using a crack [
1 point]
Create custom CD label [
1 point]
Run a PC benchmark [
1 point]

Edit the registry [
1 point]
Manually assign an IRQ [
1 point]
Play an online First Person Shooter [
1 point]

Play an online role-playing game [
1 point]
Run a no-CD patch [
1 point]
Participate in distributed computing [
1 point]

Image a boot partition [
1 point]
Restore image [
1 point]
Clone partition or hard drive [
1 point]

Clean install an operating system [
1 point]
Set up Windows dual-boot [
1 point]
Install and test a beta OS [
1 point]

Configure a RAID-0 stripe in Win2K [
1 point]
Configure multi-boot w/ non-MS OS [
1 point]
Record audio
files [1 point]

Multi-track recording [
1 point]
Capture digital video [
1 point]
Edit digital video [
1 point]

Encode digital video [
1 point]
Stream your own movies [
1 point]
Install a Linux distro [
1 point]

Compile a kernel [
1 point]
Create a Flash intro [
1 point]
Register a domain name [
1 point]

3D modeling [
3 points]
HTML coding [
1 point]
Create a style sheet [
1 point]

Code a relational database system [
1 point]
Code a server-side scripting language [
1 point]
Programming [extra
credit]

Point total for Software: [54]

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