Coder or Killer?

[featherynscale]

Quick quiz: Programmer or Serial Killer?

Ten faces, you decide if these folks are famous for developing computer languages or for slaughtering whole families at a time. I got 6 of 10, basically at random, since recognizing faces (or even really assessing facial features) is not a real reliable facility for me. I bet you can do better, particularly if you're kittenpants.

Comments

[celticwhistlin.livejournal.com]

I too got 6/10...

[ysabel.livejournal.com]

I only got five out of ten, but then I only knew one of the faces (Son of Sam).

I was amused to have accused the guy who designed Eiffel of being a serial killer. I've written Eiffel language extensions.

[kittenpants.livejournal.com]

I've taken it before, and got a perfect score. Of course, I've read a lot of biographies of serial killers.

[archway.livejournal.com]

7 of 10...

[agrnmn.livejournal.com]

6/10 based on patterns of the test and knowing Berkowitz

patterns

[rfunk.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it seems that serial killers don't wear ties. Though I still only got five right.

[liquidfun.livejournal.com]

I think for somebody who has worked with Eiffel/SNOBOL/whatever derivatives, I really suck at this ... 4/10

Oh, and I'm dead several times from the serial killers.

Love the sound effects.

[orcjohn.livejournal.com]

7 of 10... mostly from watching history international's series about serial killers.

[wildnsquirrelly.livejournal.com]

8/10, just from guessing. Before taking this thing I was going to say "Programmer or serial killer? Can't a person be both?", but that second or third guy proved me right. I'm curious- why don't we know about any female serial killers? Don't they exist?

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Of course you can be both.

Also, there are at least two ladies in the SK Hall O' Fame. One of them was a trucker who picked up hitchhikers and offed them, apparently, in the great state of Florida, even. I don't recall what the other one did. I have a theory that there are probably more female serial killers, but they don't get caught, because whenever the FBI starts looking for an SK they're always looking for a dude first.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Actually, research* reveals at least seven independent female serial killers in the USA alone, and two lady SKs who worked with a male partner.

* Research, in this case, consists of Wikipedia's List of Serial Killers by Country (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_serial_killers_by_country#USA)