Geek Quiz ptXIV...

OK, not a quiz, more a WTF? um, help! Post.

I'm at home, sat typing this on my work laptop. IT's connected to the internet and going everywhere I want it to go.

My home PC/desktop? Connected tot he Wireless network fine. But can't find anywehre. I've tried pinging out, nothing. It's been like this since I got home on Sunday, but it normally will connect to something for a bit--I've tried both WiFi network dongles, DLd new drivers, rebooted and it's told me that the DNS is flushed (using the Zero Config 'repair' option).

I'm stuck, and it makes no sense--if neither could connect, fine, but it's not, it's just my home PC--TCP/IP settings are fine, nothing weird creeped in, and there's nothing in the hosts file.

This is beyond me, and I can't for the life of me figure out what to even Google for--suggestions/assistance? Danke.

You know you're a Conservative when...

Chris Dillow responds to the question:

Iain Dale is inviting people to complete the sentence, "you know you're a Conservative when..."
OK. Here goes:
( 7 typical unthinking Tory positions )

The comments to both posts are comedy brilliance as well. Plus more than half at Iain's made me want to say "no doofus, that makes you a liberal" (note the lack of capitalisation there is deliberate, not all liberals are Liberals, and unfortunately a chunk of Liberals aren't liberal—there are also liberals within all the main British parties).

NB: ( Caveats about conservatism )

Hmm, I know, let's turn this into a little meme. Duncan informed me earlier that Facebook now has a Political Compass application^[1]. My liking of the Compass as a good way of broadly assisting you place yourself and opinions remains strong, and the app is fairly good, so...

Either install the Facebook App ^[2]or complete the test on the main website, and post your results either in a post or in a comment here. It's been ages since we did this, lots of new friends and people may have clarified their opinions if they've done it before.

I'm now at:

Economic Left/Right: -2.50

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69

( Political Compass graph )

Which means I've moved (again) further down (I used to be at -5) and also closer to the center (I was at -5 there as well). So that's 4 times I've taken it (third on here), and each time I've moved further down and further to the middle. I remain convinced that it's because they're classifiying support for markets on the left/right spectrum when as they're strongly an aspect of econic activity, they should be on the up/down axis.

Alternatively, of course, we could try to answer Iain's questions: You know you're a conservative when.

Anyone else looking forward to there being an actual Tory policy on something? I dunno, thinking of running an anti Govt tactical voting campaign isn't made easier when it involves you persuading people to vote for Mr Cameron's Flip Flops...

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( Footnotes... )

Rendezvous with Freeman!

MTV Movies Blog » Freeman and Fincher ‘Rendezvous’ For Sci-Fi Space Thriller:

“I play the captain of the spaceship Endeavor that is charged with rendezvousing with this thing from outer space to find out what it is [and] what its intentions are,” [Morgan] Freeman said of his role in “Rendezvous with Rama,” the celebrated story from the mind of science-fiction legend Arthur C. Clarke.

And indeed it gets better:

with “Fight Club” director David Fincher at the helm

Lemme here a Woo. And, indeed, a Hoo.

Morgan Freeman, David Fincher, and one of Arthur C Clarke's best works?

I'm doomed, aren't I, it's going to be awful. *crosses everything and hopes it isn't*

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