Networking!

Today marked "abortive attempt to set up a home network part 1"! Well, it wasn't entirely a failure, I did manage to setup a LAN, the only problem being I had no Internet connection. I was working mainly on the basis that, if you plug everything in, the rest will be easy. It was only when my computer started waffling on about IP addresses that I realised I was out of my depth. Not that I don't know plenty about both networks and IP's, just that I've no idea what the computer wants from me because it won't say what the problem actually is.

It's all a moot point now anyway, because I was going to change ISP, but when I phoned to cancel, my present ISP had to go and better the deal I was after, so I've a new router on the way now, with instructions this time, and I'll get more bandwidth for less, with free phone calls as well. Sounds good, provided I can get it all working, and that's not a certainty by a long chalk.

Bizarre coincidence yesterday. I was on the train coming home, and a guy that's in my class at Uni was sitting a few seats back. He never ever gets this train as he lives in the islands and stays in Aberdeen during term, but he was off to a party in the Highlands. Anyway, I could hear him talking all of the journey, and assumed it was with someone he knew from Aberdeen who was also going to the party. It turned out be someone else I knew from College several years ago. So, we all knew each other, but never knew that we knew each other, if that makes sense?

Damn Those Eyes!

I reckon I have a pretty accurate ability when it comes to being able to judge a person's character instantaneously and on first impressions alone, and I don't think I've ever been wrong in my judgement. An individual says a lot without even talking, and I would never judge someone just on what they actually say, it's their facial expressions and body language which speak volumes. I find that the eyes in particular tell me what a person is like, especially if they're nasty, the eyes give it away so clearly. It's got to be said, I've seen total strangers in the street, caught their gaze, and been very frightened by what I've seen there. Many of you might know exactly what I mean, they have what you can only call "The eyes of a killer"! Whether they have killed, or only have the potential to kill is questionable, but certainly their eyes say that they're more than capable of doing so.

I probably lied when I said I don't judge people based on what they say, I do, but as a secondary objective. Rather than revealing what is hidden, as the face does, the voice (and what they actually say) is more indicative of how intelligent a person is, but can be deceptive, as an intelligent person can quite easily portay themselves as less intelligent than they really are on first meeting, if they think it could be advantageous in some way, later!

The reason for this waffling, in case you were wondering... well, I read in some newspaper yesterday, that some young lad had pitted his intuitive skills against several psychics (if I could find the article it would have taken up more of this post) and demonstrated more accurate results than they had. This young fella, had been teaching himself how to read body language, since he was a kid, and could infer shedloads, even from the most miniscule of signals. Apparently, the amount of information he could detect from a stranger, was phenomenal, and he made the psychics look like total frauds. I'm sure this guy will earn a lot more attention in the near future, so I may well come back to him then, whoever he is!