Computer Nonsensery

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1. blainesgirl says:
   March 24, 2011 at 9:33 am

   Good luck!
2. htom says:
   March 24, 2011 at 9:37 am

   You’ve gone in search of the elusive Cat-6 cable, 5 meter. And you’re blogging from a local coffee shop, waiting for the store to open.
3. Paul says:
   March 24, 2011 at 9:48 am

   I am guessing that he is playing video games, and is only pretending that his internet does not work, so he can play more video games.
4. Barry says:
   March 24, 2011 at 9:59 am

   naturally i would think you would be:

   1) reverse engineering the TCP/IP stack
   2) ensuring adapter is enabled in device manager
   3) typing ‘ipconfig /renew *’ furiously.
   4) getting a new one (they’re usually pretty cheap, or you can steal one from a neighbour)
   5) sending me a copy of Fuzzy Nation.
5. GaryG says:
   March 24, 2011 at 10:02 am

   so more of an ethernot connection [misplaced smug chuckle]
6. Derek says:
   March 24, 2011 at 10:02 am

   Hmmm…my desktop does this occasionally too. Turning it off, unplugging the power, cycling the power button (to discharge the negative energy, man), and plugging it back in usually does the trick. Good luck!
   Or, you could also sacrifice a chicken.

   Cheers,
   -D
7. hugh57 says:
   March 24, 2011 at 10:12 am

   Derek @6: Or, you could also sacrifice a chicken.

   I like Barry’s (#4) idea better. Just send me a copy of Fuzzy Nation. That’ll make everything better. For me, at least. ;-)
8. MVS says:
   March 24, 2011 at 10:21 am

   kickin it in your bathrobe while watching Aurthur and his friends Buster, The Brain and Francine?
9. Yad says:
   March 24, 2011 at 10:23 am

   @hugh57: Sacrificing chickens is sooo pre-industrial revolution. Nowadays you’ve got to sacrifice a nerd.
10. Dave H says:
    March 24, 2011 at 10:45 am

    EtherNet is so 1970s. If you have to get a new card for you computer anyway, you should just bite the bullet and upgrade to the new PhlogistonNet.

    Routers are hard to come by though, and PhlogistonNet will burn right through a firewall.
11. Tully says:
    March 24, 2011 at 10:50 am

    My ancient 10/100T router is very responsive to even the unspoken threat of percussive maintenance,
12. Jennifer R. Ewing says:
    March 24, 2011 at 11:17 am

    #3: You’re probably right :-)

    #9: Don’t be silly. While I think you’re right about the chicken, it’s still perfectly acceptable to sacrifice as many as 72 virgins! Although I suppose (a) nerdy virgin(s) would be even better :-)
13. adelheid_p says:
    March 24, 2011 at 11:24 am

    #10 FTW! I was going to suggest that your desktop has gone steampunk and is now using aethernet.
14. froonium says:
    March 24, 2011 at 11:26 am

    JIGGLE THE HANDLE!

    oh wait…er, nm
15. Barry says:
    March 24, 2011 at 11:58 am

    thanks Hugh, I *did* think it was a good idea :)

    Got landed into hospital on Monday so naturally I am exhausting all available reading material. Mr. Scalzi himself was namedropped in what I’m reading, “Sarurn’s Children”. Scalzi and Stross seem to like doing that!
16. mattw says:
    March 24, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    You’re practicing for your cameo in Spiderman: Turn off the Dark?
17. John says:
    March 24, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    If you’re running one of the Linux distro’s you’re probably recompiling the kernel as we speak…
18. James Thompson says:
    March 24, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    Your computer should be fine. Several experiments have showed that the ether is an unnecessary assumption in physics. Get back to work John.
19. kevboy says:
    March 24, 2011 at 12:15 pm

    I don’t understand. Is the ethernet connection really necessary to shoot zombies?
20. Shrike58 says:
    March 24, 2011 at 12:33 pm

    I can relate, I dodged a nasty computer virus last Monday. The scam tried to shake you down for money to remove said scam.
21. Dave Tolen says:
    March 24, 2011 at 12:38 pm

    Getting the snow tires off your car. Oh, wait….you don’t have snow tires in Ohio, do you?
22. ryber says:
    March 24, 2011 at 12:47 pm

    #16 – I believe that every person on Earth will one day have a role in Spiderman: Turn off the Dark. This will be forced upon those unwilling, due to the lack of uninjured willing participants.

    And yes, I believe the ethernet is a lie, covering up much dezombification.
23. Michael says:
    March 24, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    Check the hosts file – if it’s set to 127.0.0.1 you have a malware trojan that is resetting your hosts file and keeping you off the internet…I don’t remember off the top of my head what it is, but it’s a giant pain. My mother’s computer was hit with it last weekend and I’m giong to have to figure out the name and walk her through registry edits and editing files over the phone.
24. Greg says:
    March 24, 2011 at 1:23 pm

    I hate computer nonsensory…
25. Wizardbear says:
    March 24, 2011 at 1:25 pm

    A handy gadget/spare part is an USB-power ethernet adapter. You don’t have to open the case etc etc. Don’t cost much. useful sometimes for the “troubleshooting by parts replacement” method. Here’s a link to an example, in case you’ve never heard of one of these.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812191163&cm_re=ethernet_adapter-_-12-191-163-_-Product

    WB
26. Dave H says:
    March 24, 2011 at 1:32 pm

    Dave Tolen@21: “Getting the snow tires off your car. Oh, wait….you don’t have snow tires in Ohio, do you?”

    They do in southeastern Ohio, but there they burn them for warmth because the local coal smells worse.
27. John Scalzi says:
    March 24, 2011 at 1:45 pm

    Wizardbear:

    Indeed that’s what I went out to get, but the local Staples didn’t have any. I got a new wireless adapter instead, but will be getting the USB/ethernet adapter presently.
28. Warren Terra says:
    March 24, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    So guess what I’m doing with my morning?

    Taking pictures of the cat? It might at least make Chang (if perhaps not Chang) and the Committee happy.
29. Brian says:
    March 24, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    Unplug the cable and shake it vigorously. Sometimes the tubes get clogged.
30. Erin L says:
    March 24, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    …a host of problems, or, problems with your host…
31. eriko says:
    March 24, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    The cat chewed on the cable.
32. Howard says:
    March 24, 2011 at 4:52 pm

    Wizardbear, John:

    FYI, you can get USB/ethernet adapters for less than half that price if you don’t need the extra wire (that you might need to keep from blocking adjacent USB ports):
    http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10311&cs_id=1031102&p_id=6150&seq=1&format=2
33. Tim D. says:
    March 24, 2011 at 6:31 pm

    I’m going to guess that you’re probably not going to shoot vampire wombats from your upstairs window. Now Wheaton, He hunts dangerous mythical creatures Every weekend.
    /checks Wheaton’s blog
    // readjusts my own medication for the sake of humanity.
    ///tries to sneak off the comments section without being noticed.

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