Technology and I don't always get along. I'm pretty far from 'cutting edge', and I embrace technology as a tool, a means to an end, and not the end itself.
Tonight, the technology let me down.
I like Jeopardy, and I'm more than pretty good at it. I have a mind for trivial knowledge, and things just kind of 'stick' With the right set of catagories, I feel I could easily win an episode or two, or even three or four.
The first step of qualifying to get on Jeopardy is taking an online test, which I have taken 3 times now. I haven't ever been called for the next step, but I don't think it is because of a lack of knowledge. My number just hasn't come up. I can deal with that.
What I can't deal with is an Internet Exploder failure 2 questions into the test, like happened to me this evening. I was online ten minutes early. I had run all the 'prove your computer can run this program' program. I had a whisky and coke handy, as mental lubricant.
And I got kicked out as I tried to answer the 2nd question(the answer was Catch 22).
That was about an hour ago, and I think I'm finally recovering from my pouting. The wife has been unimpressed with the pouting, but glad that I didn't treat the laptop the way I treated my remote control after the David Tyree catch.
There will be another chance in 6 months or so...more opportunity to study.
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