Ideology-2010!

[Feud]

You guys might remember this thread from days of yore, and I thought that it might be fun to take a bearing on how the forum leans these days.*

Note: The questions are slanted based upon the quiz authors American Libertarian outlook, so just do your best.

For those looking for the quiz, it may be found here:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/index


I fell pretty close to where I usually am, a little closer to center than what it was back in the day (which makes sense to me due to a few changes in my outlook on things).

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Economic Left/Right: 1.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.23

[Montyphy]

Now:

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Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.13

Then (Dec 25, 2007):

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Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.33

And to revive jelco's image generator code...

2011:


2010:


2007:

[elexis]

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Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.46

Well that's interesting, I'm roughly sitting with Gandhi.

Most of the questions weren't that engaging/opinion inducing so I didn't use the strongly option that much. At least, until I came to the 5th and 6th page. I had very clearly defined opinions of those. Probably because they appealed to my ethical standards/morals.

[vanarbulax]

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Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.95

Yep, been hanging around there since I first took the test.

[Xocrates]

Now:

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Economic Left/Right: -3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.10

Then:

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Economic Left/Right: -3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.90

So, slightly more libertarian now. (My goodness, I'm turning into a goddamned hippie )

[martin]

Then:
Economic Left/Right: -1.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.87

Now:
Economic Left/Right: -3.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.69

Quite a change in just a few years!

[Ace Rimmer]

Now:

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Economic Left/Right: -0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.13

Then

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Economic Left/Right: -1.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.28

Edit: It seems we're all moving closer to the center, except for martin.

[Mas Tnega]

Old far from hippy Mas!

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Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.38

New ever so slightly further from hippy Mas!

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Economic Left/Right: -3.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.54

[Xarlaxas]

Old

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Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.15

New

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Economic Left/Right: -8.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.51

Mmm, socialism!

[Montyphy]

The scripts seemed to have been broken when I moved my site to the new server. Fixed now. I'll do a test for myself later tonight, and I'll create a new graph just for kicks.

Jelco

In case you're interested, I made two slight modifications to your code. First, switch the order the lines are drawn so the grid doesn't cut through the axis. Second, can choose data set with a query string.

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<?php
$imgwidth = 360;
$textsize = 8;
$dotdiameter = 9;
$font = 'arial.ttf';

if (isset($_GET['set']) && $_GET['set'] == 0) {
   $data = array(
      'Ace Rimmer' => array(-1.5, 3.28),
      'Darksun' => array(-6.88, -6.87),
      'Feud' => array(2, 2.36),
      'jelco' => array(-2.75, -1.23),
      'KingAl' => array(-5.5, -7.38),
      'martin' => array(-1.88, -0.87),
      'Mas Tnega' => array(-4.38, -1.38),
      'microchip08' => array(-2.62, -2.21),
      'Montyphy' => array(-6.75, -3.33),
      'NeoThermic' => array(-2.38, -4.10),
      'Rkiver' => array(-6.38, -4.87),
      'The GoldFish' => array(-4.38, -5.44),
      'xander' => array(-8, -6.51),
      'Xarlaxas' => array(-7.75, -2.15),
      'Xocrates' => array(-3.75, -3.90),
      'vanarbulax' => array(-7.12, -5.33)
   );
}
else {
   $data = array(
      'Ace Rimmer' => array(-0.25, 1.13),
      'elexis' => array(-3.88, -2.46),
      'Feud' => array(1.25, 1.23),
      'martin' => array(-3.38, -3.69),
      'Mas Tnega' => array(-3.50, -1.54),
      'Montyphy' => array(-5.00, -3.13),
      'Xarlaxas' => array(-8.88, -2.51),
      'Xocrates' => array(-3.75, -4.10),
      'vanarbulax' => array(-6.12, -5.95)
   );
}

$img = imagecreate($imgwidth, $imgwidth);

$colourlefttop = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 117, 117);
$colourrighttop = imagecolorallocate($img, 66, 170, 255);
$colourleftdown = imagecolorallocate($img, 154, 237, 151);
$colourrightdown = imagecolorallocate($img, 192, 154, 234);
$colourgrid = imagecolorallocate($img, 160, 160, 160);
$colourlines = imagecolorallocate($img, 0, 0, 0);

imagefilledrectangle($img, 0, 0, ($imgwidth / 2), ($imgwidth / 2), $colourlefttop);
imagefilledrectangle($img, ($imgwidth / 2), 0, $imgwidth, ($imgwidth / 2), $colourrighttop);
imagefilledrectangle($img, 0, ($imgwidth / 2), ($imgwidth / 2), $imgwidth, $colourleftdown);
imagefilledrectangle($img, ($imgwidth / 2), ($imgwidth / 2), $imgwidth, $imgwidth, $colourrightdown);

for($pointer = ($imgwidth / 18); $pointer < $imgwidth; $pointer = ($pointer + ($imgwidth / 18)))
{
   if(($pointer % ($imgwidth / 2)) == 0)
      continue 1;
      
   imageline($img, 0, $pointer, $imgwidth, $pointer, $colourgrid);
   imageline($img, $pointer, 0, $pointer, $imgwidth, $colourgrid);
}

imageline($img, 0, ($imgwidth / 2), $imgwidth, ($imgwidth / 2), $colourlines);
imageline($img, ($imgwidth / 2), 0, ($imgwidth / 2), $imgwidth, $colourlines);

foreach($data as $key => $value)
{
   $x = (($imgwidth / 2) + round($value[0] * ($imgwidth / 18)));
   $y = (($imgwidth / 2) - round($value[1] * ($imgwidth / 18)));
   
   imagefilledellipse($img, $x, $y, $dotdiameter, $dotdiameter, $colourlines);
   
   $textx = $x + $dotdiameter;
   $texty = $y + ($dotdiameter / 2);
   
   imagettftext($img, $textsize, 0, $textx, $texty, $colourlines, $font, $key);
}

header("Content-Type: image/png");
imagepng($img);
?>

[Jordy...]

I respect xander alot more all of the sudden ^^

[zjoere]

New

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Economic Left/Right: 0.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77

Oldest (26/12/2007)

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Economic Left/Right: 3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.21

older (17/3/2009)

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Economic Left/Right: 4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.95

Economically I've moved to the center but on the other scale I haven't shifted much.

[Ace Rimmer]

Economically I've moved to the center but on the other scale I haven't shifted much.

See, we're all moving towards each other, except martin.

[NukeLord]

Now:

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Economic Left/Right: -3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.46

Then:

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Economic Left/Right: -2.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.26

Drifting away from centre.

[ynbniar]

Don't think I took the test before...

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Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.67