The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

A new road or a secret gate...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[LSAggie]

They do make indoor floods! I don't know all the strengths available, my health food store carries them in 150 watts. That would really brighten up a room!!

[JenB]

And you'd be away from the weird situation with your sister. It sounds to me like it might be a good thing... when will you decide?

[RMDupree]

That's the thing. It's one of those decisions that timing is everything.

And, the way I mull tihngs over forever before actually doing anything, it'll probably be spring before the move is made.

Oh, and my sister would be going to, but she'd be in an entirely different department (IT). So the situation would not be so weird.

[TalonDJ]

That is a lot of house for not a lot of money. I spent a summer framing houses in that general area about 5 years ago. I wonder if I work on that one... Probably not but it is a similar style to most of the ones we built.

[JenB]

Ah, I see.

I know mulling things over is good, but sometimes you just gotta takea leap of faith. If nothing raises red flags... if the school district is good and the family is encouraging you and you wouldn't be taking a pay cut... Heh, I'd do it but I don't have kids and stuff to worry about. So I'll just pray you figure out what to do.

[RMDupree]

Wouldn't that be the coolest thing if it turned out you helped to build it?

[RMDupree]

I'd get a pay increase if anything, so there's pretty much nothing but positives to the move.

But I'd be leaving a lot of family behind and that's what makes it more challenging.

[TalonDJ]

Yes, BUT, Unix is much more portable. It has been around longer and does not appear to be going away. It's soul is the same as Linux and Mac OSX. Most of what you know about Windows will probably change when they get Longhorn out anyway. I would consider getting into Unix as a job security move. It really is easier to get really into since it makes more sense than windows.

[JenB]

But my long-term goals do NOT include being a sys admin. Oh, it's fun as a grad-school job, but I want to program.

Besides, I've learned several different revisions of Windows so far (started with 3.11, went to 95 and 98, fooled with ME for a while, now I'm on XP) and I doubt Longhorn will be that hard to learn.

Anyway I am against an OS that has to be configured to automatically mount the cd drive.

[Corin Stormhands]

It's about an hour or so away from the N Carolina border.

We could moot at Carrowinds!

[TalonDJ]

I took a long lunch and polished off the last of FMwS. Something must be wrong with my copy of the files because the last few episodes tend to make the monitor get fuzzy. It had been almost two years I think since the first time I saw it. It is nice to forget bits so some things are new when you watch it again.

[JenB]

I'm having video problems.... every file I play these days gets a lag between the audio and the video, which gets really, really annoying. And last night the computer just suddenly shut off in the middle of a file. I'm not sure whether it's the player (am going to download a universal player tonight) or something with my hardware.

[TalonDJ]

That is a pretty minor thing to be against. A better way to look at it is that it is and OS that you can configure to NOT do that. Not that that might be useful but there are so many things that other OS's just don't let you do. for getting a programming job being mediocre in a bunch of OS's is better than being really good with just windows. Especially when 'mediocre' in this case means 'power user'

[JenB]

Oh, no, that's not the only problem I have with Unix systems... anyway, I am at "power user" stage, but I consider that less than mediocre.

"Mediocre" means "able to do one third of the things the other Unix guys can do". I honestly do not have time to get competent enough with Unix to do the job right.

[TalonDJ]

I get that at random times on different computers&players&OS's usually related to to much else going on in the background. Strictly a performance issue My powerbook will do it if something big is running in the background and my PC will do it if it is in a bad mood. freeing up hard drive space and rebooting seem to be the best fix.
On my PC I use Core Media player. The 'job' keys on that are great because if you do a short jog forward then right backward the sound and video re-syncs. On the Mac there are jog keys like that that also fix the problem or else there is a feature that will allow frame dropping when things get lagged so the video can keep up with the sound.

[TalonDJ]

By 'fuzzy' I meant blurry and by blurry I mean blowing my nose usually fixes the problem temporally.

[RMDupree]

Yes another most excellent selling point, Master Corin!

[RosieCotton]

I've practically had a few fuzzy monitor moments already, and I'm only at about episode 18!

I'm gonna be in trouble, ain't I? ;-)

[RMDupree]

Off to a meeting!

[RosieCotton]

See ya, Ruthy!