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The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
The Freeper Hobbit Hole ^

Posted on 03/05/2005 11:51:13 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

And take the hidden paths that run...

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!

See also: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net

Web page for our moot reports and troop support information!


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To: Corin Stormhands

That's so inconsiderate! Heh, sometimes I left the house before anyone else was up and I would sneak out the back door because it made less noise. What kind of person - well, never mind.


6,221 posted on 04/14/2005 7:28:05 AM PDT by JenB
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To: HairOfTheDog; JenB; RosieCotton

Will this be known as "Magic Underwear Moot?"


6,222 posted on 04/14/2005 7:35:11 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (This space for rent)
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To: JenB
HEY EVERYONE! I'M LEAVING NOW!
6,223 posted on 04/14/2005 7:35:36 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Corin Stormhands

Makes me think of the Mormon missionaries who live next to the department...


6,224 posted on 04/14/2005 7:35:48 AM PDT by JenB
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To: Corin Stormhands

Oh - yeah! Thanks for reminding me! I'll bring the torture device with me so she has it there at the hotel and we don't forget!


6,225 posted on 04/14/2005 7:36:32 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; Corin Stormhands
"Magic Underwear Moot" LOL!! I didn't know what the heck Corin was talking about, at first. Now I understand!

Have fun, girls!

6,226 posted on 04/14/2005 7:55:54 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: JenB; ksen

By prior agreement, I am not allowed to comment.


6,227 posted on 04/14/2005 7:56:22 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (This space for rent)
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To: HairOfTheDog; RosieCotton; JenB; SuziQ

Take pictures!


6,228 posted on 04/14/2005 7:56:54 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (This space for rent)
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To: HairOfTheDog; JenB
My cat won't eat unless the bowl is full, and even if it is full, he likes for you to fluff it up a bit so he feels served!

Yep, that's like Halvah. I end up shaking the bowl so it's all centered...

Mostly she just gets upset if she can see *bowl bottom*, though. Eek!

6,229 posted on 04/14/2005 8:03:02 AM PDT by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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To: Corin Stormhands; HairOfTheDog

Oh dear...

Perhaps we'd better leave this moot nameless!


6,230 posted on 04/14/2005 8:03:51 AM PDT by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Mum's the word!


6,231 posted on 04/14/2005 8:07:37 AM PDT by ksen ("He that knows nothing will believe anything." - Thomas Fuller)
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To: Corin Stormhands; HairOfTheDog; Ramius
Second Night of Outages Hit Comcast

Annoying it was. Annoyed I then became. Hope it happens again I do not. </Yoda-speak>

6,232 posted on 04/14/2005 8:19:44 AM PDT by ecurbh (All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work.)
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To: ecurbh; HairOfTheDog; Ramius

Yep, it was annoying. I was on hold for more than a half an hour before it came back up. I tried the disconnect/reset stuff a couple of times.

My question? Why am I paying for the most expensive service when it is the least reliable?


6,233 posted on 04/14/2005 8:21:50 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (This space for rent)
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To: Corin Stormhands; ecurbh

Yah... I lost my comcast service last night, more or less right after my last post. Looks like they must have had a pretty widespread problem. Annoying.

It's not just comcast though... they all have problems. DSL isn't any more reliable.

Even the really expensive stuff like T-1's at $1k/mo and even T-3's at $10k/mo still occasionally barf out. This is why all my offices have at least two connections, to two different providers. Even that isn't perfect, but total outages are now pretty rare.


6,234 posted on 04/14/2005 8:31:36 AM PDT by Ramius (Hmmm... yeah, that'd be great...)
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To: Ramius

I understand occasional outages. Comcast has been giving me a lot of problems lately. I'm still not sure they weren't my problem the other night with that website, even though they said they weren't.


6,235 posted on 04/14/2005 8:33:53 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (This space for rent)
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To: ecurbh

Ah... those wonderful ATTBI DNS servers again. Even after a couple of years, it seems they're still playing catchup.


6,236 posted on 04/14/2005 8:35:44 AM PDT by Ramius (Hmmm... yeah, that'd be great...)
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To: Ramius; Corin Stormhands

I'll have to make a list of alternate DNS server IP addresses to try in case it happens again.


6,237 posted on 04/14/2005 8:38:28 AM PDT by ecurbh (All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

I think it basically all stems from overselling ahead of infrastructure capacity. ATTBI took a core (and merely testbed) network built for 1500 test users, and ramped it up to over a million users in only a couple of months. Then mergers start happening, which actually ~slows~ the process of massive systems projects by causing all sorts of confusion and re-invention of departments.

They've just never caught up, and the overselling continues so the goal line keeps moving.

DSL providers are in the same box.


6,238 posted on 04/14/2005 8:44:37 AM PDT by Ramius (Hmmm... yeah, that'd be great...)
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To: Ramius
Well, yes. Explanations are one thing. But this is all about how this affects me.

;-)

6,239 posted on 04/14/2005 8:46:06 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (This space for rent)
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To: ecurbh

That's a pretty good idea.


6,240 posted on 04/14/2005 8:47:14 AM PDT by Ramius (Hmmm... yeah, that'd be great...)
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