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Lie Down in the Darkness, Rise up from the Ash: 6. Adrift
Anduin the Great glittered bright all about, and Pippin stared out at the land passing swiftly away. After the long days and weeks spent climbing, crawling, scrambling, and walking from Imladris to Lórien, Pippin had well nigh forgotten that any other means of travel existed, and he had never imagined that boats could speed the journey so. As if in response to his thoughts, the water at the prow leapt higher as the skiff surged forward, and Pippin, caught unawares, nearly had the paddle wrenched from his hands.
Boromir again, he thought. Glancing back over his shoulder, Pippin caught Merry's eyes, and the two hobbits shared a brief, puzzled look. Then Merry shrugged minutely, adjusting his own strokes so as not to hinder Boromir's, and Pippin followed suit, wondering at the Man's behavior. Since their departure from Lothlórien four days ago, Boromir had been agitated: it showed in his silence, in the way he watched Aragorn and especially Frodo, and in his fidgeting, which Pippin had never remarked in him before.
Whatever it was that gnawed at him, he gave it no voice but it was palpable, akin to the dread that shrouded Frodo. I think it must have begun after Gandalf fell, Pippin thought, recalling Boromir's subdued hostility towards Aragorn as they had made their weary way towards Lothlórien. But though he sifted his memories through a fine-meshed sieve, he could recall no incident that might have provoked such a reaction in the other. Nor could he imagine why that brooding discontent should linger so long, growing stronger as the days passed.
I should think he would be glad, Pippin reflected. Gondor is not so very far, or so I gather, and one has only to listen to him to know that Boromir misses his home. As we journeyed south, whenever we spoke in the mornings, just ere we retired, he always had some tale of Minas Tirith or his brother to add to Aragorn's stories of far countries. Just as Legolas always had a song for us! Yet the closer we come to Gondor, the more anxious he becomes. Why should that be?
This latest habit – whereby Boromir would suddenly send their boat surging forward, 'til the prow seemed likely to grate against the boat ahead of them – was as unnerving as it was inexplicable to the hobbit's mind. And there was something in the way that Boromir stared at Frodo that bred fear in Pippin's heart, though he knew not why.
"Tell us of Gondor, Boromir!" he said suddenly, hoping to divert the Man from whatever troubled him. Startled, Boromir shook his head slightly, as if coming out of a daydream, and he glanced sharply at Pippin. Yet his tone bore an edge of irritation and his gaze drifted ahead, even as he asked:
"What would you know?"
"Whatever you care to tell us. If we come there, then it shall be useful, but if not, at least I shall know somewhat of it!" Pippin replied, attempting diplomacy.
"This is not the time or the place for travelers' tales," the other rebuked. "Have you some specific question?"
"Er, well," Pippin stammered, sensing his ploy fail. Still, he sought a topic, though it was hard, especially put on the spot so, for his knowledge was quite limited. "What would we do, Merry and I, if we came there? As hobbits, you understand."
At that, Boromir gave a curt and unexpected bark of laughter and replied sardonically, "What indeed? Minas Tirith is an armed camp, Peregrin Took, and if you came there, you would fight when the enemy at last unleashed war." He paused, and then softly, as if speaking to himself, he added, "As will we all!"
Pippin, sitting before him, tried not to cringe noticeably at the other's response, both its tone and its substance. This is not like him, he thought. It is that strange worry that preoccupies him. What can it be? But even Tookish curiosity could be cowed, and though he neither wished to think ill of Boromir nor to leave him prey to whatever troubled him, the young hobbit sat quietly, and made no further overtures while the day lasted.
Unhappily for Pippin, Boromir did not notice his silence, and so did not seek a reason for it. Had he noted it, and been moved to seek its reason, he might have had cause to wonder at his own temper of late. But of late, he had been much alone, and as he grew used to this new distance, it seemed that others, even when present, did not touch him so close with their concerns – and so he did not heed them as he might have once, for he did not notice, and as the world without grew dimmer, his own concerns swelled to fill the void... and cover it over.
Perhaps it would always have been so. Gondor was no small concern, and especially to a son of the Steward. He had thought once, in Imladris, that he could bear it if the Company and he parted ways at Gondor's borders. Elrond's counsel was not lightly to be turned aside, after all. But the counsel of the Wise had turned out to be harder to bear than he had imagined, and so he had come to think that surely, if there were merit to his fears, he could persuade the Company – part of it at least, certainly Aragorn, to pass through Minas Tirith, and perhaps some of them would stay.
And then had come Moria. Gandalf had fallen, and who then would lead Frodo onward? Who with a hope of leading him well, of reaching the mountain? No hobbit, surely, but of those remaining, could he trust Elf or Dwarf not to choose their own people over a journey almost certainly doomed? Aragorn at least was less bound to the North, and if that did not make him Gondor's yet, Boromir could reluctantly admit that he was most likely to serve Gondor's needs. If he would take the duty! It was not clear to Boromir that he would, for Frodo himself had seemed to him most uncertain as to whom he would have accompany him – if any! Surely, though, that was true madness, to rest their hopes on the over-kindliness of hobbits, who knew nothing of war-measure!
The matter had preoccupied him all through their drifting stay in Lórien, 'til he had not been able to bear it any longer. He had argued then with Aragorn about it the day their departure had been set, and had found no satisfaction in the other's response, not least because it put his own course in doubt.
"The decision is Frodo's," Aragorn had insisted.
"That decision decides your course, as well," Boromir had retorted. "Or do your own concerns have so little worth in this matter?"
"My concern is for this quest."
"And you believe it can succeed if you leave it to a hobbit's judgment?" he had demanded.
A shadow had crossed the other's face then. "I do not know," Aragorn had said, levelly, "what will bring success to this endeavor. But I know that even Gandalf feared the power of the One, and what it might breed even in him. Where a wizard fears, a Man should not be overbold. Have I the strength to withstand what even Gandalf thought would be his sorest trial?" The other had looked away then, and his voice had grown distant. "The days grow dark, Boromir; all my choices may run ill – I fear they do already. In this, therefore, I will trust another to judge better than I my worth on the long way to Mordor."
Thus the matter had stood between him and Aragorn, for no argument he had made had moved the other. And it gnawed at Boromir, who had turned his eye to Frodo, in whom Aragorn put such faith. And as the days lengthened, and he watched Frodo's gaze rest ever more upon his companions, as if weighing them for the road, he felt the fear begin to twist in him. For it seemed to him that that assessing gaze grew ever darker with pity, with reluctance – to risk another, to take any on that path.
Frodo would go alone. The thought had grown in him, waxed ever more sure, and with it, his own despair. For I may not abandon Minas Tirith to go with this Company if it chooses the dark path, he thought. But by all that I hold dear, shall I meekly depart, knowing whither the Bearer is bound if Frodo will take no one? 'Tis madness!
It would be madness, if it happened. And since no man was obliged to honor madness, the consideration inevitably arose: Frodo has not the will for this, nor the knowledge. Yet I am to risk Gondor upon his judgment, and his strength? Mayhap were Aragorn the Ringbearer, I would have more faith in his ability to reach Orodruin alive and free, but Frodo? Let it be Legolas, or even Gimli ere we send a hobbit into that wasteland!
Thus his thoughts ran, and beneath the cold calculation of reason, beneath even justified fear and anger, there ran resentment. Resentment that welled up from a depth deeper than the abyss, and he knew not whence it came. Something stirred in him beneath even that – a something worse, he knew not what. Or rather, he refused to know what it was that surged ever against the draconian constraints he imposed upon it, and manifested in the constant question:
Why must it be thus? If this journey be ordained, as so many say, then spare me these thoughts! And unbidden there rose again the memory of that first night beneath Caras Galadhon, and words born of his own anguished, half-acknowledged suspicions: Have we not yet proved ourselves true? The argument with Aragorn had but added to its urgency... and despite the growing gap between himself and others, had undermined what surety had remained him.
And where did that leave him? For Boromir, warrior born and heir to the last bastion of the Dúnedain upon Middle-earth, such uncertainty was utterly foreign and he felt himself drowning. All of his life had been devoted to the protection of Gondor and to the men who served her, and that anyone should question his loyalty was an affront to his pride. Yet Galadriel's bright eyes had pierced him, and Frodo's answer to him that night had touched him close, between them tearing the veil aside and forcing him to see a part of himself that he had shunned.
Now, that furtive darkness, down there beneath even anger, nestled at his core whimpered and whispered incessantly, on the one hand inflaming his wrath and resentment, and on the other miring him in a profound mistrust that was the more vehement for having been exposed. Thus whenever he thought of the likely direction of the Quest, of a hobbit alone in the ash slags of Mordor, that insistent voice demanded, Why not Boromir? Why should I not have a share of this burden? Let others say as they please, must I not trust my own judgment? For if I cannot trust myself, then shall I blindly trust others?
Aye, there is the hook upon which all my doubts catch, Boromir thought with a grim smile that was hidden by the darkness. For if I may not trust others, I must trust myself, for what else have I? Let Aragorn trust where he will, I may not – for I am no wizard, nor a wizard's pupil!
At that moment, a voice drifted back to him, "Turn to the shores!" And he gritted his teeth at the sound of it, for it was Frodo's.
Do I hate him? he wondered then. Surely not! But how can I trust the fate of Minas Tirith to him? Galadriel's face flashed before his eyes, seeming to stab him with her regard once more, and from his depths, he protested: Who is she to hang Gondor's survival from so weak a thread? Or is there indeed anything at all that holds us up? And who is she to judge my loyalty?
Hard upon such angry recriminations, though, came a brooding fear that was more fundamental than any anger. For in spite of his surly temper, he had seen in Galadriel's eyes the terrible grief that racked her. However he might resent her judgments, he recognized that unlike hobbits, one such as she was not given to tears for less cause than the peril of the world. And if she mourns it already, then are we doomed to fail? he wondered. There is a malicious pall upon the world of late, and if this is but the beginning…
Why not try, then? asked the niggling voice that all of Elrond's words had not wholly quieted. Thought's native habit, borne upon that something lying low within him pressed like a needle: Why not take the risk and wound the Dark Lord as heavily as we might? It needs only the Ring, and one willing….
The keel grated on the riparian sands just then, halting his feverish thoughts, and the hobbits fairly leapt from the boat, grateful to stretch their legs.
Or else relieved to escape from me! Boromir thought, seeing the anxious, confused, unhappy look that Pippin turned briefly upon him. Perhaps because it was Pippin, who had never, so far as he could tell, meant to harm ought that wasn't supper, that look pierced through his thoughts and for a moment the world seemed to open. And he felt then chagrin for his curt and unfriendly words to Pippin that afternoon. He had never been a very patient man, but neither was he cruel, and in truth he knew not what compelled him speak so to a comrade. Unless it were weariness of a strange and unnatural sort–weariness born of the conflict within himself that he strove to suppress.
I feel stretched thin as a wire, Boromir thought as, with a soft sigh, he waded through the shallows, dragging the prow of the boat higher up onto the shore. My thoughts fly every direction today, he reprimanded himself then, striving for a wry resignation at the end of the day. For though he feared the trend of his own speculations, he feared even more that others should discover them. Even now, he shot a look sideways at Aragorn, who was performing the same task as he, while Frodo and Sam saw to their baggage. The Ranger glanced up, seeming to feel Boromir's eyes upon him, and the Man of Gondor looked away swiftly.
I should speak to him, he thought, gritting his teeth. But he could not. Not for fear of the contest – Boromir had fought too many battles to flinch from one, however bitter, yet Aragorn was worse than any enemy. For if there were one thing about which he had no doubt, it was that Aragorn would understand him better than any of the others. Ever since he had quarreled with him in Lórien, and Aragorn, with the shadow in his eyes, had looked away, some part of him had recognized the truth – He knows what drives me. He knew, for it drove Aragorn also, and Aragorn, Boromir recognized on some level, knew the name of this thing, this inward foe.
And if Boromir spoke to him, the other might reveal it – and Boromir could not bear to hear it, not least because he did not know which would be worse: that Aragorn should reveal him to himself in contempt... or in pity. Thus since Lórien, he had made every effort to turn the other's regard aside, for if his feelings toward Isildur's Heir had always been ambivalent, of late they had tilted more towards a jealous fear… and shame.
Why must it be thus? some part of him demanded. A sudden loathing seized Boromir then: of the quest, of Aragorn, of war, of peace, of indecision… and of himself. I hate this silence most of all! And yet it endured.
The first watch of the night drew slowly towards it end. Frodo sat quietly on a comfortable tussock of grass and felt the slow, night-time pulse of the earth surge through him, urging slumber and dreaming forgetfulness. But Frodo ignored the temptation, gazing out across the river to the mist-shrouded eastern bank.
There lies my way, the hobbit thought. Soon… soon I must leave this Company. Or let them leave me.
It had been in his mind of late that he could ask the others to simply go, to depart and leave him to his fate, to the task that called him. I might even be able to force them to do it, he thought.
For since that argument with Boromir, he had become more aware of the Ring as it hung upon its chain, secure in its dreadful power. It had silenced one opponent already, but if he dared to draw upon it, Frodo knew that his friends would have no choice but to obey his request. And is that not a terrible thought? Valar help me, this is what Gandalf – may he rest in peace! – warned me against from the beginning!
Sighing, he bowed his head, slouching beneath the weight of the burden and the terrible suspicions he now harbored. Galadriel's evident distress in Lórien as she had spoken of the Song had been as telling a sign as the conversation he had overheard in Moria. More so, even, for with Gandalf's death, Frodo found himself willing to believe the worst… if only someone else would confirm it for him!
Galadriel would not, and he understood why, for they were Ringbearers both, their thoughts having a terrible power to heal or destroy. For himself, he marked that the others had by and large gained some measure of peace while in Lórien, and he did not begrudge them that. So he had held his tongue – or bitten it, rather – out of pity and friendship. But oh, how he wished just one of them would speak of his own fears, and give shape to the dread that Frodo suffered! Then perhaps he might be able to ask what he longed to ask!
The sky darkened as a cloud drifted slowly before the moon, and Frodo stared up at the dimmed stars. Anduin murmured softly before him, but otherwise the night was silent… unnaturally so. Not a cricket sang, nor did bats or owls call out their hunting cries. His mouth gone suddenly dry, Frodo swallowed hard and stood, drawing his sword. In that instant, he heard movement behind him and turned to see Aragorn stirring restlessly.
Does he dream? the hobbit wondered, watching as the Ranger turned away, seeming to recoil from something, and then suddenly pushed himself up on one elbow, breathing quickly. The Ranger looked then toward him; their eyes met in the gloom, and after a moment, Aragorn rose, drawing his cloak about him against the damp chill, and came to kneel by Frodo's side.
"What is it?" he asked in a low voice.
"I know not," replied Frodo. "It seemed to me suddenly too quiet, as if something were creeping nearer." Both of them glanced down at Sting, whose edges glinted. But it was only the faint light of the stars that made it glitter, not the presence of their enemies. Aragorn closed his eyes, as if to shut out all distraction as he took in the sounds of the night.
"I hear nothing," he said at length, though he did not seem reassured by this, and Frodo felt his jaw clench, as the other continued: "Not even those creatures whose domain is the night sound. The land lies silent as if strangled."
"This is no wholesome quiet," Frodo murmured. Then: "Orcs?"
"Perhaps, but I doubt it," Aragorn answered, and the moon glinted in his eyes as he reopened them, and cast his gaze watchfully about. "Not all evil comes of orcs," he added quietly.
"We began this journey under the shadow," Frodo said quietly, "and now the darkness has extended to other senses as well. And it will go on… and on unchecked." The hobbit paused, fixing Aragorn under his gaze when the Ranger did not protest. And since there were no others to hear, he asked then the grim question that had haunted him since Moria: "You knew this, did you not? You and Gandalf both?"
Aragorn made no move, but his surprise – and his dismay – betrayed itself in silence, and Frodo perceived then the other wavering between speech and silence. Frodo shook his head.
"Speak, Aragorn!" he commanded. "For I think that nothing you say will be new to me." And he laid an urgent hand on Aragorn's shoulder. The Ranger sighed softly.
"Gandalf, I think, knew from the start that the Darkness would overtake us," he murmured. "I suspected his silence, but only upon the bridge of Khazad-dûm did I learn the full truth."
It hurt, that confession – and yet Frodo was glad to have it. After so long alone with my fears, that one other shares them – I never thought it could bring such relief!
But relief was not joy, and so Frodo replied sadly, "I thought as much."
"Knowing now this secret of the Wise, what do you intend to do?" Aragorn asked him then.
"I shall continue, of course," he said heavily. "What choice have I? What choice have any of us when the field is set against us? Did not Gandalf say it himself? That in the end, it matters not what fate decrees, but only what we choose, and the manner of our choosing?"
"So you heard us that night." Aragorn's eyes narrowed, and he shook his head. "And you never said aught!" He paused, and for a brief moment seemed to debate with himself ere he said slowly, "You say you shall continue. But how? If you will walk into Mordor, will you go with another, or alone?"
"What do you advise?" Frodo asked, curious.
"Do not ask me that, I beg!" There was a note of sharp entreaty in the other's voice that the hobbit had not heard before.
"Then do not advise, only say what it is in your heart, my friend. Should I take some and go to Mordor? Should I go alone?"
Still, the Ranger did not speak for awhile, and when he did respond at last, it was with manifest reluctance. "Neither," he answered.
Frodo blinked, surprised. "Neither?"
"As your friend, I would not have you dare that path at all, but turn west to Minas Tirith, for I would not have you endure the ruin that is Mordor. I have seen it, Frodo," Aragorn explained, and Frodo felt a chill go through him at the note of dread that crept then into the Ranger's voice. "If there is no hope, then there is no purpose in daring that deadly land."
"You advise me to turn aside?"
"Nay," came the swift reply. "For I know that there are worse things than pain, however unmerited or unprofitable; and I know that were it my own honor, and my own task, I could not refuse the way, nor treat with one who would so advise me. But you had asked me to say what was in my heart, to speak as a friend, not as your advisor." A pause, then: "Have I said enough for you?"
"Enough, and more than that," Frodo said heavily. "Your words, alas, are but the echo of my own reasonings, and yet…." Frodo sighed, unable to continue.
His glance strayed over the still forms of his companions, as Boromir stirred in his sleep. A moment he seemed on the verge of waking, but then, abruptly, he quieted again, sinking deeper into his dreams.
"What of them, Aragorn?" Frodo asked quietly, changing the subject. "Boromir at least will see his home again, whatever I decide. But truly – what of the others?"
"I know not," Aragorn replied, and Frodo thought he could hear the frown in the other's voice at mention of Boromir's name. But perhaps it was only imagination, for Aragorn continued on then: "It may be that we shall go severally to our ends, whatever they may be. But insofar as it is granted me, I would hold all together, for friendship may be our last defense." Another pause, then: "If you wish, I will take the rest of this watch, Frodo," he offered. "Sleep is now far from me, but you have not yet had a rest." After a moment, Frodo nodded his acceptance.
"Thank you," he said, and felt he should say more. But he could not find the words. Aragorn, however, laid a hand on his shoulder and Frodo sensed that the other understood. That was something, at least, and it eased him a little as Frodo lay down beside Merry and shut his eyes.
And Aragorn, watching as Frodo lay down amid the others, sighed inwardly, grieved on Frodo's behalf… on all of their behalves, truly.
So the trial of our wills begins in earnest,he thought. Bitter the thought of Frodo's labors in light of deadly secrets, and more bitter still that Frodo should share in them. I would have spared him that, at least! he thought, and regretted now that conversation in the dark of Moria. Had I known he would overhear...
Perhaps, though, the knowledge of fatal destiny would turn Frodo aside to Minas Tirith, would spare him at least the fruitless journey through Mordor. Yet his heart misgave him in that, and he was not sure whether he were glad of that doubt. For could he truly hope that Frodo would turn aside? Could he wish for Frodo what he would not accept for himself without shame?
He found himself uncertain in the end. As uncertain as he was of his own fate: Whither shall I go? To Minas Tirith or to Mordor? He would go with Frodo, if Frodo asked that of him – there was no question in his mind. But if Frodo made no command, and left it to him to decide... Well, he had thought it best to hold all together, but that depended upon others, and Elrond's words at their parting, to make no vows who had not seen nightfall, weighed heavy against too-hard-fought persuasion.
And of course, there was the other possibility, and despite his words to Boromir in Lórien, he could not quell the part of him that asked: And if Frodo takes Mordor and insists you go to Minas Tirith, what then?
But if the question could not be quelled, neither could it be answered. Shaking his head, he glanced once more at the Fellowship, at friends who were nonetheless withdrawn from each other, and he thought then of Boromir, and frowned in the darkness. For he knew that the Steward's son was troubled – that was no new thing since Imladris, but Moria had left none of them unscathed. Over the weeks since fleeing that dark realm, Boromir had grown more silent. The quest weighed on him, and Aragorn knew all too well how hard it was to leave in other hands a matter that touched so closely on that which one loved best.
Even so, there was in Boromir's silence and in the anger that seemed never far from him, however quiet it might be, something that disturbed, and Aragorn misliked it. He mistrusted it, and mistrusted more the looks that Boromir sent Frodo's way, though that was perhaps unfair. After all, he knew, since their argument in Lórien, where Boromir's doubts lay, and Aragorn could not even dispute their justice. Still...
He ought to speak with him. Quietly, where others need not hear. Privacy, though, was hard to come by, and especially with an Elf to overhear. Even luck seemed to be against them, as they drew ever lots for the opposite watch.
Wake him, then, urged fear. Wake him now!
But days on the road were long and hard, and in a company only half of whom knew their way about a sword, rest was precious. And a surly-tempered, sleepless Boromir would be unlikely to give him much hearing – less, even, than the guarded man who kept his distances of late. So said reason, not unrightly, and yet...
Glancing up again at the shrouded sky, Aragorn grimaced. How hard must this test be?
To that, the stars made no answer.
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I last played EU3 in any "serious" effort back in vanilla, and though I got both NA and IN in their time, I barely played. Instead my gaming needs were fulfilled by MMOs (EVE Online, LOTRO, more recently Wizard101). Likewise for a good long while I have stayed away from Paradox and these fora, during which period I have met, proposed to, and married the woman who makes my soul sing; have started to shed that dreaded label of being monolingual; and otherwise generally been rather busy. But the pull of this place never quite left me, and when I say EU3 Chronicles on sale for a very good price, well, the tempatation was just too much.
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I have chosen to play Milan as I think it offers interesting possibilities in terms of potential places to expand, and keeps open the possibility of colonisation. Plus, Italy, what's not to like?
I am playing vanilla, Normal/Normal, random lucky countries. IIRc the only other changes I made were to lengthen the spread of sea/land provinces to 100/200 years.
I intend to write this in a mixture of styles, likely depending on my fancy at the moment, though I imagine that gameplay/historybook will be the most common.
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Lol. This reminds me of the siamese twins clip on tosh.o. "I'll teach you a lesson, no I'll teach you a lesson!" lol. I would post a link, but I'm on my phone.
As for zach, I don't think it's time to panic. I do, however, feel that he should be in front of the net much more. It is where he scores the majority of his goals after all.


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So if you want to get your FACTS, buy one and run some *REAL* code on it. See it fall on its face.
Last edited by popper; 06-19-2012 at 01:39 PM.
and if they do, it might be nice to see you also wrote a few assembly and C patches for x264 to see the checkasm results of a large 1080p upscale to 4k/8k rescale and encode on these too if they get you some boards, and/or put one online and give the x264 dev's remote access to write and run hd and super HD tests for it.
assuming their new many core 512 SIMD is up to scratch for generic use and not just some oddball uni niche and top 500 companies with money to burn for overpriced industrial Co-Processor cards.
Last edited by popper; 06-19-2012 at 02:19 PM.
I dont know if amd developed ecc ram support or not, if not the chips will not be used for super computing. The tflop speed of that new intel card seems to very impressive, nvidia will have to work hard to make their new gk110 chip faster. That card is most likely useless for desktop users but for number crunching it could be very successful. Also intel can usually produce a huge number of chips without problems as they do not outsource manufacturing. When tsmc has got issues nvidia (and amd) can not sell so many chips they want. The gk104 was needed to optimize the production process at tsmc so that gk110 can be build later. So in theory intel has got good arguments when they want sell the new coprocessor cards.
I don't think I'll have any of these cards to play with any time soon, as I'd have to purchase it using my own money. For now, I'll just keep waiting on CL support for r600g to stabilize (and pitch in where ever I can). If the Knight's Corner/Phi stuff takes off, I'll hope the boards get cheap enough for us mortals to purchase. And well, I honestly don't care much about x264. I like what they're doing, but I'm not going to go out and specifically write code for a patent-encumbered video codec with an uncertain future (e.g. player royalties could start becoming a reality in the next few years).
no problem there will be lots of dev's buying and doing that patching/testing anyway if this 512bit SIMD AVX (not avc OC ) is any good as Ultra High Definition is officially on the landscape now, i just thought i would ask just in case anyway.
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It's an interesting architeture, and I know at least a couple people who are pretty stoked about it. I'm not sure how I feel about x86 living on even still, but Intel somehow has made it work.
This chip won't run all x86 code: no 32-bit mode, no MMX/SSE/SSE2/etc (replaced with wider SIMD units), no CMOV. In particular code that uses intrinsics or assembly routines making use of SSEx will have to be rewritten.
All in all being x86 here doesn't add anything except that it helped Intel porting Linux and their C compiler.
Also people should stop dreaming: being able to efficiently use more than 50 cores is a wet dream given how most existing software can't even efficiently use our 4 core CPU.
So this is an interesting chip, but for HPC and rendering, not for much else.


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They can dynamite Devil Reef, but that will bring no relief, Y'ha-nthlei is deeper than they know.
It is ok in my book, i do the same anyways
English is not my main language so grammar errors might happen.
My barb had a GF in diablo 2 man those where the days
You are lying! I never hit you! YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA!
Multiple friends with benefits? Sure, why not.
Multiple girlfriends with actual romantic prospects? Not unless they all know it's going on. But if they do know, there's nothing wrong with it.
If the girls are ok with it, then go for it.
But imo, its not ok.
Make sure righty doesn't find out about lefty or he may get jealous
OT: If your girlfriend is okay with it, sure. Open relationships are cool... I guess. But if you just go around cheating on a bunch of people, you're a douchebag.
If all are fine with it then I guess it's ok... Personally I don't see why you would.
"Reminds me of a dog. You stare at it while it's playing outside, running around in a circle, then stopping up, wagging with a wide "grin", jumping around until you call for the dog. Then it lowers its tail because it think it's done something bad and then you throw the ball, seeing the tail go straight into the air in bliss! ^^" - Gehco
only if all of the girls involved are aware and are ok with it imo. ive never met those girls, but ive been told they exist somewhere outside of porno.
wouldnt work for me personally, im a 1 woman man
I have nothing against polygamy, never understood why the system has something against it. Go ahead if you both are okay with it. But how do you see this relation? As in:
- One guy, multiple girls
- Multiple guys, multiple girls (which seems more fair to me, to be honest)
Problem is, you might start to see your other men and women in relation as a kind of family, in a certain way; instead of just a multitude of wives and husbands. That is a feeling that you might search to avoid.
But again, if you have no problem with multiple wives (and if your wives have multiple husbands), go ahead! It just means some people are happier then on this earth.
The reason you get so bored with one girlfriend is obviously because deep down you want a boyfriend.
It's like crossing an intersection. There's shit going on all over the place and you don't panic and act like an idiot then do you?
How would you feel if the girl you were seeing was seeing another guy?
If both of the girls know that you are seeing them both at the same time, great, go for it.
But if neither of them know; you are cheating, so go die in a ditch.
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This sounds like a very expensive proposition.
no we arent cavemen anymore
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Around him, he was aware of his company, flitting through the trees like silent shadows - dropping down to kill, disappearing again before they alike could be threatened. Already the orcs were in a fury with frustration and fear. No match for elves in a wood.
Erethon worked his way back to the borders, pulling the arrows from orc corpses while here and there, invisible in the leaves, an elf-voice would call out over the clamour and the tide of attackers would turn, making a futile search for the singer.
When his quiver was full and his belt could hold no more he turned back, just in time to hear a roar go up and a yell of orcish laughter. Before him one of the cherry-trees caught in flames, blossom flying up like sparks, but it was not the tree's destruction that pleased the orcs so well. They had dragged an elf from the burning canopy. He, doused in oil, burnt also, to the orcs great amusement.
"Ithildir!" Erethon cried, and, forgetting caution, he raced to his fellow's aid. Others of his company were doing the same and a great number of orcs came pouring out of the woods, attracted by the noise. It was pitched battle then, all tactics forgotten as he shot shaft after shaft. He carved a path to Ithildir's side and flung his cloak around the young archer. Relief touched him briefly when he knew the elfling would live, but he could not help realizing how dearly bought this victory was. Already he was once more without arrows, and the orcs had regrouped and surrounded him.
His company harried them, but the orcs had now learned better than to follow the taunting voices. They kept together, a great pack of swarthy Mordor orcs, with here and there the pallid, cats-eyed, Moria goblins among them.
Setting his back to a tree, the swathed form of Ithildir at his feet, Erethon laughed and gave himself over to the joy of battle as they came at him. His long knives were wet, his hands sticky, his arms black up to the elbow. Orcs fell as his company fired on them from the treetops, but there were simply not enough elves or enough arrows.
Just when he had opened his mouth to begin singing his death-song, a horn sounded from beyond Nimrodel and there came running, like a host of the Elder days, many Galadhrim in armour, lead by a warrior with a cloak white as cloud, wielding an axe inlaid with gold which flashed eagerly in the pale spring sunshine. Merethir, of Celeborn's household, who had come with the Lord out of Ost-in-Edhil, where together they had fought against Sauron the Deceiver face to face.
The orcs cried out in dismay, but Erethon's company was filled with hope, and surging forward, gleaning arrows all the way, the two elf forces trapped and destroyed the orcs between them.
"Well met, Guardian," said the white cloaked lord once the last of the din-horde lay in pieces at his feet, "Not late I hope?"
"You come in very fair time, my lord," Erethon cried, smiling. "Very fair time indeed."
From the high talan in Caras Galadhon Celeborn looked out and beheld from afar the burnings and the ooze of darkness beneath the leaves where orcs forced their way into his forest.
"It looks worse than it is," said Calandil, stepping up beside him, "They have no wood-lore at all. All along the East border they venture in, blunder about, and we pick them off as easily as spearing fish in a millpond. Before another hour is passed they will be nothing more than soil under the roots of your trees."
In the South, where he had sent Merethir, a line of silver gleamed as though Anduin himself had risen to crash upon the glam-hoth. All was hopeful, and yet Celeborn's palms itched for the feel of a weapon, and it irked him to stand here, letting others take the risks. Glancing sidelong at Calandil, he knew that his old friend was more than aware of this, and the look of sympathy was more than he could take. "You stink," he said.
Calandil laughed. He pushed back one of his many gold-tipped braids, leaving a smudge of black blood on his cheek. "Aye, as a perfume, better roll in cowpats than touch an orc...What troubles you?"
The braying of black horns sounded out and in the East, all along the river, single orcs and bands of three or five began spilling out from under the eaves of Lorien, joining the larger host which wound northwards like a poisonous snake, ever touching the borders and then drawing away.
"They test us," Calandil said. His slate-blue eyes, so like those of Daeron, narrowed as he understood the pattern, "They seek to find a gap."
"And in the seeking they keep our forces spread and diffuse, so that the greater burden lies on my Lady - to maintain the wards at all points. I like it not."
"No more did Thingol, when Melian bore the brunt of defending us," said Calandil, glad youth in his face as memory took him back to a more wondrous world. Thinking of Elu Thingol's storms of sudden anger - which broke like thunder and left the air refreshed behind them - Celeborn shared a smile with his friend. There were few now left who remembered King Elwë in all his glory, as a beloved kinsman, not just as a figure of dark justice in an ancient tale.
"He was right to mislike it." Celeborn said, "Too greatly Doriath relied on Melian, so that when her strength was withdrawn from us, we fell. I have sent Tasariel and her company to follow the host. The orcs will not find a hand's breadth of this border where we depend on magic alone. Perhaps if they believe us to be defended by arms at all points they will try another tactic."
"Am I to join Tasariel?"
"No. She and Haldir's archers will have to be enough. I need you here in case this is but a feint. Any frontal assault will come here, in the East."
"Then I will return to my wing and be sure they are ready." Calandil turned, the sweeping lift of his cloak and the glint and ring of his ornamented braids like a repeated character in the writing of Celeborn's life - each iteration unique, but the meaning at all times the same. It was good, in this changing world, to have something that altered not.
As Calandil descended, Celeborn walked over to the edge of the talan and looked almost straight down. There, far below, was the smooth shadowed bowl of the mirror glade, the mirror itself like a fallen jewel glimmering. Beside the mirror Galadriel sat, her hands in her lap, her back very straight. He thought her eyes were closed until she tilted her head and looked up at him - a glance as sharp and delightful as cold water on a hot day.
Do you not have work? She chided him in jest. Why are you idling?
It's said that to gaze on a thing of beauty is refreshment to the spirit. So I am not idling. I strengthen my faer by looking upon you. How hold the wards?
The touch of her mind drew away. If he followed he could sense Lorien - every flower, every glade, every hind that lifted a startled head to snuff the wind. Running through the whole country, as softly as fallen rain, flowed the golden power of Galadriel. With that influence, but brighter, stranger, and to his mind less trustworthy, twined the strength and white brilliance of Nenya.
At the edges of Lorien these powers merely whispered, telling of what had crossed into the land, but a mile within they coalesced together into an invisible barrier. Orcs, lured into the strip of woodland outside the barrier, were unable to breach that ring of will, and so remained helplessly within the outer woods, waiting to be picked off by the March-Wardens.
The wards hold well, Galadriel said, a hidden smile easing her tight-pressed mouth, And will continue so. That is as long as you do not make a practice of distracting me.
He smirked. When the time comes I will distract you well enough.
A small flicker of unvoiced laughter quivered the leaves above his head. You are such a fool, my husband. Why did I ever marry you?
That, he said, turning back to the chaos of messengers and the grim faces of his scribes. There was still no news from Haldir in the North. That I shall never know.
The sun had lowered now behind Caradhras, and the horn of the mountain was russet and madder red in her departing beams. Mallorn blossom tossed against a deepening sky as Haldir looked out and saw the orcs approaching, like a tide of thrice burnt oil spreading over water.
Mist strayed over the valley of Nimrodel. Quiet in the silvering dusk, the voice of the waters sang of love and hope and a far off meeting that Haldir knew had never in truth come to pass. Tonight it seemed an ill omen - the song of a maiden cheated of her dreams - just as time cheated the elves and stole from them everything for which they strove.
"But not yet," he said to himself, a whisper of denial towards the orcs and their Master, "You shall not take Lorien from us yet. Not if my hand can prevent it."
"Haldir!" The tree swayed slightly as Orophin swung up to stand beside his brother, laughing, "Tasariel comes, and Ai! the banners and the horns and the evening light on their armour - it is like a tale by the fire wrought in life! How we will sing of this!"
Childlike Orophin seemed at times, Haldir thought, and indeed he was too young to have yet seen pitched battle. Childlike, I hope he remains. For a short time. But the wish seemed little likely to be satisfied. He set the regret aside, telling himself to be content if his brothers both survived this, however their innocence might be lost. "I will hear no song before yours," he said, pledging the words against an uncertain future.
Tasariel's axe fouled in a shield. She dropped it and swept out her sword, but at the very moment when she was unarmed two orcs leapt upon her. She jammed the quillions of her sword into the belly of the first and tensed, hoping that her abused armour and bruised ribs would absorb the blow of the second. But the stroke went wild and the goblin fell, a long arrow neatly through the centre of its eye. Tasariel looked up and met the gaze of Haldir, now but a tall shadow against a sky full of stars.
"March warden," she bowed slightly in thanks.
Haldir's head raised. "Ware! Behind you," and he disappeared again, seeking more arrows.
Thus the weary night passed, and between them Tasariel's warriors and Haldir's archers drove the enemy west and then south along the fences of Moria. Many orcs were slain, trapped between the wood and the crags of the Misty Mountains. But there, where the fighting was fierce, many elves fell also.
"Too many," said Haldir and clasped his brother's shoulder as Orophin stood stunned, looking at the dead faces of friends whom he had thought to have beside him for as long as the world should endure. "See to it that you do not join them."
"I cannot..." Orophin looked upon Haldir with eyes as unquiet as the sea. Then he gave a mute, numb nod.
"You will sing this battle yet, chen-nin. You will sing for those who have been silenced."
But Orophin shook his head. "No. Haldir I cannot. I...just leave me be."
At Silverlode the orc army hewed down trees and flung them over the river, crossing it in speed. They paid very dearly for that timber. So much so that when they had gone over they came no longer even within bowshot of the trees but passed southward. Hugging the contours of Lorien they kept just beyond the archers' range, as if goading the elves to come forth and do battle in the plain.
"Do we let them go?" Haldir asked, as they rested for a moment beneath the glossy crown of an ancient holly.
"I know not," said Tasariel and whistled tunefully. At the bright notes a blackbird came fluttering from its nest and alighted by the elf-warrior's stained hand. It cocked its head and fixed one gold rimmed eye on her face. "My friend," she said to it, "Fly to Caras Galadhon and tell the Lord that the orc army departs towards Rohan. Are we to pursue them?"
The bird's flight made a brave picture against a dawn sky of palest yellow. Outriders of Tasariel's wing kept pace with the orc host, harrying them still if they came too close, but Tasariel and Haldir breathed deeply of the sudden quiet.
"Now we have time to listen to the grass," Haldir said, "I would send my brother back with an escort for those who have been injured. Rumil weathers this well, but Orophin..." he sighed, "He is very young."
"Then by all means," Tasariel took off her helmet and shook out the long fall of her dark hair, "Not all neri are made to be warriors, just as not all nissi are formed for the arts of peace. I speak as one who knows! Let him go to the healers and take Death itself as his enemy. He will not be less honoured for it."
So Orophin passed back though the protective spells that girdled Lorien with enchantment. There he was met by maidens bearing litters in which to carry those who were most grievously hurt, and after tending those whose wounds were slight, they departed for the healers' pavilion in the city.
But Haldir and Tasariel stood yet a while under the holly, and at length the bird returned, singing.
"Good," said Tasariel and unbuckled the latches of her mail, letting it fall with great content, "The Lord says not to pursue them - and I say aye to that. Let them go. We have at least thinned their forest, and earned some rest before the next assault." She smiled, "Will you drink with me to our first victory, Haldir?"
"I will." But in his mind, Haldir saw the orc host pass in fury and trampling over the long meadows of the Wold, coming on the unsuspecting Men there in all the stored wrath and humiliation of defeat. "What of Rohan?" he asked.
"What of them?" Tasariel shrugged, "Never have they sought our friendship. Little, I deem, would they want our protection. Let Rohan worry about Rohan. Or at the very best let the Lord and Lady worry about them. Your hands and mine are full enough."
Haldir spared a thought for the little Ringbearer, and for Aragorn son of Arathorn. He wondered briefly what impact this extra army of the foe would have on them. But Tasariel was right. Lorien could not fight the battles of all Middle Earth. They had repelled only the first questing finger of Dol Guldur. It remained to be seen whether they had strength enough to withstand the full blow.
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Last year, that all changed. We received an invite from the folks at Run Disney to participate in their 20th Walt Disney World Marathon and I knew that this was my chance to make it happen. What better way to do my first marathon than at Disney! Not only that, it would be an opportunity to take a quick family vacation and take my bonus son on HIS first trip to Disney World.
Did I mention that this was also my first time visiting Disney? Unfortunately, during a few days leading up to the race, the day-to-day business of Black Girls RUN! kept me from park hopping, but we did manage to have a bit of fun.
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For weekend race participants, the expo is just one of many things the Run Disney crew had planned. They hosted pasta dinners every night, which was a fun way to get into race mode. Not only that, but it also gave us a chance to do a short photo opp with the mouse. We also got to attend a blogger tweet-up where we were able to meet the legendary, Jeff Galloway and Chief Running Officer of Runner's World, Bart Yasso, among other elite athletes and celebrities.
Finally, race day came along! Okay. The worst thing about the Disney Marathon was the start time. 5:30am. Which means I got up at 1:30am to start fueling and getting my stomach together. The other bad part? Getting to the start line is a beast and includes finding a place to park and a mile walk from the "holding area" to the start. What can I say? We're spoiled. Fortunately, as a guest of Run Disney, we were able to skip all of that and get a golf cart ride to the front. But honestly, having heard the stories from other people who had to get find their own way to the start, I'm not sure I'd be up for the one mile hike at 3am. It's the little things.
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As far as my marathon experience goes, it was, well, interesting. At about mile 5 or 6 I heard something "pop" in my Achilles. Followed by sharp pains. I knew I needed to take it pretty easy to be able to finish the race and get the coveted bling. The good news, 6 hours and 20 minutes later, I crossed the finish line. The bad news, I have a partial tear in my Achilles, which has me out of commission for a while. There will be more to come on my first real sports injury. (FYI, I'm feeling uber hard core these days, but on second thought, I should have definitely stopped when I felt the pain).
Ultimately, if you are thinking of doing a Disney race, do at least one for the experience. It's definitely one of the better races I've participated in, but it can be pricey (race registration, airfare, hotel, food, etc.). As far as me running a marathon, there's footage floating around of me screaming at Ashley "I'm never doing it again." But, I'm already thinking about the next 26.2 I'm going to conquer.
Disclosure: Our Walt Disney World Marathon experience was complimentary during a media visit. As always our thoughts and opinions are all our own.
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Loved your recount of your experience! Thanks for sharing.
Great description of your Disney Marathon experience.
Ouch! Sorry about the torn Achilles…especially that early in the race. You finished it! You rock! Great recap.
SOOO exciting to hear how you did this in the midst of EVERYTHING else going on! Awesome.
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Having done two Disney races last year, I agree with alot of what you said and am sorry about your Achilles. Thanks for sharing your experience!
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Consider this your invitation to the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon or the Indianapolis Marathon. Interested?
I did the Disney Full Marathon on 1/13/13 as well. My sister (58) and I (49) were in the corral H we arrived at 3 am for a start time at 6:26. Route was interesting to say the least but doing it with my Big sister that is a 1/2 marathon walker was priceless
she even left me at mile marker 22 because my knee was killing me but I pushed through to finish to only have to go to Ortho doctor today to have fluid drained off my knee but I made it. To God Be The Glory I made it. It was hot as all get out but I made it.
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I too did Disney this year with my BGR partner. I only did the 5K family fun. My dream come true. Thanks to BGR, I did the Atlanta Inaugural as well. My health is good but my knees won't allow me to run, but I get my power walk "on" when I can. thanks for the motivation and new friends I have meet along the way.
Good health to you for the new year and keep moving in the new year as you train for your next event. I know you know the drills. Glad you and the family made memories. You really "ROCK"…..from Philly BGR……
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Great recap! Glad I got to meet you and Ashley that weekend and share in my first time marathon jitters with you the morning of the race.
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I am not buying any shitty motherboard with secureboot. In fact, this thing is just crying for lawsuit!
Security is about layers. It's obviously better to prevent a system compromise in the first place, but software has bugs and it's inevitable that some of those will end up being security bugs. Linux isn't a special case here - check any distribution's security updates and you'll see that there's no shortage of remotely-exploitable bugs that permit arbitrary code execution. The sensible thing to assume is that at some point a bad guy will find one you don't know about and exploit it before you've fixed it. That means you need to reduce the damage that that compromise can do. selinux and apparmor are mostly protective technologies, not preventative technologies - both exist to reduce the damage that arbitrary code can do. Secure Boot is another example of a protective technology. It doesn't prevent an initial compromise, but it reduce the damage that that initial compromise can do.
But for that to be useful, you need to know that the code you're executing is trusted. There's two ways of handling that - you either have the user explicitly tell you what's trusted (including letting the user tell you to trust everything), or you trust a third party to tell you what's trustworthy. Microsoft's implementation on x86 permits both. You can disable Secure Boot or install your own keys, or you can just assume that everything signed by Microsoft is valid.
Yeah, we're so fucked that there's already mainstream Linux distributions that boot out of the box on Secure Boot systems.They didnt fix shit. All they did was fuck us. And they did it knowing what they were doing.
Microsoft has been going around spreading FUD about they owning Linux "intellectual property" (lol) and patents.
Maybe the next step is, they only sign those who pay to license their patents. Some kind of extortion.
According to another thread in this forum, there already are some boards with UEFI firmware that don't allow turning off secure boot. That would be lawsuit-worthy, it looks like.
MS essentially said... "Lets make up some imaginary boot loader virus so we can fuck linux!"
Windows 8 is still gonna get just as comprimised as every other windows has ever been. And booting linux doesnt have a single damn thing to do with that.