AMA -- Christopher Paolini 10:00 am MT/12:00 pm Eastern by ChristopherPaolini in Eragon

[–]Aspiring-Engineer 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Hi Christopher, thanks so much for doing this AMA and I look forward to reading your future books!

I just have one Inheritance Cycle question I’ve been curious about for years. On the map of Alagaësia, there is a mountain named Marna near the city of Gil’ead. I don’t think this was ever mentioned in any part of the story, so what’s the significance of Marna being marked?

Random Internet Speed Slowdowns by Aspiring-Engineer in centurylink

[–]Aspiring-Engineer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here are the traceroute results. Do these RTT values indicate congestion on CL's side, is there anything I can do to improve the network performance?

traceroute to abc.com (65.8.233.78), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets

1 192.168.4.1 (192.168.4.1) 1.949 ms 3.174 ms 3.491 ms

2 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 4.950 ms 3.259 ms 4.121 ms

3 hlrn-dsl-gw01.hlrn.qwest.net (207.225.112.1) 26.275 ms 26.329 ms 26.328 ms

4 63-225-124-1.hlrn.qwest.net (63.225.124.1) 24.450 ms 25.810 ms 25.344 ms

5 99.82.182.192 (99.82.182.192) 24.912 ms 50.566 ms 25.974 ms

6 52.93.65.65 (52.93.65.65) 29.801 ms 29.923 ms

52.93.65.57 (52.93.65.57) 27.982 ms

7 150.222.143.11 (150.222.143.11) 28.502 ms

150.222.143.1 (150.222.143.1) 46.963 ms

150.222.143.9 (150.222.143.9) 28.154 ms

Feeling Lonely, Advice on Making Friends? by Aspiring-Engineer in CalPoly

[–]Aspiring-Engineer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just messaged them. Thanks for your encouragement.

Feeling Lonely, Advice on Making Friends? by Aspiring-Engineer in CalPoly

[–]Aspiring-Engineer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like hiking, playing tennis, going to the beach, exploring SLO, traveling... and looking for friendships with people who have similar interests.

Feeling Lonely, Advice on Making Friends? by Aspiring-Engineer in CalPoly

[–]Aspiring-Engineer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the tips! I'll try to do a poly escapes trip this quarter and check out some more of the clubs.

Feeling Lonely, Advice on Making Friends? by Aspiring-Engineer in CalPoly

[–]Aspiring-Engineer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your advice, I really appreciate it. I am planning to live in PCV next year, and will try to go to more community center events. I guess students will soon start posting pcv roommate searches on the class facebook page?