Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Shannon]

@Shannon

Is FRM 4.9 near completion? I am excited to see how this will apply in USLM  and UMS.

No.  I haven't even started working on it yet, aside from trying to figure out what to put in it.  Right now I'm working on upgrading the original script of MHS.  I am not sure FRM is even going to make it into MHS.

On top of that I have acquired not one, but two significant infections: the first a sore throat that I got a few days before the second, which is a major flu.  I have been using MIR ever since, 24/7 according to the instructions, and while I can tell I have both infections, I am still functional enough to take care of GF, who did not use MIR according to the instructions.  That flu is also infecting her (we got it from the same person at the same time, but she didn't think to use MIR and because I was playing it, it didn't occur to me to point out to her that she was wandering into and out of the rage of sound), and she is sick as a dog in bed.  Fever of 103 (for about an hour), chills (for about an hour),  severe body aches, the whole nine yards.  Needless to say, I am taking care of her, but I am also too sick to work.  If I wasn't so tired, I might not be, but I got next to no sleep last night between my own infections and taking care of her.  Truly a testament to how awesome MIR 2.1 is.  I can't wait to build V3.

FRM 4.9 is being done slowly and deliberately because at this point, it is extremely complicated and difficult to advance it further.  I'm still in the "gathering ideas and contemplating how to implement them" phase.  But this next version does have me excited.  It's just not going to be a quick thing.  It may require more than another month for me to create, depending on how things play out - I don't know right now.  How long will I be unable to work because I'm sick?  How long will this phase of working on MHS take?  Will the models indicate that MHS should have FRM 4.9?  And if not, will it be going into what I work on next (most likely MIR 3)?  Finally, how will the current cycle affect my ability to work, sleep, think, etc?

So please be patient.  This isn't an easy time in any direction.  The fact that I can even write this response amazes me right now.  But it will get done.  That much I know.