Esikhathini esithile cishe ngo-1930, u-JRR Tolkien waqala lonke uchungechunge lwe-Lord of the Rings ngokutshela izingane zakhe izindaba zesikhathi sokulala ngomlingiswa omncane ayembiza ngokuthi "I-Hobbit." Wayephupha umhlaba weHobbit kusukela esemncane yena. Ngokwenza kanjalo, u-Tolkien wasungula ngokuphelele lonke uhlobo lwe-"Fantasy Adventure with Elves and Dwarves" yedwa.
Uphinde waphakamisa ukuthi yikuphi mhlawumbe ubuchwepheshe bekholi yenkomfa ebabazeka kakhulu eyake yaba khona, i-Palantíri, noma ukubona i-Stones of Númenor. Lawa bekuyisethi yamabhola ekristalu angu-7 ayengase asetshenziselwe inkomfa ngevidiyo esuka e-Eressëa yonke indlela yonkana eMiddle Earth.
Kulezi zinsuku zokugcina, amatshe alahlekile, ama-Elves ahambe ngomkhumbi aya eNtshonalanga, futhi "abantu abancane" bamatasatasa othangweni. Namuhla singakhetha omakhalekhukhwini bethu "emaphaketheni" ethu kanye nenkomfa yevidiyo nabantu abathathu abasabalele kuwo wonke amazwekazi amathathu mahhala.
Kodwa uma ubunokukhetha, iyiphi engcono: ucingo lwenkomfa, noma i-Seing Stone of Númenor?
Ukufinyelela okungenamkhawulo
I-Palantíri nakanjani izophumelela isici esipholile. Zazingabhubhi. Zenziwa Emazweni Angafi nguFëanor ngokwakhe, njengendlela yokufudumala kumaSilmarils, ngaphambi kokuba iNúmenor icwile ngaphansi kwamagagasi.
Futhi babeyisikhombisa kuphela.
Lokhu kuyiqiniso, iphuzu labo elibuthakathaka. Ukuze uzitholele Itshe Elibonayo laseNúmenor, kufanele ube usohlwini lwamakhosi angama-half-elven, noma okungenani kufanele ube nezikhiye ze-Orthanc noma indawo enjalo. Ngokuphambene, wonke umuntu udinga ukusetha a I-Conference Conference iyi-smartphone, futhi wonke umuntu unenye yalezo. Khomba ku-teleconferencing.
Ukuqhathanisa ikhwalithi yomsindo nesithombe
Impela, ikhwalithi yomsindo ibaluleke kakhulu kwezokuxhumana, futhi ubuchwepheshe obusezingeni eliphansi njengezingcingo zengqungquthela ze-Skype noma ze-VOIP bungaholela engxoxweni engemuva esabekayo ezwakala njengemimoya ehlukene ye-Orcs, Balrogs kanye ne-Nazgûl ngezinye izikhathi. Ubani odinga lokho kuphazamiseka?
Nakuba ngingeyena umnikazi we-Palantír ngokwami, ngawo wonke ama-akhawunti izingcingo zezingqungquthela zesimanje zisebenzisa omakhalekhukhwini zinesithombe esiqhathaniseka nekhwalithi yomsindo namagilabhu wengilazi ka-Fëanor. Kokubili kungabonisa isikrini esibanzi noma ukuvala, nezikrini eziningi ngesikhathi esisodwa. Zombili zinekhwalithi yomsindo ecacile. Ngenkathi i-Palantíri iphrojusa okuphakelayo kwayo komsindo ngqo ebuchosheni bakho, lokhu ngezinye izikhathi kungaba yinto enhle kakhulu, njengoba u-Pippin athola engxoxweni yakhe noSauron kokuthi "Imibhoshongo Emibili."
Indlela eyodwa yezingcingo zenkomfa yesimanje kukhona okungcono kunePalantíri ukuthi beza nayo Izilawuli Zomphathi ukuqeda ama-echoes e-Skype, futhi uqiniseke ukuthi amazinga evolumu awo wonke umuntu alungile. Futhi inqobo nje uma uqaphela ukuthi ungathumeli Izimemo Nezikhumbuzi kunoma yimaphi ama-Dark Lords angamademoni, ngeke akwazi ukuphahlaza ucingo lwakho lwenkomfa.
Izici
Noma iyiphi ingxoxo yokuthi ngabe i-Seing Stones yaseNúmenor ibingcono yini kunezingcingo zengqungquthela okufanele zihlolwe Izici futhi. Ezandleni ezinekhono, amaPalantíri ayekwazi ukubona emuva naphambili ngesikhathi, kanye nomkhathi. Kuhle lokho. Ngenkathi izingcingo zengqungquthela zingakwenzi thatha yisiphi isikhathi ukuze usethe, futhi nakuba ungakwazi ukubhukha izingcingo zezingqungquthela Phambili nge Shayela Ukuhlela, awukwazi ukubiza u-Tolkien ngokwakhe emuva ngo-1940 futhi umbuze ukuthi kungani engeze i-Accënts cishe kuwo wonke ama-Nâme ku-Bōōks yakhe.
Khomba iPalantíri.
Futhi njengezingcingo zengqungquthela, u-Palantír naye weza neyakhelwe ngaphakathi Inombolo yamahhalas futhi ingase isethelwe ukwenza Izingcingo Ezivela Njalo. U-Pippin uthole lokhu ngesikhathi ecosha i-Saruman's Seeing Stone ngaphandle kwe-Orthanc, edayela i-Sauron esheshayo. Ngokuqinisekile lokho kwamfundisa ukuba agxambukele ezindabeni zabathakathi!
Kodwa ngokudabukisayo, isistimu yokusebenza ku-Fëanor's Palantíri yayingaphambi kokusungulwa kwe-World Wide Web, ngakho-ke izingcingo zengqungquthela kukhona kangcono kunokubona Amatshe ngandlela thize ngoba angakwazi ukuzibandakanya Inkomfa yewebhu futhi Ukwabelana Ngesikrini. Ubuchwepheshe bekholi yenkomfa buba ngcono minyaka yonke.
Amakholi enkomfa alula
Cabanga ngazo zonke izinkinga i-Fellowship of the Ring ebingazisindisa ukube bebenobuchwepheshe bezingcingo zengqungquthela obufinyeleleka kalula bentando yeningi! U-Boromir bekungeke kudingeke ukuthi athathe uhambo oluya enyakatho e-Rivendell esuka e-Minas Tirith izinyanga eziyisithupha ukuze nje athamele uMkhandlu wase-Elrond. Kodwa mhlawumbe kuyinhlanhla u-Tolkien akazange asungule ucingo lwenkomfa njengoba sazi, ngoba imuvi nezincwadi bekumnandi kakhulu ngaphandle kwazo.
Ukuhlala uthintana ne-teleconferencing
Ngakho, ngokusekelwe ekuqhathanisweni kwesici ngasinye, ake sifingqe. Uma kungenzeka ukuthi uyinzalo eqondile ka-Isildur, indodana ka-Elendil, amaPalantíri ayizinketho ezinhle kakhulu zokuhlala uthintana no-Arwen Evenstar wakho othandekayo, umamezala wakho ongafi uGaladriel (manje ohlala e-Elvenhome noGandalf no-Elrond), futhi indandatho ethwele (kodwa engasekho) amakhosi abantu ayisishiyagalolunye namancane ayisikhombisa. Futhi mhlawumbe ungakwazi ukufinyelela emuva ekuntweleni kwesikhathi futhi ubone isandla esinamandla sika-Fëanor Curufinwë sisebenza.
Kodwa uma ungumuntu wokuzilibazisa ojwayelekile, futhi ungafisi ukugxambukela ezindabeni zabathakathi (okuyinto ehlale kuwumqondo omuhle), uma ufuna iringithoni eyodwa ukuze uthole bonke abangani bakho, bahlanganise bonke, futhi, "ekuxhumaneni zibophe," khetha eshibhile futhi ejabule ku-smartphone yakho.
Ezintweni eziningi zokuzilibazisa zanamuhla, izingcingo zezingqungquthela zingcono kune-Seing Stones.
Beka izinyawo zakho ezinoboya phezulu emgqonyeni we-"Old Winyards", bese usebenzisa i-teleconferencing ukuqoqa ozakwenu, noma umndeni, ukuze wehlele engxoxweni ejabulisayo yezinto ezibalulekile empilweni, njengokuthi isivuno salo nyaka "Old I-Toby" iyeza, noma leyo sihloko esiyinhloko kunoma iyiphi i-hobbit ehloniphekile:
"Isidlo sakusihlwa sani?"
