I think you have me wrong Scott. I think the idea of sv_serverdomain is an excellent idea and easily implemented. The whole idea of the game being bound to IP has always irked me. I have been using "co foo.net" to get to my game servers for quite some time through my own DNS magic. It'd make having a hot spare shadow server easier to handle as well for when I want to take a main server offline for core updates and hardware upgrades.
I for one welcome our new sv_serverdomain overlords. -Mike- ~~~~ -Mike- is: Biker ~ Slacker ~ Iconoclast ~ Eclectic Thinker ----- Original Message ---- From: Scott Tuttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:50:19 AM Subject: RE: [hlds] Feature request: sv_serverdomain I hold @Home in high regard because they were my first cable isp. But put your epeen back in your pants. Just because someone doesn't have as much experience as you doesn't mean the idea is not worthy. I built 35 million dollar storage area networks in a now defunct startup company that was brought down by sloppy management, yet I still think the idea is worth merit. Not everyone spends that much money on dedicated ips and colocation. Even if they do isps change and dns can be modified and, at least in my vision (mostly), is "future proof". Occassionally even those of us, due to cost or poor service, move our servers to other network providers and this would save us from having to start over with a regular user base. Don't be so close minded. Maybe you will get more respect. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of -Mike- > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:25 PM > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: Re: [hlds] Feature request: sv_serverdomain > > Ahh yes, the AARIS trials. > > > > I'll buy it when I see it in production and stable. You know > Nick, just > because you get the hand-me-down technology from the colonies > does not mean it's > on todays cutting edge. Take for example, pushing 100mb over > HFC. Hip back > around 1999, and deemed far too unstable given the current > evolution of > deployed cable infrastructure technology, which evolves at a > much slower rate > than traditional IP network infrastructure. But why knows, > maybe AARIS got their buggy vaporware sorted out. Doubt it. > > Obviously you don't know your history, Nick. @Home Network > was founded around 1994 with the intent of taking a then > defunct military technology of IP over Hybrid Fiber Coax (the > 'cable modem') and with partnerships with major cable > providers bringing the technology to market to the general > consumer. (hi, I was there, worked on that bit) We built a > huge backbone infrastructure just to carry the amount of > traffic the new 'broadband' technology would be pushing to > the exchanges (AS6172, hi again, helped engineer it) During > the life of the company, we took over canada, hopped the pond > into Europe, (@Home Benelux/Chello, hi there, was there for > that) and was a smashing success, the UK... you name it. The > sun never set on the @Home empire. > > Those of us on the original team made stupid money, Nick... > wish you could have been there. There are good chunks of the > late 90's that are just 'Scene Missing' in my memory thanks > to loads of stock money. We pulled our golden parachutes > around 2000 and bailed, this was when AT&T took over and > diced all of @Home up into components and sold it off. This > is why the URL on the business card does not resolve. The > company is defunct. > > Warning game related content: I hosted a stack of FPS > servers from the rack in the NOC the entire time, it was grand. > > A current business card I do not have handy, never bothered > to order them. I will tell you I head up Operations for a > rather large search engine. We have an AS, we have a > substantial presence in a datacenter very close to MAE West, > and we were recelenty featured on MSNBC, the Wall Street > Journal, etc... > > Cheers, Nick. > > ~~~~ > -Mike- is: Biker ~ > Slacker ~ Iconoclast ~ Eclectic Thinker > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Gigabit Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:58:39 AM > Subject: RE: [hlds] Feature request: sv_serverdomain > > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > You know the US ain't the only place in the world... > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/10/ntl_trial/ > > And that was nearly a year ago, so my guess is you don't have > the best cable tech money can buy GLOBALLY. > > If you want to talk about real world deployments, read > http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/vnunet/news/2152621/asia-mov > es-beyond-broadband?page=2 which says > > "Many Japanese urban residents, for example, have enjoyed $50 > per month 100Mbps fibre connections for several years." > I don't have cable internet myself, but I doubt you > personally would be responsible for it if I did (but it's > nice to know your level of modesty, are your related to Al > Gore?). Also try getting your ISP to advertise the average > speed as opposed to peak theoretical throughput, I've yet to > come accross an ISP salesman that says "We can offer you a > connection which averages 23MB/s!!!!". > > Now lets get back to talking about HL2.... > > (P.S. If you're going to post your business card, why not > post the current one, not one where the URL resolves to a > website that's now a link site offering "The Best Real Estate > Sources on the Web", and can be easily faked.) > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [hlds] > Feature request: sv_serverdomain> To: > hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:29:15 > -0800> > I don't know, Nick...> > http://moike.net/proof.jpg> > > ...you tell me.> > It's no small thanks to me back in the > early 90's that you -have- cable internet.> > 100mb my ass. > I've got the best cable technology has to offer right now > piped steaming hot directly to the seven foot telco rack of > hardware in my house and it still averages 24mb down and > about 3 on the upstream. And that's with me 'juiced up' given > who -I- am. But I still get a /29. Any schmuck who's willing > to pay for a business grade ip dialtone over cable can get > static addresses.> > -Mike-> ~~~~> -Mike- is: Biker ~ Slacker > ~ Iconoclast ~ Eclectic Thinker> > _________________________________________________________________ > Live Search: New search found > http://get.live.com/search/overview > -- > [ Content of type image/pjpeg deleted ] > -- > [ Content of type image/pjpeg deleted ] > -- > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
