-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I know what you mean about taking some time off. I took two years out but felt I wanted to get back to technology because I'm a geek at heart and enjoy the fast change. I also wanted to do something more productive than just messing around and seeing the world.
I don't agree with what you say about life being a game though, a game you can pause, restart, and do what you want. Life on the other hand affects others permanently, can't be stopped, and doesn't always go your way. I can understand why you took the easy route and went to work for someone else, it's a big challenge setting up for yourself, and some people just aren't cut out to do it. But if you're fortunate and you have other people working for you, then you get to take months off instead of planning what to do with those precious few annual leave weeks, you get to work wherever in the world you want (who knows, you may own a house in another country, or two, or three,....), and you're comfortable knowing you've got private insurance in the countries where you spend a lot of you time. All the time you also know that there's someone who may be just as talented as you but isn't up to taking the risk to set up on their own so you pay them look after things, give them a few weeks annual vacation, medical package, you know the thing.Unfortunatley my wife and I spend most of the summer in our place in Barbados, so I won't be around for the TT, but have a nice time. Now, maybe we can get back to talking about games.... > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [hlds] Feature request: > sv_serverdomain> To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 > 13:25:02 -0800> > Shame that. Working and all. But hey, your choice.> > I > took about three years off and did nothing of any consequence. Didn't even > look at a router prompt. Took up racing motorcycles and ran tracks like Sears > Point, Laguna Seca, Willow Springs... Had a blast. There is far more to life > than work and internet tubes.> > I could have dumped my money into starting > my own venture, but I'm glad I didn't. I'm a better person for going outside > and interacting with the real world. These days I'd rather work for someone > else who's willing to pay me well, give me a nice healthy medical package, > and time off... so I can continue to race F1 sidecars with the wife on the > Superside America circuit.> > Life much like Steam's software, is just a > game. And you have the choice of spending all your days tweaking and > configuring the back end... or actually getting on the client side and > enjoying the in game experience.> > Al: The Race WTCC demo over the weekend > was a blast. I purchased it, bought a momo wheel yesterday, and set up a > server here stateside since it seems 98% of the Race dedicated servers are on > the other side of the pond.> > You don't seem like a bad guy Nick, maybe we > can have a spot of tea when I'm over for the 100 year at the Isle of Man.> > > -Mike-> > ~~~~> -Mike- is: Biker ~ Slacker ~ Iconoclast ~ Eclectic Thinker> > > ----- Original Message ----> From: Gigabit Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: > hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:17:22 PM> > Subject: RE: [hlds] Feature request: sv_serverdomain> > --> [ Picked > text/plain from multipart/alternative ]> So the Japanese, having a culture > built on service and severe social and legal penalties for not delivering > have been spending $50 a month for unreliable service, so either you're wrong > or the Japanese have changed their culture, I know which one my moneys on.> > > I know about the cash glut of the late 90's and around 2000. How do you think > I now own a software development company which sells security software to > people like Unisys, Fujitsu, IBM, etc., etc. I did very well out of that > period as well by writing the main GUI for set top boxes (which included > Email in about 1994), developing the provisioning software for ISPs and > CableCos, and doing the odd bit of troubleshooting for large corporates, but > instead of just going off to another job I decided to invest in something > that I enjoy and keeps me occupied, and it's paid off nicely.> > I look > forward to seeing your current business card.> > > > > From: [EMAIL > PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [hlds] Feature request: sv_serverdomain> To: > hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:24:53 -0800> > 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-moves-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> > _________________________________________________________________> Get the > new Windows Live Messenger!> http://get.live.com/messenger/overview> --> > > _______________________________________________> 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 _________________________________________________________________ Live Search: Better results, fast http://get.live.com/search/overview -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
