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Steam Users Steamed

Posted by michael on from the hot-topic dept.

KrunchTime writes "The Steam network seems to be having some problems tonight. This is not good new for fans of counter-strike, day of defeat and other half-life mods. Some people seem to be able to log on fine while others, like me :(, cannot connect at all. The steam forums were filling up with invective when I was last able to get on. The forums now seem to have imploded under the strain of complaints. The question that was being asked most is why there isn't more redundancy on the log-in side of steam. They say that if one of the master servers goes down that the accounts held there become unavailable immediately. The other big problem is that while the Steam network is down even the offline games are unplayable. There was no sign of responses from Valve staff or forum moderators."

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  1. Re:ofline games are fun by mrchaotica · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Carriers used steam to drive the catapults for aircraft take off. I hear that they are being replaced with some sort of electrical system, that electrical system is powered using steam heated by the nuclear power plant. I hope it works better as it seems to be more round-about way to do it.
    They're switching to linear motors similar to the ones used to drive maglev trains (and some newer roller-coasters. I think part of the reasoning for it could be that it wouldn't require as much time for the steam pressure to build up before firing (although there might be capacitors involved instead), or maybe to reduce heat buildup, or maybe using the steam to drive turbines > electricity > catapults actually is more efficient than going steam > catapults directly.
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  2. Re:Online authentication unavailable for one night by PedanticSpellingTrol · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I haven't bought or pirated the game. WoW is quite enough for me these days.

  3. IT's a trick! by hairyfeet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I LOVED hl1 and would LOVE hl2 but I WON'T buy it.Why?BECAUSE IT IS A TRICK.The software companies want to go from SELLING you software to RENTING you software.If the get enough sheeple to buy in to this it will spread.DON'T BUY HL2!

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  4. i have one thing to say. by Stalyn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    straight geeeeeeeek.

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