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IT Meets the World Cup

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tech-lends-a-foot dept.

daria42 writes "Looks as if there are some mad soccer fans at ZDNet ... they have compiled a guide to some of the IT systems behind the soccer World Cup. 'What does it take to design, build and operate an advanced, fault-tolerant IP network while the whole world watches?' one of the articles asks. Another looks at how broadcasters have beefed up their infrastructure as they prepare for an influx of fans desperate for information, while another looks at one of the upcoming matches: FIFA vs. Hackers."

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  1. Mad Soccer fans? by Bedouin+X · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are they angry at the network capacity or something?

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  2. Re:Soccer? by telchine · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It must be an OS X thing. I'll never forget the time I ran out to buy an iPod and ended up with 2 MP3 players.

  3. .. vs hackers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    As I sit here in my cube, slowly watching the load graphs go up ... And somebody just quips - Time Value of Money ... Hackers are turning extortionists, threatening DDoS attacks unless paid up (You wouldn't want nothing to happen to that pretty website, kapic ?).

    You win a few, you lose a few - another day @ Work.

  4. Why football (soccer) isn't more popular in N.Amer by B5_geek · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I live in Canada. I like hockey & (American) Football (NFL/CFL).
    I hate soccer for the same reasons I hate basketball and golf.
    It is slow, boring and from the looks of things involves very little strategy.

    Here is my impression of all soccer & basketball games I have ever seen:
    "Smith steals the ball, weaves his way through traffic, shoots AND SCORES!!"
    "Adams passes the ball to Jones, Jones weaves his way through traffic, shoots AND SCORES!!" ... ad infinitum ....

    Basketball: this will happen 100 times in a game.
    Soccer: this will happen 4 times in a game.

    run down the field/court, shoot, score.
    Rinse, Lather, Repeat.
    Soccer seems to maintain a frenetic pace only matched by Golf.
    Sorry but it's not for me.

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  5. How is soccer different from hockey ? by Alphager · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How is soccer different from hockey ?

  6. A faster sport by Epeeist · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You need to start watching people fencing saber. I was at the World Under-17 championships last year as one of the coaches to the British squad.

    First period (this stops when someone reaches 8 hits): 8-4 to Alex O'Connell after 27 seconds of fencing time.

    Half time break: 1 minute

    Second period (this stops when someone reaches 15): 15-11 to Alex O'Connell after 29 seconds of fencing time.

    An ideal sport for those with the attention span of a small goldfish.

    See http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5396021508 615883493 for a (not very good) example.