Slashdot Mirror
Halo 3 Causing Network Issues
Recently at my university where I'm a student and a sys admin, we have been experiencing some odd outages, in particular since the 25th of September. The outages seemed to occur between 8 PM and 12:00 AM — peak gaming hours for our dorms. It just happens that Halo 3 came out on the 25th of September. Upon further investigation we found that our network routers were shaping TCP packets, but not UDP. Once we applied UDP shaping as well, all network outages ceased. Gamers complained, but university students attempting to access network resources such as our UNIX clusters were satisfied.
I think he was, if only because of the last comment, where he said that if he found out where the guy worked he would do a "poor man's DOS attack" on his webpage.
That shows a particular lack of respect for the resources of others, reinforced by the rest of his comment.
It is true that it may be your only source for high speed internet. It also may be true that it's a sign of degraded internet. But gaming is a privilege, not a right, particularly at a university, and even if it got entirely turned off, there's no harm in going out and meeting other people in... *gasp*... the big blue room.
For linux tips: http://www.linuxtipsblog.com
Dude, if you knew me, you'd probably find me saying "deal with it and go outside" to be hilarious.
Let's just say it's advice I find much better to give than follow.
For linux tips: http://www.linuxtipsblog.com
Even non-net games should be banned. They are a total waste of time and resources, and only serve to rot the brains of 'players' who are being manipluated by the media giants to purchase products.
Nothing good comes out of these 'electronic video games'.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
You could do homework at the student union, einstein.
They even had comfy chairs.
For linux tips: http://www.linuxtipsblog.com
>Oh, it's probably to "blame" in the sense that it's new, popular, and network intensive.
No, more than likely, it's an attempt by kdawson to generate revenue for Slashdot, and it appears to be working.
See, Slashdot isn't really "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters" anymore: It's more like "Keep the idea of the latter alive, for all the wannabes, so they can generate revenue, while thinking that they are real nerds".
And, in general, it works: All of the wannabes gather around articles such as this, and piss and moan about this, that or the other (all generally off-topic and pretty much less than coherent)... Slashdot gets its income, and the clueless get a forum in which to spout - it works out nicely for all involved, I suppose.
That, of course, is ALSO why posts by NewYorkCountyLawyer are so prominent: They are guaranteed to generate revenue.
Ignore for a moment the fact that he's a lawyer, and, as an officer of the court, he cannot tacitly support copyright infringement. He's representing people that have been unjustly sued by the RIAA - and THAT, in the eyes of the clueless, makes him their hero: 'cause if he's doing that, and he's a real, honest to God lawyer... then he MUST also support copyright infringement, right?
WRONG. Sorry - he doesn't think that any of you have a right to be entertained via illegal downloads.
And, if anyone actually had the balls to confront him (which nobody here DOES, because they're enjoying the fantasy): He'd say the same: He doesn't support copyright infringement, even against RIAA member companies - he CANNOT, you see... all HE is doing, is litigating against their illegal attempts to stop such, when the people so charged haven't done that (and, that IS a good thing).
In short, he's not a fan of piracy, either... only, he's NOT going to tell you that, so long as all of you keep helping him for free with his cases: You're providing him with technical assistance that he would otherwise have to pay for, for free, in the misguided belief that he supports piracy - he doesn't.
In fact, his nickname here on Slashdot is pretty much misleading: "NewYorkCountryLawyer"... kinda hearkens back to the "good old days", you know? It reminds one of the whole "Daniel Webster/New England Country Lawyer thing"... which, of course, has its own implications, with "The Devil and Daniel Webster", yes?
And the cynic in me says that that's by design, too.
He practices law, in Manhattan - all you have to do is look it up. That's just about as far from the "country" as one can get.
Only, nobody here wants to know these things, while he's taking on the RIAA... that makes him a "good guy", right?
Sorry, it doesn't. It makes him exactly what he is (and, to his credit, he's never said otherwise): He's a lawyer, taking on the RIAA for the things that they are doing illegally. THAT has nothing to do with copyright in any fundamental sense.
And if you actually PUSH him - he will be forced to admit the same.
Sorry, but, it's true.