To all of you who came into IP post 1989.
IP isn't the end all be all. It's just what everyone settled on.
move on, kick this shit to the curb, and fawk the carriers. They've invested countless bundles of moneys to make sure that they can tier your IP services. So, move IP to the fringe, declassify it and build another transport system that uses a generic and transparent subset of the IP protocol. Just to use the telephony service as a transport. Hell what business to they really have to classify data. It's yours afterall.
Hell, copyright all of your data, and put the screws to the carriers when they repackage YOUR data.
Seems to me that there are alot of other ways to internetwork data networks.
IP/Sec over udp is good start. Mix in some onion routing, and shim in a network layer...
Think oustide the box. I can assure you that others have, and I don't want to wait 20 years for another round of DARPA handouts.
"Mythic's Mark Jacobs, whose MMO company is being acquired by EA, has commented in detail on why fantasy MMOs sell better as part of an extended interview.
I find this article to be rather amusing, in that they chose this moron to discuss MMORGS. The short of it for the slashdot audience is that this guy is is a tool.
Not once has anyone in this thread mentioned the Mythic Entertainment flagship product. For those who are interested it "WAS" Dark Ages of Camelot. And if you've read this far along, please take a trip down memory lane, via the VNboards.
I can't paraphrase what the thousands have done before me with any degree of justice, but here goes a try.
1. DAOC, the game
2. Lust for money via 2nd accounts
3. profit
4. Timesinks
5. Mackey (on the devteam@mythic)
6. Class imbalance
7. Trials of Atlantis fiasco
8. Cowardice, the lack of customer forum for feedback
9. Spazdic changes to the game, and promises un-kept
10. custering, and downtime
11. Denial and lies
12. Never in the office, on the road pimping vaporware
13. Stupid expansions that destabilize the game
14. Pumping up the gotta-have-items arms race
15. Ignoring game mechanics. "Warlocks, Banshees, Turrets, Casting thru walls"
hours of fun with 15, enjoy.
16. Arrogance above all.
Taking this guy's opinion at face value would be a mistake.
(just so everyone knows, he bought the DAOC game from another company before it went live. Jacobs is a complete tool who just happened to pick up a product that was ready to go live.)
Enjoy the link..
http://vnboards.ign.com/daoc_general_board/b5176/p 1
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To all of you who came into IP post 1989. IP isn't the end all be all. It's just what everyone settled on. move on, kick this shit to the curb, and fawk the carriers. They've invested countless bundles of moneys to make sure that they can tier your IP services. So, move IP to the fringe, declassify it and build another transport system that uses a generic and transparent subset of the IP protocol. Just to use the telephony service as a transport. Hell what business to they really have to classify data. It's yours afterall. Hell, copyright all of your data, and put the screws to the carriers when they repackage YOUR data. Seems to me that there are alot of other ways to internetwork data networks. IP/Sec over udp is good start. Mix in some onion routing, and shim in a network layer... Think oustide the box. I can assure you that others have, and I don't want to wait 20 years for another round of DARPA handouts.
"Mythic's Mark Jacobs, whose MMO company is being acquired by EA, has commented in detail on why fantasy MMOs sell better as part of an extended interview. I find this article to be rather amusing, in that they chose this moron to discuss MMORGS. The short of it for the slashdot audience is that this guy is is a tool. Not once has anyone in this thread mentioned the Mythic Entertainment flagship product. For those who are interested it "WAS" Dark Ages of Camelot. And if you've read this far along, please take a trip down memory lane, via the VNboards. I can't paraphrase what the thousands have done before me with any degree of justice, but here goes a try. 1. DAOC, the game 2. Lust for money via 2nd accounts 3. profit 4. Timesinks 5. Mackey (on the devteam@mythic) 6. Class imbalance 7. Trials of Atlantis fiasco 8. Cowardice, the lack of customer forum for feedback 9. Spazdic changes to the game, and promises un-kept 10. custering, and downtime 11. Denial and lies 12. Never in the office, on the road pimping vaporware 13. Stupid expansions that destabilize the game 14. Pumping up the gotta-have-items arms race 15. Ignoring game mechanics. "Warlocks, Banshees, Turrets, Casting thru walls" hours of fun with 15, enjoy. 16. Arrogance above all. Taking this guy's opinion at face value would be a mistake. (just so everyone knows, he bought the DAOC game from another company before it went live. Jacobs is a complete tool who just happened to pick up a product that was ready to go live.) Enjoy the link.. http://vnboards.ign.com/daoc_general_board/b5176/p 1