• (cs)

    Quake? Naaaah... psDooM is the way to go

  • I walked the dinosaur (unregistered)

    I don't know if this applies to any of the above comment,s but what the hell:

    That's what she said lulz

  • NAM (unregistered) in reply to Hugh Jeffner
    Hugh Jeffner:
    Why couldn't they run both the web server and quake simultaneously? Q3A server uses minimal resources on a modest desktop even back then. There's no graphics to render, just object positions, vectors, etc.

    It's simple really. They were obviously running a public server of which their outside friends and such jumped on to the server. Since they most likely had maybe 5 people playing on the LAN and had a 16 player server up then that's 11 players coming across the internet line to the building. I have a feeling it was just a T1 (1.5Mbit) line of which they definitely hogged up rather quickly and those players on the outside would probably have some high latency ping (lag).

    Each player typically consumes 21 to 25KBytes per second of output from the server. So, 11 players that's 231 to 275KBytes per second. T1 Full 1.5Mbit line will only do 153Kbytes per second out put realiable. If the output from the server is maxed out then those on the outside of the LAN will lag terribly. Sucks to be on the outside of a LAN party. :)

  • Jared (unregistered) in reply to J. Walter Weatherman

    You just made me laugh so hard my ass fell off. now I have to reinstall Quake on my ass too.

  • 008 (unregistered) in reply to Nitehawk
    Nitehawk:
    real_aardvark:
    The real wtf fool:
    Max:
    This story was no worse then your attempt to make a point using sarcasm.

    Stop being a dick.

    [image]

    Well, at least I'm on the upward side of the curve.

    I seem to have a fairly bleak future ahead of me, though, don't I? I was rather hoping for asymptotic...

    How does that make sense? At some point you are infinitely eloquent, then you must quit the site altogether?

    Actually, at some point your eloquence peaks, then begins declining. If your eloquence intercepts the x-axis on this downward curve, you must leave the site immediately, as you are no longer funny.

  • E (unregistered) in reply to Skaven

    second that MFD!

  • Max (unregistered) in reply to Man 987876980
    Man 987876980:
    Max:
    This story was no worse then your attempt to make a point using sarcasm.

    Stop being a dick.

    His point wasn't selected as headline article for tens or hundreds of thousands of people to read. He's right, installing a game on a server isn't worthy of being posted here. That falls under "every day stupidity" rather than WTF.

    I never said there was anything wrong with his point. Maybe my response was not eloquent enough to comprehend?

    Would you have preferred that nothing was posted at all? What is being taken from you when a poor article is posted? I for one am pleased that a site like this even exists.

    Was their choice of criticism more effective then, "this article was pretty weak"? I don't think so. I don't believe he criticized the site in an effective way by acting like a... dick.

  • Godot (unregistered) in reply to The real wtf fool
    The real wtf fool:
    That story was so exciting.

    Reminds me of the time I installed some software on a computer once, and then I had to reboot it. That was a fun one.

    Oh yeah and you think that was good here's another great one: I was posting a comment on a web forum once, and they had a captcha box, and I had to type in the captcha text from an image next to the box. Sheesh I really need to go and get a cool drink now after all that fun.

    YMMD! Thank you! :)

  • Man 987876980 (unregistered) in reply to Max
    Max:
    Man 987876980:
    Max:
    This story was no worse then your attempt to make a point using sarcasm.

    Stop being a dick.

    His point wasn't selected as headline article for tens or hundreds of thousands of people to read. He's right, installing a game on a server isn't worthy of being posted here. That falls under "every day stupidity" rather than WTF.

    I never said there was anything wrong with his point. Maybe my response was not eloquent enough to comprehend?

    Would you have preferred that nothing was posted at all? What is being taken from you when a poor article is posted? I for one am pleased that a site like this even exists.

    I see a new article is posted and come to read it, and be disappointed. Something is taken from me... my time. I'd quite happily have the odd day with no new content, to increase the average quality.
  • biziclop (unregistered) in reply to Mister Bee
    Mister Bee:
    I do think the story is a little weak, I prefer the "cleaners unplugged the server to use the hoover" mythical variant myself.

    That's nothing. Our cleaners once unplugged the hoover to boot up their webserver. How 'bout that?

    It's a funny old world, it is.

  • Captain Nugget (unregistered) in reply to J. Walter Weatherman
    J. Walter Weatherman:
    That reminds me of the time I installed Quake on my ass.

    That reminds me of the time I modelled a 74ft version of my ass in a Quake map.

  • biziclop (unregistered)

    Oh, I get it now.

    TRWTF is that the author claims to have actually met girls. (Unless "cool chicks" really refers to a box of frozen drumsticks as it should be, that is.)

  • (cs) in reply to Captain Nugget
    Captain Nugget:
    J. Walter Weatherman:
    That reminds me of the time I installed Quake on my ass.

    That reminds me of the time I modelled a 74ft version of my ass in a Quake map.

    So, you decided to scale it down.

  • JOhnny BlueFoot (unregistered)

    Ahhh, great parties and cool chicks is always worth a little less income! Gotta love it.

    JT http://www.Ultimate-Anonymity.com

  • Steve (unregistered)

    Quake is a peer to peer game, it doesn't require a server...

  • Max (unregistered) in reply to Steve
    Steve:
    Quake is a peer to peer game, it doesn't require a server...

    Huh? A peer to peer game?

    Everyone connects to a single computer, this is the server. The machine can act as a dedicated server, without anyone actually playing the game using that machine.

    Anyways, I'm pretty sure there is always a server.

  • ajk (unregistered) in reply to The real wtf fool
    The real wtf fool:
    That story was so exciting.

    Reminds me of the time I installed some software on a computer once, and then I had to reboot it. That was a fun one.

    Oh yeah and you think that was good here's another great one: I was posting a comment on a web forum once, and they had a captcha box, and I had to type in the captcha text from an image next to the box. Sheesh I really need to go and get a cool drink now after all that fun.

    that cracked me up! thanks for bringing in some humor!

  • Ric (unregistered)

    My old school's computer team had a server which does compilation and program testing. It also times the efficiency of a program using the Linux built-in "time" command. As the only server of the team, we also used it for gaming, most notably a non-steam Counter-Strike server.

    Usually the guys (we were a boys' school) stayed late until 6pm every day to play games on the server, and whenever someone wants to time his program from home through the server at those times, a usually-0.05s program could turn out to require 1.5s or more... And that caused many rejections to programs written by our team's newbies...

  • The real wtf fool (unregistered) in reply to Ric
    Ric:
    My old school's computer team had a server which does compilation and program testing. It also times the efficiency of a program using the Linux built-in "time" command.

    the wtf there has to be using time for efficiency testing on a server. It's just about excusable on a sole user machine as long as you remember to take the times with a large pinch of salt. But on a server where you don't know how many people are running their performance tests...

  • Short but sweet (unregistered) in reply to oipoiStar

    It was pure genius.

    I especially enjoyed the way he kept it to a witty one liner, instead of milking it with an extra paragraph of thinly veiled bitterness and slang to unnecessarily drive his point home, as others are wont to do

  • Hatkirby (unregistered) in reply to Tamahome
    Tamahome:
    bobday:
    Franz Kafka:
    Dave:
    ContraCorners:
    How do you know taht oipoiStar is a "Sir?"

    Rule 34: no girls on the internet

    No, rule 34: if it exists, there is porn of it.

    • Rule 1: The internet makes you stupid.
    • Rule 2: If it's funny, it came from 4chan or Something Awful.
    • Rule 3: If you are an idiot, you will be made fun of.
    • Rule 4: Nobody cares if you're tough in real life.
    • Rule 5: Anonymous does not forgive.
    • Rule 6: CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL.
    • Rule 7: If it exists, you can buy it online somewhere.
    • Rule 8: It happened At least 100 years ago.
    • Rule 9: Brazilian girls will do it for 500 dollars.
    • Rule 10: It needs more DESU.
    • Rule 11: You will get viruses from downloading pornography.
    • Rule 12: Lurk moar.
    • Rule 13: It never needed any more cowbell.
    • Rule 14: As long as there is internet there will be drama.
    • Rule 15: If a camwhore posts, tits must be shown. If this rule is broken, said camwhore must GTFO.
    • Rule 16: You must enjoy your AIDS.
    • Rule 17: Pool's closed due to AIDS.
    • Rule 18: If someone is better than you, they are hacking.
    • Rule 19: Lens Flare makes masterpieces.
    • Rule 20: You're doing it wrong.
    • Rule 21: If your girlfriend ends in .jpg, she is not real.
    • Rule 22: Long stories are copypasta.
    • Rule 23: Long stories are never read, at any rate.
    • Rule 24: Pics or it never happened.
    • Rule 25: Everyone sees what you did there.
    • Rule 26: Nobody knows the answer to "What is love?".
    • Rule 27: Loli haets pizza. No exceptions.
    • Rule 28: It's awwriiigghht.
    • Rule 29: Do a barrel roll.
    • Rule 30: Everyone is gay for Bridget.
    • Rule 31: The internet is for porn.
    • Rule 32: Everything is a fetish. No exceptions.
    • Rule 33: It's a trap.
    • Rule 34: If it exists there is porn of it. No exceptions.
    • Rule 35 The exception to Rule 34 is the citation of Rule 34.
    • Rule 36: Bringing up Nazis is insta fail. * Rule 37: There are no girls on the internet....ever .
    • Rule 38: A cat is fine too.
    • Rule 39: One cat leads to another.
    • Rule 40: Ceiling cat is watching you fap.
    • Rule 41: Saturday is Caturday.
    • Rule 42: It is delicious cake. You must eat it.
    • Rule 43: Someone would fap to it.
    • Rule 44: Snape killed Dumbledore.
    • Rule 45: All lasers must be charged before shooping da whoop.
    • Rule 46: Nagas stole your bike.
    • Rule 47: It will always need moar sauce.
    • Rule 48: Anything can be a meme.
    • Rule 49: You need E-degrees in E-lawery and E-psychology to be an internet badass.
    • Rule 50: THE INTERNET IS SERIOUS BUSINESS!

    4chan rulz \o/

    That's sexist and untrue. There are too girls on the internet.

  • The real wtf fool (unregistered) in reply to Hatkirby
    Hatkirby:
    Tamahome:
    bobday:
    * Rule 37: There are no girls on the internet....ever .

    4chan rulz \o/

    That's sexist and untrue. There are too girls on the internet.

    But only one cup.

  • Jason (unregistered)

    "The admins, of course, wanted a Linux server"

    Why?

  • Giggle Muffin (unregistered)

    Reminds me of one of our junior sys admins who insisted on setting all of our servers to have a "cool" 3-D screen saver. I would complain they were too slow. He'd walk over to the machine and not notice any problem for his queries. Then he'd walk away and 10 minutes later when the screen saver activated the server would slow to a crawl again. An embarrassing e-mail to him (CCed to the entire company) eventually got him to agree to only use blank screen savers on the servers.

  • erikpurne (unregistered) in reply to BobB
    BobB:

    Bob, I am BobB. Wanna be arch-nemeses?

    Thank you for making my morning. I actually shed tears.

  • CoderDevo (unregistered) in reply to danixdefcon5

    My friend gave me a tour of the financial software company he was working for, about 2000 employees. His Linux Admin team couldn't get a dedicated quake server and their source control server was too old. But Accounting had a great 4-cpu system with tons of RAM and no load. So the Linux Admins did the same thing as above. Quake ran like a champ on it every evening.

  • MK (unregistered) in reply to Skaven

    Trying to be a bit On Topic here. Its Aug. 2012 and you have Quake 3 Arena Looking for a 'local' server?

    Try Here! 108.178.55.219

    UZI's FFA NoGhost Server!

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