An explanation from Valve? Don't hold your breath. The only one I have seen explain anything is Alfred. They probably rag on him big time for wasting his time on this list instead of working on projects that actually make Valve money. We won't matter to them unless a money man says so....
> > From: -Mike- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/12/18 Mon PM 12:36:32 CST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Re: [hlds] Post-outage thoughts > > Honestly, this is an administrators list. Most of us here are going to very > coldly and to the fact discuss the impact of the outage. If you are overly > sensitive or feel the need for a sleeve to cry on about the human side of the > Northwest storm then I'd suggest you unsubscribe and head over to Fark for a > group hug. Valve should provide us with a reasonable explanation as to why > they have all of their eggs in one geographical basket. They've had nearly > ten years to plan and deploy preventative measures against such a failure. > > -Mike- > ~~~~ > -Mike- is: Biker ~ Slacker ~ Iconoclast ~ Eclectic Thinker > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 9:26:59 AM > Subject: RE: Re: [hlds] Post-outage thoughts > > Lets keep things in perspective people. Over a million people without power > or heat int the middle of winter. Christmas planning for lots of those are > out the window because of lost wages, loss of life, and loss of basic > services, and people are whining about not being able to play a computer game > for a few days, and then exorcising Valve about not having things back online > immediately. > > Lets think about things based on the effects on real people lives instead of > using a tragedy to puff one's resume. > > It's nice to see the spirit of the holidays on display. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
