On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 5:39 PM, dan <[email protected]> wrote: > p2p is a waste of time - most end users have download bandwidth more than > upload and the only reason people started using it is because they are > stealing stuff with it. Yes but there are lots of users, a lot of users with a little upload bandwidth would provide a nice boost alongside Valve's content servers.
> It's obviously incompatible with playing multiplayer games. There are lots of games on Steam that aren't MP, and lots of users stay logged into Steam when not playing games. It's an invalid point. > Besides, downloading new ISOs of Ubuntu is extremely dumb in the first place. And you're an extremely negative person, did P2P downloading run over your dog? > Do people still upgrade linux like that? Probably not, but a lot of people install it that way. On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 5:39 PM, dan <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18/02/2012 12:41, E3pO wrote: >> >> Maybe a reputation system could be put into place and allow users to seed >> their files to other users. imagine if every single steam client was set >> to >> seed.... You computer finds the closest connections and downloads at >> whatever they have their cap setup for. If playing a game have it set low >> or not on. > > > Yeah I think you realised the problem half way through the design :) > > p2p is a waste of time - most end users have download bandwidth more than > upload and the only reason people started using it is because they are > stealing stuff with it. > > It's obviously incompatible with playing multiplayer games. > -- > Dan. > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
