Comments for: Valve hires BitTorrent creator

#1. Posted at 02:56 AM on Feb 13th 2004

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Spotpuff

BT's got the best file distribution network hands down. I think Overnet's "horde" thing is basically just a copy of it. Not sure if it's GNU or whatever, but anyways, it prevent leeching so that's good.

Valve should concentrate on getting the bloody game done first, then worry about distribution.

Is anyone else having problems with DThread view and firefox?

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#17. Posted at 12:32 AM on Feb 14th 2004, Edited at 12:37 AM on Feb 14th 2004

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unmake

I wonder how big BitTorrent or Steam will get.. It was a little surprising when some high-profile download sites rolled out their proprietary P2P downloaders, now even more are making use of BitTorrent. I could see a company like Akamai taking interest in this.

Overnet came before BitTorrent, BTW. All such programs probably have a lot of ideas in common. If you google kademlia you'll get a lot of links to the research it (Overnet, at least) was based on. That's my understanding, anyway.

#16. Posted at 05:15 PM on Feb 13th 2004

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albundy

Yawn, 3D is getting to be very very tiresome. Time to bump it up with holographic projections, or better yet, a matrix!

#15. Posted at 04:35 PM on Feb 13th 2004

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a_non_moose

Now all Valve needs to do is integrate Steam with outlook and they can take care of distribution and lea...err...beta testing all at once!

/tounge firmly in cheek, btw.

#13. Posted at 02:16 PM on Feb 13th 2004

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Pete

So does this mean Valve will begin to use our PCs to upload content to other users, or is BT just going to be used to distribute bandwidth among Valve's and its partners' servers?

#12. Posted at 11:45 AM on Feb 13th 2004, Edited at 11:45 AM on Feb 13th 2004

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dmitriylm

Which is why Im so comfortable using IE...

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#10. Posted at 09:37 AM on Feb 13th 2004

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cy_a253

Just use username google and password google for that NY Times registration.

#9. Posted at 08:57 AM on Feb 13th 2004

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EbolaV

I like Steam when it comes to picking servers and BSing with friends. For playing games, no way. I got bored one day and tried to play Opposing Force using Steam. It was severely laggy. Does Valve think that I am going to play a game like HL2 through Steam? They do, that is the scary part.

#5. Posted at 07:40 AM on Feb 13th 2004

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ExpansionSSS

Step 1: Make Game

Step 2: Release Game

Step 3....

Step 4: Profit !

Theres not Friggin' step 3 damnit ! Screw Steam !

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#4. Posted at 07:08 AM on Feb 13th 2004

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Despite

"Steam's... Counter-Strike 1.6 release ...didn't go so well."
that sir, is an understatement.

#3. Posted at 03:20 AM on Feb 13th 2004

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Devil24

Testing , 2, 3...

Everything looks good for me using the 'DThread' mode.

#2. Posted at 03:17 AM on Feb 13th 2004

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Devil24

I normally use the 'Flat' mode and it looks fine with FireFox, I can try and see if it works using the 'Dthread'... what kind of errors should I look for specifically?.