On Monday, November 03, 1997 4:36 PM, Daniel Koepke [SMTP:dkoepke@CALIFORNIA.COM] wrote: > On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Doppleganger Software wrote: > > ->I got a question for Jeremy that I don't recall seeing in the FAQ. Why > ->"Circle"? (Blame all the talk about manholes, but I had to know) > > Geez, newbie! Don't you even look for the answers? <grin> Seriously, > the answer is availible if you look. Circle is named because that > was, if I recall correctly, part of the host name of the server on > which Jeremy's MUD originally ran. > > BTW, on the manhole thing, saying, "so they won't fall through," is > kindof dumb. I would think they're round because manholes are round. > A square manhole cover would do a nice job a spearing a foot if dropped... ObCircle: Given the increasing amount of packet loss I have been experiencing, the following idea presented itself: 1) Instead of just sending one packet, send a configurable number (1-10) 2) Create a special telnet client that will disregard packets with the "new" packet number that are duplicates of one's it's seen already. In essence blast a bunch of packets in the hopes that one gets through. The question: How would you go about modifying Circle's socket i/o routines to allow this? Would this _require_ UDP or is there some way to get around the standard ack response requirement in order for things to stay synced? Flameproofing Section: Consider that a mudding uses less bandwidth for the entire session than is used in visiting a few graphical sites. --Mallory Neither sweat, nor blood, nor frustration, nor lousy manuals nor missing parts, nor wrong parts shall keep me from my task. --Christopher Hicks +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://democracy.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list-faq.html | +------------------------------------------------------------+
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