[crossfire] bensnoodle.no-ip.com

[Mitch Obrian]

I challenge you to a duel at the dojo in Cat2 at 10
oclock eastern standard time tonight. I will use my
lvl 1 char against whatever you manage to create in
the time befor the duel.

DO YOU ACCEPT?

--- Ben Classen <
     
     ben at bensnoodle.net
     
     > wrote:

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      Hello-
     
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      I have to apologize for bensnoodle.no-ip.com. I have
     
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      been having (a) 
     
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      internet problems and (b) a problem with the NIC in
     
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      my server which I 
     
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      have been working on. Apparently it connects then
     
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      disconnects, and on 
     
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      and on and on causing that flood of additions to the
     
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      metaserver.
     
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      Maybe an idea would be a dupe-check on the
     
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      metaserver to fix this 
     
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      problem so no one else can do this? If there already
     
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      is a server with 
     
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      the same name, it just overwrites that line in the
     
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      file. You could run 
     
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      into the problem of other people writing to others
     
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      server names. Maybe 
     
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      registering your server online and getting a
     
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      specified password for it. 
     
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      I am sorry I do not know much about python but I
     
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      have programmed in a 
     
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      variety of languages to know this is possible in
     
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      others. I would be glad 
     
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      to help in anyway or try to learn python to help if
     
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      someone would like 
     
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      to give me the files.
     
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      The refresh should definitely be turned down to
     
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      about an hour to check 
     
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      for disconnected servers. That is a great idea in
     
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      this case. But the 
     
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      other might be a longer-term solution to more
     
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      problems rather than just 
     
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      "refreshing" it. But the simpliest way causes the
     
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      least problems.
     
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      Anyways, I apologize for the flood of my server
     
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      name. I seem to have 
     
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      been a conversation starter without knowing it. And
     
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      as Homer Simpson 
     
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      would say, "D'oh!"
     
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      Sorry again fellows,
     
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      Thanks for the great game nonetheless.
     
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      Ben
     
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