Sorry Mitch, I have been working pretty much the entire evening/afternoon on my server, recompiling some programs, etc. getting it back to jazz. And installing a spiffy 200GB HDD. I will be up and running shortly, and will accept you on your offer at a later date. Adieu, Ben Mitch Obrian wrote: > 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: > > > >> Hello- >> >> I have to apologize for bensnoodle.no-ip.com. I have >> been having (a) >> internet problems and (b) a problem with the NIC in >> my server which I >> have been working on. Apparently it connects then >> disconnects, and on >> and on and on causing that flood of additions to the >> metaserver. >> >> Maybe an idea would be a dupe-check on the >> metaserver to fix this >> problem so no one else can do this? If there already >> is a server with >> the same name, it just overwrites that line in the >> file. You could run >> into the problem of other people writing to others >> server names. Maybe >> registering your server online and getting a >> specified password for it. >> I am sorry I do not know much about python but I >> have programmed in a >> variety of languages to know this is possible in >> others. I would be glad >> to help in anyway or try to learn python to help if >> someone would like >> to give me the files. >> >> The refresh should definitely be turned down to >> about an hour to check >> for disconnected servers. That is a great idea in >> this case. But the >> other might be a longer-term solution to more >> problems rather than just >> "refreshing" it. But the simpliest way causes the >> least problems. >> >> Anyways, I apologize for the flood of my server >> name. I seem to have >> been a conversation starter without knowing it. And >> as Homer Simpson >> would say, "D'oh!" >> >> Sorry again fellows, >> Thanks for the great game nonetheless. >> Ben >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> crossfire mailing list >> crossfire at metalforge.org >> >> >> > http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? > http://my.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > crossfire mailing list > crossfire at metalforge.org > http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire > > >