Comments on: Watch Your Network Play Space Invaders http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:40:14 -0800 hourly 1 By: Writings in keinism » Blog Archive » Hot Fuzz: review (and lotsa other stuff) - Life improvement, photography & technology in Melbourne. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-2516321 Writings in keinism » Blog Archive » Hot Fuzz: review (and lotsa other stuff) - Life improvement, photography & technology in Melbourne. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:52:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-2516321 [...] Netcosm, funny thing that turns your network into a 3D game heh heh. I don’t know why it’s useful though, other than being [...] [...] Netcosm, funny thing that turns your network into a 3D game heh heh. I don’t know why it’s useful though, other than being [...]

]]> By: bsod » Blog Archive » La red como un vídeo juego http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-2003755 bsod » Blog Archive » La red como un vídeo juego Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:13:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-2003755 [...] [ TechCrunch:Watch Your Network Play Space Invaders [...] [...] [ TechCrunch:Watch Your Network Play Space Invaders [...]

]]> By: Orkut » Blog Archive » Network Monitoring, Space Invaders Style http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1585696 Orkut » Blog Archive » Network Monitoring, Space Invaders Style Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:10:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1585696 [...] read more | digg story [...] [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Motorcycle Guy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1353374 Motorcycle Guy Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:09:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1353374 Haha that is awesome! Haha that is awesome!

]]> By: Yuzle! http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1344671 Yuzle! Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:59:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1344671 Second life.. for packets! Second life.. for packets!

]]> By: neo-lycan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1328345 neo-lycan Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:21:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1328345 This is more like the original vision of cyberspace described by William Gibson (in his sprawl series, particularly Neuromancer) than the movie Hackers. This is more like the original vision of cyberspace described by William Gibson (in his sprawl series, particularly Neuromancer) than the movie Hackers.

]]> By: glenneroo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1327506 glenneroo Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:44:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1327506 Maybe they should license the Half Life engine for it and get some proper effects. Then we'll see mod-sites popup, so you can add a Star Wars, or nekkid babes mod, depending on preference... (with a boss key of course)... Then before you know it, net admins around the world will be upgrading their gfx cards to the latest and greatest 3D-capable SLI rigs with the reasoning: "We need to be able to monitor net traffic properly and in real-time! These crap Intel 9xx cards that came packaged in our generic boxes lag too much and we're not sure if we're losing traffic or if they just can't render the "packets" fast enough!!" Maybe they should license the Half Life engine for it and get some proper effects. Then we’ll see mod-sites popup, so you can add a Star Wars, or nekkid babes mod, depending on preference… (with a boss key of course)…

Then before you know it, net admins around the world will be upgrading their gfx cards to the latest and greatest 3D-capable SLI rigs with the reasoning: “We need to be able to monitor net traffic properly and in real-time! These crap Intel 9xx cards that came packaged in our generic boxes lag too much and we’re not sure if we’re losing traffic or if they just can’t render the “packets” fast enough!!”

]]> By: Render Manager @ UK studoi http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1326680 Render Manager @ UK studoi Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:33:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1326680 I'd love to see this process the traffic from our 200cpu render farm at full tilt! I’d love to see this process the traffic from our 200cpu render farm at full tilt!

]]> By: Jimmydunes http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1326383 Jimmydunes Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:09:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1326383 I won't be happy until I can monitor my network traffic by smell. "Oh no... Is that burning hair?" I won’t be happy until I can monitor my network traffic by smell. “Oh no… Is that burning hair?”

]]> By: Chris Mitchell http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1326316 Chris Mitchell Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:13:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1326316 …..or you can play Space Invaders online….http://www.cavenger.com/si.php …..or you can play Space Invaders online….http://www.cavenger.com/si.php

]]> By: Chris Mitchell http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1326313 Chris Mitchell Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:12:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1326313 .....or you can play Space Invaders online....http://www.cavenger.com/si.php …..or you can play Space Invaders online….http://www.cavenger.com/si.php

]]> By: Television http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1326171 Television Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:49:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1326171 So they don't intend to let anyone else use it...but rather they're just showing it off? So they don’t intend to let anyone else use it…but rather they’re just showing it off?

]]> By: Joe http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1326152 Joe Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:20:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1326152 They could have used more special effects ;-) They could have used more special effects ;-)

]]> By: Matt http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1326080 Matt Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:50:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1326080 This is much better than staring at a plasma screen with a bunch of boring icons on it. I would use it in a hearbeat, even if it is just eye candy. At least it would keep your interest. This is much better than staring at a plasma screen with a bunch of boring icons on it. I would use it in a hearbeat, even if it is just eye candy. At least it would keep your interest.

]]> By: F-Addicted http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1325937 F-Addicted Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:49:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1325937 It smells like hakers are in the neibourghood It smells like hakers are in the neibourghood

]]> By: tech http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1325920 tech Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:33:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1325920 i'll try it, thnx Nick... i’ll try it,
thnx Nick…

]]> By: pallet jack http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1325711 pallet jack Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:44:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1325711 so do we see a business model? - I thought people stop paying for screen savers long ago -man Im am most def being mean tonight /RB so do we see a business model?

– I thought people stop paying for screen savers long ago

-man Im am most def being mean tonight /RB

]]> By: Mousefinger http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1325372 Mousefinger Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:17:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1325372 TRON!!! Good to see we've progressed from 1982 Tron days to...erm, more Tron. ~.^ TRON!!!

Good to see we’ve progressed from 1982 Tron days to…erm, more Tron.

~.^

]]> By: John R http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1325336 John R Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:49:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1325336 Good one Lex :) Good one Lex :)

]]> By: DaveT http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1325257 DaveT Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:38:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1325257 It's about time that someone starts thinking beyond green/yellow/red icons connected with lines. It’s about time that someone starts thinking beyond green/yellow/red icons connected with lines.

]]> By: Lex Murphy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1325245 Lex Murphy Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:31:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1325245 It's a UNIX system! I know this! It’s a UNIX system! I know this!

]]> By: coRank http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1325215 coRank Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:12:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1325215 <strong>Cool: Network Monitoring, Space Invaders Style...</strong> NetQoS has a little something to bring video game-style drama to the hum drum task of monitoring your system traffic. Their program, Netcosm monitors the traffic flowing across your routers and remasters that data into entertaining clashes of good a... Cool: Network Monitoring, Space Invaders Style…

NetQoS has a little something to bring video game-style drama to the hum drum task of monitoring your system traffic. Their program, Netcosm monitors the traffic flowing across your routers and remasters that data into entertaining clashes of good a…

]]> By: n00dles http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1325211 n00dles Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:09:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1325211 Reminds me of some of the stuff Joshua Davis was working on several years ago (2001, boy do I feel old), when he built a Flash interface to the Carnivore (http://r-s-g.org/carnivore/) project... chk out http://ps3.praystation.com/pound/assets/2001/11-20-2001/index.html Reminds me of some of the stuff Joshua Davis was working on several years ago (2001, boy do I feel old), when he built a Flash interface to the Carnivore (http://r-s-g.org/carnivore/) project… chk out http://ps3.pray...2001/index.html

]]> By: matthew http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1325202 matthew Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:04:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1325202 a little overdramatic for network traffic a little overdramatic for network traffic

]]> By: Andy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1325192 Andy Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:55:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/10/watch-your-network-play-space-invaders/#comment-1325192 There's always peep (http://sourceforge.net/projects/peep/), which plays sounds based on network traffic. The theory being that one can recognize "normal" and "abnormal" network state based on the ambient noise it makes. There are themes like traffic and woodland animal sounds. Ideally, you run this in the background, rather than watching it closely. There’s always peep (http://sourcefo.../projects/peep/), which plays sounds based on network traffic. The theory being that one can recognize “normal” and “abnormal” network state based on the ambient noise it makes. There are themes like traffic and woodland animal sounds. Ideally, you run this in the background, rather than watching it closely.

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