The DOOM 3 Network Architecture (2006) [pdf]

Re:The DOOM 3 Network Architecture (2006) [pdf] by bashinator on Saturday July 09, 2016 @05:20PM (#12063382)

I remember I showed it to my 80-something grandmother when Marathon first came out, on the ridicuously-overpowered computer used by the department IT guy who shared an office with my mom.

My grandma said, "It's beyond my ken." And she was an amazing person - taught high school math to disadvantaged urban kids (in the city - she commuted), and this was just a moment where I could see someone experiencing a whole new reality, and rejecting it for the effort it would take to accept it.

And that's not always a bad thing. My grandmother had no real reason to be familiar with what would become a huge industry and culture. But it was eye-opening to see that rejection happening.

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Re:The DOOM 3 Network Architecture (2006) [pdf] by debaserab2 on Saturday July 09, 2016 @07:44PM (#12063883)

That's really interesting that you were able to observe and understand that. I remember a few moments like that in my childhood when the internet age was dawning and not being able to comprehend how a person could reject something so marvel.

Now that I'm much older, I'm able to understand why someone might want to do that now. I wonder what it will be in my lifetime that I will be unable or unwilling to comprehend.

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