Timothee Besset quotes

“Most of the network related programming in games has to do with providing a good interactive experience when playing over the internet. This matter is very different from serving web pages. The primary concern there is to handle connection latency, latency fluctuations, packet loss and bandwidth limitations, and pretty much hide all of that from the player's experience.”
-- Timothee Besset

Source : "ID Software Developer Timothee Besset on Network Performance in Games". Network Performance Daily, January 29, 2007.

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“I'll be damned if we don't find the time to get Linux builds done.”
-- Timothee Besset

Source : "Good News, id Tech 5 Is Likely Coming To Linux" by Michael Larabel, www.phoronix.com. September 14, 2009.

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“Releasing Linux versions has always been a matter of higher code quality, good software architecture, and technical interest for the platform.”
-- Timothee Besset

Source : "id Software and Linux – By TTimo". Linux Gaming News, linuxgamingnews.org. September 15, 2009.

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“How long does getting thin take?”

“The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.”

“Someday, I have no doubt, the dead from today's wars will be seen with a similar sense of sorrow at needless loss and folly as those millions of men who lie in the cemeteries of France and Belgium - and tens of millions of Americans will feel a similar revulsion for the politicians and generals who were so spendthrift with others' lives.”

Source : "Where Have All the Graveyards Gone? The War That Didn’t End War and Its Unending Successors" by Adam Hochschild, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 3, 2011.

“...Almost everything inside was filled with sugar, cheese, and weight-loss tips.”

“Today was about execution, period. Every single player, all of us in the dressing room right now, we’re embarrassed because that’s not the way we want to play soccer.”

“Drawing is one of those things which sit on the uneasy bending line between instinct and instruction, where seeming perversity eventually trumps pleasure as the card players and the kibitzers interact and new thrills are sought.”

“Lampard's not the first player to run to the crowd with lips over his mouth.”

“Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.”

“You're a trivial part in a trivia game. Now what's your aim? A presidential campaign? Like Ross Perot? He lost it though... But he got a billion in tha bank fo' sho'!”

“This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.”