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vivster on 21 April 2014
rolltide101x said:
vivster said:
Was the same last gen. I wonder what they actually do in these times.

I am a computer networker and I can not think of what they could possibly be doing. But obviously PSN is way over my head

I'm a networker myself so I can say whatever they are doing has probably nothing to do with server maintenance. Servers are designed to run indefinitely so it's not like they have to clear out the recycle bin every few weeks.

I'm suspecting that in that time they are using the servers for other tasks not related to the PSN.



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rolltide101x on 21 April 2014
vivster said:
rolltide101x said:
vivster said:
Was the same last gen. I wonder what they actually do in these times.

I am a computer networker and I can not think of what they could possibly be doing. But obviously PSN is way over my head

I'm a networker myself so I can say whatever they are doing has probably nothing to do with server maintenance. Servers are designed to run indefinitely so it's not like they have to clear out the recycle bin every few weeks.

I'm suspecting that in that time they are using the servers for other tasks not related to the PSN.

As good a theory as any but what could they possibly be doing with them? That does not make sense



Leadified on 21 April 2014

A few weeks ago or so XBL was down every time I wanted to play Titanfall...so there's that... I guess.



fps_d0minat0r on 21 April 2014
rolltide101x said:
vivster said:
rolltide101x said:
vivster said:
Was the same last gen. I wonder what they actually do in these times.

I am a computer networker and I can not think of what they could possibly be doing. But obviously PSN is way over my head

I'm a networker myself so I can say whatever they are doing has probably nothing to do with server maintenance. Servers are designed to run indefinitely so it's not like they have to clear out the recycle bin every few weeks.

I'm suspecting that in that time they are using the servers for other tasks not related to the PSN.

As good a theory as any but what could they possibly be doing with them? That does not make sense


Maybe they are mining a few bitcoins every now and then to stop them going bankrupt? ... just a theory.



oldschoolfool on 21 April 2014
fps_d0minat0r said:
rolltide101x said:
vivster said:
rolltide101x said:
vivster said:
Was the same last gen. I wonder what they actually do in these times.

I am a computer networker and I can not think of what they could possibly be doing. But obviously PSN is way over my head

I'm a networker myself so I can say whatever they are doing has probably nothing to do with server maintenance. Servers are designed to run indefinitely so it's not like they have to clear out the recycle bin every few weeks.

I'm suspecting that in that time they are using the servers for other tasks not related to the PSN.

As good a theory as any but what could they possibly be doing with them? That does not make sense


Maybe they are mining a few bitcoins every now and then to stop them going bankrupt? ... just a theory.

that was a pretty good one. made me laugh. 



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vivster on 21 April 2014
oldschoolfool said:
fps_d0minat0r said:


Maybe they are mining a few bitcoins every now and then to stop them going bankrupt? ... just a theory.

that was a pretty good one. made me laugh. 

I don't think it would be that far off though. Sony is a big company with lots of branch businesses one of which is finance. There are a lot of things you could do with free capacity for such an amount of time.



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