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June 27, Thursday

And so it begins... -Videric

So it seems Publish 16 is coming shard next to you, no news yet of EU or DF day of publish.

    We are targeting to publish the “Publish 16” changes listed in General Testing to the Pacific shard, to be active following a modified Thursday (June 27th CDT) morning maintenance period. This maintenance period downtime will begin at 8:00am CDT (6:00am PDT) and may last around 90 minutes.

    We will monitor the shard closely, and barring any unforeseen issues, will announce a publish schedule for the remaining shards as it is determined.

    Publish 16 introduces a number of substantial changes into Ultima Online, and we encourage all players to familiarize themselves with the latest documentation on these changes, which can be read here.


  • UO.com FYI


    • June 18, Tuesday

    The first JPEG virus! -Videric

    MacAfee labs have detected the first JPEG(picture format) virus. Although it still seems to require executable to be effective, it is alarming news. I however suggest you read the article.

  • PcWorld.com article


    • June 14, Friday

    Alai's interview -Videric

    The UO Compendium had the pleasure to interview Alai. You can find it here:

  • http://www.gamesentry.com/uo/


    • June 13, Thursday

    UO 2.0 rumour mill -Videric

    Here is a good psot that summs all that has been said so far:

  • UOboards post


    • June 10, Monday

    Follow up on KPNQwest -Videric

    BBC article confirms the KPNQwest troubles, however the damage probably will not be noticable if KPNQwest folds.


      If KPNQwest does go dark, other carriers - such as the UK's Colt Telecom - are keen to pick up the pieces, helping calm recent fears that a KPNQwest collapse could hobble internet traffic in general.

    and a second note:

      According to Washington DC-based consultancy TeleGeography, only 4% of the long-distance fibre capacity in Europe is actually being used.


    Here is the direct link to BBC article:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_2036000/2036110.stm


    Internet connection between US and EU to be 40% weaker? -Videric

    From RPGdot.com:

      Just a few minutes ago it was reported that KPNQwest will have to shut down the cable network it is operating within the next 12 hours due to bancruptcy. Since about 40% of the traffic between Europe and the US is rooted over their network, it's hard to predict how the internet will react to the ajor loss of connections.


    NOTE: I could not (yet) find a confirmation to this story, but if it is true, this can cause at least a temporally major slowdown.

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