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Aug 18, 2005, 6:35am

[View Quote] There are two types of free.
Are you referring to libre or gratis?

Aug 18, 2005, 7:04am

[View Quote] From Wikipedia: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_Libre)

Gratis versus Libre is the distinction between no cost and freedom, a
distinction not made by the word free in the English language.

This distinction is of supreme importance in dealing with information as
property.

Gratis is a term in Latin and various Romance and Germanic languages
meaning free, in the sense that one does not have to pay for some good
or service (free of charge).

Libre is a word in various Romance languages, e.g. Spanish and French
(but not Latin itself, where the spelling is līber) that denotes the
state of being free, as in "having freedom".

Aug 18, 2005, 7:43am

[View Quote] Inanimate objects can't be free (libre)?
Go tell that to the open source software community :P

Here's an example. Suppose you distribute your objects under the
condition that anyone can redistribute those same objects completely
without restrictions. Those objects now have freedom.

Aug 18, 2005, 11:03am

[View Quote] I'm not a lawyer, nor do I intend to be.
I'm just aware of the two seperate definitions of 'free'.

Aug 18, 2005, 12:43pm

[View Quote] I didn't quite understand what you just typed.

There are two distinct definitions for the word 'free' in English (If
you disagree with this then argue with the entire GNU/Linux, BSD and OSS
communities, not me).
The word 'free' without any additional information regarding the
particular type of free you are referring to is ambiguous.
I am quite sure my interpretations of words or phrases such as
'Complimentary' and 'Free Trial' are different to yours, and that makes
them inherently ambiguous.

Free != free.

Aug 19, 2005, 5:19am

[View Quote] The z-buffer has nothing to do with textures.
(By the way, the phenomenon you see is usually referred to as 'z-buffer
fighting' or 'z-buffer artifacts' not 'z-buffer' :P)

For more information on z-buffering, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-buffering

Aug 21, 2005, 1:12am

[View Quote] Free as in speech or free as in beer?

Nov 16, 2005, 7:18am

[View Quote] create move <direction vector> time=0 wait=1e9

Nov 16, 2005, 7:09pm

[View Quote] Could also use 9e9, but 285 years is a tad overkill :P

Dec 11, 2005, 6:53pm

[View Quote] Libre or Gratis? (free as in speech or free as in beer)

Jan 7, 2006, 9:56am

[View Quote] Dear Strike Rapier:
Ambient lighting is not deducted from the 8 light limit.
7 lights on objects + world light = 8 lights.

Apr 13, 2006, 11:17am

[View Quote] http://www.swcity.net/yabbse/index.php?topic=4327.0

Jun 1, 2006, 1:12am

It has come to my attention that the AWTeen management has set v4 object
rights to be available to everyone. I consider this a very very bad idea
until some 4.1 issues have been sorted out.

Did anyone around AWTeen GZ recently see any of these?
-a giant Cy/Butch strolling around.
-a blinding white light.
-a picture flying around (with an arbitrary URL displayed)

These were my doing (except for the picture, which was Ima), and can be
done by anyone else who has v4 rights in AWTeen (everybody).
I know you all want these features, but there's just too much room for
abuse right now.

Jun 2, 2006, 2:49am

[View Quote] A few people I've communicated with seem to be under the impression that
I'm against enabling v4 rights for everyone. I'm only against that if
there's no protection mechanisms in place (read my previous post carefully).
I'd welcome all the wonders 4.1 has to offer in public worlds as long as
some of the following things exist:
-A bot protecting certain areas (such as ground zero) by removing movers
(this cannot be done until the 4.1 SDK is out).
-Fixes for certain bugs (will require updated world server and/or browser)

Additionally, I've discovered more ways to annoy users (here's the
complete list):

-Forcing teleportation of other users (requires mover, AWTeen rules
don't like this).
-Forcing other users to go to arbitrary URLs (requires mover, opens up
possibility of lots of MSIE-related attacks, BIG PROBLEM).
-Forcing other users to listen to arbitrary sound clips (requires mover,
may be restricted by AW audio download settings).
-Annoy other users by filling their viewport with any colour or particle
(requires mover to be mobile, still useful while stationary).
-Annoy other users by dragging a object around with an arbitrary picture
displayed (requires mover).
-Annoy other users by having a really large object (really a particle)
attached to your mover (requires mover, AWTeen rules don't like this).
-Annoy other users by having lots of particles spraying everywhere (it's
the first thing you do when you have access to particles :P).

As you can see, denying movers in populated areas solves just about all
of these problems. Might even be better if there was a server option to
deny movers in a certain radius from GZ (restricted radius might be
adequate).

Jun 2, 2006, 8:53am

[View Quote] Near-unlimited? Infinity - 1?

Jun 7, 2006, 4:51am

If you look around in AWGate you might see a piano :D
It uses a new feature in 4.1 I can't really find any documentation for.
Here's an example command to make it work:
"activate midi instr=1 note=60"
Instrument #1 happens to be a piano and note #60 is C4.
The command can be made global with the global flag.
There's a handy guide to which note numbers correspond to keyboard keys
at Wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NoteNamesFrequenciesAndMidiNumbers.svg).

You'll have to explore the instrument numbers for yourself ;)

Jun 7, 2006, 5:16am

[View Quote] Okay, I guess you don't have to explore them yourself :P
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_MIDI#Melodic_sounds)

Additionally, it seems there's a time= flag that affects the note length
and seems to be in milliseconds.

Jun 7, 2006, 5:31am

[View Quote] Yes, it's called playing a midi :P

Jun 7, 2006, 6:50am

[View Quote] Chrispeg informs me that the complete list of arguments for midi is:
instr= note= vol= time= chorus= reverb= drumkit omni reset global

Jun 13, 2006, 4:45am

[View Quote] http://www.pcpowercooling.com/products/power_supplies/selector/dell.htm

Jun 27, 2006, 5:22am

[View Quote] The new ChatBot logo is far better than that old coffee cup you used to
have :D
Excellent work as always ;)

Jul 27, 2006, 11:17am

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Jul 27, 2006, 11:54am

[View Quote] So if I grab a copy of GTA:SA, change precisely one bit of data, it's
perfectly legal for me to give it away to everyone?
Which planet are you from? :P

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