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Aug 24, 2001, 7:48pm

that's easy:

AW is a 655 km square
area is 655000 * 655000 meters = 429025000000 m2
surface area of a sphere is 4 pi r2
so:
pi r2 = 107256250000
r2 = 34140724730
r = 184772,0886119 meters

Lets say you are 1.80 meters tall, add 1.80 to that radius.
The tangent to the circle of the smaller radius (the world radius) is one
side of a right triangle
with the longer radius (World radius + body lenght) as the hypotenuse.

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

do the math, the horizon would be 815,5846 meters away.

bluebean


wing <bathgate at prodigy.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
3b849ae1$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Heres a problem for you mathmaticians, I'm taking the appropriate class
next year, so obviously I can't do it.
>
> If Alphaworld were a sphere (I know, it wouldn't work, it's a square and
you can't make a square into a circle without stretching,
> just take a sphere of equal surface area), and you were standing on it at
ground level, how many meters away would the horizon
> appear due to the curvature of the world.
>
> Why I want to know this? I'm not sure, but it'd be nice to know to
stimulate conversation when Roland finally ups the maximum
> visibility from 200 in the year 2099 in his old age with the release of AW
4.0 and gets clearance from Old Man JP (Rick died) to ask
> for our input on how far, though no doubt two guys with an aged GeForce 15
XLR 2048mb will halt implementation.
>
>

Aug 24, 2001, 8:10pm

just a clarification: your line of sight to the horizon would have the
length of 815,5846 m (in fact you would have to be taller than 1.80 meters
or have your eyes on the top of your head). To calculate the distance you
would have to walk to the horizon, you have to calculate the angle between
the two radii and then do an calculation on the lenght of the circular arc.
Formula if angle A is in degrees is: A (PI/180) r .(r = World radius)

I'm too lazy to do the math now, hehe.
bluebean

bluebean <bluebean at csi.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
3b86cbb3 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> that's easy:
>
> AW is a 655 km square
> area is 655000 * 655000 meters = 429025000000 m2
> surface area of a sphere is 4 pi r2
> so:
> pi r2 = 107256250000
> r2 = 34140724730
> r = 184772,0886119 meters
>
> Lets say you are 1.80 meters tall, add 1.80 to that radius.
> The tangent to the circle of the smaller radius (the world radius) is one
> side of a right triangle
> with the longer radius (World radius + body lenght) as the hypotenuse.
>
> a^2 + b^2 = c^2
>
> do the math, the horizon would be 815,5846 meters away.
>
> bluebean
>
>
> wing <bathgate at prodigy.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
> 3b849ae1$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> next year, so obviously I can't do it.
> you can't make a square into a circle without stretching,
at
> ground level, how many meters away would the horizon
> stimulate conversation when Roland finally ups the maximum
AW
> 4.0 and gets clearance from Old Man JP (Rick died) to ask
15
> XLR 2048mb will halt implementation.
>
>

Aug 27, 2002, 9:54am

From my expirience it makes quite a difference. I built a huge thing in
TheBeans and all objects had a create name on it. It got quite laggy. When I
replaced the objects with pretextured ones I got a noticeable increase in
framerate. That's why TheBeans gz is relatively lag free :)

"ncc 72897" <NCC-71854 at USS-Venture.Starfleet.UFP> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:3d5e10e0 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> ummm, its the amount of objects and special effects which lagg the place,
> not the amount of bytes in a tile..
> i dont think it makes any difference in frame rate whether u have an
object
> use its original texture or applying another one with create texture..
>
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Oct 22, 2002, 8:28am

hello SWE!

What happend? I had the impression you enjoyed AW very much just a few weeks
ago.
It be a pity and a loss for all if you leave :(

-bluey

"swe" <swe at swe-e.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:3db470cd at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I still havent anything usueful to do with my life, im just really pissed
> off at AW, and no planning to come back. :)
>
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Oct 22, 2002, 8:51am

Forget it, I think I know what happened. A pity anyway :(

"bluebean" <bluebean at csi.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:3db52831$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> hello SWE!
>
> What happend? I had the impression you enjoyed AW very much just a few
weeks
> ago.
> It be a pity and a loss for all if you leave :(
>
> -bluey
>
> "swe" <swe at swe-e.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:3db470cd at server1.Activeworlds.com...
pissed
letting
name
> on
>
>

Aug 27, 2002, 9:54am

From my expirience it makes quite a difference. I built a huge thing in
TheBeans and all objects had a create name on it. It got quite laggy. When I
replaced the objects with pretextured ones I got a noticeable increase in
framerate. That's why TheBeans gz is relatively lag free :)

"ncc 72897" <NCC-71854 at USS-Venture.Starfleet.UFP> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:3d5e10e0 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> ummm, its the amount of objects and special effects which lagg the place,
> not the amount of bytes in a tile..
> i dont think it makes any difference in frame rate whether u have an
object
> use its original texture or applying another one with create texture..
>
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Jun 23, 2003, 8:56am

hello community!

Does anyone know anything about where maki went? He's been missing for the
last 4 weeks or so. Totally abnormal for him. I am deeply worried. If you
have his email adress or know anything about his absence please send the
info to bluebean at csi.com. Please trust me, maki is the coowner of my world.

thanks in advance,

bluebean

TheBeans public build world

Jul 2, 2003, 6:39pm

YAY the mapper page is up again. This feature was what attracted me to AW in
the first place. I love maps, I loved to explore Alphaworld with the help of
the mapper. Now, can we hope to get, after one year delay or so, a new
update?

bluebean


"sw comit" <swcomit at swcity.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:3f020244 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hopefully ENZO or someone can answer this in a little bit more detail than
> simply "not enough room". Maybe then someone can offer some assistance
> cause right now I haven't heard any clear answer on what the problem is.
I
> know a lot of people who depended on AWmapper, and suddenly *poof* it's
gone
> without much of a reason... Another Alphaworld feature lost after the
> price hikes. How ironic.
>
> - SW Comit
>
>

Oct 22, 2003, 11:45am

Not just a normal building contest - this is where the big prizes can be
won:

1st place: 1 year cit renewal _and_ a P30-5 world with free hosting for one
year (including a free cit)
2nd - 3rd place: 1 year cit renewal or a P20 world with free hosting for one
year.
4th-6th place: 6 month cit renewal
7th-12th place: 3 month cit renewal

Rules are easy: Go to the building contest area in world TheBeans in the
vicinity of 150N 50E, locate a free building contest lot (with a sign next
to it), build something, win a nice prize :D

Only one build per account..

Deadline is December 24th, 2003.

You can start to build today.

In case there is no free lot left, tgram me, bluebean.

sincerly,
bluebean

Jun 4, 2004, 12:24pm

Well as far as I'm concerend, I'm already paying AWI 2400 bucks for a stupid
little world. And even every year!
How many acres is a P150 anyway?

Sing along:
Beans Acres is the place to be
Farm livin' is the life for me
Land spreadin' out so far and wide
Keep Manhattan, just gimme that countryside

:p

"kathryn delanuit" <me at me.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:40bfb5c2$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> geeeez don't give AWI any ideas. "Large swathes of undeveloped online
> property.....are selling for up to $550 an acre" The day I have to
> start paying 100 freaking dollars for a stupid little plot on Alphaworld
> or something like that is that day I'm outta here.
>
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Jun 23, 2004, 8:06am

Excuse me for jumping in, but where's the intercultural conflict with SWE?
He's more american than most of the americans I know. His thought process
is, as he proves with his post, rather simple: give me money. His goals are
quite similar to any average US teenager: sex, cell phones, video games,
sex, cars, and ... did I mention sex already?

I really wish he would be different LOL :p ;)


".sharon" <sharonclarke at prexar.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:40d703de$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Intercultural conflict is part of the reason we've been unsuccessful in
the
> Newsgroups. We're not only failing because of the international
> miscommunication but we lack skills to forge ahead on an individual basis.
> Our values and norms, thought processes and goals vary greatly. It would
be
> powerful to effectively overcome our differences.
> Odds are that we will not have the direct experiences of one another.
> Usually our own cultural identities are not even apparent to us until we
> interact with others from different backgrounds. Our differences can feel
> like threats at first. But aren't those differences less important than
our
> commonalities?
> We tend to overlook our similarities far too often. Differences between
> groups are far less than differences within groups so it would be logical
to
> say the same for our likenesses.
> Cultures are always evolving especially when they interact with eachother.
> We have the power to change the world right here in this platform. We're
> the pioneers as BRO would say.
>
>

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