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Nov 23, 2001, 11:31pm

Taken from tonight's tech-talk. It should be noted that Roland was offline
through the entirety of this.

Roland: the feature list for 3.3 is getting kinda scary and long...
Roland: ok, 3.3 features then
Roland: so far, we have:

Roland: * contact list improvements, including custom privacy settings per
contact and the ability to hide online/offline status, block telegrams and
go into "AFK" mode

Roland: * slide detection - meaning, if you hit a wall you slide along it
instead of stopping cold

Roland: * DirectX8 support...which brings a big performance
improvement...about 30 to 50% frame rate increase on older cards, up to 100%
frame rate increase on new cards like the Geforce

Roland: ok, that's stuff that's already been done, more or less

Roland: * skinned avatars

Roland: * terrain

Roland: * ability to rotate objects in all 3 directions (but not in worlds
with registries)

Nov 24, 2001, 1:34am

[View Quote] Yep! I'm personally looking forward to the framerate boost.

Nov 24, 2001, 2:12pm

[View Quote] Indeed, but they can only do so much at a time. The 3.3 features have given
me some new hope... perhaps in 3.4/4.0 they will include new security
features.

Nov 25, 2001, 6:13pm

[View Quote] .... or both. Just some more configurable options would be nice.

Nov 27, 2001, 1:12am

[View Quote] !!

First, don't post executables to the newsgroup, and secondly, don't post
huge files to the newsgroup at all. Remember that some people have to pay
for their IS by the megabyte. Your post is 468KB - think about it.

-Shred

Nov 28, 2001, 10:24pm

[View Quote] Some people download all messages and view them offline, especially if they
pay on a time-online basis. Don't be narrow minded and assume that everyone
does everything your way, kid.

Nov 27, 2001, 1:14am

[View Quote] You didn't have to start a new thread, and you *can* put more than one
statement in a post.

Nov 29, 2001, 9:27pm

[View Quote] You might want to look at the VapoChill system. It uses refrigiration to
keep the CPU at sub-zero temperatures.

www.vapochill.com

Dec 15, 2001, 4:43pm

Have a happy holiday season, from the HooverAE Borg security team. Or else.

<Bzzt>

Dec 16, 2001, 12:52pm

[View Quote] <snip>

> Secondly, on the topic of fast things, which CPU do you think performs the
> best (not based on the mega-hertz value). And i've been wondering: What is
> the fastest (instert name hgere)? (motherbaoards, graphics cards, memory,
> you name it) (and i do mean performace as well, not based on any speed
> numbers or memory size)

<snip>

The AMD Palomino/Thunderbird cores generally outperform the P4/P3 series
from Intel. Both processors have their advantages, such as P4's heat-death
protection (CPU lowers its own clockspeed according to temps) and Athlon's
lack-thereof.

Processor: AMD AthlonXP series (1500+ is currently the best bang/buck)
Motherboard: (KT266A) ASUS A7V266-E or the Soltek SL-75DRV2
Graphics: Either the nVidia GeForce Ti 500 or the ATi Radeon 8500 (with some
driver fixes it could beat the GF3 TI 500)
Memory: Some nice CL2 PC2100 DDR SDRAM

Serious cooling will be in order, as well :)

You could:
A) Use a traditional HSF setup
B) Assemble a liquid cooling system
C) Buy a pre-assembled liquid cooling case, such as the Koolance rig
(www.koolance.com)

For you Intel nuts who may start attacking me, I ask you to read some
benchmarks :)
www.tomshardware.com
www.anandtech.com
www.sharkyextreme.com

Dec 17, 2001, 11:06am

[View Quote] That's not entirely correct. VIA actually manufactures a .13 micron die chip
which runs with no cooling at 866MHz.

Also, AMD Thunderbird/Palomino cores produce a lot more heat than any of the
Pentium series. The Athlon can die of a heat death in around half a second
if the heatsink falls off (which is not too uncommon, actually).

Dec 17, 2001, 11:09am

[View Quote] *Puts butter on S p a r k's nose*

Hey, it's a family tradition - who knows where it got started. Anyways,
happy 15th.

Dec 19, 2001, 8:09pm

[View Quote] 3) Jokes do not necessarily have to be factual in every detail.

Welcome back, Wing.

--
Shred

Dec 21, 2001, 8:20pm

[View Quote] > Immigration Officer: Could not enter world (reason 10054)
>
> it says that every time i try to enter my world and any worlds i host


Some more information would be nice. Are you hosting the worlds on another machine, connected through a network? Firewall & proxy info, etc.

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Shred

Dec 26, 2001, 12:45am

[View Quote] > Okay: Everything that will cause this:
>
> Peeling plastic from drive parts, wipe plastic dust off, remove jaggies,
> insert drive cleaner to clear lens
> [Check for that first]
>
> Bad drive
> [Do this second, you should always have a second on hand anyway]
>
> Bad Windows
> [Do this anyway, it's good system maintinence]
>
> Bad user
> [Commit suicide if all else fails]


Bad manfacturer
[Torture and kill CEO of evil company]

Dec 31, 2001, 10:29pm

"hi, asl plz"

AAAAAAARRGHH!

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Shred
Enough said.

Jan 1, 2002, 4:46am

[View Quote] No, it was someone on IRC. It's just that all of the anger built up and I
had to vent it somewere =P

I get around five or six "ASL" requests per day.

--
Shred
My ASL is losing/my/mind

Jan 1, 2002, 5:13am

[View Quote] *Commits suicide*

Jan 3, 2002, 6:09pm

[View Quote] Let's just cross our fingers and hope, shall we? There isn't much else
anyone can do at this point. I just got off the phone with AWCorp... they
really didn't want to do this. I'll give them that.

Jan 21, 2002, 3:55pm

[View Quote] Supposedly the Radeon supports both APIs, but every card has its favorite.

Jan 21, 2002, 3:58pm

[View Quote] I had a similar problem with my GF2 Ultra. After I installed DirectX 8.1,
all Direct3D programs looked screwey and eventually crashed the machine.

After toying around, I figured out the problem. Apparently, Windows 2000
users had better make sure that they install Service Pack 2 before (or
after) they install DX8.1 =P

Jan 26, 2002, 10:44pm

[View Quote] Share the wealth. (linkage)

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Shred

Feb 8, 2002, 1:28am

[View Quote] *Smack*

Let lying dogs sleep.

Feb 8, 2002, 11:03pm

[View Quote] Response sent.

Nov 22, 2001, 3:23pm

<snip>

>(where is he now: Wing, if you remembered, after getting voted off by the
>Koochie tribe, left AW due to his cit expiration)

<snip>

Actually, he left because he got bored with AW (or some other reason). The
Wing. citizenship was mine, and I made sure it was renewed every year.

Dec 3, 2001, 8:23pm

[View Quote] Most adults don't like to be disciplined, either :)

Conforming to society? Hmm. I go do what I have to do and come home, and say
to hell with anybody who bothers me.

I agree, though. The ejection was justified, but I think a warning could
have been in order.

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Shred
1/2 non-conformist, at your service.

Dec 21, 2001, 8:32pm

[View Quote] > No, you misunderstand. I don't recall ever seeing a real-life Princess Leia
> hologram, or Monday Night Football in full 3-dimensional
> view-it-from-any-angle type of vision.


<snipped>


Please quote only what you are referring to.

Quoting entire conversations:
A) Makes on heckuva text mess in most newsreaders
B) Bloats the post size unnecessarily

Dec 19, 2001, 8:50pm

[View Quote] I've never seen adults anyone as an "old fogie". What exactly *is* a fogie,
anyways?

> Unfortunately, there's only two ways to fix this: 1) The older folks
> "dumb down" to the younger level or 2) the younger folks "grow up" to
> the older level. Of course, both sides are too set in their ways (and in
> some cases aren't even capable of changing even if they wanted to) to
> bring about this change.

I disagree - differences are what *make* the community. Why change?

> I'll be the first to admit that I'm not real crazy about the younger
> clientele, myself, but years of experience with said clientele haven't
> exactly made the best of impressions on me. I've been in AW for over 5
> years now, and of those five years, I've been running UTN for almost 3.
> In that time, I've seen tons of towns, worlds, and orgs come and go in
> the blink of an eye. Why? Lack of commitment. Who? On the whole, the
> majority of them were the younger citizens (the "12 yr olds", as I call
> them). The basic reasoning was that either a) They didn't become popular
> fast enough, b) it stopped being "fun" or became "boring" or c) they
> just plain forgot about it and moved on to something else (blame it on
> short attention span if you must).

I'm not social or ambitious enough to run any kind of organization or town,
in reality (tried - failed). I do my best work just building somewhere off
by myself. Again, these kinds of differences are what makes the community
interesting.

> There's a large difference between taking an interest in the community
> (e.g. AWTeen-ers wanting a new government) and actually committing to
> it. Tell me, of the people who are clammoring for a new government, how
> many of them are willing to actually be a part of it (besides
> participating in votes)? How many of them are willing to take the time
> to commit to a job such as the one Core does? I predict not that many
> (Note: I said "commit" to the job, not just wanting to sign up for it).

And you would? Some people just have other things to do (note: not better,
*other*) than devote much of their time to such a project. That doesn't mean
that they don't fully support their words. Try to remember that this is not
the real world we're talking about.

> Granted, there have been exceptions to the rule (SW City, KAH's
> operation, and ABN come to mind), but unfortunately, they have been in
> the minority. Until the younger generation can prove that it's willing
> to step up and be an active, *committed* part of the community, the
> older crowd will continue to scoff at them, because in the back of their
> heads, they automatically assume they will fail. At the same time, the
> younger ones see the old ones "wasting" all their time in AW being busy
> with who-knows-what and are therefore percieved as "uncool", rarely
> realizing that if it wasn't for all the old people running around,
> they'd have nothing to do in the first place.

I find conversation with adults *much* more apealing than conversations with
my age group, and, on a whole, the adult community does look down upon the
younger generation. An ancient prejudice, but it's going nowhere fast.

> So what's the solution to all this? I don't claim to have the answers,
> but I'd like to think a little education goes along way. Perhaps if the
> younger ones knew *how* exactly to get involved in the community, then
> perhaps we'd see more successful, younger orgs and communities (As an
> example, Cosmo saying he wants to model, but doesn't know how. There are
> ways to learn, y'know!). Of course, in order to do that, the younger
> generation needs to display a willingness to learn, and the older
> generation needs to bridge the gap and let the younger ones know that
> help is at hand.

I agree. The negativity between both groups is astounding - that needs to
change.

> It's what I tried to start with the Community Building dept in AWUniv,
> but unfortunately, due to lack of participation, it as so far gone
> under-utilized. If any of you older folks want to see this divide
> shortened, then why not help out? Help teach a course, or even start one
> of your own! Let me or kellee know and we'll set you up pronto!
>
> Sorry for the plug, but until anyone else comes up with a better
> solution, that's all I can think of. Now the question is, how willing is
> the older crowd to step up and break out of the "anal" shell? C'mon,
> folks. I know a lot of you guys have plenty of talents to offer, but
> have just been "too busy" or "can't be bothered". Frankly, I'm
> predicting that I won't get much of a response, regardless of what I
> say. Still, if you people are so worried about this "divide", then I
> challenge you to prove me wrong.

People seem to subconciously look for differences, no matter what. I doubt
that the narrow-mindedness will cease.

Dec 20, 2001, 2:11am

[View Quote] > Luc and MM replied saying that they thought the event was a great idea and
> to get started organizing it. I'm going to tenatively schedule it for
> either December 29 or 30.
>
> The point of the event, shred, would be to prove to both groups that these
> stereotypes aren't true and that these misconceptions help nobody. We'll
> just have to see how it goes :)


Exellent idea, Brant. Good luck, you'll need it :-)

Dec 20, 2001, 2:16am

[View Quote] > Nate007 (Citizen 323763) vandalized in ASunBeam lately. It is set to free building during Christmas time.

I've run into Nate several times, and every time I see him he's always stirring up trouble. Nate007 is also involved in the ATA (ActiveWorlds "terrorist" association).

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Shred
"Keep your words sweet, in case you have to eat them."

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