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Apr 10, 2001, 8:52pm

More than likely. But I can't complain to Micro$oft because that costs money (You'd think they'd have an 800 number...)
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Apr 11, 2001, 1:12pm

Liar. You obviously have your correct name under your control because your posting under it.
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Apr 11, 2001, 3:51pm

AW's server uses your citname, not your set name.
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Apr 13, 2001, 1:55am

About half a month ago (I think, time is just a blur in my mind) I posted a rumor about AWLD going bankrupt within a month. This
stuff looks REALLY pathetic, and is potentially the first really definite sign that I was right-but the timing was wrong. I doubt AW
will survive to see another christmas-my citizenship sure won't.
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Apr 13, 2001, 7:47am

$3 million doesn't mean very much, especially if they get left in the dust by competitors. They have more than enough cash to hire a
dozen programmers to modernize the program, buy some RELIABLE frickin servers and maybe do some quick TV spots on major networks
(cNet, where I originally saw them several years ago is NOT a major network). Might blow $2 million but that leaves them a nice
solid reserve, puts them on the modern level and gives the people that hang around long enough for AWCI to get a clue a new set of
better products and services.
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Apr 14, 2001, 2:14am

Pokemon cards for mature humans.

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Apr 13, 2001, 1:47am

Smart :) I haven't heard jack about quick-restore disks lately, thought everyone had the sense not to buy corperate made comps. Oh
well, no build coords but a word of advice-Back up teleports.txt, a simple floppy with it and a few other neccessary files
(savegames from games you've been working on for weeks, etc.)
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Apr 17, 2001, 7:55am

I think you have too much time on your hands.

Sleepily,
Wing
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Apr 18, 2001, 7:44am

I don't know either. I think jfk cracked.
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Apr 19, 2001, 5:00pm

You're obviously a lamer beyond all chance of recovery *filter*
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Apr 17, 2001, 5:19pm

*hits buzzer* WRONG! Really though, the KKK has some points (lets leave it at this, please don't respond. This group is hot enough)
but really goes about it wrong and so long as Gor remains recreational I don't see anything wrong with it either.
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Apr 18, 2001, 7:44am

Smooooooooooooth.
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Apr 18, 2001, 7:57am

Hrmm, now that I think about it, how exactly can they tell your running servers? What else do they know?
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Apr 19, 2001, 7:45am

If I pay $40 a month for constant 200kbps, by god I'm going to use it ALL
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Apr 19, 2001, 5:02pm

Only times my 56k line isn't 100% in use are when I'm on the toilet or about to engage in a super bandwidth sucking project (Tribes,
Tribes 2, downloads)
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Apr 23, 2001, 9:21pm

The rules apparently aren't against commercial operations, just servers in general. I don't take kindly at all to at Home's rather
public intrusion into semi-private information though, and who knows how much information they could be gathering "Haha, look at
this lame little cyber zombie. Thinks he's found himself a girlfriend"

After experiencing at Home's anti-serverness first hand, when doing a closed IP access ONLY test run of an HTTP server to make sure I
had the software installed and configged right, I'm nearly positive that they're 100% against any server on their connection, I'm
sure if you were playing on a game server of your own for more than an hour they'd be on your case.
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Apr 18, 2001, 7:41am

Can't fight at Home, newblood. No caps either.
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Apr 18, 2001, 11:45pm

It takes a week to move a hard drive? :) I can do that physically in 2 minutes, data transfer in an hour or so.
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Apr 19, 2001, 7:51am

Ahh, the "professionals". I've caused my share of staged problems and have gotten back some of the most HILLARIOUS diagnoses. My
overheating CPU (wiped off thermal paste) was because of a damaged power suppply.
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Apr 19, 2001, 8:56pm

Really. Just for grins when I went to swap my K6-2 550 with a K6-2 300 a few days ago (300 runs MAD cooler than 550, by about FIFTY
degrees) I called up Best Buy to see how much they'd charge to do it and how long it'd take. They said it'd take TWO WEEKS and at
that point I just hung up and went and did the job in five minutes (would've taken less had I been using a case that didn't require
complete disassembly just to pull the motherboard tray)
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Apr 21, 2001, 1:56pm

$200 an hour for two weeks to install a new hard drive.
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Apr 21, 2001, 1:57pm

While peering through the Lexan window in the shape of the UN logo on the side of a highly customized case...
"This hole isn't supposed to be here"
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Apr 19, 2001, 9:04pm

Time to install this thing and prove it's claims wrong. I doubt it can take my Duron 1200 to anywhere near 2400 nor improve upon any
other aspects of my system. This appears to be a program for the computer equivalent of a Honda Civic and not a cross between a
Corvette, Hummer and M1A2 Abrams (For those who don't know American culture very well, Honda Civics are incredibly cheap Jap imports
that every high schooler owns and "souped up" with eye candy like 6 inch exhaust tips, turbocharger shells, racing seatbelt covers,
and some really UGLY looking rear wings/spoilers and front end body kits, while Covettes are the coolest, fastest American cars on
the market while Humvees are essentially military jeeps and well, the M1A2 is a fuckin tank)
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Apr 19, 2001, 9:54pm

www.ricestreet.com to have a look at some of those ugly Hondas :)
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Apr 20, 2001, 8:21am

The point is that it appears to only be functional on a rather small range of hardware, it doesn't even make any difference on my
K6-2 300, which in all honesty SUCKS. Now it could work wonders for Intel equipment, my ONLY Intel box is somewhat of a science
project and doesn't have a hard drive. And yes, I know Durons don't go to 1200 standard, I just force mine too, and it does so
right well. It's only a 71% overclock. Now onto the claims. First, the onboard benchmark shows a 170% speed increase for my
computer, which I set to be a Duron 900 with a GeForce II MX and 128mb of RAM to keep it within range of sensibility. This, in all
seriousness appears to be BS. On their front page, they claim that Word takes a long time to load on their ficticious computer.
Microsoft Word 2000 takes exactly 1 second to go from button press to the blank document. This remains EXACTLY the same. Tribes 2
with the latest patch. Without Hare, I get 70FPS maxed details in 1280x1024x32. With Hare, I get 65FPS, apparently because it's
meddling in the 3d card and CPU cycles. I found similar events on my AMD K6-2 300 with a TNT2 Vanta LT and 128mb RAM. If you can't
make that perform better, I don't hold out much hope for any PCs. You could probably make a FORTUNE selling that to eMachines
though, 'cuz those are NOWHERE near the performance machines you're likely to find among most of us here. As soon as I get the time,
probably this weekend I'll take actual benchmarks with 3rd party programs. Also, whats up with telling you to reboot every 16 hours
or so (1000 minutes)? EVERY computer is capable of operating for much longer than 16 hours if all it's technical issues are
resolved. Of course, this program appears to be designed specifically for systems with extreme technical issues anyway. I do NOT
take a biased approach to testing software, it either works or it does not. I either prove or disprove claims and I can smell a lie
when it's stuck right under my nose.

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Apr 20, 2001, 7:38pm

You said that, I don't see it anywhere on the website :)
I don't take the claims of the 3rd party, I take the claims of the developer.
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Apr 21, 2001, 1:59pm

I'm honestly not worried about burning it out. They only cost pocket change to replace. And in a couple years I intend to have a
10GHz processor on muh desk to play with :)
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Apr 21, 2001, 7:30pm

Amen the system damage on uninstall. This is apparently because it replaces parts of the Windows Kernel with it's own code and
doesn't put it back on uninstall. *thwack* Now I have a busted comp and a huge gap in my network to fix.

I have decided to cease all testing of this product on my equipment due to risk to inevitable damage to my work and/or machinery.
Apparently this is their way of forcing you to purchase it. Not a healthy buisiness practice.

Apr 21, 2001, 8:49pm

Which it is. Ya know what? If it weren't for that reply I never would've read the only semi-intelligent comment out of JFK2's mouth
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