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Dec 24, 2001, 5:16pm

LOL... I don't recall anyone ever showing that AW had broken any laws.

If you don't want to give your credit card info via email, don't.

-Agent1

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Dec 28, 2001, 8:17pm

I've got a few things to reply to...

[View Quote] Not really. Linux is made *by* hackers *for* hackers (I'm not talking about people who break into things, people...). Lots of things are done via the command line. If you're used to using a GUI, starting with a new operating system in a totally different "mode" makes it that much harder. Then there's the fact that all of the window managers and distributions are different (even if only in small ways). Saying "I've got Linux" is a lot less specific as to how you're running your system than saying "I've got Windows". Yes, there are different versions of Windows, but they all use pretty much the same "window manager".

> The reason why no one ports any of these Unix things is because it's in Unix for a reason, to be part of the open source movement against Microsoft's monopoly.

So open source is a movement solely against Microsoft? What about *all* of the other companies that don't release the code to their software. I don't think you quite get it. People want to be free to do certain things with their software, so they either write their own or find something that is open sourced.


> They don't want their hard time being rewritten for Windows :).

I know of things that are open sourced and ported to Windows. In fact, what stops someone from writing software *for* Windows and releasing the source? Nothing. Even if what you said was remotely true, since the code is released, they can't really control what OS it gets ported to.

> Linux doesn't fragment if you use it :). Unlike windows there's no need to defragment it.

I'm pretty sure that depends on the filesystem you use. I find it hard to believe that Linux's files aren't fragmented in some (if not most) filesystems.


> Securing a linux box is easy.. get the latest patch for your OS.. turn off anon FTP to your server, make sure your running the latest apache.. that should be
> pretty secure.. of course if someone is a good cracker and not a script kiddie they can get around the strongest of protection.. maybe throw a hardware
> firewall in :) and configure the software ones that come with linux.

Uhh... what you just described should be enough to secure *any* operating system. Linux is not secure right out of the box. Neither is Windows. If you take the time on either, though, they can be just as secure as the other.


-Agent1

Jan 7, 2002, 10:23pm

[View Quote] Renderware was written by Criterion Software. Roland just had to re-write
the RWX file loader so we could keep using that file format. Roland did
*not* write Renderware.

-Agent1

Jan 7, 2002, 10:24pm

By the way - The source for Renderware is *not* available... Licensing the
engine's use is pretty expensive if I remember correctly.

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Jan 7, 2002, 10:34pm

Which "function"? All he rewrote was the stuff that *loaded* the RWX files.
Renderware is a 3D engine, not a file loader.

-Agent1

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Jan 17, 2002, 9:51pm

From what I've heard, it's just a Linux ditribution with a pretty version of
something like WINE... Nothing special. I know I won't pay their $100 fee
just to be an "insider".

-Agent1

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Jan 18, 2002, 12:41pm

Replies inline:

[View Quote] When did I put it down? I just said that it's not really anything special.

> I'm not paying for "insider" information, I'm paying for something to run
my 3D games and Windows programs on that >doesn't cost $120 to upgrade every
time a new version comes out.

Their site mentions that if you want to beta test or have "insider"
information, you have to pay $100...

> Linux? Probably half of those buying Lindows could care less. It's not
Microsoft, yet runs programs made for Windows, >and that's its big selling
point. :)

Maybe if you don't like Microsoft but can't live without programs written
for their OS :)

-Agent1

Jan 21, 2002, 8:24pm

[View Quote] Uhh... if you don't maintain any computer regardless of the OS, reformatting
is often one of the only choices you have to get everything "back to
normal". Just because someone uses Windows doesn't mean they're going to
have to format their hard drive. If you stuck someone in front of a Linux
machine with a good GUI and taught them how to use the apps they need, but
didn't show them how to maintain anything, they'd probably have to reformat
eventually, too.

-Agent1

Jan 21, 2002, 10:31pm

Is it just me, or do you take every possible opportunity to bash anything
Microsoft? All the Linux distributions I've heard of seem to be pretty good
operating systems. You have to set up and maintain a Linux system. Same goes
for Windows. If the average Windows user knew as much about how the OS
worked as the average Linux user did their OS, then maybe more Windows
systems would be properly maintained.

-Agent1

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Jan 22, 2002, 12:01am

> I do have a right to my opinion.

Did I ever say you didn't?

> You do have to set up and maintian a Linux system yes, but it's not on the
same level as the maintainance
> as a windows system is. Think of it like this; Cleaning up your "trash"
in linux is as difficult as taking the
> garbage to the end of the driveway for the garbage man to take up. But in
windows, cleaning up your
> "trash" is actually being the garbage man and taking your garbage plus all
the garbage of the places you've
> been too with you to the dump.

I've been using computers for a while -- I don't need metaphors. Please
explain in detail.

-Agent1

Jan 22, 2002, 12:22pm

That's more because of a crappy uninstall than Windows. If it was done
properly, you wouldn't have to manually delete files after using that Remove
Program thing. Another reason uninstalls sometimes "fail" is because files
get created after install, so the uninstall script doesn't know about them.

-Agent1

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Jan 17, 2002, 8:13pm

This is a private matter between you and AWC... we can't do anything about
it.

> Now I am A victim without a defense, I was Done Wrong, and I have no way
to get back... Voice my Incident
> Fellow Citizens!!!

Jan 21, 2002, 8:26pm

Can you explain how that relates to Cozmo's post?

-Agent1

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Jan 17, 2002, 9:46pm

Uhh... no :)

While I agree what he seems to have done is stupid and (likely) illegal, the
US can't prosecute someone in another country.
I think the UK has some sort of "Anti-'Hacking' " law or something... But a
trojan horse hardly takes any skill to use.

-Agent1

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Jan 20, 2002, 12:50pm

You shouldn't try to impose your values on other people. I've seen
Oriox.com, and I don't think it's specifically for children, anyway.

-Agent1

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Jan 20, 2002, 3:46pm

So just because someone posted a link to a webpage, the owner/author has to
maintain certain standards? If it was such a big problem and "kids" were
actually going to Gamer's site just to follow that link, wouldn't the
"children's" parents talk to their kids about it? Hopefully they don't give
their kids free access to the Internet and then whine when something they
don't like shows up. The Internet isn't a babysitter, so I don't know what
the problem is. If someone has a link to some porn on their site, then
that's their choice.

-Agent1

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Jan 20, 2002, 10:49pm

Ever visited Oriox.com? I don't recall anything significant about AW being
there. His "audience" is certainly not "Ages 5-10" or something. It looks
like it's more about him and his (real life) friends than AW.

-Agent1

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Jan 21, 2002, 11:53pm

[View Quote] LOL :)

One person's saturated "market" is another's freedom to choose what they
like :)

-Agent1

Apr 1, 2002, 9:41pm

That's really old :)

An at sign in an HTTP request means anything before the HTTP is sent as a
username and is not part of the address.

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Apr 6, 2002, 11:32pm

Don't kid yourself. Anyone who wants to steal objects either already knows
this or could find out very easily. It's the "honest" people that likely
don't know about it. By making the information public, the "playing field"
is even.

Security through obscurity is not really security at all :)

-Agent1

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Apr 3, 2002, 8:24pm

[View Quote] You can't. If you want your program to use it, it has to be decrypted into
memory sometime.

> I know I left some places in the process that need filling in. I'm not
really shure how you'd accomplish this.

Well, you'd need some sort of secure hardware that could do this sort of
thing, I think.


-Agent1

Apr 11, 2002, 4:09pm

Would you mind cutting back your signature? It's longer than your actual
message. Not everyone needs to know your computer stats.

-Agent1

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Apr 24, 2002, 2:57pm

[View Quote] No, all that "tells" your computer is what kind of data is coming next. If
your email reader automatically executes it, that's not the fault of the
content-type setting.

-Agent1

May 2, 2002, 7:29pm

If you mean a bot that automatically grades the artistic "goodness" of a
build, then you're out of luck. If, however, you only want something to
*assist* a *real person* do the grading, that could be easily programmed
into a bot. Anyone who claims they have a bot that can automatically judge
builds is lying unless you consider counting the number of objects (or
something similar that is possible with a bot) "judging".

-Agent1

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May 2, 2002, 8:59pm

That isn't possible for what you're describing. Period.

-Agent1

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May 4, 2002, 9:04pm

In the future, you should probably ask things like this in a private email
to either the program's author or to the person who recommended it to you.
If you *really* need the help of AW users, general.discussion would be best
as this doesn't concern AW's community.

Followup-To is set to general.discussion.

-Agent1

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May 15, 2002, 11:16pm

Hmm... Someone who can't spell or punctuate perfectly calling themself a
"god"? *yawn* :)

Sure was easy to find out who you are...

-Agent1

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May 16, 2002, 10:06pm

It's just "Agent Fox Mulder" attempting to troll...

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May 21, 2002, 9:55pm

Seeing as that law would only apply to the U.S., it wouldn't affect the rest
of the Internet. So if someone wants to run a server outside of the U.S.,
there's not much an American law can do to stop them.

-Agent1

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May 21, 2002, 2:51pm

That SEC report only says that a certain portion of AWC shares were sold...
Since AWC is incorporated in Delaware, shareholders don't have any "say" in
how the company is run. The second article has nothing to do with this
transaction; simply the company buying stock.

-Agent1

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