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Jul 24, 2004, 9:26pm

If you are universe caretaker and downloaded 3.603, please
re-download: I had a error in my code that stopped uni caretakers from
seeing the user list if it was not enabled for all. Fixed (thanks Anne
of DLP). I will update the web pages later, but the version now
available there is 3.604, the fixed one :)

Alex

Jul 25, 2004, 1:51am

I have always tried to see human beings as having the same
full-fledged rights as other human beings. Laws differ from place to
place, I leave that to the lawmakers. But in a discussion like this,
green, yellow or red cards have no place: freedom of speech is not a
USA right, it is a universal right, often denied.

Laws and regulations are needed, surely, including green cards. But
does one realise that, in fact, the USA is populated by invadors from
Europe, and forcefully migrated populations from Africa, and people
searching refuge? And that, in most cases, to the detriment of the
people that lived in the land before these invasions? So who has
green card? Don't all people living in USA now, whatever their origin
or status, have the right to be respected? Or must one be
USA-certified before receiving a human birth right? Seems so :(

Alex

On 24 Jul 2004 22:34:44 -0400, "carolann" <carolannh at charter.not>
[View Quote] >Andras, about that bet- I know you weren't speaking to me, but when you
>said:
>
>
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>only yours.
>
>
>
>(How is this so? He certainly is welcome to live here and air his views in
>the proper forum, but if he wants an full-fledged part of it, he must pay
>taxes and become a citizen, just like anywhere else. Then I also think he
>should vote, and should encourage others to, in another forum where people
>are looking for wisdom of this kind. If he already became a citizen when I
>wasn't looking, I humbly apologize to him and welcome him again, and -out of
>AW- will join him (in spirit) in trying to make things better) But my main
>point was about your bet-
>
>
>
>of the population!
>
>
>
>Did you mean OUR country (USA) or your country? If you meant USA, can I take
>that bet? The request is no reflection on Hu at all, what he does for this
>or any other country is his own business, but I am so certain you are
>incorrect that I am willing to "risk" the challenge. (As long as you mean
>members of the population old enough to walk, talk, and make it to the
>bathroom on their own.)
>
>And while I'm on the subject of that group of people, were you comparing the
>most highly skilled immigrants to the "least" Americans among us (every
>society has them, you know) when you said:
>
>
>
>well educated engineers, doctors, teachers, etc? Did you ever check the
>requirements for an immigrant visa (sorry, it is called now permanent
>residency :)?
>
>
>
>And then when you said:
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>head :( I wouldn't talk about the teens that can't read and write even
>after a college graduation.
>I witnessed once when the electricity was out that the cashier burst in
>tears because she couldn't calculate the change from a $10 bill for a $8.47
>bill (she was 19 years old as she told)
>
>
>
>Wouldn't it be more fair to compare our homegrown highly skilled with highly
>skilled immigrants, and then compare the opposites, such as:
>
>
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>with the 20+ year olds that cannot compute figures in their heads? (Keeping
>in mind, again, that every society has them.)
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>
>
>As far as the most valuable immigrants to us and the strict immigration
>standards we have, I believe it is similar to the standards most countries
>set. Should we not invite skilled practitioners into our society as long we
>also allow and accommodate those who need more than they can return? Should
>we welcome immigrants who come simply for the medical care, but then not
>recognize the value of the immigrant doctors who heal them? Should we
>welcome the oppressed, poor, homeless, fugitives, but not openly encourage
>those others to come who would add their expertise to make this a better
>place for the needier group?
>
>
>
>And what about the issue of our president, and the upcoming elections when
>someone stated that the voters, not Hu, would decide? (As if it needed any
>explanation) You said:
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>Do you already know what we will decide? Yes? Then please let us in on it.
>No? Then why do you act as if we aren't acting fast enough for you? If you,
>Hu, or whoever else wants to have a particular outcome, become a citizen
>like I'd have to do to vote in your country. Don't try to alienate those who
>WILL decide by implying they are all too stupid or incompetent to make a
>rational decision. Do you know a country that has not had pitfalls,
>downfalls, pratfalls or less than ideal moments in its history? Then send me
>a brochure, I have a vacation coming up.
>
>
>
>Most sincerely,
>
>CarolAnn
>
>

Jul 29, 2004, 1:12am

[View Quote] >hurmmmm can I do it al in pennies?????


1971 membrances: hmm 4 farthings to a penny, 12 pennies to a
shilling, 20 shillings to a pound, 21 shillings to a guinea.

Shall we count in farthings or guineas? :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_Sterling
http://www.deadline.demon.co.uk/wilkie/coins.htm

Aug 7, 2004, 9:46am

On 6 Aug 2004 15:37:59 -0400, "lady nighthawk"
[View Quote] >Yep I've discovered it's useless LOL. The reason I wanted a *dark room* was
>to view avs I'm working on anytime of the day but in a dark room so I can
>see what they'd look like at night ... even if it's broad daylight. So
>changing the objects Ambient / Diffuse or lit would defeat my purpose since
>those are what I am testing in my wannabe dark room LOL. So I guess I'll
>just have to make a *light room* so if I'm working at night I can see what
>they'd look like in the daytime in the box because at least I can add lights
>to affect them within the box.

Lights will shine out through the box, remember that, walls don't
block lights. The best, but not cheapest, solution is to buy a small
world for testing: that would be your box :)

Alex

Aug 7, 2004, 11:56pm

On 7 Aug 2004 08:13:39 -0400, "lady nighthawk"
[View Quote] >Even cheaper yet will be to make a *light box* for testing when not in night
>mode LOL (instead of visa versa).
>
>LNH

Well, not exactly :)

A "light box" as you call it might help you a little experiment with
the effects of direct lighting - which is related to the diffuse
property of the object (but the world directional lighting still
interferes), but there is no way it will help you experiment with
ambient, as only the world ambient light determines this. The only
way to do this properly is to change the world ambient and directional
light properties. VR is not real world, as AW implements the lights
(8 directional, which includes the world parallel directional light,
i.e. the sun, and leaves 7 others to your choice - and 1 ambient,
which is a world property) there is no way you can isolate a spot in
the world and call it a light box... with its own properties
independent of the world light properties.

There is no such thing as night or day mode as far as a particular
spot in the world is concerned, these are determined by global world
light properties. You can not create a box with different lighting
properties :)

Alex

Aug 8, 2004, 6:01pm

You're welcome :)

On 8 Aug 2004 11:20:53 -0400, "lady nighthawk"
[View Quote] >Thanks for the info :o}
>
>LNH

Sep 5, 2004, 12:39pm

For details, please read

http://www.imatowns.com/xelagot/xlgwhatsnew.html

Alex

Sep 7, 2004, 9:40am

On 5 Sep 2004 18:35:31 -0400, "ferruccio" <startrek3 at earthlink.net>
[View Quote] >If someone sends a huge link by telegram, such as
>http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?PID=1112697&catalogId=2501&params=100x100generic&productId=109777&referredURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.argos.co.uk%2Fwebapp%2Fwcs%2Fstores%2Fservlet%2FArgosCreateReferral%3FstoreId%3D10001%26langId%3D-1%26referrer%3DCOJUN%26params%3Dadref%253DPersonal+care-%3EElectric+toothbrushes%26referredURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.argos.co.uk%2Fwebapp%2Fwcs%2Fstores%2Fservlet%2FProductDisplay%253FstoreId%253D10001%2526catalogId%253D2501%2526productId%253D109777%2526langId%253D-1&langId=-1&referrer=COJUN&AID=10294381&storeId=10001
>
>It crashes AW.. Does this happen to anyone else?
>


I confirmed this too.

1) opened IE and pasted the url there. No problem, I got the
toothbrush.

2) opened AW 555, pasted the url in the built-in web browser. The url
got truncated and I got a server error.

3) sent myself this url through telegram. opened the telegram and
clicked on the url. AW crashed.

The last lines of the debug log give:

55087: tcp_receive
55088: handle_window: 0x210 0x201 0x2ac0069
55088: handle_window: 0x21 0x30500 0x2010001
55089: handle_window: 0x46 0x0 0x12fe54
55089: handle_window: 0x86 0x1 0x304d0
55089: handle_window: 0xd 0x1fe 0x12f3f0
55089: handle_window: 0x6 0x2 0x304d0
55089: mouse_activate
55089: WM_NOTIFY code: -12
55089: WM_NOTIFY code: -150
55089: WM_NOTIFY code: -8
55090: handle_window: 0x281 0x1 0xc000000f
55091: handle_window: 0x282 0x2 0x0
55091: handle_window: 0x7 0xb0416 0x0
55091: handle_window: 0x8 0x11048c 0x0
55091: handle_window: 0x281 0x0 0xc000000f
55091: handle_window: 0x111 0x1000259 0x11048c
55091: handle_command: 0x1000259, 0x11048c
55091: gesture_handle (601)
55091: menu_handle (601)
55134: handle_window: 0x111 0x2000259 0x11048c
55134: handle_command: 0x2000259, 0x11048c
55134: gesture_handle (601)
55134: menu_handle (601)
55134: handle_window: 0x281 0x1 0xc000000f
55134: handle_window: 0x7 0x11048c 0x0
55134: web_url
(http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?PID=1112697&catalogId=2501&params=100x100generic&productId=109777&referredURL=http%
3A% 2F% 2Fwww.argos.co.uk% 2Fwebapp% 2Fwcs% 2Fstores% 2Fservlet%
2FArgosCreateReferral% 3FstoreId% 3D10001% 26langId% 3D-1% 26referrer%
3DCOJUN% 26params% 3Dadref% 253DPersonal+care-%
3EElectric+toothbrushes% 26referredURL% 3Dhttp% 3A% 2F%
2Fwww.argos.co.uk% 2Fwebapp% 2Fwcs% 2Fstores% 2Fservlet%
2FProductDisplay% 253FstoreId% 253D10001% 2526catalogId% 253D2501%
2526productId% 253D109777% 2526langId%
253D-1&langId=-1&referrer=COJUN&AID=10294381&storeId=10001, )
55134: url: handler (0xc)
55134: handle_window: 0x111 0x4000034 0xa0414
55134: handle_command: 0x4000034, 0xa0414
55134: gesture_handle (52)
55134: menu_handle (52)
55134: handle_window: 0x111 0x3000034 0xa0414
55134: handle_command: 0x3000034, 0xa0414
55134: gesture_handle (52)
55134: menu_handle (52)

I've reported this to Chris, he will have a look at it later on.

Good find!
Alex

Sep 7, 2004, 7:56pm

On 7 Sep 2004 13:12:59 -0400, "chrispeg" <chris at activeworlds.com>
[View Quote] >Browser build 556 of the browser will fix this issue.

Currently available for beta testers only, I think. I got it and
tested it, and it works fine. The limit is now 999 bytes instead of
255 for a full url string in the built in web browser.

Alex

Sep 7, 2004, 10:23pm

On 7 Sep 2004 18:09:22 -0400, "josh"
[View Quote] >:P at me sending ferr that url to my uber pwnage toothbruch <3!!!!!!!
>

do you get a commission on the 129.99 pound sterling toothbrush?
:)~~~

Sep 7, 2004, 9:42pm

http://www.free-definition.com/Toilet-paper.html

Sep 7, 2004, 9:53pm

http://funreports.com/2003/07/29/48933.html

[View Quote] >http://www.free-definition.com/Toilet-paper.html

Sep 7, 2004, 10:09pm

http://www.kynd.net/~tralchem/toilet.html

[View Quote] >http://funreports.com/2003/07/29/48933.html
>
[View Quote]

Sep 10, 2004, 8:02pm

On 9 Sep 2004 15:04:21 -0400, "carolann" <carolannh at charter.not>
[View Quote] >On the same note, I'm wondering how, and why, Xelag happened to run across
>these webpages..you might say that's scraping the bottom of the barrel for
>topics here ;-)
>
>Interesting stuff, though. I now probably know everything I'll ever need to
>know about the tissue issue, but on the other hand, is it possible that they
>could improve on it? I just can't think of anything.
>

Well it occured to me suddenly that this a-few-times-a-daily tool
could not have existed forever, and I was curious :)

We take so many things for granted...

Improvements... well maybe tp you don't need to use your hands to use,
would save on soap and water after the fact :) I think the japanese
are working on this.

Alex

Sep 12, 2004, 10:14am

On 12 Sep 2004 06:27:19 -0400, "ferruccio" <startrek3 at earthlink.net>
[View Quote] >But isn't it strange that the objects are being "teleported" to far
>underground instead of just disappearing?
>

What happens is that the object database in the world server uses a
two-byte (16 bit) integer field for storing altitudes. Values are in
cm, and the maximum positive value is 32767 which is 327.67 m,
increasing beyond this produces a negative number, for example 32768
is interpreted as -32768, 32769 as -32767 and so on, i.e. the number
wraps around from positive to negative. The world database does not
reject the object, as the altitude for all it knows is valid, only not
the one you expect, and no error message is produced.

The browser, on the other hand, works in floats (real numbers with
decimals), that do not have this wrapping mechanism, so as long as you
do not move away, it shows the object where you expect it to be.

It is certainly a bug, in my opinion, that the object does not get
rejected. Whether this is the task of the browser or world server is
a matter of programming strategy. I would assign this task to the
world server, because it owns the database.

Alex

Sep 12, 2004, 9:35pm

Then it is a browser task. I have no idea, since I do not know the
protocol of the code sent, what the world receives :)

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Sep 12, 2004, 9:48pm

On 12 Sep 2004 15:04:19 -0400, "ferruccio" <startrek3 at earthlink.net>
[View Quote] >Hmm thanks for explaining all of that. That must be the same thing that
>happens with terrain when you try to make it higher than 300 meters.

I never tried that. My thoughts on that, not knowing the code AW uses
and not having tried it, are:

1) if you try to build terrain altitudes beyond the limits of -32768
and 32767 with terrain offset 0, maybe the same happens.

2) if you build terrain within those limits (-327.68 m and 327.67 m),
but set a terrain offset between -300 and 300 (which is the range for
offset and does not wrap), then you can practically exceed the +/-
327m limits because the world keeps the terrain data separate from the
offset data. That is, terrain offset is added by the browser to the
the terrain altitude kept in the world database, giving you
effectively a +/- 300 metres extra margin.

Alex

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Oct 20, 2004, 5:29am

Make sure you save your SEQ as text (Hamfon style), not as binary (old
Lifeforms style). Binary SEQs don't have translations, text ones do.

[View Quote] >I'm working on a slightly complex sequence, but I'm having a small issue.
>I've built the seq file in Accutrans, and everything works fine. I'm using
>the translate command to move props on the avatar. In Accutrans, it looks
>great. I loaded the file into AW, and the translate command doesn't appear
>to stick. Is this an Accutrans issue, or an AW problem? And does anyone have
>any idea how to fix it?
>
>Pyro God
>

Oct 31, 2004, 11:49am

See What's New for changes:

http://www.imatowns.com/xelagot/xlgwhatsnew.html

Alex

Nov 28, 2004, 11:50am

This is a major upgrade, introducing new features.

Please read What's New at
http://www.imatowns.com/xelagot/xlgwhatsnew.html

and especially how to upgrade at
http://www.imatowns.com/xelagot/xlgtopic_usbd.html#Upgrading

as this upgrade requires some user customising (moving folder
contents).

Alex

Nov 28, 2004, 3:38pm

This message concerns some x1.zip files downloaded on Sunday Nov. 28th
2004.

The first x1.zip I uploaded contained errors. You will recognise it
because it contains a User folder. If it does not contain this folder,
then you need do nothing and need not continue reading (you may if you
are curious, but it does not apply to you).

If x1.zip does contain the User folder, discard it and download x1.zip
again. Two cases are possible if you had already unzipped the files of
the faulty zip.

1) you had unzipped it over your existing x1 installation to upgrade
it. If you see both a User and a Script folder, check to see it the
Script folder still has all your old scripts, If it has, then move the
scripts to the User folder and delete the Script folder which you do
not need any more. Unzip the new good x1.zip onto the application
folder, and run the bot application to complete the installation.
Then stop the application, and follow the upgrade instructions on this
page if you had not already done so:
http://www.imatowns.com/xelagot/xlgtopic_usbd.html

2) you had unzipped the faulty zip into an empty folder - if you
attempted to run the bot, it would throw access violation messages in
a loop and could only be shut down with Task Manager. Just delete the
old contents (except for the new x1.zip if it is there) and unzip
again. Run the bot application to complete the installation.

If you are in doubt whether you had the good or bad zip because you
deleted it, download it again and follow the above instructions. The
new good zip was uploaded only a few hours after the first bad one,
about 6 pm GMT (4 pm VRT) on Sunday november 28th.

Av99bot and SrvcXlgBot do not have this problem.

Sorry for this mess!

Alex

Dec 6, 2004, 8:29am

The first occurrence of Alphaworld to Blphaworld for example? :)

On 5 Dec 2004 21:58:50 -0400, "alexthemartian"
[View Quote] >or you used a hexeditor and change 1 single word.. which i wont say becuase
>i dont want to get in trouble, lol
>
[View Quote]

Jan 30, 2005, 2:16pm

I agree with Ryan on this. Well said!

[View Quote] >Technically he did break a guideline (if you want to interpret it that
>way). The way the ejects were conducted was unfair however for the
>following reasons:
>
>1st Eject
>1) No warning. A warning should virtually always be given.
>
>2nd Eject
>1) Quote by GK: "Nope you can go after women that is normal, gay
>behavior is not normal nor accepted here". Stating that "gay behavior"
>is not normal is harassment and discrimination.
>2) Eject was completely unwarranted. Rossyboy should have been
>immediately directed to an email address or a contact where he could
>take the issue. If he had pressed the issue further, then an
>warning/eject would have been nescessary.
>
>Ryan

Feb 21, 2005, 1:47pm

Please read

http://www.imatowns.com/xelagot/xlgwhatsnew.html

Alex

Feb 22, 2005, 12:45pm

CP, sorry if it is inconvenient for you. A link to my What's New page
is very convenient for me:

1) it saves bandwidth here and in other newsservers and forums,
especially as I cross-post.
2) it allows me to write extensive descriptions, with links to other
pages. This is in everyone's benefit. I would not be able to do this
here.
3) the "What's new" page centralises the info, and is also available
from the x1 bot's menu "help > omline > what's new"

So I will carry on posting the link to my page. If you do not wish to
activate the link from your newsreader, you can copy it to the
clipboard, close the reader and open the web browser, then paste the
url there... very complicated, but saves in memory usage.

Alex

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Mar 10, 2005, 10:30am

WOW, this page is great! It reminds me of my childhood. My mother
was a Uruguayan consul in Buenos Aires, and she used to read us aloud
letters the consulate received from utter nut cases. One case I
remember: the writer seriously petitioned the Uruguayan government to
change the course of the Rio de la Plata (the miles wide estuary
separating Uruguay and Argentina) to solve social and moral depravity.
Times have not changed that much, I see :)

On 10 Mar 2005 00:30:02 -0500, "Queen RaMel o"
[View Quote] >Grins.... Amen Gurl
>
[View Quote]

Feb 27, 2005, 12:05pm

Hi Jetta,

Great! Just a question, what happened to the Roman Empire?

Alex

On 26 Feb 2005 22:54:03 -0500, "Jetta Lewis" <rgurkin at bellsouth.net>
[View Quote] >Hi, my galaxy has been turned into a huge model railroad and is now open to
>other cits for building. All of the railroad objects are from Pelican, with
>the exception of a very few items. Pelican has been a joy to work with in
>the creation of these unique objects. There are miles and miles of track and
>citizens can build homes or railroad themed builds if they please. Pelican
>has created a store set that will enable the builders to build a small town
>if they wish. Along with the sets from Lady Murasaki and Starheart I believe
>that most anykind of build can be created. For the present this offering is
>only in the galaxy, but they will be avaliable in America after the next
>registry. Citizenships are free in the galaxy, but building is by invitation
>only. You can download the galaxy at
>http://host.activeworlds.com/america/web/newfoundland.exe
>

Feb 28, 2005, 3:03pm

Bug fix of a bug fix in 3.608, see

http://www.imatowns.com/xelagot/xlgwhatsnew.html

Alex

Mar 3, 2005, 5:19am

That's not a bug, it's by design. If the parent window does not have
the focus, you first need to give it focus. I chose on purpose not to
use MSWindow objects in most cases of buttons, because they use up
graphic resources. Delphi buttons, on the other hand, do not rely on
the MSWindows api and do not use up graphic resources, the down side
being that if their parent form does not have the focus (or in other
words, is not in the foreground), they do not catch mouse events.

On 1 Mar 2005 10:51:59 -0500, "King Small Guy"
[View Quote] >nah jag that isnt the "bug" the bug i found is kinda a bug you need to press
>N/S E/W twice before it works
>
[View Quote]

Mar 2, 2005, 12:23pm

MicroOlap has updated its dbx4mysql.dll driver, used by Xelagots to
connect to a MySQL database. If you are using this driver, you can
download the update (version 1.7, 1st March 2005) directly from here:

http://www.imatowns.com/xelagot/dbx4mysql.zip

New in this version, among many other things, is that you can attach
the port number to the hostname in the connection parameters (if the
port is not the standard one), for example:
HostName=localhost:2345
For more info, visit the MicroOlap web site:
http://microolap.com/products/connectivity/dbx4mysql/download/

The Xelagot SQL introduction page, which also contains a link to this
driver, is here:
http://www.imatowns.com/xelagot/xlgasdbsqlintro.html

Alex

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