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Aug 1, 2001, 1:23pm

Exactly...that's the issue: communication or in AWC's case, lack thereof. Roland's TechTalks are meaningless without the support of the people who actually give approval for ANYTHING discussed in them. And that, unfortunately, is sleezy used car salesman JP and wanna-be cyberpunk Ricky. Until one or both of these peons actually confronts the community publically, and stops playing games with us and avoiding us, they'll continue to get bashed and rumors spread. It's called public relations, Rick and JP; learn how to fucking DO it already, ya freakin' newbie suit gits...

[View Quote] > Should've replied with my feelings about their reply earlier... Goober pretty much summed everything up, but I'd like to add a little.
>
> I think it'd be great if (even one of the) AWC management people held something like Roland's TechTalk every week. Something like bi-weekly would probably be great as well. Citizens could come and talk to/at them and see what exactly is going on. Participating in the "community" like this is something that everybody would benefit from. Citizens would have a better grasp of *why* some decisions were made, and hopefully AWC would ask our opinion of things they're thinking about.
>
> If this is impossible, at least set up a group of citizens that could "advise" AWC on certain issues. It'd have to be a very diverse group (maybe even with regular elections...) in order to represent the user base, but it could work.

Aug 1, 2001, 8:57pm

Oh, THAT? I thought that was some silly newsgroup survivor thing so I didn't even bother with it...

[View Quote] > "The AWC Tribe Has Spoken... [long!]"
>
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Aug 1, 2001, 9:11pm

Um, personal email to the community my ASS, Fac. Flagg simply passed it on instead of Rick himself emailing and posting his response. As usual, Rick dodged things and leaves one of his peon employees to take the fall for him.

[View Quote] > we can't know if he wrote it... no, just joking ;-)) but letters (yes,
> letters, e-mail is just electronic letters) are a very outdated way of
> communicating, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE THE *BEEEEEEP* CEO OF A COMPANY THAT
> DEVELOPS A *BEEEEEEEEEEEEP* VR CHAT PRODUCT, FOR *BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*'s
> sake! it is VERY, VERY, VEEEEEERY indirect, yes, go tell him that, and be
> sure to translate the beeps into your favorite cuss words!!
>
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Aug 2, 2001, 1:59pm

Exactly. Fac's still a wittle newbie, Kah--you'll have to forgive his ignorance...

<chuckle>

[View Quote] > actually you could well be, because he replied to my post (wich had your
> post quoted...)
>
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Aug 1, 2001, 9:10pm

Oh and don't forget that they're part of the "unique user" count too! OH YIPPEE SKIPPY MORE FUCKING FRAUD!

[View Quote] > hehe, guess so... I've seen that some cits are named creditfraud and have a
> 4 digit number after them... are those actual frauds that have been
> discovered or something? and have there REALLY been THAT many frauds?????
>
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Aug 2, 2001, 2:52pm

Yo, newbie twit, learn how to keep the OLD subject in the subject header after you change it.

[View Quote] > The last time I spoke with E N Z O was at the Transcend meeting in 1999.
> The last time I spoke with JP was in 1999 and it was a question in regards
> to 13th Floor ownership of art. To my knowledge, I have not spoken to any
> AWCOM employee, except for citizenship info or technical help in a very long
> time and I am not employed by them.
>
> In regards to answering questions about the source of the message. True, I
> did not follow what most people would call newsgroup protocol in commenting
> on a message posted here; but on the other hand, I refuse to answer a
> question posed to me in such a way that is derogatory to E N Z O or JP. If
> Eep wants the source, he should explore the newsgroup in more detail.
> Speaking of which, I am not following protocol now am I?
>
> Lastly, I will say again, E N Z O's statement in regards to his hardships
> that he, his family, his friends endured during trying to maintain Active
> Worlds, in my opinion, should have been shared long ago. We are so
> fortunate to still be able to (for 5 cents a day) be a part of such a unique
> community.
>
> In my opinion, AWCOM does not charge enough. $19.95 every 6 months sounds
> fair to me.
>
> On a lighter note, now I wonder, did E N Z O have to walk 5 miles one way
> barefoot in the snow to buy a box of floppies!!!!!! :)
>
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Aug 3, 2001, 1:08am

Yea, Rick isn't even in charge of AW's development anymore really according to Roland, who claims JP's been the one making AW's design decisions for the past year or so...so it seems JP "owns" Rick.

[View Quote] > you stupid twit! they did a bit of work many years ago, but now they're rich
> and don't care about anything else than getting richer... E N Z O told that
> hearthbraking story so that stupid gnomes like you would feel sorry for him
> & JP. it's a well known tactic, but maybe you didn't know that. and you
> can't know if it's true anyway, and it's a very weird way of talking to the
> community, a man in E N Z O's position should understand that he should have
> done something a little more direct... E N Z O doesn't want to look into
> your eyes, you see, not even your virtual eyes as he would have had to if he
> had said this in AW... and I think his love for AW has been weakened by his
> love for money...

Aug 3, 2001, 5:20pm

Exactly! I simply don't trust Fac.

[View Quote] > Once again, how are we to *really* know unless they get involved in the "community"?
>
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Aug 3, 2001, 5:21pm

Uh, Roland told me so himself that JP has been in charge of AW's development direction for about the past year, Rus...ask Roland if you don't believe me. <shrug>

[View Quote] > Actually neither Rick nor JP has the faintest idea what the hell is going on
> hehe.
>
> Whomever is making the "design decisions," Roland is in charge of development.
> This is fairly common in software companies altho in this case management is
> even more clueless than average. :)
>
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Aug 2, 2001, 7:45pm

Um, then why did you post it, idiot? Stop acting lame and stand up for what you fucking believe in! I tire of all the pansy-ass losers on these newsgroups! FUCKING GET SOME BALLS ALREADY!

[View Quote] > Guys, I requested that Facter remove this post as a lot of the statements I
> made were not based on fact and were not true. So if it goes by tommorow,
> its not coz AWCOM are silencing me...its coz my post was not very truthful
> and I regret posting it...

Aug 3, 2001, 1:13am

Too bad the stockholders have no power, according to Delaware corporation law (of which AWC is incorporated under...or at least was before the name change--perhaps AWC is no longer incorporated since "Inc." isn't in its name now, but since it's still a corporation the law probably still applies).

[View Quote] > find your source at support at activeworlds since that would be where people mailed
> to complain they can not access your program... and... when the stock holders
> cry out for some real organization and wish to appoint a CEO who has some
> business insight and experience... fell free to phone *S* I doubt you will find
> many unable to access aw people in an aw citizen only access news group.

Aug 3, 2001, 5:16pm

Yea, really. It's obvious AWC does NOT know how to do PR (that's public relations in case you didn't get it, Fac).

[View Quote] > There there, it's all for the lovin' facter <pats him on shoulder> there
> there mate.
> Here have a break, have a kit kat...
>
> You might need a vacation me thinks...
>
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Aug 3, 2001, 5:17pm

<chuckle>

[View Quote] > Facter,
>
> LMFAO, why don't you LOOK at what you are QUOTING before telling Eep not to
> repost that message from Gamer... He wants it removed, no? Then why quote
> Gamers message in your reply?
>
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Aug 5, 2001, 3:51pm

[View Quote] [View Quote] If my blank screen saver comes on and AW is loaded, when it goes off AW will have all kinds of tiny multi-colored dots on everything inside the 3D pane.

>
> This most definitely has somthing to do with your video memory being full. The same situation sometimes causes the AW viewport to
> appear on your taskbar buttons, etc. It has nothing little to do with how long AW has been on, and more with how many textures
> you're seeing, their sizes, and how much video RAM the rest of your computer is sucking.
>
> What video card do you use? How much memory does it have? OS?

Yes, it's definitely a vid RAM bug, but a bug nonetheless. AW should simply remove the beginning textures from RAM if the vid card RAM can't hold them all, leaving the textureless object there instead of mapping another texture over it.

Aug 5, 2001, 5:59pm

No, the multicolored dots (random) appear on ALL textures and they're much more spaced out.

[View Quote] > http://bots.mailoto.com/images/bugpic3.jpg <--is this what happens eep?
>
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Aug 6, 2001, 12:33am

Not the same thing...

[View Quote] > sometimes what happened to thosetrees willflash on
> the screen (covering it) but wont stay there and
> only when i turn
>
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Aug 6, 2001, 12:34am

Not on a TNT2 you don't have 64MB vid RAM...

[View Quote] > No, I have 64 megs of Vid RAM and 128 megs of system RAM, sorry if I said is
> wrong....
>
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Aug 5, 2001, 7:02pm

This has been wanted for YEARS (in addition to contact list invisibility) so I believe it should be one of, if not THE, FIRST objective the CU takes to get AWC to implement into AW. It's just ridiculous how many spammers and people can abuse telegrams and just be annoying PESTS that I'm surprised AWC hasn't implemented these things SOONER.

Aug 8, 2001, 5:47pm

Simple zip encryption would suffice. However, it's where the zip password is transferred where the security issue is...perhaps in the citizens settings in a separate "avatar/object password" field similar to the privilege password field...

[View Quote] > Another way to help prevent theft is to put all of the files that need to be cached into one large file. The whole thing could be encrypted and have a header with offsets and lengths of the "files" in the package.
>
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Aug 8, 2001, 2:21am

Or, better yet, report it to his ISP and email provider's abuse email address. His ISP is bellatlantic.net and his email is with Yahoo.

[View Quote] > *sigh* Please people, don't reply to this jackass in the groups, take it to email.
>
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Aug 8, 2001, 6:09am

Not the point, newbie. He was purly trying to be a dick, plain and simple.

[View Quote] > You guys flip over the smallest thing. R E L A X !!!! It was 255kb. Not
> even a meg. It took me like, what.. 7 seconds, to download?!? 5Megs or more
> and i would get a little upset... But come one give the guy a break. At
> least he had some nice pics...lol

Aug 8, 2001, 6:09am

<shrug> *I* did.

And why aren't you putting a blank line between your reply text and quoted text, hmm? Tsk tsk...

[View Quote] > I never said *who* to email :)
> Bellatlantic is a former ISP of mine, willing to cancel you over anything (as I found out)
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Aug 8, 2001, 7:01am

Yes but the real question is are your objects worth it? Have you even made any yourself? What world?

[View Quote] > Hi everyone!,
> i dont usealy do this but i dont see any harm in doing so, i am letting
> others use my "object path"
> if oyu would like to please email Ryanbirkin at hotmail.com
>
> note: i will not respond to any replys to this post!

Aug 8, 2001, 5:41pm

<shrug> Not my fault he wants to be a twit and spam the newsgroup...

[View Quote] > Reading Comprehension 101:
>
> "note: i will not respond to any replys to this post!"
>
> Granted, the spelling's a bit off, but the general gist of that statement is "Don't
> bother replying!" Perhaps if you were to try email, you'd get better results...
>
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Aug 8, 2001, 5:44pm

Cancel it yourself.

[View Quote] > Cancel this, dont reply i have something else...
>
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Aug 10, 2001, 10:19pm

And we'll bash you if WE want until you learn how to evolve and not be such a twit, kid.

[View Quote] > OH WILL YOU PEOPLE GIVE IT A REST! ill post what i want.
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Aug 13, 2001, 12:16am

Um...there aren't even that many unique registered AW citizens...

[View Quote] > So did that world really have 14000 users or not?
>
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Aug 13, 2001, 12:53am

Perhaps it needs to use DirectSound then since AW is most likely hogging the sound and Windows is too stupid to play sounds in multiple non-DirectSound apps...

[View Quote] > It works beautifully but you have to turn off all sounds in AW.. well at
> least i did : ))) I dont care.. I dont need midis or sounds.. I love
> this

Aug 13, 2001, 5:12am

Why would I despise Creative Labs? I used to own one before this Diamond crap, but it supports both Aureal3D and EAX. However, my next sound card will probably be a Soundblaster since Aureal is defunct. At any rate, all full-duplex allows is recording AND playback simultaneously; Windows still requires DirectSound apps to play sounds from multiple apps, which is why AW can be running and Media Player 6.4+ can play WAVs, but if you try to play a WAV in Sound Recorder, GoldWave, or Cool Edit, it doesn't work because AW is hogging the wave device and those apps aren't DirectSound capable. Why Windows doesn't just use DirectSound by default for ALL apps instead of that useless MCI is beyond me...

[View Quote] > Haven't had that problem with a full duplex sound card. Of course, the only full duplex sound cards I've been able to even FIND are
> the SB Live models, and you being you, you probably despise Creative.
>
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Aug 13, 2001, 7:32pm

Because it's even MORE futile bitching to Microsoft than it is to AWC.

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