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goober king // User Search
Nov 7, 2002, 9:40am
Actually, that sounds like a great idea, except I wouldn't offer prizes,
since the real CY Awards don't offer prizes either (and that's not the
point of the CYs anyway). I think simply making a "TeenCY" statue object
that the winners could place in their builds/worlds would suffice. :)
[View Quote]kerstin wrote:
> 2. Cys decide to hold a separate Teen Award event each year, so that those
> talented kids can get the recognition they deserve, in a safe environment.
>
> 3. Some generous and caring community members support this astute move by
> the Cys by jumping in to offer prizes for the event!
>
> 3. The teens go wild!! They are so happy that they will have their own
> event, in which they now can shine even brighter, and even have a better
> chance of winning, without having to compete against adults with more
> experience, some of whom are professional! And they can win worlds! cits!
> software! yay!
>
> 4. The entire community is happy that something that was perceived as a
> negative by a few people, was turned into a wonderful positive by a few
> other people who decided that instead of harping and complaining, they'd
> support this positive action by AWinc, and find a way to make it work for
> more people in the CommunitY, so that even more people could be satisifed.
>
> 5. The previous fragmentation in the CommunitY begins to heal, they renew
> their cits and worlds, and everybody lives happily ever after.
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> "antigone" <alphabit at swbell.net> wrote in message
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Goober King
It's like the CYs... only not.
robrod at prism.net
Nov 7, 2002, 10:00am
*sigh* Thank you for totally missing my point; you seem to excel at
that. Would "original CY Awards" sound better? :P
[View Quote]linn wrote:
> the real CY Awards???? what goob ?????????? this is a degrading statement
> to the "kids" already????
>
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Goober King
Who knew semantics could be so annoying... oh, wait...
robrod at prism.net
Nov 7, 2002, 1:57pm
I'm not ignoring it whatsoever; I'm fully aware that a byproduct of
winning a CY Award is that you might get a few more visitors than you
normally would. But that still doesn't invalidate my argument. Why
should that prevent worthy contenders from winning an award? If an
adult-oriented world truly had the best objects or avatars (even if some
of them aren't entirely "proper") or what-have-you, why should they be
denied the recognition just because some curious 12-yr-old might visit
their world afterwards? Should the Academy not recognize well done
R-rated movies simply because some kid might rent that movie after
seeing it win an Oscar? I think not. Once again, it's up to the parents
to make sure their kids don't go where they're not supposed to, not the
CY Committee.
[View Quote]daphne wrote:
> Goober King... What the Cy Committee did have control of is the rules they
> follow and, since they are this community's award program, then what rules
> they put in place need to be in keeping with this community's wishes and
> that has always been, for the majority, the wish to keep this software
> family oriented...
>
> The family oriented standing is why many came here in the first place and
> why many have stayed... It's one of the main reasons why I had always
> promoted ActiveWorlds to practically everyone I talked to!!!
>
> We lost users in January and since because of the large price increase...
> Most of us that are still here understood the necessity of that even though
> it didn't exactly make us happy... We stayed because we still have great
> hopes for this software and because it was still mostly in keeping with what
> we could still support... We knew some Adult-rated worlds existed in this
> universe but, for the most part, they kept to themselves and didn't 'always'
> shove their existance in our faces...
>
> What has changed is that now the Community's premiere awards event HAS
> "shoved" their existance in our faces and held them up for the whole online
> community to view as some of the best that ActiveWorlds has to offer...
>
> Many of us do NOT want our Community known for it's Adult-themed worlds
> whether they are very well done or not!!! THIS is why the controversy!!!
> It's not because we are actually afraid that the community's Cy Awards
> event will have nekkid avatars parading on the stage... It's because
> allowing this to continue will eventually change the whole face of
> ActiveWorlds!!!
>
> The picks done through the Cy Awards do more than reward for best this or
> best that... They also influence... That's something you seem to be
> ignoring in your protests...
>
>
> Goober king <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
> news:3DCA5759.9040008 at utn.cjb.net...
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> want
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> worlds
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Goober King
Turning a blind eye doesn't make the problem go away.
robrod at prism.net
Nov 7, 2002, 2:06pm
I said R rated movies, not X, as, if I'm not mistaken, minors are not
supposed to be watching R rated movies anymore than they should be
watching X rated ones. And, if I recall correctly, there have been
plenty of R rated movies that have won some sort of Oscar. (maybe not
Best Picture, but an Oscar is an Oscar)
At any rate, thank you for clearing that up. I was afraid AWI would
start trying to legislate the community into oblivion. :P
[View Quote]e n z o wrote:
> The Cy awards are not and have never been an AW Inc. sponsored event. They
> have always been taken care of by the community members who sacrifice their
> time and effort to make them happen.
>
> AW Inc. makes software. You make worlds. Those worlds have content. If
> the content falls into one rating or another then there needs to be a rating
> which allows veiwers to chose if they wish to visit. This feature will be
> built into the software. How you use it will be your responsibility. World
> owners will have to be responsible as will veiwers who set their personal
> rating limits.
>
> Your invocation of the Oscars is not logical.
>
> Rarely (and I say rarely because I am almost positive but could be wrong)
> does a X rated movie win an Oscars. There are other award shows that do
> present films of that rating with awards, but not the Oscars. Also, the
> Oscars as do the Cy awards often become places for advertising worlds and
> philosophies.
>
> This is not meant as a discussion point. "Policing" will be done by you the
> world owner and you the veiwer - not AW.
>
> ENZO
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> "goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
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Goober King
Just what we need in AW... virtual politics!
robrod at prism.net
Nov 8, 2002, 1:22am
It's obvious you haven't learned squat if you can't understand what an
ass you just made of yourself. I suggest you send Bruce a personal
apology, lest you wind up shoving your head further up your rectum.
[View Quote]brock wrote:
> When i was a tourist i figured alot of stuff out on my own.
> Customs Aide, how to build, the proper aw etiquite.
>
> --
> Brock - 308723
> AW 3.4 Build: 442
> Brock at iceflare.net
>
> "elyk" <KFoerst at telocity.com> wrote in message
> news:3dcb0b99$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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> yourself.
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> ones
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> you
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> it
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> will
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> will.
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> do
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> well.
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Goober King
And he thought Chucks Party was a disgusting individual...
robrod at prism.net
Nov 8, 2002, 6:46pm
There are also more members of this Community than the ones who debate
here in the NGs, and as someone pointed out in an earlier post, (if it
hasn't been deleted already :P) you don't hear from the people who are
happy with how things are going, so naturally it sounds as if the
"entire community" is up in arms over this when in actuality, it could
only be a small minority.
I think the only way we're every really going to resolve this whole
thing is by including the *entire* community (or at least a sizable
majority) in this discussion. One possible way to do that would be for
"Everyone's Favorite Troll", JBELL, to crack open AWDebate and invite
everyone, adults and teens alike, (or at the very least, representatives
from each "group") in to debate the issue. And with a little help from
AWI in terms of advertising the event, I think we could all come to some
sort of agreement amongst the majority on how to handle the next CYs. If
not, then once all sides of the argument have been heard, they could
narrow the possible solutions down to the top 3 and have everyone vote
on it. Either way, I think it's certainly a more democratic option than
having the vocal NG minority decide the issue for the rest of us.
[View Quote]daphne wrote:
> The Cy Awards very much help to put the "face" on our Community that others
> view and judge us by... If you want to see what a society values just look
> at who they bestow awards on and what what those awards are for...
> Judging by the repercussions from certain awards this round, I'd say the Cy
> Awards failed to reflect the values of the majority of the Community...
> There are more members of this Community than the ones who put in a vote,
> you know...
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Goober King
We may find some use for AWDebate yet! :D
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 9, 2002, 1:35am
Well, gee Daphne, that sounds like a democratic decision to me! If the
Company says that the Community belongs to us, then that means that
*we*, as a Community, decide, not the Company's guidelines. And since
it's obvious that the Company doesn't care enough about its own
guidelines to actually enforce them, then we can still make this a
democracy if we so choose. Sounds like AWI is finally taking the "hands
off" approach that its predecessors took oh so long ago...
[View Quote]daphne wrote:
> Will we, the ppl that ARE aware of the issues at hand, allow that to have a
> chance in being ActiveWorlds' future look??? The company has already
> stated that the Community belongs to us so this is evidently up to us to
> decide...
>
>
> Goober King <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
> news:3DCC1BA1.2080106 at utn.cjb.net...
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> others
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> look
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> Cy
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> vote,
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Goober King
And with good reason...
robrod at prism.net
Nov 9, 2002, 3:00am
I do try. :)
[View Quote]daphne wrote:
> and what about the points made in the rest of my post?? The part you so
> nicely snipped of and seem to have ignored???
>
> Good old Goob.. The Devil's Advocate!! A role you have told me more than
> once that you assume... You do the part well, I must say.. *G*
>
> Goober King <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
> news:3DCC7BEE.8000101 at utn.cjb.net...
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> have a
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Goober King
Everyone's good at something... like whining, for instance...
robrod at prism.net
Nov 8, 2002, 2:52pm
Ok, ENZO, I know you meant well by getting rid of some of the nastiness
here in this NG, but cut it out already with the deleting of random
posts! Either I'm imagining things or posts are disappearing left and
right, with some threads not making sense now that posts are missing!
Methinks you should worry about moderating *future* posts and not make
the moderation retroactive. What's done is done and the damage can't be
undone just by deleting the post that caused it.
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Goober King
Is it ENZO or a PK?! :P
robrod at prism.net
Nov 8, 2002, 4:56pm
You know what I mean. :P He shouldn't worry about posts that were made
*before* he started moderating the NGs.
[View Quote]sw chris wrote:
> Um... all moderating is retroactive. You can't delete posts from people who
> haven't posted yet. :)
>
> Chris
>
> "Goober King" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
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Goober King
It would certainly make his job easier.
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 8, 2002, 6:20pm
You mean "caused". I don't think deleting those will stop the commotion,
it'll just confuse people as to what the current commotion is all about,
thereby dragging out the commotion even longer. I think you should just
stick to offensive posts made from now on. It'll certainly make *your*
job easier. :)
[View Quote]e n z o wrote:
> Ahh But those are the ones causing the commotion
>
> E
>
> "Goober King" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
> news:3DCC01E1.3060407 at utn.cjb.net...
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> who
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Goober King
Even ENZO needs a break every now and then...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 9, 2002, 7:56pm
Or they only moderate posts that occur *after* moderation has begun. How
many times do I have to say this?! Deleting posts and threads
willy-nilly is *not* moderating, it's called "not knowing what the hell
you're doing" :P
[View Quote]sw chris wrote:
> AW is a PC-based product... But anyways, for those who want to shell out
> money for an emulator, it is also available for Macintosh. I've used it.
> And Netscape, which Lara posted a solution on, is available for Linux, and
> that takes care of 99% of AW users and probably ALL of the newsgroup users.
>
> If the mods stop moderating, they're likely not to start back up again once
> they get a new build of Dnews. And I think the newsgroups just got about
> 100% better when the moderators became active. I don't want that to stop.
> So either they stop moderating, or we live with the reindexing until they
> can get their Dnews fixed.
>
> SW Chris
>
> "kah" <kah at kahnews.cjb.net> wrote in message
> news:Xns92C197142D2ACkahatkahnewsdotcjbdo at 64.94.241.201...
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Goober King
Power in the wrong hands...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 8, 2002, 6:49pm
heh Welcome back, Bit! :)
[View Quote]alphabit phalpha wrote:
> lol..sorry folks...got it right now:)
>
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Goober King
Antigone is gone again... for now
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 9, 2002, 1:51am
I'll say you made your point... that is, if your point is that you've
been dipping too much into the Ritalin bottle... ;P
[View Quote]daphne wrote:
> LOL.. Bit, are you calling on AW Inc. to supply a world so that avatar
> "fashions" can be shown in it??? Were you thinking along the lines of
> including X-rated avatars and maybe avatars in the latest fashionable KKKor
> Nazi garb if anyone has mind to make and donate them??? (If we are going
> to include X-Rated, why not go the next step and include extremist too???)
>
> Oh,, yes.. A fashion show would certainly inspire a ton of creativity!!!
>
> Just what worlds in the Community would be elegible to have their pick of
> these donated fashionable avatars??? Or might AW Inc. have to donate two
> worlds so that an "Adults ONLY/extremist" avatar fashion show can be held
> and one for a "general public" show with the donated avatars being donated
> according to the rating of a world???
>
> While we are at it, can AW Inc. please donate two worlds for another AW
> T-shirt contest??? I think there should be one for designs that would be
> acceptable by the whole community and one for Adult ONLY/extremist
> designs... (A wet T-shirt or sheet-draped KKK look to advertise
> ActiveWorlds in the Real World would go over big, don't you think???)
>
> Oh... and let's see, Bit... :o)
>
> I think we will need worlds for CitBingo X-rated games where the prizes can
> be torture devices, naked avatars and x-rated graphics, ect...
>
> X-Rated trivia would be fun for "X-minded" people too!!! Better get another
> Trivia world and bot ready!!!
>
> By all means, let's go out of our way to entertain minorities, especially
> those who CHOSE to be in a minority...
>
> BUT... Heaven help us if we tried to do a Hispanics ONLY awards show or a
> Blacks ONLY award show, ect., ect., ect.!!!
>
> Ok.... Sarcasm over... Hopefully I made my point... :o)
>
>
> alphabit phalpha <alphabit at swbell.net> wrote in message
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Goober King
Takes an extremist to spot an extremist...
robrod at prism.net
Nov 9, 2002, 3:05am
Thanks, mine were in the wash! :)
But seriously, my apparently-too-subtle point was that I think you need
to calm... down... If you keep yelling and screaming at the top of your
lungs, no one's going to take you seriously. I realize you loathe Gor to
the very core (hyuk!) of your being, but foaming at the mouth won't
solve the problem. Cooler heads will prevail in this. :)
[View Quote]daphne wrote:
> Oooooops....
>
> Sorry Goob.. I forgot that it is your job to play Devil's Advocate.. *G*
>
> *hands horns and trident back to The Goob* *G*
>
> *hug*
>
> Goober King <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
> news:3DCC7FA9.1090601 at utn.cjb.net...
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> KKKor
>
> going
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> too???)
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Goober King
The Devil pays his advocates rather handsomely :)
robrod at prism.net
Nov 9, 2002, 2:59am
The following is a dramatization. Anyone who takes this seriously needs
to get out more:
Goober King: Waiter?
Waiter: Yes, sir? Are you ready to order?
Goober King: Yes, please.
Waiter: What will you be having?
Goober King: I think I'll have your Head on a Platter Special, please.
Waiter: Excellent choice, sir. What sort of Head would you like?
Sirloin? Round Steak? Eep? ENZO?
Goober King: Hmm... Do you have Mountain Myst by any chance?
Waiter: Indeed we do.
Goober King: Excellent! I'll have that then.
Waiter: How would you like your Head done?
Goober King: Well done, please. Preferably charred.
Waiter: ... I see... What side dishes would you like to have?
Goober King: Whaddya got?
Waiter: You can choose between forgery, plagiarism, theft, distrust, or
cole slaw.
Goober King: Hmm... so many choices... I'll take the forgery and plagiarism.
Waiter: Ok then. Let me just take your menu here and I'll be back with
your meal in a few minutes.
Goober King: Thanks!
For those of you who actually bother to read the AW Newsletter every
month, you may have noticed an article in the November installment
concerning the CY Awards. What you may not have noticed is a slight
error at the end of the article, where it says "The CY Awards Executive
Committee".
Now, if you take that article, and put it up next to the article that I
posted in the AWNews section of VR Village
(http://www.spiraline.com/~vrvillagevoice/html/ and click on the AWNews
icon in the middle of the page), you might notice something. They're
disturbingly similar, and there's a reason for that.
When I wrote the article for AWNews, I also submitted it to Mountain
Myst, at the behest of the CY Awards Committee, so that she could post
it in the AW Newsletter and on the CY Awards website. I figured she'd
probably take out the voting results and snip some parts just to make it
shorter. Instead, what I found was an article that was butchered almost
beyond recognition, and absolutely no credit for the article to me
whatsoever.
Now, if she had simply used my article as a base for hers and didn't use
any of my original material, I wouldn't really care. But the fact that
she left almost entire paragraphs intact, copying them WORD FOR WORD,
without so much as a "Goober King contributed to this article" nod
pisses me off to no end!
Conveniently, the Newsletter disclaimer states that "You hereby
authorize Activeworlds, Corp to use and/or authorize others to use all
or part of your Postings in any manner, format, or medium that
Activeworlds, Corp or such other parties see fit." Actually, I'm fine
with that. It's the "Not giving credit where credit is due and making it
look like someone else wrote it" part that I have a severe problem with!
Therefore, I am no longer submitting *any* more material to that mockery
of newsletter "journalism", and this includes my UTN Recommendations.
You can find future UTN Recommendations under the Town of the Month
section on the UTN website (http://utn.cjb.net/utnhome.htm) and you can
continue to find AWNews articles at VR Village until the AWNews site is
back up and running. In the meantime, I suggest you all find alternative
methods for getting your monthly AWI fix, since it seems nothing can be
trusted from that sham of a publication.
And to think, I was just beginning to trust AWI again....
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Goober King
At least AWI's consistent! :P
robrod at prism.net
Nov 9, 2002, 3:54am
Goober King: Excuse me, Waiter?
Waiter: Err, yes, sir?
Goober King: Is it too late to change my order?
Waiter: Not at all, sir.
Goober King: Good. Can you make my Head on a Platter Special a Weebo
instead of a Mountain Myst? I think it goes better with the plagiarism
and forgery than the Mountain Myst does.
Waiter: Certainly. I'll get that order changed right away, sir.
Goober King: Thank you.
Some journalist I am. :P Turns out MM had sent the article to the CY
Committee for approval before posting it on the Newsletter. Naturally,
the Committee said there should be changes and so MM left it up to them
to decide how to change it. Then, Weebo proceeded to email MM the
version of the article you see on the Newsletter now, and MM, assuming
that Weebo and Co. had checked with me first to make sure the changes
were ok, went ahead and added it to the Newsletter.
Guess we all have one more reason to hate the CY Committee now! Yeehaw! :P
[View Quote]Goober King wrote:
> The following is a dramatization. Anyone who takes this seriously needs
> to get out more:
>
> Goober King: Waiter?
> Waiter: Yes, sir? Are you ready to order?
> Goober King: Yes, please.
> Waiter: What will you be having?
> Goober King: I think I'll have your Head on a Platter Special, please.
> Waiter: Excellent choice, sir. What sort of Head would you like?
> Sirloin? Round Steak? Eep? ENZO?
> Goober King: Hmm... Do you have Mountain Myst by any chance?
> Waiter: Indeed we do.
> Goober King: Excellent! I'll have that then.
> Waiter: How would you like your Head done?
> Goober King: Well done, please. Preferably charred.
> Waiter: ... I see... What side dishes would you like to have?
> Goober King: Whaddya got?
> Waiter: You can choose between forgery, plagiarism, theft,
> distrust, or cole slaw.
> Goober King: Hmm... so many choices... I'll take the forgery and
> plagiarism.
> Waiter: Ok then. Let me just take your menu here and I'll be back
> with your meal in a few minutes.
> Goober King: Thanks!
>
> For those of you who actually bother to read the AW Newsletter every
> month, you may have noticed an article in the November installment
> concerning the CY Awards. What you may not have noticed is a slight
> error at the end of the article, where it says "The CY Awards Executive
> Committee".
>
> Now, if you take that article, and put it up next to the article that I
> posted in the AWNews section of VR Village
> (http://www.spiraline.com/~vrvillagevoice/html/ and click on the AWNews
> icon in the middle of the page), you might notice something. They're
> disturbingly similar, and there's a reason for that.
>
> When I wrote the article for AWNews, I also submitted it to Mountain
> Myst, at the behest of the CY Awards Committee, so that she could post
> it in the AW Newsletter and on the CY Awards website. I figured she'd
> probably take out the voting results and snip some parts just to make it
> shorter. Instead, what I found was an article that was butchered almost
> beyond recognition, and absolutely no credit for the article to me
> whatsoever.
>
> Now, if she had simply used my article as a base for hers and didn't use
> any of my original material, I wouldn't really care. But the fact that
> she left almost entire paragraphs intact, copying them WORD FOR WORD,
> without so much as a "Goober King contributed to this article" nod
> pisses me off to no end!
>
> Conveniently, the Newsletter disclaimer states that "You hereby
> authorize Activeworlds, Corp to use and/or authorize others to use all
> or part of your Postings in any manner, format, or medium that
> Activeworlds, Corp or such other parties see fit." Actually, I'm fine
> with that. It's the "Not giving credit where credit is due and making it
> look like someone else wrote it" part that I have a severe problem with!
>
> Therefore, I am no longer submitting *any* more material to that mockery
> of newsletter "journalism", and this includes my UTN Recommendations.
> You can find future UTN Recommendations under the Town of the Month
> section on the UTN website (http://utn.cjb.net/utnhome.htm) and you can
> continue to find AWNews articles at VR Village until the AWNews site is
> back up and running. In the meantime, I suggest you all find alternative
> methods for getting your monthly AWI fix, since it seems nothing can be
> trusted from that sham of a publication.
>
> And to think, I was just beginning to trust AWI again....
>
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Goober King
It's just not your year, CY folks...
robrod at prism.net
Nov 10, 2002, 11:48pm
I was never a tourist... *grin*
[View Quote]linn wrote:
> yes at times I think ppl forget that we were all tourists at one time
> very good idea (waiting for NCC to knock this one down LOL)
> "ananas" <vha at oct31.de> wrote in message news:3DCEBDA9.C6F5C255 at oct31.de...
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Goober King
Older than dirt.rwx
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 13, 2002, 11:50am
heh Cute. That reminds me... I need to write another Newbie Guide! :D
[View Quote]strike rapier wrote:
> J B E L L - We are now using AWGate rules, AWDebate now strictly forbids discussion, debates, ethnic or political comments, or other possibly offensive comments.
>
> Calpantera - Unfortunatly the universe wide "Block Strike" (AW3.3 Intro comment) has backfired due to a bug in the programming, I regret to inform you E N Z O can no longer be seen or heard...
>
> The Game Master - THE GAME NOW HOSTS A NEW GAME!!! SEE HOW MANY ADVERTS YOU CAN SPOT ON THE NEWSGROUP!!! THOSE WHO GET IT RIGHT WIN THE WORLD!!!
>
> Linn - Mark, I know you understand me...
>
> Daphne - E N Z O, mind wiping the newsgroup? :) :) :)
>
> Goober King - Waiter, can you please bring Cheff here please, I just want to check I know what im after before I order it flame grilled.
>
> Lady Pippin - Unfortunatly AWTeen has stolen all our event plans in a conspiracy to take over... sorry...
>
> NCC 71854 - Down with Star trek, all hail star wars!
>
> Alphabit Phalpha - Sometimes I worry that my friends are going to put me on a hook and use me for fishing...
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Goober King
So many new faces for the same ol' people... :)
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 14, 2002, 1:42am
One of these days, Fac... One of these days... In the meantime, get your
AWNews fix at VR Village!
http://www.spiraline.com/~vrvillagevoice/html/ and click on the AWNews icon!
[View Quote]facter wrote:
> "goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
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> ..but before that, your going get get awnews back online, right? right?
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Goober King
Plug, plug, plugging away!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 13, 2002, 7:34pm
Netscape lost the browser war because it sat on its lead. But it seems
someone at AOL managed to give them a swift kick in the pants and now
they're right back in the thick of things.
Bowen, I wouldn't worry too much about NS 4.x users. At last check,
they're only about 2% of page views and that number is shrinking fast as
they upgrade to NS 7. Oh yea, and to all those NS 4.x users out there
who haven't upgraded yet, you don't know what you're missing! Don't let
NS 6.0 leave a bad taste in your mouth; it's been all but forgotten. :)
[View Quote]sw chris wrote:
> Another reason why Netscape lost the browser war. 8)
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> SW Chris
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Goober King
Has lost many hairs over NS 4.x programming...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 14, 2002, 9:29pm
Umm... NS7 was released a while ago, dude... Get with the times! :P
[View Quote]kah wrote:
> "sw chris" <chrisw10 at skywalkeronline.net> wrote in
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> But fear not, for Netscape shall own you again! NS6 is great, ten times
> better than IE, even when it's acting up. And NS7 is in beta now...
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> KAH
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Goober King
Don't get left behind!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 15, 2002, 9:18pm
What kind of question is that?! Of course it is! Two words: Tabbed
Browsing! :D
[View Quote]kah wrote:
> "goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in news:3DD42B36.4070101
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> Is it worth the upgrade from 6.2?
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Goober King
And you call yourself an NS user...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 17, 2002, 1:39am
Most self-respecting newsreaders have an option that will automatically
spell-check your post when you click Send.
[View Quote]technozeus wrote:
> Anybody know of a way to edit a newsgroup post "after" it's already sent? I know I should probalby proof read them, but I never think of that before clicking the "Send" button. That word "predd" was supposed to be "press" but it looks like I missed the "s" key.
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Goober King
Spel chicker can b ur best freind... if u uz it!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 17, 2002, 9:28pm
Way to completely miss the joke, JBELL. You might want to check and see
if you left your sense of humor under the AWDebate stage...
[View Quote]j b e l l wrote:
> "What's the matter with me?!" Your the one whi just trippled the size of
> your post by using html that looks like shit to begin with... I dunno about
> you, but I prefer standardized fonts more then obscene color and
> innapropriate size changes that are all unnecessary and take 3x the
> bandwidth.. :-/
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> "syntax" <syn at swcity.net> wrote in message
> news:3dd5f2e4 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> It's too bad not everyone posts in HTML! Imagine what the NG's would be
> like if everyone would post in HTML!? It would be so sweet! Jeesh! And you
> all complain! What's the matter with you!?
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> http://www.swcity.net
> http://forum.swcity.net
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Goober King
How much is that humor in the window?
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 16, 2002, 9:04pm
If NewAW doesn't sound like your cup of tea, then don't go there. It's
pretty simple. Those people who like the idea of having to "buy" objects
and earn money will go to NewAW. Those that don't will continue to go to
the other public building worlds. There might be an initial crowd of
curiosity seekers once the world opens, but after the novelty wears off,
only the people who actually *want* to be in NewAW will stay there.
[View Quote]lord perception wrote:
> [Urgh accidentally hit send prematurely] [Additions at the bottom]
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> "lord perception" <usenetreplies at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> [Rephrased paragraph]
> Along with that and the non existant progress in AlphaWorld, I ultimately
> decided to move
> to AWTeen to take advantage of the new building features. Keeping in mind
> that I came to ActiveWorlds purposely to build, not to live another life
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> So what I'm thinking is the days of citizens just building and roaming
> around in public BUILD worlds numbered?
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Goober King
The art of wandering in ActiveWorlds has been dead for ages. :P
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 15, 2002, 9:09pm
And besides, how can anyone think they can control the entire Internet?
At best, the US Government can only prevent "hate speech" from being
hosted on US servers.
[View Quote]technozeus wrote:
> That's good to hear, because with some perople saying good morning to them is enough to advocate, promote or incite hatred and discrimination... which means that if they passed a treaty which made it illegal to distribute anything which might cause one of those reactions then either such people would have to be somehow "eliminated" or all communications would have to cease. And I do mean "all" communications, because even a personal note to your closest friend might some day result at least indirectly in such a reaction by somebody someplace on the planet.
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Goober King
Hates hate speech legislation...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 16, 2002, 12:49am
My point still applies. How can *anyone* believe they can control the
Internet, be they one country or many? The only possible way to have
truly effective legislation would be if every single technologically
advanced country in the world agreed to the same piece of legislation
*and* actually bothered to enforce it! And I'm sorry, but that just
isn't going to happen.
Therefore, woo Bush! :D
[View Quote]brant wrote:
> I think you misunderstood the post. The proposal was for a treaty between
> many countries. Thus, it wouldn't only be the US who would be dealing with
> hate speech.
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> "goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
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> them is enough to advocate, promote or incite hatred and discrimination...
> which means that if they passed a treaty which made it illegal to distribute
> anything which might cause one of those reactions then either such people
> would have to be somehow "eliminated" or all communications would have to
> cease. And I do mean "all" communications, because even a personal note to
> your closest friend might some day result at least indirectly in such a
> reaction by somebody someplace on the planet.
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> news:3dd53c99$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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> support a proposed treaty to restrict "hate speech" on the Internet.
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Goober King
Maybe Al Gore came up with the treaty... after all, he invented it!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 16, 2002, 12:51am
Either you're lying through your teeth, or you're having someone dictate
for you in your unconscious stupor. That much alcohol could flatten an
elephant! :P
[View Quote]strike rapier wrote:
> Ah thats nice.... Couldent care less because im in the UK like.. but all the same.
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> Besides, its for the people to sort out, not the idiotic Bush admin that would rather get the world nuked than engage in diplomacy.
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> - Mark
> This Post was writeen after: 2 Bacardi Breezers, 3 Smirnof Ices's, 2 Vodka and Cokes and 1 double vodka shot. So dont take offence if your Bush or 1 of his cronies...
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Goober King
Imagine the effect it could have on a minor...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
Nov 16, 2002, 11:41am
It doesn't help that you're underage. :P
[View Quote]strike rapier wrote:
> Anyhow, I cant believe all this started because of 1 signiture I added because I was feeling rather entertaining. >_<
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> - Mark
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Goober King
It's an assumption... but a safe one...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net
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