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Dec 18, 2002, 1:48am

Never stopped anyone before. :) Besides, there's always next version...

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Goober King
Version 2.1, now in beta!
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Dec 18, 2002, 1:54am

Ugh, an open beta is exactly what we *don't* need right now. All that
will do is increase exponentially the amount of noise created in the
beta newsgroups from people who are complaining that "AW doesn't work!"
and are reporting bugs that have already been reported 10 times over.
Shamus has enough to deal with right now as it is with crowds of
ingrates yelling in his ear. :P

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Goober King
Bringing in da noise
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 28, 2002, 3:36pm

Let's think about it, KAH: If she's no longer on the beta team, she
can't post to the beta NG, therefore she posted it here where,
hopefully, someone on the devteam would see it.

[View Quote] > "truetome2" <TrueToMe2 at my.activeworlds.com> wrote in
> news:3e0cb695$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:
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>
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> Looks you like you posted to the wrong NG :-))
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> KAH
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Goober King
Shoved down your throat
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 6, 2003, 8:44pm

Considering the first TV station in AW appeared in 2001, that would make
2001 "old" in this context, whereas all the TV stations that have just
recently begun to spring up would be considered "new".

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Goober King
Everything new is old again
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 10, 2003, 10:19am

Can't say I've ever heard of it. I was referring to ABN, which was what
got the current TV craze underway.

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Goober King
Gotta start somewhere
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 5, 2003, 12:13am

Y'know AbMo... there's something wrong when your signature is almost 20
times the size of your actual post... :P

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Goober King
Man of few words
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 10, 2003, 3:03pm

It said you could use your credit card to buy more Therebucks, which in
turn can buy you more clothes, etc.

What gets me is this:

"The company, which has secured $33 million in funding through venture
capitalists and 84 employees, says it can break even with just 150,000
subscribers. Executives say they have enough funds to last two years."

So, at worst, There will be around for at least two years. And
considering how much publicity they've already been getting, not to
mention the 84 employees that can manage their universe (as opposed to
about 15 employees at ActiveWorlds, Inc.), I predict they'll be in
business for quite some time after that. Whether they'll actually last
as long as AW has remains to be seen, but unless AWI steps up, they're
going to be left in the dust. :-/

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Goober King
READING IS FUN!!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 10, 2003, 4:37pm

Umm, not quite. In the entire history of AW, I don't think they've ever
had more than 20-25 employees, tops. At their height, I believe they had
only 5 programmers, at best. I'm sorry, but that's not enough to manage
such a huge universe as AW and help it grow and prosper. And while they
have made attempts to draw in more employees, they never seemed very
aggressive about getting more. (probably because they couldn't afford
them) And don't get me started on their ho-hum approach to advertising
and publicity. :P

All I'm saying is that they've had years to "work on the company". If
they don't kick it up a notch and get serious about making this a
marketable product while still nurturing the community, instead of just
treating this whole thing as "Rick & JP's Pet Project," then everyone
here will get their virtual fix elsewhere and Rick & JP will have a lot
more to worry about than just getting the next beta out. :P

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Goober King
BAM!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 11, 2003, 5:18pm

All I see is a blank page and no pop-up... Oh, that's right! I use
Netscape, so I don't fall victim to such lame tricks! :)

Hooray for pop-up blocking! :D

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Goober King
Netscape > Yuo
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 11, 2003, 9:02pm

I think you mean "Opera", jstone. Oprah would just talk the popups to
death. :P

And, as I mentioned before, Netscape blocks popups as well. Not only
that, it's actually smart enough to still allow popups that you
specifically activate (i.e. by clicking a link that pops up a new
window) and you can choose websites that are exempt from popups, or only
block popups from certain sites.

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Goober King
Make the switch!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 14, 2003, 11:24pm

LOL As if yours isn't a "n00b station", GC? Look at it this way: Maybe
this influx of competition will actually inspire one of you guys to make
a *legit* virtual TV station! And by legit, I mean something other than
another lame rotating banner ad.

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Goober King
Prove him wrong
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 18, 2003, 2:01am

Not quite. Like IHNK pointed out, the only reason English seems so easy
to learn is because you grew up with it. In fact, English is *the*
hardest language to learn simply because it's a mish-mash of Latin and
Germanic languages, among others. Next on the list would be the Oriental
languages, but those are definitely a distant second in terms of
structural complexity.

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Goober King
Creating the language barrier
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 18, 2003, 2:07am

Hey, remember us?

It's been five long months since AWNews disappeared from the Internet,
and while many people have moved on since then, I'm pleased to announce
that AWNews is back in action!

We've got new features, a new domain name, and of course, all the
stories you missed while we were gone, and we're just getting started!
Soon, we'll have our very own forums and a brand new site design like
nothing you've ever seen before! Oh yea, and we've managed to preserve
all of your old accounts, so you can log in just like old times! And, if
you've forgotten your password, you can simply have it emailed to you!

So head on over to the new AWNews at http://www.awnews.org and catch up
on all that you missed! And stay tuned, because you never know what's
coming next in the AW universe!

P.S. There are still a couple things on the site that need tweaking, so
please forgive our dust! :)

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Goober King
AWNews Editor in Chief
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 23, 2003, 10:06am

Maybe if you actually replied to that email I sent you, I could approve
it! :P

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Goober King
Don't keep a Goober waiting...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 23, 2003, 9:00pm

Hmm... not sure what happened, but at any rate, could you put that email
that you had at the end of your article on a web page somewhere? It
makes the article way too long!

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Goober King
At least the NGs work :P
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 27, 2003, 10:04am

Considering the message wasn't directed at you, of course you're confused. :P

But this might clear things up:
http://awnews.org/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=319&mode=flat&order=0&thold=-1

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Goober King
Target audience
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 22, 2003, 12:32am

I sent an email to their Press Inquiries department yesterday and have
yet to hear back from them. I'll keep you posted...

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Goober King
Hopefully, they'll take any chance at free publicity...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 25, 2003, 3:08am

How many times do I gotta tell ya? You have to spell out sarcasm in
here! (It can't fit through a cable, apparently) If you want to bring
attention to a misspelling, you put it in quotes or _underline_ it or
whatever.

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Goober King
Not psychic
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 23, 2003, 9:10pm

Erm, why make such a big deal out of the fact that it's legal? Anyone
who read the AWNews article would know that it's perfectly legit. *hint
hint*

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Goober King
Subtle as a brick to the head
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 24, 2003, 3:36am

Well, the idea is that the artist will be adding more worlds later on based on the songs he writes.

http://awnews.org/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=314&mode=flat&order=0&thold=-1

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Goober King
There's that subtlety again!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 26, 2003, 2:12am

God, you people are dense. All she's saying is that she'd be perfectly willing to build stuff for $20, regardless of if there was a contest or not.
And you people also need to get through your thick skulls that this contest is strictly that: A contest. It's not some cheesy way of getting people to
build things for the Universe. It's just a contest to give people the opportunity to show their creativity.

Read, and become educated:
http://awnews.org/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=314&mode=flat&order=0&thold=-1

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Goober King
Assumptions, they be dangerous things
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 27, 2003, 12:28am

Ok folks, here's a quick lesson in posting in the NGs:

1. Don't post while drunk
2. Don't post while you have a dead rat shoved up your ass
3. Don't post unless you're actually planning to read the post your
replying to.

Now class, who can tell me which of these rules Strike Rapier broke with
this post? Anyone?

While you're thinking about that, allow me to offer Strike some advice:
Go do something constructive... like take some anger management
courses... She was simply looking for what everyone else thought about
the idea, hence asking the *community* about it. Besides, it has a
better chance of getting read by the boys upstairs here than it does
getting buried in the wishlist NG. :P

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The dead rat
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Jan 27, 2003, 2:36pm

And this coming from someone who can't even type properly. Right, *I'm*
the one that needs a life...

Maybe if you had actually *read* her post, you would have noticed that
she wasn't complaining, she was looking for feedback and trying to get a
sense of what the community felt about the issue. Last I checked, that's
what the NGs were for: Discussing a topic, not looking for every
opportunity to cry about someone who's actually trying to start a decent
conversation in here. Heaven forfend if that were to happen!

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Goober King
Now returning you to your regularly scheduled life, already in progress
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 28, 2003, 6:58pm

Needless to say, it got scrapped after they kept coming up with "one
more feature" they had to put in... :P

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Goober King
One more feature
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 27, 2003, 12:33am

Did it ever occur to you that she might be right? It must be a pretty
sad life for someone to have a hernia over people posting in the right
NG. Makes one wonder how you people ever leave the house...

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Goober King
Or maybe they *don't* leave the house...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 27, 2003, 10:12am

Hey now, don't be dissin' my boy Facter (that's *my* job :P)! I don't
recall him ever whining about people posting in the wrong NG; he's got
better things to do than scour the NGs for supposed ne'er-do-wells.

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Goober King
Farting bot programmer
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 27, 2003, 10:15am

Actually, she's doing exactly what all of you people constantly complain
about: Staying on topic. Since none of her other threads specifically
cover the topic of people whining about posting in the wrong NG, she had
to post a new thread. Isn't that the proper netiquette? :P

Oh wait, that's right! You people are only concerned with staying on
topic when it's *your* thread! My mistake...

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Goober King
Has suddenly found something new to argue about! :D
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 27, 2003, 6:16pm

Well, there goes the last bastion of community support in AW (with the
possible exception of Mountain Myst). Now AWI will lock itself in its
ivory tower and we'll never hear from them again, except when they have
to raise prices some more. :(

Farewell, Flagg...

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Goober King
Another one bites the dust
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 28, 2003, 12:16am

All I'll say to that in response is: Some of us still have our
imaginations intact. :)

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Goober King
Life without imagination must be sooo mundane...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Jan 28, 2003, 10:26am

hehe Yea, it is pretty entertaining to watch, but at the same time, it's
rather sad when you think about it. Has the state of the NGs degraded to
such a level that people will complain when someone actually uses them
for their intended purpose?

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Goober King
No discussion in the NGs!!!11 ;P
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

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