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Aug 26, 2001, 2:26am

Not that I'm playing or anything, but you've got the same question in
there twice (the one about kellee's home country). That, and you
don'thelp much by asking how many people resigned, and then following up
with two questions about people who resigned :P

[View Quote] > Well, it's culminated after 13 weeks of intense flaming and voting to the
> last three contestants. The ones who've gone under the voting radar the most
> and managed to make it to the end. Now, it's not a matter of persuading or
> planning or scheming, it's about winning and one last knock at strategy. One
> person this week will have ALL the power. Whoever wins immunity, he will be
> guaranteed to be sitting on one of the Final Two rocks. The other person
> will be the person he chooses to bring up with him. Two Factors, Syntax and
> Gamer, 1 Typo, SW Chris. It could be the death of one tribe if Chris does
> not make it to the Final Two. Or, it could be SW Chris with another Factor,
> securing the legacy of all of the 14 members from Factor and Typo.
>
> So, immunity. The most important one yet. And it could be the easiest too if
> you've taken the time to play the game and get to know your tribesmate. The
> first challenge ever that all 16 contestants played was a round of trivia.
> Now, it's time for the last three to play trivia, but not on dictators of
> the Dominican Republic, but on themselves.
>
> 13 questions on each one of the Survivors. Whoever get's the most correct
> will win immunity and decide the other two's fate. The jury has been brought
> in to witness this last challenge before the final tribal council. Your
> answers could determine how they vote. So, Leaf, Casay, Wing, Nornny,
> Alphabit, and Tony (arms intact) are now here. By the end of next week, they
> will have made up their mind, so be sure to change them while you still can.
>
> So, Syntax, SW Chris, and Gamer, let's play Survivor trivia. EMAIL ME at
> nornny1 at home.com with your answers. If you do NOT answer ALL of these
> questions by Wednesday, none of your correct answers will count. Got me? In
> case of a tie, the number of extra diary entries you write from here until
> Wednesday under this thread will be added to your score to determine a
> winner.
>
> 1) What country does Ananas reside in RL?
>
> 2) Chuck's Party was voted off the first week because of his constant
> conflict with what world owner?
>
> 3) Casay is the owner/maintainer of what awcommunity world and site?
>
> 4) Agent1 uses what avatar in Alphaworld and for Survivor?
>
> 5) Does country does kellee reside in RL?
>
> 6) How many people resigned from the game?
>
> 7) BirdMike resigned from the game because of what conflict?
>
> 8) Did S p a r k resign from the game because of the same conflict?
>
> 9) Leaf is the owner of what organization/website/hosting service?
>
> 10) Who was the LAST person to be Voted off the game?
>
> 11) Which person brought the newsgroup charter as his/her luxury item?
>
> 12) Wing uses what avatar? Cedric or Birde?
>
> 13) kellee resides in what country in RL?
>
> 14) Nornny lives in what US time zone?
>
> Nornny
>
> <production note: EVERYONE!!! be ready for the season finale next week,
> coincidentally, Labor Day. I'm thinking we should hold it on a Monday, since
> that's the day we started 14 weeks ago. :) Would anyone else, especially
> Ananas, kellee, Leaf, and Gamer have any trouble getting on on Monday?
> Especially Leaf and Gamer? I'd like to have all y'all there. :) Tiem would
> prolly be 5pm vrt, but that could change if you'd like. :) >
>
>


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Goober King
Just thought I'd help...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Aug 29, 2001, 4:37pm

Guess what, jefe? When you post stuff in a public forum such as these
newsgroups, other people will respond to them whether you like it or
not. If you want a private conversation with Flagg, then take it to email.

[View Quote] > Do you know the meaning of keeping your nose out of other people's business?
> I was asking flagg not another user to flame me. If you want to start from
> zero and have a real conversation let me know. Otherwise, don't interject
> thinking you have all the facts straight. You do your research and
> understand the premise I have been presenting for months. It has nothing to
> do with the analogy flagg brought up.
>
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Goober King
Proof that Goobers ARE as dumb as they look.
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Aug 30, 2001, 1:34pm

And I quote:

"Do you know the meaning of keeping your nose out of other people's
business? I was asking flagg not another user to flame me. If you want
to start from zero and have a real conversation let me know. Otherwise,
don't interject thinking you have all the facts straight."

Now, that sounds to me like you don't want other people "butting in" to
your little predicament, hence you don't want people to reply to your post.

At any rate, we've all heard your dilemma and we all understand your
"premise". But that doesn't mean we have to agree with it. Sooner or
later, you're going to have to get used to the idea that not everyone
thinks the same way you do, and that disagreeing is not the same thing
as "flaming". Nowhere in Agent's response did he "flame" you, he merely
stated why he thought your "premise" was wrong. If that's flaming, then
you might as well leave now before we all "flame" you some more :P


[View Quote] > Again, another moron who doesn't understand. I don't care if you respond,
> just make it look like you read my post ok? Otherwise, what is the point in
> having a screen name or subject. We'll just type blindly.
>
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Goober King
He's the King of "flame" :P
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Aug 30, 2001, 3:53pm

There's an old saying I'd like to impart upon you: "Let the buyer
beware". What exactly does this mean? It means that the consumer should
do his/her homework before buying a product and make sure that he/she
knows what their getting into.

Now how does this apply to you? There's a website I'd also like to point
out to you: http://www.activeworlds.com/products On that page, you can
find out all the information you could ever need concerning the
purchasing of citizenships and worlds.

Now, this website didn't just pop into existence; it's been there the
whole time. What was stopping you from visiting this website and finding
out exactly what was what? I'll tell you: absolutely nothing. You claim
you got "suckered" into buying a citizenship, and now you think that
somehow you're a victim here, when to the rest of the world, all this
looks like is an excuse to complain.

Perhaps next time you'll learn to gather all the facts before you dive
into something. It's not AWC's fault that you "fell" for their supposed
"scam". Of course, if you think that AWC's practices are so fraudulent,
then why haven't you taken them to court over the matter? Because you
know, and I know, and everyone else knows that you have no case.

So I suggest that next time, you get your facts straight and maybe you
wouldn't have to complain so much...

[View Quote] > I didn't know was here to "express" myself. I am simply stating fact:
>
>
> A) worlds come with citizens
> b) activeworlds has a register button for citizenship and they don't have
> the teachers teach about worlds before a tourist buys a world.
>
> c) hence, a tourist buys a citizenship, then finds out about the world, and
> then ends up paying Active Worlds $20 more than they needed to when it comes
> to the purchase of a world of $80.
>
> If Activeworlds charged me $60 for a world and used the $20 I gave for the
> citizenship to be applied for the citizenship that would have come with the
> world, then I wouldn't be bringing this up over and over and over again.
>
> I will continue to bring this up over and over and over again until it is
> addressed. It doesn't matter how much research I do, how many people I
> talk, who can flame me the worst, I will continue to post here for as long
> as I can telling people about this FACT.
>
> It's not an expression, it is a fact. Common sense would tell the citizen
> to not pay a company that practices in deceptive practice like once they
> find out. Active Worlds has the greater knowledge and has the LEGAL
> responsibility to inform the consumer of the services with costs before they
> sign up and pay consideration for services. I was only informed of their
> citizenship through car salesman tactics. They put one guy out in the front
> GZ to bring in people to the teaching areas, and then they have teachers on
> call to sell citizenships like it was a car.
>
> Am I to blame the person who got me to buy a citizenship? no, but I could
> have been informed to buy a world with it saving me $20. At least then, a
> person could have the choice to actively refuse to not buy a world knowing
> the information before paying anything.
>
> The reality is, I would have paid them $80, I would have continued to
> develop a home in AW thus upgrading the worlds and giving Active Worlds
> money. They lost out on me in business and respect as a company who cares
> about their customers. Well, there's my rant.... (pick apart flamers, have
> fun missing the reality and chew on your addiction some more)
>
>
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Goober King
Is he as stupid as he sounds? He couldn't be...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Sep 1, 2001, 12:41am

Then why are you still here?

[View Quote] > Yes, and I don't care to continue using active worlds either.
>
> http://members.aol.com/chessmusic/gcn/gcnmusic.htm
>
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Goober King
Proof that Goobers ARE as dumb as they look.
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Sep 1, 2001, 4:30am

No, you can only state what *you* believe to be the way things should be
run. And from the looks of things, that belief boils down to "Newcomers
to AW are inherently stupid and need to be told every single detail of
how the business operates before becoming a full-fledged citizen of AW."
Once again, as numerous people have previously stated, that's why
there's a website.

As Flagg has stated in another post, he already offered to replace one
of the free citships with yours, and you essentially ignored it. And I
think it's plain to everyone else here that you do *not* have everyone
else's interest at heart and are only here to cause trouble. So, for
your sake more than ours, I suggest you find more productive ways to
spend your final days here in AW. We've heard all your arguments, and
you've heard ours, so let's end this, shall we?

[View Quote] > My citizenship hasn't run out, and Active Worlds hasn't refunded me
> anything. So this is how I plan on spending my "dying days" on Active
> Worlds.
>
> I want you guys to know what has happened. The more people you sucker in
> the more money Active Worlds gets to develop the program, so I can
> understand why you are not going to take the position I am.
>
> I have nothing to lose, I bought no world. I can tell the truth and state
> ways the service could be run more fairly.
>
[View Quote]
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Goober King
At least we'll have one less idiot to deal with...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Sep 1, 2001, 4:07pm

Fine, if you don't want to end this, I will. This will be my last post
on this subject, and I think everyone else should follow suit and let
this man "die" in peace. But before I go, I will leave you with this:

If you think they were just going to fork over the money you gave them,
then you've got another thing coming. What Flagg was planning to do was
include the cost of your current citship with that of the world, which
would mean you would pay $80 for a world and it would automatically
renew your current citship.

If you got your citship, and then decided to buy a world months later,
you can't expect them to give you your money back when you've already
used your citship for several months. Having them refund your money
would mean that you essentially got a citship for those months for free.
That would be like buying some batteries for your radio, then after
using them for a few months, finding out they sell a radio that comes
with batteries, so you expect them to give you the money back for the
batteries you already used if you were to buy the other radio. Sorry,
jefe, the real world doesn't work that way.

[View Quote] > As Flagg has stated in another post, he already offered to replace one
> of the free citships with yours, and you essentially ignored it.
>
> I never did such a thing. I am here now because no one refunded the money I
> paid. If it was refunded I would have bought a world and be building instead
> of bickering with you guys about somethingt that seems obvious:
>
> Can't anybody else see the logic in this?
>
> Plan A: $80 for a world with citizenship
> Plan B: Pay $20 for citizenship, then later pay $80 for a world and a free
> second citizenship you don't need making a total of $100 ($80+$20)
>
> $100 or $80? I would rather go with $80, Plan A
>
>
[View Quote]
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Goober King
Rest in peace... Lord knows we could use some around here...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Sep 1, 2001, 11:40pm

Amen to that. Except, I didn't think he could get any deeper. I guess
the next step after Klinefelter's Disease is Schizophrenia...

[View Quote] > No, he's talking himself deeper into insanity O_O
[View Quote]
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Goober King
Is seriously starting to fear JFK2...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Sep 5, 2001, 2:08pm

No, I have never been to the site. You had mentioned your illness in
another post in these NGs (which I conveniently can't find any more) and
I picked up on it, nothing more. It certainly does explain a lot...

[View Quote] > I see that Goober has been reading a little of the info contained at my
> http://pk.jfkmusic.com site. lol
>
>
> "goober king" <rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu> wrote in
> news:3B918D4C.2010102 at acsu.buffalo.edu:
>
>


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Goober King
Thinks they need to add "self-centered" to the list of symptoms...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Sep 5, 2001, 5:47pm

Oy... I wasn't suggesting you already had Schizophrenia, just that your
actions tend to lead one to think that you do have it. The comment I
made was a sarcastic remark intended to imply that Klienfelters lead to
Schizo. If you're as "100% intelligent" as you claim to be, I'd like to
think you could have picked up on that :P

[View Quote] > Well... since Goober mentioned Klienfelters Disease and after that i
> get this Schizophrenia... NOPE... I don't get that after Klienfelters.
> Goober is a little MIS-INFORMED about that last part though.
> I suggest he read all the info contained at
> http://pk.jfkmusic.com on Klienfelters Disease BEFORE running off and
> saying that the next thing i would be getting is Schizophrenia In
> fact... It would make wonderful reading for everyone in AW [Including
> Just In] and see why i have some strong convictions to certain aspects
> of things in my life and may explain why i act the way i do. Which by
> the way is 100% normal = 100% intelligent & something that even JI
> wishes he had or anyone else for that matter.
>
>
> "goober king" <rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu> wrote in
> news:3B964C2D.8080900 at acsu.buffalo.edu:
>
>


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Goober King
Perhaps that's the problem... he thought.
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Sep 6, 2001, 12:51pm

Apparently, you're not very good at reading your own material. Observe
the following paragraph from the website link you just gave us:

"A far more serious symptom, however, is one that is not always readily
apparent. Although they are not mentally retarded, most XXY males have
some degree of language impairment. As children, they often learn to
speak much later than do other children and may have difficulty learning
to read and write. And while they eventually do learn to speak and
converse normally, the majority tend to have some degree of difficulty
with language throughout their lives."

In a virtual realm such as this, as Eep so frequently points out, it's
important to be able to communicate well. The way you type and the way
you phrase things is often more influential in how people determine your
personality than the subject matter you talk about. You could talk about
the most profound things in the universe, but if you phrase it oddly or
have numerous spelling and grammar errors, people aren't going to hold
your opinion very highly. (e.g. "i thinck neuro-whateva-u-call-it is k00l")

It would seem that your language disability in real life also gets
translated to a language disability in the virtual world. (You need not
look any farther than Legion to see those effects...) But it's not just
the fact that you type weird that sets people off. It's also your
subject matter: your obsession and constant referral to anything related
to Broadway/New York worlds, your apparent need to always relate a topic
to something in your own personal experience in excessive detail, and
your attempts at trying to come off as some sort of mysterious man with
a sordid, hidden lifestyle. These are the things that disturb us most
about you. Whether or not these actions are related to your illness or
not remains to be seen.

However, if you wish to "fit in" and function as a normal human being in
this virtual society, then you might want to consider paying attention
to how everyone else behaves and writes, so you can perhaps better
understand what it means to be "normal" around here and follow suit.

[View Quote] > I'm going to reply to myself for this reason only. To Goober and
> Just In and all the others out there that think my actions are that of
> being MENTAL... Do this site first. I set it for you to read all of
> this correct and think of this...
> Got this from the KS newsletter i subscribe to.
>
> 1 - Before 1970 there were no laws
> 2 - At 1970 i was age 20
> 3 - and with me you take what you read and times 10 apx = me
> 4 - It mentions DIABETES = I have it & it's TYPE 2
> Which means i had to SHOOT myself [inject myself with a hypodermic
> needle] BUT now i'm on the one-a-day pill.
>
> [[[WARNING = This is an EDUCATIONAL SITE and very safe for people]]]
> [[[ of all ages to read and get to know what it's all }}}
> [[[ about. EDUCATION is the key to understanding this ]]]
> [[[ KS thing. ]]]
> [[[ Over 3 yrs ago there were only 4 web support sites ]]]
> [[[ and that included http://pk.jfkmusic.com and is why ]]]
> [[[ i started that site to TEACH & HELP others that ]]]
> [[[ have similer experiances as i have had. ]]]
>
> http://www.genetic.org/ks/scvs/KS_NIH.htm
>
> This is what all of you might want to know about me and why i have so
> much INTELLIGENCE and act as i do. And maybe after reading all that
> much K of info you will see me in a different light.
>
>
> "jfk2 builder" <jfk2 at jfkmusic.com> wrote in
> news:Xns9113DA27DD2F2jfk2jfkmusiccom at 166.90.181.12:
>
>


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Goober King
As if anyone around here qualifies as "normal" :P
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Sep 5, 2001, 5:52pm

Talk about pipe dreams! Try telling that to the fun-loving folks in the
Middle East, they'd laugh in your face!

[View Quote] > I would say that's a pipe dream for any culture that is mingling with people
> from another. Here's an idea... World Peace. =)
>
> SW Chris
>
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Goober King
Let em kill each other over it... that'd end it for good!
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Sep 10, 2001, 11:46pm

AW Ear isn't the problem. AW Ear is not a malicious program and actually
delivers as advertised. The programs that reportedly *are* malicious are
StockQuote Bot and IntelliBot. (also made by Radon) I'm in the process
of investigating this, since I've known Radon for a while, and something
smells rotten in (former) Botopia...

[View Quote] > Ok, so it's outdated, but what about AW Ear? Wouldn't my firewall (Zone
> Alarm) have asked if it wanted to act as a server when I ran it IF there was
> a trojan in it?
> --
> Chris
> Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
> http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
>
[View Quote]
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Goober King
Just call him Inspector Goober...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Sep 11, 2001, 9:40am

Umm... no one ever said anything about Dreamland Park. Stop talking
about things that have no relevance to the topic at hand.

[View Quote] > I was wondering why several more worlds are suddenly popping up in
> Dreamland Park Universe and most of them on their homepage has the
> warning about this BOT being used in AW.... Now i know... Geesh....
> Not the best way to run world owners to another universe. I just hope
> that whoever is doing this type of nonsense is not doing the world
> owners to another universe for the sake of saying Dreamland Park
> Universe is better than AW... Dreamland Park Universe don't need that
> type of help.
>
> "goober king" <rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu> wrote in
> news:3B9D6ADC.8050705 at acsu.buffalo.edu:
>
>


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Goober King
It's morning here... sue him!
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Sep 13, 2001, 4:53pm

Unfortunately, as I'm sure you noticed in my article about all this at
AWNews.com, it's all true. Radon has succeeded in turning into another
idiot script kiddie who did it for the hell of it. What really disturbs
me about all this is that he believed he would be *rewarded* for his
actions, because Gavaroche got a free world after hacking Nekranox. He
apparently doesn't understand that Gavaroche did what he did to help AWC
tighten up their security, while what Radon did was just outright
vandalism and destruction.

[View Quote] > maybe you should check your facts first, heh? AW Ear obviously DOES NOT
> TRANSFER PASSWORDS. I have **checked**. And i agree with Goober King,
> something DOES seem to be very strange with this whole Radon stealing PWs
> deal...
>
> KAH
>
[View Quote] --
Goober King
Prays Radon will grow out of this and understand what he has done is
wrong...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Sep 11, 2001, 6:15pm

That may have been the most eloquent thing to ever come from your
fingertips. Still, I'd like to think there was no single person who was
*not* somehow affected by all of this. We must pray, not just for the
victims and families, but for the sanity and resolve of this nation. Now
is the time that we need to show the world that we will not be
intimidated by terrorists and that we *will* find who is responsible and
deliver them swift justice.

[View Quote] > We have been enjoying the luxeries of VIRTUAL REALITY Universes &
> Worlds... And in these communities we don't ever have to see many of
> the things that beset the real universe and the real world called
> EARTH.
>
> But what has happened in New York City [AND YES... It does affect
> Broadway] is tottaly not ok. And the things that happened in
> Washington DC is still not OK. ALSO what happened in PA is also not OK.
>
> ALL of this CRAP [In this times i am sure that you will allow for these
> words] to continue. BUT for the most immediate things will be for all
> the people that are NOT seriously affected by all of this to join hands
> and PRAY for LOVE and PEACE. And when whoever is found that caused all
> of this mess they should be hunted down until dead.
>
>
> REAL STREET NAME = Gerald Kieffer
>
>


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Goober King
Saddle up... Lock and load... We are at war...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Sep 26, 2001, 1:55am

Quick, IA! Find someone who cares before they run away! Yeesh, yer
starting to sound like Wing :P

[View Quote] > haha windoze. what a waste of an OS kernel. who ever wrote it should be shot
> right now. I haven't installed windoze on my computer since 3.x came out.
> Only RH Linux for me.
>
[View Quote]
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Goober King
Egos run rampant...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Sep 27, 2001, 9:00pm

I seem to recall Roland telling me that he just picks randomly from
people who show up at Tech Talk, and doesn't really consider specs
unless he's looking for a specific problem. (i.e. people with NT or a
firewall)

[View Quote] > ya but if they ask for it it doesnt mean they base it on that....from what
> i've seen they pick long time aw users (i can see why) but thats all i see
> from the diference of them
>
[View Quote]
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Goober King
He could be wrong, he's been so before...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Oct 2, 2001, 1:35am

Tell that to Criterion, Eep. They're the ones who keep mucking around
with RW. I'm sure Roland would love to switch to a much more stable
rendering engine. Unfortunately, he would then probably have to rebuild
AW and all it's worlds from scratch, which I don't think is in the cards
any time soon...

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Goober King
Hell, the original Wolfenstein 3D engine is better than RW :P
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Oct 2, 2001, 12:02pm

I think you're confusing the Visibility menu with the Minimum visibility
setting in the Options -> Settings -> Performance tab. The visibility
menu is just a quick fix, and will temporarily fix your visibility to
whatever you choose, until you restart the browser. The Minimum
visibility/frame rate setting, however, will permanently set a minimum
value. So, if you like better frame rate and less visibility, just set
your fps to ~20 and your visibility to around 30. Then, when you have
Float selected in the Visibility menu, it will use whatever visibility
will get you 20 fps. So, if you go into a more crowded area, the
visibility will go down, and it will go up in a less crowded area, but
your frame rate will remain constant.

[View Quote] > When the check mark is next to float, it does not stay at an acceptable
> range for me. At times it goes up to as much as 100 visibility, to down to
> 60 at ground zero. I do not want 60 visibility at gz, I want 25, but since
> 25 isn't available anymore, I must choose 40, since 30 is grayed out.
>
> Each person's computer is different. I've always been able to move around
> quickly using 25 most of the time. I'd rather sacrifice graphics for speed.
> It's just my preference. I like 40 watt light bulbs in my kitchen and I'm
> darn glad General Electric doesn't make them fluctuate to 100 when 'they'
> feel it is appropriate. If I want 100 watts, I'll go out and buy another
> light bulb.
>
> AW Explorer
>
[View Quote] --
Goober King
He almost sounds like he knows what he's talking about...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Oct 3, 2001, 1:50am

Then go to Options -> Settings -> Performance tab and put 25 for the
frame rate and 25 for the visibility. Then, no matter what, you'll
always be at 25 fps. If the visibility happens to go up in some spots,
you'll still be at 25 fps, I promise! Just think of it as an added bonus :)

[View Quote] > I want my minimum visibility and Visibility from the menu to both be set to
> the absolute lowest and stay there. Not move, not get checked back on
> float, not go to 100, nothing. Just stay at 25 frame rate, 25 visibility,
> and preferably 30 maximum visibility and the check only move when I change
> it manually.
>
> :D
>
> AW Explorer
>
[View Quote]
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Goober King
Visibility good!
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Oct 3, 2001, 10:52pm

Umm, bodhi? Remember that whole mess you caused when you passed around
that hoax about the Palestinians dancing in the street being faked? You
would think that, from that incident, you'd learn to check all the facts
before going on a tirade. Apparently not...

Well folks, it seems we no longer have to worry anymore. We've found our
replacement for Chucks and JFK2. :P Let the flame war begin!

[View Quote] > Go here to find out more:
> http://symbolicdreamtime.homestead.com/WOLF.html
>
>
>


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Goober King
Those who do not learn from their stupidity are doomed to repeat it...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Oct 4, 2001, 6:18pm

heh I guess you haven't been around the newsgroups that long. Just go
back and take a look at threads started by Chucks Party or Eep to really
see stupidity in action. :)

[View Quote] > holy crap...i don't think i've seen this many replies to something this
> stupid EVER. when i say this is stupid, i honestly mean it. it's really a
> waste of time. someone has issues with Ananas? let them solve it by
> themselves! the community shouldnt care about this, cuz it doesn't affect
> them in any way.
>
> XanLar
>
>
>


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Goober King
And to think, having a ton of replies used to be a *good* thing...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Oct 4, 2001, 3:36am

Sad to say, Trekker, but it's just you. AW has been like this for as
long as AWC has owned it. You've just finally, after months and years of
seeing it in action, come to realize what most of the rest of the
disgruntled regulars (Eep, KAH, myself, et al) have come to believe. I'm
sure that, as time goes by, more people will wake up to what's
happening. The only question is, even if we were to somehow muster a
majority opinion on the matter, would it do any good? (see Citizen's
Union debacle as an example :P)

[View Quote] > It may be just me but I look at AW now and see that half of the good
> smart, and happy people are now gone. AW has turned into a place where
> it seems to be more worthwhile to put out a version that half the things
> don't work, so they can do a thing called '3D Home Pages' which isn't
> nothing more than a trial world. Has the Active Worlds staff become more
> loving of money than the citizens that occupy it??
>
> Or is it that they just dont care enoughf to make shure everything is
> working and people are happy. It seems to me that they are more occupyed
> with money than making shure that people are happy and having fun in
> there Trial Worlds aka. - 3D Home Pages, and just getting more juno
> people on. Like we need them, all they want is a place to have cyber
> sex. Nowadays I cant pop into my world and have a tourest come by and
> ask if I wanna 'cyber'. In real life I wouldent mind; But I come to
> Active Worlds to have some fun and hang with my homeis and do something
> instead of homework.
>
> So im asking is it just me or has ActiveWorlds changed?
>
> --
>
> PS: I know im gonna get yelled at for this but oh well....
>
> --
> TrekkerX - CEO
> Commatron
> http://www.commatron.com
>
>
>


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Goober King
He just can't let it go...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Oct 11, 2001, 8:31pm

Looks pretty good! Except, the logo reads more like "AVTeen" than
"AWTeen"... Could just be me...

[View Quote] > Hmmm, I knew that would get your attention. Seeing as how everyone here
> likes to point out the problems with what everyone else does and says, I
> figured this the perfect place to ask anyone if they'd like to preview
> AWTeen's new website.
>
> I spent the last few weeks working on the website on and off, and I finished
> it last night. Nobody I telegrammed with the preview of the site was able
> to find anything wrong (broken links, bad grammar, messed up pictures, etc),
> but those people weren't the most knowledgable in HTML either.
>
> The site is located at http://www.shoemakervillage.org/test/index.html.
> I'll publish it to the main server after I see if anyone finds any problems
> with it. Feel free to post comments, or more likely, flames.
>
> -Brant
>
>
>


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Goober King
Graphics Nit-picker!
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Oct 12, 2001, 4:50pm

I know that, but the fact that you have consciously change your
perception of it in order to see it means it's too subtle. Maybe if
there was less space between the "A" and the "V" it would look more like
"AW". Just a suggestion...

[View Quote] > That's because they creatively made the A and the W a combined symbol. Look again with that in mind. ;)
>
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Goober King
He's not *that* stupid...
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Oct 13, 2001, 7:01pm

Not true. As of AW 3.2, you can set AW so that it sends web links to an
external browser instead of in the AW embedded browser. (Options ->
Settings -> Web tab)

[View Quote] > MS sets the standards in EVERY field, lol, whether we like it or not. I
> looked at some statistics showing that only 5% of the current web users use
> netsape 4.76 anyway, and besides, you can't even set AW to call a netscape
> window - that was removed in build 375. Most of our audience will be
> viewing the site in IE, but I'll look into how I can fix this without having
> to redesign the site using a different editor.
>
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Goober King
Of course, that assumes you're actually *using* 3.2 :P
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Oct 13, 2001, 7:11pm

Give it a rest, Insanity. Last I checked, calling someone an ASS or an
idiot was considering "attacking other users". Therefore, as outlined by
Flagg, you were banned. Plain and simple. It has nothing to do with the
fact that you were complaining about AWC. In fact, they probably would
have let you do it until the end of time. But when you started insulting
Grimble, (after he notably *didn't* insult you) that's when you crossed
the line and got banned.

Y'know, I used to have some semblance of respect for you and for some of
the things you did for the community. But now you're starting to sound
less like the Insanity I knew and more like our dearly departed Chucks
Party...

Oh, and please drop the peace walker/yo mamma pretense. We all know it's
you, Insanity.

[View Quote] > This was the post censored so that the rest of what Insanity wrote would
> look out of context. No attack here... only an opinion. Amazing how it
> is allowable for Daphne and others to attack Insanity and Peace Walker
> for speaking up about serious issues that lead to user's loosing money
> and worlds for days yet Insanity is banned. Amazing how Daphne is so
> directly related to AW in so many ways. Guess AW is only for the few who
> kiss their butts! Again this Saturday morning, once again, another new
> user has been upset because AW took the money but failed to send them
> the world password. They were real fast at killing their world though.
> That was instant. Take the money and Run!!!! AGAIN!!!!
>
> From:
> *S* <peace at nospam.com>
>
> Tue 4:18 PM
>
> Subject:
> Re: What does it take?
> Newsgroups:
> community
>
>
>
>
> What an ASS you are Grim... You think a poor new customer being over
> charged
> $418 for a $209 purchase is right, and loosing their world for three
> days after
> paying for it? Not to mention the overdraft fees incurred. Sure caveat
> emptor
> applies in life... But so do the Laws of the U.S. The regulations of the
> FTC,
> and the merchant account contracts. I will never understand idiots who
> think
> that net business does not have to follow laws. It is shame you care
> only for
> yourself and not others. I know of three people affected in the past 10
> days by
> the new site's bad scripting on credit cards. I can only imagine all the
> ones I
> do not know about. FACT is not paranoia pal...
>
>
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Goober King
Proof that Goobers ARE as dumb as they look.
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Oct 14, 2001, 4:52am

Why yes, as a matter of fact, that *is* an attack! Since it seems your
paraphrasing has clouded your judgment of what transpired between you
and Grim, I'll rehash it for you. Here's what Grimble said:

"Actually, I read SW Chris's replies as perfectly feasible alternatives
to the paranoia you seem to be exhibiting. Its up to you to look after
your money. If you don't trust a person or company that you are
purchasing goods or services from, then its your responsibility to
ensure that the transaction is carried out to your satisfaction. I don't
see that it really warrants a whining post in the Community newsgroup."

Now, here's your response:

"What an ASS you are Grim... You think a poor new customer being over
charged $418 for a $209 purchase is right, and loosing their world for
three days after paying for it? Not to mention the overdraft fees
incurred. Sure caveat emptor applies in life... But so do the Laws of
the U.S. The regulations of the FTC, and the merchant account contracts.
I will never understand idiots who think that net business does not
have to follow laws. It is shame you care only for yourself and not
others. I know of three people affected in the past 10 days by the new
site's bad scripting on credit cards. I can only imagine all the ones I
do not know about. FACT is not paranoia pal..."

Grimble stated that you "seemed to be exhibiting paranoia". He did *not*
say that you were "ranting lunatic". He also said you had made a
"whining post", not that you were a "whiner". See the difference? He
attacked what you said, not you personally. Now, you proceeded to call
him and "ASS" and count him among "idiots", which is an attack on the
individual, not on what he said. Therefore, you were banned and he was
not. Capisce?

Now, if you decide to come back and argue *objectively* about all this,
perhaps you'll receive a better response than yelling at everyone who
just *happens* to disagree with you. But until then, please do us all a
favor and take your problems elsewhere where they can perhaps do more
good. If that's the courts, then so be it. However, this isn't the place
to air your grievances in the futile hope that you'll garner support.
You won't find that support here, (believe me, I know :P) and that's not
what these NGs are for.

Oh, and as an aside, it seems that ever since the Sept. 11th attacks,
people have been eager to "flaunt" (for lack of a better word) the
concept of patriotism and other pro-American sentiments, implicitly
equating situations that have nothing to do with pride in one's country
to our current situation of war, in order to guilt people into helping
and/or agreeing. If your comment about censorship being "unpatriotic"
was an attempt at this, I suggest you cease this practice. It insults
the memory of the victims and those who are now trying to protect us
from future atrocities by taking something as petty as that and making
it sound as if it's every American's sworn duty to stop it. I agree that
censorship is wrong, but it has nothing to do with patriotism. There are
limits to American free speech, which you have overstepped, resulting in
banishment. That is *not* censorship, it's protection of others from
slander and libel, which, incidentally, are illegal also. I hope you see
the difference.

[View Quote] > But Goober... You are saying that me considering someone an idiot for ignoring
> cries of the little user an attack?... Yet my being called a whiner and a
> ranting lunatic is allowed? Is that not why the U.S. Constitution stands for
> Freedom of Speech? Because it is not for one to decide on their own with an
> act of Censorship? Hitler did that sort of thing. It began with the burning of
> books and led to the gassing of people. You supporting AW's disrespect of the
> US constitutional right? All I have done was post how users were being hurt
> because of AW ignoring the problem and again this morning another user has
> been affected. THAT IS WRONG. Censorship is wrong! Illegal! and Un-Patriotic!
> I am American! I will file suit if I have to, to have my Freedom of Speech
> to protect the little people!!!! I never posted this issue for myself ever.
> It was simply because I handle support of many new users that I SEE their
> troubles and stand up for them! Rather than people bashing me why don't you
> ask if new users are getting hurt? Or do you NOT care? Is that the message of
> this Community?? That it does not care about new users, only it's chosen few?
> Than call it the fallen community!
>
>
>
>
>
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Goober King
Take a page from Chucks book, will ya?!
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Oct 15, 2001, 2:54pm

You're probably better off asking the worldbuilders NG people. They
should know what's what :)

[View Quote] > Hi all ! It's been a long time i haven't read / posted here, i've been too
> busy lately
> Anyway I just wanted to say that i had grown tired of having to go to AW
> each time i want to test a rwx object, so i started writing a quick rwx
> viewer in opengl yesterday... it already reads quite a few rwx, so it
> shouldnt take too long to complete, a few days probably...
> I'll distribute the C++ source too if anyone is interested.
>
> RWX scripting is well documented on the web (thanks a lot eep, andras,
> whoever made the AW help file and probably others i'm forgetting, your pages
> were really helpful to get info on all the rwx commands), but there remains
> a few obscure points that i hope some of you object building specialists
> (which i'm not) could maybe explain :)
>
> - how do joints work? i mean, what does the joint transformation matrix
> affect? i haven't found any info about that. RotateJoint,
> JointTransformBegin and JointTransformEnd are neither stated in the list of
> supported RWX Commands nor unsupported commands in the AW help files... are
> they supported ? Is this what's used to put together avatar's clumps?
> - does vertex numbering restart to 1 at the beginning of each clump or are
> the vertex numbers global to an object ?
> - does AW support the normal optional argument to the vertex command?
> - does the RandomUVs command take an On/Off parameter?
> - do OpacityFix and RandomUVs commands affect the whole object or just part
> of it?
> - does the Polygon RWX command support only convex polygons, or any polygon?
> - does AW support the RGB versions of Ambient and Diffuse commands?
> - How do you do axis alignment in opengl? lol
>
> Thanks, i hope that's not too much questions... lol... if you know the
> answer to at least one of these questions or can point me to a website where
> there are details about them, please answer this thread :)
>
> Fox Mc Cloud
>
>
>


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rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

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