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just in // User Search
just in // User Search
Oct 5, 2001, 7:06pm
Would be nice if all the flames of the past were removed. Most other
newsgroups clear out messages once they are a week or two old - I see no
reason why this should not apply here. It would also resolve the issue of
my request to get various postings deleted, which has never been followed
through. When asked the question "which ones do you want deleted" my reply
is "don't you mean which hundreds?"
Regards, Justin
[View Quote]"flagg" <tom at activeworlds.com> wrote in message
news:3bbe11c1$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
>
> The newsgroups you are now reading are here for the entire Activeworlds
> community. They are meant as a place for the users of our software to get
> help with problems and issues relating to Activeworlds. They are also
here
> to help our community get to know one another and plan events and projects
> for inside Activeworlds. They are not and never have been designed as a
> soap box for people to wage private vendettas against one another and it
> also is not a place where you should have to worry about being attacked
> through vulgarity and viciousness.
>
> Now the personal attacks and vulgarity must stop. If you use our
newsgroups
> to wage a personal war or to attack other users you may have your right to
> post here suspended indefinitely without warning.
>
> The Activeworlds users reading this post now can rest assured that these
> newsgroups will be used for the sole purpose of sharing information, ideas
> and feedback in a pleasant and polite manner for all users, newbies or old
> timers, and that we will not allow vulgar attacks against our customers.
> Thank you...
>
>
> Sincerely
>
> Tom Fournier
> Customer Service / Sales Manager
> Activeworlds.com Inc.
> 95 Parker St.
> Newburyport, MA 01950
>
> www.activeworlds.com
>
>
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Oct 6, 2001, 4:25pm
Sure they will accept an upgrade - but you should contact AWC directly
because its a special arrangement. Tell the guy to email
tom at activeworlds.com or give them a phone call.
Regards, Justin
[View Quote]"ananas" <vha at oct31.de> wrote in message news:3BBF052B.96339A7E at oct31.de...
> Note, this is based on a second-hand information :
>
> I doubt that upgrade will be possible, strategy seems to be to
> let the different licences look like different products in
> order to avoid upgrade and force buying new.
> A friend tried to upgrade from a galaxy to a universe and he
> kept his galaxy and his money because he didn't want to buy
> a second server licence and an upgrade of his current one
> was not accepted by AW.
>
> I'm not so sure if that is really a good strategy but it's their
> product (and their lost money in this case)
>
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Nov 5, 2001, 11:31am
I prevoiusly reported that I was having constant AW crashes since 3.2 was
released, and thought perhaps it was some incompatibility between the ATI
Rage Fury Pro video card and the latest version.
The bug was literally a bug... a spider decided to try out a home in my
PC's processor fan, and both it and the fan faired very badly as a result.
Bug removed, fan stored to working order, and no more crashes.
Regards, Justin
PS: Humble thanks go to Roland who tried his best to help.
Dec 15, 2001, 11:53pm
you can't have your cake and eat it too
:o) Justin
[View Quote]"ananas" <vha at oct31.de> wrote in message news:3C1BF08F.5AA294FA at oct31.de...
> This is really a bad disadvantage of VR, I cannot sneak in
> and eat some cakes or cookies :-(
>
> I would like to help that the area will not cause too much
> download *g
>
> alphabit phalpha wrote:
see
>
> --
> "_
> |
> /\
> \ /
> __/ /_
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Dec 19, 2001, 2:08am
Is it not already invented? Its called x-ray and cat-scan photography!
I've got no doubt at all that with-in a very few years the cameras will be
affordable to the professional photographer, and not long after be around
for your average Joe Shmoe.
Regards, Justin
[View Quote]"sw chris" <chrisw10 at nckcn.com> wrote in message
news:3c1fee46 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> <singing> They all laughed, when Christopher Columbus, said that the world
> was round. they all laughed, when Edison recorded sound. </singing>
> Quantum physics, people. In the next century folks. It's coming, it's
> coming. :) I can't wait to get ahold of a holographic camera. ^_^
>
> SW Chris
>
> "bowen" <bowen at omegauniverse.com> wrote in message
> news:3c1fe59a$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> out
> hard
>
>
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Dec 18, 2001, 6:27am
I sent off my beam set to AW (Mountain Myst) to be added to Alpha - it got
lost in traffic somewhere and I haven't heard much since. It would be a
great addition to add some style to basic shoe-box building.
On the other theme of this string - I still enjoy AW and creating, building,
modelling and having people over. Love the improvements as they come and
simply ignore any negatives. You can hit me with a brick and I will still
try and find something good to say about it. :o)
And I even like the newbies too - they add to fun and always give the
opportunity for a new chat.
Merry Holidays and Best to the New Year for all of you...
Justin
[View Quote]"bowen" <bowen at omegauniverse.com> wrote in message
news:3c1eac7b$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> That'd be nice.. I wish we could get those mars section pieces in AW..
those
> would make my day complete :). LoL still it'd be nice for us Non-AWTeen
> people to be able to use our objects and see others use them in a PBW.
>
> --Bowen--
>
>
>
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Dec 19, 2001, 2:08am
*recovers quickly from the blow... spots the pp14h.rwx and picks it up*
Ahhh perfect! Just what I needed to finish my latest building! *Smiles*
Thanks Wing :o)
Justin
[View Quote]"wing." <wing at systemrecall.com> wrote in message
news:3c1f8247$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> "just in" <justefyde at hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3c1efdfb at server1.Activeworlds.com...
>
> *grabs handy pp14h.rwx and bonks just in in the head with it*
>
>
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Jan 2, 2002, 11:38pm
I'd pay US$30 a year. I wouldn't pay more.
Then a year later, if they made another increase to US$40 per year, I would
still think it reasonable and probably renew.
~ Justin
[View Quote]"dotar sojat" <barsoom at my.activeworlds.com> wrote in message
news:3C33821D.90CC8E10 at my.activeworlds.com...
> If Mauz's site is correct, and I have no reason to doubt it is. 50,000
> citizens are currently resitered with aw.
> With a pricing increase on citizenship of 50% ($30 a year) that would
> generate $1,500,000 over the new year for AW.
> With an increase of only 80% putting the yearly at $100 people are
> projectign they will lose 75% or more citizens. We will assume 75% for
> simplicity.
>
> That will put citizen count at approx 12.500 registered citizens (I know
> these numbers are not the end all but bear with me on this).
> Now 12,500 citizens paying $100 a year will generate $1,250,00.
>
> You tell me which way is more cost effective.
>
> dotar sojat wrote:
>
>
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Mar 11, 2002, 11:29pm
After seeing the huge 2800 worlds with the release of the "home page" worlds
I naturally assumed there would be a big drop once all the trial period
expired. Sure enough they did drop very quickly. But the drop continued
and after getting down into the 1400s I decided to keep notes. This was the
result:
30/01/2002: 1341
31/01/2002: 1319
01/02/2002: 1297
03/02/2002: 1277
07/02/2002: 1266
02/03/2002: 1247
10/03/2002: 1222
My biggest problem with AW right now is the inablity of tourists to enter
worlds without the world being enabled to do so. I wrote to AW by email to
arrange this for my world and got this response:
>Hello Justin -
>
>At this time tourist access orders are not being accepted. Our community
>will be alerted when this changes.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Noelle Caterino Customer Service
>Activeworlds Corporation
>95 Parker St.
>Newburyport, MA 01950
Last time I checked the worlds that could take tourists are AWGate, A!!CT,
America, Amigos3, Arisia, Ataco, AWSingle, Grimm, Hole, Horizon, Italcity,
Leaves, Librarea, Olympe, Singles, Southbay, Whitewav, Storage, Spadtest,
and most recently AWSchool. How tourists are suppose to know this is beyond
me, but even so AW Alpha World is NOT on that list. As far as I know, the
only world on the list that is open to public building including tourists is
America (? or it was a while ago).
I know its been said already, but I just cannot see how AW will grow, and
going by AW Management's letters to us they have not given any comment on
how they plan to achieve growth of users. They did talk about profitabilty
and longevity, but without a growing userbase I can't see how they will
achieve either in the long term.
I've also kept one eye open for the small communities that existed in
privately owned worlds, and those communities are now missing. Worlds like
Castles, !Friends, Y2000, and BluPearl would always have nice little
gatherings, but that is not the case anymore. Only the "cult" (mostly
Gorian) worlds seem to be keeping their communities intact. I can only
assume that loss of users and inabilty to attract new users, including
tourists, is the cause.
What to do? I don't know - I've already sent my emails to AWC. I guess
just sit back and wait. One thing is certain though: when my world comes
up for renewal I won't pay $800 for a P80 that no-one uses.
--
Regards, Justin
Mar 16, 2002, 1:20am
New low figure (note that this statistic is taken as the lowest observed
figure, and usually varies upward depending on the time of day):
13/03/2002: 1210
I think the old system of allowing tourists to build was fine, giving a
further incentive to register to preserve what they have built for
prosperity. It also gave them something to do while they mulled over the
prospect of paying. And finally, gave them the opportunity to really test
out the part of the "chat program" that is its biggest strength - building
with (relative) ease.
Regards, Justin
[View Quote]"pc hamster" <pchamster at email.msn.com> wrote in message
news:3c9291b0 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hi everyone:
>
> "just in" <justefyde at hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3c8d5a06 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> worlds
continued
> the
enter
> to
>
> [snip....]
>
> I've noticed the same thing Justin. However I've also noticed something
> else too.
>
> Ever since AWLD banned tourist access to AW, participation there beyond GZ
> is almost non-existent. I mean for example, I now see that there are now
68
> people on AW, but yet I only see maybe only a dozen people on GZ. And
good
> luck trying to find anybody in any of the other towns because it's either
me
> and my timing or the other towns are quickly becoming *ghost towns*!!!
You
> don't see anyone going down the road to explore anymore because they've
> probably seen everything there is to see a thousand times over by now.
>
> AW needs tourists. In fact, so do the 3DHPs. And speaking of 3DHPs,
wasn't
> the concept of the 3DHP supposed to be to BRING IN tourists (namely from
2D
> websites)???? Seems as though AWLD shot itself in the foot by deciding to
> charge 3DHP owners a fee to drive in what 3DHPs were supposed to drive in
in
> the first place. That being tourists.
>
> With that in mind, I've got a proposal (since AWLD is getting a CC of this
> message) which I think will be ideal for everyone.....
>
> 1). Close AWGate. It's NOT that popular anyways nor is it very
attractive
> (AW is more attractive).
> 2). Close those STUPID Gaming worlds like AWBingo which AWLD sanctions.
> Those can consist of a build on AW.
> 3). Grant tourists FREE access to 3DHPs and to AW. Just do NOT give
> tourists building rights. If they want to have building rights, they'll
pay
> to become a citizen.
>
> Am I totally insane or am I on a roll here???? Am I the only person who
> feels this way????
>
> I say let's use 3DHPs and AW as a springboard to bring in LOTS of
tourists.
> Afterall, it's the tourists who become citizens which bring in the $$$ to
> AWLD, right????? Give us the means in which we can promote the AWUni or
> sooner or later, you're gonna find yourself in a position where - and
when -
> you wish you had.
>
> In other words - QUIT FATTENING LITTLE RICKY'S POCKETS AT OUR (and the
> company's) EXPENSE!!!!!
>
> Just my $.05 worth.... :-)
>
> Patrick Cook
> Mayor of Hamsterville
> pchamster at msn.com
> Denver, Colorado
> http://home.talkcity.com/MinivanAve/patrick32/
>
>
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Mar 16, 2002, 6:50am
PC... you can delete tourist objects using your cit account. Which is why
I think its good to allow tourists entry in Alpha World and let them build.
Regards, Justin
[View Quote]"pc hamster" <pchamster at email.msn.com> wrote in message
news:3c92f6da$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hi everyone:
>
> "just in" <justefyde at hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3c92b9e3 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
>
> 13/13/2002 ??? Did I somehow miss a month??? I thought the calendar went
> from December (the 12th month) back to January (the 1st month of the New
> Year). Am I missing something??? :-)
>
> Anyhow, what's even more disturbing is the worlds to users ratio. That
> leads me to this....
>
the
test
building
>
> I totally agree Justin. In fact, I think the ONLY change they should've
> made was to eliminate building rights for tourists on AW. In fact, I
> wouldn't at be surprised to find a few objects in my city which were put
> there by some tourist passing by. But nonetheless, I can't delete it even
> if it's just a single piece of road. A classic example of this is along
the
> road leading to Osirus, which is now connected to my town via North
> Brookline Avenue. If one were to follow the road to Osirus (especially
> Northbound and Southbound starting at about 2700N 625E), you'd see what I
> mean here.
>
> Really strange that they would ban tourists but NOT their "builds".
> Admittedly, this was probably OUR OWN doing as a Community, but
still......
>
> Either way you look at it, the best way for AWLD to make more $$$ and to
> attract more citizens, I repeat what I said before.....
>
from
deciding
> to
> in
> this
sanctions.
they'll
who
> to
or
>
>
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Mar 31, 2002, 12:54pm
Taken from a report about viruses:
"Hoaxes are not viruses, but are usually deliberate or unintentional
Internet messages warning people about a virus or other malicious software
program. They often ask the reader forward the warning to as many people as
possible and contain fabricated comments from officials.
Some may recommend "fixes" that cause damage, such as deleting a file
necessary to the operation of the user's computer or some program on it."
Sounds like a "hoax" to me.
Mark, unless you can give a better explanation and proof then you are
commiting an internet crime in many countries.
Regards, Justin
[View Quote]"strike rapier" <strike at rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3ca705f1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> WARNING - Could anyone hosting any object path change its password!
>
> 67 Object Path Keys Compromised - Everything from AW to the Gor worlds,
> change your OP passwords NOW!
>
> The source of the codes has been destroyed - Anyone found using the PW's
> without the owners permission will have the owner and AWC to answer to!
>
> Once again - Change your PW's now - I cannot reviel who is on the list,
the
> safest bet is to completly change every object path. Andras has a tool
> available - www.andras.net.
>
> - Mark
>
>
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Apr 1, 2002, 5:25am
Wanna double check that co-ordinate? Doesn't seem like its right.
Regards, Justin
[View Quote]"subdelta" <daniel at att.net> wrote in message
news:3ca7b159 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hello,
>
> I am pleased to announce the completion of extensive renovations on the
> Worlds Transit Authority Teleport Station... Located in AW at 8196.5N 5.W.
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May 16, 2002, 11:18pm
Can you give some examples of what bots will be able to do that they
couldn't do before?
~Justin
[View Quote]"brant" <awteen at shoemakervillage.org> wrote in message
news:3ce4516b$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> While I am not a beta tester for Activeworlds, nor do I have any desire to
> do so after seeing some of the bugs that are uncovered (especially the one
> that deleted property in the world server by accident), when I have a few
> spare minutes, I sometimes look over the beta newsgroups and bug lists to
> see the torture others' systems are encountering. I did so a few minutes
> ago, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the documentation for the
new
> SDK was now available.
>
> Those who know the kind of bot work I've been doing over the past few
years
> will attest that most of my time has been spent implementing features that
> should have been in the SDK in the first place through long-winded and
> inefficient use of existing methods. The new SDK includes a "Global
mode,"
> which while making my work on the Activeworlds Utility
> (http://www.shoemakervillage.org/AWUtility.msi) obsolete, opens so many
> possibilities for bot development in such a simple addition that it's
almost
> funny. These are the sort of features that should have been implemented
> years ago.
>
> Were tourists available throughout the universe at no extra charge, I
would
> say that AW is finally listening to its citizens instead of "corporate
> partners." As of now, I'm becoming more and more convinced that perhaps
the
> price increase (by itself) wasn't such a bad move for us "lowly citizens"
as
> many feared. While I won't be completely satisfied until tourists return
to
> the Universe, this SDK is yet another step in the right direction.
>
> Flames are welcome :)
>
>
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May 17, 2002, 1:44pm
The recognition of avs all about your world for world owners *might* be a
good thing, but it makes me wonder about some of the wider issues.
Sometimes I see someone is in my world by looking at the world count, but
don't know where they are. Does the global parameters now mean I can use
the bot to find anyone? Seems like a bit of privacy invasion?
Also, how will this effect running a bot in a huge world like Alpha World?
~ Justin
[View Quote]"brant" <awteen at shoemakervillage.org> wrote in message
news:3ce47003$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> You're all missing the point, lol. The point that I'll have to change the
> utility is insignificant. What I'm trying to say is that AW is finally
> implementing features that are of great use to its citizens that pay (now
a
> high price) for its software. As I said in the message above, perhaps the
> price increase (if tourists were still allowed in the universe) wouldn't
> have been the worst thing in the world.
>
> "carlbanks" <Virtualcarlbanks at hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3ce463ba$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
so
> Features.
desire
> to
> one
> few
> to
> minutes
the
> that
many
implemented
perhaps
> citizens"
> return
>
>
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May 19, 2002, 4:12am
There has been a sudden influx of Aussie tourists at the Gate and I got
curious about where all these folks were coming from. Lo and behold they
had watched a television show about the internet called "The Future Just
happened" which featured a 3 minute article about Active Worlds. Although
not entirely positive about the "community" friendliness, it did come across
as saying AW was a "cool" place to visit.
You can watch the program in full direct from the net at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/future/defa
ult.stm
Select Prog 3, and unless you want to watch the whole show from the start
scroll through to about 30 minutes into the show (its live streaming so
there is no wait).
More interesting was that this article was able to attract so many people,
and yet apart from mentioning "Active Worlds" once, there was no mention of
where to get it!
PS: To watch the show with decent frames per second I had to close all my
other running applications.
Regards, Justin
--
Regards, Justin
May 24, 2002, 11:48pm
Why do you want to double up on ObjectsD'? They are already going well and
have a whole world dedicated to free objects where you can view what the
objects will look like in world.
If you are thinking to make an alternative because you do not like the way
the web page operates, why not pool resources and offer to ObjectsD' owners
something to improve?
Regards, Justin
[View Quote]"robbie" <robbie at oriox.com> wrote in message
news:3cee3816 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hey all,
>
> I am creating a new website much like objects d'active worlds where people
> can submit objects and avatars which will be put up for download. However,
> rather than do everything manually I was wondering if there are any PHP
> programmers out there with the experience and time to donate to creating a
> simple SQL system for searching, adding and viewing items.
>
> The result? A simple yet useful website allowing object creators to submit
> content, for world buildrs to search through and download completely free.
>
> If there are any programmers out there that have the time and are willing.
> E-mail me at: robbie at oriox.com.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Robbie
>
>
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May 26, 2002, 5:08am
TBA = "To be assigned" or "To be allocated"
Regards, Justin :o)
[View Quote]"imagine" <imagines1 at mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:3cf07795 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hi :)
> Ok, just in case anyone else is like me, i'll be the first to ask even if
it
> turns out to be a dumb question :-P
> What's a TBA? lol
> Imagine
>
>
> count dracula <dracula at netsonic.fi> wrote in message
> news:3cefca84 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> with
> most
apply!
>
>
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May 26, 2002, 5:11am
ooops - forgot a couple... TBA also means "To be advised" and "To be
announced" but essentially they all mean the same thing - it hasn't been
decided yet. :o)
Regards, Justin
[View Quote]"imagine" <imagines1 at mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:3cf07795 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hi :)
> Ok, just in case anyone else is like me, i'll be the first to ask even if
it
> turns out to be a dumb question :-P
> What's a TBA? lol
> Imagine
>
>
> count dracula <dracula at netsonic.fi> wrote in message
> news:3cefca84 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> with
> most
apply!
>
>
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Jun 8, 2002, 8:45am
I tried switch video mode from DirectX 7 to DirectX 8, with a resulting
framerate of almost double what I was getting previously. The downside is
the backdrop is screwing up in any world with a backdrop of any average or
longer width. It appears not to be able to figure out how to render the
back drop in the full circle around... leaving a gap that appears and
disappears depending on where I am facing... and squashing the image in or
out as I turn in a circle.
Anyone else have this and found a solution?
Using ATI Rage Fury Pro, 32 Meg Ram.
--
Regards, Justin
Jun 11, 2002, 12:44pm
PII 300 MMX, 128 Meg RAM, Win98SE...
I went to AlphaWorld, Broadway, and AWSchool, where the screwy backdrops all
show.
The backdrop in BluPearl did not screw up, and I know the backdrop there is
a lot shorter than average.
By the lack of responses on other people having the same problem, I think
the problem is iscolated to my video card, and I guess I will have to heed
the warning given in the Video setting for DX8 "not recommended for older
cards" :o( - unless someone has some bright ideas?
Regards, Justin
[View Quote]"pc hamster" <pchamster at email.msn.com> wrote in message
news:3d044fb2$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hi everyone:
>
> "just in" <Justin at nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:3d01e060 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
is
or
in
> or
>
> How fast is your CPU Justin??? Also, which version of WinBloze are you
> running???
>
> I have DirectX 8.0 on my Pentium 166 with Win98 (original edition) and I'm
> not noticing any difference between 3.2 and 3.3 aside from the faster
> framerate. :-)
>
> Also, are the world you were in 3.3 enabled???? I know for a fact that,
> unless they've changed it since the middle of last week, AlphaWorld
*isn't*
> on that list.
>
> Cheers for now everyone :-)
>
> Patrick Cook
> Mayor - City of Hamsterville
> pchamster at msn.com
> Denver, Colorado
>
>
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Jun 28, 2002, 1:05am
Congrats for AWTeen!
I don't suppose you can edit the ricknoll doc for just the highlights and
post them here?
Regards, Justin
[View Quote]"brant" <awteen at shoemakervillage.org> wrote in message
news:3d1b6869$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I'd like to thank everyone who attended Generations Day. I'm not saying
> this because I organized it, but this event was one of the most amazing
> festivities I've ever witnessed, and many who were at the event would say
> the same thing.
>
> For those who weren't there, first, we demonstrated some possibilities for
> Thor, AWTeen's weather simulator. Then, we introduced some new objects
for
> AWTeen. After that, Demeter was enabled. Finally, Chanty and Poseidon
were
> announced as taking over after me.
>
> But as they say, life is what happens when the best laid plans go awry.
I'm
> not saying that in a bad sense, but that's what happened. Nobody had
> counted on four AW staff members showing up and lending their support
(thank
> you Mountain Myst, Stacee, and Calpentera)! Lucrezia Borgia, the person
who
> created AWTeen and was responsible for a lot of AW's projects, also
dropped
> by, and ENZO himself came in to share a few words with the community, 85
of
> whom were in attendance at the time. Not only that, but he floored
everyone
> when he enabled tourists in AWTeen in response to the letter that was sent
> to him (http://www.shoemakervillage.org/ricknoll.doc). Let it go on the
> record that the first tourist to enter was none other than "Mauz", who
said
> "yay!" in response to the announcement - lol.
>
> For those that are interested, I posted a chat log at
> www.shoemakervillage.org/chat24.txt. This chat log was made by Eric, and
he
> didn't remove the whispers from it, so it should be interesting reading,
to
> say the least. (I would post my whisper-free log, but it would require too
> much work to remove all the IP addresses.) I wanted to make a post here
> because I want to personally thank everyone who made this incredible day
> possible. Demeter is now available and tourists are now enabled for those
> who want to visit. I thought I'd copy the chat log because E N Z O said a
> few interesting things about upcoming Activeworlds Corp. projects that
> people here who were not in attendance would be interested in - feel free
to
> look it over if you're interested :)
>
> -Brant
>
> "robbie" <thetruth at awteen.org> wrote in message
> news:3d1a4168 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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Jul 1, 2002, 2:51am
I've never known the 5 on the num pad *NOT* to work like this, and I've used
it often whenever needing to inspect an object up very close. If it was
temporarily absent between 2.1 and 3.0 I didn't notice.
Regards, Justin
[View Quote]"ananas" <vha at oct31.de> wrote in message news:3D1FD3E5.6476B664 at oct31.de...
> Not sure how new it really is, but I am quite sure it
> hasn't been there in 2.2
>
> The 5-key in the center of the numpad now stops movement
> while you are floating. I missed this feature in 2.2 and
> never tried the key again later. Now it's finally there :)
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Jul 3, 2002, 4:10am
Why is the survey surveying such a wide area now? I ask bot to survey 1
cell and it surveys 25 sectors just to retrieve one cell? Also... the
back-up world scripts I think still work - but the bot seems to be reporting
its progress every second?
Regards, Justin
[View Quote]"xelag" <xelag at digitalspace.com> wrote in message
news:0803iuc1eufuqiu63vemt9co9shp4rv291 at 4ax.com...
> Please visit
> http://www.imatowns.com/xelagot/xlgwhatsnew.html
> for more information.
>
> XelaG
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Jul 20, 2002, 9:51pm
Does this upgrade fix the worldbackup scripts that make the bot accounce
what it is doing every second?
Also, when using the Survey Manager and requesting the bot to Add a Cell,
Sector or Zone to the Project, why does the bot need to survey 40 x 40
co-ords? Its a long wait, especially when only a small area is needed.
Regards, Justin
[View Quote]"xelag" <xelag at digitalspace.com> wrote in message
news:eoliju4qifm2qq4il47cai4qkdbcv39up3 at 4ax.com...
> Yep, an upload error: I uploaded the new pages to the wrong server
> (thereby destroying my own index.html there). The problem is now
> fixed.
>
> On 3 Jul 2002 16:51:35 -0400, "carlbanks"
> <Virtualcarlbanks at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
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Jul 22, 2002, 4:49am
Alex,
As already said by Goober, I really didn't mean anything by my questions
other than asking questions, and in no way were the questions a criticism of
your excellent program. I find Xelagot a very fine bot and I use it
consantly, and am very gratiful for it being free.
For question 1 you may have replied "its a new feature of the script to keep
you constantly informed". On question 2 you might have replied that AWI new
SDK enforces the size of each query. I have no clue on either because my
programming skills are not yet advanced enough to implement SDK into code.
Point being, in both cases my observations and questions do not at all
relate to bugs of Xelagot, because in both cases Xelagot continues to
perform exactly and correctly.
Also, I posed the questions in the newsgroup because I figured your answers
would be useful to everyone using your bot, not just me.
I apologise if I inadvertantly phrased my questions poorly.
Regards, Justin
[View Quote]"xelag" <xelag at digitalspace.com> wrote in message
news:2hjmjus0pe28b9elk8a3gkebeaaus5tp9o at 4ax.com...
> For one thing, Justin, my bot is freeware. Your way of questioning and
> demanding is quite annoying. Bug reports, or efforts to solve
> dilemmas are welcome... but not quite the way you pose them. May I
> say it roughly: if you don't like my bot, lump it! On the other hand,
> if you think there are problems etc, you are welcome to contact me at
> xelag at 3dee.nl in a gracious way, and, if I have time and the will to
> do so, I will try and solve them.
>
> Alex
>
> PS: why does the bot... because I made it so... could be my answer to
> your questions... I am not bound to serve you or anybody.
>
> On 20 Jul 2002 19:51:27 -0400, "just in" <Justin at nomail.com> wrote:
>
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Jul 5, 2002, 12:05am
hmmm... most prolific... what are their names? The numbers don't mean
much.
~ Justin
[View Quote]"ima genius" <webmaster at imatowns.com> wrote in message
news:3d24df7e at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hi,
> I've updated the AlphaWorld Property Search. :) What's new?
>
> * Updated to the June 26, 2002 AlphaWorld propdump.
> * 'Find First Object' should now work much faster.
> * There is now a list of the 100 most prolific builders in AlphaWorld. :)
>
> To check it out, please see http://tangent.imatowns.com/ . As always,
let
> me know if you have any questions or comments :)
>
> Sincerely,
> - Ima Genius :)
>
>
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Jul 5, 2002, 9:25am
I'd like to see them! Is there a teleport index somewhere?
~ Justin
[View Quote]"young phalpha" <RhaneC at msn.com> wrote in message
news:3d2564a6 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Yeah :)
>
> - YP
>
> "syntax" <syn at swcity.net> wrote in message
news:3d252e10 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Yea man, I seen some of the stuff he did with his bots. He did these huge
> domes with the move/rotate bug in AW, suspension bridges and other bridges
> with the move/rotate bug and a big half dome made out of rock3.rwx's. This
> is only a fraction of what he has done with this bots. (All bots! :-P [It
is
> pretty neat though.])
> --
> - Syntax - Mayor of SW City
> *fixes typo in the thread subject :-P*
> syn at swcity.net
>
>
> "young phalpha" <RhaneC at msn.com> wrote in message
> news:3d250702 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> automated building
>
>
>
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Jul 8, 2002, 6:09am
WOW - seems like a lot of wheeling and dealing going on, and I would really
love to be a "fly on the wall", but as simply a user of the AW Broswer I
realise none of this is my concern - still I can't help being curious.
Although not appearing as a major threat to AWC's operations, the legal
action cannot help what must already be a very strained and tight budget.
~ Justin
[View Quote]"builderz" <sawran at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3D28EFCD.999FECF0 at yahoo.com...
> Take this information however you wish. I am not implying anything
> positive or negative regarding AWC's financial status with this post. I
> merely thought some of the things below appear "interesting."
>
> - As of July 5, 2002, AWC's stock price closed at 16 cents per share.
> AWC's 52-week low was 10 cents per share (from Yahoo! Finance).
>
> - AWC is currently listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market (from Yahoo!
> Finance).
>
> - A six month chart of AWC's stock:
> http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=AWLD&d=c&k=c1&a=v&p=s&t=6m&l=on&z=m&q=l
>
> - AWC's market capital is 1.4 million dollars (from Yahoo! Finance).
>
> - Since the beginning of 2002, AWC stock has not closed above one dollar
> per share.
> (from
> http://table.finance.yahoo.com/d?a=1&b=01&c=02&d=7&e=07&f=02&g=d&s=awld)
>
> - AWC has or had six employees (from Market Guide).
>
> - AWC Financial Snapshot (from the WSJ)
> <
>
http://online.wsj.com/tafkam/public/resources/cgi-bin/public-financial-snaps
hot.cgi?route=BOH&template=public-financial-snapshot&ambiguous-purchase-temp
late=public-symbol-ambiguity&profile-name=Portfolio1&profile-version=3.0&pro
file-type=Portfolio&profile-format-action=include&profile-read-action=skip-r
ead&profile-write-action=skip-write&transform-value-quote-search=awld&type=s
ymbol&nvp-companion-p-type=usstock%20usfund&transform-name-quote-search=nvp-
set-p-sym&p-sym=&p-name=&profile-end=Portfolio
>
> - During the end of AWC'S 03/31/02 quarter, AWC made $138,000.00 in
> revenue. They had a net loss of $286,000.00. Their revenues reflected
> increased licensing registration fees.
> (from http://biz.yahoo.com/p/a/awld.html)
>
> - In the fiscal year of 2001, AWC CEO (Richard F. Noll) and AWC CFO
> (J.P. McCormick) both had a $150,000.00 salary.
> (from http://biz.yahoo.com/p/a/awld.html)
>
> - On April 29, 2002, Mr. Noll and Mr. McCormick each sold 600,000 shares
> of stock at 46 cents per share to X3D Technologies Incorporated. The
> combined value of the shares they sold is over $500,000.00 (from
> Thompson Financial).
>
> - The following information is from
>
http://www.edgar-online.com/bin/edgardoc/finSys_main.asp?dcn=0001116502-02-0
00832:
>
> o There are 8,600,088 shares of AWC common stock outstanding.
>
> o X3D Technologies Incorporated owns about 14% of AWC common stock
> (around 1,200,000 shares).
>
> o J.P. McCormick is the "Chairman of the Board" at AWC.
>
> o A special meeting of the stockholders of AWC will take place on July
> 8, 2002 regarding whether or not to remove Alex M. Adelson and Bruce
> Judson from the Board of Directors.
>
> o "The Special Meeting noticed hereby was requested by John Textor,
> chief executive officer of X3D Technologies, Inc. ("X3D"), a Florida
> corporation located at 2401 PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410.
>
> As set forth in the Schedule 13D/A, on April 29, 2002 X3D purchased a
> total of 1,200,000 shares of the Company's common stock from Messrs.
> J.P. McCormick and Richard F. Noll or, 600,000 shares from each. Messrs.
> McCormick and Noll are officers and directors of the Company and its
> largest stockholders (the "Management Directors"). The purchase price of
> the stock was $0.15 per share for a total of $180,000. On April 29,
> 2002, X3D also purchased 100 shares of the Company in the open market at
> the purchase price of $0.46 per share. X3D stated its purpose in
> entering into the transaction was to maximize the value of its
> investment in the Company. It alleged that our board of directors had
> failed to act on its proposal to merge into the Company (described
> below) and our board of directors has caused us to fail to preserve our
> Nasdaq listing as described below.
>
> X3D had presented a proposal through which it would merge into the
> Company in exchange for 40% of its outstanding common stock. X3D also
> presented a proposal from an investor to invest $1,000,000 into the
> Company. Our board of directors never considered the X3D merger proposal
> because the Independent Directors never received what they considered to
> be sufficient information concerning X3D. However, on June 6, 2002, X3D
> withdrew its merger proposal, but not the related financing offer.
>
> The Company's board of directors consists of five persons consisting of
> the two Management Directors and the three Independent Directors. On May
> 20, 2002, X3D requested that the Company call a special meeting of its
> stockholders for the purposes of removing Alexander M. Adelson and Bruce
> Judson (two of the three Independent Directors) from the Company's board
> of directors. If the X3D proposal passes, the Company will have three
> directors. The Independent Directors blocked the efforts of the
> Management Directors to approve the acquisition of X3D by the Company.
> Since the two Management Directors have stated to the Independent
> Directors that they favor an acquisition proposal submitted by X3D, the
> effect of a vote to remove the two Independent Directors may be to
> permit the Company to acquire X3D in the future if X3D renews its merger
> proposal. The Management Directors would favor a proposal which keeps
> the Nasdaq listing.
>
> The Management Directors, while in favor of acquiring X3D in their roles
> as directors, have declined to state how they will vote at the Special
> Meeting."
>
> o "On May 20, 2002 the Company received a Written Notice of Staff
> Determination from Nasdaq that, as a result of the Company's failure to
> comply with the applicable continued listing requirements, the Company's
> common stock would be delisted from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market at the
> opening of business on May 29, 2002, unless such delisting was stayed by
> the Company requesting before such date an appeal of the Staff's
> delisting determination. The Company has filed an appeal which is
> scheduled to be heard on July 11, 2002. The Nasdaq notice stated that
> the Staff's determination was based on the Company's failure to comply
> with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(2)(B) which states that for
> "continued inclusion, the issuer shall maintain: (i) stockholders'
> equity of $2.5 million; (ii) market capitalization of $35 million; or
> (iii) net income from continuing operations of $500,000 in the most
> recently completed fiscal year or two of the last three most recently
> completed fiscal years." The Nasdaq notice also stated that the bid
> price of the Company's common stock had closed below $1 per share for 30
> consecutive trading days, and, accordingly, that it did not comply with
> MarketPlace Rule 4310(c)(4)."
>
> o "Nasdaq also advised the Company that effectiveness of the merger
> between Activeworlds and Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc., ("Aladdin") as
> proposed in a previously announced nonbinding letter of intent, would
> not cause Activeworlds to satisfy the Nasdaq SmallCap Market continued
> listing requirements. Such continued listing was a condition to the
> proposed merger with Aladdin.
>
> Aladdin recently presented an updated merger proposal and financing
> offer, neither of which met the criteria established by the board of
> directors. In its letter of June 6th, X3D outlined a possible
> acquisition proposal from a third party. We intend to review this
> possible transaction. It is unclear whether it will have any impact on
> our Nasdaq listing."
>
> o "On May 29, 2002, minority stockholders of the Company filed suit
> for injunctive relief and damages against the Management Directors
> allegedly in their capacity as controlling stockholders of the Company.
> The lawsuit alleges that they, in their capacity as controlling
> stockholders, have breached their fiduciary duties owed to the Company
> and minority stockholders by taking action designed solely to benefit
> themselves at the expense of the minority stockholders and the Company.
> Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that the Management Directors have
> acted in concert to block the merger with Aladdin with the sole motive
> of retaining their management positions. The lawsuit alleges that they
> have threatened to vote their controlling shares against the Aladdin
> merger, have sold a block of their own stock to X3D, a direct competitor
> of the Company, for approximately 75% below the then market price for
> such shares thereby devaluing the shares of the Company, provided X3D
> access to confidential information of the Company and given X3D a
> foothold in the Company with a view to taking it over. The Company has
> already turned down a merger with X3D. The lawsuit further alleges that
> the Management Directors and X3D have threatened to call a stockholders
> meeting to approve a merger of the Company with X3D in contravention of
> the will of the majority of the Company's board of directors. The
> Delaware Chancery Court denied the plaintiffs' motion for temporary
> injunctive and other relief."
>
> -Builderz
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Aug 1, 2002, 8:16am
I have never encountered any instance of anyone having had their whispers or
telegrams intercepted by a third party in years of using Active Worlds.
I know many instances of people making whispers or telegrams public, after
receiving them from the sender deliberately.
I think any person revealing things told to them in private and in
confidence is despicable.
The injustice of the above pales to insignificance when someone "reveals"
things not told to them, but things invented to make someone else look bad.
This is compounded when someone falsifies or alters documents (chatlogs,
telegrams, etc.) to support the invented revelations. May I dare suggest
there are degrees of humiliation?
~ Justin
[View Quote]"yanst" <ayansta at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3d4811b7 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I will continue to speak out against this, it's wrong. Unless I am doing
> something illegal, no one should have the right to break in on my
> communication to someone else. But then taking it further, use it to
harass
> me, degrade me in public or private, or conform me to standards that fit
> their purpose. It is reasonable for me to expect to have a whisper or
> telegram conversation with someone without fear of someone intercepting
that
> communication and using it to bully me into shame, fear, silence or worse.
>
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