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Sep 3, 2003, 12:32pm

[View Quote] > i want to renew my world but with 5 user limit instead of 10 so i wont have
> to play so much.. anyone know who i contact via email to do this? billing
> dpt. or sales dpt. or whatever dpt.?
>
>
Actually the renewal system should allow you to decrease the user limit. As from experience, it is not the case.
Send an email to support at activeworlds.com
..


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Andras
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Sep 12, 2003, 9:12pm

[View Quote] > I have to disagree - what about you, Andras ?
>
>
>

Well,,,, English is so redundant :)



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Andras
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Sep 20, 2003, 3:33am

[View Quote] > I hear all these worms and viruses, but I would like to know what they
> actually do, more than just say "it's a worm don't download it"
>
>

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.swen.a at mm.html

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Andras
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Oct 4, 2003, 10:55pm

[View Quote] <snip>

> Those of us who do not have cits in 'Spiral Matrix' cannot participate in this halloween event to win.

It can happen that the world will be open for tourists :)

>
> What happened to the good old hunts here in Active Worlds btw?

Still there. Our (Storage's) next one will be around XMas. Watch for my spamming later :)

>
> Sincerely,
> Anduin
>

See you at the hunts,

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Andras
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Oct 6, 2003, 5:38pm

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Andras
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Oct 3, 2003, 7:55am

[View Quote] > Hello, I just want to inform the community that my world, Tomorrow, will
> expire in December. I've had a lot of fun creating and meeting people in
> AW, but I have no further use of the world as my life has changed with less
> spare time and less and less interest in AW.
>
> Its been fun and no regrets (for anything!)
>
>
> HenrikG

You'll be missed greatly:( Have fun in your real life!

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Andras
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Oct 6, 2003, 6:09pm

[View Quote] > "maki" <multi.forum.274950.maki at awgate.com> wrote in news:3f80deaf$1
> at server1.Activeworlds.com:
>
>
>
>
> You seem to be having some DNS problems, I was not able to resolve the
> domain from here. I was able to from a remote box, though.
>
> KAH

Domain servers listing screwed up in the register.com database:
ns3.dedicateddns.co.uk [207.44.134.125]
ns4.dedicateddns.co.uk [207.44.134.125] instead of: [207.44.135.45]
ns1.aventuremedia.co.uk [216.127.80.140]
ns2.aventuremedia.co.uk [216.127.81.40]

There are other problems with those domain name servers. See:
http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=awnews.org

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Andras
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Oct 6, 2003, 1:38pm

[View Quote] > Anyone know if there are many people not on 3.4 now?
> The Cys are working on a new feature, but if anyone doesn't have 3.4 they
> might not have an ejoyable evening:(
>
>


based on my stats on the last 4 weeks:
Mod - 400
Queen Mel - 402
8 ppl - 419
1 person - 488 ?????
257 ppl - 494
3 ppl - 495

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Andras
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Oct 13, 2003, 7:01pm

[View Quote] > How about a special newsgroup where Universe owners and caretakers can
> discuss and inform each other about certain issues regarding the
> Universe software, server and browser problems etc.? I already suggested
> such a NG to AW but i never got a response. I think it would be a good
> thing if Universe owners could communicate and share information instead
> of everybody dealing with it on their own. Surely certain solutions for
> encountered problems could be shared and support from AW would be more
> efficient in a lot of ways if the information that is now send mostly by
> e-mail is known to all Universe owners.
>
> BCat
> owner 3DWorlds Universe in the Netherlands
>
> mail: bcat at 3dee.nl

If there is a need, I can set up a group for that purpose on my news server.

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Andras
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Oct 14, 2003, 7:56pm

[View Quote] > I personally see a need for it.
<snip>

I can't help you with the newsletter (not my expert field :) but I made an NG where nobody will complain about cross-universe topics:

news://news.andras.net/AW.Universe

Enjoy,

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Andras
"It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson)

Oct 15, 2003, 1:22pm

I did set up a private NG for universe owners. The readers/posters
have to log in into the ng with username/password which should be sent to
me, so I can set it up.
I host several such private ngs and it works so far.

Username shouldn't contain spaces (I don't know why!)
Password has to be at least 8 characters long, alphanumeric and punctuation
characters, non-dictionary based.


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Andras
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Oct 14, 2003, 8:45pm

[View Quote] > When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write, if
> the copy is right. If however, your copy falls over, you must right your
> copy. If you write religious services you write rite, and have the right to
> copyright the rite you write.
>
> Very conservative people write right copy, and have the right to copyright
> the right copy they write. A right wing cleric would write right rite, and
> has the right to copyright the right rite he has the right to write. His
> editor has the job of making the right rite copy right before the copyright
> can be right.
>
> Should Jim Wright decide to write right rite, then Wright would write right
> rite, which Wright has the right to copyright. Duplicating that rite would
> copy Wright right rite, and violate copyright, which Wright would have the
> right to right.
>
> Right?
>
> Copyright 1991 Shelley Herman (saherman at pacbell.net)
>
>
>
> Share and Enjoy
>
>

right :)

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Andras
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Oct 22, 2003, 4:47am

[View Quote] > I heard that AW didn't copyright 3.1 internationally, only for the US.. so
> they can't stop 3.1 univs outside of the US.... if this IS true, why can't
> they just copyright it internationally?
>
> ~John
>
>

There is no such thing that copyright only for the US. Under the Bern convention any product/art/work which is covered by copyright (and you don't have to register it!) is protected worldwide in the undersigning countries.
Maybe you think about "trademarking" but that is a different issue. Best of my knowledge the technology is not patented anywhere though :(

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Andras
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Oct 23, 2003, 5:53am

[View Quote] > Hey folks:)
> I am trying to put a tux on the harold av from aw path and I get the
> following when I load it in the world:(
> Does anyone have a good harold av I could maybe have please?:)
> Thanks in advance!
> Bit:)
>

The harold.rwx file on AW's path (objects.activeworlds.cm/aw/avatars/harold.zip) is absolutely correct. What tool did you use when adding the tux to him? Did you save it in rwx?

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Andras
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Oct 26, 2003, 7:29pm

As you all probably know Storage world holds it's annual Christmas (and Easter) hunt regularly. It was always a big hit and the hunters enjoyed it a lot. The hunt generated more builders later and provided some publicity to our world :)
I had an idea for this Christmas: Why not hold a multiple world gift hunt? I.e. anyone can hunt in any participating world and the scores are accumulated from all the worlds. It means we can wonder around in several worlds, explore them and have fun together.
We (Storage) will offer some prize donations, AWI promised some too. It is up to you if you donate some prizes of course. (I can give free hosting for any donated world too.)
It means we won't compete but have a real BIG fun together:) The hunt usually lasts for 36 hours, so every continent can enjoy it.

I have the bot ready to cover multiple worlds. Each world can hide their own gifts. The bot can cover 400x400 or larger areas depending on the world's need. I can provide more details later if you are interested.

What do you think?


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Andras
"It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson)

Oct 27, 2003, 8:34am

http://www.bml.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Demos/BMLwalker.html
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Andras
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Oct 30, 2003, 6:44pm

[View Quote] > http://www.mcnear.com/md_download.html
>
>

Well,,,, hon you are stepping into the grey area of the internet.
Be avare of the trojans and spyware.....

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Andras
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Nov 5, 2003, 3:28am

[View Quote] > Great, hopefully this will make it easier for others.
> Was waiting for Andras to jump in lol.
> Weebo
>

I don't need to jump in except if you want me to criticize your "notes" :)

The first thing you have to do is to think through the information you got from the original post and deduct the facts:

1, His world was running
2, His browser was running
3, His world was properly registered by the universe server
4, He has at least 2 computers.
5, He doesn't seem to be a techie guy :)

Conclusion: on an average household (that is only an assumption!) it is unlikely that he has 2 independent internet connection, so he is probably using a plug and pray router. (I doubt the ICS since he mentioned WinME which leads me to a really not techie user:)
The Cable/DSL routers are really plug and play nowadays but you have to tweak them if you do something other than browsing the web and retrieving your email.
In a nutshell: The router's job is to translate your outgoing request into your public IP address and retranslate the responses and send it to the computer it actually requested.
What it has to be told to the router is what to do with a request which is initiated from the outside world and arrives to your public IP address. Since more than one computer hangs on the private side of the router, you have to specify which computer will handle the request.
Those settings are based on the so called TCP/UDP Port numbers, e.g. 80 is for a web server (http protocol).
Most of todays router makes those settings easy for you: they either call it Virtual Server (why virtual??? they are real!) or port forwarding.
The standard protocols (http, ftp, telnet, etc) usually preconfigured for you but so far I found only one router which has Active Worlds configuration built it(!), the Belkin 54G Wireless cable/dsl router and switch.
Since the world server is by it's nature a SERVER, you have to configure the router so all the incoming requests to your world will redirected to the computer you run it.
When you install the world server with the default settings, it will listen on port 7777 for any request from visitors. It means you have to tell the router that you have a server on the port 7777 and that server's IP address is .... (put your world server's local IP here).
To make the life a littlebit more difficult, the router's (and most of the PCs') default configuration is set to DHCP i.e. they will negotiate what will be the IP address of a particular PC and they do it usually at boot time. If you boot in a different sequence your machines on the same router, it can (and WILL) assign different IP address to the same machine than it had before resulting your inability to access your world server from outside. This is the point where you have to start to learn the basic TCP/IP settings, so you can configure your computer to use a static local IP address but I won't go into the details of that problem.

Another problem is the AW browser which acts as a server when you do file transfers. You have to enable the port 3000 forwarding to the computer you run the browser on, or even better: set up one of the so called "applications" within the browser where the trigger port should be 5670 (for the AW universe users) and the listening port is 3000. This means you don't have to predefine which computer you'll use the browser.

There is one rarely mentioned problem with those routers (actually with the NAT): you can have only one single machine which acts as a server on a given port. It is not a bug in the NAT - just think about it: all internal IP is translated one single public IP and that one can have only one single port settings :)

It was a littlebit long but I hot that helps
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Andras
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Nov 5, 2003, 4:22am

Darn typos:

[View Quote] > Another problem is the AW browser which acts as a server when you do
> file transfers. You have to enable the port 3000 forwarding to the
> computer you run the browser on, or even better: set up one of the so
> called "applications" within the router where the trigger port should
^^^^^^
>

> It was a littlebit long but I hope that helps
^^^^
Sorry,
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Andras
"It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson)

Nov 11, 2003, 7:28pm

[View Quote]
> As far as the ice cream, I meant every word I said. There are only 2 things
> better than Haagen Daz.
>

Ben and Jerry's. I don't know the other one :)

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Andras
"It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson)

Nov 10, 2003, 8:28am

Do you keep falling asleep in meetings and seminars? What about those long and boring conference calls? Here's a way to change all of that.

1. Before (or during) your next meeting, seminar, or conference call, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that 5"x5" is a good size.

Divide the card into columns-five across and five down. That will give you 25 one inch blocks.

2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block
a. synergy
b. strategic fit
c. core competencies
d. best practice
e. bottom line
f. revisit
g. expeditious
h. to tell you the truth (or "the truth is")
i. 24/7
j. out of the loop
k. benchmark
l. value-added
m. proactive
n. win-win
o. think outside the box
p. fast track
q. result-driven
r. empower (or empowerment)
s. knowledge based
t. at the end of the day
u. touch base
v. mindset
w. client focus(ed)
x. paradigm
y. game plan
z. leverage

3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words/phrases.

4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout "Bullhockey!"

Testimonials from satisfied "Bullhockey Bingo" players:
-- "I had been in the meeting for only five minutes when I won."- Adam W., Atlanta
-- "My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically."- David T., Florida
-- "What a gas! Meetings will never be the same for me after my first win."- Dan J., New York City
-- "The atmosphere was tense in the last process meeting as 14 of us waited for the fifth box." - Ben G., Denver
-- "The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed 'Bullhockey!' for the third time in two hours."


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Andras
"It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson)

Nov 10, 2003, 3:44pm

[View Quote] > ROFL! That was great, Andras. I'm usually on at least two conference
> calls each week.
>
>

Fill out a set of Bullhockey Bingo card and start to enjoy those meetings!

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Andras
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Nov 19, 2003, 6:11am

[View Quote] d1rtcity was never run on AW - according to my world monitor bot. (Yes - I can be wrong, because that bot was off a few times for a few hours:)
Note that the bot can see the world even if it is hidden.

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Andras
"It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson)

Nov 21, 2003, 7:28pm

[View Quote] > i ahve an english paper due friday and was almost done, but forgot that
> i had to include a survey or interview with it. well i chose to do a
> survey, so im asking that you fill it out. its at
> http://testingcgistuff.tripod.com/acne_survey.html and shouldnt take
> very long. please fill it out
>

Though I don't have acne, I filled your survey.

Hope this helps you in your next exam,
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Andras
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Nov 25, 2003, 6:37pm

[View Quote] This statement is not valid any longer :(

http://www.andras.net/tools.html#tgreader


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Andras
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Dec 1, 2003, 5:54pm

[View Quote] > but it clearly says activeworlds hummmmm interesting if this is true it
> sure explains a lot of things
>
>

As Wizard properly stated it is a typo in the middle initial. The search engine doesn't kwnow how to handle typos :)
The Sara Lee Corp's VP is Richard A. Noll as you can see here: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ir?s=sle
^^
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Andras
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Dec 3, 2003, 1:54pm

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Andras
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Dec 3, 2003, 2:30pm

There is a leased line maintenance planned for 2003/12/03 23:00 GMT till 2003/12/04 03:00 GMT where there will be about 2 hours outage.
All of my services (news group, mail, web and world hosting) will be down for that period.

Sorry for the inconvenience,

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Andras
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Dec 6, 2003, 9:50pm

[View Quote] > GO BACK TO DLP....YOU AND YOUR CORRUPT STAFF.
>


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Andras
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Dec 6, 2003, 10:25pm

We have 13 worlds now to participate in the Multi-World Christmas Present Hunt organized by Storage World.
Due to my supersticious <sp> nature we need more worlds to sign up!

<shameless plug>
We'll have fabulous prizes, tremendous fun and an great exploring experience!
Mark your calendar!
Dec. 19th 12:01AM VRT till Dec. 20th 12:00PM VRT (that is a full 36 hours!)
http://www.andras.net/2003chhunt.html
</shameless plug>

Contact me if you are interested.

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Andras
"It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson)

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