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Apr 12, 2004, 2:11pm

[View Quote] > Very likely that this virus (in Pittsburgh?) just uses
> your email.
>
> So this mail was either an attempt of the virus to infect
> your PC or it was a bad or badly configured virus protection
> on a mail server.
>
> Some virus scanners used by ISPs send infected mail back to
> the address they find in the "Received from" entry and fall
> into the tricks of the virus.
>
> Some even help spreading the virus by _not_ removing the
> virus attachment. They send the virus "back" to the person
> that never sent it. Those AV companies are very good at their
> business :-/
>

Actually this is a new variant of the Netsky virus which maskarades itself as a mailer daemon and claims the mail is "returned".
It has nothing to do with our Pittsburgh fellow (IP is from CA).

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Apr 16, 2004, 8:22am

[View Quote] KKhhmmm - sever build 57 is NOT a beta server! It fixed a serious world size problem and did not include any new features.

Sorry,
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Apr 16, 2004, 4:58pm

[View Quote] > Andras, we are probably both half-right. It is offered by AW as a
> non-beta world server on their page, but it has the first two 3.5
> world attributes (even the 531 browser recognises that), and appeared
> during the beta period in november 2003. At that time, I had not been
> included in the alpha/beta group (was denied admittance), and when I
> finally was admitted in december, had to update my knowledge of the
> beta ng very fast - it took me a couple of weeks to do so. So there
> is my confusion about the status, which is confusing anyway because it
> is half way between 3.4 and 3.5 :)
>
> Alex
>
>

57 came out after I discovered some problems with the clicking in 56 (which was the latest released version. I asked all Christmas Hunt participant to upgrade to 57 due to this bug. Nobody complained yet and I run 20+ worlds on 57 without a hiccup!
I'm very hesitant to tell a world owner "ditch that version" especially without enough knowledge (being a beta user or not).
Of course it is your call and I won't interfere with it, except I KNOW it is a working release (and not a beta) :) OTOH I won't install 63 or 64 until it is an official release because I have users depending on my service and I don't want them to be a guinea pig :)

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Andras
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Apr 26, 2004, 2:50pm

[View Quote] > Heu's cit in AW is 348543, it's not on the list you show there.
>
> Alex
>
>

That is not a surprise - she is not a CT in Garnet worlds :)

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May 1, 2004, 6:56pm

[View Quote] > Due to a Connection upgrade, we can now host more Worlds...
> Simply visit www.ryshosting.tk for our website, and from there you can fill
> out a SignUP Form..
>
>

I went through on your website regarding to your world hosting.
I'm not a beginner in this field so I have to ask questions which the website (and none of your posts) doesn't answer:

1, What is your connection type (Cable, ADSL, SDSL, Leased Line, T1, etc) ?
2, What is your upstream and downstream speed?
3, Do you share this bandwidth with another service (or yourself)?
4, What is your server machine (configurations, OS, etc)?
5, Do you have another servers/services running on that machine?
6, What kind of firewall do you have?
7, How do you protect the worlds database?
8, What kind of backup and how frequently do you make them?
9, Do you provide any off site backups?
10, Does the world owners have the admin access available?
11, How do you resolve the registry loads? (FTP, email, etc)

Those are the minimum requirements you should mention before you do world hosting.



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Andras
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May 2, 2004, 7:08pm

[View Quote] <snip>

> If you have two
> DSL lines, there are certain routers with dual ports so you can bridge
> or merge the lines together and tries to give you double the bandwidth,
> BTW.
>

It wouldn't speed up the server's connection:(
You need a fixed IP for the server, so load sharing won't effect a single server just the overall performance and the download on his side of course.


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Andras
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Apr 25, 2004, 9:34am

[View Quote] > I want testing awswin57.exe
> i have a routeur DSL-504 generation 2
>
> the soft not good for my computer
> if you have help for
> contact me please
>
> Heu
>
>

I updated my webpage so it incorporates your ADSL router.

http://www.andras.net/router_aw/router_aw.html

I hope it helps to you,

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Andras
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Apr 26, 2004, 5:43am

[View Quote] > the world open = oki
> but my i not acces in my option in my world
> where the problem ?
>

Can you enter to your world?
Can other people enter your world?
What is your world name so I can visit it?

Can you run the admin tool?
Double click on the world server icon on the system tray.

Babelfish:
Pouvez-vous entrer à votre monde ?
Est-ce que d'autres peuvent entrer dans votre monde ?
Quel est votre nom du monde ainsi je peut le visiter ?

Pouvez-vous courir l'outil d'admin ?
Double clic sur l'icône de serveur du monde sur le plateau de système.
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Andras
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Apr 27, 2004, 8:08am

[View Quote] agree

> A small Pentium1 or PII running Linux between your PC
> and the web is the best insurance and it should not be
> too expensive. It doesn't need much, not even a HD.
>
> Google for "Linux on a floppy" and you'll find firewall
> projects with very low hardware resource needs :-)

Linux firewall setup is not a cakewalk - especially for those who are not familiar with Linux and/or the IP protocol.

I'm an advocate of the multi-layer protections:

For the incoming protection the NAT (Network Address Translation) routers fairly adequate. You can get those routers for around $50-$100 range, almost all of them have decent port forwarding features and some even have stateful packet inspection. I did an exhaustive testing on about 15 different models and almost all did a good job.

For outgoing protection I personally use ZoneAlarm Pro and it suits my need. (I'm not using it's web protecting features like popup blocking but YMMV). I did block all unused ports within my HW router too to both directions.

For general protection - turn off all services in the OS you are not using to minimize the vulnerability of the given OS.

Never open unknown files/attachments and be paranoid even from the known sources (as Ananas proposes in other threads - run the trojan detector/virus checker on the newly acquired files before open them ).

Of course good security doesn't come free - don't expect to get that one :)

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Andras
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Apr 28, 2004, 7:19pm

[View Quote] > Thanks ananas! I took a looksee at your suggested Linux setup! Since I
> know hardly anything about that stuff, I think for now I'll take the easy
> way out and go back to Zone Alarm---maybe even get Zone Alarm Pro even!
> Sometimes I would like to know where those odds and ends are coming from!
>
> Again, thanks you and everybody else for your suggestions.
>
> Warm regards,
> Barbara
>

Linux firewall is not a simple thing if you are not familiar with it.
OTOH getting ZoneAlarm Pro is a good choice - it gives you a really fine details of control on the layman terms :)
I still suggest to have a NAT router (Linksys, DLink, SMC, you name it) in front of your computers.


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Andras
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Apr 28, 2004, 7:21pm

[View Quote] > Well.. yes... it sorta blended in and I didn't pay much attention.
>
> ~John
>
>

The it was a good decision to take it away :)
Seriously - G.D was so bloated with flames and hatred than it is better not to have it at all!

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Andras
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May 11, 2004, 6:10pm

[View Quote]
> What's so funny about a simple smiley? I'd like to see JP come out in
> public and talk with the citizens. I wonder when the last time that has
> happened was.
>
>

Sure!! And I want Bush to cme to the ng and talk like anyone else!!
Who do you think you are to make such demands?????
JP has much important things to do than to talk to "you".
Did you ever asked Bill Gates to talk to you? Any luck???

I start to loose my patience about your "demands" - sorry .

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Andras
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May 6, 2004, 8:02pm

[View Quote] <snip excellent description for bravity>

> The Internet is an Adult tool, lent to children maybe with proper
> supervision and explanations. It is not and should never be considered a
> children's domaine. A child's playground or babysitter. Keep your kids off
> the Internet. Keep them safe
> sweets
>
>

Don't keep the kids off the Internet!!! Teach them how to use it, show them the gray areas too and EXPLAIN to them why it is wrong!
<Having 3 well behaved children I guess I speak from experience>

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Andras
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May 10, 2004, 7:09pm

[View Quote] > I hate to have to bring this difficult topic up in a public forum, but I
> feel that, since we're all discussing and sharing our personal secrets, I
> need to come clean too.
>
> I'm not really a monkey.
>
> I know, I know -- for the past eight years, I've been letting everyone I
> knew in AW believe I was in fact a monkey -- an ape to be specific -- which,
> through complex genetic tampering, had become capable of communicating using
> a rough form of "English" and a computer, and had even learned how to
> program through a system of "banana rewards."
>
> Well, it's all lies.
>
> I'm so ashamed.
>
> Sincerely,
> Uber "Not A Monkey" Monkey.
>
>

I don't want to hurt anybody's feeling but I'm REALLY Andras. Nothing can change it! Not even the worst NG flames!!!

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Andras
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May 12, 2004, 1:49pm

[View Quote] Ananas in disguise :)
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May 22, 2004, 10:53am

[View Quote] > http://www.livefortheone.com./eagle/major.php

"5. We will no longer be making regular updates to the software, and we will not be fixing bugs."

It speaks for itself :)

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Andras
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May 23, 2004, 1:01pm

[View Quote] > Post the Best stuff and your Goss about the Cy's here :)
> By the way, what was the Peak World User?
>

http://www.andras.net/images/cy2004_1.png before the world server crash/change
http://www.andras.net/images/cy2004_2.png after the ceremony continued

The time/date is CEDT (GMT-2), the graph shows the number of visitors in the world.


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May 26, 2004, 11:06am

[View Quote] > K, any suggestions? I have two puters ... the main one (mine) is a Win XP
> Pro, hubby's laptop is networked via a hub (not a router yet). I have win
> xp's firewall on and zonealarm pro ... not sure what to get for a
> router/firewall that will allow us to share the printer and files on our own
> puters. Any info would be appreciated.
>
> LNH
>
>
>

Almost all cable/DSL router on the market will do a decent job for you. Most of them really plug and play but if you run any server behind it, you need to learn to tweak them (fairly simple operation).
I would install ZAP on the laptop too :)


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Andras
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May 26, 2004, 11:08am

[View Quote] > I can't send files via awbrowser ... I can receive but not send. Can anyone
> advize me on how to fix this? I'm using Win XP Pro for which TCP port 3000
> is enabled for incoming and outgoing and Zonealarm Pro which has been set to
> allow file transfers in aw. I'm stumped!
>
> LNH
>
>
>

This is a well known bug in the browser - on some cable/DSL connection it just doesn't work :(

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Andras
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May 26, 2004, 11:09am

[View Quote] [View Quote] See the thread : news://news.activeworlds.com:119/3eb9577d$3 at server1.Activeworlds.com

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Jun 18, 2004, 3:57pm

[View Quote] Well,, probably Ferrucio is not a kid tho he behaves like one sometimes :)
To his positive side: he acknowledged he was wrong and it is a VERY RARE situation.
I'm really pleased with his honesty, thank you Ferrucio for your posts!!

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Andras
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Jun 18, 2004, 3:59pm

[View Quote] > I have never seen so many ppl asking for donations in my life here
> that's a CON don't you know we ,well most of us, KNOW that!!!
>
>
It could be a con but I don't think so. Several of us working for the community free to make YOUR life simpler in AW.
You are not obliged to donate - it is an option :)

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Jun 19, 2004, 12:47am

[View Quote] > lol Lady and your opinion is appreciated alto SOME of those ppl who have
> the donation buttons are very well off so it like an insult to some of us
> who scrape by.......and while they do a lot for AW they will find other
> ways to insult us as in this very NG and no one does a thing about it
> racial slurs religious slurs all against the AW so called rules
> but tell ya what lets get together and make a lil tin cup LOL
>
>

Where did you get the idea that "some" of the ppl are well off? How do you know their financial situation?
What does the donations have to do some "slurs" ?
This was a disgusting accusation you made :(((

Would you sell those tin cups?

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Andras
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Jun 21, 2004, 7:03pm

[View Quote] > xelag this is YOUR post or part of it i had reason to tell you that this
> is an insult!!!
> Good point, showing your barbaric state.

Something should be bad with my eyes, sorry. Why is that post an insult? If I tell you that I have a PayPal donate button on my site and I received generous donations I am insulting you too?
Naaaaw - I'm just barbaric :)

>
> Not that there is ANY indication that the people who were tortured in
> such a way had anything remotely to do with sept 11. And even if they
> had, there is such thing as human rights and the Geneva convention.
> Or do you still linch niggers in the USA?
>

Would you please point where that crap appears in Alex's post? Because I just can't find it. Am I blind maybe? Or you have something in your mind which reflects those words into that post?

Ahhh .... I see - now you are extracting posts from different threads .... way clever!! You get a cookie for it! Congratulations!!!

>
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Andras
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Jun 24, 2004, 2:08pm

[View Quote] It can be a bug in the bot Demeter - it maybe uses a wrong timestamps when building a terrain.rwx ?

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Jul 13, 2004, 12:09pm

[View Quote] > wait, what's a dictionary attack? O_O
>
> -SWE
>

Your question can not be serious but I respond anyway :)
Dictionary attack is when the spammers use a dictionary to guess email addresses (name lists, suffixed with numbers, etc) in the hope at least a few will find a real person.


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Andras
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Jul 15, 2004, 6:10am

http://www.davidlubar.com/cycle.html

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE

by

David Lubar

Software doesn't just appear on the shelves by magic. That program shrink-wrapped inside the box along with the indecipherable manual and twelve-paragraph disclaimer notice actually came to you by way of an elaborate path through the most rigid quality control methods on the planet. Here, shared for the first time with the general public, are the inside details of the program development cycle.

1. Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free.

2. Product is tested. Twenty bugs are found.

3. Programmer fixes ten of the bugs and explains to the testing. department that the other ten aren't really bugs.

4. Testing department finds that five of the fixes didn't work and discovers fifteen new bugs.

5. See 3.

6. See 4.

7. See 5.

8. See 6.

9. See 7.

10. See 8.

11. Due to marketing pressure and extremely pre-mature product announcement based on over-optimistic programming schedule, the product is released.

12. Users find 137 new bugs.

13. Original programmer, having cashed his royalty check, is nowhere to be found.

14. Newly-assembled programming team fixes almost all of the 137 bugs, but introduces 456 new ones.

15. Original programmer sends underpaid testing department a postcard from Fiji. Entire testing department quits.

16. Company is bought in hostile takeover by competitor using profits from their latest release, which had 783 bugs.

17. New CEO is brought in by board of directors. He hires programmer to redo program from scratch.

18. Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free.

Copyright (c) 1996 by David Lubar

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Andras
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Jul 16, 2004, 2:35pm

[View Quote] > What?
>

This is Linn's way to attack AlphaBit Phalpha ....

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Jul 19, 2004, 1:42pm

[View Quote] > "strike rapier"
>
>
> - that you like eating poor defenceless bunny rabbits.
>
>

Wow! Facter is still alive!! Welcome back :)

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Jul 19, 2004, 4:05am

http://www.wagenschenke.ch/

29 meter first attempt :)
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