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Mar 24, 2005, 11:18pm

3 surgeons won the Nobel prize. The committee asks them why do they think they deserve the prize.
The Japanese tells his story:
I had a guy who were in a bad accident, he lost his arms but I was able to saw it back. The next year he won the Olympics in swimming.
Wow! That is some accomplishment says the committee.
The German has his own story:
We had a terrible car crash on the freeway where one of the driver's leg were tore off. I saw it back and the next year - he won the Boston Marathon!
That is even better says the committee.
Finally comes the American surgeon:
We had a train accident where a cowboy on his horse were hit by a train. I had nothing else to work with than a cowboy hat and the horse's ass. Now he sits in the White House.


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Andras
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Apr 5, 2005, 6:27am

[View Quote] > I am sick to death of this constant stream of absolute crap filling the
> newsgroups from Linn, I read through about 200 posts a day and she is the
> most irritating thing in any of them.
>

Killfile (filtering) is your friend :)

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Andras
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Jun 7, 2005, 6:28am

[View Quote] > just resetting my send to plain text and seeing if it worked
>
>

3 lines (plain text) versus 29 lines (text and html) :)

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Jun 25, 2005, 11:16am

[View Quote] To properly render mask over mask the renderer should render each polygon one by one and has to know the distance of the objects for each element.
Almost ALL 3D apps tries to minimize it's use because it is not only CPU intensive but requires a manual z-buffering calculation instead of the graphic card.
We went into a deep details with Roland when it first surfaced and he decided that for the sake of the rendering speed, he will not implement it. Our approximation was that it would slow down the frame rate to about 1/3rd!!

I hope it explains,
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Jun 25, 2005, 5:40pm

[View Quote] > yesssss Andrasssss... thanks sooo much..... But about the DirectX and Open GL.... What I have noticed is that in DirectX the buffering is terrible.....
>
>

Well,,,, complain to the author :)

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Jul 4, 2005, 9:29am

only
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Jul 4, 2005, 9:32am

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Jul 11, 2005, 4:03am

[View Quote] Where is my cookie?

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Jul 15, 2005, 5:15pm

[View Quote] Hi ORB,

I don't know you other than you are using the NG to solicit sex from your friend (As far as I remember his/her name is BRO).
I'm not a fan of Strike Rapier - he can prove this one but this whole accusation you made up (yes - you made it up!) is just silly so I have to pinch in to protect him.
We went through a few painful death in this community and some of us was really shocked by the news. I used much worse worlds when I learned my friend died. I did it with my CT on and with bold. So what? Everyone understood it and - so far - no one complained about it.
Who do you think you are to judge people when they are in a terrible feeling loosing their best friend?

I propose that you drop the issue and go on with your life and leave us out of your personal vendettas.

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Andras
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Jul 24, 2005, 6:31pm

[View Quote] > Then I guess this means he will stop with the 13 year old attitude towards
> people that have differing opinions? Some of his historical postings seems
> a bit younger in delivery.
>
> Would you like me to scan back through the ng's and find some examples? Or
> are we assumming as some of juvnile types are assuming that he was younger
> and not responisible for his actions? And that maybe we should just forget
> it ..
>
> I don't think so
>
>

Dear Aura Lily (and ORB)

He maybe posted immature things in the past - I agree. BUT - he grew to a responsible person, so why don't you give him a chance?
I had silly posts too - check the past - but I'm still here serving the community.
When will you - old adults (ok ok - I can use a better 4 letter words for that) - give a slack to the new generation?
If you cut them right at the beginning, they'll never reach their peaks (and they will support you when you turn REALLY OLD).

Your crusade against Strike really strikes me <sic>.
He behaves and responds to your vicious posts much better than you can ever handle :)

Please - give him a chance and judge only after the event is over.
If he fails - you won (I'll pass you a cookie for that) but if he drives the event to it's success you owe him one - a really big one!

Deal?
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Andras
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Jul 22, 2005, 4:16pm

[View Quote] <snip good explanations>

>
> So, what makes a word bad? Only the person using the word.
>
>
>
> Imagine
>
>

Hi All,

There are some of us who have a different language so those words are not offensive to us. Interestingly enough I never saw any hungarian using any bad words in AW (and trust me - if we start to swear - we can go on for 35 minutes without repeating a single word we used before!).
We learned something in our culture: Not the word counts but the intention the person who uses it. It can be a simple emotional expression or can be a really bad cussing - it depends on the circumstances.

Thank you for your excellent post!

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Andras
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Jul 24, 2005, 6:21pm

[View Quote] I was thinking to offer my help with my Voting Bot (already tested in several occasion) but since you are superior (and can do anything within a second) - I guess, your excellent bot will do the job.
Sorry to want to help. <Studying buzzword dictionary to beat Mark next time>

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Andras
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Jul 24, 2005, 7:09pm

[View Quote] > Andras, yesh... how many times do I have to tell you?
>
> Its gone up to 60 seconds now...
>
> Visual Studio takes almost a minute to load ;)
>
> PS: I use the Freedman Computer Glossary (Ninth edition) for my buzzwords
> ^_^
>

I usually make up my own buzzwords! <I have an advantage - Hungarian is not a common language on the Internet :)>

PS: I would use some REAL development tool if I would be you.

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Andras
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Jul 24, 2005, 8:02pm

[View Quote] [View Quote] Well,,, I grew up on assembly (and wrote a few operating systems with it).
BTW - you don't telnet into a UNIX box! Maybe ssh into it and the money probably comes from your parents pocket :)


I think sometimes listening is better than arguing :
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3520821

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Andras
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Aug 7, 2005, 4:50pm

[View Quote] > Testing ability to post..
>

Never EVER post again in HTML.
This single line you sent was 197 lines of bull**.

Thank you,
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Andras
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Aug 18, 2005, 1:59pm

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Aug 23, 2005, 12:22pm

[View Quote] > Ohh come on Sweets, she was just trying to do something nice. I myself
> prefure having just the sprite then i can put it on any size of panel i want
> and not have to add anouther panel on my path that i would probably never
> use :-)
>

Not a good idea - it takes more CPU cycles to render a panel with external textures instead of built-in ones resulting more lag.

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Sep 25, 2005, 7:51pm

[View Quote]
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Aug 29, 2005, 11:22pm

[View Quote] > I consider myself a modeller and live on a fixed income, sometimes barely
> making it through. But we never considered selling or being in the class of
> those that did sell, 'the gods'
>
> My friend and I owned the world for many years and 'shopped' at AWUniv3 and
> various places for AW objects. Fun shopping trips, no money LOL. Nothing
> fit right. Walls not exactly like our imagination, things overlapped, couch
> just never fit where you thought it should.
>
> So we learned Notepad. I drove to Texas to stay with a good friend who gave
> me lessons on how to make a box (that took 2 weeks, ok I am no genius I
> admit heh), returned home and taught my partner. Boom, all of a sudden we
> found a passion we did not know existed...modelling. We sucked up the info
> files reading constantly, we asked so many questions people I think started
> avoiding me, we tried and failed, tried and succeeded, we faught and yelled
> at each other, we laughed and patted each others backs. It has been
> fantastic.
>
> Our world was finally able to be what we dreamed it could be. Things fit
> right, if the object was not available, we made it, from scratch, to match
> our dream. Oh what a thrill to see our dreams and fantasies take form. It is
> still somewhat of a miracle even now, each object that we form.
>
> It was seeing what the professionals could do that made me need to learn. I
> looked up in awe to two people, that never even knew they influenced me.
> Murasaki and Aylla. Women. Modellers. Exceptional objects created out of
> their minds. They gave hope to other women and I still look to their models
> and avs with awe. Goddesses of AW in my mind.
>
> For years now we have created objects, our dreams. We dont give or sell for
> one reason. Those objects and forms are what make our world special,
> different, and not just another AW world.
>
> Some of us are modellers, just for the sake of modelling. A passion that
> does not quit.
>
> sweets
>

You warmed up my heart! Thank you!!!!!

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Sep 18, 2005, 4:10am

http://www.andras.net/images/surprize.jpg

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Oct 19, 2005, 6:45am

[View Quote] IcyDee's Prime build:
Center: 24250N 18000W
24750N 18500W
24750N 17500W
23750N 17500W
23750N 18500W
1000x1000 cells (PS1000 size !)



Underground circle (walk029.rwx only)
Center: 27650N 5150E
28400N 4400E
28400N 5900E
26900N 5900E
26900N 4400E
1500x1500 cells (1/4 of AWTeen)

Half circle walk029h.rwx
Center: 23200N 21250W
23700N 21340W
23700N 21000W
22700N 21000W
22700N 21340W
Another 1000x1000 cells attempt

Coordinates slightly rounded.
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Oct 19, 2005, 6:48am

[View Quote] [View Quote] http://www.andras.net/images/icydee.png

1 pixel is 50x50 cells.

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Oct 19, 2005, 3:18pm

[View Quote] > Before Andras takes the opportunity act higher than thou (or specifically,
> me), I said it because
>
> (1500^2) != (6000^2) / 4.
>
> As Bowen correctly pointed out in email, 1500 is 1/4 of 6000.
>

I stand corrected.

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Andras
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Oct 19, 2005, 3:20pm

[View Quote] Corrections:

> IcyDee's Prime build:
> Center: 24250N 18000W
> 24750N 18500W
> 24750N 17500W
> 23750N 17500W
> 23750N 18500W
> 1000x1000 cells (PS500 size !)
^^^^^
>
>
>
> Underground circle (walk029.rwx only)
> Center: 27650N 5150E
> 28400N 4400E
> 28400N 5900E
> 26900N 5900E
> 26900N 4400E
> 1500x1500 cells (1/16 of AWTeen)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Half circle walk029h.rwx
> Center: 23200N 21250W
> 23700N 21340W
> 23700N 21000W
> 22700N 21000W
> 22700N 21340W
> Another 1000x1000 cells attempt
>
> Coordinates slightly rounded.

HTH
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Oct 22, 2005, 8:25am

[View Quote] Can you tell me the DLink model number?

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Oct 22, 2005, 11:57am

[View Quote] > D-Link Wireless Router DI-524


Did you change the default address of the router? because it is 192.168.0.1 and you state that your server IP address the same.
Are you using DHCP to assign IP addresses?

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Oct 22, 2005, 12:58pm

[View Quote] > I havent changed anything like that I don't think...
> My lan IPs is as follows...
>
> Home PC XP with wireless router connection, 192.168.0.1
>
> Laptop XP connecting to the wireless router,
> 192.168.0.2
> They are the IPs of the two computers.The IP of my internet connection is
> different.
>
> HOWEVER, those IP addresses, are different in the DHCP Clients list. HMMM!
>
>
> As its too complicated for me, im providing you the DCHP Screenshot of the
> router by email attachment (check your email).

Nothing in my mailbox yet :)

I know what is the problem now - you have your computers obtaining an IP address from the router (usually in the range of 192.168.0.100 - 192.168.0.200)
The router's own IP address is 192.168.0.1 (this is the number you type in your browser when you want to access the router's configuration)
You routed the port 7777 to the router , not to your computer.
Due to the nature of the DHCP - you probably want to assign a fix IP to your server box - like 192.168.0.50, which is beyond the DHCP range DLink uses and forward the port 7777 to that one.

For a quick fix (not changing from Dynamic IP to static in your LAN):
open a command prompt on the server machine and type: ipconfig /all (if doesn't work then Start/Run/winipcfg)

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.xxx <-------------------- this is your computer IP address
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.000
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 <-------- this is the DLink box's address

You'll get a list where you'll have your own IP address (most likely 192.168.0.100 or 101)
Go to the DLink and forward the port 7777 to that particular IP address. It will work until you restart the server.

HTH
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Andras
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Oct 23, 2005, 4:57am

[View Quote] Don't give up!
I know DLink works with the world server :)

Please gather the following information:
1, DLink's own IP address on the LAN (Home tab/ LAN button)
2, DLink's DHCP status (all lines even the DHCP clients are relevant! Home tab/ DHCP button)
3, Your world server's IP Address (ipconfig /all or winipcfg)
4, Check if you have a port=xxxx line in your world.ini file
5, Do you have XP with SP2 on the world server? SP2 enables the built in firewall by default, so it can block all incoming traffic!

Pass those information to me either here or email or tgram.

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Andras
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Oct 23, 2005, 5:01am

[View Quote] If you passed all those information then in the DLink, Tool tab admin button:
Enable Remote management, set the remote manager IP to: 194.152.129.209 and telegram me the admin password, so I can take a look.

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Andras
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Oct 23, 2005, 5:42pm

[View Quote] [View Quote] I still did not receive the required information but I tend to believe that XP's firewall is disabling the world server.
BTW - don't change the remote admin port - 8080 is just fine (80 doesn't work - I got a connection refused message)

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