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Dec 18, 2001, 3:31pm

Ahhhh ok, try his CDs, I thought you said to try plug his drive in a friend's system to see if it works (I think he should try that
instead)

Fox Mc Cloud

"kah" <kah at kahbot.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3c1f6afa at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> if they don't it would be the CDs... I meant "go try it with another drive
> on another system", I highly doubt that a bunch of CDs have got messed up
> like that, sounds like a hardware problem...
>
> KAH

Dec 17, 2001, 4:48pm

I agree.

Fox Mc Cloud <--- burned his first Thunderbird 1GHz

"shred" <no at 1.invalid> a écrit dans le message news: 3c1dedd7 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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Dec 19, 2001, 2:05am

Good for you that it works now :)
What I wonder is why it still did read that one CD... well you never know what wonders can happen with windows anyway :)

Fox Mc Cloud

"data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> a écrit dans le message news: 3c2008a2 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> regarding to my CD-ROM problem, it works again.
> the CD-ROM creators finnaly emailed me back.
> Anyway they gave me this info. Try it you will be supprized, I was.
> ghost drives, my computer was hunted lol
>
>
> Remove any "ghost drives" in safe mode (95/98/ME/2000)
> During the cold boot up process, tap the f8 key until you see the microsoft
> startup menu. Choose option 3 and hit enter(SAFE MODE). When the desktop is
> loaded up in safe mode, right click on my computer and go to properties.
> Click on the device manager tab then click on the plus sign next to cd-rom.
> When devices are removed they may remain in the memory. You can view these
> "ghost drives" in safe mode. If you have several ghosts and are unsure which
> listing is the one that is actually connected, remove all listings. Windows
> will detect what is actually connected when you restart into normal mode.
>
>
>

Dec 20, 2001, 2:53am

Sorry but I really doubt a computer would make a calculation error, I'd be more inclined to think you're wrong in the date of your
registration and not to have seen the warnings... Even pentiums can count :P

Fox Mc Cloud

"data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> a écrit dans le message news: 3c212191 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> email takes to long so hopefully someone here will read this.
> some reason my citizenship ran out with no warnings today, way before it is
> soposs to.
> its renewal date is in Feb. not now

Dec 20, 2001, 12:56pm

"data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> a écrit dans le message news: 3c21719f at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> If they email me saying that it did run out, well then the only true thing
> that went on is someone ether hacked AW or someone over there hit the wrong
> button or something, and I will complain for ever to them until they fix it.

You don't change an expiration date just hitting a button, you have to change the date with their date dialog box, and then to click
the change button... It's much easier to create or completely DELETE a citizen by hitting the wrong button than to change an
expiration date... But obviously your citizenship wasn't deleted since it still accepts your password.

Fox Mc Cloud

Dec 23, 2001, 2:09am

kah... what about a Legalese course to complete the marcusian and gotenian?

Fox Mc Cloud

Dec 29, 2001, 10:56pm

That seems right, Voodoo cards are best optimised for (from best to worse) : Glide - Direct3D - OpenGL
nVidia cards are best at OpenGL, and then Direct3D (Glide unsupported of course).
I'm not sure but I think ATI cards are best at Direct3D and then OpenGL.
Kyro cards are best at OpenGL (I think?)

Fox Mc Cloud

"data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> a écrit dans le message news: 3c2db7fa at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I do best in Direct 3D mode, although I am able to use all video modes.
> Direct 3D gives be best performance overall.
> OpenGL seems to over brighten the light commands.
> and the software mode, I don't really see a difference between it and Direct
> 3D
>
> im running a P2 350Mhz 128MB ram voodoo5 5500 card with 64MB video
> memory

Dec 29, 2001, 6:24am

Great news ;) Carmack definitely knows how to make money while still making the opensource community happy, and that's VERY good for
every one. Plus he only supports OpenGL which is even better ;)

But a quake engine would do no good to AW though, that would be terribly slow :)

Fox Mc Cloud

"builderz" <sawran at yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3C278A01.713D6A93 at yahoo.com...
> "Quake 2 Source GPL'd"
> http://www.geeknews.net/article.php?sid=690
>
> I remember there were quite a few people in the past who wondered why
> AWC did not use the Quake engine for Active Worlds. Well, now's your
> chance! Get the source and start coding! =P
>
> Builderz
> Stuff-X Network
> http://www.stuff-x.com/
> PGP Key ID: 0xAC0E7073 (for non-commercial use)

Jan 1, 2002, 4:49am

ASL?

Fox Mc Cloud

Jan 1, 2002, 4:50am

(btw I was not asking what it means, just incrementing shred's ASL counter to make sure he reaches his daily quota :D)

Fox Mc Cloud

"foxmccloud" <FoxMcCloud at cyberbrain.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3c315bea at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> ASL?
>
> Fox Mc Cloud
>
>

Jan 7, 2002, 11:59pm

I've got a PMP500 and it's extremely cool ;)
They gave 5 away in the cyberbrain universe for an easy game where you'd just have to find an object somewhere in a world, and I got
one :D And it was brand new then too (it was 400$ or something) ;)

Fox Mc Cloud

"s p a r k" <crazyglue3 at hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3c33daf3 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I just got and MD player for chirstmas/B-dayy, abd wanted to know which kind
> of Portble audio y0ou have, either Md player, Mp3 Player, Cassete, or Cd
> player. I would like to know and why you got them :).
>
> Thanks in advacne,
> S p a r K
> crazyglue3 at msn.com
>
>

Jan 6, 2002, 10:42pm

> thouse other uni's are all AW has left to bring them out of the hole.

What are you talking about? they don't make any money out of existing universes.

Fox Mc Cloud

Jan 6, 2002, 10:11pm

The cyberbrain universe works...

Fox Mc Cloud

"aine" <Aine at DeDanaan.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3c38c68c at server1.Activeworlds.com...
All day long I have been hearing that other universes are closed down and people are saying that it's AWC that's pulled the plug. I
don't know if these are just rumors or not, and I don't have all the different browsers downloaded and installed to go and check,
but if any of you have browsers for other universes and haven't been able to get into them, would you please post here stating what
other universe you tried and whether you could get into it or not? Also, if you know, state whether those universes are hosted on
AWC servers or if they are independent.

Thank you.

Áine

"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here.
I'm mad, you're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
--Lewis Carroll, _Alice_In_Wonderland_

Jan 7, 2002, 9:18am

Interesting, but I'd rather have a beginning talking about the Big Bang than something about god and things...
And Bill Clinton didn't do anything wrong, I'd have done the same... lol

Fox Mc Cloud

"trekkerx" <zac at commatron.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3c391b72 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Since im bord as hell.. and im sick and tired of the price change stuff. Im
> gonna tell about the stuff people do and other stuff....
>
>
> In the beginning god created man (and to be polticaly correct) wemon.
> (Supposdly im not gonna get complex on other stuff) Anyways... He created
> the birds the bees, flowers and the trees. He gave man the power to think.
> Thus anarchy was born. People started to communicate and talk to eachother,
> then leaders and followers where formed.
>
> After centruys and years and a couple of days, and about 2 hours 5 or 6
> minutes. A man decided that he was the king and everyone else was his
> slaves. This is when the world changed people where mainly controld by one
> man. For a long time this is the way it was. Then a man learned to think for
> himself creating anarchy (again) he dicided that he wanted to be in power
> to. So he got people to follow him by tricking them and convincing them to
> do what he wanted.
>
> Time and more time pased. Another group of people finaly thought that they
> could go off and form a new type of goverment, so they rebeled and fought
> people and created a republic. Now people are tricked into thinking they
> have control, and think everyone else has control and its even and where all
> happy. Then a few people decide that they want to get money and have more
> control over the people. So they go and pass laws that you have to do stuff.
> Thus the system is born. The system is complete control over every single
> man in the nation. You may not see it but its there.
>
> The system tags every one of us with a number, and values us by the amount
> of money we have and what we own, and about how popular we are. The more
> popular you are or richer you are, the easer it is to do something. People
> with fame and power can do anything in america. Look at OJ Simpson, he
> killed a person and everyone knows it! But cuz of his reputation he can do
> it and get away with it. Same with Bill Clinton and so on...
>
> Anyways if you want to do anything (basicly not including getting up and
> walking over to get the remote) the goverment has almost any say in it. The
> law says you dont have to do something, but in order to do something else
> you have to do that.
>
> So the moral of the story is, think for yourself and dont let people
> convince you to beleve something thats not true, in the end the person with
> power over others will be happy, and the controled arnt, reducing us to
> mindless atomatons, was this what god wanted??
>
> --
> TrekkerX
> Commatron & Athnex
> http://www.commatron.com
> http://www.athnex.com

Jan 7, 2002, 8:48pm

Well, they're something, just something that has no mass :P

Fox Mc Cloud

"bowen" <bowen at omegauniverse.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3c39faff$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Great way to put it :). Photons are "nothing" in theory since they have no
> mass. And photons were one of the things that were theorized to have
> created the big bang. heh.
>
> --Bowen--

Jan 8, 2002, 12:03am

First johava, then jahova... isn't it jehova? lol
Fox Mc Cloud

> saying jahova is saying im part of there cult
> TrekkerX

Jan 8, 2002, 5:45pm

>
> Cult? Its a religion - if thats a cult, then so is christianity,
> islam...etc...
>
> F.

How about "sect" ? ;)

Fox Mc Cloud

Jan 9, 2002, 2:55am

Uh?
There's no difference between religion and sect AFAIK... Well, one is a bit more pejorative than the other, but technically I'm sure
you'd have a hard time separating the two...

Fox Mc Cloud

"bowen" <bowen at omegauniverse.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3c3bb7fb$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> No.. cults are a religious sect, not a religion, which is believed to be
> false. Religions are occults not cults. Yes there is a difference between
> the two LoL.
>
> --Bowen--

Jan 9, 2002, 4:38pm

I disagree with your disagreement that you were not disagreeing... of the disagreement of... uh... I mean... where was I...? Oh,
whatever. I'm right and everyone else is wrong.

Fox Mc Cloud

"bowen" <bowen at omegauniverse.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3c3c39ad$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> You're right, I was agreeing with you. Why do people like to challenge me
> when I agree with what they're saying? ;) I was disagreeing with Trekker.
>
> --Bowen--

Jan 9, 2002, 5:15pm

Actually, I think they do.

Fox Mc Cloud

"sw chris" <chris at skywalkeronline.net> a écrit dans le message news: 3c3c965e$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> To us non-techie types, it looks like the last four posts in this thread are
> saying the same thing. *grin*
>
> SW Chris

Jan 11, 2002, 7:37pm

"bowen" <bowen at omegauniverse.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3c3f47ed$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
>
> Lmao yeah that happens to me when I think to hard about something.
>
> --Bowen--

That happens to me whenever I think, that's why I try to avoid doing so :D

Fox Mc Cloud

Jan 16, 2002, 2:39am

It's defined here http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/crufty.html

You should visit those kind of sites more ;)
http://www.stallman.org/
http://tuxedo.org/~esr/ (particularly http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/ )
http://www.gnu.org
http://www.linux.org
:o

Fox Mc Cloud

"sw chris" <chris at skywalkeronline.net> a écrit dans le message news: 3c4474d0$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Is that an Aussie word? =P
>
> SW Chris

Jan 16, 2002, 2:44am

Note : careful with the link to the Jargon file, I can spend hours jumping from link to link on that file ;) And I might add that
those that still think a hacker is a "bad guy" that breaks computers and steals files (like the mass media tend to believe) should
do their homework here :)

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
Quote : "There is another group of people who loudly call themselves hackers, but aren't. These are people (mainly adolescent males)
who get a kick out of breaking into computers and phreaking the phone system. Real hackers call these people `crackers' and want
nothing to do with them. Real hackers mostly think crackers are lazy, irresponsible, and not very bright, and object that being able
to break security doesn't make you a hacker any more than being able to hotwire cars makes you an automotive engineer.
Unfortunately, many journalists and writers have been fooled into using the word `hacker' to describe crackers; this irritates real
hackers no end.
The basic difference is this: hackers build things, crackers break them."

"foxmccloud" <FoxMcCloud at cyberbrain.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3c45040f$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> It's defined here http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/crufty.html
>
> You should visit those kind of sites more ;)
> http://www.stallman.org/
> http://tuxedo.org/~esr/ (particularly http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/ )
> http://www.gnu.org
> http://www.linux.org
> :o
>
> Fox Mc Cloud

Jan 16, 2002, 2:53am

The french web-page hoster www.ifrance.com actually sued www.IPfrance.net because the names were too near... damn... do they think
they've copyrighted the word France???

Fox Mc Cloud

"bowen" <bowen at omegauniverse.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3c449e35 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> in
>
> MS is peeing their pants from what I see. They can't compete with a product
> the runs both windows and linux software! Especially when it's half the
> price. I like their screenshots, nice KDE feel to it while still keeping
> that usability approach. Maybe they should change their company name to
> "Window" and sue Microsoft for using Window in their product Windows :). I
> can't believe a court system is letting this ride. Windows is an English
> word, let me copyright Wind and sue them for using it. You just can't do
> that.
>
> --Bowen--

Jan 18, 2002, 2:40pm

"kah" <kah at kahnews.cjb.net> a écrit dans le message news: 3c481bfc$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> if it's Linux, he can't charge for the OS itself, but only for the stuff
> that comes with it, so there usually is a download version available for
> Linux distributions :-))

Actually anyone can charge for the OS, free software just means that the source must be distributed with the program... The problem
(aside from ethics) is that no one would buy it of course, but not a legal one :)

Fox Mc Cloud

Jan 20, 2002, 12:10am

Reformatting helps little, except for defragmenting... good ol' deltree C:\Windows and then reinstall it works very well, and you
don't lose all the content of your disk

Fox Mc Cloud

"sw chris" <chris at skywalkeronline.net> a écrit dans le message news: 3c4a2106$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> btw... If you've never reformatted before, I would suggest you do so if
> you're still in Win95. It'll boost your performance a bit and get rid of
> that kernel32.dll error. :)
>
> SW Chris
>
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Jan 20, 2002, 3:41am

Well reformatting wouldn't keep the drivers either :P
Reinstalling windows over an older install, without deleting the older windows dir, does nearly nothing...
And drivers can be downloaded :)

Fox Mc Cloud

"sw chris" <chris at skywalkeronline.net> a écrit dans le message news: 3c4a53f8 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Deleting your Windows directory will erase any drivers she has. That's not
> a good thing to do. Especially with Windows 95, since most likely it won't
> install the drivers in the setup program, because it doesn't have them.
>
> SW Chris.

Jan 20, 2002, 12:49pm

Yes, you need to reinstall applications, that's for sure. My point was that you don't lose the data on your disk, which is a lot
worse in my opinion... all the things like save games, AW contact and teleport lists, ICQ list and received files, and downloaded
things, are annoying to all save without forgetting one :)

Fox Mc Cloud

"ananas" <vha at oct31.de> a écrit dans le message news: 3C4A7142.45E63930 at oct31.de...
Most applications need registry entries, the most
stupid thing in windows ever. So if you delete windows
you need to reinstall nearly everything.

A reformat of the C drive and having all own on a
different partition or drive is sure not more work.

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Jan 21, 2002, 4:25pm

"bowen" <bowen at omegauniverse.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3c4c3daf$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Exactly, My Television has great resolution, it's an HDTV, so I'd like to
> mess around with a console OS just to see what it's capable of. But the
> keyboard and mouse together should only cost about $40, of you could buy an
> adapter for your keyboard and mouse already if you wanted too. And the
> internet on consoles is just what you pay for already if you have broadband,
> just hook your console up to your network if you have the required stuff
> allready. :)
>
> <rant>
> Who would want to downgrade to windowsXP when your windows98/95/ME/2k can
> already do what it can plus more? Just so you can have a nice looking OS
> with lots of flashy colors and a ram hog? (required minimum of 128,
> recommended 256). The most a "normal" user uses a computer for is games,
> and Windows98 is especially good for that. WindowsXP has so many bugs in it
> for old games like warcraft2 and others like that that there really is no
> point. If you're using it for development, ok I can live with that, but

I can't. Developers like clear, fast and uncluttered interfaces, with as little visual noise as possible. The best being a unix
console :P. But a good IDE is useful too.
I feel that the best OS for development are Windows 2000 and Linux, the best OS for gaming is Windows 98SE. Other tasks like e-mail,
writing, chatting... can be performed very efficiently in any of the 3...
Which is why I use the 3 of them :)
XP is a bad joke.

> games, e-mail, AW, and printing? Stick with 98SE for that. You'll be
> better off in the long run. :)
> </rant>

Fox Mc Cloud

Jan 18, 2002, 1:03am

Maybe he was younger then you at the time, but now he's older.

Fox Mc Cloud

"bowen" <bowen at omegauniverse.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3c4769b0$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
>
> Or was it younger? Oh it's been way too long for me to remember.
>
> --Bowen--

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