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Jan 23, 2003, 2:32pm

> You can pick up a Radeon 9700 Pro for $330 at http://www.newegg.com.
>
> Compare the Radeon 9700 Pro to its designated competition rather than a
> product that it isn't meant to compete with. It is not a mainstream card.
>
> The Radeon 9500 Pro is ATi's flagship in the mainstream market. ATi's
> version of the card costs $160 at newegg.com. You can buy a slightly
> less powerful "powered by ATi" card with the chipset for $141. There is
> also the Radeon 9000 Pro, but it is less powerful than the 9500. The
> 9500 PRO outperforms the GF4 Ti 4200 in non-CPU dependent benchmarks.
>
> http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20021218/index.html

Correction: the $160 R9500 is not an ATi retail card. It's a "powered by" card manufactured by Sapphire Technology Ltd.

Jan 23, 2003, 2:40pm

[View Quote] I'm afraid that I don't keep profiles on the writing styles of every member of the newsgroup, Bowen. I don't read very many posts here. I didn't know whether or not you used numeric typing often or not. It wasn't a very obvious sarcastic remark.

Jan 25, 2003, 1:34pm

[View Quote] Nah, don't bother. I'm just a dry old gnome ;P

Jan 27, 2003, 8:49pm

Flagg is leaving?! No! AW just isn't AW without Flagg being around. Besides the possible exception of Roland, Flagg has been the most active AWI figure in the community. Those two, along with Facter (though short-lived), always seemed to answer every telegram and e-mail no matter how many they got or how busy they were. They went the extra mile.

'tis a sad day for Active Worlds.

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Jan 27, 2003, 11:50pm

*smack* Didn't they ever tell you not to speak ill of the dead? ;-)

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Jan 28, 2003, 10:32am

*shrugs* One can only speak of one's own experiences. I have not had any contact with Mountain Myst, and I've rarely spoken with E N Z O. He's a few years late, in my opinion.

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Jan 28, 2003, 8:43pm

I know that he's still here (how can you miss him? =)). I only meant to say that he is no longer employed by AWI, Inc. We've lost our "inside man", our ambassador sent into Goober's metaphorical ivory tower. It was hoped that HamFon was going to fill that role when he first started with AWI, but unfortunately he, too was silenced by the confines of the great ivory tower.

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Feb 3, 2003, 3:22am

Space is a very, very large place. No one quite knows what's out there... except for a potentially unlimited amount of resources, energy, and colonization space. Infinity reaps all possibilities.

However, this is of no importance: what is more important to the present is that the international space program actually force some of our petty governments to work together because they wish to achieve a solitarily unreachable goal. Even the almighty United States has its economical limits. Scientific communities have often overlooked the boundaries of nationality in the name of knowledge, but none have done it to a greater degree than space programs (excluding the Cold War, of course). The International Space Station, and the international space program in general, is a symbol of peace and greater international cooperation - a trademark of the ideals of the United Nations, if you will.

Mankind always unites in the face of a great danger that threatens the entire species, but it can also unify to reach a common dream. Man can never resist a question, and the mysteries of the stars have plagued his mind for thousands of years.

Among potential peace in the name of space, exploration offers benefits for generations to come. The European powers (Spain, Portugal, France, England...) lost many lives in the name of exploration. It took many years to reap the benefits of their labors and woes. But in the end, a whole new world had been discovered and new cultures sprouted and grew.

If you're asking for instant results, then you will have to keep asking in vain. These kinds of endeavors take generations. It is most likely that you and I will never see the outcome of this particular trek.

But Columbus never lived to see the Americas claimed under European rule, Magellan didn't live to make around the world, Amelia Earhart didn't aerially circumnavigate the world. The first steps are always the toughest, but they have to be made by someone.

[View Quote] > I agree to some point, we need to explore yes. But what has mankind to get
> in space for example?

Feb 3, 2003, 11:38pm

[View Quote] The human body isn't well suited for extremely long term zero-gravity exposure, but with proper maintenance, - like Bowen said - it's really quite adaptable.

I found this article that goes over some of the effects of weightlessness on the human body. Some don't sound too pleasant, if you ask me.

http://www.ibiblio.org/astrobiology/index.php?page=adapt02

Feb 3, 2003, 3:21am

Feb 27, 2003, 10:15pm

That's a bunch of conservative crap, and you know it.

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Feb 28, 2003, 11:27pm

This link was given to me by Tony M. There are several parts during the clip where the editing is quite obvious - deriving 'arse' from 'arsenal', for example. I'm not trying to be anti-American here; I just appreciate good humor.

http://downloads.warprecords.com/bushwhacked2.mp3

Mar 1, 2003, 3:08pm

http://downloads.warprecords.com/ == http://www.warprecords.com/

On the index, under 'Featured micro sites' you will see a picture of Mr. Bush. Clicking that picture will direct you to http://www.thesmokehammer.com/

There you will find a QuickTime video and several different formats of the audio clip. I'm guessing that that is the video clip you saw.

As to where Tony originally heard of the file, however, I don't know.

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Mar 3, 2003, 10:36pm

You and your brand loyalty.

http://www.mozilla.org

As Goob said, though, the e-mail client and browser are vastly superior to Internet Entrails.

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Mar 3, 2003, 10:44pm

You mean because Mozilla and other browsers tend to stick more closely to HTML standards while Microsoft basically invents their own language? They create browser specific code to purposely discourage the use of other browsers. Those are the "compatibility" issues that you refer to.

If you have any illusions to the otherwise, then you might find this of interest:

http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2003/02/14/

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Mar 8, 2003, 3:36pm

[View Quote] *smack*

Haven't you ever read any decent literature?

Everyone with any sense to speak of knows that the answer to the question of life, the universe, and everything is...

42.

Honestly, man.

Mar 13, 2003, 1:01am

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And thus, **I say this with the most obvious sarcasm I can muster.** Instead of
fighting each other, let's turn our attention to a common enemy. France!
Chirac, go surrender to somebody and butt out. :P

</quote>

You have misunderstood: this was not a "childish" comment. It was an (obvious) bit of sarcasm -- a generally accepted form of humor. Obviously this "humor" thing is an alien concept to some...

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Mar 25, 2003, 12:02am

I must not play enough video games. <sigh>

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Apr 28, 2003, 8:27pm

What follows consists of complete insanity. Read it at your own risk; no mindguard is on duty.

--

Leo,

One thing I have learned over much trial and trepidation (of which consisted mostly of trying in utter futility to explain to Macintosh users why their chosen product is in fact synonymous to all that is evil) is that you should not argue with the pleasantly - or in some cases, not so pleasantly - delusional. I suggest you apply the same in this case.

Translation: ignore him and he will eventually go away. It may take some number of years, but at some point he will become bored and find some other unfortunate soapbox to stand upon. You may have observed by this point - and, if not, listen and learn - that Goober King loves to argue. Thus if you do not wish to engage in an argument of such astounding frivolity as to provoke otherwise happy blades of grass to commit mass suicide, I suggest you smile and nod your head in an enlightened fashion.

PS: A spell-checker alone would work about as well on your post as a BB-gun would be of assistance when attempting to write a sonnet.

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Apr 28, 2003, 9:20pm

[View Quote] Fortunately for the majority of the human race, most bars don't come equipped with Internet access; and, if they do, the type of people you mention are usually too drunk to be able to discern the difference between a toad and an eighteen-wheeler, much less able to use a computer other than a Macintosh.

This 'typing style' thing you mention completely baffles me. In no way can the word 'style' (or even 'fashion' for that matter) be applied to the abomination of keystrokes that we lovingly refer to as the Internet persona BinaryBud.

In contrast, however, he makes Pokemon Web and NOVA look like grammarian gods.

May 2, 2003, 12:09am

What would be even better is an AW sponsored poll on this issue, but I doubt either one of these will happen :P

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May 2, 2003, 7:29pm

This is so idiotic that it's almost laughable.

Allow me to elaborate:

* Most of AW's user base is made up of youth.
* Youth usually don't like places that play big-brother.
* Upon seeing that message, most youth would turn away without looking back.
* This is not AOL.

The decision to use that particular welcome message was no doubt meant to assuage those very few paranoid parents who think that their children can't fend for themselves on the Internet. Most sensible parents, however, have enough faith in their skill as a parent to trust their kids online without constant supervision. If you can't trust your kid on something as inane as the Internet, then how do you expect them to cope with the real world once mommy isn't there to guide them?

Regardless of the message being sent, this disclaimer would be more well-suited in the EULA (which I'm pretty sure it's in there, anyway...). So if it's legal trouble that AWI is trying to avoid, then they're either going about it exactly the wrong way or being overly redundant. Hardly surprising.

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May 2, 2003, 7:41pm

I can only say what I have observed. In any case, a large portion of the AW userbase *IS* irrefutably youth. Whether or not this group makes up the majority of the population really isn't crucial when you consider how small our community is. Do you really think we can afford to lose a major portion of our population?

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May 2, 2003, 9:20pm

I wouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. AWI saw that we were offended by the welcome message, and so they changed it to something we weren't. It looks like a good compromise to me; I wouldn't ask for anything more.

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May 3, 2003, 2:11pm

John: no, it wasn't.

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May 21, 2003, 9:29pm

Sorry to interject here, but _damn_! That's patience :P

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May 21, 2003, 12:13am

I don't think that he did: something doesn't have to be a joke to be funny. Take Dr. Phil, for example... hmm. Perhaps that is a bad example. :-)

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Jun 1, 2003, 5:04pm

[View Quote] To elaborate on KAH's rather unhelpful answer, try increasing underwater view distance under World Features > Water.

Jun 2, 2003, 2:22pm

[View Quote] Sorry; it just seemed to me like she wanted a little more information than that. Telling her that what she's experiencing isn't a bug doesn't tell her how she might go about solving her problem. ^_^

It goes something like this:

A: Hi, I'm having a problem with water opacity. When underwater, I can't see very far. Is anyone else having this problem?
B: That's a feature, not a bug.
A: ... Okay... o_o

Jun 3, 2003, 9:42pm

Judge: And I hereby award the plaintiff... *checks papers and arches brow*... three hundred Active Worlds T-Shirts. Court adjourned.

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