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Jul 16, 2003, 5:57pm

I got some strange 'rule rejected' posting error in Community a few moments ago...

Aug 7, 2003, 11:02pm

Public speakers are able to receive and transmit messages to and from everyone in chat range, regardless of the avatar rendering limit.

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Aug 12, 2003, 11:32pm

Hotbar *is* spyware. That's what the people in Community were trying to tell you.

If you don't believe what you're told here, go find out for yourself. This is from hotbar.com's very own privacy policy (viewable via the main page):

"HOTBAR COLLECTS AND STORES INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEB PAGES YOU VIEW AND THE DATA YOU ENTER IN SEARCH ENGINE SEARCH FIELDS WHILE USING THE SOFTWARE. HOTBAR USES THIS INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHICH ADS AND BUTTONS TO DISPLAY ON YOUR HOTBAR TOOLBARS AND WHICH ADS TO SHOW YOUR BROWSER. HOWEVER, HOTBAR DOES NOT (A) ASSOCIATE OR STORE SUCH WEB USAGE DATA OR SEARCH INFORMATION WITH ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION SUCH AS NAME OR EMAIL ADDRESS OR (B) ANALYZE SUCH WEB USAGE DATA OR SEARCH INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF ANY HOTBAR USER. SOME INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THE HOTBAR SOFTWARE IS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE, SUCH AS NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS STORED SEPARATELY FROM THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEB PAGES YOU VIEW AND THE DATA YOU ENTER IN SEARCH ENGINE SEARCH FIELDS AND THE TWO TYPES OF INFORMATION ARE NOT CORRELATED OR LINKED. FURTHERMORE, HOTBAR DOES NOT USE THIS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHICH ADS A
ND BUTTONS TO DISPLAY ON YOUR HOTBAR TOOLBARS OR WHICH ADS TO SHOW YOUR BROWSER."

"If you are only visiting the Hotbar Web site (www.Hotbar.com), we collect the following information: the full Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") of the Web page from which you came to www.Hotbar.com; your Internet Protocol ("IP") Address, which may include a domain name; the date and time for each page you view; the name of and information about any advertisement that brought you to the Hotbar Web site; Computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform. We also transmit cookies to your computer so we can track the pages of our Web site that you view and the order in which you view them. If you download and install the Hotbar toolbar software (the "Software"), we collect any information voluntarily provided by you during the installation and registration process, which can include your email address as well as demographic information such as gender, age, occupation, household income, zip code and country. We also collect the n
ame of and information about any advertisement that brought you to the Hotbar Web site or download. Non-personally identifiable demographic information is correlated to Web usage information collected during use of the Service, but we do not attempt to determine your identity by analyzing this information. When you download the Software, and at times during your use of the Service, we transmit Hotbar cookies to the hard drive of your computer. These cookies assign your Web browser a unique series of numbers, letters, or characters (your "User ID") that enable Hotbar's servers to recognize and identify your Web browser when you are using the Service. They also enable Hotbar to track and store information about your Web usage path."

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Aug 12, 2003, 5:33pm

If you want to get Rick's attention, your best bet is to e-mail him. You might even CC the e-mail to Bill. Who knows, they might even respond... :o

If Weebo starts another thread like his last few, I'm sending an e-mail to AWI to call it to their attention. They might not listen to me alone, but enough abuse reports will eventually incline them to action.

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Aug 14, 2003, 1:28am

[View Quote] > You have obviously looked at only one of my explanations for Jacob's
> incoherent posts. I mentioned two possibilities:
>
> 1) non-native English speaker (which you rebutted)
> 2) a mental handicap (a very likely possibility)
>
> I'm only offering suggestions as to why he continues to persist in
> creating incoherent messages; nobody can ever be sure unless they know
> Jacob's exact condition.

And for those users who somehow experience intense pain due to Jacob's incoherent ramblings, may I once again point out the many uses of the handy dandy newsreader killfile. It's modern day magic at its finest - it can make posts just... disappear! :o

Aug 14, 2003, 6:21pm

[View Quote] I have my newsreader set to convert all HTML posts into plain text, and it even goes the extra mile by not including HTML code in the text output so that I can actually read the post. It doesn't alter the size of the download, but at least I don't have to see any flashy HTML crap when I inadvertently stumble across an HTML post...

Oct 7, 2000, 10:50pm

Ignore

Nov 15, 2000, 5:22pm

Everyone has an unpleasant encounter with someone every now and then,
but I fail to see the reason to post about it in the newsgroup. It also
seems to me that if you want to stop the fighting then you would not
provoke Eep further. If you want help on RWX, Eep is one of the best
people to go to about that. http://tnlc.com/rw/ has some great
information and tips.

[View Quote] > Hi Eep...remember me? TWIT!
>
> I recently had a...shall we say...unpleasant encounter with Eep while trying
> to get some help.
>
> I could paste all the things he said in here, but I have to keep the post
> Gee-rated.
>
> so I would like to start a new topic, subject: Eep, so there will be no more
> off-topic threads about him
>
> (Hey, this is my way of repaying the otherwise fantastic NG's you gots here)

Nov 15, 2000, 2:27pm

Please ignore this, I just installed Netscape6. At first it was laggy
as all get out, but that was because Netscape decided to include this
funky "skin" with the program. I disabled the skin and went back to
classing mode, and everything's fine now.

Nov 16, 2000, 2:58pm

The only reason the skin slowed me down was because it was hogging so
much of my memory. I also disabled the Sun Java 2 console that runs
with Netscape, and that gave me quite a performance boost. Thanks for
the tip, Denedes.


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> The choice of theme shouldn't have much of an effect on your
> performance, particularly since you didn't "disable" a theme, you just
> chose a different one (the one that looks like Netscape 4). Of course,
> some themes could be slightly slower than others, depending on the
> programmer.
>
>
> However, If you want something faster and less memory-hungry(and
> basically the same), you should try Mozilla proper instead, since
> Netscape6 is at least a month behind at any given point (they have to
> spend time putting in their proprietary stuff, like AIM integration, and
> they don't always use the bug-fixes that Mozilla gets)
>
>
> So, if you're a bit more adventurous, go to mozilla.org and get the real
> thing...you should get a nightly build, since these are (obviously) the
> most recent, and most of them are much better than Netscape 6.
> You can always get the latest nightly build here:
> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/mozilla-win32-installer.exe
>
>
>
> Of course, seeing as these builds are from the main mozilla trunk and
> are always compiled every night no matter what, you might be unlucky and
> get a build that's unstable in some way....of course, then you just go
> back and get a new nightly in a day or two :)
>
>
> For those of you who are wondering exactly what Mozilla and Netscape 6
> are, and how they differ, go here: http://www.gerbilbox.com/newzilla/

Nov 18, 2000, 2:51pm

I was in AlphaWorld when the connection went down... I rebooted and
disconnected and still couldn't get in. Well at least I now know I'm not the
only one with the problem. Hope they get it back up soon.

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Nov 18, 2000, 4:12pm

Well now the Uniserver seems to be back up and running, but now AlpaWorld is still down. I hope no buildings are lost... I was working on a project of mine when it went down.

[View Quote] > I was in AlphaWorld when the connection went down... I rebooted and
> disconnected and still couldn't get in. Well at least I now know I'm not the
> only one with the problem. Hope they get it back up soon.
>
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Nov 19, 2000, 1:03pm

....getting into AW again today. Is anyone else having this problem? This is really becoming annoying.

--
Shred
http://utn.cjb.net

Nov 25, 2000, 3:29pm

Just wanted to let everyone know that Zion is now open for public building,
so drop in some time. =)

-Shred

Dec 19, 2000, 6:34pm

Syzygy, or Dennette, was working for AW at a time. I'm not sure, but if he
had AWLD's rights he could have had a bot check their citezen/world
database.

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May 13, 2001, 2:19pm

What was the point of this post? There wasn't one. I always thought I would
never do this, but you are filtered along with your buddy, Chucks Party.

Abuse report sent to abuse at rr.com

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May 18, 2001, 12:01pm

Hey! You forgot me.

Shred: A reclusive lurker at heart, this computer geek may actually stick
his head out of his dark cave every now and then and say something. Beware.

And 298819 returns to his cave...

May 19, 2001, 12:48am

Some people download all messages and read them offline.

Look at this scenario:

300 posts 1-2KB each (text)
300 posts 3-6 KB each (HTML)

If you aren't lucky enough to be on broadband, then 300KB-600KB is a lot
more convenient to download than 900KB-1.8 MB.

It all adds up, you see.

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May 19, 2001, 8:54pm

[View Quote] >Look, if you don't have enough bandwidth, GET YOUR OWN GODDAMNED NEWSGROUP.
It's the
>21st Century, you know. Back when half of the people on the Net had a
14.4KB/s
>connection, complaints about bandwidth wasting had some validity. Now most
of
>the complaints are just a sign of the complainer's brain rot or something -
witness Eep. :)

I'm afraid Eep's brain ISN'T rotting; he actually makes sense. Have YOU had
a CAT scan recently?

If you don't feel like adding constructive and *remotely* polite
criticism/comments to my post, then just shut up (or behold thy magical
filter) :P.

May 28, 2001, 8:28pm

This isn't completely off topic since it relates to AW's performance on your
machine.

3D Now! is an instruction set for AMD processors that assists in floating
point calculations (I believe) and other things.
The K6-2 is a Socket 7 processor, and it's safe to say that there aren't any
chipsets for Socket 7 AGP support. Even if you did manage to find one, it
would probably be better to wait and get a new A7V133 and slap a Duron in
there, and then save up for a Geforce.

But to answer your question, yes. If you had a GeForce 2 and a decent
processor, your games would fly up on the performance bar.


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May 28, 2001, 8:47pm

I found one too, but it wasn't worth it. Especially with the latency time of
such a slow processor.


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Jun 22, 2001, 5:12pm

[View Quote] The good things that AWCI does? <laughs>
Now let's look at the bad side.

AWCI:

1. never listens to its customers
2. doesn't apparently care about its customers
3. does stupid things
4. changes a good scenario into the worst possible
5. lies
6. pushes off good ideas to make room for features that are useless for the
normal AW user
7. goes with the stupid 'e-commerce' idea
8. lets the PKs operate in their current state
9. uses their 'power' to mess with customers
10. sells worlds for prices that are too high
11. takes bribes (you buy a universe, you get listened to; whereas you buy a
citizenship, AWCI could care less)
12. This could go on for a while.

On a scale from 1-10, I would give AWCI 0.00000102932849234...

Don't get me wrong Facter, it's a wonderful thing that you are actually
posting here. However, the top brass (namely Rick and JP) still don't give a
shit about us. If I am wrong about this, then tell one of them to actually
come here and tell us (yeah, when pigs fly).

Jun 22, 2001, 6:30pm

[View Quote] > Oh come on.
No, YOU come on.

> I listen ?
You aren't a whole company, either.

> I care ?
See above.

> So does everyone at one time or another, we're all human ?
AWCI must be incredibly human.

> How?
Magic? Bad luck? A curse?

> When have I lied ?
Once more, see my first point.

> So making money is bad?
Oh, yeah, look at that huge crowd in sp at mart!

> Its a better state than it was when I was a PK.
It must have been hellkeepers back then.

> Explain.
Changing peoples names, just to piss them off? How's that for an example?

> How do my wages get paid ? I like being able to pay my bills.
Get a decent job with a decent company?

> *shakes his head*
What kind of answer is that?

> Then why bother using the software ?
I was talking about AWCI, not the software. Try re-reading my post.

Jun 23, 2001, 4:15am

[View Quote] > and in terms of head count you are ONE person compared to thousands, so
zip
> it dork

Oh, I see. Because AWCI has a fair amount of users means that it gets to
treat individuals like shit. Thank you for the enlightenment, Moria.

Jun 23, 2001, 4:27pm

[View Quote] Yo, moron, AWCI isn't the only company in the world that could keep AW
afloat. It's barely afloat anyway :P
AW could be much better than it is today, but Rick and JP want to show off
to the big corporate sponsors with their "groundbreaking technology".

In my opinion, Rick and JP are morons. If this kind of crap keeps up I have
a feeling AW won't be around too much longer.

Don't be so lame, and open your eyes.

--
Shred
Bleh bleh bleh...

Jun 23, 2001, 4:32pm

[View Quote] Every little detail? How about any detail? From reading the website no one
had any idea what the hell was going on.

A message like this would have sufficed:

"During the addition of a new group (general.discussion) to the newsgroups,
we encountered a problem which corrupted the database files. We are
currently working on restoring those files.

Sincerely,
Activeworlds.com, Inc."

Jun 23, 2001, 5:21pm

[View Quote] If you are going to reply to a post, at least include something relating to
the post. This kind of thing is likely to get you flamed the hell out of
(with reason).

Jun 24, 2001, 7:19pm

[View Quote] > Hey everyone, here are some shots of the new awcom build world. It will
> start off small with enough objects to build basic homes and such, but as
> time goes on there will be votes for what booster set to make next, and as
> such the path will grow and grow.
>
> Not sure when exactly it's opening, but it looks good so far ! Enjoy.
>
>
>
>
> Also due to a lack of money and my computer slowy dieing, I may vanish from
> aw for a while in the months ahead. When I'm able to get a job to raise
> funds for a new (or fixed) comp I'll be right back. anyone who knows me can
> email me at malay_trip at hotmail.com if they need me.


Hey, those don't look too bad.

A few questions for anyone that can answer them:

Are there new avatars?

Will tourists be able to build there? They can have Alpha Prime :P

Is the new object path going to be available like AW's is?
And how is this voting thing going to be handled?

If the world actually opens I'll put this on my personal '(Really) good things AWCI (as a whole, mind you) has done list'.

--
Shred
Skeptical, but still hopeful

Jun 25, 2001, 10:11pm

[View Quote] > well yep, but this one goes slow and steady... it might take 10 years of
> xelagoting to kill you, but it will :)


Ah well, everyone makes mistakes every now and then. This would be the first semi-serious bug I've seen in the Xelagot. Either you program well or you hide your bugs well :)

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Shred
Preston? Bah!

Jun 30, 2001, 5:05pm

[View Quote] -
From http://grc.com/np/np.htm#acknowledgement

I wish to take a moment to acknowledge the enormous contribution that has been made to my knowledge and understanding by the unselfish work of the world's hacker community. These are not the malicious 'crackers' and 'script-kiddies' who break in, thieve, deface, and despoil by abusing the knowledge they have taken from others, but rather the true hackers who pursue the knowledge, understanding, and power of technology for its own sake.

I Thank Them . . . and I sincerely hope they will be as pleased and enlightened by the results of my efforts, as I have been by theirs.
-

But you're right, most people think all hackers are spawn from the devil. :P

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