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sw chris // User Search
Sep 8, 2002, 6:55pm
you know what chiklet meant. =P
Anywho, a system with a 233mhz processor that hasn't been upgraded in some
time has likely not been upgraded at all. So it would be worth yanst's time
and money to purchase a new computer right off the shelf. You can probably
find a reliable 700 or 800mhz machine for closer to $600.
You will be happy with it, yanst. Trust me. :)
I would look at purchasing a Gateway or a Dell desktop if you don't want to
build it yourself. Both those brands are highly customizable.
Chris
[View Quote]"agent1" <webmaster at shatteredplattersDOTcom> wrote in message
news:3d7b6642 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> In your first post, you said 1.3MHz, not 1.3GHz...
>
> -Agent1
>
>
> chiklit wrote:
>
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Sep 9, 2002, 8:03pm
They don't make 800Mhz Pentium 2's....
Chris
[View Quote]"athnex" <awnews at athnex.com> wrote in message
news:3d7c10e1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> My dad has a dell he got for beta testing the starband system. When it was
> running slow, he went out to buy 128 megs of ram, and when he stuck it in,
> it wouldent boot, and when he took out the ram it worked fine. Turns out
he
> had to do 3 bios updates to get the ram to work, apperently PC100 is to
fast
> for it. Also.. my the older computer.. a Intel Celeron 400mzh runs way
> faster then the dell one wich is a 800mzh Pentium 2. Also haveing delt
with
> gateway customer support.. gateway always drops you and dosnt know what
the
> hell there talking about. Same with dell, there a little better. but i
dont
> like ether of them.
> "the derek" <imthederek at yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:3d7c0e6e$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
to
in
> yanst's
> want
>
>
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Sep 9, 2002, 8:07pm
If you are buying the computer for running Active Worlds, it is a good idea
to buy a computer that comes with Windows, since AW is made for Windows.
The best Lindows could do in its current form is emulate Windows and its 3D
acceleration in hardware mode.
Chris
[View Quote]"dion" <Dion at digevo.net> wrote in message
news:3d7c80d8$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> LOL, well this guy thinks his 233 is decent and I'm sure this thing is a
> shitload better than that. :-P
>
> "eep" <eepNOSPAM at tnlc.com> wrote in message
> news:3D7C74D6.FA8F92F5 at tnlc.com...
towards
> a new motherboard and CPU.
> now? (at
and
> the
> gateway.
should
> be
>
>
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Sep 8, 2002, 5:11pm
I think they were going to enable it in version 3.4
Chris
[View Quote]"chiklit" <chiklit at funetwork.net> wrote in message
news:3d7b8689$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Yes, Take a look at AWTeen. The only vandalism there involves actually
> putting the object there. Not with the move or rotate commands.
>
> "strike rapier" <strike at Rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3d7b8484 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> special commands? (Hinty hinty :) )
> news:3d7b76d3$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
it
> of...
> others!
>
>
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Sep 8, 2002, 7:01pm
That's what I've been telling people. =)
And it's one of the few worlds that my university hasn't blocked yet. :(
Chris
[View Quote]"jstone2004" <jstone_2004 at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3d7bb2ed$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> *shrugs* I don't build in AW, AWTeen = much more freedom, objects, and
> technology :-)
>
> J
>
> "yanst" <ayansta at hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3d7ac0a6$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
not
>
>
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Sep 11, 2002, 10:36pm
Actually that is what 999 is planning to do, right?
Chris
[View Quote]"sw comit" <sam64 at infostation.com> wrote in message
news:3d7f9923 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Though if they do have to rebuild the database, they can just close the
> world, enable move/rotate for everyone, rebuild, and set the rights back
> when done. That shouldn't break the objects with the special codes.
>
> "syntax" <syn at swcity.net> wrote in message
> news:3d7b2e53 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
he
> I
codes
> in
> amazing
*sigh*
codes
> special
the
;-P
continue
> to
and
some
Hu,
>
>
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Sep 30, 2002, 4:13pm
Argument done. Finished. Over With. Please!
This is one reason why I like bulletin boards. It's much easier to lock
topics on those. :(
Chris
Usenet is overrated.
[View Quote]"host" <nospam at privacy.com> wrote in message
news:3D977722.7206A415 at privacy.com...
> Johnny B, You are a disgusting lying gossip. You berate anyone who
posts a
> truth that does not go along with your hate crime mentality of seeing that
your
> lying gossip succeeds in hurting the honest business of Heartfall. You
hurt the
> hundreds of users of Heartfall with your lies. You hurt the many new users
by
> feeding them with lies and taking them away from one of the safest and
most
> honest service companies they could ever choose.
>
> Before you fail to read further and post more lies to users... let me make
> notice that "HOST" is not a hidden name whatsoever. "HOST" is a dormant
> citizen account owned by Heartfall Productions. I use it simply because I
have
> allowed others to expire. So there is no confusion brought onto users by
your
> flames... Heartfall Productions is a company, owned by the citizen names
> InSaNiTy, Filmkr and HOST. Heartfall's owner has the recognition of
society in
> real life as well as many awards in virtual reality. Filmkr has been a
special
> guest speaker of the CY Awards. InSaNiTy has been winner of several CY
Awards as
> well as Several AVVY Awards. No one at Heartfall will every lead you to
believe
> anything that is not factual. If you would like to read about Heartfall's
owner
> here are a few links. http://www.heartfall.com/eqrelief/
> http://www.heartfall.com/govlet/govlet.html http://www.childscry.org
There
> is also a new fellowship being offered to myself as well now. Fellowships
are
> hardly given out at random. As for your attempts to mislead users by
saying
> InSaNiTy speaks in third person... I do not... Heartfall is a company
comprised
> of many artists. I do not take credit for their work. I am a part of a
very
> large artistic community of Film Makers and I give credit where credit is
> deserved. Our purchasers realize the artists involved in their new
creations.
> So when I speak.. "We at Heartfall Productions" well it's simply that...
"WE"
> My partners, my associates, my engineers... They do not always wish to be
named.
> Many people just like to be creative. naming them may make them targets
for
> hateful people like yourself.
>
> Please refrain from lying to the readers any further Johnny b.
>
> You Johnny B, attack on a regular basis. You have 1. Never met the owner
of
> Heartfall. 2. You have never done business with Heartfall 3. You have
nothing
> but gossip ands hear sea as your basis. Please put your jealousies aside
and
> quit attacking good people.
>
> Why not speak the truth? Heartfall Productions is owned by a man who has
> offered considerable charity to the people of the real world and has been
> honored by governors for generous work.
>
> Why not mention how http://worldhosting.heartfall.com hosts hundreds of
users
> throughout many universes and galaxies? How Heartfall Productions
services
> their customers with 7 day per week support including phone support? AW
does not
> even offer that. AW places it out to volunteers to reply to support mail.
> Heartfall answers every customer's mail with personal, detailed
information, day
> or night.
>
> Why not mention how Heartfall is the company that began offering safe
reliable
> hosting 6 years ago and brought LOWER prices as a result so that everyone
could
> benefit from realistic pricing? At the time Heartfall began hosting, some
people
> were attempting to charge $600 per year to host a world. We entered the
arena to
> stop that gouging practice. We even offer more realistic and affordable
prices
> than AW for hosting. We are not the cheapest... We are the most, for a
very
> affordable, honest price.
>
> Why don't you mention how hundreds of users benefit from 6 years of hard
work
> assembling a great objects path that leads to fantastic unique world
builds?
> After all... many of our users have builds that are nominated for CY
AWards for
> their work.
>
> Why not mention how happy these users are? Why must you berate everyone
that
> posts here in a positive fashion? You have attacked PK's who host with us
and
> have posted positive comments. You berate anyone who does not fuel your
lies...
>
> The TRUTH is... you have been trying to flame for a year now. You make
huge
> comments about rip offs. NO ONE has ever been ripped off ever by us. You
twist
> your lies around based on a person who was ejected for 5 minutes time.
Then you
> took a new user and filled their head with so much BS, you talked them
into
> canceling what they had paid for. You call that being ripped off when in
FACT,
> YOU RIPPED THEM OFF? You ripped them off by feeding them full of lies and
> having them loose one of the best things that happened to them. The fact
is that
> the same user is nominated for a CY based on the custom items like
sculpted
> ground, custom sky, custom avatars that they used to create their world,
which
> becomes worthy of being nominated!
>
> Johnny B... the history here in the newsgroup shows how you attack any
chance
> you get. You feed lies... Be HONEST!!!!!... SHUT YOUR MOUTH unless you
have
> actually been a part of something and know an actual FACT. You are
hurting
> users that may believe your BS is real. You do that so they can get on
your pc
> and have you host them at home. Then they realize how screwed they are
and it's
> too late most times. SAD.
>
> When you do something in real life and have society honor you, like they
have me
> in my life... please mention it. Until then... please keep your trash
talk out
> of here.
>
> Facts are these ... Heartfall World Hosting is a very honest, very
reliable,
> very friendly company which hosts many of AW's Gate Keepers, PK's, and a
great
> number of world owners... many veterans of AW as well as many new, very
happy
> world owners. We also service a large number of educational institutions
> throughout the world as well as providing services and products for
government
> grant projects. Although we try to help everyone we can... there sadly
enough,
> are times when we cannot satisfy everyone... We have had three unhappy
people in
> out 6 years of services here. We wish that were not so... but we simply
can't
> help those who have been hurt by the likes of gossips feeding them bs. We
have
> provided services to thousands of very happy users in that time...
therefore we
> feel that the honest facts prove that we are doing all we can to make
people's
> lives and enjoyment in VR more fun. That is why we are here.. so people
can have
> fun... *S*
>
> Why is it that there is scum allowed to chime in with gossip here for the
sole
> purpose of hate crimes and attacks against users? Flagg said he would not
allow
> attacks to be made in here. Why has he ignored the mob of lies and hate
Johnny b
> leads? Does the newsgroup need to be wiped out by law? It is coming
close
> to that seeing how hate is allowed... hate crimes are illegal...
harboring,
> promoting, facilitating hate are therefore also very illegal. Since
Johnny b is
> speaking solely on gossip... the motive of his personal hate cannot be
argued.
>
> If anyone would like the truth... you are welcome to visit with myself,
phone
> our company offices, write us via U.S. Mail. We are always here to help...
>
> Take care,
>
> Peace, health & healing...
>
> InSaNiTy, Filmkr and HOST
> of
> Heartfall World Hosting Services
> InSaNiTy's Avatars Creations
> Heartfall Productions
> www.heartfall.com
>
>
>
> johnny b wrote:
>
his
Mr.Bruce
yet
know
that
such
for
right
to
nobody
statement.......
point
that
by
he
you
to
"getting
Look
BAD
communication
ruin
are
and
way
him.
>
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Oct 5, 2002, 7:02pm
I thought you said yesterday you were done with this topic. The worst
comes out in everyone I guess... at one time or another. :)
SW Chris
[View Quote]"mrbruce" <A1CTWorld at aol.com> wrote in message
news:3d9ef182 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> :) I think so too, but I believe a roast deserves a PIG and that PIG
roasted
> themselves' for sure!
> "mrbruce" <A1CTWorld at aol.com> wrote in message
> news:3d7e5899$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> sees
> world
public
services
get
start
was
and
am
> fee).
2002,
$500.00
> Heartfall.com.
in
line
use
for
me
> and
> do
for
webmaster,
> or
untold
> that
> people
> part
this.
justifyable.
> using
> on
> so
>
>
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Oct 6, 2002, 4:18pm
I tell ya Goob, why do we put up with it? ;)
SW Chris
[View Quote]"goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
news:3D9FC8B9.3070003 at utn.cjb.net...
> The only interesting thing I see here is that he makes *no* mention of
> your personal life whatsoever. The closest he ever gets is saying that
> you might have some financial difficulty, but beyond that, nothing.
>
> Let's face facts here, folks: Everyone involved with this thread is NOT
> helping the situation any. MrBruce's credibility is getting shot more to
> hell every time he posts. And as I'm sure Bluemax and Carolann are
> figuring out, you can't convince those people who feel they've been
> wronged by InSaNiTy otherwise. And, of course, Mr Heartfall himself
> isn't helping by posting under ever-changing aliases and trying to
> convince the world that there's more to his "company" than just him.
>
> So, my suggestion to *everyone*, and that includes you Bruce, is to quit
> while you're ahead, go outside, and take a nice deep breath. Hopefully,
> by the time you all come back, you'll be a bit more sane and reasonable
> and we'll all have forgotten about this pointless argument.
>
> mrbruce wrote:
>
> --
> Goober King
> Quitting while he's ahead...
> robrod at prism.net
>
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Oct 7, 2002, 4:46pm
I think i speak for most free-thinking individuals when I say... you don't
need to defend yourself.
Chris
[View Quote]"mrbruce" <A1CTWorld at aol.com> wrote in message
news:3da1c55d at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> This is my last post on this issue as I am sick of defending my self over
> this.
> No.1 I had a right to post to the public that I was dropping Heartfall as
> hosting and path.
> No.2 I had a right to say why I made this decision.
> No.3 Heartfall is in a sense a company that provides services. That
company
> is owned and operated by InSaNiTy.
> No.4 It is InSaNiTy himself who decided to charge me $175.00 over what his
> website quotes as $400.00
> No.5 It was InSaNiTy who spoke to me about a sky box and it was InSaNiTy
who
> sold me this sky box for $30.00
> No.6 It was InSaNiTy who tried to sell me 4 Cobra attack helicopters for
> $50.00 (Those 4 helicopters were already available on the public av list!)
> I posted what I had to post and in return King BlueMax posts his good
points
> about Heartfall, but in the process under several posts talks about me and
> my credibility, such as how I give out passwords blindly. He also spoke
> about how I did Heartfall and the people who tried to help me 'wrong'.
That
> is the attack I am talking about.
> King Bluemax could have said I like Heartfall because......Instead, he
> attacked me and in a sense stated that because I am such a careless person
I
> deserve to be over charged, he also spammed his world by saying "COME TO
> AKINGDOM AND YOU WILL SEE THE HEARTFALL YOU LOVE AND ENJOY..blah blah
> blah..... He not only spammed his world as being better than mine, he
also
> advertised Heartfall produtions in the process!
> The snip of King Bluemax's that I copied and pasted was just the beginning
> of the attack, as I said in an earlier post, read the whole thread.
> Because of his post I get attacked by others saying they are tired of me
> spamming my world A!!CT, I did not spam, I merely posted an announcement
to
> all those who have built in my world, that I would be dropping Heartfall.
> Those who understand paths like Heartfall's, also understand no two paths
> have 100% of all the same objects. Therefore the likely hood of builds
> owned by people other than myself will obviously be greatly affected.
Which
> was the case here, I tried several paths using the last prop-dump InSaNiTy
> sent me. During a 2 day test we loaded the prop-dump, all we seen was
over
> 100 black triangles (non-rendering objects) to every square meter!
> It came to the point, that I had no choice but to remove the prop-dump and
> start fresh.
> The point that upsets me is a hosting service inflates it's prices and I
get
> attacked, does this make sense? I am the victum here.... not InSaNiTy.
> He played the ole price and demand crap with me, he figured if he
inflatted
> my renewal price for my world, I would gladly pay it, so as not to lose
the
> respect of my builders! Ok, let's say I paid it, what would it be next
> year...$700.00? So yes, I feel I was being taken advantage of!
> Legally I could report him for running a scam. He posts prices on his
> website and then charges what he wants, when he feels in the need of some
> extra cash. Like I said in an earlier post, it's like when a store
> advertises cucumbers 3 for a $1.00 but at the register they charge you
> $10.00 saying if you want it bad enough you pay the price, that to me is
> false advertising and is illegal! Some here may say...thats the American
> way, but I am here to say I am not the idiot who needs it that much!
> I do not know what will be said in response to this post and truthfully I
am
> tired of explaining my self...InSaNiTy you took advantage of me and tried
to
> do it again, you lost a customer in your attemps to make some extra cash.
I
> know you were desperate for money because you told me you had medical
bills
> to pay and needed to sell sky boxs, avatars and such to meet those bill
> payments...but you also intended to charge me more to help pay those
bills,
> had you charged me what you post on your website, I would have gladly paid
> it. Instead you lost a customer and a very unhappy one at that! It was not
> just the lose of my hard work, it was also the lose of hundreds of
citizens
> hard work and King Bluemax you yourself know A!!CT had builds owned by at
> least 200 citizens. You scanned the world many times and commented on that
> to me, well tahnks to InSaNiTy's price scam, those builds are lost forever
> and yes I lost many people's respect, because this decision has wipped out
> what many have worked very hard on. As a business with HEART in it's name
> (hence Heartfall) does InSaNiTy really show that he has a heart? Tell that
> to the real losers here...the aw community builders!
> Right now I host my own world, have my own path and I only have to
answer
> to myself. Therefore I will NOT respond to any more posts in this thread,
> believe what you want..but I have a right to NOT get ripped off by a
> scammer!
> My final post on this issue MrBruce
> "mrbruce" <A1CTWorld at aol.com> wrote in message
> news:3d7e5899$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> sees
> world
public
services
get
start
was
and
am
> fee).
2002,
$500.00
> Heartfall.com.
in
line
use
for
me
> and
> do
for
webmaster,
> or
untold
> that
> people
> part
this.
justifyable.
> using
> on
> so
>
>
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Sep 15, 2002, 7:09pm
Someone's just not doing their job. Don't take it out on poor Taun or the
people on top. But if they dont' start doing something soon about the
slacker, then things won't go very well for any other ceremony after this.
:(
Chris
[View Quote]"wizard myrddin" <Wizard_Myrddin at givepeaceachance.com> wrote in message
news:3d848a2d at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> makes no diffrence, I withdraw a few weeks back both in email and
telegrams
> and NG, still my name and worlds are very visably displayed as being a
> nominee.
>
> I just feel sorry for any wasted votes.
>
>
> "ambivalent" <kersting at blast.net> wrote in message
> news:3d8485c2$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
that
> I
> chat,
the
>
>
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Sep 16, 2002, 9:03pm
It never fails...
[View Quote]"strike rapier" <strike at Rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3d8630e5 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hello everyone,
> Due to major major MAJOR personal / family problems with my so
called "mum" who deserves to end up in a certain firey place, I am not sure
at all when I will next be able to access AW.. it comes be tommorow, next
week or never.
>
> For this reason I am annoucing The Great AWTeen Show canceled effective
immidiatly. I am dreadfully sorry to all those who have already built there,
feel free to keep your builds incase you want to display something there in
the future.
>
> - Mark Randall (Strike Rapier #334303)
>
>
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Sep 19, 2002, 1:14am
I too will support any legal action.
Chris
[View Quote]"facter" <invurt at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3d88f90b at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I will add my support to any legal action that may need to be taken. I
also
> have several lawyer friends that ight be able to help look into it, and at
> least send them a letter - I'll see what I can find out.
>
> F.
>
> "bowen" <thisguyrules at 7k2.4mg.com> wrote in message
> news:3d88a9cd$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> the domain
> they're
> the old owner
> the pyramid
> this to the
> support it.
of
> characters
>
>
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Sep 19, 2002, 1:16am
Well in the next few years if it gets passed you can bring that to Mike's
attention.
Chris
[View Quote]"binarybud" <leom at knorrinteractive.com> wrote in message
news:3d88e018$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> mellow out Bowen....heheheh If ya want i'll tack this notice on my
posts...hehehehe
>
> *may have been mentioned by Bowen previously.
>
> LOL
> Leo :)
>
>
> "bowen" <thisguyrules at 7k2.4mg.com> wrote in message
news:3d88ded7$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
address--usually a
a Michigan
Protection
would be
>
>
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Sep 19, 2002, 1:18am
Which is what ya should've done. ^_^
Chris
[View Quote]"alphabit phalpha" <alphabit at swbell.net> wrote in message
news:3d88f64e$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Never doubt Goobs...never doubt:)
> That move to hike the price further was a bad move on their part in my
> opinion.
> And you can transfer a domain name to any domain company you prefer.
>
> "goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
> news:3D88EDAB.1060602 at utn.cjb.net...
> And I told MWD.com as much. It's obvious to me that they're not the most
> ethical bunch in the world, which is why I really don't want to pursue
> this further. I doubt it will do much good.
>
> bowen wrote:
> completely. I
> wrong.
>
>
> --
> Goober King
> The internet is fertile ground for greed
> robrod at prism.net
>
>
>
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Sep 19, 2002, 1:24am
Well you're the one who's always talking to us SW's about community. What
better way to unite a community than a legal case? ^_^
Chris
[View Quote]"goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
news:3D88DF69.6090303 at utn.cjb.net...
> While I must confess that I'm surprised at all this outpouring of
> support for AWNews, I would rather not make a huge deal out of all this.
> In the grand scheme of things, it's just a bunch of letters and we can
> easily just change our name to AWNews.whatever.
>
> As for going after MWD.com, I have never owned the AWNews.com domain.
> It's always been owned by Cybor, so if anyone could take up legal action
> over all this, it would have to be him. And considering that his
> interest levels in AW right now are zero, I don't see that happening any
> time soon. And even if that Cyber Squatter law gets passed, I get the
> feeling that it won't be retro-active.
>
> So I've learned my lesson and will be more vigilant when it comes to
> domains. And while MWD's tactics may not be fair, I'll just have to hope
> that the lack of buyers will make them release the domain. In the
> meantime, we move on and get ourselves a new domain and a new name. I'm
> sure everyone here will be perfectly capable of updating any AWNews
> links they may have when the time comes. :)
>
> alphabit phalpha wrote:
is
normal
copies of
also...LOL
name
>
>
> --
> Goober King
> With no more CYs, Bit must be looking for something to do... ;P
> robrod at prism.net
>
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Sep 20, 2002, 3:55pm
You cannot get trademarks unless you are selling something. However you can
probably claim to be a non-profit one-man organization, in the same way that
Worldwide Media Inc or whatever its called a for-profit one-man
organization. I'll post some info about trademarks on the newer thread.
Chris
[View Quote]"alphabit phalpha" <alphabit at swbell.net> wrote in message
news:3d8a33f5 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Goobs...your getting offers.
> I personally would go for it:)
> I would love to help out financially, but right now all I have is time:(
>
> "goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
> news:3D8A2CAA.8020003 at utn.cjb.net...
> Just goes to show that we'd definitely have to get a trademark on AWNews
> if we were ever going to be successful in this. :-/
>
> alphabit phalpha wrote:
>
>
> --
> Goober King
> $325 for a $35 domain?...
> robrod at prism.net
>
>
>
|
Sep 19, 2002, 5:36pm
I would get a lawyers's opinion before snatching up another awnews domain.
In court, Berkins could just argue that you have awnews.org, or awnews.net,
so it's fine and both parties can be happy.
Chris
[View Quote]"alphabit phalpha" <alphabit at swbell.net> wrote in message
news:3d8a04d1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Thanks Goobs...I will make a web page with the story to direct the media
to.
> The fact that they retaliated by hiking the price to 10 grand might fall
> under a consumer law.
> There are some other things that has happened here that are also
> questionable that they have done.
> I am researching now at www.icann.com which seems to be a main source for
> internet conduct by retailers and consumers.
> I don't know about the rest of the folks here, but I'm not giving up.
> I have worked the retail industry for over 30 years, and when a wrong is
> done it has to be righted.
> btw...the worst customer a retailer can have is one that has been a
> retailer....LOL
> I am awaiting contact from a reporter to give local media an opportunity
at
> this isssue...then I hit the big guys:)
> You might want to grab a .org or .net in the meanwhile so certain parties
> don't squat on them also.
> But then if they do...they will only be executing even more bad retailing
> practice.
> I have at least 10 hours a day to devote to researching and persuing this.
> I'll keep you posted:)
> Hugggs:)
> Bit:)
>
> "goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
> news:3D89FB3A.2080502 at utn.cjb.net...
> Well, if you guys are really willing to take this all the way, then here
are
> all the facts,
> to the best of my knowledge:
>
> As I had already stated, Cybor had decided to let the domain expire and I
> was to pick it up
> when it went public. According to Cybor, the account expired on August 1,
> 2002. However,
> when I contacted register.com, the registrar of the awnews.com domain,
about
> the possibility
> of transferring the account to me, I was told that it can take upwards of
> two months for a
> domain to go public after it has expired, so I was advised to have Cybor
> renew the account
> and then transfer it to me. But since Cybor felt that the transfer process
> was far too
> tedious, he decided to continue to let the account expire.
>
> Over the next few weeks, I occasionally visited register.com to check on
> awnews.com status,
> and the WHOIS information continued to claim the domain was owned by
Cybor.
> Thinking that
> the domain wasn't very valuable outside of AW, given that all the other
> awnews domains were
> still available, I didn't pay much attention.
>
> On Sept 11th, (talk about bad timing...) I received a telegram from fellow
> AWNews staffer
> Padfoot, letting me know that the awnews.com domain was for sale.
> Understandably excited, I
> went to register.com to register the domain, only to find out it was still
> taken. Only this
> time, it wasn't Cybor's name on the WHOIS, but Worldwide Media, Inc.,
owner
> of
> MostWantedDomains.com. They had registered the domain through the
registrar
> IAregistry.com
>
> Needless to say, I was thoroughly pissed off. Going to "www.awnews.com"
> brought up a web
> page proclaiming that the site was for sale. At the bottom was a tiny form
> where you could
> make an offer for the domain, however the space next to "Asking Price" was
> blank. So, I
> offered them $35, which is what I would've had to pay if I had registered
it
> with
> register.com. I also added the comment "You stole my domain and I want it
> back!"
>
> The next day, I received an email from Michael H. Berkens, President of
> Worldwide Media,
> Inc., essentially saying that they got my domain fair and square because I
> hadn't renewed
> it. Conceding that he had a point, I replied by explaining my situation to
> him and asking
> him what I would have to do in order to get the domain back. He responded
> simply with
> "$1,250". Naturally, I scoffed at that price and replied with the
following:
>
> "Surely you jest. There's no way I'm going to pay that much money for a
> collection of
> letters that I *could* have bought for $35 had you not snatched it up for
> apparently no
> reason other than greed. I was even willing to go as high as $70 just so
you
> could make a
> profit, but if that's not enough for you, then you've just wasted $35 in
> buying that domain,
> since I can almost guarantee you won't find another buyer for awnews.com;
> certainly not one
> willing to pay over $1000 for it."
>
> I have yet to hear back from him, and that message was sent almost a week
> ago (9/13). Soon
> after I sent that message, I noticed that the Asking Price for awnews.com
> had finally been
> filled in, to the tune of $10,000. Figuring I'd never get it back from the
> greedy bastard
> now, I resigned myself to looking for alternative domains for AWNews to
use,
> which brings us
> to now.
>
> After ABP started up the cause, I did a little research into Worldwide
> Media, Inc. Turns out
> that Worldwide Media and Michael H. Berkens are actually one in the same
> (much like InSaNiTy
> and Heartfall Productions). I also found out that WWM has gone to court
over
> this exact
> thing before, but won because the complainant couldn't prove that the
domain
> name was
> confusingly similar to their trademark.
>
> After examining register.com's Dispute Policy, I found a ray of hope for
our
> little crusade
> in the following paragraphs:
>
> "a. Applicable Disputes. You are required to submit to a mandatory
> administrative proceeding
> in the event that a third party (a "complainant") asserts to the
applicable
> Provider, in
> compliance with the Rules of Procedure, that (i) your domain name is
> identical or
> confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the
complainant
> has rights; and
> (ii) you have no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain
> name; and (iii)
> your domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith. In
the
> administrative
> proceeding, the complainant must prove that each of these three elements
are
> present.
>
> b. Evidence of Registration and Use in Bad Faith. For the purposes of
> Paragraph 4(a)(iii),
> the following circumstances, in particular but without limitation, if
found
> by the Panel to
> be present, shall be evidence of the registration and use of a domain name
> in bad faith: (i)
> circumstances indicating that you have registered or you have acquired the
> domain name
> primarily for the purpose of selling, renting, or otherwise transferring
the
> domain name
> registration to the complainant who is the owner of the trademark or
service
> mark or to a
> competitor of that complainant, for valuable consideration in excess of
your
> documented
> out-of-pocket costs directly related to the domain name; or (ii) you have
> registered the
> domain name in order to prevent the owner of the trademark or service mark
> from reflecting
> the mark in a corresponding domain name, provided that you have engaged in
a
> pattern of such
> conduct; or (iii) you have registered the domain name primarily for the
> purpose of
> disrupting the business of a competitor; or (iv) by using the domain name,
> you have
> intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to
> your web site or
> other online location, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the
> complainant's mark as
> to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of your web site
or
> location or of a
> product or service on your web site or location."
>
> Translation: If we're going to have any success at this, we MUST prove
that
> all three of
> these actions have taken place:
>
> 1) The domain is identical to a trademark (TM or SM) that I have rights to
> 2) That WWM has no rights or legitimate interests in awnews.com
> 3) That WWM is using the awnews.com domain in bad faith, including but not
> limited to
> purchasing the domain for the main purpose of selling the domain back to
the
> former owner at
> an inflated cost.
>
> So that's everything I know. I can tell you all right now that I have no
> trademarks on
> AWNews whatsoever, so that may kill us right there. Perhaps you guys could
> talk to your
> legal friends about all this, but I honestly don't see much good coming of
> this. :-/
>
> Oh, and for those who might be thinking that I'm making all this up
*glares
> pointedly at the
> lurkers*, here are references to all the info I just mentioned:
>
> http://www.awnews.com/default.php?stat=yes - the domain name in question,
> which displays the
> $10,000 Asking Price
> http://www.register.com/dispute-policy.cgi?1|3374924395| - register.com's
> Dispute Policy
> (similar to IAregistry.com's Dispute Policy)
>
http://www.register.com/whois-results.cgi?dacb02ad2bb54a78f1c7b08942ed18afdd
> 3dc793383e4fe56498f89cd3f8a9d38403efb03eeeba61
> - WHOIS information for AWNews.com
> http://www.arb-forum.com/domains/decisions/99675.htm - RentRight, Inc. v.
> Worldwide Media
> Inc. a/k/a Michael Berkens
>
> --
> Goober King
> Let the fun begin...
> robrod at prism.net
>
>
>
|
Sep 20, 2002, 3:49pm
You should get in contact with these people who have been similarly
displaced.
Chris
[View Quote]"alphabit phalpha" <alphabit at swbell.net> wrote in message
news:3d8a370b at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Looks like they have also effected the movie industry
> http://www.growingresults.com/article/s0/a113439.html
>
>
>
>
|
Sep 20, 2002, 3:52pm
I wonder if the Council of Better Business Bureaus will take it up in
addition to Berkins' local chapter. BBB is NOT a government organization,
therefore Berkins doesn't have to do what they say. They can just make his
life a living hell. You might do better to lodge a complaint with the
Federal Trade Commission.
Chris
[View Quote]"alphabit phalpha" <alphabit at swbell.net> wrote in message
news:3d8b42a3$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Even if we don't "stop" this squatter at least we can attempt to make a
> difference...there are places people can go on record for such
> behavior...Better Business Bureau , Internet Business Bureau etc etc.
> When we say "the little people can't make a difference" we give up and
don't
> make a difference.
>
>
> "brock" <Brock at iceflare.net> wrote in message
> news:3d8b3c8e$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Personally i don't think anyone will be stopping him any time soon, i mean
> the movie industry, college, etc. and we're just a bunch of little people,
> what we do wont matter.
>
> --
> Brock - 308723
> AW 3.4 Build: 431
> Brock at iceflare.net
>
>
>
>
|
Sep 20, 2002, 3:46pm
I think you should still call the site AWNews.Com since you can claim
intellectual copyright on the name of the website (not necesarily the
domain) and its contents.
Chris
[View Quote]"goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
news:3D8A8233.8070506 at utn.cjb.net...
> Relax folks, that's just me. AWNews.org should be under my control,
> pending approval of my credit card. It's all good. :)
>
> eric wrote:
http://www.clearwater.bbb.org/common.html?location=/home/common/www/mis67/re
>
>
> --
> Goober King
> It's not WHOIS that's slow...
> robrod at prism.net
>
|
Sep 20, 2002, 4:15pm
Some of this may be bogus, because let's face it. I'm not a lawyer. ALWAYS
get legal advice from a professional and don't listen to me if you go
forward with a suit. This is just general information.
INFO ON TRADEMARKS
You cannot get trademarks unless you are selling something. However you can
probably claim to be a non-profit one-man organization, in the same way that
Worldwide Media Inc or whatever its called a for-profit one-man
organization. I'll post some info about trademarks on the newer thread.
Chris
Lanham Act of 1946
A. Legal Requirements
1. must be used with an actual product or intention to market a product
2. Trademark must be distinctive enough
3. Trademark must not be confusingly similar to trademarks of other
goods.
4. Trademark must not be deceptive, immoral, or scandalous
5. Trademark must not be only descriptive.
6. Trademark must not consist of photos or signature of a person without
prior consent.
7. Trademark must not be geologically descriptive in origin.
8. Trademark must not be a surname.
B. Types of Trademarks that are Protected
1. Housemarks or trademarks.
2. Trade characters
3. Service marks
4. Collective marks
5. Certification marks
6. Slogans (also usually protected by copyright) if slogan has a
secondary meaning attached to it, i.e. McDonald's slogan for its Big Mac.
INFO ON COPYRIGHTS
As I said before, you can claim intellectual copyright and being a
non-profit one-man organization, and probably because you have this at the
bottom of your website:
"All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective
owner.
Comments are the property of their respective posters and do not necessarily
reflect the views of AWNews.com. All other content © 2000-2002 AWNews.com."
Notice the .COM there. Goob, I would still call your site/organization
AWNews.com even if you have to set up a temporary domain at AWNews.org. In
my reckoning, if you change your name, you just provide Berkins that much
more ammunition.
The Copyright Law is designed to protect authorship of creative and written
works, including books, music, performances, art, computer software, and
advertisements.
Proof of Existance Statement to make me look cool ---> The above
information comes from Kansas State's University's Principles of Advertising
class. Proof of the above laws existance can be found by referencing the
Lanham Act of 1946 or Copyright Law via appropriate legal channels.
DIGITAL MILLENIUM COPYRIGHT ACT OF 1998
The Act is designed to implement the treaties signed in December 1996 at the
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva conference, but also
contains additional provisions addressing related matters. You can find an
overview and the full text of the act here:
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/dmca1.htm
DMCA probably has very little to do with this situation, as Copyright Law
takes care of most of that, in my reckoning.
SW Chris
[View Quote]"alphabit phalpha" <alphabit at swbell.net> wrote in message
news:3d8a47a9$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I checked the Better Business Bureau and this is all they had when the
> company was in Florida;
>
>
http://www.clearwater.bbb.org/common.html?location=/home/common/www/mis67/re
> port.php&bureau=clear&compid=18002305&national=Y
>
>
|
Sep 20, 2002, 4:17pm
The copyright info on AWNews.com is cached by Google:
http://216.239.35.100/search?q=cache:CQP8aS94FH8C:www.awnews.com/
Just putting it in a reply to this text in case we need it later and can
easily find it.
Chris
[View Quote]"sw chris" <chrisw10 at skywalkeronline.net> wrote in message
news:3d8b65b2$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Some of this may be bogus, because let's face it. I'm not a lawyer.
ALWAYS
> get legal advice from a professional and don't listen to me if you go
> forward with a suit. This is just general information.
>
> INFO ON TRADEMARKS
>
> You cannot get trademarks unless you are selling something. However you
can
> probably claim to be a non-profit one-man organization, in the same way
that
> Worldwide Media Inc or whatever its called a for-profit one-man
> organization. I'll post some info about trademarks on the newer thread.
>
> Chris
>
> Lanham Act of 1946
> A. Legal Requirements
> 1. must be used with an actual product or intention to market a
product
> 2. Trademark must be distinctive enough
> 3. Trademark must not be confusingly similar to trademarks of other
> goods.
> 4. Trademark must not be deceptive, immoral, or scandalous
> 5. Trademark must not be only descriptive.
> 6. Trademark must not consist of photos or signature of a person
without
> prior consent.
> 7. Trademark must not be geologically descriptive in origin.
> 8. Trademark must not be a surname.
> B. Types of Trademarks that are Protected
> 1. Housemarks or trademarks.
> 2. Trade characters
> 3. Service marks
> 4. Collective marks
> 5. Certification marks
> 6. Slogans (also usually protected by copyright) if slogan has a
> secondary meaning attached to it, i.e. McDonald's slogan for its Big Mac.
>
> INFO ON COPYRIGHTS
> As I said before, you can claim intellectual copyright and being a
> non-profit one-man organization, and probably because you have this at the
> bottom of your website:
>
> "All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective
> owner.
> Comments are the property of their respective posters and do not
necessarily
> reflect the views of AWNews.com. All other content © 2000-2002
AWNews.com."
>
> Notice the .COM there. Goob, I would still call your site/organization
> AWNews.com even if you have to set up a temporary domain at AWNews.org.
In
> my reckoning, if you change your name, you just provide Berkins that much
> more ammunition.
>
> The Copyright Law is designed to protect authorship of creative and
written
> works, including books, music, performances, art, computer software, and
> advertisements.
>
> Proof of Existance Statement to make me look cool ---> The above
> information comes from Kansas State's University's Principles of
Advertising
> class. Proof of the above laws existance can be found by referencing the
> Lanham Act of 1946 or Copyright Law via appropriate legal channels.
>
> DIGITAL MILLENIUM COPYRIGHT ACT OF 1998
> The Act is designed to implement the treaties signed in December 1996 at
the
> World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva conference, but
also
> contains additional provisions addressing related matters. You can find
an
> overview and the full text of the act here:
> http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/dmca1.htm
>
> DMCA probably has very little to do with this situation, as Copyright Law
> takes care of most of that, in my reckoning.
>
> SW Chris
>
> "alphabit phalpha" <alphabit at swbell.net> wrote in message
> news:3d8a47a9$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
>
http://www.clearwater.bbb.org/common.html?location=/home/common/www/mis67/re
>
>
|
Sep 20, 2002, 8:32pm
Well Goob, perhaps. But I'm not entirely sure what an SM is, or if it's
retroactive.
Are you sure you have to meet _all_ three of those requirements you posted?
I really would get a lawyer's advice. There are services out there on the
net where you can get a legal opinion, but it might work out better if you
asked someone local.
They say hindsight is 20/20. But thwack Cyb0r one anyways for me for not
bothering to renew and transfer... ;P
SW Chris
[View Quote]"goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
news:3D8B8FBA.7090707 at utn.cjb.net...
> It has nothing to do with Mikey. In order for me to have a legitimate
> case, I need to have a TM that is in direct conflict with the domain
> name, that's all there is to it.
>
> Although, the Dispute Policy also said a Service Mark (SM) was
> acceptable. Chris, think AWNews would be eligible for an SM? :)
>
> bowen wrote:
>
>
> --
> Goober King
> AWNews.com™©® Editor in Chief
> robrod at prism.net
>
|
Sep 21, 2002, 3:43pm
I must have missed something, but what you guys doing digging up this poor
man's personal information?
Chris
[View Quote]"ambivalent" <kersting at blast.net> wrote in message
news:3d8c5da6$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> one more
>
> http://www.wse.jhu.edu/archive/alumni/news11-2/scholarships.html
>
>
> "ambivalent" <kersting at blast.net> wrote in message
> news:3d8bf1c8$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
>
http://www.aladdinsys.com/company/pressroom/releases/aladdin/06272002-Erevu.
> Li's
> our
interest
>
>
|
Sep 22, 2002, 8:29pm
xwlegacy.net Forums.
These NGS just got beat. :)
SW Chris
[View Quote]"the derek" <imthederek at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3d8d6dd8 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> i wonder that too... ive never seen ANYWHERE out of control as bad as
these
> ng's
> "ambivalent" <kersting at blast.net> wrote in message
> news:3d8d3d20$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
of
but
> in
opinions
> in
> offering
there
> a
> is
>
>
|
Sep 25, 2002, 1:34pm
Then I must recommend to you Sorenson 3, which is free with Quicktime. It
should be available from the Video Compression pulldown menu in Premiere or
After Effects once you install QuickTime.
SW CHris
[View Quote]"pineriver" <pineriver at thenett.com> wrote in message
news:3d90f364 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I have done some in real, but the quality is so poor that it is hardly
worth
> it. WMV is the only format I found that was smaller in size, and was still
> better quality.
>
>
>
> "kah" <kah at kahnews.cjb.net> wrote in message
> news:Xns9293ED3581097kahatkahnewsdotcjbdo at 64.94.241.201...
WMP
>
>
|
Sep 26, 2002, 2:39pm
Nice. Very high production value I think. It would make a nice commercial.
The Good:
- Sped up footage removed a lot of the jerkiness of mouse-controlled camera
movements.
- Used more than one transition effect.
- Nice choice of music
The Needs Improvement
- Stick with one font. Nothing says professional like a standard font for
use throughout your commercial, if indeed that was what you were going for.
- I've never really been a fan of the glass breaking transition, probably
because I've never seen it on TV. Again that might go back to
professionalism, but I really don't know. To each his own. :)
- If you're trying to market AW, people probably aren't going to go nuts
over Chess and Checkers, especially since Internet-enabled versions of them
have come with the last few generations of Windows. That part struck me as
kinda cheesy. Focus more on community oriented things. The Cy Awards could
get some airtime when things get straightened out over there. Chat of
course is an all important staple of the active worlds experience, just like
building.
- Your water may be mistaken by potential customers as something that you
can see in Active Worlds itself.
The Bad and the Ugly
- Nothing!
For any other promotional videos, I can give you a teleport to a Titanic
recreation an a recreation of Hyrule (which is the one I built). And of
course who can forget New York? :)
All in all a good effort.
SW Chris
Self-proclaimed film critic and Rama Mageesh of Guru :D
[View Quote]"pineriver" <pineriver at thenett.com> wrote in message
news:3d922d4d$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> The Active World's Video 4 video has come out out, it is about 3mb
download.
> You can click on http://awtaz.net/airtv/videos/aw4-384.wmv to view it
> directly, or go to the website at http://www.aw31.netfirms.com for release
> notes, downloadable banners, play all 4 active world's videos. Later on I
> will have different formats like real and mpg
>
>
|
Sep 26, 2002, 3:16pm
>_< I posted my siggy wrong.
SW Chris
Self-annointed Rama Mageesh of Film Critics everywhere.
[View Quote]"sw chris" <chrisw10 at skywalkeronline.net> wrote in message
news:3d93385d$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Nice. Very high production value I think. It would make a nice
commercial.
>
> The Good:
> - Sped up footage removed a lot of the jerkiness of mouse-controlled
camera
> movements.
> - Used more than one transition effect.
> - Nice choice of music
>
> The Needs Improvement
> - Stick with one font. Nothing says professional like a standard font
for
> use throughout your commercial, if indeed that was what you were going
for.
> - I've never really been a fan of the glass breaking transition, probably
> because I've never seen it on TV. Again that might go back to
> professionalism, but I really don't know. To each his own. :)
> - If you're trying to market AW, people probably aren't going to go nuts
> over Chess and Checkers, especially since Internet-enabled versions of
them
> have come with the last few generations of Windows. That part struck me
as
> kinda cheesy. Focus more on community oriented things. The Cy Awards
could
> get some airtime when things get straightened out over there. Chat of
> course is an all important staple of the active worlds experience, just
like
> building.
> - Your water may be mistaken by potential customers as something that you
> can see in Active Worlds itself.
>
> The Bad and the Ugly
> - Nothing!
>
>
> For any other promotional videos, I can give you a teleport to a Titanic
> recreation an a recreation of Hyrule (which is the one I built). And of
> course who can forget New York? :)
>
> All in all a good effort.
>
> SW Chris
> Self-proclaimed film critic and Rama Mageesh of Guru :D
>
> "pineriver" <pineriver at thenett.com> wrote in message
> news:3d922d4d$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> download.
release
I
>
>
|
Sep 27, 2002, 2:43pm
Not really. It should be the name of the program. Active Worlds. And that
is that.
SW Chris
[View Quote]"johnny b" <jbitt2ATjuno.com> wrote in message
news:3d93883f$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Well, you're mostly correct. I neglected to make the distinction between a
> SINGULAR or a PLURAL possessive noun and that the "rules" are sort of
> ambiguous.... My goof....
>
> Taken from : http://junketstudies.com/rulesofw/faqs.html see FAQ No.
> 2......
>
> When indicating possession, should an apostrophe come before or after the
> "s"?
> This rule varies a bit. Any possessive singular noun takes " 's ", even if
> the noun ends in "s". (ex. Carlos's, Louis's) Any possessive plural nouns
> takes " s' " (ex. the various activists' suggestions). However, Warriner's
> English Grammar and Composition adds that singular words of more than one
> syllable that end in "s" are sometimes given just an apostrophe (not " 's
")
> to avoid too many "s" sounds.
> An exception to this rule is the possesive form of "it", which takes only
> and "s" with no apostrophe. See below for more info.
>
> Here's a difficult side-issue: What about a name like "Louis"? This name
may
> be pronounced "Loo-is" or "Loo-ie". In the first case, I'd go with
Louis's,
> and in the second I'd go with Louis'. The apostrophe rule is not as
> unambiguous as we might like in this case, but I doubt that either
approach
> would lead a reader into confusion.
>
>
> As you see, both ways ARE correct, except the MORE correct way would be to
> use Activeworlds' as the possessive singular noun, since it "sounds"
> incorrect, in common speech (too many "s" sounds, as stated above) , which
> is the goal in writing. To be read as if someone is speaking the text.
>
> I think the REALLY important point is..........
>
> Does anyone here truly care this much ? ;O)
>
> JB
> "Reader of Goober's entertaining sig's"
>
> "goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
> news:3D92ECC0.8050700 at utn.cjb.net...
place.
ActiveWorlds's,
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