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sw chris // User Search
Oct 31, 2001, 7:56pm
And that means... what exactly?
btw macb, it doesn't help much with Al Quaeda around. Terrorist groups
actually practice "gee, what can I do that's criminal today?", even though
they probably wouldn't phrase it that way.
SW Chris
[View Quote]"aine" <Aine at DeDanaan.com> wrote in message
news:3be01856 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
U.S. Dept. of Justice Statistics, Prison Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm
U.S. trends show our prison populations to be escalating. Most of these are
non-violent criminals, and most are white males, not blacks (as many people
assume).
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U.S. D.O.J., Capital Punishment Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cp.htm
U.S. trends show that our capital punishment figures have been on the rise
since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976.
KCL International Centre for Prison Studies, World Prison Brief (Europe)
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/worldbrief/europe.html
The following numbers represent total inmate populations.
China: 1,427,407 (sentenced prisoners only) at mid-2000 (20th Asian and
Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators)
Russia: 923,765 (at 1.1.2001 (national prison administration))
United States: 1,933,503 (at 31.12.2000 (U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics))
Áine
======MhM 23x20===Coolavin===Áine/AHNya===================
Imagine a moral code rooted in beauty, love, pleasure, and liberation
instead of order, control, repression, and fear.
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[View Quote]"macb" <zzzzz> wrote in message news:3be00169 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I think there are a lot of people who now favor the death penalty, who
would
> also be find with life sentences that REALLY meant "life in jail", and
> didn't mean "life in jail, unless you behave well for 10 years or so in
> which case we will let you go".
>
> The problem with some people is that they are pretty well behaved when
kept
> in a room all to themselves. Such people don't wake up in the morning
and
> say to themselves "What criminal activity can I engage in today?". This
> only happens in cartoons. Sometimes I think young people today have a
sort
> of "cartoon" version of what real life is all about. I wish it weren't
so.
>
> Criminals typically see THEMSELVES as victims. This can take on many
forms,
> but the net result is that they use their own self image as a victim to
> justify doing things that are outside the law to compensate for their
> situation, be it out of work, unloved, impoverished, misunderstood, what
> have you. So you let a perfectly well behaved inmate/former mass
murderer
> out of prison after 15 years or so, and chances are, they "injustices" are
> likely to manifest themselves again, and soon.
>
> I think if we could agree that some people just can't be "repaired", there
> would be a good consensus for true life sentences, and the fervor for a
> death penalty would fade.
>
> As for how America compares with Europe on this issue and some others...
my
> next post.
>
>
> "sw chris" <chrisw10 at nckcn.com> wrote in message
> news:3bdf592f$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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Nov 3, 2001, 10:19pm
It sort of happened during SW City's 2nd Birthday, way back in February.
Super AWBingo was announced via the world message and nobody showed up for
Paintball that Wednesday night. lol.
--
SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"brant" <awteen at shoemakervillage.org> wrote in message
news:3be200fc$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I definately disagree, as I did in the previous thread. Think of it
> this way:
>
> One day, you're holding an event that you've planned for months. You
> spent a lot of money on a few citizenships that you're giving away,
> and people show up in eager anticipation. Suddenly, the universe
> welcome message is changed to "win free worlds in a special edition of
> AWBingo!," and everyone leaves.
>
> It could happen :)
>
> "anduin lothario" <anduin at NOSPAM.anduin-lothario.com> wrote in message
> news:3be1cfe1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I agree with no spamming in the universal message, but if they were to
> advertise the new client, maybe new pricing's and so forth I would not
> care. For a new AW Client for example, it can make the persons
> experience a lot better...
>
> Another thing is, if you purchased your own universe, you too would be
> able to set a universe message, no one has looked at it this way...
> And as a universe owner you would reserve the right to advertise what
> you wish to customers who have purchased worlds from you...
> AWCOM owns the AW Universe, they can do what they wish. Although some
> will disagree with some spamming, but it is there sole choice and
> right!
>
> --
> (Remove "NOSPAM." from my e-mail to reply!)
>
>
> "bcg" <Aquisclone at aol.com> wrote in message
> news:3be1c45d at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> agree with
> in
> "Trivia in
> would.
> powerless.
> us?
> spam
> they just
> they
> to take
>
>
>
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Nov 3, 2001, 10:26pm
Legallistically speaking, I don't see how that's hypocritical. It has
nothing to do with AWC's service agreement saying that they have no control
over the content of purchased worlds and will make no steps to control it.
It's only hypocritical if Anduin Lothario practices and is okay with the
content in the Gor worlds while at the same time supressing similar content
in any other worlds he owns.
--
SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"kah" <kah at kahbot.com> wrote in message
news:3be2ee96 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> no, they have no right to annoy a user that is in a world that they don't
> own. Anyway, have you looked at the pricing of Uniservers? you have to be
> either a company or have very much money to afford one. if you think it's
> their right to decide over private worlds' content you better leave Gor or
> you'll be a hypocrite...
>
> KAH
>
> "anduin lothario" <anduin at NOSPAM.anduin-lothario.com> wrote in message
> news:3be1cfe1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I agree with no spamming in the universal message, but if they were to
> advertise the new client, maybe new pricing's and so forth I would not
care.
> For a new AW Client for example, it can make the persons experience a lot
> better...
>
> Another thing is, if you purchased your own universe, you too would be
able
> to set a universe message, no one has looked at it this way... And as a
> universe owner you would reserve the right to advertise what you wish to
> customers who have purchased worlds from you...
> AWCOM owns the AW Universe, they can do what they wish. Although some will
> disagree with some spamming, but it is there sole choice and right!
>
> --
> (Remove "NOSPAM." from my e-mail to reply!)
>
>
> "bcg" <Aquisclone at aol.com> wrote in message
> news:3be1c45d at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> with
would.
just
they
take
>
>
>
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Nov 1, 2001, 5:23pm
[View Quote]"aine" <Aine at DeDanaan.com> wrote in message
news:3be193f6 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
It means:
- that the statistics back up my assertion that instead of progressing as an
advanced-thinking nation, we are actually doing just the opposite,
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Define "advanced thinking".
- that despite many Americans' impressions of their own country as the most
moral, humanitarian, democratically free nation on earth, the facts simply
do not back up that impression, because on a per capita basis, the U.S.
locks up more people in prisons (not just jails) for non-violent crimes than
any nation on earth, despite the impression that we are the "Land of the
Free",
If you do something wrong, expect to be punished. The problem is more
people are doing more wrong. Find the cause of what's encouraging them to
commit crime and extinguish it, then you have solved the entire equation.
- that our system of criminal "justice" is obviously not working, since
those numbers have continued to escalate,
Perhaps true. But I'd like to see the figures for the other advanced
thinking nations so we can compare ourselves.
- that despite being given the facts and figures, many Americans can simply
NOT connect the facts and figures to the reality of the situation.
Good point. It may be your average Joe American doesn't think about it
either.
That's what it means.
Áine
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[View Quote]"sw chris" <chrisw10 at nckcn.com> wrote in message
news:3be081a0$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> And that means... what exactly?
>
> btw macb, it doesn't help much with Al Quaeda around. Terrorist groups
> actually practice "gee, what can I do that's criminal today?", even though
> they probably wouldn't phrase it that way.
>
> SW Chris
>
> "aine" <Aine at DeDanaan.com> wrote in message
> news:3be01856 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> U.S. Dept. of Justice Statistics, Prison Statistics
> http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm
> U.S. trends show our prison populations to be escalating. Most of these
are
> non-violent criminals, and most are white males, not blacks (as many
people
> assume).
>
> U.S. D.O.J., Capital Punishment Statistics
> http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cp.htm
> U.S. trends show that our capital punishment figures have been on the rise
> since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976.
>
> KCL International Centre for Prison Studies, World Prison Brief (Europe)
> http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/worldbrief/europe.html
>
> The following numbers represent total inmate populations.
>
> China: 1,427,407 (sentenced prisoners only) at mid-2000 (20th Asian and
> Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators)
>
> Russia: 923,765 (at 1.1.2001 (national prison administration))
>
> United States: 1,933,503 (at 31.12.2000 (U.S. Bureau of Justice
Statistics))
>
>
> Áine
>
>
> ======MhM 23x20===Coolavin===Áine/AHNya===================
> Imagine a moral code rooted in beauty, love, pleasure, and liberation
> instead of order, control, repression, and fear.
> ==============================================================
>
>
>
> "macb" <zzzzz> wrote in message news:3be00169 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> would
> kept
> and
This
> sort
> so.
> forms,
> murderer
are
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> my
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> off.
> that
> "an
> something
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> and
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> European
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> with
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> we're
> just
>
>
>
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Nov 3, 2001, 10:29pm
Er... it should have the same usage policy as the demo.
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SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"brandon" <brandon at fake-email-adresses.com> wrote in message
news:3be41e24 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> ok let me correct you...to play the demo you have to be 18...the game does
> not have a set age limit
>
> "lanezeri" <rlipe at degtur.com> wrote in message
> news:3be41d9d at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> would
doesnt
think
to
thing
> might
not
> a
is
> intruding
opinion
>
>
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Nov 3, 2001, 10:30pm
=P I've played the demo a long time ago, and there's a friendly reminder
during the signup process that signing someone else up is in violation of
some laws and will get you some jail time.
--
SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"foxmccloud" <FoxMcCloud at cyberbrain.com> wrote in message
news:3be47497$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Would be fun subscribing a friend to the game with their email and phone
number, they'll think it's real... lol
>
> Fox Mc Cloud
>
> "brandon" <brandon at fake-email-adresses.com> a écrit dans le message news:
3be40f8d$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
you
call a
"leave
not
make
>
>
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Nov 19, 2001, 6:56pm
You probably tried to compose the email while the newsgroup window was
active instead of your Inbox window. You're using Outlook Express, right?
--
SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"xanlar" <duder16 at epix.net> wrote in message
news:3bf91ea7 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Can anyone help me with this? I've noticed that when I send an email it
> appears in the NG too. Like that post named "cartoon." I sent that to a
> friend and it appeared in a NG (can't remember what one) too.
> --
> XanLar
>
>
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Nov 25, 2001, 3:23am
Hehee... he said hootenanny. *grin*
SW Chris
[View Quote]"nornny11" <Nornny1 at home.com> wrote in message
news:3bffaf5e at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Wooo, finally, some good things. :) The program itself is finally shaping
> up. I hope 3.4 or 4.0 gets some good building enhancements, rotation on
all
> 3 planes is wonderful! Too bad it's only in worlds without registries,
> doesn't that mean the AWC worlds can't rotate?
>
> I'm liking the slide detection too. hehe. Christmas time in AW must be a
> hootenanny with all the frost.
>
> Nornny
>
> "shred" <no at 1.invalid> wrote in message
> news:3bfef887 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
offline
per
and
it
> 100%
worlds
>
>
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Nov 25, 2001, 3:24am
You mean banning by citizen number instead of ip address? Sounds great.
Chris
[View Quote]"brant" <awteen at shoemakervillage.org> wrote in message
news:3bffbb43$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> It's interesting how many of the most requested features have to do
> with AW's security, which is sorely lacking. Right now, it's VERY
> difficult to actually ban someone from a world or the universe, with
> dynamic IP addresses and no way to revoke rights in a world.
>
> Personally, I would have liked to see the world rights lists put into
> a database format in 3.3. A way to eject a certain citizen is sorely
> needed. PPW security, where the owner simply chooses who is allowed
> to access a certain citizen's rights instead of having to use a
> password, would also be a plus.
>
> "shred" <no at 1.invalid> wrote in message
> news:3bfef887 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> : Taken from tonight's tech-talk. It should be noted that Roland was
> offline
> : through the entirety of this.
> :
> : Roland: the feature list for 3.3 is getting kinda scary and long...
> : Roland: ok, 3.3 features then
> : Roland: so far, we have:
> :
> : Roland: * contact list improvements, including custom privacy
> settings per
> : contact and the ability to hide online/offline status, block
> telegrams and
> : go into "AFK" mode
> :
> : Roland: * slide detection - meaning, if you hit a wall you slide
> along it
> : instead of stopping cold
> :
> : Roland: * DirectX8 support...which brings a big performance
> : improvement...about 30 to 50% frame rate increase on older cards, up
> to 100%
> : frame rate increase on new cards like the Geforce
> :
> : Roland: ok, that's stuff that's already been done, more or less
> :
> : Roland: * skinned avatars
> :
> : Roland: * terrain
> :
> : Roland: * ability to rotate objects in all 3 directions (but not in
> worlds
> : with registries)
> :
> :
>
>
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Nov 26, 2001, 2:50am
LOL! Now that's what I call American ingenuity. :D
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SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"builderz" <sawran at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3C0194FC.3A977AC4 at yahoo.com...
> AW citizen Tony M was having trouble accessing the newsgroups and asked
> me to post this URL here:
> http://members.sigecom.net/theclan/taliban.html.
>
> Builderz
> Stuff-X Network
> http://www.stuff-x.com/
> PGP Key ID: 0xAC0E7073 (for non-commercial use)
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Nov 26, 2001, 10:36pm
Just make sure the drive you get is a BurnProof drive. BurnProof keeps bad
CDs from being created.
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SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"anduin lothario" <anduin at anduin-lothario.com> wrote in message
news:3c0294f0 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hi,
>
will
>
> Not sure if this is 100% Correct, one of my friends has one... He's using
a
> Sony burner and says it is one of the best, it can override some security
> features found on game CD's and so forth.
>
> Both Sony and TDK have been in close combat for CD/Video/Tape related.
>
> --
> _________________________________________
> Anduin Lothario
> ICQ#:17962714
>
> SMS: +278314217962714
> More ways to contact me:
> http://wwp.icq.com/17962714
> http://www.anduin-lothario.com
> _________________________________________
>
>
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Nov 30, 2001, 10:48pm
blech. I can get more than $30 bucks for my Voodoo on ebay. But with the
3D glasses thrown in, it's tempting... :)
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SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"kah" <kah at kahbot.com> wrote in message
news:3c08114c at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=IO_20011126_4364
>
> KAH
>
>
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Dec 2, 2001, 1:09am
Um.. with this terrain generation thing... is that just something for world
owners, or can folks in Public Building worlds use it to raise and lower
their land? It probably doesn't matter anyways... AW Prime has been just as
bland for about 5 years now... If regular builders can use terrain
generation, then I wish they'd enable it in AW.
--
SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"builderz" <sawran at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3C08FC55.CD8C4ACE at yahoo.com...
> For those of you that didn't go to this week's TechTalk (or didn't read
> a copy of it from Mauz's logs ;), AW 3.3 will (hopefully) add terrain
> support. Below are two screen shots of the "early terrain prototype"
> (WARNING: they are over 120k each):
>
> http://www.activeworlds.com/roland/terrain2.jpg
> http://www.activeworlds.com/roland/terrain3.jpg
>
> The terrain kind of reminds me of the terrain in Tribes 2. Now, if we
> only had a firing mechanism and the ability to jump... ;)
>
> Also, at least three things from the Feature Vote page (located at
> http://www.activeworlds.com/featurevote/) will be added to AW 3.3 (which
> includes new privacy options). When will AW 3.3 be coming out? Probably
> sometime in early 2002.
>
> Builderz
> Stuff-X Network
> http://www.stuff-x.com/
> PGP Key ID: 0xAC0E7073 (for non-commercial use)
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Dec 2, 2001, 9:45pm
You forgot the visibility range. It'll only send back the data in
visibility range. Or at least, that's how it should work. figures
though... Too bad SW City is so big. We can't move it to our own world.
Chris
[View Quote]"builderz" <sawran at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3C0A5F32.4C2F34F9 at yahoo.com...
> I believe the terrain feature will be a feature in the world options.
> The world server has to send the elevation data back to each browser,
> and for a world as big as AW, that is a lot of data being sent. I doubt
> AlphaWorld will have it enabled, but you never you know.
>
> Builderz
> Stuff-X Network
> http://www.stuff-x.com/
> PGP Key ID: 0xAC0E7073 (for non-commercial use)
>
> sw chris wrote:
world
just as
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Dec 1, 2001, 8:04pm
Start up Windows in Safe Mode. That way only Explorer and Systray will be
active, and your computer will not be capable of connecting to the Internet.
Run defrag from there, like Baron said.
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SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"anduin lothario" <anduin at anduin-lothario.com> wrote in message
news:3c093ab8 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hello All,
>
> First of all, I'm using Windows 98.
>
> This is the first time this has ever happened to me, so obviously I don't
> know what to do.
>
> I need a FREE program that will tell me what programs are running in the
> background and/or what they are also doing.
>
> This problem has only occurred for less than a week now, and I haven't
> installed anything new, not that I know of anyway...
> What is happening is that when I start my computer, it already presumes
that
> I am connected to the Internet. ICQ Detect opens up and loads ICQ, e-mail
> tries to check without connecting, Outlook says it is connected to the
> Internet, and web-pages try to load when I open up Internet Explorer. Of
> course, nothing loads and works, because it's not connected.
> ZoneAlarm pro picks up connections, the reason for this is because even
> WINGATE, with the networked computer, sees that I am connected to the net
> (which I'm not) and tries to load its programs that need the Internet and
> have detected it, somehow.
>
> This is not my main program, I close all of these programs, wingate,
> ZoneAlarm, EVERYTHING in the taskbar that I can see open, even what I know
> of in CTRL-ALT-DEL...
> I run Defrag, which is a mess because I never ran it for probably 6 months
> now (sorry, could never be bothered, LMAO), and it only fixed up a few
> little blocks and it tells me that C Drive has been changed: restarting,
and
> defrag starts the folder checking process and does a few more blocks on
the
> HDD and restarts again and again. Scandisk does the same, but luckily
> scandisk doesn't take as long.
>
> I left defrag running when I went to bed last night and left it to run for
> about 8 hours... It has only done barely HALF of the screen, not half of
the
> defrag, half of the screen in view!!! It was still on the 10% mark because
> of all these resets of defrag...
>
> What is it that could possibly be causing this!?!? I need a defrag and
fast,
> this PC is running me nuts... The only thing I can think of is starting up
> some rescue disks and running defrag in DOS mode.
>
> Any tips would be greatly appreciated thanks :)
>
> --
> _________________________________________
> Anduin Lothario
> ICQ#:17962714
>
> SMS: +278314217962714
> More ways to contact me:
> http://wwp.icq.com/17962714
> http://www.anduin-lothario.com
> _________________________________________
>
>
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Dec 4, 2001, 3:13am
That sounds like a lot of work considering the alternative. :)
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SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"captain mad mike" <cmm at swcity.net> wrote in message
news:3c0be9e0$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Or...if you're feeling really daring...try this: (I've done it before on
my
> comp...nothing big happens, at least for me...but its best that you have a
> reset button on your computer)
>
> Boot your machine normally into Windows.
> Open the system.ini file.
> Search for "shell=".
> Change shell=explorer to shell=defrag.exe (Or whatever program you choose.
> If you want to use a program that does not reside in a standard Windows
> directory, you must include the path using the DOS 8.3 filename format:
> "c:progra~1winampwinamp.exe").
> Reboot your machine. It will boot into Windows using the program you
> specified.
>
>
> To change your shell back to Explorer:
>
>
> Reboot your machine into a command prompt.
> Type "edit" (a DOS-based text editing program), and reverse the steps.
> Change shell=defrag.exe back to shell=explorer.exe.
> Save the file and exit the program.
> Reboot your machine.
>
>
> --
> Captain MAD Mike
> -Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
> PS> This is just something I copied off The Screen Savers...can't find it
on
> the site anymore (saved it on my hard drive).
> "data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
> news:3c09dd52 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> | For defrag to work 100% with no problems you must close all running
> | programs.
> | do that ctrl alt and delete 1 time and close out everything in their.
> you
> | might get an error or to but that's fine for now, next pause the task
> | scheduler then disable any screensavers and make sure you don't have you
> PC
> | set to turn off the HD when your idle, after that run scandisk because
> | defrag will not run if there are errors on the drive. After it runs and
> | fixed all errors then start the defrag and leave your PC alone till its
> | done.
> |
> |
> | "anduin lothario" <anduin at anduin-lothario.com> wrote in message
> | news:3c093ab8 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> | > Hello All,
> | >
> | > First of all, I'm using Windows 98.
> | >
> | > This is the first time this has ever happened to me, so obviously I
> don't
> | > know what to do.
> | >
> | > I need a FREE program that will tell me what programs are running in
the
> | > background and/or what they are also doing.
> | >
> | > This problem has only occurred for less than a week now, and I haven't
> | > installed anything new, not that I know of anyway...
> | > What is happening is that when I start my computer, it already
presumes
> | that
> | > I am connected to the Internet. ICQ Detect opens up and loads ICQ,
> e-mail
> | > tries to check without connecting, Outlook says it is connected to the
> | > Internet, and web-pages try to load when I open up Internet Explorer.
Of
> | > course, nothing loads and works, because it's not connected.
> | > ZoneAlarm pro picks up connections, the reason for this is because
even
> | > WINGATE, with the networked computer, sees that I am connected to the
> net
> | > (which I'm not) and tries to load its programs that need the Internet
> and
> | > have detected it, somehow.
> | >
> | > This is not my main program, I close all of these programs, wingate,
> | > ZoneAlarm, EVERYTHING in the taskbar that I can see open, even what I
> know
> | > of in CTRL-ALT-DEL...
> | > I run Defrag, which is a mess because I never ran it for probably 6
> months
> | > now (sorry, could never be bothered, LMAO), and it only fixed up a few
> | > little blocks and it tells me that C Drive has been changed:
restarting,
> | and
> | > defrag starts the folder checking process and does a few more blocks
on
> | the
> | > HDD and restarts again and again. Scandisk does the same, but luckily
> | > scandisk doesn't take as long.
> | >
> | > I left defrag running when I went to bed last night and left it to run
> for
> | > about 8 hours... It has only done barely HALF of the screen, not half
of
> | the
> | > defrag, half of the screen in view!!! It was still on the 10% mark
> because
> | > of all these resets of defrag...
> | >
> | > What is it that could possibly be causing this!?!? I need a defrag and
> | fast,
> | > this PC is running me nuts... The only thing I can think of is
starting
> up
> | > some rescue disks and running defrag in DOS mode.
> | >
> | > Any tips would be greatly appreciated thanks :)
> | >
> | > --
> | > _________________________________________
> | > Anduin Lothario
> | > ICQ#:17962714
> | >
> | > SMS: +278314217962714
> | > More ways to contact me:
> | > http://wwp.icq.com/17962714
> | > http://www.anduin-lothario.com
> | > _________________________________________
> | >
> | >
> |
> |
>
>
|
Dec 3, 2001, 5:45pm
Ease up, Kah. The browser never crashed for me before this. The only time
it has ever crashed was when it was loading things in the av01 worlds. So
the problem is related somehow to the system path, not 3.2.
--
SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"kah" <kah at kahbot.com> wrote in message
news:3c0bbc1a at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> shut up, just because AW 3.2 is unstable and should still have been in
beta
> it doesn't mean that ppl that have problems have screwed up computers.
nice
> for you that it only crashed 3 times, but that's for *YOU*, not for
> everyone...
>
> KAH
>
> "syko" <sykofreak169 at msn.com> wrote in message
> news:3c0aeca4 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> out
> news:3C0A831E.3CD545A6 at oct31.de...
>
>
|
Dec 3, 2001, 12:51am
True. This is something to work on for next year Next year, they need to
make sure the bot doesn't crash and stays online during voting hours. And
next year, please make sure the worlds don't crash browsers. :( I was able
to catch the Avvy Awards on ABN though, so no biggy. :) All in all a good
event.
--
SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"grimble" <grimble2000 at btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:3c0add51$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Surely its only a bit of fun ... not like anyones life depends on it. And
> not a lot to do with world building either really.
>
> "sinew" <citizenaw at hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3c0acd73 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> no
> call
at
>
>
|
Dec 3, 2001, 3:00pm
....still a sore democrat in the crowd, eh? :) J/k
--
SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"sme" <wahlmb at home.com> wrote in message
news:3c0b623f$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> "sinew" wrote:
>
>
> Happy anniversary of the 2000 elections. Think of the votes that
didn't
> get counted when the bot wasn't online as "dimpled chads."
>
> -Sme
>
>
|
Dec 3, 2001, 5:42pm
Whatever crashed everyone's browser was a problem only related to the av01
worlds. I crashed several times in av01exb and av01avvy. I never crashed
in av01 though. So find what is common about those two worlds, and not
common in av01, and you will have narrowed the list of possible problems
down to an easily managable list. :) That way the planning committee will
know what to avoid next year.
--
SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"kah" <kah at kahbot.com> wrote in message
news:3c0bb24c$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> still, you have quite a large value in donated prizes... the AV01 commitee
> can't be blamed for AW's unstability though LMAO...
>
> KAH
>
> "grimble" <grimble2000 at btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:3c0add51$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
And
is
be
00000000
00000000
cannot
properly
> at
unfair
>
>
|
Dec 4, 2001, 11:31pm
hmm... no. I've been in AWTeen with that many people in the immediate area
and it didn't crash there. And I was in Av01exb when there were only a few
folks visible, and it still crashed. I really don't think any browser
instability has anything to do with it. That's my opinion though. :) I
don't know for sure.
--
SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"kah" <kah at kahbot.com> wrote in message
news:3c0d197a$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I crashed 2 or 3 times in AV01... crashed in all the AV01* I visited
> actually... I think some of it has to do with AW being rather unstable and
> not supporting of a lot of activity combined with large downloads, also, I
> hear an MP3 might have been causing parts of it...
>
> KAH
>
> "sw chris" <chrisw10 at nckcn.com> wrote in message
> news:3c0bd5a3 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
av01
crashed
will
> commitee
it.
> there
matter
>
>
|
Dec 5, 2001, 5:58pm
Ok, now we're getting somewhere. I'll submit along with Mauz that the
worlds and avatars were done a little _too_ well. I think AW kept trying to
stuff things into my poor Voodoo 3000 when it was already full, thus causing
a crash. :)
--
SW Chris
Eagle Scout, Philosopher, Peacemaker, and... Kung Fu Master?
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html
[View Quote]"mauz" <mauz at my.activeworlds.com> wrote in message
news:3c0e6ae3$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> "sw chris" <chrisw10 at nckcn.com> wrote in message
news:3c0bd5a3 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
av01
crashed
>
> I didn't crash once - shouldn't a faulty object crash everybody?
> However, there were lots of high-polygon avatars there, which grinded
> the frame rate down to halt; especially when minimum visibility
> had been set as high as 60 m in some worlds. Maybe they should only
> allow 3 entries per artist to keep the avatar list length reasonable?
> And I couldn't resize my window larger, because there were hundreds of
> textures and pictures there, some pretty big, filling up the video card's
memory
> (my card is GeForce2 GTS 32 MB). But the votebot never answered me :/
>
> --
> Mauz
> http://mauz.info
>
>
|
Dec 8, 2001, 11:09pm
Python is a very good starter language to learn, I've heard, and it's
totally free! http://www.python.org.
SW Chris
[View Quote]"captain mad mike" <cmm at swcity.net> wrote in message
news:3c12b77c at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> well from what I've heard, VB is pretty easy. I've looked at Delphi and
I've
> seen VB before...they seem to be relatively the same setup (but I don't
know
> about the commands)...and C++ is supposed to be the most powerful but its
> also supposed to be very confusing.
>
> But I'm no programmer.
>
> --
> Captain MAD Mike
> -Governor, PC Addict, Odd Man
> "data21" <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
> news:3c0e099f at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> | I need a good programming program that I can make bots with and any
> windows
> | based programs with.
> | Not sure what to look for in the store ether, I see games and stuff but
> | nothing about program languages.
> |
> |
>
>
|
Dec 7, 2001, 1:04am
lol. It is a general discussion forum. And I've seen worse. :)
SW Chris
[View Quote]"builderz" <sawran at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3C0FD0C8.42C1B66C at yahoo.com...
> Is it just me, or do the posts here just keep getting weirder and
> weirder?
>
> Builderz
> Stuff-X Network
> http://www.stuff-x.com/
> PGP Key ID: 0xAC0E7073 (for non-commercial use)
>
> xelnaga wrote:
informed
|
Dec 8, 2001, 4:47am
I forgot what YWD means. So you're safe. =P
SW Chris
[View Quote]"sw comit" <sam64 at jps.net> wrote in message
news:3c11a4f7 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I'm not egotistic, I'm just bored
> This is a story of my cyber life up to the forming of SW City, so gather
> around the campfire children, it's story time =P
>
> Many years ago, back in the days of yore, my family just got hooked up to
> the Internet. Me, being a big Nintendo fan, went to www.nintendo.com. I
> signed up for the forums and it was time to pick my first username. Super
> Mario RPG for the snes was one of my favorite games, and Mallow was
favorite
> character. Mallow was taken so I chose meanmallow, just to be sarcastic.
I
> met a fella' named Chris there when I put up my idea for a game, which we
> now know as Super Smash Brothers (it was totally my idea in that forum,
they
> only changed one thing about it!). Chris became my first Internet friend.
> He helped me discover instant messagers too. Later I got a hot game -
> Command and Conquer: Red Alert. I was pretty interested in this
multiplayer
> feature. I installed the game using my 8x CD-ROM onto my blazin' 120 mhz
> Pentium with a whoppin' 16 MB of ram. After I got use to the game, I
signed
> up for mplayer, which hosted the multiplayer games. My new username was
> Sheller. Being somewhat of a computer newbie, I thought mplayer was all
for
> Red Alert and that name would fit for a war game. Oddly, I never did
figure
> out how to get Red Alert to work online until a couple years later (but we
> won't go there). I got side tracked and ended up spending a lot of time
in
> the chat lobbies. Mind you, this was the first time I've been in chat. I
> can still remember asking "what's :) mean?". After I learned the ways of
> chat I look elsewhere on mplayer. I learned about a magical word called
> "shareware" and it's beautiful sister "freeware". I downloaded a
shareware
> gamed called Scarab. Scarab was an old open air shooter game, similar to
> battle mech games but the mechs were human sized. After a week or so, I
> changed my name again. I like space, so I decided to rename myself Comet.
> However, being bad at spelling, I spelled it Comit (after all, wouldn't
the
> E make the O in comet sound like "comb-it"? lol). I decided to just leave
> it though. I really liked scarab and I learned about clans, which were
> basically just teams for the game. I started up my own called YWD
> (YWD...tsk tsk tsk, such an awful name. No one I'm telling any of you
what
> that means =P. Chris and Syntax, you better not tell anyone! >_<). After
> about two months, the clan, about up to 8 members, agreed with me that we
> should change the name. We chose Scarab Warriors, aka SW. We also
decided
> to do what most clans did and put the SW tag onfront of our names (hence
I'm
> SW Comit). About a year later, in spring, my friend in school, Gadget
(that
> was his username, although he didn't have the internet at the time. He
also
> did the art and logo for SW which is dotted around SW City), told me about
> AW. I downloaded it and immediately teleported to America world, which he
> talked all about. Can't remember my first day too well, all I remember
was
> blue sky and many black dots. I was very surprised when I heard music. I
> never knew about MIDIs back then, and I thought they were lengthy WAV
files
> and blamed the slow downloading on them. I started up a tourist town in
> Alphaworld GZ maplet with a few other SW members (SW Enforser, SW Nitro
> Excell, SW MadCow, SW Chris, and me). I remember getting an area full
> message when I tried building my walls outa wall01.rwx objects. Took me
> days to figure out how to make objects without dragging them from a
> neighboring build. I've always been an awful newbie. A month later or
so,
> we moved to America and started a small town. No surprise, but it got
> deleted shortly by someone who hated SWs (evidence of the signs left
there).
> Then we started yet another tourist town. I don't know how it happened,
but
> even though I knew that one side of the world was forbidden building zone,
I
> somehow build on that side on accident. It was a great tourist city,
pretty
> big. Also, at this time, SW was at it's golden age. It was the biggest
> Scarab clan, 50 members,, and the 2nd oldest surviving. The town was
> surrounded by a huge wall with a working rail road track ontop (pretty
good
> for a tourist I'd say). Probably a month later the town was deleted, lol.
> Two days later that whole side of the world was covered with grass. I
> forgot to mention, I didn't register with AW because these were the days
> when spending over the Internet was still not trusted by most people,
> including my parents. Pretty bummed out about the event, I returned to
> Scarab for a long time. I dotted on AW every now and then to build a
> tourist town, knowing it wouldn't last long. I built two more in
> alphaworld, one in mars, and one in yellowstone (actually I ditched that
one
> due to lack of objects, lol). Scarab now reached the end of the
> line...cheating was introduced into scarab like a plague. A hacking
program
> was spread all over, easy enough for most people to use. Even I had one,
> although I only used it offline. Player skills became obsolete. I
resorted
> back to AW (after a long period of playing Faldon, the first MMORPG I
> played). I wanted a tourist city that would last longer this time. I
flew
> a few kilometers out from AW GZ, unaware of how huge Alphaworld was, since
I
> never knew about the AW Mapper. I dragged an object with me for a long
time
> out to a open field. In my tourist mind, I thought I'd be safer if I
could
> stay clear of other builds. I raised the object 100m in the sky and
started
> a city in the sky. This time I only invited the most trusted SW members -
> SW vice-president SW Nito Excell, 3rd in control SW Magnum, scarab's #1
> player SW Kila (now known as Sojiurn), and SW Kappa (dunno how he ever got
> there, lol). All but Nitro were new to AW. Lucky for me, Magnum liked AW
> so much he registered and convinced Kila to register too. Me and Magnum
> were good friends, and he gave me his credit card number so I could
register
> too. Now that we were registered, we thought it was pointless to stay in
> the air, so we made a road down the surface and started New SW City, which
> is SW City as you know it. SW Kila made the first build - a pub. We
> invited several more SWs to AW. Now that I was a citizen, I liked AW more
> and spent a long time away from Scarab. Scarab was so corrupt that I
> declared my resignation from SW, after 1 and a half years of running it.
> Nitro took over and held on another month, but lost interested since I was
> gone (him and I are best friends in r/l). Magnum disappeared and I've
never
> seen him since. From what I know of him, he had too much of a thing going
> in r/l to have time for the computer. What I regret most about all this
is
> that I never got anybody's email address because I relied on mplayer's
> telegram system so much. Nitro still plays scarab to this day, joining
clan
> to clan. He claims SW was restarted by old loyalists, but could never
hold
> onto it. I don't know why I never took the SW outa my name even though I
> quit. Something weird that you can't put into worlds. Maybe it's just a
> symbol of all my scarab days.
>
> After that, Kila changed his name to Sojiurn and left SW City. He could
> never stay committed to one clan in scarab, same goes for AW. I opened SW
> City to non-SW members. Pern was our first resident, but she left cause
she
> had a town of her own to run. I ran SW City for six months after that by
> myself. I liked building too much to care about building a community yet.
> Kila, though, stumbled into Utopia ran by Utopian Monarch. Before that he
> was known as Selkie1 and he was another resident of SW City during those
six
> months. Kila joined me one day and brought alone Syntax and his friend
> Spiderman. Syntax was pretty impressed by SW City and decided to stick
> around. I offered him a sub-community, a plan I've been thinking on
during
> this hours of building. Everything after that is pretty modern news.
> Syntax brought Captain MAD Mike who started a sub-community, and I brought
> Chris, who was also SW, and he started one too. The government system
just
> kinda fell into place, it was unwritten and just kinda evolved. In fact,
it
> was only about 4 months that we finally documented the government of SW
> City. SW City will be 3 years old next April. I'm NOT totally certain,
> correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's the 2nd longest surviving city
in
> Alphaworld, with Pink Village being 1st. Largest in physical size. Sound
> familiar? Uh oh...time will tell O_O
>
> Wow that took awhile to type =0
>
> - Comit
>
>
|
Dec 14, 2001, 5:41am
It was that apricot thing wasn't it? =P
SW Chris
[View Quote]"syntax" <syntax at swcity.net> wrote in message
news:3c19716f at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Augh this drives me nuts. A friend of mine sends me these "silly images"
> everyday or so and they are always buried wayyy inside an attachment. I
> opened one once (don't try this at home kids) and will never open it
again.
> --
> - Syntax -
> http://swcity.net
> http://academy.swcity.net
> http://forum.swcity.net
>
> data21 <dbmiller at kiski.net> wrote in message
> news:3c190010 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> right
>
>
|
Dec 18, 2001, 4:41am
Johnf, please be considerate and do not post in short-hand English. There
are several readers whose native languange is not English. :)
SW Chris
[View Quote]"bowen" <bowen at omegauniverse.com> wrote in message
news:3c1e756a$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> LoL here we go again:
> "Heh... heh.............. This advertisement belongs to the bot
newsgroup...
> it's advertising to the community. I was hoping for a discussion. It may
> be on someone's wishlist and it was written using the sdk."
>
> That's his reason for the cross post on all 6 of the newsgroups.. but he
> left out the worldbuilders.. so is it really necessary to post it at all?
> Advertising that's cross-posted IS spam, sorry, if any.. this belonged in
> the bots newsgroup and none other unless you're offering the source code
for
> the SDK.
>
> That help you Andras? :)
>
> --Bowen--
>
>
|
Dec 18, 2001, 4:42am
Resistance is futile. *_| <--It's a Borg O_O
SW Chris
[View Quote]"captain mad mike" <cmm at swcity.net> wrote in message
news:3c1e665f$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Gonna turn us into borgs you O_O
>
>
> --
> -Captain MAD Mike
>
> Jekyl and Hyde...or Android?
> "shred" <no at 1.invalid> wrote in message
> news:3c1b99de at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> | Have a happy holiday season, from the HooverAE Borg security team. Or
> else.
> |
> | <Bzzt>
> |
> |
>
>
|
Dec 18, 2001, 4:49am
Congratulations on another year concluded. :)
--
SW Chris
"Fear, you say? Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to
Greed. Greed leads to misery. Misery leads to despair. Despair leads to
crying. Crying leads to tears. Tears leads to sniffing. Sniffing leads to
hatred. Hatred leads to poverty. Poverty leads to hunger. Hunger leads to
steak. Steak... leads to stir-frying...." --Yoda, The Empire Strikes
Backyard
[View Quote]"s p a r k" <crazyglue3 at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3c1d3b68 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I'll be 15 the 28th (YAY!)
>
> Just to let you know :)
>
> ~SparK_y
>
>
|
Dec 18, 2001, 11:21pm
I was looking for an excuse to put that quote down. >:)
Wing., in response to your post, go to this url:
http://www.theforce.net/theater/shortfilms/backyard
SW Chris
[View Quote]"wing." <wing at systemrecall.com> wrote in message
news:3c1f9a93 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> "sw chris" <chrisw10 at nckcn.com> wrote in message
> news:3c1ee702 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
to
to
leads
> to
leads
> to
>
> WTF?
>
>
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