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Feb 19, 2003, 5:55pm

[View Quote] Hence the hunter - gatherer philosophy for men and women. The men do the work, the
women steal the profits.

--Bowen--

Feb 19, 2003, 6:08pm

[View Quote] Oh, they know they like it. They love the excuse to use that pent up anger.

--Bowen--

Feb 18, 2003, 7:07pm

I've provided the VB OCX until grimmsoft is back up and running.

http://bots.omegauniverse.com/

--Bowen--

Feb 20, 2003, 2:02pm

> The installation program is, btw, a non-distributeable trial edition and
> the program itself (aw 3.1) was just hacked enough to change the
> copyright information and icon. The message file, though, seems to point
> to an email address of a service that is not related to this whole
> issue.

Or, they used VC++ or some other visual GUI editor to make a 99% identicle GUI
system. It's not that hard to do. As for coding the network part of it, that's a
little more difficult.

> The connection appears to be a private dsl connection, the download page
> is located on the same IP and working, only the uniserver is not running
> (school is not out yet?) - and the other server with the webpages is
> hosted in Germany. The guys name is Michael Peters, according to website
> and program (if that says anything to anybody, I never came across him).

It's their choice to host a universe on the DSL connection. Just because he can't
afford a commercial line means he's obviously hacking the AW browser and servers?

--Bowen--

Feb 20, 2003, 2:41pm

[View Quote] So, because the filesizes are similar and the distribution install is similiar, that
to references a hacking? Remember, most companies use a standard platform for
distribution. A 1-2 mb file is not unheard, and to be really sure that it's a
hack... one would have to look at the DLLs and such and see how they interact with
the file and compare it to AW.

--Bowen--

Feb 20, 2003, 7:20pm

[View Quote] Or it's a legal universe.

--Bowen--

Feb 20, 2003, 8:32pm

[View Quote] No, I do believe Fandom had it's own icon. We are talking about the icon and not the
action animation right?

--Bowen--

Feb 21, 2003, 10:53am

[View Quote] Nope. Please take how dumb you think we are and quarter it, then quarter it again.
That little image in the top right corner, the one with AW wasn't the same. Fandom
was legal. Did anyone ever stop to go, "Hey, how do I know this isn't legal?"

By god John, most people who have any computer experience whatsoever know you can
change the icon of shortcuts.

--Bowen--

Feb 23, 2003, 12:19am

[View Quote] Which you can. From what I remember.

--Bowen--

Feb 27, 2003, 2:40am

> As far as the Cy's, isn't it possible where a category that both Gor and
> non-Gor worlds can be nominated for to have separate entries so that they
> wouldn't compete? If (conceivably) under 18's aren't allowed in some worlds,
> is it fair to them or the worlds themselves to lump them together, because
> they (supposedly) couldn't be voted on by some cits anyway? Logically, the
> people who are allowed to see them should be the ones to judge them, no more
> or no less. I mean, it's not like the Academy Awards, which aren't decided
> by the general population anyway. But if they were, how could it be fair if
> half (or whatever) of the voting public weren't allowed to watch whatever
> percent of the movies they were allowed to vote for? Unless of course in AW
> and those imaginary Academy Awards, only those of legal adult age were
> allowed to vote. Not really fair or even statistically correct either, since
> they wouldn't be voted on by everyone who pays to see them. It might be a
> complicated task, but that's the way it is obviously, by the bickering it
> raises.

Because porn isn't nominated for Academy Awards. I don't see a nominee for best
orgasm faked. Or best BDSM style. Please, spare me from the overly cliche rebuttal
that Gor isn't porn... it's adult material and that isn't awarded any type of public
award. No matter what. We're not talking the statue of David or the cieling of the
Sistine Chappel here, we're talking sexual context and slavery.

--Bowen--

Feb 27, 2003, 2:12pm

[View Quote] Well, the Academy Awards aren't as community oriented as the CY's. Which says that
if the AA doesn't do it (or only did it once) it probably shouldn't be common
practice for a super community oriented event to be doing it either.

--Bowen--

Feb 27, 2003, 2:20pm

[View Quote] Ok, so it happened once. It hasn't happened since, has it? That must say that
either the regulations in 1969 were very lax, or it wasn't really that X-rated.

> And like CarolAnn said, the adult worlds don't get nominated for their
> adult content. They just happen to also have adult content in them along
> with whatever it is they were nominated for. So if there was a way to
> show what the adult world was nominated for, without showing the actual
> adult content itself, that would make everyone happy I would hope, yes?

I don't think the Oscar's are as community oriented as the Acadmey is, but even if
they are... one time is pretty freaking rare. And since the CY's are extremely
community oriented... one should stand that if a world contains adult material, it
shouldn't even be considered for nomination... no matter how great it is. You can
probably find something just as great out there if you looked harder. Not to mention
the point that Gor world owners have a lot of money and probably bought someone to do
the design/terrain/objects/whathaveyou which totally defeats the point of the CY's
(awarding someone for their work and not their money).

> Of course, that could prove tricky for things like Landscaping, where
> the only way to see it is to actually visit the world it's in... :-/

Well, I'm sure with things like Landscaping, you can find it almost anywhere else you
look. There's probably things even better than a Gor world... they just happen to
come to mind first to make the job of finding a nominee easy and because you know
they can afford great looking worlds. But, I won't mention the money thing again if
you don't want me too.

--Bowen--

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Feb 27, 2003, 3:25pm

[View Quote] How do you buy a world? How do you get an OP? Oh wait, how do you get all those
nicely designed objects that are part of sets that are for sale on sites like
Filmkr's? Oh wait, MONEY! Gee, I didn't think it was that hidden.

Even if you have all those people working together to buy it, that money came from
some place. Oh wait, it's still money. Point me to an abundance of Gor worlds that
don't have their own objects (or didn't buy objects from sets) and don't own their
own world (hang out in a free world), and don't have an OP that wasn't bought (IE, AW
or Ananas' OP).

I didn't say "rolling in the dough," nor did I imply they're super rich. I just said
they had money, and they've used it. I would hold this stance even if it wasn't a
Gor world that was nominated for something they bought with money.

--Bowen--

Feb 27, 2003, 6:10pm

[View Quote] Right, whatever you want to believe.

--Bowen--

Feb 28, 2003, 2:02am

[View Quote] Whatever you say... may I recommend some knee-pads?

--Bowen--

Feb 27, 2003, 2:31pm

[View Quote] Sorry, I put him in the oven. Well done or medium rare?

--Bowen--

Mar 3, 2003, 8:41pm

[View Quote] As long as it's not open to the public and it's not taking awards away from more
community oriented things, everyone else is fine with it.

--Bowen--

Mar 3, 2003, 3:40pm

[View Quote] Eudora.

--Bowen--

Mar 3, 2003, 9:42pm

[View Quote] Mozilla 0wnz netscape. ;)

--Bowen--

Mar 4, 2003, 6:26pm

[View Quote] That doesn't really mean anything, since the fact that this is opinion based what I
say has no "literal opposite" unless I had an anti-Bowen.

--Bowen--

Mar 4, 2003, 7:45pm

[View Quote] And Mozilla owns Netscape, it's a loop of ownage. Unless it's now referred to as
Netscape compatible.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/2002,
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1),
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90);

Nope, still Mozilla's code apparently.

--Bowen--

Mar 6, 2003, 2:27pm

[View Quote] Or try running it in compatability mode.

--Bowen--

Mar 9, 2003, 6:28pm

[View Quote] You see all those console systems? They're all RenderWare dependent, last I heard.

--Bowen--

Mar 6, 2003, 3:37pm

[View Quote] Germany and France have deals with Iraq, of course they're going to veto it. Three
against how many? They haven't been cooperating, where have you been the last 10
years? In a cardboard box? Suddenly they start again, ultra-exact empty warheads
were found that weren't declared (why would they not delcare that? That's in
violation, not to mention the high probability of undeclared, active warheads) ,
technology they shouldn't have they have... what more do you need?

Clinton attacked Saddam too for the same reasons, no one is judging him. I suspect
this is soely to do with Bush and not the actual circumstances of this event.

--Bowen--

Mar 6, 2003, 8:05pm

[View Quote] There're no Buddhists in Iraq? Surely it's not the official religion of Iraq but he
should get half credit.

--Bowen--

Mar 6, 2003, 8:07pm

[View Quote] Wait, I thought moldy cheese, stale wine, clocks, and beans on eggs were considered
culture? Shoot. Culture is indiginous to any one set of peoples. There's no
offical human culture.

--Bowen--

Mar 6, 2003, 8:43pm

[View Quote] There isn't an official human language, nor art.

--Bowen--

Mar 6, 2003, 8:43pm

[View Quote] Can you say without a doubt that only Islamic worshipers are present as citizens of
Iraq?

--Bowen--

Mar 7, 2003, 1:06am

[View Quote] This isn't comparable to a test, where there's right and wrong answers; it's
comparable to poker, and similar things, that require strategy to win.

--Bowen--

Mar 7, 2003, 1:39am

[View Quote] People bluff when they can't do anything about it; the difference is the US can.
People seem to overlook the fact that the reason the UN and such organizations last
for the enforcement abilities is because of the US. Remember what happened to the
League of Nations?

> Of course it is compareble, if UN ask for proves that would "justify" a war,
> but USA only say, we have but we will not tell. To me it seems someone is
> bullshitting.

This still plays into the role of strategic defense of intelligence. You give up
that piece of evidence that proves it, you give up your undercover operations.
That's not something you want or the rest of the world should want considering the
circustances that arise without the protection of the US. Yes, the US protects, Yes,
the US takes "compensation"; but I would rather have the US be doing this than Russia
or France... considering their flakey past.

Hey, hear about Euro-Disney banning fireworks? Seems when the nearby French units
heard them they surrendered unconditionally (joke).

> UN is like a courtroom of the world, where decisions are made. How can
> someone refusing to present profs be taken seriously? We have to remember
> that it is USA that is going to attack, not Iraque.

If the US does not go pre-emptive, you're risking possible Hitler-esque actions by
Iraq. War is bad, no one is arguing that... what we are arguing is the saftey of all
citizens of this planet. Which includes the US, of course we're going to act in our
best interest. Are you telling me France and Germany aren't acting in theirs?

> As I have stated earlier, when the first iraqi missile flies towards USA, I
> will not object USA striking back, but as long USA is the only one wanting
> war, I would like to see some hard evidence that would even make it a bit
> more justified, not only a moron president on TV repeating himself, without
> a single good reason for the war, just bullshit.

Do Europeans not understand the term pre-emptive? Why do we need to wait for
destruction to come to us first before we attack? Well my good European friend,
perhaps you didn't see the attacks by terrorists on Septermber 11th, but we're trying
to stop the same thing from happening again on a larger, more catastrophic scale. If
_that_ isn't good enough for an attack on our soil, I don't know what is. I'm sorry
we can't please you.

--Bowen--

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