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Aug 23, 2003, 10:10am

"joeman" <john at fakeplastic.com> wrote in
news:3f46761f at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> KAH, when you become of age when you join the workforce, you'll see
> what I mean. Where I work (a very popular university), the only
> non-windows machines on campus, are the Sun mail servers, various sun
> boxes in labs, a few Linux machines in labs, and the AIX mainframes.
> The rest, is windows as far as the eye can see. Walk into many major
> businesses, and you'll find that they're using all windows. Just
> because you're a Linux bible-thumper, doesn't mean the rest of the
> world runs on your agenda.

No, the world doesn't run on my agenda. I'm painfully aware of that. Maybe
it will one day, though. At least a bit closer to it. I don't care if you
work at a very popular university. It's not my problem if the IT people
there are stupid and are running mainly on a Win32 platform, their (your's,
maybe) loss. You guys are the ones that will be out of a job the day the
entire campus gets taken down by crackers.

> Here's one usage statistics site:
> http://www.epistemelinks.com/Info/OpSys.aspx
> Lets look at the most current, 2003...
> Windows got a whopping 84.56% of the hits....
> Linux and its variants got a mere 11.45%...
>
> Wow... Ok, on to the next site...
>
> Here's another one:
> http://lumumba.luc.ac.be/kris/stats/usage_200301.html Windows got
> 2,732 hits Linux got 548 hits.
>
> ...
>
> And another: http://geneura.ugr.es/webalizer/usage_200203.html
> Windows: 8655 hits
> Linux: 601 hits

I'm aware that Win32 is by far the most popular OS for the desktop, no need
to tell me.

>
> I am well aware that Linux and its variants, are used on many servers
> world wide; I'm even running on right behind me performing various
> caching and logging functions. I am also aware that Novell is used
> many places, along with Sun OS, Cisco IOS, and other embedded OS's in
> switches, telecom equipment, etc. But, the greatest number of
> workstations are windows, which in terns require windows servers to
> drive them. The Linux replacements for such services (such as SMB),
> are horrible.
>
> Now, you're probably still in the "omg I installed Linux, I r sooo
> l33t, it can d0 everthing!!!! I heart Linux j00!" phase... But, once
> you get a job in the IT field, or hell, even McDonalds... You'll begin
> to realize that Linux isn't all that great for enterprise
> applications. I hope I'm not being "nasty", as .duo. would put it,
> but its the raw uncut truth. I'm not trying to be mature about
> anything.

As Bowen said for me, I haven't installed Linux on any of my boxes. Not
counting the floppy-sized Linux distribution that sure as hell doesn't "d0
everthing!!!!". You're not being "nasty", you're being an MS-fanboy, and
you're being silly. I just proved it isn't the truth, and yes, you ARE
trying to act very mature (read your own posts, and you'll see).

> Microsoft can grasp your "decent coding practices". Most of their
> code is flawless. Their OSs have a few problems, which really aren't
> that big of problems if you know what you're doing. Such as, threads
> being totally messed up and memory handling. If their products were
> truly pure and utter crap, as you Linux-thumpers like to say, then why
> do soooooooo many people use them? As for bugfixes, and security,
> hotfixes and patches come out every other day practically to fix most
> of the problems that are found.

No they can't. They prove that all the time. And even if their code had
been flawless, their insane program design would still make their programs
just as insecure. Come on, "a few problems"... That's a gross
understatement, and you know it. Anyway some of the problems are pretty
major (such as, for example, the Win98 memory handling), having a lot of
impact on the use and operation of the system.

> Have you ever looked at a Linux exploit, how about an AIX one... what
> about a Sun OS one? Every operating system is going to have exploits
> targeted at it. Sure, there were programming mistakes made, but there
> were for _every_ operating system out there, well, except JoeOS. :P

That's certainly true (except the JoeOS part ;-D), but there seem to be a
lot more mistakes on Win32, and Win32 is closed source, and will only get
fixed if Microsoft feels like it. A lot of the time, they don't.
Anyway, with Linux and other Open Source applications, the code is being
reviewed by a LOT of people that are more or less independant of eachother.
People that will raise the alarm if they find something they think looks
cheesy. I'm not saying the Windows code isn't being reviewed by a bunch of
people (although a lot less than with Open Source apps), but they're NOT
independant of eachother, and they can't be all that competent (either
that, or they're just too few) when you look at all the problems.

> I have to understand how most of these exploits work in order to find
> vulnerable/infected machines at my job. The only reason there's so
> many exploits for windows, is because its the biggest OS, the most
> "hackers" are going after exploiting its inner-workings. If Linux
> were to suddenly be the most popular OS for desktop machines,
> "hackers" would go after it! But, if you've also done your research,
> which I knowwwwwww such an informed person such as yourself has done,
> you'll not that there are just as many, if not more exploits for *nix
> then windows created every day!

I doubt there really are as many exploits for *NIX being created every day
as for Windows. There are quite a few *NIX exploits, although a lot are
actually directed towards popular *NIX software such as Apache (Slapper for
example, going for Apache through buggy versions of OpenSSL).

> I don't know why I wasted three and a half minutes, but, I hope a
> little "education" of sorts, will straighten you up.

Probably because you feel dedicated to Microsoft. Did they make you sign a
lifetime fanboy-contract to give you those XBOX development tools?

You missed the point entirely. The point isn't what OS is most popular
right now, but which OS is *better*. Popular != Good.

KAH

Aug 25, 2003, 10:53am

"joeman" <john at fakeplastic.com> wrote in
news:3f47c77f at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Uh, we haven't had a single successful hack attempt in eight years.

I seriously doubt that. But who knows, maybe your university just isn't
popular enough to get that sort of attention from crackheads.

> The last one, someone "owned" a private machine that was served on the
> platform, so it really wasn't our problem. I'm sure if you go to any
> major business/university/corporation/etc, you'll find that they run
> on windows.

So you're saying someone did get hacked on your network, and you just
blame it on whoever's responsible for that machine. Nice excuse. Yes, I
know that most major business/institutions run on mostly Win32, as I
already said. You're still missing the point obviously.

> Heck, the only machines that were taken over by Trojans
> were Linux machines that got hit with the RaMeN worm going around a
> few years back.

Maybe you just don't know enough about *NIX to administer them correctly
then? Anyway, I never said *NIX was inpenetrable, on the contrary.

> I was wrong, you aren't running Linux, you're running
> windows. So, wouldn't that make you a hypocrite? I mean, according
> to you, windows is the devil. So, shouldn't you buy a Macintosh or
> install Linux on your machine, or are you like many, a masochist?

Unfortunately for me, I'm dependent on some Win32 applications. I will
get some linux boxes up shortly, though. I also work some in the CYGWIN
UNIX emulator. Apple is worse than MS in principle, although in practice
they're not because all the home users go for MS. If Apple had the
monopoly, things would be even grimmer.

> Also what are these "crackers" going to do to some windows boxes? I
> didn't know that flooding a box with serial numbers was a very
> effective way of taking them down.

Serial numbers? What are you talking about? Anyway, there are quite a few
backdoors in Windows core components (the Blaster worm just showed off
one) they can use.

> Really, the only vulnerabilities
> come from the 3rd party software running on the machine. Oracle was
> probably the most defective of them all. On a normal scan I'd pick up
> 200 machines with oracle problems, and one with a small security hole
> that wasn't patched. But, all the machines that weren't patched, were
> nonproduction, thus not placed on the internet loop.

And you're supposed to be an admin? Wow, I pitty your users. I bet you
never went to that "popular" university of your's to learn things
properly before joining the workforce, as you put it.

There are a lot of vulnerabilities in 3rd party software, yes. But
they're by far not the only ones, and often not the most serious. A lot
of the worst things are in MS software that come with Windows, which
isn't really 3rd party software.

> You can just say that the university I work at is some fluke in the
> system, and everywhere else uses Linux and UNIX, and Sun, and all
> those operating systems. But, that that's just not the case. I
> really hope for your sake you wise up and realize that the world isn't
> going to change for you. Things are how they are, and are going to
> stay that way for a -long- time. There's not going to be some freakish
> Linux Coup overnight or anything.

Again, I know Win32 is the most popular, and again, THAT IS *NOT* THE
POINT! Quantity versus quality, Joe. Ever heard of that? No, apparently
not. I know there won't be a "Linux Coup" overnight. These things
progress slowly, but surely. Just wait, you'll see.

> Maybe you can get a job at Bobs Discount Linux Emporium when your
> older...

Maybe you can get a job at Microsoft when you're older. Perhaps as 2nd
class suck-up?

KAH

Aug 26, 2003, 9:43am

"joeman" <john at fakeplastic.com> wrote in
news:3f4a6d9b$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Wow, you have a lot of learning to do kid.

You have a lot of learning and eye-opening to do yourself...

> Ok, sucessful and attempted are two different things. We get 200+
> attempts every day, none get through because our routers sink the
> connection. And, what I see in the logs every day vary from the
> normal crackhead such as yourself, to people who really know what
> they're doing.

I'm affraid I don't try attacking networks or computer systems. Accusing
me of such behaviour is slander.
In other words, you've got good hardware firewalls/security systems.
Guess it's the only thing that helps when trying to secure a win32
platform. Still proves absolutely nothing about Windows security.

> Ok, you see, thats like saying, a machine got hacked on the internet,
> so the whole internet is to blame. We just provde the machine(s) with
> a private T1 trunk, they do whatever they want with it. Its not our
> problem, and it doesnt really effect us if they get hacked.

Well, if that was a Windows box, it does illustrate my point, does it
not?

> Uh, the only machine I really administrate is a linux machine that I
> use to scan parts of the network. Its been attacked a lot, ranging
> from attempted exploits to DoS attacks, nothing even comes near it
> really. I do believe I know enough about *nix and its variants...
> Theres no much to learn.

By "you" I meant "all the admin personnel". You illustrate my point:
"nothing even comes near it". My point exactly.

> Well, thats just too bad that you "depend" on some windows 32
> applications. Perhaps you're just not read to let go of VB and step
> into the wide world of computing.

I program exclusively in portable C and PHP these days. Check your facts.

> Maybe one day... Also, having
> multipul linux machines up when you're not clustering or using them
> for load balancing, is just wasteful.

I'm not loaded with money, I'm talking older boxes here. In which case it
isn't wastefull, as each one of them isn't going to be all that
performant.

> CYGWIN is a joke.

In that case, it's a bloody good joke. CYGWIN gives me access to some
really nice UNIX applications that aren't/are badly ported to Win32.

> If apple was
> "worse" then MS, why arent they at the top of the market? I mean, if
> MS is the bottom of the barrel bad, then being worse must mean you
> have a larger share of the market.... Also, apple cant get a monopoly
> by chaning OSs and making their computers look like candy. Most
> people, you exculded, dont go for that kind of thing.

I'm talking in principle. Right now they're harmless, since everyone but
6 persons worldwide hate Macs. If, for some reason, they would've gotten
MS's current position, things would be a lot worse. Windows is a
proprietary software solution. Macintosh is a proprietary software and
hardware solution.
I don't know what the word "chaning" means, you'll have to explain that
to me. And no, I don't fall for strange case designs.

> Ok, crackers crack applications are serial numbers to bypass
> registration, break encryption, and the like.

You obviously don't know the correct definition of "cracker". I believe
Bowen gave it to you last night.

> _Hackers_ on the other
> hand, break into systems and whatnot. Jesus KAH, I thought you'd have
> been on the net long enough to know this by now.
>
> I never said I was an admin, I only scan for problems in the network.
> :) The only contact with admins is to resolve problems with the
> network and servers connected to it under our control.

If you scan for problems in the network, that's good enough for me;
you're an admin (a junior one, but still an admin)

> Uh, more holes for 3rd party software are found each day then for
> windows.

Well, of course. That's pure logic: there is much more 3rd party
software.

> I doubt that they were less serious then any windows
> problems.

Depends. But a lot of the time, they are less serious. Fact.

> When was the last time that windows gave a list of username
> and passwords through any HTML browser? When did windows cause the
> machine to lock up when you sent it malformed message?

Usually doesn't lock up, just executes some arbitrary code, or some other
insane behaviour.

> When did
> windows randomly crash because it couldnt find it licensing server?
> etc, etc, etc.

Windows doesn't have a licensing server. So how would it randomly crash
because it couldn't find one? Think, Joe, think!

> Win32 is the most popular, thus the most used. Live with it.

Are you blind? Stupid? Something like that? I've acknownledged Win32's
popularity (which MEANS it's the most used, but you wouldn't know that
with your low education) in *every* one of my posts on this subject. I do
live with it (I wasn't dead last time I checked). But I don't plan to do
so in future, because Win32 is a pile of *crap*. That it's most popular
doesn't make it *better*.

> Quantity versus quality, well, kinda rings a bell... Economics class
> sucked, so, I didnt pay attention. Now, there were some shit products,
> such as windows 1.0, 95, 98, 98 se, ME...

You forgot some (actually, nearly everything named "Microsoft *").

> But, if you didnt like them,
> dont use them and keep your mouth shut.

Why should I keep my mouth shut? I can show people there is an
ALTERNATIVE to win32 (it's a fact that many, if not most, home users have
no idea there is, besides Mac perhaps)!

> Its not like Microsoft is
> forcing you to use windows at gunpoint...

You don't know that ;-D But no, I explained it already, I depend on
certain applications.

> Also, theres no going to be
> a "Linux Coup", overnight or not.

When it's not overnight, it's not a coup. So I have to agree. But I
promise you, *NIX, probably Linux, is going to take over more and more of
the home market. If you can't see that, you're blind.

> Linux isnt going to be on everyones
> desktop in a few years.

Not everyone's. But many's desktop.

> Lindows was a joke, and all the other linux
> distrobutions are too hard for the average computer user it install...

I agree, Lindows was a bit of a joke. Regarding the other distros being
too hard to install, you're wrong. Some of them now have very easy to
use, graphical installers, similar to the Windows installers. They large
distros are working on becoming more user friendly for home users, you
know.

> So, you might want to do some reasearch before you get your "army of
> linux boxes" up and running. ;)

See above, and you'll realise it's time you did your homework :-))
Anyway, it's not like I'm going to pee my pants when I see a text-based
installer, it's what I normally use to install Linux (although I don't
have any installations myself, I have installed it for others).

> Why would I want a job there? I had a few friends who worked there
> that just got worked to the bone for low pay. I really dont think its
> worth it.
>:) I'll take my sucking-up elsewhere where I'll get paid more.

Nice for you. Maybe there even is a bit of hope for ya.

KAH

Aug 29, 2003, 1:01pm

"joeman" <john at fakeplastic.com> wrote in
news:3f4eb169$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> My eyes are open. At least I'm not the one saying a linux revolution
> is coming, albiet slowly...

No they're not. They're firmly closed, and your mind focused on an image
produced by a devotion to Microsoft or something.

> Do they not teach english very well up there in norway? I said,
> like... Not you specifically, just, your "kind".

Actually, they do. At least I don't have as many spelling problems as you
do (I did notice that you made an effort when writing this last post,
although you missed some nasty mistakes, how many hours did it take
you?). Saying my "kind" are involved in illegal activities is nearly as
good as accusing me personally. You know very well that it's what you
meant.

> Also, have fun
> launching a slander case from norway to the US, I'm sure your lawyer
> would have a field-day with the bill.

It would be well worth the money.

> Also, the firewalls are all
> software, this software then tells the routers at both the node branch
> and the ones right outside of our trunk to sink the host. I guess
> some crude software implimentation could be added if necessary... But,
> all major companies use hardware systems to protect their servers.

Maybe it's my bad English, but I don't understand what you're saying
here. You're telling me you've got a software implementation, then you
tell me you could add a crude one? Then you talk about major companies
using hardware solutions? Huh?

> Just because a few people dont know how to secure their systems,
> doesnt mean the rest of the internet is to blame. Same goes for
> linux. What about allll of those linux boxes that get owned because
> people dont know how to secure them?

Never said the rest of the internet was to blame. I think you need to go
back to school and learn you own language, start in first grade. There's
always going to be people that don't secure their systems properly (not
at all is more like it), but on Windows you have to do a lot more of
things to secure it. Some things you just wouldn't, and shouldn't expect
having to do.

> Wow, I didnt know that I was the entire administrative personnel.
> Thats like, 100 people... I must be magic then. Again, do they not
> teach you english in norway or something?

Again, go back and learn your own language. "You" can refer both to an
induvidual or a group of induviduals. Examples: "You are a crackhead,
Joeman" and "You are crackheads, admin staff".

> Wow, normal people call this "portable C", ANSI C. PHP along with its
> other scripting counterparts, are no better then VB. Just because
> they might handle a little like C/C++, doesnt mean they even come
> close.

You amuse me. Already you complain because I used the term "portable C"
instead of "ANSI C"; the two mean just the same thing, what are you going
on about? PHP is not strictly a scripting language, it can do a lot of
more advanced things. If you think PHP is an equal to VB, I'll just
assume you're either ignorant or stupid. (When I think about it, you're
probably both)

> It takes one 133MHz box to run everything. I've -found- computers
> that I can run linux on. You can even run linux on embedded machines,
> which are like, 33MHz each, with 128KB of onboard memory. Its not
> like you need 7GHz with 8GB of DDR to run linux. Thats one of the
> reasons why its so popular, it'll run on -anything-.

That depends entirely on what you use it for. I have a passion of doing
CPU-intensive tasks, such as 3D rendering, etc.

> Wait, but, it runs on win32. I thought win32 was the "devil", and all
> that. So really, besides from "I luvvv the applications!! I will never
> leave!!!", whats the reason for staying?! Even so, using CYGWIN to
> port applications is just bad, stop delaying and set up a damned linux
> machine, get off windows, and leave us alone forever.

There can still be good applications written for a bad platform. I would
appreciate if you didn't assume that I follow your own logic and way of
thinking. Why is it bad "porting" (most code builds "out of the box" on
CYGWIN, so it isn't really porting) with CYGWIN?
Don't think that an OS switch is going to make me leave AW, or these
groups. Ever heard of applications such as *gasp* "Wine" and "WineX"?.

> Six persons, then, why are they everywhere?
> Do the people in
> sub-sarahan africa that havent even seen a computer, let alone a
> school, hate macs?

Joe, you really need a sarcasm detector.

> Lets see, macs being proprietary... Uh, all my IDE
> devices work in them... Along with my AGP and PCI devices... Even my
> ram works in them... So, how are they that pripriotary?! Just because
> they have a different processor? If you want proprietary, look at Sun
> systems, Compaq proliant systems, DEC Alphas...

> I know two definitions of "cracker", 1. White folk'. 2. People who
> break applications. Im still waiting for bowen to grace me with this
> definition.

You probably just didn't pay attention, I guess.

> ... No, sorry. If I was a junior admin, I wouldnt have administrative
> rights to 90% of the machines. But, I still dont "admin" them, I dont
> change settings, I dont rack them, I dont add/remove users, I dont
> install/upgrade hardware, I dont recover them, etc, etc, etc. So, no,
> I am not an administrator. If anything, Im a "white-hat hacker", or
> whatever you want to call it, because I just spend my day trying to
> break machines, not fix or "administrate" things. The only things I
> "administrate", are three servers at home.

You're part of the administrative staff. Therefore, I call you an admin.
You don't seem to have a very important job, and I guess you might not be
qualified for one anyway, so it would be natural to think of you as a
junior admin.

> Ah, you just proved my point. There are more copies of windows
> installed on personal machines then any other operating system. There
> are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more personal machines then servers. So,
> hackers/crackers go after the *largest userbase*. I thought before
> you couldnt understand that logic, but now, you're applying it...
> Strange, isnt it?:

The ones that really know what they're doing might go for the largest
userbase. The majority will go for the easiest solution. In this case,
they happen to be the same OS. Pure coincidence (well, not really, but
that's not the point).

> Perhaps thats because they dont run the computer. You really need to
> start thinking in preportion.

A lot of applications can make a lot of bad things happen. Especially on
the less secure versions of Windows (9x/ME).

> Uh, usually inorder to execute this "arbitrary code", you need to
> seeze the process(es) you're wanting to take over. This involves
> crashing them, taking over their memory space, and running your code
> there.

You're not locking up the machine, though.

> Yes, it does. Do a little reasarch into corperate versions of
> windows. 2k3 requires a license server for multipul services running
> on it.

> There are multipul points to address here. I'll list them for you,
> make it nice and easy to read.
> 1. Yes, infact I am blind. Thank you for pointing that out to
> everyone. I have to live with it in my everyday life.

I don't believe you, but I doubt anybody could care less.

> 2. No, I am infact, not stupid. *

Yes, you are rather, if not very stupid. You keep proving it.

> 3. Yes, you've acknownledged that win32 platforms are the most
> popular, but you refuse to live with them.

I don't refuse to live with them. I refuse to continue living with them
as if they were a good solution.

> 4. My low education... Uh *

You didn't actually prove me wrong. I guess you just can't :-)

> 5. Just because you might not have mastered the whole point-and-click
> thing, doesnt mean windows is crap.

Very funny. Look at me laughing.

> 6. Uh, if its absolute crap, why do so many people use it? Is this a
> planet of masochists?!

No, more like blind followers of the most popular solution.

> * At least I know english.

Apparently, not as well as I do (I can only judge from your posts, of
course).

> Wow, that was real hilarious... Did you learn that joke when hanging
> out in the computer lab after school?

Again, very funny. Hahaha. Do you have a book titled "1001 sarcasms" or
something?

> Uh, if you dont know about any alternatives, then, hell, I doubt you
> would be able to install them. Its not like telling someone "OMG
> LINUIX EXISTS!!! ITS GOT A DAUNTING INSTALL AND USAGE, BUT IT
> RAWZXZZZZASZZZZZDEASEFASDFASDF COMPARED TO WINDOWS!!!!!"... No,
> they're not going to leave windows. Why? All of their applications
> are windows based, they know windows, and everyone they know uses
> windows.

No, I won't tell anyone anything in that way. I'm not you, Joe, you have
to understand that. As I explained, some of the larger distros have made
their installers more user friendly for people with little computing
skill. Linux is horribly easy to use, even for Windows users. Regarding
their applications, the typical home user will depend mainly on MS
Office, MS Outlook Express and other such applications. There's high
quality replacements that run under *NIX, most more stable and secure.
They just need to be showed this, and they will become genuinely
interested, if not only because of the price.

> Then, shouldnt these applications be horriable because they run on
> windows? And arent there much better applications on linux? So, why
> use it?

As I said, there can be good applications for bad platforms.

> The home market... ahahahahaha. Did you even see how much of a
> failure lindows was? It crashed and burned worse then AWComs stock
> portfolio!

Why do you keep getting hung up on Lindows? It was a weird idea, not
advertised well and a magnet for law cases.

> ... Ok, 10 people install it over the next few years, wow.

Are you the same Joeman that bashed my "6 mac users" sarcasm a few lines
up?

> So, wait, I thought you said that *nix was going to slowly take over
> the home market? Also, if the installer is like the windows
> installer, shouldnt it be baddd? You're saying that everything
> microsoft is bad... so...

Everything MS do usually turns out bad (there are exceptions, though).
These installers aren't done by MS. So why should they be bad?

> ... and you didnt get sued? Ok, you deserve a cookie for that.

Why should people sue me for doing things for them?

> Too bad theres no hope for you. Go learn english, graduate from
> middle school, and then come back. Until then, I'm sick and tired of
> talking to you, its hard to follow what you're saying, and is giving
> me an anurism. I've grown tired to reeducating you. So, have a fun
> time on autokill.

I know English (notice that capital E) and I'm still learning the formal
parts of it, but I still have a much cleaner and more correct English
than you do, although you're a native speaker.

To surpass your education I only needed to graduate from kinder garden. I
expect you would be sick and tired of talking to me, as I keep proving
you wrong and destroying your picture of the world. Nobody else has ever
had problems following what I'm saying, so it must be you, Joe.

You're not reeducating me, you can't. Putting me on your killfile is a
really good way of doing it too...

KAH

Nov 16, 2003, 12:12pm

".vamp." <goddardfamily at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in
news:3fb66add at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Actually, the PHP is more of a favour 2 me so i can publish more bots
> but with some style :)

Just FYI, PHP is a server-side scripting language. PHP is not something
like HTML, CSS, Flash, etc. To me it looks like you want the presentation
aspect of that page, not the backend.

See http://www.php.net/ for more info (and a better explanation) on what
PHP is.

KAH

Nov 15, 2003, 12:58pm

"john" <johnf at 3d-reality.com> wrote in
news:3fb3e020$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> I happen to make quite good paintball bots Mr Fett!
>
> Fettah O_O lol

Doesn't matter, AW is already satured with paintball bots. Not to mention
that paintball seems to have lost a lot of it's popularity lately.

KAH

Jan 7, 2004, 3:27pm

"anarkissed" <anarkissed at nospam.alt.2600.net> wrote in
news:3ffbb9f0$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> actually I gave up on your chat relay bot because it kept crashing and
> leaving hide chat enabled when I least expected it so that people
> would come into my world and be unable to chat and I'd not even know
> to fix it. It would be sitting there doing nothing in particular, the
> computer mostly idle and the world empty and just up and crash out of
> the blue. I could find no commonality to explain the crash, identify
> no activity in common, nothing, it just crashes randomly.
> It's a shame because the idea is wonderful but it's far too
> frustrating and I did search for updates a fair bit before I gave up.
> Perhaps it's not compatible with w2k.

Are you sure you were using a release quality version, and the latest one?
You should have asked for help and I'm sure it would have been
investigated.

KAH

Dec 19, 2003, 2:04pm

Sorry for crossposting, but I feel it's very important that I do this.
Apparently someone has impersonated me with the intention to distribute
some malware disguised as a multipurpose bot. This "bot" has got nothing to
do with me, neither does whoever created it. I will contact the
impersonator's ISP today to make sure this does not happen again. Sorry for
the inconvenience.

KAH
PS. FollowUp-To set to poster.

Dec 22, 2003, 12:24pm

"ananas" <ananas at oct31.de> wrote in news:3FE6D125.8080000 at oct31.de:

> Right, Kaspersky says "No virus".
>
> And this was not Dreamtime who replied I bet.
>
> Maybe someone has stolen her password.

Who's Kaspersky?

KAH

Jan 7, 2004, 3:32pm

"jetta lewis" <rgurkin at earthlink.net> wrote in
news:3ffbe320 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Do you suppose enough complaints to his provider would be helpful in
> slowing him up a bit?
>
> IP address: 65.142.126.246
> Host name: 0-2pool126-246.nas1.pikeville1.ky.us.da.qwest.net"
> where you will see that the message originated from
> a Qwest.net customer in Pikeville, Kentucky, US
>
> I believe this is his providers abuse report email but I wouldn't bet
> my life on it. abuse at qwest.net

A lot of abuse reports would probably help, yes. I doubt he's got the
means of acquiring another connection if we can get QWest to pull the
plug on him, his parents probably wouldn't let him. Remember, this is
just some kid with nothing better to do. The address you mentioned is the
one listed in ARIN Whois, so that would be the place to send reports. I
sent one before Christmas after he tried distributing malware under my
name.

KAH

Jan 30, 2004, 2:24pm

"ferruccio" <startrek3 at earthlink.net> wrote in
news:4019ebf3$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Well, I got this idea visiting Magine's Alphaworld Quest. At this
> location, there was a link to an old program created back in 19?? (it
> said it's only for Win95 so I assume it's old) and it changed the
> panorama background for a specified world for only the user who is
> running the program.

If you read it carefully, you'll see that what he meant was that it wasn't
Win3.1 compatible. I didn't download it, but it might actually just be
replacing files in your cache, you could write a batch file that does that.

> I am requesting that any one of the talented programmers in AW do an
> update of this program that not only changes the panorama background,
> but also give them the option to have a skybox if they want.
>
> I know the skybox thing may be hard to do, so even if someone creates
> a simple program that lets someone change both the panorama background
> picture and the color of the sky, that'd be really sweet. This would
> not even be a tough program to make...

If it's that easy, why don't you make it? ;-)
>
> So, if anyone is interested, you can check out the website with
> "PanaChange" by visiting http://www.imatowns.com/~derekh/dl.html. I
> even requested to MrGrimm that this feature (having personalized
> backdrops for worlds that allow it) to be implemented directly into
> the browser but he seemed to not really understand me. I know there
> is a way to change the backdrop on your own machine but it's a pain in
> the butt to do the process everytime you want a new background
>
> So, if any programmers want to take this task, that'd be great!
> Thanks for readin'.

KAH

Apr 9, 2001, 12:52pm

I don't mean this as a flame, but this isn't a post for the SDk NG.

KAH
ocean boy <birkin at ozemail.com.au> skrev i
meldingsnyheter:3ad1a40f at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> this script is for X1 for when oyu have been playing paintball you can run
> this script it will count the number of objects (E.G. flame1.rwx) please
> telegram me to get it it is also in this email !
>
>
> ocean boy X1 script making
> birkin at ozemail.com.au
>
>
>

Apr 18, 2001, 11:10am

they read their logs...and they scan for ports on your computer...not hard
to tell if somebody's sending an NNTP message...The ISP that I've got now
haven't got any control over my phone-line, they can't stop me from anything
:-)) , but I've ordered a new line now, so I won't use them anymore... Well,
I hope that I won't get probs, cuzz I'll be running a server too, and if I
get trouble I'll just complain, cuzz they never sayd I couldn't host
anything...

KAH
wing <bathgate at prodigy.net> skrev i
meldingsnyheter:3add650a at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hrmm, now that I think about it, how exactly can they tell your running
servers? What else do they know?
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Apr 19, 2001, 11:06am

yeah...they would truly try to bother you about copyright infrigements too
if you leave NAPSTER on...

KAH

datedman <russell at synergycorp.com> skrev i
meldingsnyheter:3ADE9B11.41CC4748 at synergycorp.com...
> Um ya if you leave Napster up 24/7 they'd also get pissed. :)
>
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Apr 20, 2001, 3:16pm

remember that it isn't sure that J B E L L has sayd that...

KAH

builderz <sawran at yahoo.com> skrev i
meldingsnyheter:3ADF4B82.5DB8650C at yahoo.com...
> Please see my comments below:
>
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Apr 18, 2001, 11:02am

Tell J B E L L to buy a line from a provider that accepts it's users to host
servers. I guess that in the US AT&T would truly have some service for that.
Here in Norway the major ISP is divided into two: one for home use and one
for business use.

KAH
PS. As long as the ISP doesn't discover you hosting stuff, it's allright
;-))

ocean boy <birkin at ozemail.com.au> skrev i
meldingsnyheter:3add5f17 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> JBELLS SERVER at HOME IS TRYING TO SHUT DOWN JBELLS WORLDS TO STOP HIM ROM
> MAKING MONEY ON THERE LINE JBELLS WEB SITE HOLDS JBELLS WORDS ON THE HOME
> PAGE ! IF YOU WANT TO KEEP SURVIVOR AND HIS OTHER WORLDS VISIT
> WWW.AWJBELL.COM FOR YOUR INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT TO DO !
>
>
>
>

May 10, 2001, 3:25pm

the AW SDK should be able to know if it's instance has been target of an
AW_TELEPORT command. it's stupid having it teleporting ppl around but not
other bots. Anyway, URL sending and tporting should be implemented into the
browser (trough the right-click menu)

KAH

May 14, 2001, 2:56pm

yeah...but with 3.1's URL recognition you could use the
objects.activ.../teleport.cgi?... thingy (even if it's a bit too long...)

KAH

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May 18, 2001, 11:07am

good idea! then it would be easy to detect abuse...

KAH

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May 24, 2001, 8:08pm

in Quacke, you actually have to turn around to shoot, but in AW
shooting-games (pball) you can click anybody, anywhere in your viewing-field
to shoot them. therefore with 360+ VOT you'd easilly get on the high-score
list... but it's a cool idea, but there should be world options like this:
allow custom VOT [checkbox]
max VOT [value]

KAH

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May 20, 2001, 11:51am

I read on Shamus Young's website once that he decompiled it to view his
avs...maybe it comes from there?

KAH

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May 28, 2001, 7:05pm

this was invented many computing years ago...it's called Electronic Mail
(popularely called e-mail). contact your ISP for more info :-))

KAH

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May 29, 2001, 2:44pm

I know that, I'm not blind, you know... and the "real" name is electronic
mail, not e-mail... and why bother Roland & Co. about it to delay more
important features like telegram blocking or cell rewrite, etc when you have
to possibility to use most e-mail readers for just the purpose you wanted...

KAH

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May 29, 2001, 2:46pm

he sayd so at least... guess he got too busy with tech support to do it then
(not likely, tough...) or maybe he just forgot about it (very likely)

KAH

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May 31, 2001, 1:55pm

use a bot...bots can be used for all purposes...ALL!!!!!! *goes mad and
prays to the SDK*

KAH

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Jun 6, 2001, 1:52pm

still, it wouldn't look the same, and with all consequences changing
rendering engine could be fatal for the AWCI...

KAH

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Jun 6, 2001, 1:51pm

forget about her, give it to me! I'd love to upgrade my computer with it
hehe...

KAH

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Jun 7, 2001, 6:40pm

also, commands like tporting ppl and URL sending should be accesible trough
the right-click menu

KAH

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Jun 27, 2001, 7:12pm

400k citnums? AW hasn't got anything CLOSE to that many citizens, and even
less if you count active (non-expired) unique users...

KAH
PS. but it's a really important addition, I fully agree with you!

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Jun 28, 2001, 9:36pm

well, CTs have it anyway, that's a start...

KAH
PS. WHEN WILL YOU NEWBIES LEARN???? NEVER, EVER, EVER POST IN
HTML!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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