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Jun 10, 2006, 3:57pm

Cy Awards Voting:

I dont know if there are people out there like me or not. But I have
been locked out of AW since Memorial Day weekend. I use the worst
computer around (Windows 95, very low RAM/resources, 11yrs old, older
version of AW 3.1, I think). I couldnt even upgrade to the last version
prior to 4.1.
Since the new version came out, at one point, it totally locked me
out. I have been locked out since it required me to upgrade & this
system cant do it.

But I do wish I could vote for the Cys. I have no ability to go to
the AWcommunity world to whisper to some bot. Is there a webpage method
to do it without getting something from the bot in the world?

CoLor

Jun 10, 2006, 5:25pm

well I am still at 3.6....and nominated....We plan moving on the 12th.....I
did ask the CY to maybe put off the voting for a week, giving us all time to
get over, make repairs, time for people to see builds (long list), and
others to get connected in order to vote.....but it was knocked down with a
'can't do'....whatever their reasons are, they are not good enough,
considering this huge move.

Tunablues dropped by 3.6 to try giving me passwords as the CY bot was not,
and maybe still isn't, even running anymore in 3.6. Twice these passwords
did not work.

Wish you luck CoLor...but to put it mildly, heh we are screwed

Thank you (you know who) for the nominations....award or no award, you made
me feel like a winner! : )

sweets

Jun 10, 2006, 5:38pm

Sweet, you should know that could be many reason that it doesn'tt accept
you, one of them is that, if you doest allow cookies, you can't login, so
you might think the password doest work.
System it self works, so long you allow cookies.
About Cy bot, it does give you new password every time you click on the
sign, but you always have to use the latest it did gave you, as it overwrite
your old one as soon you request a new one by click the sign at the GZ.

Also, as you mention in earlier post, that Cy bot was't runnin for days, was
also very wrong, as it has runnin daily since it started. But not 2 next
days after nomination was done, as it was no reason for it, but at that time
Cyawards world was closed.

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Jun 10, 2006, 7:37pm

When I went to Cyworld before the move the bot gave me passwords, and they
worked, so I guess I accepted cookies fine then. When nominations closed,
the Cybot was gone, so I could not change the 'description' of what I was
nominated for, or supply screenshots of the builds. Tunablues came to 3.6
and gave me a password ....cybot was still not running in 3.6....twice the
passwords did not work, I accepted cookies....

As I see it now at 3.6 there is no longer even a Cyworld on my list....nor
is there, of course, a cybot here....

Anyway no matter....I have gotten the green light to get on with the show,
finally. So hopefully will be there soon, worlds and all.....I just feel
sorry for the others, like CoLor, and other users, that got a bum deal.
Everyone talks community, but when you have 'lost' a part of your community,
you would think they would postpone, even just a week, the only real
'community event'....

sweets

Jun 10, 2006, 7:39pm

oh yes....and the name is sweets....not Sweet

sweets

Jun 10, 2006, 7:48pm

Hi sweets, sorry for the spelling of your name, but your 'description' you
can do until voting starts, and this moment, 15 min left to do so.
About Color and his win 95, I feel sorry for that he still use that, but you
come to a end where upgrade is necessary, not just for AW but also for his
security.
So far I know even Microsoft has stop supporting that OS, so soon or later
he has to upgrade his system or get a new one.
nothing last forever.

Tengel


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Jun 10, 2006, 8:04pm

If only one person is vocally upset and having issues with the way the
CY's are run, I think you guys must be doing a pretty good job.

Jun 10, 2006, 8:12pm

Depends if that person is not only loved but repected


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Jun 10, 2006, 8:13pm

sorry respected had a few blame eze and beetleman

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Jun 10, 2006, 8:14pm

oh wow i broke my silence

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Jun 10, 2006, 8:20pm

Well I tried....all it wants to do is stay 'connecting to'...so, well, guess
I didn't make that 15 minute deadline LOL

I failed....I am not patient....I am ready to quit already heh

sweets

Jun 10, 2006, 10:22pm

I'm shocked that you would make such an outrageous claim Mark!
Remember:
I'm watching you *squints and falls off chair*

Rock on sweets :)

Ez


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Jun 10, 2006, 10:25pm

and wow, I broke my silence too...been watching daily for 2 years...

Ez


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Jun 10, 2006, 10:34pm

Quit the CY's or all of active worlds??

Jun 11, 2006, 12:58am

CoLor,
To enter active worlds 4.1 you must be running a NT based system. like NT,
2000, or XP.
all other windows OS's can't enter it.
I resently upgraded to XP due to this.
I was on 98 se before and it coudl not enter.



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Jun 11, 2006, 1:00am

by the way ... Im a woman. not a HE. Also, what I was asking was about a
webpage access to give my vote for the CY since Im locked out of the AW program.
I'd like to cast at least one vote for a person I know is nominated and deserves
recognition for some great artistic achievements.
CoLor


[View Quote] > Hi sweets, sorry for the spelling of your name, but your 'description' you
> can do until voting starts, and this moment, 15 min left to do so.
> About Color and his win 95, I feel sorry for that he still use that, but you
> come to a end where upgrade is necessary, not just for AW but also for his
> security.
> So far I know even Microsoft has stop supporting that OS, so soon or later
> he has to upgrade his system or get a new one.
> nothing last forever.
>
> Tengel
>
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Jun 11, 2006, 1:01am

Why are you telling me this? I already know Im locked out.

[View Quote] > CoLor,
> To enter active worlds 4.1 you must be running a NT based system. like NT,
> 2000, or XP.
> all other windows OS's can't enter it.
> I resently upgraded to XP due to this.
> I was on 98 se before and it coudl not enter.
>
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Jun 11, 2006, 1:34am

sorry about the sex (hmms sounds strange...)...but yeah was a way he tried
to give me passwords for the web page without having to go through cyworld
or be at aw....sorry...it didn't work....

maybe he has fixed it up by now....I havent heard a word since....

good luck
sweets

Jun 11, 2006, 1:37am

ooops sorry ...LOL don't think you were talking to me....I think I made you
sexually neutral even though I did think you were a guy.....nice of you to
clear that up LMAO

sweets

Jun 11, 2006, 1:40am

I really do wish I could keep quiet.....but we all know that is impossible
LMAO

sweets

Jun 11, 2006, 1:46am

Well, certainly NOT ActiveWorlds....that would make way too many people
happy LOL.....quit for the day, give up for now, I give up.....

And I gave up....and quit....and gave up again....and quit again....and
swore...and stomped feet.....threw things at the wall...quit again.....and
then.....GOT THE WORLDS RUNNING!!!....sort of : )

I am a quitter....put I am a persistent quitter when it comes to AW.....LMAO

sweets

Jun 11, 2006, 2:03am

Actually CoLor, you are not locked out at all. Be honest, you are making
yourself locked out by using obsolete technology that even Microsoft does
not support, or very limitedly does. They stopped supporting Win95 a long
time ago, and they announced they would not support 98 or ME quite a while
back, but extended that support for an unspecified time.

Personally, I have never been happier since I upgraded to XP... and 2000. I
have seen so few blue screens of death since then. Granted, there was a
learning curve, but it's been a great success for me. I have 5 oem copies of
XP(3 home, 2 pro) and 1 oem copy of 2000. only 80 to 120 dollars a piece
when I bought hardware with them at www.mwave.com but I know some will think
that was expensive. It wasn't.

I do meet people every day at work that expect thier old Pentium 133 to
still work today and be fast and be able to still buy software off the shelf
at Bestbuy.... but they are living in a fantasy world. Computers are not
like black and white TV's. My Uncle still has a P133... I go over there and
he wonders why his high speed internet connection is so slow... with its
64Mb of memory... and his 10gb hard drive is making such a clicking racket
as the swap file gets filled with crap. Might I suggest a subscription to PC
Magazine, Windows Magazine or any of the PC/Mac trade magazines? Educate
yourself on the market and see how the future is coming faster than you
think.

Owning a computer IS a duel edged sword.... it's good and evil all wrapped
up into one package. You are not buying a toaster!

Activeworlds was gonna die... yet some folks here were holding onto the past
as if they couldn't live with out it. This upgrade, though rather poorly
timed, was the kick in the ass we all needed. Activeworlds WILL live on for
a couple of more years yet, and I am hoping for a lot longer. Depends on you
really... and other folks making that decision collectively.

I agree with Sweets that this was an awful time for the 4.1 upgrade in
relation to the Cys, but at the same time I completely disagree with her
that the Cy's needs to change its agenda in order to accomodate her or
anyone not capable of getting into AW4.1 due to their lack of technological
savvy. Ultimately, each individual is responsible for themselves, and
blaiming the other guy is NOT going to cut it or be acceptable.

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Jun 11, 2006, 2:12am

Thats the first thing i noticed about XP. no blue screen of deaths.
I also love the system restore feature just incase you mess sosmething up
you can rewind your system to a earlyer date and time before the problem was
created.
I also love that remote assistance feature.



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Jun 11, 2006, 9:49am

They could at least reopen a small AW 1.1 universe for us Windows 3.11
users =P

Jun 11, 2006, 3:48pm

I'm not sure why you all are on about her windoze ... her question was
webpage related.

I also couldn't log in CoLoR, seems that when you vote you have to get a new
pw but you do have to do that in world which I agree is a pita. Also,
logging in is cookie dependant I believe. If you refused the cookie (which I
did cause I think cookies are rude) then you can't get back in after the
initial entry to the site. I tried everything yesterday to get in to vote
(deleted IE cookies, blocks, cache, cleared history, refreshed, you name it
LOL) but I couldn't get into the site from my computer, even with staff help
.... no go. I had someone else cast me vote, hopefully that's legit, it'll
hafta do since I couldn't get in myself.

LNH



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Jun 11, 2006, 3:56pm

Sorry LNH, not on her at all. Was not my intention to do that, but I know it
sounded like it. I hope she and everyone else can get on to Cy's as well as
AW.

Jun 11, 2006, 4:14pm

Yes you were "on me" about my computer. And Yes Lady Nitehawk is right, my
question was only about the voting. However since you seem to think money grows
on trees and everyone can just buy a computer like a snack item. I am not able
to get a new computer or even upgrade this one. And if I did get any money it
would go towards a flight to go see my sister, who is suffering a relapse of her
cancer, and who lives states away. Dont bother replying to this. Im not going to
come to the newsgroup. I am under enough stress as it is than to read some
unpleasant stuff online.
CoLor

[View Quote] > Sorry LNH, not on her at all. Was not my intention to do that, but I know it
> sounded like it. I hope she and everyone else can get on to Cy's as well as
> AW.

Jun 11, 2006, 5:22pm

Thanks for the guilt trip. However I don't see how your personal life plays
into it. I did not ask you to buy a new machine at all. I'm glad your
priorities are straight.

Jun 11, 2006, 6:28pm

i vited using the same password i used for nominating.
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Jun 11, 2006, 6:35pm

You go to the webpage after you've gotten the password from in-world.
The voting itself isn't done by bot.

If you trust someone else enough to use your citizenship, or if you
could have access to an XP computer for a while, you could enter
Cyawards world. It only takes a moment to click the star, and once the
bot's given you your password, you can note it down and vote on the
webpage at your convenience.

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