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Re: ActiveWorlds IRC. Does it exist? (Wishlist)
Re: ActiveWorlds IRC. Does it exist? // Wishlist
Mar 4, 2001, 3:36pm
I thought he wanted a way to talk to his friends while he builds. Well if
the beacon can hear all conversations in the worlds it is dropped in, then
his screen would be flooded and he would have a hell of a time trying to
keep up with a conversation with his friends and build at the same time. Oh
well maybe he is a speed reader. :)
Imagine
[View Quote]"rolu" <rolu.university at bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:3aa27599 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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> "imagine" <imagines at seatac.net> wrote in message
> news:3aa19e9e at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> what's
should
> be
>
> And that's where the beacon comes in. It is a representation of someone,
so
> he doesn't have to be there in person.
>
up
> in
>
> You can have only a few bot instances - what if you want to use them for
> something else already? Also, you'd have to run an external program, as
> opposed to the beacons, which are used inside the AW browser.
>
> elsewhere.
> some
world.
>
> The beacon is not meant as a listening device but as a way to participate
in
> a discussion. Being able to listen is a part of that, but certainly not
the
> only thing.
>
show
so
> I
>
> To drop a beacon, you'd have to come in in person anyway. And if you don't
> check who is around, you can easily miss someone who is in your world in
> person as well as a beacon. Both can hear what you say. If you don't check
> who is around, it's your problem.
>
>
> Yeah, so? What you mentioned can be done as well without the beacon, so I
> don't really see a problem there. If you don't want to be heard, go to a
> place where nobody is - neither people nor beacons - or use whisper.
>
>
> Bots are annoying for that. I want all the chat in one place - in the AW
> browser, where it belongs. On IRC you can enter as many channels as you
> want, this should be possible in AW too.
>
>
> oh, that's easy. Yourself at awbingo, one beacon at AW GZ, one beacon at
> tech talk, one beacon at AWGate, one beacon in a friends world, etc etc
etc.
>
>
> Hope you do now.
>
> rolu
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