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Aug 24, 2001, 3:12pm

Any halfwit with a length of chain or rope and a 2x4 can make crop circles, if the field didn't have the tram lines so convienently
located, I'd be a little less suspicious of it. A single fraternity could've created those 3 in an hour or so, assuming they had it
preplanned and were coordinated by radio communication

Of course, getting them out of the dorms to do it in the middle of the night would be difficult

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Aug 24, 2001, 7:55pm

Simple, at 67 (I counted) circles to an arm, time 5 arms, plus one center circle, you get 356, and the chances of me missing a few
little circles in the single arm I counted is pretty high.
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Aug 24, 2001, 7:57pm

Oops, there are six arms :)
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Aug 24, 2001, 9:54pm

From beta

[View Quote] > [Build 386, NT 4.0 SP6a, AMD K6 350, 128 MB, SB16 Value, Media Player 6.4]
<This machine also appears to have a FireGL 8mb card from other messages>

Whoa whoa whoa, I know this is supposed to work on older machines, but why is it that it seems like obscenely dated machines are in
the testing program?

Sad thing is, I have that equipment in use, albeit as a prototype router/firewall/network bridge

Aug 25, 2001, 12:50am

*shrug* My cit's up tommorrow (Unless Roland decides he likes me)


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Aug 25, 2001, 12:49am

True, but I somehow doubt the intention was for 90% of the test machines to not take full advantage of the software with resources
to spare for compatability tests. Wait, I take that back, this IS AWC's beta test after all.

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Aug 25, 2001, 5:23am

In the olden days you got sent here upon ejection. I remember being sent there as lately as 2.0 (Or am I just nuts?)
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Aug 25, 2001, 9:41pm

In all technicalities, Windows 9x isn't an OS either. Simply a DOS GUI.
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Aug 26, 2001, 1:33am

And why the heck was I allowed to post :P
(ignore this message if you don't know WTF I'm talkin about)
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Aug 27, 2001, 6:06pm

[View Quote] Yes, yes and yes.

Aug 27, 2001, 9:57pm

Heh, I can't, but it's possible dimwit. Have a look at 90% of all games made before 1995. Fire up an actual copy of DOS and type
"edit"

Also, in your original message, you said creating files from DOS. edit c:/newfile.txt
run EXE files... Switch to the dir and type the name, assuming it's a DOS EXE file.
Edit files. edit c:/oldfile.txt

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Apr 22, 2003, 1:05am

SW Judge, Jury and Executioner.

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Apr 22, 2003, 11:59pm

Yeah, it's a problem. I do regret not staying longer, I just don't have the
patience for that kind of idiocy any more today.

[Worthless chitter-chatter left in to prove a point]

[Customs Aide]: Welcome, Wing. For the Conduct Guidelines please say World
Rules or see http://www.activeworlds.com/community/conduct.asp
TheRaven: oh?
IggyTheAlleyCat: newblood click 7 times on your forward errow and then twice
on the right one
TheRaven: from who?
"Spindle": :P
Lady Barbara: Pizza=food of the Gods!
Vera: brb
"workingmom14": ha ha :) i just didnt know if this was worth the memory if
you cant have the options without paying...
"Spindle": soz, just trying to make..
"Spindle": conversation :(
TheRaven: worth the memory?
TheRaven: s'ok, Spindle. :)
Wing: Arrr crap.
KAH: it's a shame it got so expensive
"Spindle": oh yeh, you hate tousists
Lady Barbara: Wing--please watch what you say
"Spindle": oops.*tourists :D
"workingmom14": isnt the sims even cheaper?
"Sheriff Legion": Would pizza in pizza restaurant in Little Italy tends to
have better tastes than ordinary restaurants' pizza?
KAH: No offence, but c'mon, I don't anyone is gonna take offence from that
word :-P
Lady Barbara: I would hate to throw a book at you and bonk you on the head
TheRaven: LOL
Wing: LB: I think killing 2 $150 motherboards merits the use of a word that
isn't one of the "dirty 7"
TheRaven: I'd pay to see that
Lady Barbara: Remember there are people of all ages here
"goten": hi
Lady Barbara: so please watch what you say
"Sheriff Legion": And "dirty 7" would be what? ;)
"Spindle": remember ther are ppl of all ages here
KAH: I think you GKs should revise the rules a bit
Wing: Show me a 5 year old that doesn't know the word "crap" and I'll show
you a 5 year old that hasn't used the Internet
IggyTheAlleyCat: Lady dear there are no bad words there are only bad people
Lady Barbara: Yikes! I do feel for you Wing!
Lady Barbara: And there's such a thing
KAH: determine what wording and behaviour that really is unacceptable
Lady Barbara: as not arguing
Lady Barbara: with a GK
"Spindle": Thomas Crapper invented the first WC..
"gurl101": brb
Lord of the Pies: im back again, though i forgot to say that i was going LOL
"Jonny Bravo": what is there to do for fun?
Wing: *rolls eyes and fades into the sunset*
"Spindle": so what came first?
Immigration Officer: Welcome to Alphaworld! :) - The largest building world
in Cyberspace


On further evaluation of the Customs Aide's link, it turned up the following
guidelines:

-Please do not insult other tourists or citizens by use of inflammatory or
offensive statements or images. We ask that you refrain from expressions of
bigotry, racism, hatred, or profanity. Please do not harass other users,
including verbal abuse or personal attacks.
-Please do not engage in racial, religious, ethnic, or sexual slurs, lewd
comments, or generally disruptive behaviour in public areas.
-Public meeting areas are not appropriate spaces for cyber-sexual behaviour,
sexual orientation discussions or activity.
-The use of all caps is considered shouting, please refrain from using caps
unless you are intending to shout. Please refrain from flooding (continuous
posting of repetitive text)as this can be annoying to users.
-Activeworlds Inc. or its associates reserve the right to enforce compliance
with these guidelines, which may include temporary ejection from the world.

Now a thorough picking apart of Rule #1:
"profanity" is defined as
"Abusive, vulgar, or irreverent language."
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=profanity

I wasn't abusing anybody (Except perhaps myself), and it wasn't irrelevant
as it's a general chat area, so what does "Vulgar" mean?

"Crudely indecent. " is the only fitting definition that a search yielded
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=vulgar

Now, what about indecent? "Offensive to public moral values; immodest."
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=indecent

I have NEVER in my life heard anyone chastised for saying "crap." I have,
however, heard school teachers, clergy, and politicians use it publicly.

Now for rule #2:
Now - I can see where "shit" could potentially become "generally
disruptive", but "crap"? It's only a disruption if somthing is disrupted,
and nothing was. In fact, the GK's "intervention" became decidedly incited
FAR more of a riot than my initial comment did.

Rule #3 and 4 obviously do not apply.

Also upon examination of the same URL from Customs Aide that I referred to
earlier...

Please submit any complaints or queries regarding these rules to
info at activeworlds.com.

I do believe this is where the complaints SHOULD be going instead of to
nntp://news.activeworlds.com/general.discussion/ - CC'ing this there (To
whoever reads this at AWI, connect to your news server, go to
general.discussion and read the whole thread entitled "agreeing with the
GK's is bad" started by Bowen.

-
Wing
Citizen 305004
World: WingCorp (Currently down due to extensive hardware failures)

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Apr 23, 2003, 1:09am

Irrelevancy (noun): See "agent fox mulder's last post"

Where's Eep when you need him?

--
Wing
Citizen 305004

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Apr 24, 2003, 10:43pm

Ehm. Speaking as an official "Young person" - yeah, 75% of us do in some way
or another, but the great majority of us get it all out bitching about
teachers and such at lunch. Then, there are crazies like me who think the
only solution to the world's problems is to take over and destroy them by
force.

--Wing
Future Dictator of the World

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Apr 25, 2003, 9:54pm

[Going crazy off-topic here, but this is general.discussion]

One day there will be no reason to worry. WingCorp will have risen, crime,
discrimination, hatred and lemmingism crushed with unstoppable force (Read:
Military action commanded directly by the great Wingian thinkers), the world
united under a single flag, selective education - those not recieving a C or
better average in a modification of the current all-around education will be
forced into the "grunt" labor force, those above a C will choose the field
that they wish to work in and be trained in it for the remainder of their
education, and those with a failing average in the all-around portion of
their education will be... Disposed of.

New diseases that aren't immediately treatable will result in the
extermination of anyone who's infected as soon as it's known that they're
infected (Except a few research specimens) until a cure is developed. Things
such as HIV that cause mass contamination of the population will also,
unfortunately, be dealt with in the same manner, as it is much simpler to
eradicate it than to contain it, especially with human beings being so damn
stupid.

Under the Wingian government, social order and the sciences will be
stressed - and the public given full freedom to do whatever they want so
long as they do not A) Disrupt the scientific process in any way or B) Place
another human being in harm's way. The lengthy process of justice will be
shortened to just a few quick snaps. Regrettably, this will from time to
time result in the execution of an innocent, but ultimately NO criminal will
walk.

The world's communication lines will be restructured and governmentalized -
private corperations simply cannot handle the Internet effectively, and have
failed miserably at integrating today's competing standards.

At birth, every person will be issued three things: An IP address (WingIP
protocol, which calls for a far more secure system based around human DNA -
you have to lick your computer to log on), a WingIP enabled personal
computer (Periodic computer upgrades will be issued for free by the
government, and "Performance" upgrades made purchaseable at a low cost,
although the very upper tier of hardware will be reserved for government
employees and systems), and a voiceprint-activated 9mm handgun (As well as a
government-installed child-proofed security cabinet and firearms training as
a part of the school curriculum). All gun calibers larger than 9mm will be
restricted to government employees and organizations, as will will all
automatic rifles and "other" firearms, and 1-2 shot hunting rifles and
shotguns will be license only. Materials key to making explosives will be
outlawed, except to government institutions. Entertainment will be
regulated - but not for censorship reasons - in fact, anti-Wingian
entertainment will be eligible for government funding (Hollywood always
comes up with novel ways of doing things, and as such, we may find a hole in
the system by watching a movie). The purpose of entertainment regulation is
to prevent a resurgence in lemmingism - shows like "Entertainment Tonight"
will be shut down, entertainment companies will not be allowed to fabricate
musical groups and actors, and entertainment media must be provided
affordably.

Taxation will not exist, as the government will gain money like any private
corperation - except that it will possess every scientific industry and a
large number of production and service industries exclusively.

Money, as we know it will be abolished. Every citizen's universal ID card
will be tagged with a unique code which will correspond to an entry in the
WingCorp databases. Companies will purchase 3 types of credit from the
government to issue to their employees, and minimum purchases will be
established based upon the number of employees - serving as a form of
minimum wage. These credits are for life necessities (food, shelter),
entertainment and licensing (The two are grouped together) and material
possessions (Cars, more than the standard government issue computer, etc.

These credits will then be spent at independent companies or government
institutions, and then the companies will be allowed to either cash them in
or return them to the government for credit. Copmany credit will serve two
purposes - to provide for inter-business commerce and to provide a gauge for
a company's success. It can also be used to purchase services from the
government, as well as the credits to be paid to their employees.

And that's only the tip of the iceburg...

--
Wing
Future Dictator of the World

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Apr 25, 2003, 11:50pm

[View Quote] Actually, my current grade is a C, but back at the cutoff age I'm talking
about, I was an A student.

> Why the American education system? I hear people all the time saying that
> American schools SUCK. We in Scotland have a good education system...

The early American educational system uses an excellent, well rounded
subject matter. It's just the method that's all messed up, and it's the
method that will be changed. Decentralization of early education into the
private home, with classes conducted over the Internet will solve all the
logistical problems involved in the current educational system, but
introduce another. Social skills must be developed, and this will take the
form of one month of classroom learning per year, therefore allowing us to
use 1/12th of the resources neccessary to educate everybody using today's
system.

> And what about cats? Will they be brought up to the same level as dogs in
> the law? Currently if you run over a dog you HAVE to report it but if you
> run over a cat you don't. So unfair. And will cat owners have to be
> legally responsible for what their pet does?

Legally, any living thing incapable of breeding with a human (i.e. not a
homo sapien) will be considered an inanimate object and property of whomever
owns it. The owner will have exactly the same rights to it as any of his
other property, and will be considered responsible for any damage his
property does.

> How will you dispose of the... disposed? Will you also erase their past,
> like in Nineteen Eighty-Four? Will you BURN THEM ALIIIIIVEEE? Or you
> could put them in a huge white room and get a guy to chase after them
> with a poison dart gun, and broadcast it live on national TV?

Special executions will be webcast - TV will be taken offline. Criminal
kills will be shipped to a disposal facility, incinerated, and then
eventually the ashes seperated into their individual elemental makeup,
bottled and distributed to scientific facilities. Special cases will be made
for bodies that havn't been totally annhilated by gunfire and they will be
provided to med students as cadavars. Those executed because they are
infected with a disease will have one of two things done to them. They will
either be irradiated and then incinerated, or shipped to a lab to assist in
finding a cure.

Erasure of personal history will take place to a certain extent - their
current records on the WingCorp systems will be deleted, and their accounts
credited 50% back to the government, 50% back to their current employer.
Their government issued property will be located, confiscated and in the
case of the firearm and computer, reissued.

However, massive data vaults will still maintain their records for 10 years
(Unless they are flagged as a special person to the storage systems, then
that data will be stored until 10 years after that flag is cleared).

--
Wing
Future Dictator of the World

> "wing" <wing at transedge.com> wrote this
> (news:3ea9cacb at server1.Activeworlds.com) in general.discussion on 26 Apr
> 2003:
<snip>

Apr 26, 2003, 9:50pm

Because a lot of people are put off by having to talk to a robot.
Never had someone hang up on your voice mail or answering machine?

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Apr 27, 2003, 2:54pm

Neither. They're simply a group of people concerned with the well being of
the human species above all else. Simple left/right policy issues will be
handled by a parliamentary sub-government with one house per region.
Although their authority will be limited in that they can't touch the areas
of crime and law enforcement, and that sizable public outcry over one of
their decisions can result in a general global vote on the issue and the
subsequent overturn of that decision.


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Apr 26, 2003, 11:58pm

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Apr 24, 2003, 10:34pm

JPEG sigs are for forums. This is what you do for newsgroups.

--
Wing
Citizen 305004
World: WingCorp

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Apr 26, 2003, 7:04pm

Yeah. Like the bug in collision detect that allows you to pass through solid
objects at gaps between them.

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Apr 27, 2003, 3:35pm

Truly relevant to AW isn't it?

A few years ago, my father made a tragic mistake and purchased an iMac for
$800. It's never worked properly - EVER. So, last night at about 11:30PM, I
declared it deceased (It no longer even attempts to boot - even with an
external monitor). So I gutted the thing, pulled out the CRT and all the
electronics and only broke two minor plastic pieces - the case holds
together excellently without them, and you can't see them. By 1:30AM,
Apple's greatest engineering blunder was totally defeated. And I laughed.
Electrical tape and masking tape were actually present - a highly
professional job.

So, with all that taken care of, the next step is to try desperately to
recoup some of the $800 purchase price. I pulled approximately $250 worth of
working hardware out of it, plus some cool looking, but totally useless
widgets. Would anyone be willing to purchase a blue iMac fishtank on eBay
for a fairly low price - starting bid would be the cost of the lexan and
waterproofing materials, plus about $5. Shipping would be low (Compared to a
full iMac), as all the metal and the hefty CRT and non-structural metal
panels have been removed, and since the lexan is plastic - not glass,
special packing isn't neccessary.

I'm only going to do this if someone, somewhere expresses some interest in
buying it from me.

--Wing
Citizen 305004

Apr 30, 2003, 8:38am

Oh please. Why would ANYONE deal with people nowadays without compensation?
People are so much more stupid and so much more annoying than they used to
be.


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Apr 30, 2003, 8:39am

No, he's a lemming.

Wing

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Apr 30, 2003, 6:01pm

Amen Chris. While the GK's have their problems (Mainly in the definition of
the rules varying severely between them), they provide a neccessary service.

The majority of the hellraising here is just from loud mouthed children who
are just looking for an outlet for all that those random teenaged emotions
that they're afraid to let loose on anyone within range of retaliation.

--Wing

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Apr 30, 2003, 11:35pm

I assume English is your first language? AT&T doesn't offer international
broadband to the best of my knowledge.

Yes? LEARN TO WRITE IT.

Then, once you're done learning the language, attempt to construct a
coherent argument that doesn't consist of "GKs are corrupt! They're
compensated! I SAID THEY'RE CORRUPT BECAUSE THEY GET COMPENSATED!"

And to shoot down your only decent argument:

vol·un·tar·y adj.
Acting or done willingly and without constraint or expectation of reward: a
voluntary hostage; voluntary community work.

"Without [...] expectation of reward"

Should speak for itself.

--
Wing
Dictionaries are great tools for bashing people in the face with

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May 1, 2003, 6:42pm

He doesn't want to answer :)
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May 1, 2003, 5:17pm

First - those are the most vague specifications I've seen in my life.
Second, the first problem is known and has to do with floating point
precision or some such crap. Decrease max viewing range in world options.
The second problem looks like either bad objects, AGP bus damage or just a
random glitch. I'll bet on bad objects - check the texturemodes and UVs.

Must I remind you that AW3.0-3.3 also exhibit jaggies on occasion? It's
because of bad transparency implementation (In Renderware 3, not AW if I
recall). I'm not so sure what exactly going on right there, but if you're
willing to give us coordinates... It may just be the viewing angle.

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May 4, 2003, 12:55pm

Maybe. Who knows. It's time for a new engine.
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