Arduenn Schwartzman

Are you talking about (1) malware generated outside of SL, infecting the servers from the outside, attacking the software that runs the servers and the sims? Or are you talking about (2) malware running inside the simulators, generated in-world by residents? In the case of 1, who knows. I'm pretty sure LL (and now AWS) aren't going to share whether that has even happened at all or not. In case of 2, see previous answers. But I can definitely tell you, in-world has seen its fair share of replicators wreaking havoc.

Haha, thanks. I skipped straight to the conclusions, btw. TL;DR: "It's useless to us." The true believer's immediate retort would, of course be: "[insert conspiracy trope here - preferably all caps]!!!!" And who are we to blame them? They are, after all, 'published CIA reports'.

I don't think a discussion about whether or not telepathy exists will not gets us very far in terms of convincing the believers/non-believers alike. What would be more entertaining and perhaps even educational, is a discussion about how much telepathy has been proven useful for humanity, similar to how radio communication has been proven useful. I also notice people seem to have different definitions of telepathy. I would have assumed that telepathy was the ability to transmit your thoughts to someone else without the aid of technology. But, in a broader sense, there seems to be not only the transmission but also the reception aspect of it. The ability to read someone else's mind (with or without their consent). In that broader sense, telepathy, if it really works, or can be developed to be adopted widely, would have grave consequences for society. No more lies. No more secrets. No more privacy. Even if only a select few were gifted with such abilities.

Well, as the Netherlanders say, "on my body no polonaise".

That's like asking things like: Can the word 'contrafibularities' be found in a dictionary? My counter-question would be: why don't you look it up for yourself? You lazy bum! But al semantics and pedantry aside, I'm just assuming you meant to ask: why would or wouldn't you fil out the 1st Life section in your SL profile with an accurate description of your RL self? Why would I, personally? To show my engagement in SL by taking the time to fill out the forms. And to make clear that my fellow residents are dealing with, obvious to most, but sadly and apparently not obvious to some, a real person behind the avatar. Why would I not? Because I'm so spiffingly handsome and lead such an interesting first life, that I would not want all the admirers flocking around me like the nasty little stalkers they are. It's a waste of good Profile space. I think it can be used for much more interesting or funny side-notes that may or may not tell something about your nature and your character. Btw. the answer to the OP's question is 'yes'. And to expand a little on that, last time I checked, there was a picture of my cat in my 1st. There, now you all know. I'm a cat person, not a dog person.

Just aim your portal gun at the wall and shoot once to make it stop. ---- In case you don't know wth I'm talking about, it's a reference to my all-time favorite game Portal: It's from 2007 and runs on a potato (which, incidentally, is a reference to Portal 2).

So what is the conspiracy theory du jour that keeps telepathy from becoming mainstream again? Was it the CIA? The GRU? The Illuminati? The Department of Men who Stare at Goats? Brb, someone's knocking at the door. [Update] I'm still here. The Church of 'It Only Works When No One Else Is Looking' came by for a donation.

Rule number one in The Telepathy Club: You don't think about The Telepathy Club. Rule number two in The Telepathy Club: You don't think about The Telepathy Club!

Current state of telepathy:

I've always completely ignored the whole offline/online indicator thing in profiles because I found it wildly unreliable. You'll only be able to tell for sure if you IM them or give them something, or determine their online status through some script.

Related to 'abgehaut' (buggered off) is this Dutch expression: "Hij koos het hazenpad." "He chose the hare's path." He fled. Like Wodan's (Odin's) ravens, Huggies and Kissies.

So hau would be a cognate of hew in English and houw in Dutch. Making a sweeping motion with a sharp blade to sever something.

'Hau ab' is High German, I believe ('hold up', or more properly, 'keep off'/'Stay away', meaning 'get lost' indeed). 'Hau aaf', however, seems pretty Limburgish (specifically, the Oostelijke Mijnstreek / Eastern Mining District variant) to me.

"Ben je helemaal een haartje betoeterd?!?" "Has your hair been blown wholesomely with a horn?" Have you gone utterly mental? "Vechten tegen de bierkaai" "Fighting the beer quay" Trying to achieve the impossible I imagine that in the old days the ports and harbors had different factions of workers. Depending on the types of merchandise they had to haul from the ships into the warehouses, such factions were more or less notorious. One would assume that the guys from the pillows and feathers quay weren't as feisty as the guys from the beer quay. And on their nights off in the pubs, one would not want to start a fight with the guys from the beer quay.

Very much the response that Hank Green from PBD Digital Studios and SciShow has: answering good-faith questions and showing gratitude to the people who worked their bottoms off over the past 15 months to make these vaccines happen for others to make life livable again.

"Daar kan ik geen chocola van maken." "I can't make chocolate with that." That's completely unintelligible. And this is probably one of my all-time favorites: "Daar komt de aap uit de mouw." "There comes the monkey out of the sleeve." Finally, the truth comes out. One Flemish expression I found... Now, Flemish is just Dutch with a softer-sounding, less guttural enunciation. But those silly Belgians have a few extra words in their vocabulary that I can't make chocolate with. For instance: what the hell is a 'kemel'? And why would you shoot one in order to enjoy life? (Image below)

I'll throw in a few corny and very stereotypical Dutch ones that are actually used quite commonly: "Die heeft een klap van de molen gehad." "They have had a clap of the mill." / "They got hit by the windmill." They're crazy. "Nou breekt mijn klomp." "Now breaks my clump." / "Now my clog/wooden shoe is broken." Well, that was quite unexpected. ""Als een paling in een emmer snot." "As an eel in a bucket of snot." In a very cunning way

"Daar lusten de honden geen brood van." (Du) "There lust the hounds no bread of." / "If you would make bread with that, not even the dogs would eat it." "That is unacceptable."

This might be a fun and educational little game. Rules: 1. The first part of your entry is a saying/idiom/proverb/expression in your native language or dialect, uncommon to standard English. (+ country/region/dialect of origin) 2. The second part is the literal translation to standard English. If you can, translate it word for word. If you must, for the sake of legibility, make it grammatically correct. 3. The third part provides an explanation. For example: "Dat zet geen zoden aan de dijk." (Dutch) "That sets no sods on the dike." "That's a useless effort." Let's see who can come up with the funniest, most ridiculous one.

I beg your pardon? Yeah, Brits tend to score much much lower on the 'Name all American presidents' test too. Not very bright, those Brits. [Update] Me: "President Armin van Buuren, president George H. W. the First, president George W. the Second..."

Now that we're at it, I get this error message too "Arduenn Schwartzman's 'cylinder.001'No fertile recipient detected" I'm 100% confident that someone here in the forum can tell me how to contact support. Patiently awaiting your prompt answer. Thank you.

Mostly for store promotion, not just for new brands, but also old ones to be introduced to new residents. It works for me. Despite marketing tricks such as bundling (you know, that thing you really want only being available in the fatpack), I would not call it greed, but more likely struggle. Allegiance is definitely a factor if the event organizers are friendly and understanding. Having to stick to an event deadline is also convenient for the creator. Production won't drag on too long then. Something perfectionists may suffer from a lot. I think that the average quality drop can mostly be ascribed to saturation of the market, the increase in events and the increasing number of creators participating in these events. Just like the growth in number of TV channels, movies, and crypto coins.

Undoubtedly, but so are old-fashioned internet fora and chat rooms. Also, social media are so much more. They're a tool for political & societal emancipation (Arab spring), demagoguery (Cambridge Analytica) and very effective ad boards for businesses large and small (including SL businesses). [Update] I'd like to add that social media are excellent tools through which one nation can socially destabilize another, adversary nation by sowing division and wielding other KGB tactics.

Since when is peanut butter an acquired taste? They're all almost all acquired tastes. FTFY. I can totally see that they'd hate it at first. That said... I LOVE COFFEE! I neeeed coffee! Stat. Now! Maintenant, tout de suite, jetzt, heute, nu meteen gisteren nog, pronto! [Update] Excuse me but, omg so goood!

They're all acquired tastes. If you haven't already, and are willing to give these things a try and appreciate them, cut down on sugar intake - especially the sugars that have been added sneakily into many processed foods. If I had to choose between stepping on a Lego and eating these, I'd eat them. But under less traumatizing circumstances, you would never catch me with a bag of these: Btw, behold, the musical equivalent of capers