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Czari Zenovka wrote: It does sound like there's definitely a major component issue. I am so sorry this is happening to you. $1,000 is a huge chunk of change and then to have the PC not work as it should. I have an ancient (by today's standards) PC that was custom built for me at a small computer shop. I would estimate the motherboard/graphics card/RAM to be approximately 8 years old; however, I keep in on pretty much 24/7 with weekly reboots and it never gets super hot. Sometimes it's warmer than other times, taking off the case and blowing some compressed air on the fan does the trick. (My cat likes to walk around the PC...lol.) I do have my PC sitting on top of my desk and it's a hunking piece of metal, but as others have said, air flow is very important. Hopefully things will work out and you can enjoy your new PC. thanks for replying Czari .. my old computer was an old one of my brothers that he gave me .. it was @ least 8 yrs old & it ran SL ok so long as all the settings were low .. it was filthy inside it so i was vacuuming it out & apparently fried it with static electricity from the vacuum .. i have a cat too & dust & hair were all up inside it .. this is one reason i dont want to take the sides off the new ones case Jeanne

Deja Letov wrote: Did you have it in one of those desk slots with the door in it so it looks like a cabinet and hides the computer? if so, part of your problem is that. Those things are HORRIBLE for computers and don't let the hot air out so they can over heat. I doubt thats the entire issue, but it's probably not helping. yeah Deja .. i have a desk exactly as you describe .. cept i long since took the front door off its hinges .. i took my computer out of there & now its majorly in my way .. i may put it back this winter but im keeping it out while its still hot Jeanne

thanks Alicia .. the front fan blows in but i think all the rest blow out .. so i should turn the lower side fans around? LoL my brother use2 run his puter w/ the sides open & his iguana would get up inside it where its warm !! i dont have an iguana but i still hate to take the sides off .. it gets awfully dusty up inside as is .. i fried a computer w/ static electricity once from vacuuming up inside it .. & also 3 of the fans are on the sides .. seems like the fans are better than having it open if its 30^oC in the room i guess that 50^oC inside the case isnt too bad then .. Jeanne

chrisbreitling wrote: OK fellow SL'ers, let's stay on topic please, this thread was created so that people that actually have a Facebook Page for their ficitonal character (or as blog of their fictional character) post their URLs here so that we can exchange LIKEs and enrich each other with our findings and other information. It is not about other peoples babies, cats, dogs or whatever. And yes, it is perfectly OK to create a page (which belongs to a real life account) for a FICTIONAL CHARCTER or PERSONAL BLOG of your character. It does not violate FB TOS. Second Life is your "new chance" at life, its does not have to be your first life (RL), may be modelled after your RL but your SL is a SL. You don't want to mix your personal & family RL stuff with SL stuff that most likely will not interest them. So, if you have one post your URL here, if you don't maybe you should consider creating one if you plan to keep it updated. In mine I post stuff of my daily life in SL, places I discover, hotspots, and stuff found in the marketplace. Others have pages for their Second Life fashion, clubs, etc. so let's keep it going. There are already a few of us. You do NOT and must NOT create a fake account. Simply under your personal account or whatever account you have, visit the link at the bottom that says "Create a Page" and in the main category choose "People" (something like that) and in the subcategory choose either "Fictional Character" or "Personal Blog". If you don't want people to know which RL FB account owns your page, don't do LIKE to your own page. Whatever you post in your Facebook Page is done by default under the name you gave to your page. how do we know youre not a spy for FB trolling for fake FB pages so you can report them & have them banned? ppl would hav2 be crazy to post their urls Jeanne

does anyone know how hot their computer gets? my brother recently built a new computer for me .. i paid him $1K for it ~components cost $924 & the rest was for his trubble~ .. it had an AMD Sapphire GPU .. it was really nice 'cept it started freezing when i was streaming music w/ SAM & running Firestorm @ the same time .. it wasnt a virus & the memory was ok .. so my brother had me download FurMark & do a stress test on the GPU .. he said that if it ran for an hour the GPU was ok but it froze in 10 minutes .. did it twice & same thing happened .. so he said the graphics card was bad .. he got a return merchandise # from AMD & i returned the card & was w/out a computer for 2 weeks .. they sent a replacement & it was DOA .. wouldnt even boot the computer .. so in disgust i went to Best Buy & bought a Nvidia card i really couldn't afford .. but @ least i had a computer that worked after that the problem was that even w/ the new Nvidia card the computer still froze a couple times .. so my brother suggested that i download CPUID HWMonitor .. so i did & was shocked to see that 1uv the cores got 93^0C !! almost hot enuf to boil water !! he said it was the 'northgate core' & it made sense it was the hottest cuz its in the middle but still .. thats WAY hot .. what was interesting was to watch what happened when i logged into SL & started doing stuff .. temps would go up by ~20^oC !! apparently SL is really processor intensive & generates lotsuv heat .. the computer is supposed to shut itself down when it gets too hot but apparently it just freezes .. so even if heat fried the original AMD card the replacement was bad to begin with .. im never doing business w/ AMD again anyway .. that CPUID HWMonitor was eye opening .. what iv done is taken my computer outuv the desk .. it now sets on top of the desk & is in the way but im not putting it back inside the desk til winter & before i do im goin2 drill some holes in the wood next to where the fans are .. i also installed 3 fans in the case .. in addition to the fans that came with it .. & have a big fan blowing on the computer .. it now runs ~20 -30^oC cooler & hasnt frozen .. even when im dancing in a SL club, streaming w/ SAM & doing other stuff @ the same time so what im wondering is .. has anyone else had heat trubbles w/ their computer? does any1 else monitor core temps w/ CPUID HWMonitor or any other way? are air temps of 50 -70^oC inside the case normal? any hardware geeks care to comment on this ?? Jeanne

Tamara Artis wrote: My rl friend has made Fb account for her dog and I have her dog as friend on my Fb hahaha. And, when she logs in to her dogs account, she likes all stuff that she normally likes. It is the real person behind it, no matter what is it, account, page or a group. My sl friend not only has a fb page for her avatar but also has one for her Zoobie baby !! :cattongue: Jeanne

a chess tournament ?!? whats to keep me from entering my opponent's moves in ChessMaster & then moving the way CM did ?? Jeanne

Echo Hermit wrote: I am too with Perrie on this one. There was talk about UK having automatic filters to prevent kids from accidentally gaining access to adult material, but I, as someone in a child-free home, do not wish to have to jump through hoops to view whatever I want to view without censorship, just because some parents are not responsible enough to look out for their kids better. such a filter would only inconvenience adults & provide a game for kids to figure out how to bypass .. which would take the savvy kids like 2 minutes .. & then theyd tell their friends how to do it .. whats wrong w/ ppl ?!? are they just stupid? or what ?? Jeanne

sorint wrote: Hi and nice to meet you! What Streaming App you use? hi .. i use SAM .. i organize my playlists w/ Winamp then import them in2 MySQL & sam streams to my brothers server .. im on AudioRealm as Annie's Majikal Muzikal Medley Jeanne Anne

Echo Hermit wrote: I recently took an alt through the adult verification process and was surprised that I only had to click on a button that confirmed I was over 18! But then, should I have been surprised? After all, this is the only verification I have had to use on other websites to access adult content. LL could argue that it isn't their responsibility to be doing what parents should be doing; ie having parental control filters set by the owners of the computers. Here in the UK, there is a lot of discussion about this; parents are being urged via television programmes, schools, information leaflets, printed media, to ensure their kids are safe, and not able to access adult material. In most case kids are far more tech savvy than their parents are .. leaving it up to parents to keep their kids outuv places adults have decided they dont belong simply doesnt work .. When my 2 younger brothers were teens they laughed @ the filters our mom & their school tried to place between them & 'age inappropriate' online content .. the things they pulled were outrageous ~everything from hacking their schools website to ripping off credit card info .. Sounds to me like the current discussion in the UK you describe isa bout 20 yrs too late Jeanne

sorint wrote: Free Tutorial for DJs, Club Owners and Mall Managers Free Audio Stream Server for TEST, DEMO and PRACTICE Details: http://www.shoutcastnet.com Contact: Sorin Todys ( sorint ) For some reason ~& Im not sure why~ shoutcast didnt work for me but icecast did .. i couldnt afford to stream if i didnt have free relay server available Jeanne

Gideon McCullough wrote: I was just looking through my Dashboard, and noticed that the Age Verification section is gone? Excuse me for possibly being naive, but what is keeping the kids out of the Adult regions now? (I know what was there wasn't too reliable, but it was better than nothing) Please explain to me? Nothing keeps kids outuv adult regions. Kids can simply lie about their age. Jeanne

Grace Mammoth wrote: I've searched through the second life wiki and did everything it told me to do to my avatar to get her back to normal(i've ruthed her,messed with the bandwidth,rebake)but nothing helps and she is stuck as a cloud/egg.Can someone help? go2 'worn' in your inv & see if somehow youve lost your shape .. if you dont see it go to your main inv & add it Jeanne

JeanneAnne wrote: I recently had a new computer built & here's the video card that went in it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102987 I'd been told that it should be a Nvidia for SL but my brother insisted that this one was the most powerful for its price & that it should run SL well, as indeed it seems to. I've been getting 35 -42 fps w/ it & lag is all network side due to crappy dsl connection. Jeanne OK .. iv been banned so iv not been around but i think id better give an update on this gpu: SAPPHIRE 11188-22-20G Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (OC Edition) its a piece of crap !! dont buy it .. in fact dont buy anything from Radeon or ADM or ATI or whatever its called nowadays this card was defective .. it kept freezing my new computer .. i couldnt run Firestorm & SAM @ the same time w/out freezing .. so downloaded FurMark & ran a stress test on this gpu & it got REALLY hot .. then froze so contacted ADM & had to wait for them to assign a Return Merchandise # .. they wouldnt refund the money but would replace the defective component .. AFTER i mailed it to them in Cali & IF they determined that something hadnt voided the warrenty ... waited & waited with no computer .. my music stream was down & i couldnt be in SL all this while .. so finally they sent me a new card .. it was worse than the 1st one !! @ least the 1st card would boot the computer .. then get hot & freeze .. the replacement wouldnt even do that !! it was DOA so i was sickuv being w/out a computer so in disgust just went to Best Buy & bought a Nvidia GeForce card & it works fine .. wish id gone w/ Nvidia from the start ..... so now im telling everyone that ADM will rip you off .. they suck Jeanne

Perrie Juran wrote: Baloo Uriza wrote: JeanneAnne wrote: With my old computer i got fps ~20 at best, & with the mesh enabled FS fps dropped to ~7. There was a very definite strobe effect but it was the best the machine could do. I used the FS beta viewer to keep my fps higher even tho I couldnt see mesh properly with it. Fps of ~12 was common in dance clubs even w/ the beta viewer. This was with settings in preferences & draw distance set low. Immy has something relevant to say about this. Then we should take up the mis-use of the term with Linden Lab. They initiated it to describe a particular way of making objects for Second Life and everyone including you hopefully knows what is being talked about. Perhaps you could suggest a better word or terminology to use? Terms are arbitrary anyway. SL has its own lingo which I ~as a newbie~ thot was weird. WTF is a "prim" ennyway? I thot "rezz" was a ghetto for Native Americans ... etc, etc, etc .. but i got use2 it. I can talk SL almost as good as enny1 nowadays. "Mesh" may be a dumb name but its what ppl are use2 by now .. so why call it something else? Jeanne

Masami Kuramoto wrote: cinda Hoodoo wrote: The trend has always been, those that can pay and are willing to, for services or products, and the free loaders. From an economic perspective, the term "freeloader" is ambiguous because it doesn't say anything about a resident's level of participation in economic activities. A content creator selling tons of prims and spending all his earnings on other people's prims is as much a freeloader as someone who does not buy and sell stuff at all. From Linden Lab's point of view, both are equally "parasitic" because they spend no money on the platform. Successful merchants who cash out more than they spend are actually worse than freeloaders. Their trade surplus must be offset by someone else's trade deficit, otherwise the in-world economy would implode. For the owners of Linden Lab, Second Life is a profitable product as long as the sum of resident spending exceeds the sum of resident earning plus the cost of running the platform. The result of this model is that SL business owners find themselves in competition with Linden Lab, because every dollar that is cashed out decreases Linden Lab's own bottom line. Maybe this explains why Linden Lab has very little incentive to help you become a successful SL merchant. Those who blame their own business failure on freeloaders have not really understood how this platform works. Think of it this way: Every freeloader is one competitor less to worry about. This is an insightful post Masami. You explain how LL's business model sets up competition between LL & SL business owners, which explains why LL is unsympathetic & unresponsive when it comes to addressing business owners' concerns. Of course they aren't going to attend to the things business owners complain about when doing so might harm their own bottom line. The thing I think you need to realize tho is that it's LL executives & shareholders who are the real parasites, much moreso than SL "freeloaders." Execs & shareholders rake in profit while contributing nothing. The freeloaders freeload with LL's blessing because that's the way they've decided to run their business. There's no use resenting freeloaders when LL allows & encourages the freeloading. Resent LL ~if you want to~ because they're the big parasites & they facilitate small scale parasitism by others. Or better yet, just enjoy SL for what it is & dont worrya bout it .. :catwink: Jeanne

>>this thread is just edgy..it's like if we don't have something to complain about or don't have any ill will towards LL then we're wrong..<< I'm often the cause of edginess i think .. I'm sorry .. it's just that my personality is kinduv drawn to edginess .. if the tone isn't a bit edgy the topic often doesn't catch my interest or fails to hold it .. I shouldn't be this way so much in a public forum but I just get SOOoooooo bored sometimes ... >>i feel like i am being made out to be some bad person because i am not lying and saying..yes LL is terrible because of all those things i haven't heard about..<< You certainly don't strike me as being a bad person Ceka. You bring life & fun to the forum! The music & cartoons you post are way fun & you also bring a wisdom & experience w/ SL to the forum that's very valuable. Thanks for being you !!! ~huggzzz~~ ~ <3 I tend to think that LL is pretty terrible but then .. i think thata bout all corporations. Is LL any worse than the average money grubbing greedy corporation? Maybe .. from what I hear. On the other hand tho, LL brings us SL which we all apparently enjoy so they must not be toooooo bad :cattongue: >>i shouldn't have gotten so snippy with you..just feel like i have been told i am wrong for not noticing all the bad that others are seeing i guess..<< oooh, dont worrya bout me .. I dont mind snippiness .. in fact, i prefer it to blandness LOL Youre cool in my book Ceka .. Jeanne

>>no, it's pathological complainers. They'll complain about anything and everything, all the time. Nothing is ever good enough...<< Dear Lindens, I wanna complain about all the complainers complaining all the time. I demand that you do something about it!! >>Are there freeloaders in SL? Of course there are.<< Of course there are & why shouldn't there be? LL has set SL up so that the only rational way to play it is to play for free. There's no real or tangible reason not to play for free. The few perks granted to those who choose to pay to play don't return value for what they cost. There are plenty of freebies, plenty of places you can hang out, plenty to do.. without spending a cent on SL. It's entirely possible to hava whole lotta fun in SL absolutely for free. >>The ones I realy pity are the officious oafs who claim that anyone not having a premium account and willing to pay thousands of L$ just for the privilege (non-refundable of course) of looking at a sim aren't decent residents and should all be shunned.<< You should read the chpt. in "Cows, Pigs, Wars & Witches" about potlatch & conspicuous consumption & the ape's drive for prestige. Jeanne

Ann Otoole wrote: the only thing lindens are doing is sending out resumes. get the clue? I spent the last two years censoring a forum where users complain about a virtual world not being real enuf .. or being too real .. Hire me!! I'm desperate !!! Jeanne

>>..."I don't care about you or anyone else, so long as I got mine" mentality is the only legitimate morality and attitude in the "market democracy" model.<< Yayyy!! You grok the socio-economic paradigm we're born into here in the West, & suffer under all our lives! You understand LL's motives. You've figured things out! You've "won" the "game" !! Jeanne

>>i was the one saying you won the game..but it had nothing to do with you wanting to do everything for free..<< ok Ceka .. i didnt remember who said it .. i think more than one person has .. >>i have no problem with people that wish to do that..so please don't go changing why i said something like i am some weak stupid idiot..<< i dont think youre a weak stupid idiot .. i think youre cool! >>i'm not sitting on one side of the bar or the other in that area..i don't like when people that come here and do things for free are called freeloaders either..<< ohh, i dont mind being called a freeloader .. i think that there were some who didnt want ppl who play for free to be called that .. but i think its how a lotuv ppl think so i appreciate them being honest LoL >>my comment about you winning the game.it was sarcasm towards your thinking everyone is stupid if they don't dance how you dance here..<< Well, it really doesnt matter what i think, does it? The point i try to make is that LL allows & encourages ppl to play for free so that the entire burden of supporting SL & making LL execs rich falls on those who do choose to pay to play. I dont think thats fair. My purpose isnt to gloat over getting over, or mock 'suckers' who pay while others dont .. My purpose is to point out the inherent unfairness of LL's business model. If anything, I praise those who pay cuz they make it so that i dont have to. What id really like to see is for ppl to rise up & do something about this unfair situation ~& all the other stuff they dont like about LL~ rather than just complain about it in this forum. >>i put my money in here because i have it to do it..not because i'm sucked in and addicted or trying to make a living..i like it here and like a lot of stuff i can do here...<< i believe you Ceka .. but how many are addicted? I bet lots. I sortuv was myself .. prolly still am .. altho not as bad as before my old puter went down. Not having a puter & not being able to log in2 SL for 10 days taught me that i can actually live w/out SL. I dont want to have to tho .. cuz i like SL too!! :catvery-happy: >>trying to tell me about how bad corps are is like trying to teach a bullfrog to croak..<< what you said about working conditions & how it is where you live was cool .. thanks for sharing!! i didnt figure you were one who needs to hear my criticisms of corporatism .. i know that for many im just preaching to the choir. i just think that ppl who complain about LL need to realize & understand that the problem runs way deeper than just LL management's incompetence .. that the problems are built in2 the economic paradigm we all suffer under ~as you yourself so ably describe~ & that LL is no worse than any other soulless sociopathic corporate wealth vampire ... You dont need to hear this but plenty do .. specially a lotuv merchants & content creators & ppl like that who tend to dominate this forum & who take SL's toy economy seriously & get all bent & hostile over a game that's supposed to be fun .. & IS fun if ppl just play it for entertainment like you say you do >>you'll just end up with sarcasms because of the extremist approach you chose..<< Ok Ceka .. point taken .. i guess youre right .. Thing is tho, that often no1 listens if i dont take an extremist approach. & besides, i only post on this forum when i cant get inworld .. im bored on here. If i can stir up a ltl controversy it makes the day go by faster .. Jeanne

>>.. I don't recall everyone being up in arms about it until..<< Why would anyone in their right mind be "up in arms" over a game?!? That's wacko. >>To be honest, I've never used the marketplace, or its predecessors, so all the screw-ups that LL have caused with it haven't affected me in the slightest.<< Then why do you even care? Why do you keep complaining about it? It's like you're obsessing over something that apparently doesn't even concern you. >> I'm not neutral. I am positively against LL, the company...<< I'm against all corporations. They are by law & by their very natures sociopathic. They exist only to serve their own interests, not the common interest. They appeal to the very worst in human nature. They thrive on competition not cooperation. This said, however, how is LL any worse than any other corporation? LL is only looking after their bottom line, not anyone else's. All corporations engage in the exact same socio-pathological behavior. >>..and I wouldn't lift a finger to help them in any way." Do you actually think they care? Jeanne

>>Judging by a post in this thread since we started this mini-dialogue, the marketplace is still badly screwed up. It doesn't matter that someone, like yourself, gets quick deliveries, or that someone who was absent for a couple of weeks notices quicker deliveries when they get back. The thing doesn't work properly...<< I agree that MP doesn't work properly. I've ordered things from the MP & not received them. I've had to IM the vendor then wait for it to be made right. But you know what? I don't really care... I only order freebie stuff from MP, or fairly inexpensive stuff with L$ I obtained inworld somehow. So it doesn't really make any difference to me whether I receive the stuff I ordere or not. I'm not out any real money if I don't & it's all just cartoons anyhow. Play for free & stop obsessing ... Jeanne

cinda Hoodoo wrote: I have been in SL for a very long time, and have run a business, for over 6 years in SL. The trend has always been, those that can pay and are willing to, for services or products, and the free loaders. The trend for the last few years has been, that SL is a "free" source of entertainment like TV. While i provide small rentals for incredibly cheap prices, we have to constantly beg for rent to be paid on time, or for a tenant to even let us know they have moved on. We have and do take care of our long time customers, and have made sure they can keep their homes, even when RL has dealt them some financial woes. The ones in SL i feel the worse for, are club owners, that have to throw money at residents to even get them in a club. I am sorry, but if i have to pay someone to come and fun, forget it. I have seen full stage entertainment in SL walk away with less than 1K in tips with over 50 ppl attending the concerts or venues. Entertainment needs to organize in SL and make everyone pay to enjoy being entertained in SL. There is really no reason for traffic any longer since the MarketPlace has put most malls out of business. At least entertainers are willing to work for their money, which is more than i can say for 80% of our residents, that hoard around freebie chairs like moths to a light bulb. Don't get me wrong, i enjoy an occasional freebie from a store i have spent money in and stay in their group, its a nice perk for loyal shoppers. So yes goodwill is running thin, of course the entertained that don't tip (freeloaders) are very happy and content in SL, while the entertainers and creators are pulling their hair out trying to make a few bucks to pay for rent and other things they need to put into their businesses to keep the doors open. Linden Labs is a corporation. Corporations exist soley for the purpose of providing profit for shareholders & corporate executives. Corporations & their decision makers have no goodwill towards even their employees, let alone those they wish to obtain profit from. Corporations may act as if they have goodwill towards their customers, simply for the sake of getting more $$$ out of the "marks." Corporations will say & do anything for the sake of profit. Even break the law if they think they can get away with it. Linden Labs only cares about their own profit, not that of content creators or vendors within SL. They will server the interests of content creators & vendors only if by in so doing, their own interests are served. If LL perceives that their own interests & the interests of those attempting to do business w/in SL conflict, they will serve their own interests, not yours. LL decision makers have decided to make SL available for "free loaders" to play for free. On the surface this seems to conflict with their own profit oriented interests. It must not do so, tho, or it wouldn't be allowed. LL execs must feel that by allowing the majority of players to play SL for free, they ensure high concurrency in the hope that a small percentage of "free loaders" will buy premium accounts, buy L$ &/or pay tier. People like me, tho, have made a comittment to not spending any real money on SL. To my mind, the "goal" of the "game" is to have fun, have a quality experience, have a nice looking avatar, etc., without spending a cent of money doing so. Some have said that pulling this off means that I have "won" the "game." Of course, they have said this derisively, with the intent of mocking us "free loaders." But I take it as a compliment. Truly I have "won." I don't fret over paying tier, obsess over a "business," or do without in RL cuzuv the $$$ I spent playing SL. So as far as I'm concerned it's all in fun & I'm not concerned about any perceived lack of goodwill on LL's part towards anyone. Jeanne

Boudicca Littlebird wrote: I have noticed that the goodwill between some and the lindens is very thin, is there two groups here, one that come to SL to be entertained and another group that come here to do business, what I have noticed in these threads is that those that run business are very stressed and on their last legs as regards goodwill, whereas the ones here for just entertainment can see nothing wrong and dismiss the other group out of hand, am I wrong or is this a trend? From my own point of view I am here for business, I find the lindens aloft and out of touch, like they judge all people by how much money they can get from them, directly or indirectly, I have also found they use some residents as spy's just to ask questions while they listen (do I give those a disjointed view on life, lol), the thing about people focused on money is that they are very backward in all other areas, but that is my view do any others share it? I think you're right Boudicca. As soon as someone starts regarding a game as being a business, they turn greedy & crabby. Seems to me like this forum is dominated by ppl who think of SL as a business opportunity for themselves, rather than as a game to have fun playing. Jeanne