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Halsen wrote: I'm 23 and afraid to get hit by a tornado. One of the few SL residents not to enjoy blow-jobs, eh? Father "Are you all talking about age or IQ?" Jim

LaskyaClaren wrote: madjim wrote: As usual, Laskya's living in the past. None of those kit examples reflect the current "uniforms" being worn in Brasil this month, partly down to FIFA's interference - and colour blindness, as last night's dayglo green worn by the Algerians was considered a "dark" strip, since one team has to wear "dark" and the other "light", presumably for those countries which still have black and white TVs - and partly down to the venal commercial desire to wear something different to force fans with more money than sense to purchase up-to-date facsimile apparel. A bit like the migration to mesh. Father "They are all V1; V2 is better" Jim Thank you. This is useful to know! You may find this even more interesting - the Belgian kit is based on the colours used by Jupiler beer. Father "Whereas the yanks just look like they're promoting Pepsi" Jim

As usual, Laskya's living in the past. None of those kit examples reflect the current "uniforms" being worn in Brasil this month, partly down to FIFA's interference - and colour blindness, as last night's dayglo green worn by the Algerians was considered a "dark" strip, since one team has to wear "dark" and the other "light", presumably for those countries which still have black and white TVs - and partly down to the venal commercial desire to wear something different to force fans with more money than sense to purchase up-to-date facsimile apparel. A bit like the migration to mesh. Father "They are all V1; V2 is better" Jim

Cats Twine wrote: Update: My sales are at an all-time-low as of today still. I am in circulation taking with a group of other retailers with a sizable membership that report the same. Whatever the right's and wrong's of all this, it is definitely affecting sales in a huge way. I hope that trend changes soon Don't worry Cats, I am sure a few Linden alts will be along to buy some of your stuff real soon so that Ebbe can claim here that the "temporary" slump has nothing to do with his premature announcement that will erode the market to almost nothing until his project gets cancelled. Father "market intervention is a well-established economic tool of the authorities" Jim

Syo Emerald wrote: Reminds me of a guy who claimed any female avatar that refused to use voice must be a guy in RL. That is so inaccurate. It's just most of them. Father "#dbeyroti" Jim

Dillon Levenque wrote: On, Wisconsin. I have a very good friend who lives in Wisconsin. And wishes she didn't. She thinks Detroit is civilised in comparison and that it is almost as cold as Canada, with even less culture, if that is possible. She has confirmed my suspicions that there is nothing else to do in Wisconsin apart from party to stop freezing to death. Even in the "summer". She says there is an upside. They have occasional tornadoes, but very rarely have earthquakes, tsunami or hurricanes. Father "although such extreme meteorological events might make the place more interesting" Jim

Phil Deakins wrote: If you haven't already bought the book, don't buy it. It doesn't have a proper ending so it's a disappointemnt. The concept is good, and it builds quite well, but it doesn't really finish. It just fizzles out and you're left wondering about very significant things. What was it that all the animals were running away from through the Earths? And what happens when 'it' reaches the home Earth. Seriously. And then you think, what was the point in making a big play of the animals running away from some unkown thing if we're not going to be told what it was? Baxter is excellent and normally writes for informed grown ups with an insight into the extrapolation of contemporary culture and a mature sense of humour, Pratchett is not at all excellent, but has made a success out of writing sub-Adams/Pythonesque lightweight moral tales for "adults" who mourn the passing of Benny Hill and would prefer to read comics, but their children - and in many cases grandchildren - would laugh at them. The latter's style is based on that of Piers Anthony, who gave up a semi-successful career writing literate SF (eg Chthon) to make pots of money from churned out pun-filled rewrites of stories with plots stolen from kids tv. You have missed the main point of the book, though, Phil. Nowadays the human story-machines NEVER provide an ending, or even a full explanation, having signed a 23-book contract to run the story arc through the end of the world and back. I blame George RR Martin and his competitors for this. Father "currently devouring the oeuvre of Dan SImmons" Jim

Madelaine McMasters wrote: Football Hooliganism I can't seem to find as rich a history of such behavior for the brain dead NASCAR fans. Though you may feel the need to respond, remember that not all feelings are rational. Apparently, the North American continent also has tribal warfare conducted between rival football supporters. Father "cast out the beam out of thine own eye" Jim

Of course, many North Americans may have problems in understanding the concept of a "World Cup", being as their "World Series" is exclusively played between teams based in one continent. Father "more people watch amateur soccer on any given winter Saturday in just England than attend a NASCAR meet" Jim

Madelaine McMasters wrote: madjim wrote: Since soccer is easily the biggest spectator sport in the world - despite NASCAR's pathetic claims to supremacy - it is hardly surprising that occasionally there is a small disaster. In fact, it is astonishing that there are so few incidents, although the published figures would be considerably higher if the number of people who died of boredom watching, for example, Stoke City, was included. Father "I enjoy a game with a bit of bite to it" Jim Okay, let's do the numbers. From the page I screen-grabbed, there have been over 1200 soccer related fan deaths since 1964. From this page, I can find only one death over the same period for NASCAR. I doubt that either of the pages I linked tell the full story, but you'll have to come up with a better theory than relative popularity to explain the 1200:1 ratio. I think that globally soccer spectators probably outnumber NASCAR attendees by more than 1200 to 1. The difficulty in measuring NASCAR fan fatalities, as far as I can tell, is that they are medically brain-dead before they turn up. Father "they don't just go round and round in circles; they're ovals" Jim

Coby Foden wrote: We just don't know what will happen. Unfortunately - since he's the person responsible - it's fairly obvious that neither does Mr Altberg. Father "if you can't say anything nice, employ a PR agency to speak for you" Jim

Since soccer is easily the biggest spectator sport in the world - despite NASCAR's pathetic claims to supremacy - it is hardly surprising that occasionally there is a small disaster. In fact, it is astonishing that there are so few incidents, although the published figures would be considerably higher if the number of people who died of boredom watching, for example, Stoke City, was included. Father "I enjoy a game with a bit of bite to it" Jim

irihapeti wrote: madjim wrote: ... ... that went well, didn't it...? eugene !!! is that u ?? o.m.g. !!! it is u. i can haz ur autagraf plz ?? No, this is Eugene. Father "Sorry, I don't do free autographs; send money and I'll see what I can do" Jim

Coby Foden wrote: kiramanell wrote: Nevertheless I recall Ebbe saying TPV's would be a thing of the past. Unfortunately your memory circuits appear to have a malfunction. :smileysad: Please re-read carefully what Ebbe actually has said. :matte-motes-smile: He said that initially there would be no TPVs in SL V2. Father "He neglected to add whether LL would allow any TPVs at any future time" Jim

Shroom Steinbeck wrote: How did it get this way? I think it's largely to do with the continuing influx of morons from AOL through to Facebook whose main contribution to social intercourse has been limited to ejaculations of "Hi!" and "Add me". Father "If you want conversation inworld, get a profile" Jim

VoteboxRepairMan wrote: A bit like paying to be in the Viz Top 10, rather than getting into the NME Indie Charts on sales figures, if that (UK-biased) analogy makes any sense. It doesn't. Father "you must come from the deep and distant past" Jim

Innula Zenovka wrote: madjim wrote: Innula Zenovka wrote: "A new life awaits you in the Off-world colonies! A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!!" Join me! We will even provide unlimited replicants to do the grunt work in the better life. Father "I'm one myself" Jim If we do join you, will we be asked to do anything lewd... or unsavory, or... or, otherwise repulsive to our persons? Or is that just at Adult Safe Hubs? Do you want the freedom to enjoy yourself? Or would you prefer Sanitised Life? Father "If the latter, stick with Mr Altberg" Jim

Drake1 Nightfire wrote: it's been 11 years and they still make money hand over fist.. What will happen if this new platform works with occulus only? how many SLv1 people will move over? What makes you think everyone will jump ship? Personally, i can't afford to spend the thousands i have already over again. What makes you think that Facebook are going to allow LL to take advantage of Oculus Rift? I think if I had just paid billions for a USP for my major new user interface development I wouldn't let my competitor near it. If you read carefully, Mr Altberg refers only to OR in terms of SL V1. He knows from his Microsoft days that you make sure that you pay lip service to openness, and build incompatibility with your competitors' products into yours, and I am sure Facebook will. Father "stealing ideas is OK though" Jim

"parachuting onto a collapsing building? It's more like paying up front for a first class cabin on the Marie Celeste. Instead join me and I will show you a better life NOW - don't wait two years for disappointment. It may never happen. Don't waste your money on stuff that will be out of date before you have had time to enjoy it. Make a commitment to my better world and I will take away all your money . . . worries. Father "if it's free it's worth what you paid" Jim

Jo Yardley wrote: This is not a Linden Lab(no s) product. No, but it's promoted and approved by Linden Lab and its Cheerleaders. Father "it makes many people sick, especially females" Jim

You've come to the forums to complain about people being rude? Father "That would be ironic if ironic meant what people incorrectly thought it meant" Jim

Medhue Simoni wrote: The Drax files show got me thinking about user retention. I've thought about this before, and mentioned it, but I wasn't sure how feasable it would be. With a new SL in the works, what is truly possible is far more wide open. That said, it might be good to talk about this now, as it might be something that needs to be designed into this new SL. I'll give my "big" idea, but I also hope others might come up with their own versions, or totally different ideas on how to retain more users. Please post your ideas, even if they are not totally flushed out, as this is the perfect place to flush it out. Ok, so this is my "big" idea. It's obvious that SL is complex. It's also obvious that user's need to have some kind of guidance and instructions. The question is, how do you do this in an engaging and fun way? How can we get the average person to connect with this world early on, so that they eventually see parts of SL that we all love? How can we get them to emotionally connect with SL? Do we know of any highly successful businesses that took off in SL, and gave users a solid emotional connection? Well, we do, and this is the breedables and pets in SL. This is where the light bulb clicked on for me, when I thought about the retention problem. In RL, everyone loves their pets. Besides pictures of kids, pets are probably the second most posted images on Facebook. In any good MMO, you get pets that do all kinds of things, including riding them. So, my idea is for LL to give users in this new SL a LINDEN PET. This pet will give them all the information they need to get around in the new SL. It would also follow them everywhere they went, being right there to help, when needed. It could have some functions for playing around, and basic tricks, but their main purpose would be to help the owner. These pets would be fully functioning NPCs, with their own skeletons and all. Like I said, they would also follow them everywhere, until told not to. This means that LL would have to design that into the new SL, NPCs being able to teleport with you. This would also be a huge boom for the pet and breedable communities, plus give them functionalities that would improve all pets, like being able to ride them. I would also suggest that every single Linden pet be unique in some way, or seemingly. LL could also allow users to take the code for the Linden Pets, and make their own. Like maybe, as a merchant, I take that code and change it to give information about my store. My pet could stay online in my store, while I'm away, and give information to customers that need it. So, now, my pet is actually working for me and earning his own keep, lol. To me, a Pet is exactly the solution to retention. Who can't resist a cute little fuzzy animal? Hey, you just reinvented Microsoft's Bob! And that went well, didn't it...? Father "Ebbe would probably go for that - again" Jim

VoteboxRepairMan wrote: it's a total waste of time You said it. Father "presumes you mean this thread" Jim

irihapeti wrote: just as a fyi bc is topical I think. Microsoft have just changed their Windows Services Agreement. I get a email about it from them. Is effective from 1 July 2014 am quite pleased with the changes. Specially this part: "Privacy: As part of our ongoing commitment to respecting your privacy, we won't use your documents, photos or other personal files or what you say in email, chat, video calls or voice mail to target advertising to you." #dbeyroti Father "You won't find the word 'gullable' in the OED" Jim

Innula Zenovka wrote: "A new life awaits you in the Off-world colonies! A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!!" Join me! We will even provide unlimited replicants to do the grunt work in the better life. Father "I'm one myself" Jim