[Kidnapping Hackers (as in "hackers who kidnap")]

I would question the 'hacking' part.  What I think could happen is the possibility of being stalked in RL if you were, for example, involved in an SL relationship where you had shared personal contact information, and then the relationship went bad.  

If you are careful to not fall for phishing attempts, and are careful about who you share RL contact information with (or at least how much or what type of RL information you share), you should be OK.  

[Appearing offline?]

As Ethan noted above, you cannot completely hide your online status - groups and scripted detectors will show your correct online status. 

In terms of profiles showing 'offline' even when you were talking with the person inworld, most likely they checked "Only Friends and Groups know I'm online".  As far as I'm aware, checking this option only affects the online status that displays on a person's profile. That option is on the privacy tab of preferences on the Firestorm viewer - I can't remember offhand whether that option is in the LL viewer or not. 

[AVSitter classes]

I took a class on how to use AVSitter at Happy Hippo Building School.  I took their first class, on setting it up for a single sit, but I noticed recently that they've added a second class which covers setting it up for couples. 

[Just Ignore and let this one die]

4 minutes ago, Clover Jinx said:

Maddy mentioned her favorite illustrated childhood book in a thread I got bored with after Patch stopped posting.

Here's mine:

I still have it out on my bookshelf. You can tell a lot about a person by what's on their shelves, almost as much as digging through their garbage.

=<.<=

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I haven't read that specific one, but Mercer Mayer's 'Little Critter' books are among my top favorites for reading to kids (when they were little) and now to grandkids.  Maybe I'll need to pick this one up. 

[How does your avatar look today ?]

[can you get banned for sharing a account with someone who uses different ip address ?]

https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/2186-account-security-tips-password-edition/  (from Governance Linden 6/12/17) is a good summary of how to keep your account secure and does say in bold letters that giving someone else access to your account is not permitted by the Terms of Service.

[Weekly Gift Grab 12]

You may need to accept the experience for that location. For me, in addition to a message box telling me I didn't have access, another message box appeared on my screen regarding the experience with the option to accept it popped up on my screen.  After I accepted the experience,  I was able to successfully teleport to the location.  I did end up with a few attachments for the game controlled by the experience (a basket and a plank) as I arrived, but I quickly went out the barn door and to the right, where the gift chest is, and got the gift.  When I TP'd away, the attachments for the game disappeared.  The gift chest was very close to the barn, so I didn't really have to worry about what the game was about in order to get the gift.  There may be other ways to get there to get the gift, but that was what worked for me yesterday.

[skin color]

A couple of questions for some additional details that may help us to help you figure out the issue.  This was something that was working previously?  How are you attempting to change the color - through choosing one of the skin color buttons in the Maitreya body HUD or by using an applier (Maitreya or Omega) ?

[What are you doing today!? :D]

I've been on the Renaissance Hunt VIII organized by Historical Hunts, and there was a fun mini-hunt at the Antiquity sims, which took me to a variety of different places there.  Definitely a place I want to go back to and do some further exploring.  They have a nice automated transportation system for going from one area to another. 

 

[WEEK 10 GIFT GRAB LOCATION NOT AVAILABLE?!]

39 minutes ago, mistyway said:

Now Week 12 place is unavailable. >__< And it is a "General" sim...

You need to accept the experience. For me, the box regarding the experience with the option to accept it popped up another window on my screen.  After I accepted it and confirmed the box you put shown above to close that, I was able to successfully teleport to the location.  I did end up with a few attachments for the game controlled by the experience when I arrived, but I quickly went out the barn door and to the right, where the gift chest is, and got the gift.  When I TP'd away, the attachments for the game disappeared.  The gift chest was very close to the barn, so I didn't really have to worry about what the game was about in order to get the gift.  There may be other ways to get there to get the gift, but that was what worked for me. 

[Can't Rezz house......any suggestions]

The first thought I had was also whether the house footprint was too big.  If the rezzer box is able to be rezzed, then it doesn't sound like a permissions issue. 

Have you gone to the (103, 141, 29) coordinates on your parcel to doublecheck that coordinate is still on your parcel?  If you parcel is rectangular shaped, have you tried turning the rezz box 90 degrees before trying to rezz, just in case the long part of the house was trying to rezz on the short part of the parcel?  (I often have a hard time figuring out ahead of time which direction a house will rezz out from the rezzer, so I've often had the rezzer in the wrong direction).  

[Do you have advanced lighting enabled?]

I generally have it on all the time.  

[The Home and Garden thread]

2 minutes ago, Pauck said:

Today I found great and affordable roadside parcel on Route 1, so I moved! 

Very cute house!  I like what you did with putting in an indoor pool.  That option had never occurred to me. 

[Five word Story Game]

couldn't find the words to

[How does your avatar look today ?]

[The Latest on Last Names]

5 minutes ago, Alyona Su said:

Ah, okay. I agree with that. I may have missed the part where you mentioned the default payment thing. I get so knee-jerk-reactive at the snowflake-entitlement types and I thought you were taking their side in such. LOL

I'm sorry for insulting you by thinking that way, even if for a fleeting moment!

It's cool   I didn't explain it well enough at first, I think.  If you ever see me taking the side of snowflake-entitlement, feel free to bop me on the head.

[The Latest on Last Names]

1 hour ago, Alyona Su said:

If you're not buying L$ and aren't making any in-world, then it is, logically-speaking, impossible that you would bother to spend any money, virtual or otherwise on any service, including this because you are just way too cheap. So rather than playing the theoretical hair-splitting that we all know is nonsense, how about we just be real for a change?

I didn't say anything about buying or not buying L$.  Perhaps I misunderstood your original comment that I initially responded to.

What I meant was that if it required USD, and one  wasn't making L$ inworld through sales or services,  it would be easier to use whatever your payment method was to pay for it, rather than buying and then selling L$ on the exchange.  If it turns out to be a premium perk, one would have a payment method on file.

[How do introverts make friends in SL ?]

I've started a response several times this morning to this thread, but ended up not posting them, so I'll try again...

I don't really have any insight or answers towards the question.  Most of the time I feel that finding someone that I feel comfortable enough with to become friends is serendipitous - it just happens.  However it happens much less in SL than it does in RL (and even there it's pretty infrequent).  I am more a 'hanging around in the back somewhere' type of person rather initiating or being heavily involved in the conversations - though I am listening.  I feel comfortable at events like the Sunday breakfast (when I am able to be inworld at that time) or events like some of the Bay City events where I recognize at least some of the other attendees, and people are there for the fun and conversation and not for hitting up on others.   I tend to stick with activities in SL that can be done as an individual or where I can be part of the crowd and enjoy the local conversation without feeling pressured to participate.  

I generally do not post much in this section of the forum, because I'm not sure that I could hold up my end.  I seldom initiate conversations with others, and need to have a balance of chatting with friends and having time alone. 

 

[The Latest on Last Names]

18 minutes ago, Alyona Su said:

It takes about 15 seconds to sell L$ on the exchange. So this would be a good thing for people to learn how to do it.

If it's not going to be payable in L$'s, unless one is making lindens inworld, it wouldn't really make sense to sell lindens for this purpose.  

[How do introverts make friends in SL ?]

2 minutes ago, Clover Jinx said:

I strapped myself to an SL extrovert and hung on for dear life.

 

That's basically what I did in RL

[looking for buying flat adult mainland, protected, with lake or beach, 1/8 sim]

If you want adult mainland, I think you'll need to look either on the Zindra continent, or on one of the Horizons sims.  If you bring either of those areas up in the map inworld and check the option box for showing land for sale, you'll be able to see all the parcels that are for sale in those areas.  That is an easy way to locate and visit different parcels that are for sale in a particular area.  

[Banned from Region]

14 minutes ago, SenSL said:

Oh yeah, I just notice that?

Make a mental note to try going there again in 3 to 6 months.  In the meantime find some other similar type places to go to, and after several months, you might not even care that you were banned from this one place.  

[What are you doing today!? :D]

Relaxing and enjoying the view while out shopping.  One of the reasons I like shopping in world - some stores have beautiful environments around them.  

[Banned from Region]

15 minutes ago, SenSL said:

Yesterday I was banned from a [redacted] Club for no reason.

As Cindy mentioned, landowners have the right to ban whomever they want, for whatever reason.

However, there are a lot of clubs in SL, so just move on and try out some other clubs.  When you arrive at the landing point, wait for things to rez and look around to see if there are any signs about rules for that particular club or location.  If you find that you are often getting banned from places, then you might want to reflect on your behavior, in case you are doing something that is likely to upset others or get yourself banned.  

 

[The Latest on Last Names]

23 minutes ago, Alyona Su said:

You already have a last name and so does everyone one else who's created an account since the last name selection went away. Your last name is Resident (yes, even that is capitalized)  - Scripts pull your information through your UUID and such, not your name. When they chat stuff, however, then they will often add Resident as the last name unless the scripter writes code to not do that (as I understand it; I am not a pro scripter, more of a dabbler).

My only real point is that "Display Names" really don't take place of your account name. I, and I'm sure most others, always set my viewer preference to include the account name in that bubble over your head. It's the only way I can keep straight on who's who any more.

Yes I should have said "last name other than Resident."  

I usually have my preferences to not show the 'Resident' part of names, and to show both the display name and account name.   Otherwise, it can get confusing when some people change their display often (or when it's not readable because of the font or other strange characters).