Theresa Tennyson

According to Firestorm support, some people who've had similar problems with the newest release had their problems solved by recreating the bridge. "Avatar" - "Avatar Health" - "Recreate LSL Bridge." You'll need the updated viewer eventually so it may be worth a shot.

If you're seeing things change from a beta to when it becomes the release there must be SOME setting that's different between the two on your machine. When the beta becomes the release it inherits the settings your previous install of the release viewer had.

Most security systems include a feature like that. You could set it so that it only logs visitors but doesn't warn or eject them.

You won't actually have a "home" until you set one - right now your "home" isn't available because you don't really HAVE one.. Previously the viewer would drop you into one of a series of "welcome centers" which have long ago devolved into the equivalent of crack alleys outside of urban bus stations because people who think it's fun to abuse new people gravitated there to harass those sent there automatically. Now I believe the viewer just logs you into the same location you logged out of previously but the error message wasn't changed. For the time being you'd be better served by going into "Preferences" - "General" and changing "Start Location" from "My Home" to "My Last Location." To find places to explore you can try the "Destinations" button.

Kahlie Niven wrote: Eddy Bouvier wrote: Well, not me - that's for sure. Unlike some others, i don't earn a 4-figure USD monthly income out of SecondLife. And the little amount that i do earn on a yearly basis isn't enough to go sue someone over. It's just a pain in the butt, this whole TOS change. And in the end. WHY? Within a few months, the people they are trying to hit (the ones that use SL for money laundering and other illegal practices) will find some kind of loophole and be right back to their old business. So the only one that got hurt was the people that have used the TPEs in the past and were happy with their service, exchanging a few hundred dollars worth of lindens they earned the honest way. Hi Eddy, As you mentionned, yes, money launderers will find some new ways to use SL to wash money from crime (and some loopholes came up into my mind about it). About merchants, well...they grumble then they adapt to the new situation, as usual (and I'm one of them I agree). PS: That's cool to see you're still one of my customers after 3 years, and with 20,700 L$ spent for my services ^^ Basic problem with your logic - you're assuming there are people who specifically "use SL to wash money." No, there are people who wash money - some of them use SL because it's the most convenient option but they don't really care about how they do it. Linden Lab doesn't have to make it IMPOSSIBLE to wash money, just less convenient than what is now the next-most-convenient option.

You asked basically the same question back at the end of last year and this was my reply: -------------------------- If you want a real-fake-world rule of thumb, I suggest: Don't violate the copyright of a company in such a way that could be detected by an intern using a web browser to search the name of that product. Linden Lab generally only pursues copyright issues if they receive a complaint. If someone is selling an Audible the Groundhog avatar under that name on the marketplace, the intern from AudibleCo may see that web page pop up in a search and then tell their supervisor, who will then annoy Linden Lab enough that the product will be taken down. If you sell an avatar that looks exactly like Audible only you call him "Noisy" and let the buyers connect the dots, it's doubtful that the intern will find that ad. It's highly unlikely that the intern will delve deep into the Marketplace or, God forbid, go in world because that will probably find them getting up to something that will get them de-interned in a matter of hours/minutes. It would be like having a four-year-old watch your cookies. ---------------------------------- There, now PAY ATTENTION TO ME so I don't have to copy and paste. Here's the new part... Is it ever "okay" or "allowed" to violate a copyright? No. Is it done in SL? Yes. Does most of this do the slightest, slightest damage to the copyight holder, realistically? No. Does that make it "okay"? No. Will someone make it go away? Very doubtful if it isn't in everyone's face. Will you get in real trouble for it? Super doubtful. Does that make it "okay"? No. Will I think you're a bad person if you make a SL T-shirt with a picture of Pikachu on it without getting a license? No. Will I buy it? No. Would I buy it if it were Felix the Cat, under the same circumstances? Maybe, because Felix is cool. Would I feel guilty about it? No. Does that make it "okay"? No. Nobody's going to give you permission to violate copyright - they can't. Don't ask for it. You can ask for forgiveness afterwards. You'll probably get it. Don't count on it though. The choices are yours, grasshopper....

Windows 8 is innocent for this one and Firestorm is no more guilty than any other viewer currently. There has been a longstanding problem with all current viewers not displaying some items when you first enter an area, especially if you've been there before. There was recently a change to the server software that made this problem more apparent. The fix for it is in the current Linden Lab viewer beta so it will be in Firestorm once they pick up that code change and release a revised viewer. In the meantime you can make things appear by either right-clicking on objects you know should be there or doing something that forces your viewer to redraw things - a quick way is to hit Ctrl-Shift-R, which will temporarily put you in "wireframe" view. Hitting that key combination again will turn it back off and everything will be visible.

I believe you can only buy G-rated land. At any rate you can't GO to non-G-rated land so if you COULD buy land with other content ratings you couldn't use it.

The Terms of Service take pains to say that Linden dollars are not to be considered real money and anything involving Lindens can be modified at any time without notice and have said so long before this change. I'm not saying that this is a good thing, only that this is what the Terms of Service SAY. Therefore, the change TO THE TOS wasn't a MATERIAL change.

Kahlie Niven wrote: Lindal Kidd wrote: ...haven't you read the TOS lately? Actually, all of us are responsible for what happens to us, in both SL and RL. It's just harder to ignore it in SL. I already did, thanks. We may have no rights as resident, overall, though, we still ha a right : the 30 days delay. Quoting : 1. CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT This Agreement may be changed by Linden Lab effective immediately by notifying you as provided in Section 13.4 below; provided that Material Changes will become effective thirty (30) days after such notification. By continuing to access or use Second Life after the effective date of any such change, you agree to be bound by the modified Terms of Service. A "Material Change" is a change to this Agreement which reduces your contractual rights or increases your responsibilities under this Agreement in a significant manner. The only change to the TOS itself was removing the paragraph referring to the Risk API. How did this significantly reduce contractural rights or increase responsibilities? Third party exchanges were always referred to as being unauthorized. ---edited to mean what I meant to say instead of the exact opposite.

Teagan Tobias wrote: Turn to walk backwards, how do I make my avatar do this? Not that I think it is so important to walk like that but its the only way I can see the front of me to see how my Mesh is moving over my body. Any help would be appreciated. Using LL latest Beta viewer. That's an AO based function, I think. My AO turns my avatar automatically and I see her front view. Firestorm offers that option because it's got a built-in AO.

OzymandiasJLlewellyn wrote: No, not really, this is the point where I go "the fact that it's using high CPU is just because it's not using my video card, which is what I stated in the first post." Also, it's a setting in SL that's doing it, it has literally nothing to do with my video card at all, which is why I didn't mention the video card specs. It also doesn't have anything to do with my operating system. I want information on what second life does after a crash or on startup that might make it decide not to use my video device. It's not really selfritousness or stubborness when you fail to even read what I posted about WHY the issue is happening, instead you jump automatically to assume that it's a video card issue or driver issue when it is most definatly a software issue. The reason we can't give you an answer is we're actually trying to give you more credit than this statement would suggest. 1) CPU's CAN'T DRAW. Therefore, no software application will EVER "try to use the CPU for graphics." That would be like saying, "I can't play a CD in my car because it's trying to play it with the engine instead of the CD player." There needs to be a separate GPU to create a visual display. Of course, we're all aware most modern CPU's have built-in GPU's now - they're on the same chip but the GPU isn't an indispensable part of the CPU itself and is considered a separate entity by software.. I assume THAT'S what you're referring to. 2) However, the typical setup with a separate plug-in graphics card uses it for graphic exclusively and if installed competently has disabled the integrated graphics of the CPU chip at the OS level so an application won't try to use it because the application Doesn't. Even. Know. It's. THERE. 3) On the other hand, we also are aware that there are certain non-typical setups that have both the CPU's onboard GPU and the high-end specialized graphics card enabled at the same time - either in an automatic-switching system used in some high end laptops or a proprietary software load-sharing system that tries to boost performance by giving some of the load to the feeble built-in GPU while also running the specialized graphics card at the same time. We are assuming that THIS is what you're referring to. But we can't help you troubleshoot it until we KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. OR - We might just have to lower your credit score.

I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desart. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. I'm beginning to see a pattern.

Also, I think with some viewers -1L$ is the number that's displayed when the viewer can't pull up your actual account information temporarily - clicking on the balance after a while may correct this. Your balance should be correct on your website "dashboard" though.

The CPU problem sounds like a known issue with SL on Windows XP. Here's where you get all self-righteous and say that it couldn't be the problem because you use a different OS and I mutter "GIGO" to myself.

SL usernames aren't case-sensitive so you wouldn't be allowed to create a new account with the lowercase 'L". You could easily set up a display name with your preferred typography though.

See the envelope in the upper right corner? That says you have 994 notifications lined up. If you have too many notifications the viewer will take too long to try to load them and it will log out like you're seeing. You need to get rid of them. I'm not sure exactly how to do this right now but it's a known problem and you should be able to search for an answer or someone else here may know how to do it.

Damo Macbain wrote: Mari dunno if you will get this, I can't find email for you, I cannot log into sl because the TOC wont load and allow me to click accept, as I am a resident on your sim, it looks like I am gonna lose out my rented apartment ... :-( Damo, you should try logging in with a different viewer, preferrably an old V1 based viewer - that usually allows you to accept the TOS. There's a glitch with some viewers that causes what you're seeing. Once you accept the TOS you can use your regular viewer again.

Trinity Yazimoto wrote: So, this morning, i woke up and as usually, while having my breakfast i logged into SL... i ve found a nc sent by a well known forumer here ...(D. L. for not naming her :smileywink:) saying she banned me from her park.... ive tried then to tp there and yes.. i knew the thrill of being banned.. ive landed just in the parcel beside hers and when i tried to walk till the park, i saw the yellow barriers and a pop up message, saying to me i was not allowed to come into this land... awww ! how sad ! why ?? but why ??? why did you banned me ? :smileywink: you said so nice things to me in the notecard and nevertheless you banned me .... i shout here i never made anything wrong.. im totally inocent... im a good girl .... always... everytime..... why did you banned me ?? i had to call my boss to tell him i wont go at rl work today bec i cant stop crying ... this is so cruel ! i know there are tons of other places.. i know it.. but being banned from one land will from now on, make my sl so different... Awwww At least you got notice - one day I was flying my airplane across the Mainland and I hit banlines when I was flying above standard ban-line height - turned out a forumite who I'd never had any interaction with banned me from their land (along with two others from the forum who I've also never seen have any interaction with this particular avatar.) I really should have just left my airplane stuck there...

trynadawn wrote: I hope this is the right place to post this, but lately, ever since I accepted that ToS all the child avatars I see, the babies and toddlers and really small ones all look deformed and stretched out and it's sort of freaking me out... aha. I don't know if this is a common thing or if it's easily fixable, but if you could help that would be amazing! I use Firestorm, the Hybrid version. They're usually mesh avatars with the default SL shape deformed with a special AO so the body parts will work properly. Sometimes when your viewer doesn't load the mesh correctly you'll see the underlying shape like that - re-logging usually fixes it. Are you having any other problems seeing mesh now?

I'd suggest looking at Pink Fuel, Izzie's or Belleza, too. Pink Fuel has some of the most customizable looks around and has very good value. For maximum flexibility many skin makers are using tattoos to handle makeup and cleavage now.

Facelights are useful sometimes for photography where they serve the function of fill lights that RL photographers use, but for general walking around they frequently look bad and disruptive. They came into fashion under older rendering systems and to people using the new higher-end "lighting and shadows/advanced lighting model" some can look ridiculously bright. One easy way to have your avatar's face look better is to not stare at it and nitpick - this also works in RL. You're probably looking more for a solution like a custom Windlight (world lighting) setting though - this is a way of modifying the unflattering default lighting to a softer look. Many skin manufacturers have notecards describing how to do this. However, there's no way that you can reliably control how your avatar looks TO OTHERS because there are a number of different rendering systems and you can't know what other people are using.

MartinaVaslovik wrote: Over the last week or so I've not been able to go to certain sims without crashing all the time, London City being the worst, and certain beaches being pretty bad too. I'll be chatting with someone after having just gotten back in, and again, gray screen and crashola. This is making SL a real hassle to deal with, and really putting a big damper on it. This always seems to happen while I'm chatting with a friend, and we get cut off repeatedly by it. I'd like to understand what's making this happen. Is this a server problem? Is it because the sim is too full of people? I can't be in London City any more for more than ten minutes before getting the gray screen and crashing, then I have to log back in, go to my house and then back to London City, because it won't let me go to my last location directly. This is really making SL hard to use and not much fun at all. Does anyone know why this is happening? It used to be I could sitting at a table in London City as long as I wanted without this happening, but now I can't be there ten minutes without crashing. I've tried increading my cache to 3072 mb but it still happens. Is there anything at all I can do on my end? The gray screen and the "darn" message are usually a sign that the server has been unable to communicate with your viewer for an extended period of time. In SL there's a constant two-way connection between your computer and the sim you're on. Are you using a wireless connection by any chance? I used to get that problem frequently with satellite internet. Sometimes the connection would be dropped but I could catch it and reconnect before I was logged out.

Looks like you were working from a photo? The problem is that you just used a straight-on photo and a skin template is a flattened "peeled-off" skin, like you were attacked by the creepy guy from Silence of the Lambs. The top oval is the skin on the entire front half of your head flattened out, for instance. It's going to look a lot different from a straight-on face just like a map of the world looks different from a globe. You should also take a look at Eloh Eliot's skins - she puts her Photoshop files on the Internet and they're free to use. They'll give you a really good look at how the skin is laid out: https://sites.google.com/site/another/resources

The problem is very simple. Linden dollars are convertible to RL currency. If RL currency could only go INTO SL then anonymity is a fine thing. If the money was from illegal activities, well, it's better for illegal money to be used to buy imaginary islands than a lot of other things. However, in SL illegally aquired money could be turned into Lindens that are indistinguishable from any others, and then they can be withdrawn into real-world currency or exchanged for still other electronic currency like Bitcoins. One of the reasons the LindeX isn't a very good currency exchange is the Lindens DON'T WANT IT TO BE. They want it to be just good enough to be usable for SL but not good enough that people will want to use it for other purposes. It's interesting that VirfWoX's business had been steadily climbing even though SL has plateaued or is shrinking - there are people who have joined SL ONLY to buy Lindens and then transfer them into Bitcoins on VirWoX. We had one on the forums a couple of months ago.