Madelaine McMasters

To further expand on KarenMichelle's answer. Anything you wear, whether clothing, accessories, weapons or a baby (which some people consider a weapon), affects server/scene performance but does not count against any prim allotment. Anything you rez on the ground does both.

I'll see you out on the beach, Hippie!!! Happy Friday, Kids!!!

Hi Mackie, It's difficult to give advice without seeing what you're describing. Take some pics, save them to your computer, then come back to edit your question (via "Options" over there on the right), inserting those pics for us to examine. You insert pics by clicking on the little tree icon between the chain and the filmstrip.

Hi Bacco, I think you're referring to the new "mesh" starter avatars. Although I haven't tried one myself, if I understand correctly, they are incompatible with the vast majority of skins and clothing available in SL. I don't know how this happened, but that's what I've read, and probably what you are hearing. If that's true, I'd also avoid them like the plague. You'll find old style starter avatars in Library->Clothing in your inventory. Have fun!

Hi Nikilei, I know of no way to push the images through. I've friends that, absent knowing how to delete them, have had them "processing" for nearly a year.

We'll need to know more, GString. Come back to your question and edit it (via "Options" over there on the right) to tell us: How far you get in the log-in process What error messages (if any) you get What viewer you're using What kind of connection (Wi-Fi/wired), What kind of service (DSL, Cable, Satellite?) Stuff like that.

I couldn't find an online translator for Navajo, but I did find the Navy's dictionary... http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-4.htm

Medhue Simoni wrote: Space is cool and all, I just don't get excited about space travel at this point in time. The cost is still ridiculous and it is always the public paying the bill for grown men to play. Now, if it was all done with private money, or donations, or any voluntary way, then I'd be all for it. If it is a private company building it only to have the government buy the crafts, then I'm still against it. Some day, it will be much more feasible, and we'll have many more toys to do it with. Space travel has been quite feasible since probably before you were born, Medhue. A lot of the stuff in orbit is owned by private enterprise, and they're doing it not only because it's feasible, but because it's profitable. Some level of public spending is required because no private enterprise has the resources or the incentive to get started on things deemed valuable to society long term, or when the value is simply unknown. How long would we have waited for private enterprise to loft a Hubble Space Telescope? There is an argument to be made that, absent public sponsorship, someone eventually comes around to drum up private support for things, but there are some impressive examples of public programs pushing us ahead in ways we'd not expect from private enterprise. While I'm not a huge fan of the NASA of my generation, that's because of its inefficiency, not its mission. I'm thrilled to see private enterprise enter the field. Since they haven't the ability to levy taxes, they must create value propositions we'll accept. Our government must do the same overall, but there's a level of obfuscation (both intentional and not), and a sluggishness in our response (voting) that seems to almost guarantee inefficiency. Space travel will never be "much more feasible" if we don't constantly "play" with it. Play is one of the most important things we do.

Coby Foden wrote: Ok, I made a bug report, asking for a new forum area for Surveys. If such was created maybe there would finally be peace in the forums concerning survey posts. https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/BUG-6267 Great idea, Coby. I voted for it.

Holy mackerel Rolig, that Theraflu has a long tail! If Leona has any French friends, she can pass my response on to them. ... hangs her head in shame and wanders off to find some chocolate.

Hi Cheery, http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Merchants/Account-Statements-gone/m-p/2741576#M50301

Phil, I'm in agreement with you. Responses to students taking surveys here are often unnecessarily harsh. But people, particularly when anonymous, are often happy to be harsher than necessary. This is not new. I bristle at poorly constructed surveys, but I'm less surprised to see them come from students than from professionals with decades of experience. Students don't yet know all this stuff, and though their professors should teach it, they often don't know it either. I'm a terror in focus groups, because I try to deconstruct the methodology to show it won't work. When I see a poorly constructed survey, I do not jump to the conclusion that the student is lazy or stupid. If you pick the right day, you can find me being both. I took co-op jobs in engineering school, and remember hearding my mentors say "today's students are lazy". I didn't think I was lazy, so I asked my Dad. "Maddy, you're 16, the age when you think you can do anything and everything better than anyone else. So, why aren't you?" "What?! I have a pilot's license and I'm in engineering school! What more do you want?" "I want you to catch your dreams." Some of this may be the perpetual battle of the generations, some of it may be the in-group/out-group dynamic I mentioned in that fella's survey thread, and some of it is one of the double edges of the sword of online anonymity. That sword is also the brush with which we paint the self portraits we hang in the rogue's gallery here for all to see. In a generations time, will we look back on our behavior and think it quaint or barbaric? I don't know, but I can already hear one of the students who lobbed a survey at us, only to watch it explode, wondering why "today's students are so lazy". ;-).

Welcome to Second Life, Lana! Hippie Bowman has a Breakfast group. Every Sunday morning at 8SLT, people pop in for a little camaraderie, some music and a lot of virtual bacon. IM Hippie for a group invite. As for your profile, I highly recommend filling it in. Empty profiles signal (to me and probably others) a lack of interest. Perv profiles and note what you find interesting and attractive. You'll develop a feel for what you want in yours. At a minimum, state a few interests. You're looking for friends, so make profile show that you're approachable. Many in SL are shy, and need a little help to break the ice. Your profile can do that. Have fun, maybe I'll see you at breakfast soon!

LyneMarie Magic wrote: I HATE THAT NEW THING!!! HOW DARE YOU SHAKE US UP BESIDES HAVE THE NOTICE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN...AND SL ORIGINATES FROM CALIFORNIA TOO!? SHEESH! You should have more sensativity!! grumble ... groan... sigh.... A long LONG time user... Lyne As someone who lives in Wiscosin, with the closest fault line (New Madrid) a day's drive away, I welcome the chance to experience an Earthquake without spilling my root-beer!

Hi Vannie, Here's how to take Lindal's advice using Google DNS... https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/

Bonjour Leona, C'est probablement que vous appartenez à un ou plusieurs groupes qui ont "des engagements collectifs". L'appartenance à ces groupes qui vous rend passible d'une part proportionnelle des frais de groupe. Un relevé de ces frais sera affiché dans l'historique de vos transactions. Si les charges sont inattendus, injustifiée ou indésirable, vous pouvez soit répondre à la question avec le propriétaire du groupe, ou de quitter le groupe. Bonne chance!

Hi Johanna, Here's a table of graphic card benchmarks... http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php The GT 730M (I can't find a 730A) scores 983, which is a modest level of performance these days. Computers with only Intel's integrated graphics generally score half or less than that. Current members of the GTX series (recommended by MistahMoose) generally score higher. If you're purchasing a laptop (hinted at by the graphics card you mentioned), you will be more limited in your selections. A laptop with a higher end graphics system will usually be more upscale in other features. This NVIDIA web page shows all their current graphics chips... http://www.geforce.com/hardware Clicking on one of the products takes you to a page with more information, including links to computers containing them. You can quickly get bogged down searching, but if you want to select a computer for use with Second Life, searching by graphics adapter may be worthwhile. Happy Hunting!

I'm coming up on twice 22. I certainly wouldn't mind looking 22, but I wouldn't want that if I had to think 22. That's when I got married! ;-).

valerie Inshan wrote: Hippie Bowman wrote: OMG Val! I hope your dad is okay! Peace! Thanks Hippie. He's shocked, has bruises everywhere and very tired but OK. My parents were supposed to go down South of France this Friday but they had to postpone the trip until he completely recovers. Well anyway, today was so completely lousy in so many ways... Mom's best friend suddenly died of an embolism and I got fired from my job. I will join the crowd living with half a salary from the unemployment insurance. I'm not willing to cancel my vacation in July though. I'll see what comes up when I return. Oh, and also might just login SL and see why all of sudden my partner took off my rights to see him on the map. That would be the cherry on the cake. *sighs* oh, tomorrow will be another day... Hugs you all my dear friends. You've been through worse and you're still here. People who say "The darkest hour is just before the dawn" have apparently never been outside. And people who say "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" are clearly not Franchophiles. When life hands you lemons, make a French 75. ;-).

Hippie Bowman wrote: Good morning all! Happy Thursday! I wish I coulld get all the sick and injured in one place! I would take good care! Peace! I'm sure you would, Hippie. But that would give me nothing to do. Wait... that's not a bad thing! I'll send Mom down via UPS. Happy Thursday, Kids!!!

Hi Zayla, Your theory requires a majority of SL residents to have signed up on their 16th birthday to have any predictive power. Back in 2008, Linden Lab released the following demographic data. RL Age % of Resident Population 13-17 1 18-24 25 25-34 35 35-44 24 45+ 15 For your theory to be usefully predictive, a majority of residents would have had to sign up for SL before it existed. Any 13yo who started on the teen grid would be three years younger than your theory predicts. Given that one must be 16+ to be here these days, I think it's reasonably (not completely) safe to say we're all 16+. My theory is about as predictive as yours and requires no math. I'm on my second tour of SL, I started here in 2008. I currently have four avis, all with different start dates. The oldest is from 2010, the youngest is from last week. Anyone willing to do even a little sleuthing can figure out my RL age via a mechanism quite different than your theoretical one. It's true that we can draw some conclusions from an avatar's SL age and maybe some would want to avoid having those conclusions drawn, but on average, I like knowing if someone is new, or perhaps should know better by now. And finally, I've reason to believe that Valerie would have as much difficultly remembering life at 22 as I do. ;-).

Hi Lumie, Log into your profile page and click on your name above "Home" in the left menu. You should see delete "X"s on those stuck snapshots. Click to delete!

Hi macar00n, Here's the page that tells you how to have your credit limit reviewed... https://secondlife.com/my/lindex/describe-limits.php Good luck!

I turned off auto updates (I'm on Mac OS) long ago because the auto downloads failed 100% of the time. Manual downloads worked 100% of the time.

I share your wonderment over the concern people show for such small amounts and short delays. My RL boarder is similarly impatient, and I'm seeing just how much that costs him in terms of bad decisions. If people can afford to go premium, can they still be living hand to mouth here? I've (thankfully) never been in that position. Maybe the sympathetic stress I feel when people get their panties in a wad over $1.40 is just pathetic stress, as they're accustomed to living that way. I don't like stress, so I'm gonna stop sympathizing.