Madelaine McMasters

Welcome to Second Life Miss! One way to improve your chances of meeting people is to flesh out your SL profile. You can do that by logging into... my.secondlife.com ... using the same username/password you use everywhere else. The "Settings" menu on the left will take you to a page where you can upload a picture of your avatar (when you're happy enough with your look to advertise it! ;-), change your display name, tell about your SL self, indicate your interests, link to your facebook or other RL web page, take on or shove overboard a partner, upload a real world pic of yourself (caution!) and tell about your RL self (caution!). Good luck, have fun, get into a little trouble and report back! ;-).

Tex Monday wrote: Phil Deakins wrote: You Martians seem to have huge appetites. Is that supper or just a between-meal snack? Snack...some things are just too small to use an Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator on :matte-motes-sunglasses-3: The reminds me (again! I am sooo predictable)... every autumn, in Morton IL, a bunch of nutty people gather together for "Punkin' Chuckin' ". Over one glorious weekend, they hurl pumpkins using various contraptions... The Aludium Q36 Pumpkin Modulator has a go at 4:10. ;-).

Hi kwajkid, There are two ways to add titles above your head, one fairly easy, the second a bit more involved. Wear a "Titler". You can find them for free in the Marketplace. These are simple prims, often invisible, that you wear (or I suggest "Add") like any other article of clothing. They may have a HUD or chat interface via which you set the title text. The advantage of titlers is that they're easy to use and run independently of your active group. The disadvantage is that people who do not like the busy-ness of hovering text cannot disable the display of your title (other than by derendering, which may be difficult). Create a Group and set your role and title accordingly. Groups must have a minimum of two members, so the only safe way to create and keep a group is to enroll both your main avi and an alt in it. This is a more fiddly way to create your own title, and it will only work when you've activated your group. There are times when you'll not be able to do that, as when a sim only allows group members to rez objects, etc. Good luck!

Good morning, Hippie. What an odd spring. I've mowed my lawn twice this week and saw a hint of frost on the grass this morning. Those two things don't generally happen together in the span of a month, let alone a week. Happy Friday, Kids!!!

Hi Mayumi, Nalate's Urriah has compiled quite a few tips and tricks for improving the quality of your SL connection. You'll find them here... http://blog.nalates.net/2011/10/26/troubleshoot-your-sl-connection/ I found that using Google's public DNS servers (mentioned in Nalates' guide) improved more than just SL. Good luck!

Hi Frank, The "Disclosure" section of the Community Standards seems pretty clear to me. Disclosing alternate account names (which is not something you can do with certainty) is prohibited. Your rationalization that griefers lose their "right" is groundless. There are no "rights" in SL. Linden Lab sets the rules, period. The Abuse Report is the only approved mechanism for redress of grievances. LL has some ability to determine alternate account owner identity and it's up to them to decide what to do when ARs are filed. So, if you believe someone is creating alts for the purpose of griefing, AR the griefing behavior and air your suspicions about the actual account holder in the report. And, as always, ignore the griefers. They feed off your attention. This may be difficult to do, but no other method has been shown to work as well. Good luck!

Go out eye shopping. I'm very happy with my Fashism eyes. They have subtle shading in the whites, but look okay even up close... On closer examination, part of the problem you are having is due to the eyes being rather large in proportion to the pupils. This exposes more of the shadowed whites. If you are wearing old fashioned prim lashes that haven't fully rezzed, they can also cover the top half of your eye with what appears to be a shadow. I doubt that's happening in your case.

Hi Aradin, As Dres says, some eyes (including those I wear) have shadowing on the whites. This attempts to mimic the shadow that naturally falls on the eyeball because it's recessed and shaded by eyelashes. This effect can look very nice at a distance, but becomes noticable up close. For this reason and others, I don't generally look closely at myself. ;-).

Yep, it's definitely Venexia. Here's a snapshot from there...

Hippie Bowman wrote: Good morning all! Happy Thursday! Me pokes the till it blazes! Peace! I'll read that as "Me pokes the till. It blazes!". Is that a variation of "Money burns a hole in my pocket?" Happy Thursday, Kids!!!

Hi Lab, I've never heard of this problem before and I've no ready explanation for it. I do know that Second Life web properties don't play well with Internet Explorer. If you're using that, you might try an alternative browser like Chrome or Firefox. Good luck!

Hi Alisa, This thread might hold an answer for you... http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Technical/my-avi-and-back-round-wont-load-everything-is-pink/qaq-p/2643852 Good luck!

Hippie Bowman wrote: Madelaine McMasters wrote: Good morning, Hippie! Happy Wednesday, Kids!!! I can see Monday from up here on the hump! Oh yes! Monday on the horizon! Kind of blue today Maddy. You may know this already, but Ever Dreamscape has passed away in RL. So sad. Lots have paid tribute on her feed. Check it out @ https://my.secondlife.com/ever.dreamscape Big love and hugs to ya! Peace! I did not know this, Hippie. And hearing it makes me sad. My best wishes go out to all who knew her.

Good morning, Hippie! Happy Wednesday, Kids!!! I can see Monday from up here on the hump!

You've probably run into a simulator involved in today's rolling restarts. Whenever you get that error message, you should check here... http://status.secondlifegrid.net ... to see if there is maintenance underway. Try again in a few minutes.

Hi again CleverMeeroos, I think the best you can do is to continue to AR offenders. When LL receives a DMCA take down notice or an AR for copied content, if they act on it, they generally remove the offending content as well as the offender. Many people have had things go missing from their inventory when copied content is removed by LL. However, once a texture or shape has been exported from SL, it's possible re-import without detection. There's currently no way for LL to catch it. I suppose they could do some sort of content analysis like YouTube does to catch copied music, but that's a big effort and not something your ARs are likely to induce. I wish there was a better solution, but content theft has been a perennial issue in SL.

Hi CleverMeeroos, I don't know how you'd know all the alts of any particular resident. There are no tools available here to determine that. If LL banned a resident for content theft, I suppose it's up to them to determine (if they can) whether the account holder runs multiple avatars. If you catch another alt advertising or wearing stolen content, file an AR.

Hi Angeline, Go to secondlife.com and log-in if you aren't already. Then select Land Manager -> My Mainland. Here's a direct link... https://secondlife.com/my/account/land.php? Launch your viewer, then click the SLURL to your Linden home, which should should be visible there. If your browser is properly configured, it'll send your viewer a TP request. Good luck!

Phil Deakins wrote: I live in the real world. What?! Didn't you tell me you were once a musician?

Don't waste that day off, Voo. Get into some trouble! Happy Tuesday, Kids!!!

Hi carlll, Others have complained of this problem. Here are some things to try... If you are using Internet Explorer, go to Tools then to Compatibility View Settings. Add Secondlife.com. If that doesn't work, try a different browser, SL doesn't like Internet Explorer Disable any ad blocker software extension your browser may be running Sometimes the buttons are invisible. You might catch their outlines by doing a "select all" on the web page. Good luck!

mobiusonemasterchief Infinity wrote: the proverbial last straw that breaks the camels back will soon rear it head . mark my words ... If I've marked them correctly, you believe straw has a head it can rear. ;-).

Hi blake, I'm going to presume you're thinking about those curly characters you see in other people's display names. That's done by using unicode characters, and I don't recommend doing it. Your name becomes difficult to read and impossible to search. Inserting the wrong unicode characters into your display name can bork your profile or even prevent you from logging in. But, if you're hell bent on annoying people, here's how to do it... http://community.secondlife.com/t5/TNT-Second-Life-Tips-Tricks/FUN-Awesomize-your-profile-with-Unicode-and-ASCII-art/ba-p/652364 ;-).

Perrie Juran wrote: Madelaine McMasters wrote: Perrie Juran wrote: I'm reminded of something I believe it was Pep who said it, "The moment you sign up for Second Life you lie." We could change that to say, "The moment you sign up for Second Life you begin to Role Play." "Quod fere totus mundus exerceat histrionem (because almost the whole world are actors)" - Petronius (27-66AD) " For what else is the life of man but a kind of play in which men in various costumes perform until the director motions them offstage?" - Erasmus (1466-1536) " All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts" - William Shakespeare (1564-1616) The author of your quote was a bit late to the game and may have been unaware that appearing to misunderstand it makes one look naive. Second Life is simply another wing on the stage. I believe that neither lying nor role-play are necessarily, or even often, bad things. Those men may have been late to the game also: "And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons." Personally I would maintain, "While all lieing is role playing, not all roleplaying is lieing." We run the risk of miring ourselves in semantics if we continue, but both lying and role playing are things we all do, and are often necessary and helpful. Intent surely colors their use but, even if we can discern it, we're not out of the woods. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. I've paid good money to be deceived, and will do it again. I've paid good money to avoid being deceived, and will do it again. I'm comfortable with the knowledge that my money probably could have been better spent. On the delivering end, I've deceived both myself and others. I've often enjoyed it and believe others have as well. Unfortunately, it has not always gone well. Live and learn? ;-).

I hope Magnus feels as good about the direction this is going as we do...