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  1. Rolig Loon
    I feel your pain. Move north.
  2. Rolig Loon
    Oh, I got it here about an hour ago. Was it yours?
  3. Rolig Loon
    THIS ^^^ totally! Sheesh! I put in my order for snow back in July, when it was ghastly hot, so I've been waiting for half the year. I hate supply chain issues. If we don't have at least a foot of it on the ground before Christmas, I'm going to write a stern letter to the newspaper.
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    I haven't thought about Puppetteer for a very long time, but it should work for some things. Frankly, though, simple things like items that circle the avatar are easiest to write as one-off scripts. You can do that with a half dozen lines of code and llTargetOmega.
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    I don't deny that at all. When a review actually includes a detail that says more than "I liked it" or "I hated it", it can be quite helpful, especially if the comment is about something factual ("The ad says the dress is navy blue, but it's actually black"). A review is always a commentary on how well the buyer's expectations matched the seller's presentation, though, and that's a subjective matter. After all, some buyers are much more attentive to detail than others, have higher standards, or are simply more observant. All in all, I'm not quibbling with your observation, Scylla. Writing and reading reviews are both exercises in critical thinking. There can indeed be some helpful reviews. However, my feeling is that there are enough possibilities for confusion/misdirection/ineptitude on both sides of the equation that reviews in general have little value.
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    Yes, if someone actually typed a message (not just clicked a button) the system automatically sends a note that gets forwarded to e-mail. It just says "XXX left a review of YYY." I suspect that most small time merchants (like me) log in to MP to see what the review said and then send a note back to XXX if it's something that needs a reply. I am less confident that larger merchants or non-English-speaking ones respond as reliably.
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    But in many of those those cases the review is misleading. "Non-delivery" is very often either a Marketplace system error or a user error, neither of which tells you anything about the merchant or the product. "Scripts not working as intended" tells me nothing, unless it says specifically what the scripts didn't do. Reviews like that are particularly misleading if the creator has already resolved the issue (perhaps by rewording the ad or by pointing out to the reviewer that -- duh -- she has to press the big SAVE button to store new preferences). A stale negative review is even worse than one that was written by the merchant's alt or ex-partner.
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    They're always subjective. They can't be anything else. And yes, if a review made a point of saying that the creator didn't respond to feedback or a request for help, that would be helpful information. I don't often see people write that in a review, though.
  9. Rolig Loon
    They're not necessarily gamed; just unreliable. People are most likely to express an opinion if they feel strongly about a matter, so reviews tend to overemphasize the extremes. Couple that with the fact that most people don't leave reviews at all, and what you get is an unrepresentative sample provided by a handful of enthusiasts and another handful of grumps. The best you can say in most cases is that the answer is "meh". I rarely pay any attention to reviews unless they make a specific observation about some feature of the product, like "The description didn't tell me that this is fitted mesh" or "I was really pleased by the way the doors open in this house." 💗💗💗💗💗 doesn't tell me a thing.
  10. Rolig Loon
    If you have logged in, you have started "the game". You decide what to do next, where to go, who to talk with ... Learn enough of the basics from the Knowledge Base or the helpful people at the Welcome Hub in world so you can move around without bouncing into walls or people, and then go for it. There is no scripted way to spend your time in world. This is just like life outside of SL except that you can fly and teleport. If you want to explore, explore. Use the Destination Guide and see what's out there. If you want to meet someone, find a place where people are likely to congregate (a concert, maybe or a club) and introduce yourself, or join a group that shares your interests. In RL, you'd face the same challenges if you moved to a new community and didn't know anyone.
  11. Rolig Loon
    Other people. Just kidding, but maybe some other people. Nobody I know, really, but sometimes mute and Show Only Friends just aren't enough. Actually, no. Teleports and the OFF button are perfect. Forget I said anything. 🙃
  12. Rolig Loon
    I don't, at least until after I have caught my breath and rested for a while to figure out whether I really need to buy stuff or whether I was just bored and looking for something to do (like spend L$). Then I take Sid's advice and wander randomly through Marketplace to get a feel for what's out there. That's discouraging enough that I usually catch my breath and lie down again for a while. Then I take a second look at the least discouraging things I spotted in Marketplace and try visiting their in-world shops to get a better feel for what they have, including things they may have as specials. While I'm there, I take a look at other shops in the area, just out of curiosity. That often results in finding something that I wasn't even looking for, so I forget my original search and buy it instead. Then I catch my breath and go home to lie down for a while.
  13. Rolig Loon
    Yeah, fried stuff is a regional preference. I've always lived somewhere in the north, where frying isn't nearly as popular as it is farther south. Given a choice, I'd rather bake, grill, or steam things. I can't imagine frying a turkey, but I know it's done. Oreos, though? You've got to be kidding.
  14. Rolig Loon
    This is a resident-to-resident public forum. We are all SL residents like you and we cannot do anything to solve your problem. You have already done the correct thing by submitting a support case and then contacting the LL Billing Office directly. All you can do now is wait.
  15. Rolig Loon
    I don't care for cities much and I don't spend much time on beaches. I find deep, forested places fascinating, though. There's something mysterious and inviting about a well-done wooded region, especially as the sun is going down.
  16. Rolig Loon
    There are many possible reasons why you might have trouble logging in. Rather than guess, here's a handy summary of the most common reasons. It's provided by the Firestorm support crew but the same advice applies to any viewer you might be using . Chances are very good that you will find something that applies to your specific problem. https://wiki.firestormviewer.org/fs_login_issues This is a user-to-user public forum, so the advice you are likely to hear is coming from other SL residents. Lindens rarely come here and almost never respond to individual questions in the forum. Once you have read the suggestions in that site, if you are still having trouble you should submit a Support Case or (if you are a Premium member) contact Live Chat to get help from Linden Lab.
  17. Rolig Loon
    Yup. We read about King Philip's War and the Wampanoag history when I was in school, back in the 60s. It's not a pretty part of American history. That article seems like a pretty good summary of what I remember learning. It doesn't even mention Puritans, though, who were the ones Orwar mentioned and I was commenting about. They really were a minority among the Anglo settlers, even in New England.
  18. Rolig Loon
    I'm very skeptical about afterlife, but I do believe that we are somehow "alive" as long as someone remembers us. Family members are most likely to remember, but if your dad's research is somewhere that other people can find it, that counts. It doesn't take long for our silly campfire stories about Weird Uncle Fred and Grandma Jones to fade away (unless they were famous authors or despots), but even a few old photos and their names keep them alive. As Miracle Max said, "There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive."
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    Some people are more interested in maintaining a connection to their ancestors than others are. It only takes one generation for family history to disappear, so I imagine you could make a case that the answer to "So what?" is "So, maybe my grandchildren will want to know." Personally, I don't find myself bragging about what long-dead family members may have done (especially if they just managed to be in the right place at the right time). Still, it's interesting history. I don't want to be the last person in the family who knows. It's kind of like not being the one to mess up a chain letter, I guess.
  20. Rolig Loon
    Which reminds us to look at American history and see how few of our ancestors were Puritans. They were a minority even in colonial days. 🦃
  21. Rolig Loon
    Also a familiar Monty Python theme. 😎
  22. Rolig Loon
    I've had projectiles collide with the weapon that fires them sometimes, but that should report the UUID of the weapon, not NULL_KEY. And the way to beat that is to rez the projectile in front of the weapon, so it can't possibly touch it.
  23. Rolig Loon
    No. When the group list is changed, there's no memory of what it might have been before, so there's nothing to restore.
  24. Rolig Loon
    if (MyFriendsID == ToucherID) { Go ahead and give her the prize}
  25. Rolig Loon
    Get up, lazy! Please stay awake!
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