sirhc DeSantis

You young people, I am still waiting for a decent NeXT port of the Gimp. Harrumph, get off my lawn, etc....

Hmmm, much as I like the odd conspiracy theory (fave so far is still the lizard people one - gret fun) this does have a bit of a serious side. Yes I know UUIDs by their very definition have a certain probability of being reused but really? A single UUID pointing to more than one asset? In SL which probably has more assets than - fill in a large equivalent here and have heard terabytes (hi Tera) banded about.... I will check later as probably have both your examples in inventory somewhere or can grab them easily enough if stillman still extant. I know for a fact that everything at yadnis is somewhere buried deep from my early years.

Personal best was a little under 10,000, all physical, before my machine melted. Hopefully, when I get it set up on AWS or similar the sky will be the limit And when it gets hypergridded I intend to hold BeachBall Bingo nights...

So to summarize - No News is No News. Carry on.

With respect, while nobody likes any costs going up, why on earth should the lab be any different than any other business in that you think they should single handedly compensate for non us currencies failing to perform against the currency they operate in? Unless there are some figures out there showing that the majority of actual paying customers have costs that are not US $ based, of course, which would be interesting to see.

you really thought the FBorg buried all that pretend cash into boyL to not control the tech? Zway or it does not happen. I like the approach, try doing a search on tesla conspiracy Always fun when its too rainy to go out. I look forward to the day when I can buy (on tied in terms) reasonably cheap must have hardware to access mass pap provided content...

So whats the pay for this gig? I see the indi g g has a ways to go but the idea of a 'balance tech diet' sounds like a laugh. High fiber is it?

This does tend to come up so after a few years knocking around (as it were) I reckon, on the whole, yes. As the real world seems to be a Game (lets play how many people we can scare in to voting Yes/No at the next referendum, as an example) then why not Fits the bill, there are no defined rules you can rely on, no matter what you do nothing is important and in the end - you die! ( to be fair, in this case the platform gets turned off but the metaphor still seems valid). So yes, Virginia, SL Can be considered a Game (I missed the 'Virginia there Is a santa' chance, so in case I forget....)

Have to agree here, the review thing flashing up (even before unpacking or whatever) would trigger an auto -5 or lowest on auto. Hardly fair to the merchant.

" another take is here : http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/12/women-considered-better-coders-hide-gender-github The actual (depressing) main result is that, merit aside, the edge vanishes when the coder was identified as a woman, although I would want to see more of the data on that. (Also interesting links to the 'meritocracy' hoo hah that GitHub went through). (Worth remembering is the part on the BBC report "Github is an enormous developer community which does not request gender information from its 12 million users.H owever the team was able to identify whether roughly 1.4m were male or female - either because it was clear from the users' profiles or because their email addresses could be matched with the Google + social network." a nice example of some pretty easy to do data matching/mining).

The term Vapourware (Vaporware for the lesser vowelled) springs to mind. Even those 'screenshots' are ancient

Its not exactly 'news' is it? Even been discussed here before. https://community.secondlife.com/t5/General-Discussion-Forum/Twitch-Bans-Second-Life/td-p/2936931 *shrugs*

A simple one : What is Project Sansar and what does/will it do? Some concrete examples instead of more fluffy generalisations would be nice. (Afraid my initial frisson of nervous excitement has rather evaporated, replaced with ennui.)

Also to be a Habs fan again. Trouncing Yanks makes me a Belieber .....

'Mine is to leave SL this year and quit posting in the forums' well didn't have one til now:)

Easy. Whenever you try to go somewhere and find you can't, be assured that you are banned but your 'someone' is having a good time.

"What are the incentives.." does rather cut to the heart of it. Extend it to perhaps - when will we have actual news (not snippets such as scrpts will be c#, other tools than maya will be supported, oodles of land, vague possible screenshots, 'experiences' etc) about this new platform and its capabilities/possibilities? Or even if it is going to follow the user generated content for all model at all? Right now, SL is still the big fish - amongst SL model grids of course that seem to appear like algal bloom but the alternative to the status quo is growing, even if the overall market remains pretty flat - most stuff made for 'here' works 'there' too. Even the Labs introduction of mesh has led people to realise that skills learned for here are indeed marketable - outside. I have no problem with learning new things at all, its one of the strengths of SL that have kept me here. Concrete news of what is being developed would be helpfull, to put it mildly. I will wait for the transcript though, as this voice talkie show format leaves me cold.

Not been any indication that there will be the equivalent of a 'rez date' but even so.. No, doesn't bother me starting as zero age again. If people really need to affirm a quick check of the SL account (mysecondlife etc) takes care of that anyway, if names do even get 'transferred'. Perpetual noob here anyway.

OK, how about from your sig there ' vitality in Nature' - 'Red in tooth and claw' (as a quick search gave not suitable for pearl clutchers) Although Gammonification I think has a niche if you can provide ready to eat versions

'Do you guys think we should get free linden homes? Epecially those who have been on a long time?' Nope. Never had one never wanted one. Since First Land (and only by the skin of whats left of my teeth what with all the pouncing want-to-be-barons) been happy to maintain a teeny pawhold even as personal circumstances changed. Best 512 L$ I ever spent.

"You both sound hot" possibly the most cogent reply yet (apart from Ser Huntress of course) A refreshing change to all this 'parenting' nonsense. Its not exactly hard is it. Several billion and counting after all

Ah i misread, Still, Nadu is a nice erm name.

OK, some of your points. 'users don't have computers that will be capable of running the NGP' Please point out some links to what equipment will be required. Not to run some "distributed platform", naming no names, but to actually access what the Lab are working on. And also please point out how this would be any different from the years of the same complaint anyway ( admission - there are toasters out there with better specs than my old boxes ). "..tinker.. learn all these outside programs " Been using 'outside programs' in conjunction with in worls tools for all the time I've been on. Yeah, maya is a bit daft but if I can make a resonable stab at bender and the Gimp (all free with boatloads of info) so can anyone ( admission - I can't draw a straight line with a ruler ) "currently no plans for a Mainland" Actually, I reckon this is a big mistake - but* (see below). If you take a look at all the little wannabe grids they all have raised the idea of or are trying some sort of Mainland equivalent. Its what makes SL unique and yep still spend time there even now. I agree, old danger even asking why its important does point to a special sort of - disconnect. ( admission - barely bothered even skimming that thread after that bit ) *But - wherever did you get the idea that 'We' ( current SL users ) or You in particular were ever the target audience anyway? The 41k logged on as of the top of the hour isn't *too* bad, considering, especially compared to the alternative similar VWs but if you think thats what the new stuff is aimed at with a hope to grow bigger....erm can I interest you in some slightly swampy prime real estate? Yep will still dip a paw in and perhaps more. Just as I do for anything else.

Is HiFi involved

I heard of this closing a week ago and - yes had a sad. Even went to the old place to see... 'Freebie Culture' ah well its changed since (insert mist of times here) but yes. Still have some things I took apart (and swore at) to see how they worked. Still don't know how most do to be honest - and I think thats good. Now I can sling a dae. BTW the Blue One (!) is still active all over vws (merci le Monde) the last I checked. And when I win the premium bonds I will - well maybe see if they have it all stored still:) Things pass. Some remember. And thats good.