Bree Giffen

We've been discussing sub $500 laptops recently on another thread here. It's somewhere nearby.

That 8570m just seems to have consistently bad benchmark results compared to the other ones. The benchmarks on those 8650Gs look pretty good. To recap: 7570M - best but dependent on ram memory in computer 8560G - a little better than the 8550G 8550G - not bad 8570M - bad

Lenovo with AMD A8-550M and Radeon HD 8570M, 5fps tombraider Acer with A8-5557M and Radeon HD 8550G, APU, 30fps tombraider Dell Inspiron with the i5 and Radeon HD 7570M, 15fps tombraider So I read up on each laptop you are considering. The cpu processors are about equal. For graphics cards, I looked at the notebookcheck site benchmarks and game fps benchmarks. The 8570M in the Lenovo looks pretty bad for gaming. The 7570M is a bit better and is a dedicated graphics chip. The 8550G is pretty good even though it is a integrated with the cpu and shares the memory. I wouldn't recommend the Lenovo because of the poor graphics benchmarks. The Dell looks good but I would consider the 14" screen and the fact that it is an open box sale. The Acer seems to perform best but I don't know if the shared memory will cause it to perform worse than the Dell. You could upgrade the memory to improve performance though.

Are those voices from Dore telling you to kill anyone? Because that might mean you are crazy.

You can make your own brow shaper. Just create a new hair, set it to hide the system hair and set up the brows as you like. You can probably also make a new tattoo to cover any skin's hairbase.

You have to click on the hud to go to the web page, set the color, then sync it up. Don't ask how I know that.

Whenever someone says they have your IP and tries to tell you where you are, simply deny it and say you are going through a VPN service for business reasons entirely unrelated to SL. There you go. Plausible deniability. It's only true if you verify it.

Just say you're in a witness protection program and you don't want to be sleeping with the fishes. I guess you could also tell them who you really are... NSA operator!

The eyes need to be a little narrower. They should be about one eye width apart. The head width at eye level should be about 5 eyes wide. There are cases where the temple width is less than an eye width though. Also, the SL camera has a lot of fish-eye when you zoom into the face and that may be causing your eyes to look wide. The whites of your eyes are also very white and the wide eyes also show more of the white area. I would look for more realistic eyes with more built in shading. I also have a problem with your forehead. It seems to be bent inward and the hairline seems a bit low. It may be the design of that hair you are using. I would look for a similar hair style but with more detail. I like the jawline and mouth placement but the tip of the nose seems a little too forward. The clothes look great and the arms and hands look good too. Just make sure they are long enough with wrists to crotch level and finger tips to mid thigh. Animations in your animation overrider can really make your avatar go from a robot to almost real. I would shop around for the best stand and walk animations you can find.

http://toptengamer.hubpages.com/hub/Best-500-Gaming-Computer-Build http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/387869-31-making-cheap-gaming-computer http://www.hardware-revolution.com/budget-gaming-pc-computer-november-2013/ I just googled to see if the internet had something to say and it seems that there are a lot of articles or forum discussions on the topic of a gaming pc under $500. It seems to stem from the fact that the new gaming consoles run for about $500 and computer geeks want to build a gaming pc better than a console for the same price.

Thanks for the holiday thread! Happy Holidays!

Just use the eyedropper tool to grab a color from your skin and fill in the gap by hand. Once it's filled in you can work on getting the color blended correctly. Just keep using the eyedropper to grab colors that are in that area and apply them with something like an airbrush tool. You might want to just remove the skirt alpha completely. That skirt looks like it should cover your pelvis area quite well. If not, you can always make a temporary shape adjustment just for the photo.

I think that for something to be defined as art it has to involve at least two people. One person to present it as art and a second person to accept it as art. Everyone else may disagree but between those two people that something is art. It may not even involve the artist. If two people come upon a painting, one will say that it is a great piece of art and the other will agree.

I've been in a few stores where there are those theft detection screens near the entrance. Why do merchants feel the need to add that 'real life' feature to their stores?

There are still a lot of regular system clothes out there for tight fitting outfits and ones that are compatible with the mesh chests and derrieres. Guys don't normally wear tight fitting clothes so mesh is actually much better in terms of clothing. Marianne, that's an awesome example.

http://www.newegg.com/Gaming-Notebooks/Category/ID-363 Yeah, no intel hd graphics! That is not for gaming.

Second life is not designed like real life. There is never an unplanned gathering. Every single crowd exsts for a purpose. You need to find a purpose.

I needed to create a new online identity because my jihadi friends..... oooohhhh..... almost got me there NSA!

I heard this on the radio. It's been reported by many respected news sources now. The thing you've got to wonder is... did you have sex with the NSA?

Try looking at this page: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Using-Second-Life-with-a-firewall/ta-p/1304539#Section_.1.1 There is a section that says "Using Second Life from a closed network" which is what I believe you are trying to do.

If you don't want people using your home while you're away just put a big prim inside your house.

I think the problem may be with wearing alpha layers. I can see your feet coming out of the boots which means your boot's alpha layer isn't being worn. Avatars and mesh clothes don't fit well together so an alpha layer needs to be worn to make body parts invisible. If you wear a mesh shirt you need an alpha layer that makes your torso invisible. Shoes need an alpha layer to make feet invisible. You might need several alpha layers. One for the shirt, one for pants, one for boots. In your inventory, for each mesh clothing item you should see an alpha layer item that looks like a white shirt with gray gridmarks. To wear several alpha layers together you need to right click on them and choose 'ADD'. Don't double click on them or choose 'WEAR' because that will remove any currently worn alpha layers.

I would love to have an option to hover your mouse pointer over the map and see a description. It would be a great way to browse and explore. There have been many times when I'd see a large amount of green dots and if the sim name isn't descriptive the only real way to explore is to teleport in and suffer the consequences.

You can try discussions on sex, gor, furries, fashion, ageplay, etc.

Yeah, there really has been a lot of changes since 8-9 years ago. Did you even wear prims on your avatar back then? You probably want to start slowly and try improving your avatar first. Skins have gotten to be really nice. Hair and clothes are made with mesh now. You have to wear alpha layers to turn parts of your body invisible and then you wear the mesh clothing on top. Shoes are mesh too. You can also replace body parts and even your entire body with mesh.