Ima Rang

LiveReport wrote: Now for a News Update from the SL Feeds It seems that security concerns over HippieStock my not have the punch the original PM delivered. The writer of the PM has taken an about face on the role she claimed in said document. PLUS Peace in the Works?!? In a public discussion made on the SL Feeds today “L” and “S” discuss a PM that may lead to peace. My baby has got it (over on the feeds), and ***** was her name (that is a hint) This song always makes me happy when people are fighting.   I read that entire entry and the only mention of role in it was this: "FYI: I have no defined role in H2 Staff other than being availabe for Hippie or any other genuine contributor to call upon if required." So where exactly is the assignment of the role of security claimed or stated?

Setekh Ichtama wrote: What I really want to know is why daily transactions in USD are not being reported anymore? To all those in these forums who think we're doomsayers for questioning what we're being told and wanting to know as much as we can, that's fine, but your replies are mere conjecture as far as I am concerned without some sort of statistical backing. Remember, it's not just Linden Lab who loses, it's the rest of the community who loses if and when things go belly up so, it's important for anyone who has a stake in this virtual world to find out what's really going on for our own individual interests because I don't think any business or corporation is inherently honest with their customers when perception is often as good as reality. With that said, everything about this world is building up for a big crash and either no body cares or those who would have cared are already long gone because never has there been such poor community involvement as this. In addition, I do think many of the posters in this forum are infact Linden Lab employees and while I want to be clear that I do not know this to be the case and I can never know this for certain, my intution says its happening and I mean, why wouldn't it be happening, any company would do the same especially during hard times, as I think anyone who has any finger on the pulse of the economy here would know. So, to my first line, unless there is a good reason why a business would want to restrict critical economic statistics to the public, other than the obvious which is "hard times ahead", then I would like to know because I invest my time and effort here as many merchants do and if we're heading into a downward spiral, I obviously won't be making second life much of a priorty this new year, I mean, who would? I would prefer not to be left in the dark and the last to know. 4.2 Second Life exists only as long as and in the form that we may provide the Service, and all aspects of the Service are subject to change or elimination. Linden Lab has the right to change and/or eliminate any aspect(s), features or functionality of the Service as it sees fit at any time without notice, and Linden Lab makes no commitment, express or implied, to maintain or continue any aspect of the Service. You acknowledge that your use of the Service is subject to this risk and that you knowingly assume it and make your decisions to participate in the Service, contribute Content and spend your money accordingly.

Pussycat Catnap wrote: Phil Deakins wrote: Lynda Baran wrote: A thief is a thief is a thief. Exactly. Unless you work for a bank or the wealthy. So if you are a thief working for a bank or the wealthy...you are something other than a thief? Robin Hood?

Love these Charlie boots! Can't seem to make myself take them off!

Storm Clarence wrote: The OP is nonsense and was penned out of spite. Unfortunately the moderators should have recognized this. spite/spīt/ Noun: A desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone: "he'd think I was saying it out of spite". Verb: Deliberately hurt, annoy, or offend (someone). Synonyms: noun. malice - rancour - rancor - grudge - malevolence verb. vex - annoy - irritate How exactly can asking a question as to whether a higher number of "loves" would prevent gaming of a feature be denoted as spiteful? I think it is way too lofty an expectation for you to think the mods might be intimately familiar with your personal posterior discomforts and furthermore, act on your behalf. Does not every voice, even those you don't like, deserve to be heard?

kwajkid wrote: I'm new here, I've got to some area's and have seen avatars standing, while standing they are moving around a little. I bought some animations, but I just stand and pose. How do I get moving ao's? You will need to buy an AO hud and wear it. I like those of Vista Animations, but there are many to choose from.

NJMike wrote: Every now and then I get a weird graphical glitch on my face, looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/AI1CP.png Other times it's pure black instead. It went away after I took a snapshot, though... Why does it do this? I had this one time, and if I recall correctly, it was happening to me because I had a dual display monitor and I had somehow switched to monitor 2 from 1...a switch back to 1 alleviated the issue for me. That was a long time ago though...not sure if that is even still a problem.

BothamFidor wrote: Ima Rang wrote: Interesting language you use there. Forums should not be a place that any person feels they need to compete. Those who choose to respond to posts are not combatants by original design. If you know that you are in the company of and communicating with individuals that range in age from say, 16-60 with varying degrees of emotional as well as intellectual IQ, then the person that demonstrates an unacknowledged moral deficit of a defective combatant is actually the individual that refuses to speak to the audience which is present, as opposed to the audience in which they desire or deem worthy. Survival of the fittest..An ability to adapt to changing environments and survive...so is it really the 16 year old that cannot understand the erudite language of 50+ year old experienced individual that must GTFO and lick their wounds after being humiliated because they have not made it past the letter P in the thesaurus yet...Or is it the highly educated and sage 50+ year old that should suffer the humiliation for not addressing the audience that actually exists as opposed to the one that lives in their head? Because if we are being honest with ourselves, when we post on these forums we are well aware that there are teenagers, educated, uneducated, rich, poor, healthy, unhealthy, high functioning autistics, Aspergers, BP1 & 2's, addicts, etc., among us. Which, of course, those of higher intellect already know...it is not always limited to shallow affect or hyper-sensitivity. Eh, it is a tough question in an environment such as this one...which is dedicated to the adult version of cartoon Barbie and Ken dressup and bump time...The fact that a higher degree of intellect should be a a precursor to being allowed to discuss Barbie and Ken cartoon world without being purposely humiliated by those claiming emotional and intellectual superiority among us, is just kind of...funny. I post for those people who are able to understand me. If others do not then they have three choices. They can remain silent; they can ask for clarification; or they can take a guess at what I have said and potentially make fools of themselves. Unfortunately many participants here fall into that last category, but deny that they do, and in their denial they draw even more attention to their deficits. Nobody is forced to respond to anything I or anybody else posts here. Oh, and competition is the default mode for all human beings, wherever they are. Fidor True..However, there has to be some recognition of the fact that people are not always aware of the fact that you are only posting to those that can understand you. That you are doing a people of like mind and intellect parse is not always that obvious--especially when it is housed in a General Discussions forum dedicated to cartoon land. If someone makes a stab at what they think/thought you said, is that really them making a fool of themselves...or are they only made a fool of when the misunderstood one unloads a verbal assault weapon of ego and esteem squashing verbal napalm on them instead of offering up some clarification? I agree that self-awareness is not always abundant and that surely it is no fun to spend a great deal of time trying to bail individuals out of what appears to be intellectual/emotional bankruptcy...but again, if that is the audience for which you present to....it is to be expected and upon that expectation...who really has the moral obligation to remain silent and ignore...the one of inferior intellect or the one with superior intellect? Perhaps the only one that recognizes what needs to be done is the one of superior intellect? Indeed there is no force going on here in the forums...I myself have a "thing" for the smart types...I'm well equipped at identifying them...but I confess, I don't always understand WTF they just said. I have a really smart friend I can run it past though and avoid the public humiliation ;D (sometimes, occasionally, fine!..Rarely). Really? Competition is default mode...I wish you would start a thread on that concept, because I would like to read more about your thoughts on that...especially relative to SL...but I won't risk a derail here...

BothamFidor wrote: Pussycat Catnap wrote: This sort of thing is -never- proper. We are all responsible for our actions and how they impact others. "Bigotry has been "hiding" behind the "its your problem for getting offended" line for far too long." With the ability to speak out freely comes the responsibility to be accountable to what one says. Self-referential jokes, don't work online. They can work in person when you're a limited audience that can get your angle and that you're 'part of the target group of your own attack' - but online we lack the body language cues - the various senses that can make the hurt go away with such comments. Online, self referenced jokes can just make a person sound like a bigot to a listener who in person, might have been able to be empathic and even in the same crowd. Such a style of humor is 'best left at the door.' Emotionally hypersensitive people who nevertheless lack the empathic intellectual capacity to be able to read and understand the communications expressed competently and coherently by others will always make this argument and will never win with it. It is up to the individual to determine whether they wish to enter the killing-field of internet forums - of whatever format - if lacking the linguistic and comprehension weapons and armour to be able to compete on what is most definitely a level playing field. Partial incompetence in one or other of the directions of the communication arcs will always reveal itself to the humiliation of the inadequately equipped participant. Belief that consideration of this insufficiency of judgment should be the responsibility of the better prepared demonstrates an unacknowledged moral deficit of the defective combatant. That the strong should accommodate the weak is a tenet held only by the weak, as it is their only response to the natural Darwinian effect of survival of the fittest. Any community which supports its runts is doomed to failure. Be responsible for and live with your feelings or remove yourself from situations in which you are unable to do so. Fidor Interesting language you use there. Forums should not be a place that any person feels they need to compete. Those who choose to respond to posts are not combatants by original design. If you know that you are in the company of and communicating with individuals that range in age from say, 16-60 with varying degrees of emotional as well as intellectual IQ, then the person that demonstrates an unacknowledged moral deficit of a defective combatant is actually the individual that refuses to speak to the audience which is present, as opposed to the audience in which they desire or deem worthy. Survival of the fittest..An ability to adapt to changing environments and survive...so is it really the 16 year old that cannot understand the erudite language of 50+ year old experienced individual that must GTFO and lick their wounds after being humiliated because they have not made it past the letter P in the thesaurus yet...Or is it the highly educated and sage 50+ year old that should suffer the humiliation for not addressing the audience that actually exists as opposed to the one that lives in their head? Because if we are being honest with ourselves, when we post on these forums we are well aware that there are teenagers, educated, uneducated, rich, poor, healthy, unhealthy, high functioning autistics, Aspergers, BP1 & 2's, addicts, etc., among us. Which, of course, those of higher intellect already know...it is not always limited to shallow affect or hyper-sensitivity. Eh, it is a tough question in an environment such as this one...which is dedicated to the adult version of cartoon Barbie and Ken dressup and bump time...The fact that a higher degree of intellect should be a a precursor to being allowed to discuss Barbie and Ken cartoon world without being purposely humiliated by those claiming emotional and intellectual superiority among us, is just kind of...funny.

Dresden Ceriano wrote: Ellyn Elan wrote: Griffin Ceawlin wrote: Ellyn Elan wrote: Ima Rang wrote: I'm fairly shy as shy as a Mac truck is subtle. Would you believe that I was shy? I am, so I have no problem believing that Ima could be... I am commenting upon my own experience of this avatar on the Internet. As such, my original is highly accurate as you know very well. YMMV. I don't find you shy on the Internet either and that is my only experience of you, too. I certainly am... but I RP not being shy pretty well, don't I? ...Dres You do! The few times I have tried RP'ing...I feel my face flush and then I start laughing and it is a no go for me. I guess if I spent enough time with a small group that felt like friends and community, perhaps I could overcome it enough to RP...but I would not bet on it

Dresden Ceriano wrote: Ima Rang wrote: AliceOneders wrote: Thanks for the welcome, guys. Not sure how to feel about the rickroll link. . . Right now I'm got in mind a more urban RP environment, but I'm open to other RP environments too if they might be a better fit given my limited RP experience. Thanks. Someone just posted in the Role Play forum an urban type RP group that is now recruiting. I'm fairly shy and I start laughing at myself so hard that I can't type or keep up with RP. It sounds like fun though! What is a rickroll? This is a rickroleplay... right? ...Dres I had to google it...From Wikipedia: Rickrolling is an Internet memeinvolving the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up". The meme is a bait and switch; a person provides a hyperlink seemingly relevant to the topic at hand, but actually leads to Astley's video. The link can be masked or obfuscated in some manner so that the user cannot determine the true destination of the link without clicking. Persons led to the music video are said to have been rickrolled. Rickrolling has extended beyond web links to playing the video or song disruptively in other situations, including public places, like a surprise appearance of Astley himself in the 2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. The meme has helped to revive Astley's career. I did not know that...Huhn...learn something new everyday.

AliceOneders wrote: Thanks for the welcome, guys. Not sure how to feel about the rickroll link. . . Right now I'm got in mind a more urban RP environment, but I'm open to other RP environments too if they might be a better fit given my limited RP experience. Thanks. Someone just posted in the Role Play forum an urban type RP group that is now recruiting. I'm fairly shy and I start laughing at myself so hard that I can't type or keep up with RP. It sounds like fun though! What is a rickroll?

Hi AliceOneders, and welcome. What kind of RP do you favor?

Canoro Philipp wrote: you can verify her age at her first post. adults should respect teens also, as mature persons they should know that disrespect is not good, a person that expects respect should give respect too, must be 2 way. this seems to me like a disrespect to her "I smell a troll. Litella (Lie Teller)" I already explained the troll statement...and perhaps it is just purely a coincidence that Litella is what my 10 year old and her friends use as text speech for Lie Teller. It is possible.

SwiftXShadow wrote: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ I saw this in the answers section...Worth a go... I have an Asus N53S 6Gb / 1080 laptop with 540M and Phoenix failed to detect Nvidia GPU. My solution: download 540M graphics driver and utilities from nvidia website. http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win7-winvist​a-64bit-280.26-whql-driver.html Then change nvidia setting (control panel) from 'let program decide' to 'always use nvidia' or something like that. I changed nothing in the phoenix preferences. All works like charm now, no problems anymore. Here is the whole thread...might be some helpful info there. http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Technical/how-to-fix-nvidia-s-optimus-to-recognize-second-life/qa... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ k thx that fixed it, changing the nivida settings from auto to nivida only. I can run the game now on ultra with like 30-40 FPS in the most populated prim filled place. Awesome! Congrats! Have fun

I saw this in the answers section...Worth a go... I have an Asus N53S 6Gb / 1080 laptop with 540M and Phoenix failed to detect Nvidia GPU. My solution: download 540M graphics driver and utilities from nvidia website. http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win7-winvist​a-64bit-280.26-whql-driver.html Then change nvidia setting (control panel) from 'let program decide' to 'always use nvidia' or something like that. I changed nothing in the phoenix preferences. All works like charm now, no problems anymore. Here is the whole thread...might be some helpful info there. http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Technical/how-to-fix-nvidia-s-optimus-to-recognize-second-life/qaq-p/980637

Canoro Philipp wrote: Ima, adulthood is not some type of behaviour, an adult (in the US) is any person who is over 18, she is over 18, so her behaviour is that of an adult person. she fits the fair number of adults who have no appreciation for being disrespected by other adults. I think she said she was "like 18." Her behavior may very much be what you expect from a socially mature adult, but not what everyone expects. If my child at eighteen years old spoke to me in such a manner, there would be some hell to pay...but you know, some parents do not care if their teenager calls them losers, I suppose. Different strokes. Different expectations. Here in my state, 18 year olds are not permitted a good number of activities of an adult nature until they are 21. I have not seen any indication of her being disrespected.

Ceka Cianci wrote: Ima Rang wrote: Ceka Cianci wrote: Yall need more Swaggerwagon YO! LOL! Seriously rather drive a smart car than a minivan lol! hehehehe Ha! Ummm...safety sells...

SwiftXShadow wrote: Even on Mid settings it laggs A LOT And i wanst in some populated area, i was in a small house that is floating high high in th sky with nothing around it. plus 2 ppl next to me! i am running phoenix viewer here are the specs that SHOULD be for Second life recomanded and MINE under it CPU Recommended: Pentium 4/Athlon XP or better I have: Intel® Core i7-2630QM CPU PASS @ 2.00GHz CPU Speed Recpmmended: 1.5 GHz (XP) 2-GHz (Vista) 32bit-bit (x86) or better PASS I have: 2.0 GHz Performance Rated at: 5.00 GHz RAM Recommended: 1GB PASS I have: 8.0 GB OS Recommended: Windows XP or Vista I have: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium PASS Edition Service Pack 1 (Build7601), 64bit Video Card Recommended: With windows XP [NIVIDA GeForce 6600 + / ATI Radeon X800 + ]With Vista [NIVIDA GeForce 7600+ / ATI Radeon PASS 1600+] I have: GeForce GT 540M Features Recommended features of your Video Card Video Ram: Required 128, I have 4.0 GB 3D Required: Required Yes, I have YES Hardwere T&L: Required YES, I have YES Pixel Shader version: Required 2.0 I have 5.0 Vertex Shader Version: Required 2.0 I have 5.0 I have the same graphics card and with some of the viewers I have to pull up the Nvidia control panel and toggle the threaded optimization (I think that is what it is listed as, sorry, not in front of my home lappy at the moment) to auto or off...making sure it is pointing to the viewer I am using. For some reason when it is set to On, it taxes the hell out of my CPU usage and slows me way down. May or may not help...just something to try.

Ceka Cianci wrote: Yall need more Swaggerwagon YO! LOL! Seriously rather drive a smart car than a minivan lol!

Pussycat Catnap wrote: Ima Rang wrote: Litella wrote: And to those calling me a troll and making out im acting inappropriately, thanx, its nice to know what kind of people are around here, go get bent you losers. And to those calling me a troll and making out im acting inappropriately, thanx, its nice to know what kind of people are around here, go get bent you losers. And it was this childish behavior that I suspect caused the owners of the clubs to ask you to leave as opposed to your youngish looking avi. As hard as it is to imagine in this age of the interwebs, where children tell grown adults to get bent and refer to them as losers, there are still a fair number of adults who have no appreciation for being disrespected by teenagers. Judging from your "get off my ass" comment in your profile and your proclivity to rant after two experiences, it is difficult to view you as an adult as your behavior is a display of an over entitled teenager who feels that her desires should trump sim/club ownership. Being an adult is not limited to appearance. Yes that is a bad profile she has with the rants. I always suggest people only put positive statements in their profiles. But a large portion of the grid has 'I'm so tough' profiles... I wouldn't call this proof of teen/adult - but of poor judgement in self marketing. Unless we're arguing that every frankenbarbie in SL is really a teen, which I doubt even if it would bring me a sense of comfort were it true. Both that profile and the comment above seem to come as reactions to getting attacked - and when people get attacked, they tend to react emotionally... those attacking them then often like to use their reaction against them in a somewhat bullying manner - a sort of "ha ha, you're crying, see I was right to call you a nincompoop.' The profile is proof of nothing, but does display a lack of maturity...and maturity is most often associated with adult behavior. I think many forum posts have primarily established the fact that frakenbarbies are not teens, but men (I'm joking, sort of) :matte-motes-big-grin-wink: I used troll in the noun form: The noun troll may refer to the provocative message itself, as in: "That was an excellent troll you posted". We old timers know that this is a subject that often proves to escalate to heated battle. The only people that I actually saw being "attacked" and that is not what I would have called it, were the individuals who stated that they were uncomfortable with child avi's in adult areas, or those who expressed a sincere concern regarding the depiction of child abuse in said areas as being unpalatable and something that should be of concern. Ultimately, Carole is correct...we don't get to tell her how big to make her boobs, and she does not get to force herself onto privately owned land. The standards that we all set for ourselves/sims/clubs are our own business and should not result in being called a trigger happy paranoid pinheads who are harboring desires to abuse children.

Litella wrote: Thanx for the replies. I like to point out that my name is made up and and has nothing to do anything else . My name makes me a child AV now too?? Yes I have been here in SL 9 days, i have a friend thats been here alot longer than me who has spent alot of time setting me up here, telling what to avoid etc, so at 9 days old my AV looks good. But thats due to alot of help here, most people are very helpful, tell you about mania boards and lucky chairs, they give you things to use like AOs and other things i wont mention . I like to explore, thats why im here, You want to see what my AV looks like, check out my profile. Ok this has happened in 2 of the 2 clubs i have been too, i have been to beachs (some of them are nude ones loll) and NOONE has hassled me once. Ive been to forests and parks, been sky diving, jetski riding, killing zombies all hassle free. If a club manager thinks im a threat to their club and LL might be called, then they shouldnt worry about it, im not a child AV and nor is my personality,. Dont worry ive checked out the LL policies and im not here to act like a child And for those who are wondering what i must of been wearing...Jeans and a black tank top with sneakers, what was i saying.."hello" "good thnax" "nice club" << all very child like huh, Yes sure i have some sexy outfits, i save them for beaches not clubs, my firends and i wear that stuff in RL all the time though without being judged as a kid.. I think it had to do with my height...Im a 6 foot amazon kid obviously. My shape is a sunshape, its not a kids one, my skin is a teen skin as mentioned in my first post, she has freckles and looks like a 18 year old does. Her breasts are very close to mine, im thin rl and as i said i want my AV looking as close to me as possible, and thats my choice not yours. But again breast size determains wether your a child or not?, i have breasts thats clearly obvious period. Some 14 year olds are taller and have bigger breasts than me Rl, so that must make them more adult than me? and im like 18. Sorry if a vibrant young adult look makes you feel threatened, get over it. If i saw a child AV in a club, i would IM them and ask them why they are there, adult clubs are no places for kids. And to those calling me a troll and making out im acting inappropriately, thanx, its nice to know what kind of people are around here, go get bent you losers. And to those calling me a troll and making out im acting inappropriately, thanx, its nice to know what kind of people are around here, go get bent you losers. And it was this childish behavior that I suspect caused the owners of the clubs to ask you to leave as opposed to your youngish looking avi. As hard as it is to imagine in this age of the interwebs, where children tell grown adults to get bent and refer to them as losers, there are still a fair number of adults who have no appreciation for being disrespected by teenagers. Judging from your "get off my ass" comment in your profile and your proclivity to rant after two experiences, it is difficult to view you as an adult as your behavior is a display of an over entitled teenager who feels that her desires should trump sim/club ownership. Being an adult is not limited to appearance.

Griffin Ceawlin wrote: Pussycat Catnap wrote:There is a -LOT- of short avatar hate going around, but most of its on the forums. I see more "tall avatar hate" than "short avatar hate" on the Forums. QFT^^