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    A Course of Action

    in Forums Feedback

    Posted

    Becoming militant to criticism only makes the Lab and the current forum administration look more foolish and they can't afford to be making themselves look more foolish. They are at the bottom now in that regard.

    To Celestiall's credit she terminated her premium status on 2 of her accounts and gave up her Linden homes and her mainland parcels. As she stated to me, if the Lab hold the customers of SL in such low regard then there is nothing to do but for us to reciprocate. 

    Fill Rodvik's twitter box full of your outrage.

    Reinstate Celestiall Nightfire. Now!

     

    http://www.pserendipitydaniels.blogspot.com/

    Have we all been SL Divorced?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

     

    Pep wrote:

    Hmmm, an alt? Quick, delete the post if you don't want to out yourself!
    The times are the display of FoxClocks, an addin for Firefox, which is user configurable and very handy for knowing when the LL staff in SF leave for the weekend. Pep

     

    Or to remind you that in *some* place in the world it is Opening Time.

    Cheers!

    Where is my Friday fun thread?!?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

     

    Tolya Ugajin wrote:

    /me adopts his best <edited for name of evil person lest it be deemed harassing> voice:

    "You vill have NO FUN!  This is a SERIOUS place for all of ze people!  NO FUN!  Anyone having fun vill be rounded up und SHOT!

    Vy can you not S
    CH
    TICK TO THE TOPICS!  Ze Lindens have provided you with this Forum to talk about SECOND LIFE, and Second Life ONLY!  There is NO FUN in ze Second life!  Anyone having fun here VILL BE SHOT!

    Or, I suppose, stuck in a closet with Pep for an hour with ze option of taking ze cyanide pill.

    Now, all of you, GET BACK TO VORK!  For the glory of the LINDENLAND!"

    Tolya (apologizes if his faux-German accent comes through poorly)

     

    FIFY

    PS Ima and SR can debate about the yiddish if they choose to. roflmao

    Can we have a Dutch/Belgium board please?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

     

    Cato Badger wrote:

    I have just been asked by Pep to relay a message to the powers that be asking if they could institute a Welsh language subforum. He says that it won't use many vowels which might allow a Hawaiian board to be set up, and that "ewe" know it makes sense.

     

    No, no, no.

    There is too much diversification.

    What we need is to become more inclusive and cohesive.

    I suggest *one* board, we can all use and understand each other with.

    Esperanto. The perfect solution that was 130 years before its time.

    Unu bieron, mi petas!

    Are you for real?

    in Your Avatar

    Posted

     

    Suspiria Finucane wrote:

     
    Suspiria Finucane wrote:

    Thanks, anonymous negative abusers can never outshine the power of positivity. *Edited out harassment*

     

    cheers.gif

     

    ‘Negativitis’ cripples the human spirit"

     

    13. Additionally, negative people not only harm themselves; they harm the world. They cease to make a contribution to it. Instead of helping, they spread gloom and misery everywhere. If they insist on infecting others, why not infect them with laughter? If they must carry something contagious, why not carry a smile?

     

    Interesting.

    Let's try something here.

     

    13. Additionally, people with brown eyes not only harm themselves; they harm the world. They cease to make a contribution to it. Instead of helping, they spread gloom and misery everywhere. If they insist on infecting others, why not infect them with our attitudes? If they must carry something contagious, why not carry our cantagion?

     

    Feel free to substitute any body part, religious faith, political affiliation, or philosophical belief into that statement and see if you stll feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

    PS Also from your link.

     

    5. One characteristic of positive thinkers is their need to have the world behave according to their wishes. They have never grown up and still live with childish demands. Whenever people and the world fail to act according to their selfish wishes, they are unhappy. Such a poisonous attitude prevents them from growing and learning how to cope with life's challenges.

    sp


    Celebration Thread

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    /me welcomes Venus and Storm

    In your Member package you will find keys to the Member Only washroom, where things are not as rank ( I will leave you to fill in your own reasons for that ;P), Member T-shirts, a book of coupons to Starbucks for 10% off a small coffee, and the faux air of Superiority.

    Keep up the good work, you will be Superusers in no time!!!

    Are you for real?

    in Your Avatar

    Posted

     

    Suspiria Finucane wrote:

     
    Derek Torvalar wrote:

     
    Suspiria Finucane wrote:

     
    XiuLan Quan wrote:

    Great and refreshing topic Sassy!

    My avatar exudes my personality and I suppose looks somewhat like my younger self (with the exception of the little bit of Asian characteristics I imbue her with).

     

    Thanks, anonymous negative abusers can never outshine the power of positivity. 

     

    cheers.gif

     

    Excuse me?

    Are you suggesting that people by virtue of their philosophical outlook are genetically inferior or deficiently developed?

     

    You're excused.

    Your assumptions are not relative to my statements and therefore have nothing to do with suggestions.

     

     

    I am going to infer you are speaking only about my question as that is all you deigned to quote, so I will confine my answer in regards to that alone.

    The only assumption I make in the question is that "philosophical outlook"  is genetic. My assumption followed from your statement that was highlighted in red in your post where you said that, I paraphrase, negative people try to drag others "down" to their end of the gene pool.

    I am asking you clarify this statement you made. Do you believe a person's belief system is the result of their genetic makeup? Or, is their belief system a product of their environment and conditioning? Or, is it a choice freely made?

    Secondly, is that slur not a negative, bigoted statement that exposes your prejudiced and discrminatory attitudes and beliefs?

    Your attitude of intolerance for anyone not considered to be optimistic or positive by your standards is that they are to be treated as pariahs and ridiculed. You do not present an attitude of inclusiveness for all despite your cliams, and that is transparent for all to see.

    Tolerance and acceptance are two sides of the coin, and your purse is empty.

     

    sp

    SL Video Thread

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

     

    Maryanne Solo wrote:

    Wow Derek that's fantastic! What an incredible live mix! See how the drummer has bits of cardboard on the drums? and no backing vocals either? I wonder why they didn't attempt backup vocals for the performance?

    Nevertheless an outrageous video clip! Thank you!!

     

    I found a site  that states that the BBC recordings, Brown Sugar, Bitch, and Wild Horses, for ToTp were done in March for airing in April 1971. The notes indicate that indeed the playback was a "prepared backing track with live vocals". The Stones had taken the masters to London from Alabama's Muscle Shoals Studios where they had been done to do overdubs, which included the backing vocals.

    I also found an interview done with Jimmie Johnson in 2005, who was the engineer of record on the Muscle Shoals recordings, explaining the recording setup.

    The Stones were, during March 71, on their Farewell Britain Tour and playing in and around London almost daily and sometimes 2 shows per day.

    ETA Caveat; internet "facts"

    SL Video Thread

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

     

    Storm Clarence wrote:

    Fantastic clip Derek.  Wow is right and 40 years later.  Some of these 'kids' today couldn't produce anywhere near some of the classics of our generation; Brown Sugar is one of these classics.

    Agreed Storm. My son (17) made the same observation when I showed it to him. '71 was a very good year, though the #100 on Billboard for that year was a song by Perry Como. I never  could get into his stuff. 

     

    SL Video Thread

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

     

    Maryanne Solo wrote:

    Wow Derek that's fantastic! What an incredible live mix! See how the drummer has bits of cardboard on the drums? and no backing vocals either? I wonder why they didn't attempt backup vocals for the performance?

    Nevertheless an outrageous video clip! Thank you!!

     

    I'm not sure but from scrutiny it appears that the musc was playback while Micks's vocals were live. A good clip nonetheless. Other copies of this clip I saw were headlined for things like "Guitar Heroes" as well as other canned music shows. One had the distinctive BBC 4 superimposed over it. I suspect it was made to distribute to other various music programs of the day. As you know ToTP usually had a live audience and there wasn't one here. I think it fits nicely here as it incoporates the Big 3 of SL, the Secks, Violence and Slavery. 

    :)

    (ducks Mike the Mod)

    Are you for real?

    in Your Avatar

    Posted

     

    Suspiria Finucane wrote:

     
    XiuLan Quan wrote:

    Great and refreshing topic Sassy!

    My avatar exudes my personality and I suppose looks somewhat like my younger self (with the exception of the little bit of Asian characteristics I imbue her with).

    Somewhat off topic..I just want to say that I enjoy how tenacious YOU are...I love that you don't let the *sshats get you down.

    <3

    ~X~

     

    Thanks, anonymous negative abusers can never outshine the power of positivity.
    Typically negative people try to pull you down to their bottom of the gene pool
    because their lives lack anything positive.

     

    cheers.gif

     

    Excuse me?

    Are you suggesting that people by virtue of their philosophical outlook are genetically inferior or deficiently developed? Sounds like a precursor to or justification for extermination to me.

    Perhaps you should examine your attitude to determine whether it is positive or negative. Methinks you don't like your negative aspects exposed *edited for harassment*

    ETA Sp.

    What is machinima?

    in Machinima Forum

    Posted

    Don't know what you are on about. your Hippiestock machinima is on the first page of the thread "My recent Machinamas".

    So all your machinima postings have not been removed.

    Perhaps if you added some technical information to go along with this one you keep posting over and over and over ....to actually provide some help to newcomers to this it might be more well received.

    *Edited for harassment*

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