Perrie Juran

Wow! I never knew you could have so many Alts!

The updated profile floater adapts to the picture size. And most of us "pop" the image out to view it. I certainly prefer the 4:3 ratio.

To not release the dev kits to everyone would be the equivalent of saying, "We no longer believe in Your World, Your Imagination." One of the beauties to me about Second Life is that "all prims are created equal."

This prompts a few thoughts. I recall when Ebbe became CEO. And we found him posting / interacting on another forum. Some of us said to him, "What are you doing over here? You do know that Second Life does have its own Forums?" And to his credit he did come over here to post. In all my years I have only had a few interactions with Lindens, all of them favorable except with one. And I am tickled pink that he is no longer employed by LL. (And no, I am not referring to Rodvik the Horrible who I understand has just launched a new virtual world). Another thing that may be of concern is that the Lindens will no longer be posting about Server updates in the forum. The concern here is that we may be finding out about some things after the fact. For more on this issue see Inara Pey's blog. I do get what Rolig said about them not wanting to become lightening rods. On the other hand it has been heartening to see some of them step in and clarify some issues that have come up in the Forums.

Maestro Linden circa 2014

Once you go Green, you can never go back.

One of the first things I learned when I started SL is that the one constant of Second Life is change.

Oh the fun we could have with "Sausage" but I don't think it would survive moderation here.

It is not just old groups of which I have a few. It is old friends also, some of whom have not logged in for over ten years but I still do not "unfriend" them. And once in a SL moon one of them returns.

The dogs were to the best of my knowledge never dependent on a Web service. It is nice that 'copy' versions will be made available to owners so should a rezzed copy go bad or get lost you are not up a crick without a piddle.

Received a note card today from VKC saying that they are closing shop in SL. Over the years many of us have enjoyed the companionship of VKC dogs and cats in SL. Among other things they were the first trainable pets in SL. The closing, according to the note card, will be in stages. (I am refraining from posting the entire note card's contents because I don't know if that would be ok here) At a certain point in time owners of VKC pets will be able to obtain copy versions of their pets. The final date for VKC exiting SL according to the note card will be in December 2024. Enrico has certainly contributed a lot to our enjoyment of Second Life. Wishing him all the best.

Yes it is safe to click ignore.

I've been doing like that since the fees went up to $9.99. I just consider $14.99 outlandish. It also adds insult to injury to those who deal with VAT. But if they do something productive like investing that extra money in fixing the friends on line not showing problem I could be more accepting of the fee. Over six months and the problem is still not resolved.

Up till now I have been paying my rent in $L's. My landlord does offer a paypal option. Looks like I am going to need to switch. This fee hike really (insert expletives here). They have us trapped in a closed system but really Linden lab, are you trying to squeeze water out of rocks. You will be earning less from me after I switch to paying my landlord via paypal.

I feel like you do about MESH. It changed (I will add the additional word) social nature of Second Life. We enjoyed learning together and sharing our creations with each other among other things. I feel the same way about Linden Homes. Even though the original homes were/are shabby they drove out many of the smaller Land Lords. It's a difficult position to be in when your Supplier is also your Competitor. And now there is Belliseria. And it appears to be a successful venture. It has the one thing Mainland, with a few small exceptions never had: Zoning. With a little bit of zoning I believe Mainland would have been more successful. It should have had residential areas, business areas, entertainment zones, etc.

Must depend on where you live. Where I am the School is top notch and there even is a waiting list to get in. And it has saved me a small fortune. Earth food is bad for Martian teeth.

There are three things that you can do with your 1024 sqm allowance. 1. Get a Linden Home 2. Purchase a 1024 sqm plot on Mainland and pay no additional fees. 3. Donate the allowance to a group that has "Group Owned Land" Your 1024 sqm allowance has no effect on an Estate.

When I first asked why it was unfortunate my brain had jumped to interpersonal disputes, not business disputes which are a problem.

Where is the failure here? You should spend a few days at a Gateway and observe what goes on. Or even better apply to be a helper. I don't know about all of them but most have a vetting and training process for the helpers.

Those I would consider legitimate reasons. Yes, very difficult situations.

Why is it unfortunate? Actually I think it is a good thing that they don't. Violations of the TOS and CS should be handled but beyond that, why should they get involved. This isn't Kindergarten. Though sometimes the way people react you would think that is where they think they are. "Teacher, Tommy won't stop staring at me...." Reading some people's Profiles, that is probably what their AR's sound like. I hope I am not sounding cynical but there is an awful lot of this.

Besides the Moderators and Helpers the Gateways have Managers who oversee everything. So unless it is a Manager who is doing this speak to a Manager. Then above the Manager(s) there will be the head(s) of the sponsoring group. I do wonder about this broad brush with which you are painting the situation. From what I know of the Gateways they are very patient with people and don't ban on the first offense or even second offense (Violations of the TOS and CS). I am not aware of any Gateways that have rules in addition to the TOS and CS.

I remember the AFK sex rooms when I first started SL. And how much fun they were. NOT. That was back before camping to game traffic was outlawed in SL. You could park a female Avatar in one and make a couple of Linden Dollars an hour. I don't think I ever saw a male Avatar parked for a lady's pleasure. All I could think at the time was how boring. I could get more response out of a blow up doll. And while I would never compare anything in SL to the heinous crime of rape in RL there still is the psychological aspect of it in SL. And it seems to me that it is usually men who down play it, especially in RL. Not always but usually. So personally I won't discount any ones reaction to this.

There is a JIRA for this issue with a number of duplicates https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/BUG-11333