Dillon Levenque
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I have a bit over 10,000; been here five and a half years.
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I'm pretty sure I don't fail that miserably, as in abusing 10 out of 10.
I do understand both 'Proof' and 'Theory'.
Quantum I understand well enough to know I don't understand. When I was told that water doesn't crystallize at zero C for really small quantities of water I first determined that a smallish quantity, like in say an ice cube tray, would be fine then said "Carry on". Clearly it means what was assumed to be an ironclad fact was wrong and there is something seriously strange about the universe but it's not for me to figure out.
I've almost certainly used 'Learned v innate' incorrectly, probably multiple times.
When anyone uses the word "natural' as a positive attribute I just back away. Not that it can't be a positive thing, but the definition is so absurdly misused as to be worthless.
I'm pretty sure I've mis-opined about things to do with genes on more than one occasion. Guilty as charged.
I may have misused 'statistically significant' at some point. Sounds like something I'd do.
I have never ever said 'survival of the fittest' in grownup conversation. I get that one.
I'm a kind of amateur student of Geology so I'm good with the timescales.
Organic always made me laugh because I felt like saying, "You DO realize that just means it is carbon and oxygen-based, right?", but I do get the currently accepted definition, which for produce is a point of law, at least in California.
So I've abused probably three of ten, maybe four. I'm okay with that.
edited: spelling
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I'm certainly not a hater and normally support my country's teams, but considering that our population exceeds 300 million and Ghana's is about 25 million, you would have to count Ghana as the underdog here. I will exercise the American tradition of rooting for the underdog.
Of course, the point could be made that the USA team is the underdog given that Ghana has played them four times and won all four. Nevertheless I can't bring myself to root against Ghana here.
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Madelaine McMasters wrote:
Scented lotion would be difficult here, but I did make a huge tube of Girlcreem years ago. It's large enough to use as a canoe. Edible undies would require an interesting animation to make any sense, I suppose.A marketplace search for "edible undies" returnedwhipped cream pasties, salt/lime bodyshots and some dangerous looking pepperment bows. I found "strip poker" and "spin the bottle" in the marketplace, and half of the SL Marketplace is probably lingerie.Happy hunting!Whipped cream pasties? Cornish, or the n****e-centered variety? Come to think of it, wouldn't matter: they both sound delicious.
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CaptainJack Grauman wrote:When is something going to be done about sky junk?
Never.
Things in the sky are things that people put there, for one reason or another. Sometimes those people just leave their land and leave stuff and go. Until someone takes ownership of the property and 'returns' the objects, they'll stay there. I really don't think LL should be wasting any time policing the mainland to see what's in the sky above unoccupied/abandoned property.
If something is in the sky above owned occupied property, it's probably there for a reason (even if the reason is the landowner just likes having it there). I have a small platform above my parcel that I set up for a friend who used to have an island but found herself visiting SL less and less and ended the lease. I had enough extra prims to at least let her put a small cabin on the platform and give herself a home base. She hasn't used it in months, but there's no way I'm taking it down until she tells me either that she's decided to rent/own somewhere or that she's through with SL forever.
If your aircraft is disadvantaged by hitting that platform, tough beans. In any case I doubt she's got an orb up there—she would have maxxed the allowance on decorating :-).
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Only when you can come to terms with sending 'real' stuff to the trash can you begin the journey to freedom.
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All kidding aside, it does take putting yourself in a certain mindset, but it's so much easier having an inventory that contains only things you MIGHT be interested in than one that jumbles those up with a whole bunch of things you really aren't interested in that the effort is worth it. Enjoy your pruning.
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2000 in three days is a good start but unless you have a lot of time is probably not sustainable. When I go on a pare-down mission I just spend a few minutes each login deleting things before I do anything else. I probably don't get rid of more than 100 items at any one session, usually less.
I just start a the top of the folder and work down. It's not as efficient as going after the likely overloaded folders first but it's easy to do, doesn't make much time each visit, and is a good way to get familiar with how your inventory is organized. I usually wind up doing a little folder maintenance as a result of what I find.
Keep that up for a month or so and you might be suprised at how much better things look. I don't have to stay at it as long because I use 10,000 as my limit (I'm about 300 over right now so it's time for some maintenance) but you might find the 'a little bit at a time' method easier to stick with.
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Two things I found very interesting about the link to wigle.
First, it opened its map on the west shore of Lake Michigan. It was close to Chicago but unless that's where they're based I'd be a little concerned about going there and then posting a link to the site.
Second, it appears that while they've found spots within a few miles of me, they still haven't actually done the road I live on or the next road over. On close examination they show no wireless networks on my road. I know there's at least one. I like not being a dot on their map.
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Madelaine McMasters wrote:LaskyaClaren wrote:
Well, she IS pretty.What a wonderful thing for you to say!I'm in agreement. Laskya just left out a dot. After that it should have read 'And notorious. And nefarious.'
Also relentless and ruthless (as in having not one singe ruth), but maybe it's best not to work through the whole alphabet. Leave it at 'n'. I skipped to 'r' and things were coming out of the woodwork.
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LaskyaClaren wrote:Madelaine McMasters wrote:Dillon Levenque wrote:Madelaine McMasters wrote:
Maybe the profs wouldn't take the surveys.From your survey results so far, it would mean students surveying Perrie, Tex, and me.I think the three of us can fairly represent the rest of you sick weirdos.;-).Excuse me?Iwas the one who first suggested a survey was in progress, and the first to take the survey.Hey! I didn't say you didn't say Laskya was conducting a survey. It was your suggestion she was that got me to call it so.Now are you going to join Perrie, Tex and me in representing the rest of the sick weirdos, or are you going to be one of them?I see the possibilities for a new survey here."Who, in your opinion, is the most representative sick weirdo in Second Life?"- Madelaine McMasters
- Perrie Juran
- Tex Monday
- Dillon Levenque
- This survey is badly designed, they're called "residents," not sick weirdos, and how much will you pay me for answering this?
If I had one of those "NUMBER ONE!" foam fingers right now I'd have to actually keep my arm clamped to the desk to keep from waving it high in the air.
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My mistake. In fact, even though the 'Recent Post' method doesn't appeal, I would see new things in the putative Survey Forum. I do see everything new in the People Forum on almost every visit. I often start in GD, but I still peek into almost all the other People subforums before I leave to see if there's anything new I might like.
Not the same method you creative people use, but the end result is much the same.
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Madelaine McMasters wrote:
Maybe the profs wouldn't take the surveys.From your survey results so far, it would mean students surveying Perrie, Tex, and me.I think the three of us can fairly represent the rest of you sick weirdos.;-).Excuse me? I was the one who first suggested a survey was in progress, and the first to take the survey.
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LaskyaClaren wrote:
Is that the way that most people approach the forum? It isn't what I do -- I tend to simply open GD, and see what's on offer here. The result is, admittedly, that I do miss an awful lot of interest in the other subforums, which I will only occasionally visit. It'd be interesting to know what approaches a majority of posters and readers take to the content here.Be this a survey, Laskya? Has the look of one to me.
I either start with GD and then peek at the rest or start with 'People' and hit the high spots on the way to GD.
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Drew Bhalti wrote:There are a few others, when I reintergrate myself into the world I'll pull my LM's
I know that isn't what you meant, but I took it to mean you'd disintegrated. Scattered to the winds of Second Life (they exist; I've seen proof) in an expanding cloud of particles.
Reintegration would be like one of those bad movie special effects, where things are streaming in from all over and everything coalesces at an accelerating pace until WHAM: the scary alien/superhero/mystical being appears.
Sort of like when we log in and pop out of the cloud (on those lucky days when we actually DO).
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That COH-AH-GHIL-TLID looks very nice on you, Maddy.
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LOL. I'm closer to the San Andreas than Linden Lab, and I kind of enjoyed it. I went through TWO of those tonight (plus I couldn't log in for about half an hour before that, AND my Internet connection failed while I was at the first place if went).
I think most people around here would be grateful if we could get advance warnings for earthquakes, and the 'Restart' warning does give you enough time to bail. You're right, though: it's quite earthquake-like.
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This post is a little bit late but I have a feeling nobody will mind. We lost another of that Greatest Generation today: his name was Chester Nez. Since Ceka had already mentioned the Code Talkers I thought you'd all want to see his story. He was part of the Navajo Code Talkers network that was deployed in the Pacific Theatre, and the Japanese never broke their code.
Edit: I understated what he did. He may very well have been a code talker, but more importantly he was one of the 29 Navajos who actually developed the wording of the code. He didn't just use it: he helped create it.
Here's a link to an article about him: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27708489
I may start calling tanks 'turtles' as a regular thing from now on. Thank you, Chester Nez.
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Kenbro Utu wrote:MasterJedi Nayar wrote:As of June 4, 2914,
Wow! I just want to know one thing, do we have flying cars yet???No, but that is currently assumed to be the year when people will finally stop starting forum threads about topics for which one or more forum threads already exists
Some believe that within five hundred years after that, people will stop posting questions in forum threads that have already been answered in the thread. I remain skeptical about the latter claim.
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Coby Foden wrote:Medhue Simoni wrote:Some day, it will be much more feasible, and we'll have many more toys to do it with.
Does technology develop just by itself - we just sit and wait long enough for some magic to happen? Of course it does not work like that. To develop something lots of research must be done, experiments need to be made, stuff needs to be built. That's how new better and more advanced things are invented. Often that costs enormous amounts of money. But the money is not lost nor wasted. The money will just change hands, part of it goes here, part of goes there, part of it goes somewhere else.Often high technology research has many spin off inventions which appear in our everyday life - just like has happened with space exploration... and so on and on..Somehow it appears to me that the money used on space exploration has brought forth many good things.Your post reminded me of comments back in the Apollo days complaining about all the money the government spent on the lunar missions. "They could have spent that money right here on Earth!", they'd say. I could hardly keep from yelling, "They DID spend that money right here on Earth, you idiot! Plus all the technologies developed for that program have been really helpful in our everyday lives."
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Tex Monday wrote:Phil Deakins wrote:Madelaine McMasters wrote:Rawwwwrrrrrrrrr. (I learned that from watching Eartha Kitt.);-).
Great Scott! You ARE old lolStreuth. I six word post, inlcluding the 'lol', and there was still a typo in it that needed to be edited. I'm absolutely useless at typing.And, unfortunately, she's not even my favorite Catwoman.Nor mine: Julie is the one for me, too.
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Tari Landar wrote:Let me gather my load of links for you....I have tons. Most of these may require *some* experience, but, really, part of enjoying these places is the learning how. As both a newbie, and an oldie, I have enjoyed them, quite immensely. Part of the fun in being new, although at times frustrating, is the learnign how to function. It can be quite hilarious, and sharing that experience with another, can often times make it more enjoyable. If, however, you are the type to get frustrated, and perhaps angry, when things aren't working quite right, stick to the places that require less experience. I can't say whether each would be, or would not be, easy for someone new to sl. All I can say, is try it.... you just never know!(these are not romantic places, they are merely fun places)....now to go find my links...Ok, now I must say I have NO affiliation with any of these places. I also cannot promise they all still work, or that I haven't included one more than once, lol. But, it's a good starting off point. I know they all worked as of July, but in sl time, that's a long time. I'd be more than happy to find other places you're interested in if you have amore specific idea of what you want. These are all places you can enjoy alone, or with someone. Amusement parks, mazes, places to go surfing or other activities, etc..(and surprisingly, some of the things you think will be difficult, aren't so difficult once you get started, not to emntion,t he whole trying part.. hilarious, at times, haha)
I keep telling myself I should get out more (allthough lately it's more like I should get IN more—my inworld time has been scant recently) but when I'm inworld I always get distracted by something in the here and now. You're like the embodiment of what I want to do but haven't.
Thanks for all the slurls, and I am glad to see someone doing what I idealized doing.
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Coby Foden wrote:
Yes, you are! :catfrustrated:
:smileytongue:Well, garsh, Coby. We was just havin' some fun. Is that against the rules?
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Madelaine McMasters wroteYou're mean.I am now going place the back of my hand to my forehead, signaling my inconsolable anguish, then hurl myself from the green and yellow cliffs of despair.I hope you're pleased.
/me deploys a safety net across the abyss below the cliffs of despair, just in time.
I meant no harm. I thought you might see it as a canvas, given that it's someone else's image.
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Madelaine McMasters wrote:When I'm accosted by a surveyist in public, I generally demure. That's because I go out in public for a other reasons, usually to get replacement parts for my tractor. If the local John Deere dealership ever invites me to take a survey, I'm in.
I found one for you. It's a bit inactive at the moment, but you could add it to your faves list and check it every now and then. Give you something else to think about as you teeter on the edge of despair ;-).
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Why do I keep getting booted??
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They aren't really rules (as in rules of Second Life), but a lot of places have that particular requirement.. As Mr. Moose implied, adult hot spots seem to attract griefers. People who have more than 30 days of experience are less likely to be griefers, because griefers get pointed out and Abuse Reported (something any resident can do: google it) and rarely last a whole month.
There are plenty of adult places that do not have that rule, or at least there were. Keep playing with Search. Even if you really have your mind made up you want to go a particular place, you could always spend the time waiting for your avatar to age shopping and looking around, so that when you finally DO get in, you'll be just as hot as you can be. ;-)