[LINDEN RESEARCH, INC. TO BE ACQUIRED]

Investment groups are typically parasites that contribute very little while sucking companies dry. I at least will be more careful about spending money on SL until these ones prove they aren't.

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Just now, VonCake said:

Investigating - Second Life is currently unavailable. Our engineers are working on correcting the issue as quickly as we can. Please check this blog for future updates as we have them.
Jul 8, 01:55 PDT

I hope they have a lot of coffee given this whole timezone thing...

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Just now, Gittrika Mint said:

Its very late in California now. Does LL have nightshifts? 😴

If I had to guess, based on what other companies do, I'd say they have one or two people monitoring the grid at any given time, and those people are now trying to wake up the tech specialists for some fun surprise overtime.

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Quite the unfortunate time for this to happen.

Somewhere deep in the US a few sleeping Lindens are receiving panicked phone calls.

[What are some more of your pet peeves?]

Anti rez scripts in items.

Here is a friendly hint, creators: the "Temporary" setting doesn't affect items while worn, works in no script zones, and accomplishes the same thing. And it doesn't use script time.

 

[Would you pay 1k for one hairstyle?]

 I would, possibly, if it fulfilled a series of stringent criteria.

1) moddable

2) loads of color styles that I personally enjoy

3) perfect fit on my head

But for the average hair 500 or so is the most I'd pay. Usually I just buy single packs (mainly ombre ones) which are some 250 and don't like the others enough to pay more than double that for all the options.

[Stop 'N Shop Does Not Have to Be So Laggy]

I personally found that the regions were largely acceptable in the early access period, which suggests to me that the problem is other avatars. It's not uncommon to see people with several megabytes of scripts. Sure, the regions themselves might not be optimally set up, but all of that rather pales when the crowds roll in with 8 mb in color change scripts and 3 million triangles (I'm not kidding, by the way - it's also common to see 1m polygon bodies, heads, and wardrobes all on one avatar).

The better, crowd-sourced solution to the lag does seem, to me, to simply remove avatars over certain levels of resource usage. That way the seemingly overworked moles don't have to do all of it, but the visitors themselves do.

A sidenote: I actually far prefer the mall approach for shopping. I like the focus; in this region, I shop, and there's nothing else to do. For Fantasy Faire and such I only managed to get through one sim because everything was so needlessly ornamental

[TMP Legacy mesh body]

What is the company named if not TMP? "Legacy" is the name of the body, the other one is "Classic" and both are horribly non-descriptive. Without looking into it actively, I'd imagine it's either "Meshbody" or "The Shops"? But you can't really call it "legacy/classic meshbody" though because that makes it sound like you're referring to the original Linden avatar, which is usually called either legacy or classic... look up Grice's Maxims if you want the sociological explanation as to why nobody uses that name.

The other option would be "The Shops Legacy/classic"? That's a mouthful. I'd recommend a second rebranding if the TMP name isn't acceptable anymore. And then hire a PR expert.

 

[What are some more of your pet peeves?]

Subscription dialogs in demos. At least friggin' wait until I buy the actual product. Or alternatively don't do it at all because it's incredibly obnoxious when you accidentally click yes and then have to hunt for the subscription box at their store.

[Is Copybotting a Real Problem?]

The only kind of "copybotting" I've seen since 2007 or so is ripping textures. And there are actually quite a few valid reasons to do that. A lot of furry creators in particular expect people to rip copies of their purchased textures for personal use/editing. They can't distribute them full perm since that makes sharing allowed.

As for actually ripping entire objects I've only seen that exactly once ever. Someone cloned my avatar, and it was actually kind of neat seeing them become a copy of me. I felt like Agent Smith from The Matrix...

 

[SL17B Meet the Employees Social Campaign!]

10 hours ago, Bree Giffen said:

I didn’t know there were so many Lindens. 

I know, right? It's because you never ever see them in world!

I miss the days when our mostly benevolent overlords interacted with us!

[If you win a mesh body, which one would you choose?]

I also own the ones I want (Regalia, Maitreya, both Slinks) so that leaves... Probably the Belleza Freya, for photography?

 

 

Legacy would have to be more than free.

[A New Look For Second Life]

For what it's worth, nostalgia aside, I think the new logo is a pretty solid upgrade. It stands out more, is more invigorating, and the eye is more clearly visible. Feels more modern, will absolutely appeal to newcomers more.

But quite a few of the backgrounds and banners will have to be changed out to look nicer behind the blue.

[Should the permissions system be revised?]

49 minutes ago, Arduenn Schwartzman said:

Changing the permission system would probably break the SL completely.

Instead, appeal to your favorite creators to have their stuff set to Mod (with scripts No Mod). And enlighten them that there are no adverse effects to setting their mesh things to Mod. It will remain as vulnerable to copybotting as No Mod mesh is anyway.

Maybe all wear a tag or T-shirt saying: "I won't buy your No Mod mesh!"

And maybe it's an idea for merchants to have a tag that says: "My mesh is Mod."

I wish. So often, I politely request modifiable releases, saying I'd happily pay fatpack prizes for them, and never ever do the creators change their minds on it. Not once in 14 years. I've not even managed to convince anyone to make their scripts deletable!

I don't know why people are so stubborn about it, but it's just the way of SL things.

 

[What are some of your pet peeves?]

I seriously don't understand why so few stores mark if their clothes are modifiable in-world. Often I find myself having to browse their marketplace store to make sure, which entirely eliminates the chance of impulse purchases. Good for my wallet, perhaps, but annoying.

All it takes is three letters on the vendor. M, C and T, and you color those or circle them or anything really - put in at least that little bit of extra effort.

[Memories of Arcades Past]

I love arcades too, the atmosphere is amazing. Sadly, all the real ones died and faded away.

There are two great ones that I know of in SL that aren't gambling.

One is at Flotsam Beach, the same place as the 7seas fishing game.

The other is at Palmwood, as Joysticks. It's a furry sim but everyone is quite welcome.

I believe Madpea might have an arcade too, but don't quote me on that.

As for worlds like SL - yes. I've been dreaming of various virtual worlds since childhood. 

 

[What are some of your pet peeves?]

I'm tempted to make a bingo sheet for SL events.

Crop top. Waist-high jeans. Micro-kini. Micro-skirt. Generic cocktail dress. Corset. Yet another pack of basic eye colors. Butt-shorts (I don't know what you call them, but it's those shorts that are so short that your rump is entirely bare)

I don't know if I've been spoiled or if the inspiration really is at an all-time low for SL fashion.

[How do you feel if strangers come into your SL home unexpectedly?]

10 minutes ago, Selene Gregoire said:

Again you are assuming things that simply are not true. I do not have an "inordinate amount of terribly rude people" coming to the sim I live in and I never said I did or even implied I did. You jumped to that conclusion based on... nothing.

Stop telling people they cannot have personal space in SL without having to post billboards. That is simply not true.

Well, my apologies then? I've clearly lost track of what's even being discussed. Sorry!

[How do you feel if strangers come into your SL home unexpectedly?]

5 minutes ago, Selene Gregoire said:

You're barking up the wrong tree. I've been in SL long enough to know how it works. You are making a boat load of incorrect assumptions on top of making things far more complicated than they need be. I already "avoid a lot of frustration" simply by not going to places that are not open to the public (those places are usually group only) and by asking permission to be in someone's personal space if they haven't given it. And by respecting their want/need for personal space to be personal.

You are telling me that I can't have my store and my home on the same parcel AND have other people respect my personal space. I call bs.

I do not live on mainland.

Not at all, that's not what I'm saying. But I do remember a few shops where they have private homes next to the shop, and the buildings look exactly the same from the outside. I can't name any names here, but when I shop there, I see people wander to the wrong one all the time.

Also, coincidentally, in real life - if a shop owner lives on the same property as the shop is on, there's typically a sign reading "private" or similar on the home part of it, because otherwise people might assume there's more shop there.

It is, of course, also entirely possible that your sim just happens to attract an inordinate amount of terribly rude people, but it's not an experience I've ever really had in our virtual wonderworld.

[How do you feel if strangers come into your SL home unexpectedly?]

1 minute ago, Beth Macbain said:

Why is that, though? SL looks a lot like RL to me... or a pixelated version of it anyway. A home is a home. I assume it's private. Maybe if it's something other than a house, like a space station or warehouse, but something that is clearly living quarters feels different to me. I don't know what makes the rules different in SL. I'm not disagreeing with you, just wondering about the why. 

 

Well, I've personally never had a stranger visit when living in a house-like house, like the linden homes, for example. They only tend to arrive when your home isn't entirely recognisable as one, in my experience.

Or course, our social groups and living sims are probably entirely different, but I can't imagine that unwelcome visitors are that common in white-picket-fence style homes or apartments.

 

[How do you feel if strangers come into your SL home unexpectedly?]

14 minutes ago, Selene Gregoire said:

If someone can't tell the difference they should do the right thing and stay out until given permission to enter unless otherwise posted. Let those who want strangers to feel free to abuse the privilege put up Welcome signs and let the rest of us be in peace without no trespassing signs.

Or we could all be reasonable human beings and respect each other by staying out of personal spaces unless given permission to be in them thus avoiding cluttering up the land with unwanted and unneeded ad farms that were banned years ago.

The problem is that you're expecting people to follow real life norms in a space where almost none of the symbolism and patterns of real life are present. We recognize a home in real life, generally. But in SL it could be anything from a forest clearing (public access in real life!) to a cruise ship (where you're implicitly invited onboard in exchange for money).

I'm really not trying to say that you're wrong, I'm trying to say how you can avoid a lot of frustration. I'd imagine that if you get a lot of unwelcome visitors, your home doesn't look like what one would expect a home to look like in reality. So you have to compensate for it, or use the tools SL has provided you with.

Assuming that every area is private unless personally invited would be the death of social spaces in SL. A barn? A warehouse? A space station? I wouldn't enter any of those in real life, but that's how most clubs and lounges in SL look.

[How do you feel if strangers come into your SL home unexpectedly?]

1 minute ago, Selene Gregoire said:

It's really quite simple. It is personal space. Stay out unless invited in. Full stop.

It's often impossible to tell what space in SL is a personal residence and what isn't. You really might want to use said tools, or perhaps put up one of those angry signs about trespassers.

[How do you feel if strangers come into your SL home unexpectedly?]

I wouldn't mind, unless they disrupted whatever I was doing at the moment. They can't mess anything up, so as long as they don't actively bother me otherwise, it doesn't really matter to me.

While I'm offline, I typically encourage friends to just pretend my home is theirs if they want to use it for any kind of activities. I wouldn't mind strangers doing the same, as long as they clear out when I actually do get on. And if not, then I kick them.

[What are some of your pet peeves?]

9 minutes ago, AyelaNewLife said:

Because the system avatar skin is broken up into three sections; upper body, lower body and head. The head section includes the neck. The gradual and organic transition to the mesh bodies of today continued that tradition; thus mesh bodies covered the upper and lower body sections, and the seam with mesh heads falls neatly on the seam between the body sections and the head section.

I have no idea why the furry community broke the mold with their setup. Most likely someone saying "wait that's dumb, lemme fix".

Oh, that's pretty interesting. It does make sense from that perspective.

[What are some of your pet peeves?]

Here's a thing.

Why do human heads in SL come with built-in necks?

Surely the neck should be part of the body rather than the head? That's how furry heads have always worked. It's an excellent way to avoid neck seams too (granted, by hiding them somewhere less obvious, but still!)

Sure, you get used to it, and if everyone does it, it works. But it's nonsense, I tell you.