Marcus Bremser

Good morning. I have exactly the same problem. I have 3 accounts - of these, two accounts suddenly do not login, and the third account works flawlessly. I have tried different computers and different browsers, to no avail. But since this error replicates on different computers and browsers, and as a third account works perfectly it strongly suggests that the issues does not lie with my systems or ISP. Appreciate your assistance. Marcus

I have the exact same issue. Suddenly, on 28 Feb I was unable to login on two accounts, yet have no problem with a third account. I tried different computers, different viewers... no success. I am not a novice to SL.

Agree - I am at 130 banned bots and hoping the list doesn't get to the 300 limit.

While some are only a few months old, most bots I have encountered (130 and counting) are on average 5 to 10 years old - so it is definitely worth banning them. While its really a waste of time to track and ban them, the stream of bots to my mainland parcels has been slowed as a result.

Noelle - We pay for the pleasure of being in SL, we pay for the right to have exclusive use of certain parcels of digital land. There is enough invasion of our lives in RL without this being expanded in to SL. And its not about bots gathering illusory information about our digital activities, its about their their unwanted presence at all. And its not 8 seconds and they are gone... they show up in clusters, many times a day for many minutes at a time. You are free to enjoy their presence. Many of the rest of us should have some right of discretion as to who we invite and who we wish to not bother us during our limited recreational time online.

Actually its not that easy. Maybe you are happy to have 20 or more scripted agents on your site each day, but many of us are not. Most of us don't want unidentified bots on our private lands (either regions or mainland lots) for various reasons mentioned by myself and others in this blog. And many of us wish to keep the lands open to bona-fide traffic. Using the ban list to keep bots out is impractical - its limited to 300. Whats wrong with having bots 1) identify that they are scripted agents, 2) identify their purpose on your land which you pay for and thus are bequeathed by LL with certain rights, privileges and expectations. If this isn't part of the 'big picture', what is an issue for you? SL is supposed to be a service provided to us a customers for entertainment, business or social intercourse, and not a place for us to be abused by unregulated and unwanted traffic.

Thanks for raising this matter with LL. The response from Linden is disappointing. In actual practice, the options suggested for controlling bot access is rather limited: 1. Block all traffic - not an option 2. Restrict to group - also not an option for those wishing to keep our regions open to "normal" visitors 3. Ban identified bots from owned land - this would be a very tedious daily task - we dont want to spend our limited available time doing this. 4. Implement a script which would identify bots and ban this automatically. As this piece of software doesn't seem to exist, maybe this is an opportunity/challenge?

Agree, I have the same issue. I imagine one could write a script which would be able to block the bots, based on key words in the profile. I notice that almost all the bots on my regions have a comment in the web tab identifying them as bots.... It would be easier if Linden Labs moderated this phenomenon... otherwise its getting really out of hand and more than annoying.

Just saw your search results! Thanks, appreciate the help !

OK, thanks. Will try the search using some different terms. Sorry for intruding on the wrong discussion! 🙂

Thanks! I can't seem to find any discussion on this... at least since 2012. Maybe I am the only one being bothered by unwanted bots?

If its my land I make the rules. Bots are a nuisance, especially on homestead regions. Identifying and blocking bots is a waste of time as well. This is something which seems to be getting worse and Linden should consider offering land owners a means to regulate this proliferation which detracts from the free enjoyment of SL.

Ejecting bots from private regions is possible, but who wants to spend their limited time in sl identifying and ejecting/blocking bots? Its a problem which can be addressed easiest by Linden Labs or alternatively by implementing a script to identify and eject bots automatically.

Yes, but bots are a problem and they are my business if they enter any of my regions - a landowner has the option and legal right to be discretionary about who to invite and who to block. Its unfortunately a futile exercise to block identified bots using the land tools available. A better exercise would be to come up with a script which searches profiles and blocks those avatars identified a bots. Or Linden Labs should offer this as an option.

Hi... I have been using my late-2011 model MacBook Pro with SL from the beginning. It did overheat and kill the motherboard after about two years. I had the motherboard replaced and still use it. With the new MB it doesnt seem to get as hot, and also have the back of the computer lifted up a bit to aid in heat transfer through the aluminimum case (which is very efficient at extracting the heat). I have used Firestorm exclusively the entire time, but use it in the Windows 7 mode. Strangely enough, the graphics in the Windows mode are much better, and I have read that the system also runs faster in window mode rather than the native iOS mode. Having the correct settings in Preferences seems to be the key to keeping the computer happy and maximizing the SL experience without stressing the hardware out too much.