Lewis Nerd

You know, it's always strange how things are dismissed like this as if my point of view has no value, and by extension how people who don't follow the crowd but stand up for what they believe also have no value. You never realise how much power your words can have, and how much damage you can do to someone you don't know. I hope you never find out just how much.

I can assure you that you wouldn't find much there of interest, mostly because I rarely see friends online to talk to now; most of my chat logs are either vendor spam, or configuration text responses from interactive items on my build. That's one of the downsides of being a mature experienced player, most of the people you knew 'back in the day' are either dead now, or have been scared off of the game by griefers, idiots and those engaging in unsavoury activities. There isn't much about socially any more for people like me.

I'm not sure what you think "my goals" are - simply a reminder of basic truths really. Personally, I think the adult side of SL has done far more damage over the years than good; who knows how much better and busier it might be here if people hadn't been driven away by it. I've managed 18 years in SL without needing to resort to 'adult content' to enjoy it. Maybe it's just a cultural thing.

No. If you're specifically looking inside a home to spy on someone then that could be considered wrong, although I don't think it's against any particular rules otherwise the facility wouldn't exist. It's very easy to check the mini map and make sure nobody is home. Most people don't bother with learning to be creative and just buy stuff off the marketplace for their 'digital home', so why wouldn't you want to buy the same from the marketplace for your home? It's no different from going to Walmart or some other supermarket and buying exactly the same thing hundreds of thousands of others around the country have bought for their home. I like creating stuff, but if I need something I'll always check marketplace first with keywords to see what's out there, and if I can buy it for L$50 instead of spending 2 hours making it, I'll gladly support others by purchasing it. Too many people seem to be utterly paranoid about 'online privacy' when no such thing exists.

Nice offensive generalisation that probably breaks the rules somewhere. If you don't want to run into other people... don't play an online game.

Nothing is real, therefore nothing is 'private'. If you wouldn't do or say it in front of your grandmother... don't do it in SL.

Nothing wrong with 'glow', if used in a small amount, as it can represent neon signs or other lighting that would have a glow of sorts. Full on, yes, it can look bad. But as for PBR ... can't see why everyone is getting so hyped up over it. Haven't seen any sensible use of it yet.

Ban lines and "security orbs", especially those that eject you to home with no warning, with absolutely no indication that someone is paranoid enough to set their land to 'private' in the first place. It's just a game. There's nothing you can do in game that has any bearing on real life. Therefore there's no need to aggressively ban anyone from flying around and looking for interesting builds. If you've just got what looks like a Linden or marketplace home, it has zero interest to me, but given that you can use camera controls to "look inside" areas you are excluded from, the whole concept of 'security' is a joke anyway.

That doesn't seem to work any more, it was removed for no real reason many updates ago.

Anyone else old enough to remember?

I guess I'll chalk it down to 'potentially user error' somehow, I can understand something disappearing but as many of the pieces were not linked and scattered over potentially 100 metres across my parcel it'll be a mystery. Guess I'll be replacing those bits now.

I've relogged several times. I've tp'd to various regions, and used several alts - same problem. The "about land" tab shows about 200 prims "missing"; I had about 400 to go and now there's about 600 free. Large chunks of my railway are missing, and normally the train follows the track but the track parts have simply disappeared so the trains wander off aimlessly until they pick up another piece and go the wrong way, so I've had to disable them in case they disappear never to be seen again. I have submitted a support ticket for this as it is clearly something very wierd going on. The random nature of the disappeared parts I think I'm fairly sure weren't anything I might have done accidently.

In the last 24 hours random chunks of my build have just vanished. I don't believe my account has been compromised (nobody else has access rights to build/delete stuff) but surely things can't just ... disappear? Has anyone else experienced this?

The moth from Borneo rather than the plant from Australia. Thanks. I can finish my sign now.

Does anyone know for sure whether the region is named after the plant, or the moth, bearing the name?