Freya Mokusei

You don't need - you want. Ctrl+Shift+S will take a Snapshot in Second Life - you can set the options to send Snapshots via Email. Scripts can't do what you're asking.

Sky Fehr wrote: About to purchase a lappy with AMD Radeon R5 M335 graphic card Seems... a little weak. Scoring less than 20FPS in games is not a good sign, esp. if you plan on running it at 1080x1920. Second Life pushes your PC a fair bit harder than most 3D games. Remember also that there's plenty of other factors involved. Laptops definitely need RJ45 sockets and a respectable NIC (for wired Ethernet), good quality, high-airflow fans and a speedy CPU/RAM combo. Laptops compatible with Second Life do exist, but expect to pay ~£800 or more. Pound for pound, desktops are more cost-effective.

I don't know anything about problems from China, nor why your issue wouldn't be looked at. You could make sure it's categorised properly. But there's nothing in the Official Status Reports about Support going offline. They're often just not very effective.

Folks put all sorts of junk in their parcel descriptions to try and get a sale and most folks in SL are technically inexperienced - it doesn't necessarily mean anything and probably doesn't. All sims are (roughly) equal. I mean there's an element of unpredictability, and server reliability will adjust over time (as hardware fails/is replaced/updated/blah blah). But largely, a sim is a sim. You don't get any guarantees on behaviour, up-time or performance, so everything can change without notice. Sims don't necessarily stay on the same physical server. The only way to secure performance points for any length of time is to own your own full region, and tightly control those allowed to visit and who can rez objects. Sharing a parcel won't cut it, since all that has to happen is someone to move in next to you with a cat/horse/octopus/pet rock farm or a house with hundreds of 1024 x 1024 textures, and your "low lag" sim will fall over on the daily.

Does the place still exist? Can you find it in Search, and try to teleport there that way? If it's this location, try using this SLURL?

If you think qualified doctors should be spending time dealing with RP pregnancy shinanigans then I fully support the idea of you not linking a credit card to Second Life. Such a position would mark someone as clearly detached from reality and anything could happen. More balanced folks have gotten over their fear of eCommerce long ago. It's normal now, many folks use Amazon or online banking (in some cases, that's now the only option). Fear of the Internet was maybe a defensible excuse in the 1980s and early 1990s, but nowadays there's plenty of activities that are pay-to-play. Not participating is fine, but complaining and attempting to get stuff for free instead is not reasonable. Second Life Pregnancy is an economic activity, being mostly a racket to scam broody-types into buying cheaply-made pink objects. Given the economic drives behind the pregnancy market, I'm not surprised you were given the short shrift. It sounds like you probably sounded like someone expecting something for free - it's entirely reasonable to kick out freeloaders who bemoan the state of eCommerce while participating in the most demanding mainstream VW platform. There is no Universal Healthcare in Second Life.

That's not a Firestorm issue. Your connection isn't doing so great. You'll need at least 1Mbps to get a stable link in-world, and remember that Second Life puts a very heavy load on your line. Remember also to use a wired connection, not wireless/WiFi. (Does Macbook Air even have room for an RJ45? If not, you could look at getting a router that supports 300Mbps/500Mbps WiFi links - but these can be expensive) I would definitely expect performance issues with a Macbook Air. They can't cool down, and you have very limited interface options. I'm not confident that the connection you're using will support Second Life, but you can try troubleshooting using this guide.

Alwin Alcott wrote: you start to sound like a recording by now... keeping repeating the same as your first post isn't adding a lot to this discussion. It start to look like your only purpose is promoting. You'll have to come with something better to get people convinced. Agree. Was my starting suspicion. Oh well. I'm probably done posting to this thread too, I disliked bumping it with continued posts but I did prefer to at least justify my opinions. Between the weird promotion and the shade thrown at folks' choice of leisure activity I think the fun's over. Enjoy yo' weekend.

My reading of the Skill Gaming rules (not a legal opinion, but as someone who wrote similar projects recently) is that you're fine so long as you don't provide a prize of Linden Dollars OR accept Linden Dollars to play. Remember too that anything you create in Second Life may have to comply with local laws in your state or country, which can complicate matters. For extra safety (e.g. if you're concerned OR if your state or country has gambling legislation that you might also risk falling afoul of) you could consider giving prizes that don't have a Linden Dollar value - as in, they're gifts not available for purchase. This might be going too far though. As described, I think you're free and clear of Skill Gaming rules in Second Life.

I don't have much advice for purple, except maybe to also .I also know that and that you're liable to turn up in all sorts of colours if your Avatar Complexity is too high. Ooooo speedy Whirly. SPEEDY.

Drake1 Nightfire wrote: I would be willing to bet they do check them. That's exactly what you are doing. You're betting several things on this process, which the official verbiage says only that they "may" do. Imagine any rationale for carrying these checks you like, it doesn't count as proof. If they wanted to provide any increased security to end users, they would make guarantees. As before, that's fine if you're okay with that risk. I don't see it being useful to minimise that risk or pretending that it doesn't exist. In line with Security Theater, imagining safety where none is provided opens you up to more risk, never less. My position remains. There are legitimate reasons for using the TPVD, but security is not one of them.

Bitsy Buccaneer wrote: the only things I need that I'm missing are local textures and avatar complexity. Those are some of the shared experience issues I was concerned about. I haven't used Cool VL in years, I don't know its featureset - but I can imagine it's not up to date. *shrug* Bitsy Buccaneer wrote: So yeah, Cool Viewer and Singularity users aren't as backwards as you're making out. That's fine, but you're part of the latter set of folks in my generalisation. You've figured out a solution (hence, you don't need awareness of Cool VL raising). No-one's still looking around wishing they could get back the old V1 UI. There is no-one left who is still "undecided", still in need of a solution like Cool VL, people either moved with the times or chose to get left behind for their own reasons. In my opinion, suggesting any presently undecided (e.g. new users) users pick up Cool VL is a mistake. I wasn't criticising your decision, you're free to use whichever viewer you like. I'm skeptical of claims like "most stable", but it's of no value to me to prove stability for you. If you feel like it works better, that's all you need. I was criticising the usefulness of the OP's content being posted here, in 2016, as though it was new information. My personal opinion on whether people are "backwards" or not depends on significantly more than their choice in viewer.

Drake1 Nightfire wrote: If you read through the Policy on Third-Party Viewers they have a laundry list of things they allow and do not allow TPVs to do. Sounds like some actual security to me, not an illusionary version. Nah. It's legalese, protects people from liability. It provides no safety for end users. Actual security would be checking that viewers on the list don't do the disallowed things. There are no checks - it's self-certify. If self-reporting counts as security to you then I have a bridge to sell that - I promise - would survive a nuclear strike, perhaps you'd care to place an offer? Emerald only got spotted because of the obviousness of what they were doing (users 'on the ground' noticed the lag) and it was confirmed by multiple devs inside the walls. Claims of "security" provided by the TPVP - if true - would have caught this prior to users being exposed to it. Personally, select viewers based on criteria of your own devising. But be careful when accepting implications of security - it's harder to react to security threats that you believe you're already being protected against.

Drake1 Nightfire wrote: So, essentially it looks like Firestorm in V1 mode... Eh, no. FS fakes it with fancy styles. Cool VL was forked from v1.23.5 (or was it 1.25.3? Goshdamn it's been a long time). It's the OG V1. Also Nalates is right about the list. It's not 'managed', the Third Party Viewer Directory (nor TPVP) does not offer any implicit security or protection. You're statistically just as likely to find sneaky junk from a viewer on the list as one off of it. What the Emerald nonsense proved was the lack of oversight - and that's not changed. Security risks isn't the reason I'd personally advocate against using a non-listed (or even non-compliant) viewer - that's why I was surprised to hear Nalates interpretation of my post. Providing help to new users who accidentally wander into the v1.x ecosystem is a mess, and pretending SL can support old hardware has been (IMO) the hardest and least-supported part of user retention. I mean, you can trust in whatever metric you like. But illusions of security are worse than no security at all. So, careful there.

CaptainJack Grauman wrote: All I know is: My loss of SL audio coincided suspiciously to a few minutes with my Nortons automatically upgrading itself. What can I do in my SL or in my Nortons to try to get my SL audio back? Correlation is not causation. I don't know. There isn't enough useful information in your posts to guess what's gone wrong. I'd suggest asking an expert in your real life (either a friend, family member or someone at a store). Norton have a customer support contact, but I doubt it stretches as far as helping you resolve PC problems.

Nalates Urriah wrote: Even the programmers he pokes at I have never heard speak of him commiting any dishonesty or abuse via his viewer. This thought never crossed my mind, sorry if you read it in my posts. I've met Henri, I was once fairly familiar with the Cool VL project. He's a good kid. The compliance aspects I was referring to were more "Shared Experience" stuff. Thanks for the update that it's at least still kicking, but I still don't believe there's any modern value in a V1 arcitecture. Anyone who adored V1 to the point of intransigence is long-gone or probably facing bigger incompatibility issues than just SL (e.g. Win XP).

Kether Farshore wrote: and not "sales tax". Sorry for any confusion. I don't think Linden Lab charge sales tax on anything (I'm not a US resident, so not certain). I just meant that sales tax is the name that any tax at point of sale would be called in the US. But it's not VAT, nor used like VAT. Tax is messy. Good luck!

Kether Farshore wrote: Do USA residents pay VAT as well? Haven't been able to find much info on this.. No. VAT is a European tax. The USA uses... Sales Tax (which is not the same, but initiated at the same stage of the transaction)? You'd have to look up relevance, tax amounts and reporting requirements depending on your state.

Guku Aabye wrote: hardly anyone knows about The Cool VL Viewer Because they're not listed on the Third Party Viewer Directory, as mentioned by Alwin above. It won't get many new fans, as I said before - the main use-case for it is long gone. It's a product of its time, nothing more. Cool VL Viewer is probably either non-compliant or old and outdated - or both. It will almost certainly give a very different and worse impression of Second Life than a modern or compliant viewer. Some (or many) things won't work as they should. You're welcome to use it at your own risk, my feeling is that it would be a mistake to point new users in its direction (and so I don't).

Okay? Is this... news? Cool VL Viewer's been out since before the TPVP and ever since. There aren't really oldbies/midbies with a crisis of usability anymore, which to my eyes was what the use-case of Cool VL was. Capable users have adapted, incapable ones have either logged out for good or figured out a solution by now. If I wanted to use a viewer from 2006 - 2008 it's more feasible to go back in time. UI improvements happen for a reason. If you're attempting to do "marketing" on Cool VL's behalf I'd ask you to reconsider. They don't need bad publicity.

If you don't have your password then you'll have to go through account recovery in one format or another. They're not just going to let you break in to your account. ...Contact support? Maybe they'll have alternate modes? I don't think we can help you with this much.

This is a curious case. I've never observed an Anti-Virus program that blocks audio. Norton doesn't have control over volume or... audio "channels" as mentioned in your post. Until it makes more sense I don't have much advice. I'd say the coincidental timing of the Norton update is just that... coincidental.

Er, well that's a new one. Keyboards often have two enter keys. One underneath 'backspace' as part of the character-set keys, and one on the bottom right of the number pad. I don't know if it was ever envisaged as a backup but functionality is equivilent in most applications.

SabaothMastema wrote: shouldn't should Difficult words to use when discussing law. Sounds like an appeal to a morality that holds no water. Is this "should" in an ideal world? Things aren't the way they are because that's the way they should be, never have been. I dunno, write to your congressperson/reptile-in-a-suit? Until the law changes, precedent is clear.

I don't play but I've spent a lot of time watching and helping. A friend of mine, with the most efficient (and expensive - I think it was L$10,000 or more) rod, plenty of boosts/power-ups, and spending 5 hours or more a day at the most profitable locations... ...could scrape together a dollar or two in profit per day, after operating costs. Obviously, investing in rods/worms/boosts vastly reduces your profit margins, but it's the only way to make money at any speed. This system is a traffic-generating tool for a reason. P.S. Hey Rhonda, I'm following you around today! :matte-motes-smitten: