Freya Mokusei

You need to comply with the Snapshot and Machinima Policy and the IP Policy. My reading (and personal opinion, I am not a lawyer) of both is that you don't need to ask permission before posting, and don't need to worry about privacy or consent if you're not posting images or video. It's probably polite (and in my experience, fun!) to at least tell someone after you've featured them, but not necessary.

Magnus Brody wrote: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/02/facebook-real-name-policy-protest "people can confirm their name with many forms of non-legal identification, including things like utility bills, a bank statement, a piece of mail, a library card, a school ID card or a magazine subscription label. The company does not, however, allow people who are known by a different name online and off- to provide evidence supporting their online persona on Facebook." This doesn't apply to online personas (personae?), as outlined in the quote above (form the very article you linked ). Reason being, Facebook exist to make money off of you - and they can't do this against a persona, but they can if it's a pseudonym in real life. If you pay bills under a pseudonym then your information can probably be sold to marketing companies, as you probably have an age, assets or shopping habits associated with that name. Online personas - by and large - can't be guaranteed* to have any of these, and so is not convertable to money in Facebook's eyes. No monetisation prospects for your identity? Find another social network. Facebook is clear on this. In my case, I receive mailings under a variety of names in real life (which is legal to do in my country) and so I have the ability to pick from that set of names. Facebook doesn't get my legal name, my persona, nor much of anything else. * = If you're unlikely to buy any of the following under the name you give to Facebook, they have every reason and incentive to kill it. - Insurance - Magazine subscriptions - Holidays / Cars / big ticket items - Debts/Loans - Online shopping (for real life items or web-hosting services) - etc...

Sounds like you can still access your account, though. If you have your password saved in your browser, you can Manage Saved Passwords for whichever browser you're using (you don't say, so you'll have to find instructions yourself). This should give you the opportunity to see the password stored. If you've lost your password entirely, there's little else to do but follow a Forgotten Password link, either in the viewer or on the login page for secondlife.com.

Theresa Tennyson wrote: Then why did they write the parcel access code so that turning off public access only worked up to a certain height when it would have been simpler to just have it go all the way up? Linden knows. For all anyone can assume, the same reason banlines still only work until 768m - no-one thought to change it after the build height was increased to 4096m. This junk isn't tied together, and expecting well-thought-out decisions has been unreasonable since the get-go. Making guesses on behaviour tied to shoddy coding is not smart or productive (and definitely not correct). I'm glad the conversation's moved past this - and discussion of rights - since those weren't words that I used and the reframing was silly. What matters is what users can be reasonably confident of getting away with, and in this case, that includes security orbs but does not include airplanes. Just how it is until enforcement changes. I am happy to argue things should be different, but at this point in the dev-cycle it doesn't seem prudent to diminish the capabilities of landowners with 'should', 'maybe you could try' and 'take into consideration'. Landowners are the only thing propping up the massive moneysuck that is Mainland and it will reduce when it becomes cost-effective to do so. Think everyone would agree that having it (even if broken, limited, unruly) is way better than not having it. In addition, sounds like baby-sitting. Conflict is fine, disruption is okay - laying down demands over other peoples' land is not. No-one gets to force anyone to do things their way except the Lab.

Theresa Tennyson wrote: why would Linden Lab... Oh I see. Well okay, I can at least see your perspective. I don't find any of your arguments convincing, sorry. Arguing from previous Lab behaviour or from historical contexts (pre-TP) isn't relevant to me or anyone else. This is the system we have, today. The Lab enforces the grid in the way that they do, today. If we had the kind of hippy-dippy grid that was imagined in '03 then I'd be fine with that. But we don't.

Theresa Tennyson wrote: these are things they can't do. And that's how "privileges" work in Second Life. I can't tell who you're talking to, so pardon if I'm confused in my reply. I understand that any power is not 'unlimited power' and that privilege is not 'universal freedom', and that parcel rights are not 'rights'. That's... why I used the words that I used. I avoided 'renter' as a term because renting as a sub-leasee doesn't implicitly give privileges - landowner is a less confusing term and is used regularly in LL content (though I agree, 'owner' is not wholly accurate). I am careful to avoid games of semantics and still remain clear. To distill: Landowners get more privileges over land they control than visitors to their land do. That is how privileges work in Second Life. It sounds like you agree with this. Thanks for amplifying? I think?

Pamela Galli wrote: Maybe a sticky explaining the concept of private property? Oooo that could be good. I used to like those arguments - whether private property exists on digital platforms at all. Maybe draw lines in the sand imagining The Commons while calling each other Marxists and WageSlaves. Technocrats and Luddites. Or maybe I've just gotten old and tired of banality.

Nah. I watched those Ralph Pls Go videos once. I mostly watch Youtube in-world, but regular videos. I watch more Youtube than TV, because I prefer UGC - but I don't watch Second Life content in video format.

Pamela Galli wrote: Clearly we need a Security Orb forum. Perhaps this would enable over-entitled pilots to better strategise. Perhaps collaborate on a workable defence. These arguments are old and tired, they sound so childish now. Could use a fair fight.

Rizzy Khaos wrote: They pay for the airplanes to do what? This is fun but you seem to have trouble understanding how privileges work. I'm not surprised you're confused. They pay for the airplanes. That's all. Purchasers own a license to list the airplane in their inventory and access it as next-owner. All the money goes to the creator, for access to this license. Buying airplanes doesn't give you any power to control land, buying land does. Tier goes to Linden Lab, Linden Lab confer parcel rights to control access. This is basic. If pilots paid a 'tax' (to Linden Lab) specifically to use the airspace you'd maybe - maybe - have the beginnings of an argument, but they don't pay for squat. Therefore no privileges. You want privileges, you pay for them. From Linden Lab. Like landowners do.

Rizzy Khaos wrote: Pilots pay for the ability to fly their airplanes in Second Life. Get over it. I checked this. Turns out they pay for the airplanes. Buying airplanes confers no privileges to fly in any location. Nowhere ever is the right to fly mentioned anywhere, and buying stuff doesn't mean you're allowed to use it wherever you please. Money spent on airplanes doesn't go anywhere except to the creators of the airplanes, who don't control the skies in any way. Pilots are welcome to fly over their own land - all other land is probably paid for by someone else, who gets full rights over who (and what) can enter.

Rizzy Khaos wrote: Either revoke the usage of security orbs on Mainland I propose the opposite - that we revoke the use of flying vehicles on Mainland. Every couple of weeks someone wanders in here ranting about how they can't fly over parcels they don't own and how inconsiderate landowners don't leave enough spare prims for region transfers. Clearly this show of entitlement will keep happening as long as people think flying vehicles over mainland is a right. Some people just cannot be trusted to figure out how Second Life works, and how it has always worked. For those who struggle with satire: This argument works both ways - and both ways are stupid. Landowners pay for the ability to control their land, get over it.

HikaruMiyamoto wrote: Bombard them with IMs and the IMs will cap... but that might be against the TOS It's not against the TOS in language (well, 'bombard' isn't a good choice of words, and if it was commercial or 'unwanted' then it would be against the TOS) - but so long as it was well-recieved you'd be fine. The bigger issue is that this wouldn't work at all. Many folks send IMs to Email (meaning they'd get a full record). Capped IMs are also lost from the 'top' - people would receive the first IMs but lose the last.

Thanks Tari! I appreciate the perspective. I agree this is probably a case of poor aim, carried out with anger from elsewhere. I sympathised with Alwin's message, but would have chosen different words - which is exactly what I did in my own posts. I cancelled my own premium membership a long while ago so didn't have much other advice to give (plus, to some extent, bumping threads helps too). Largely, I think this thread has resulted in some positive change for the OP given this calculated approach. I'd be the first to admit I don't always get it right, and miscommunications of tone are commonplace in text mediums. Plus I'm British, so about 800% of what I say is satire, sarcasm or hyperbole. I am an adult, too, and one that strives to be helpful (demonstrated with some accuracy!) - when I see an unwanted negative reaction arise from something I post, I can take my own instruction to try to do better next time. But that didn't happen here. There's only one party that I allow to tell me how I can best contribute here, and their surname is 'Lab'. I hope the metaphorical bees diffuse from within entity's bonnet.

entity0x wrote: You too, don't answer at all. Firstly, no. I reject your strange demand outright. Secondly, if you want to help and answer peoples' queries then go ahead. I fully encourage you to add your own helpful content. No answers to the OPs questions appear in your post, however, nor in most of the posts you seem to make of late. I understand that you're struggling in some other area of the forum, but I don't know how that relates to any of the content in my post. I don't know why you seem to think that drawing dividing lines and attacking users of this forum is a useful way to spend your time. It's possible to be both critical and helpful (as I did in my post, by suggesting ways the OP could get more accurate help in future, and less derisory comments made - advice that the OP took constructively), and it's reasonable to assume that other users here are adults who can handle simple instructions and see the benefits of attempting other approaches to see if they get more success. If you struggle with this to the point where you feel the need to make off-topic attacks and demands about behaviour rather than adding useful content (or at the very least, something constructive), there's a small round metal container beneath my desk where you can file future commentary. Attempting to shut down speech is never something that leads to clearer understandings. Cool your jets.

There's this:- LIN Land Auctions I don't know if it's what you're looking for (or, exactly, what it is). I think it's to do with Abandoned Land - the land that Linden Lab does resell. I don't think there's a way to get an accurate list of every parcel set for sale, or those set for sale by residents (which is how most land is resold). Fresh new land - as yet unassigned to anyone, never bought by a resident - hasn't been formed in some time and probably won't be formed again.

You might just be in need of better search strategy. https://community.secondlife.com/t5/General-Second-Life-Tech/Windows-10-wont-let-me-play-becuase-of-graphic-card/m-p/3038973/highlight/true#M4734 https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Technical/It-appears-that-the-Windows-10-November-update-makes-it/qaq-p/2988706 You're not missing an application, that's not what the error says. The error says that your graphics card driver isn't found or isn't compatible. Reinstall or update them - confirm you've done this - and then look at other solutions for this problem.

Thanks for the additional information (everyone above, not just Tamara) - I'm not familiar with this brand or their work. I just saw this post and figured it could be useful to let them know of the potential for conflict. It's not unheard of for companies to ignore offenders until it either becomes harmful (unlikely in this case) or profits call for action (more likely). With registered trademarks however - as in this case - enforcement action is required by law if the trademark holder intends to keep the registration. Registration costs money, and of course was only granted in the first place by having WL absorbed into LL through a merging of companies. It would be highly irregular for a company like Linden Lab not to enforce a registered trademark upon realising the transgression, hence my reason for the cautionary warning. It could get very messy, and the incentive for chasing would probably be high irrespective of any contribution to the platform - because it's a trademark issue and they'd have to enforce, or lose the registration due to it having been contested. That would pit this magazine in direct confrontation with our service operator, and no-one wins. I wish I had a better perspective, and hope it all works out. For my part I'll make a personal note, and move on.

Hi Furankie, welcome to SL! Have you tried search? There's some 700+ results for the term 'gay', many very busy. You'll get better results by targetting Search more carefully, but as a starting point... http://search.secondlife.com/?query_term=gay&collection_chosen=places&isLeftColOpen=true&sort=popularity_desc&category= You may need to login to see the Mature and Adult listings on that page.

Congrats on posting the least informative question we're likely to see today. There's nothing in your post that might help us narrow down what you're seeing. My complete guess at what's going wrong is that iMac's are entirely poor for OpenGL rendering - they're not designed or built to run 3D applications since there's no room for cooling and Apple continually do not invest in proper drivers. If this is the case, there's no solution. Improve your question by editing it to include specification information about your PC. "New iMac" doesn't even tell us if it's the latest iMac, or just one that's new to you.

That sounds cool! I've always liked maps (I have a small but budding collection of Ordnance Survey maps IRL). Unfortunately, to try and be clearer, I can't imagine you'd be too successful without adding new strings to your bow (such as 3D CAD, how to build in Second Life, etc.) but I'm sure this is a good opportunity to try and pick up adjacent skills. Just my opinion! There may be an untapped market somewhere, and small or single-shot jobs probably exist somewhere! Most things tend to, somewhere or another.

Probably not, although CAD might get you somewhere. I did once have a small market in creating 'mini-sims' - small models of regions that showed off their principle features, kind of like a real life snowglobe. Something like that, maybe. The closest thing we have is Covenants, but these aren't legally binding and I imagine each estate would only ever write one, and keep that updated as necessary. It's also - to be frank and honest - unlikely that a new user would be able to take into account all the nuances and situations unique to SL. So yeah, maybe you can hammer out an opportunity in simulator/region design or development - or building in general. There's probably options! Hope that helps!

You could try the official Linden Lab billing department. Their information is here. P.S. Be careful when using multiple payment methods, it's easy to be charged twice!

It's okay. You've found this place, and had good success here - that's a good thing. The ultimate aim for most of the users on this forum is for people to feel welcome and get the information they need. The Answers service has its limitations as well, but it may be... as we say... the right tool for the right job. A good way to find exactly the resource you need, rather than hoping that someone replies to a forum thread in a constructive manner. Of course it doesn't limit you from posting on the main forum, especially in areas where you'd like to chat or ask for other peoples' opinions, to find people or products, or just about anything else. Try not to judge Alwin too harshly, I've seen him be a positive force here in the right environments. Patience is a limited resource even (especially? ) for those who've been here a while. Good luck.

Onix1997 wrote: rude Eeeh. I understand Alwin's frustration. You're posting in the People forum about something that clearly doesn't relate to Your Avatar, and posting subjects in all caps. Both of these are [somewhat understandable] strategies to get more attention than this question deserves. You're new here, and you feel your questions deserve prompt answers. Okay, I can get on-board with that - I bet Alwin can, too. But maybe there's a better way to do this that doesn't annoy the folks looking for interesting and fresh discussion about avatars. You can use the Search function in the top-right to see if people have asked these questions before. The Answers service is designed specifically to resolve simple, often-repeated queries about accounts, avatars, pretty much anything so long as it's not asking about specific products, or asking for recommendations. Questions asked there are more visible already, and they're typically seen more-quickly by folks specifically interested in helping new users. Hopefully a new approach is all it needs.