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Homesteads are private land, and as I noted, you must own at least 1 full sim before being able to own a homestead. You would be renting a homestead from the private owner otherwise. If they say you need commercial for what you want to do, then that is what you would have to rent. Remember, they make the rules on private land. While you can change the parcel name in About Land, the sim name will not change. The private owners can give you various rights to the land at their whim, or restrict rights. It is their ballgame.

hazeonelove wrote: Better late than never. Lol, that is true. I just hate to see you drop the money it takes to have land only to find out what you got is not what you need. Just starting out is not so bad, but once you have a "clientele" and have to make a move, it can be difficult to get them up to speed, get them coming to the new place, and of course having to tear down and recreate everything is awfully time consuming. There are 2 types of land in Second Life: (1) Mainland: This land is contained in the large continents that you see when you open your map. This land is bought from either LL or from residents. This land is considered "owned" and you are free to do whatever does not violate the TOS, Community Standards or Maturity ratings. To own this land you must be a premium member. You pay monthly tier based on the size of the land directly to LL with USD. They do not accept Lindens in payment. You can sell your Lindens on the Lindex, which gives your account a USD balance, and pay with that, or with your payment option you have set up. Failure to pay either your tier or your premium membership can result in account suspension until arrears are paid. (2) Private islands: This land is full sims purchased from either LL or private island owners who are selling. Bought from LL there is a purchase price and a set-up fee. Bought from a private owner, there will be a transfer fee from LL besides the purchase price to the seller. A homestead is the same type of land. You must be a private sim owner of at least 1 sim before you can purchase a homestead. A homestead is the same size as, but has lower prims, lower avatar admittance, and lower performance than a full sim. You can rent land from a private sim owner. The price of purchase and tier is entirely up to the owner. You pay your monthly tier to the owner of the land, not to LL. The owner can set the rules (covenant) in manner which they see fit, and if you become in violation of those rules you can lose your land and there will be no recourse. Be aware, not all land owners are the same. Some are very responsible, dependable, and have been around for a long time. You really need to research who you are going to rent from if you decide to go this route. There are those few who are out to scam people out of their money, or if you are renting from a private land owner, they fail to meet their financial obligations to LL, and their sim is "repossessed" by LL, you are out of luck. They were LL's customer, not you. I believe that covers the most basics. If anyone sees an omission or an error, please point it out. As far as your particular use, if you are just creating a beach that anyone can come and hang out on, and are not going to selling creations, holding specific events, etc., I see no reason why you would require commercial land. However, again, this would be up to the owner of the private land you are renting from. Research, find a reputable owner, tell them what you want, what you want to do there, and let them show you what they will allow and what they have to offer. Many of them will have land agents who are more than willing to work with you and get you into a piece of land that meets with your requirements.

Coventina Dalgleish wrote: Typed this several time when reading really didn't make sense )) I agree. I read it several times (why?) and it still makes no sense.

hazeonelove wrote: I had NO clue that a homestead can be used as a public place. Any land in Second Life can be public, or private, depending entirely on the owner/renter of whether they turn on security that prevents or restricts entry to only certain avatars, or if they leave all security off then anyone will be able to enter. The only real division is residential/business, and only pertains to private estates and how the owners of those estates want to govern their own land. You really should have spent more time learning about land usage in SL before you started spending money. No offense, but you have a dismal understanding of land use in SL at the present time.

That LL is going into the foreign prostitute business. Can't beat em? Join em!

Lucky Winnfield wrote: It should be like a 3D version of Facebook with 3D games No, just no...

and it's working! I got some update emails on JIRA's I am watching.

If the OP had actually linked a story that was pertaining to the subject, then yes. A single uninformative sentence out of an article that is about something else does not qualify. It was about Yahoo users' web cams, not about Second Life users. It was about a British intelligence agency, not about the NSA. The vague reference in the story was barely longer than the subject line of the OP, and was definitely not the focus of the article.

Perrie Juran wrote: Amanda Dench wrote: Hi, can anyone recommend a USB Mouse for Second life. I build a lot and have an Apple Magic Mouse, which I love dearly but is eating batteries for fun. I did have a Mad Katz R.AT. 5, but it broke after a year. Any suggestion would be gratefully received. Amanda :matte-motes-grin: I made the small investment a couple of years ago in rechargeable batteries and it has saved me a small fortune now. This ^. We are going on 2 years now on the same set of rechargables. I can't remember what it is like to buy batteries. Edited to add: This is with 2 grandson, an XBox 360, a Wii, and about 5 TV/DVR remotes, etc. When I bought mine it was around Christmas, and there was a $5 dollar coupon for the charger and 4 AA's, making the batteries basically free. Get enough so that 1 or 2 sets are always charged, and you have endless batteries.

... the article is about Yahoo, webcams, and British Intelligence. SL and NSA are mentioned in a single sentence.

The tier is not on top of the monthly payment, the tier is the monthly payment.

Just as a start, if you want to have the maximum number of avatars the sim will support (don't count on 100 at a time actually being stable), then you must own the entire sim or you will be unfairly using the sim resources and preventing anyone else who has a parcel on the sim from utilizing it.

ViglenTrancer wrote: To the OP - it's an attitude too, all the original sl nekos were griefers and would never back down from a fight, to the point the vampire clans crumbled because we were hitting their sims so hard. The real neko hardcore all dissolved around 2011 (or got banned) or gave up when every dullard in a ballroom frock started turning up in their Freebie Galaxy ears and tails. We were 'criminal class' at one point, but it was a lot of fun running wild from sim to sim.

Coby Foden wrote: Phil Deakins wrote: Ah. But I did say "as far as I know" Where the h*ck have you been Phil ?(°. ° )? The net is filled all over with Ebbe now. Welcome back. :matte-motes-big-grin: :matte-motes-wink: I heard he has been hanging out in RL lately. You know, that place where everything is about greed, sex and money.

Let me make that easier. All of Ebbe's posts.

I was using a debit card for payment method for a few years, and it just stopped working one day... I just switched to Paypal and all has been good since then.

Amber Malifozik wrote: circa 2011? Do you really talk like that? To me the word circa belongs after the word established, on a city limits sign or a very old business. Maybe even on a tombstone. Circa is used in places where it means, "I am stupid and can not remember. Definately not ijn places to guess a year you can not remember from circa 3 years ago. <-- see my point I've never in my life heard that word in conversation. Words like "about" or "around" are much more clear. I made a joke about her smoking something, but where did this cheap shot come from? Circa means "about or around," exactly to the point if you ask me. Your point, by the way, is completely lost on me. As for the intelligence aspect, perhaps you are projecting. Merriam-Webster: cir·ca preposition \ˈsər-kə\ : about or around Full Definition of CIRCA : at, in, or of approximately —used especially with dates<born circa 1600>

Greeting and salutations. Thanks for taking the time out of what must surely be a busy schedule.

Storm Clarence wrote: Do you short bitcoin in the winter, Ken? I am short enough in coin as it is.

Dresden Ceriano wrote: Biotch! :matte-motes-angry: ...Dres :smileyvery-happy:

Only in the summer.

Amethyst Jetaime wrote: Perrie Juran wrote: IvanTwin Rogers wrote: i know now, what is the problem in the sanbox weapon test area server, and i know why this people in this area attack with a real ip and attacks with personal informations and they use lots of weapons attacks with a stealers perms etc, i know now why this persons are in second life for long time and the reports do now works, thats is simple i make my investigations and some players say to me in this area are a lindens involved and protect to this unscrupulous evils person. i dont want believe this, but if some linden are involved with a this griefers and bad persons thats is to bad, i hope thats is not true, but my recomendation is the the senior management of second life should investigate everybody in this area and find out, as I bet that they will fall many people who are that are crash off servers illegally and attacking the forums and make all violations in a second life they want and much more:matte-motes-angry: Maybe it is actually one of the Senior Management who has this Alt account and just for fun does these things to annoy people. Maybe it is one of the Board of Directors children doing this and he is protecting them. After all, you are claiming that they can do things no one else seems to be able to do. Then what will you do? Maybe they are providing the OP with the kind of entertainmen he craves - griefer drama that he loves so much that he seeks it out. QFT

irihapeti wrote: the discussion is here http://community.secondlife.com/t5/General-Discussion-Forum/Why-is-it-so-hard-to-get-into-this-place/m-p/1556791/highlight/true#M67000 I wanted to post with a new thread to test out the theory that posting during a spam attack would cause a redirect, not simply reply to an existing thread.

Kelli May wrote: Qie Niangao wrote: Kelli May wrote: You can't always - let's make that ever - expect an instant response. I do. For example: Where's our OP? Hmmm? Then I will correct myself: you can expect what you like; what you get is another matter.

Why do you hang out in a weapon test sandbox? Maybe you need to keep better company.