Hamlet Linden once goaded me and goaded me to try to ask me if I had any regrets. Did I wish I hadn't been so critical? So radical? So like "Noam Chomsky"? But that's all fake. I'm a normal, common sense person speaking normally about something that isn't normal lol. THAT's the problem. I am completely puzzled as I have no regrets.
Monat: September 2007
Havok 4 going beta
Havok 4 (now belongs to Intel), the recent version of the physics engine Second Life uses, is going into beta test. This is something many people have been waiting for one or two years.
This is first going to be a change under the hood; Lindenlab expects a more reliable SL experience out of it. So you should not expect big changes in the beginning.
Later this could lead perhaps to better prims per vehicle, since many ppl awaited this feature for long. We are going to see.
Happy rezday to me!
Finally! Today is my first rezday, meaning I entered Second Life exactly one year ago.
And boy, what a ride it has been. Considering that I am now somewhat of an SL oldie already and still don't have intentions to leave this platform at all.
What if…
...too many residents would try to cashout all of there L$ at the same time? Would Lindenlab still be able to pay them? Or would the value of the L$ go down so quickly it wouldn't hurt LL at all?
Just a funny thought that popped up into my mind after reading an article about a similar problem - bonus mile programs of airlines.
„Your host is working hard“ – nonsense
Many good going clubs are living on the presence of some live staff, mostly a host, better going clubs also a live dj from time to time and a security officer.
In many clubs I can always here the slogan "Please don't forget to tip your host - we're working hard..." - this is nonsense. The work of a host is no hard work at all. It's mostly greeting people, something you can do with some good macros at east. Perhaps just also looking if the people behave, and if not, ejecting or banning them as last measure and that's all.
This is a kind of job, that's quite easy to do and which I also appreciate, but it's no hard work at all. I almost cannot stand this saying anymore.
Quote of the day
”I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it…" (George Bernard Shaw)
Benjamin Duranske on Prokofy Neva and why he stopped reading his blog and communicating at all with him.
New terms of service, anyone?
It seems that Lindenlab introduced today a new version of their ToS according to their blog. This means, if you want to continue to play SL you need to agree after the next login in the client to them. There should be a dialogue box with the new ToS in it and you can either agree or disagree.
Well, in reality the dialogue box on my client looked like that:
This is something that shouldn't happen. I could have agreed to it that way. After a restart the client showed the new ToS correct.
Police blotter on casinos
It's nothing new, but today I've taken a look at the police blotter after a while. Seems the Lindens are really serious on their no gambling policy now.
For example you can read there things like this:
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So no one can't say he hasn't been warned, yet.
Griefers on the ride again
I haven't noticed griefer activity for months now in the sims I am visiting frequently. It seems they come and go, and the more succesful a business is, the more griefers you can get. Whatever. I was visiting the region of Daikoku today, which is always quite populated because Blackheart's Cafe is in it and became the witness of a griefer attack.
Well, I've taken a look at the objects, filed an abuse report, but this is not going to help much, I guess, because the owner of the scripts was just created today and I bet there is soon going to be another avatar.
Well, here's also a picture of the whole event; click on it to get the bigger picture.
[Edit]: A funny thing is, when I take a look at the picture no: I've never realized until now that water is reflecting objects above it. Cool.
[2nd Edit] Seems those attacks were already happening last week, too, according to the Avastar #39.
Interesting profiles #7
This is the profile of a female avatar:
Looking to have fun plain and simple.
Keep your drama to yourself as I will drop you like yesterdays news
Nothing fancy, but it shows you what you can expect quite clearly.