Archive for August, 2010
Pony Linden Fed to Zombies
Last “Whinny” For Beloved Fake Animal by Journey Yellowlist, Herald PETA Desk My earlier speculations were not mere hyperbole. Pony Linden, the fun-time animal from simpler times in Second Life’s fake world, has been killed off in the back-to-basics campaign Philip Linden launched when Mitch Kapor gave the boot to M. Linden stepped down as [...]
Full StoryWas Vivox Chat p0wned by Emerald Developers?
LindenWorld staff meetings an open book to ban-proof Fractured Crystal, Lonely Bluebird? Did two Emerald developers – Fractured Crystal and Lonely Bluebird – taunt Emerald critic Hazim Gazov after using the Vivox voice chat admin portal disable Gazov’s Second Life voice? Were the rogue developers able to track Lab staff on private Linden-only islands? It [...]
Full StoryFannie Carter — Post 6 Grrrrrl
[Fannie Carter originally posed for Post 6 in September of 2007, and I leapt at the chance to feature her again when she introduced herself the other day. Based on a very limited sample, I have to agree with original photographer Justine Babii’s assessment that Fannie is “scary smart” as she kept me on my [...]
Full StoryEmerald In Disgrace!!! Philip Linden Warns Against Malicious Viewer!!!
Philip Linden took pen in hand today to warn Second Life players the controversial Emerald Viewer has been removed from the official list of third party viewers stating "We will not tolerate a viewer that includes malicious code, nor will we tolerate development teams with a history of violating users’ trust or disrupting their lives" [...]
Full StoryNelson Jenkins: Why Would Anyone Trust These Emerald Guys?
[Nelson Jenkins has been awarded the “commie” or comment-of-the-week award for this detailed breakdown of the Modular Systems abuses. The award winning comment is reproduced below.] @ Jocelyn Pawpad I’m going to go ahead and cross-post this, just in case you didn’t get the memo. Why anyone would continue to trust these folks will remain [...]
Full StoryEmerald Viewer Mutiny – Fractured Crystal Thrown To Sharks
Second Life Emerald Viewer + DDOS Platform Ownership Changes Hands The scandal-plagued Emerald viewer development team has undergone radical change with the resignation of Fractured Crystal Sunday morning. Although Mr. Crystal had previously controlled the web site distributing the Emerald viewer, he was forced out in what appears to have been a mutiny by other [...]
Full StoryEmerald Flack Arabella Steadham: “I Don’t Lie”
Protip: killing reporters makes you look bad On my first visit to Emerald Point Friday night, I was killed by an unknown assailant within a minute of sitting down with the Emerald developers. I had dropped by hoping for comments from Emerald gang spokeswoman Arabella Steadham, and was pleased to see also in attendance several [...]
Full StoryEmerald Viewer Login Screen Sneak DDOS Attack?
Developers of the Emerald Second Life client appear to have used their viewer to launch a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack on the website of Hazim Gazov – a prominent critic of Emerald – after Gazov claimed the Emerald client was leaking potentially user-identifying information when rendering Second Life avatars. The DDOS attack took [...]
Full StoryLordGregGreg Exits Emerald Viewer Team
Developer concerned about stealth code in Emerald viewer LordGregGreg announced his departure from the Emerald viewer development team, saying that he is unable to track code added by other developers, and can no longer to provide assurances that Emerald does not contain stealth user-tracking "features". This is the latest in a series of internal Emerald [...]
Full StoryTeen Grid To Be Axed – Players Protest, Cheer
Mixed Reactions From the Teen Grid by RC Adamski Philip Linden announced Saturday at the SLCC convention in Boston that sixteen and seventeen year old members of the Teen Grid would be transferred to the Main Grid, and that the younger part of the grid would be turned off in the coming months. In response [...]
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