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Shouting Party Hats for Everyone! SL Grid Crashes Monday
SHOCK: Linden Lab finds that 3-day suspensions do not deter grid crashers by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs Desk After the grid was crashed -again- Monday evening, it is possible that one or two residents were surprised that a three day account suspension shown in the Second Life police blotter had not frightened away the [...]
Full StoryCrocodile Tears in Baku
Lindens claim 60 banned, yet W-Hat’s can only find 22 “missing”Linden leaves memento at goon gravesiteBanned avatars use IRC Link to chat in-world by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs Desk The W-Hats remember their own I arrive in Baku sim and meander over to a small goon graveyard, when — right on cue — Mephiston [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab Plans Fixes After Grey Goo Fence Fails
Stronger defenses and object blacklists coming soon by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk “Work I already did will be locked and loaded for emergency deploy,” said Linden Lab code cowboy Andrew Linden yesterday. I was talking to Andrew after a pair of grid attacks hit Second Life Monday, resulting in complete SL grid shutdowns [...]
Full StoryMLB.com and Electric Sheep Play at Bobblehead Baseball
Tiny Boston Red Sox go head-to-bobblehead with wee New York Yankees in new stadium seating 45 By Pixeleen Mistral, Herald Sports Desk “We’re super psyched,” said Hank Hoodoo of the Electric Sheep Company virtual world services firm, talking about a “real-time, virtual world enactments” of two Red Sox-Yankees games that will take place in Second [...]
Full StoryLL Swings Ban Stick, Stays Mute on Chat Log Leaks
Asking questions that Linden Lab will not answer by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk This week started on a happy note, as the Lindens completed their temporary weekend ban from answering the phones and began nibbling their way through the monumental task of resetting passwords for 660,000 avatars (or is it really 260,000?) after [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab’s Data Disclosure Violates LL’s TOS
Residents advised to reset passwords, or create more unverified alt acccountsby Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk Linden Lab warned itself Friday that it had probably violated its own Terms of Service by disclosing some (maybe all?) of an internal database holding customer’s Second Life names, real life names, and real life contact information. This [...]
Full StorySkywriting Something Awful — Satyr Sim Prim Hacks World Map
W-Hat associates take to the skies to air grievances by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk The skies over Satyr When I stopped by Satyr sim Saturday afternoon, SL resident Gene Replacement told me, “It is kind of dumb that it’s totally cool for people to sell chat spies but we’re not allowed to have [...]
Full StoryEx-Governor Mark Warner reveals SL Action Figure’s Identity
Exclusive behind-the-scenes photos of politician/Nextel founder — with no SL billing information on file!by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk Mark Warner: “This is my first virtual appearance, I’m feeling a little disembodied!” Second Life turns out in style — newbs and all — to hear from former Virginia governor Mark Warner Second Life avatar [...]
Full StoryPlywood Plague Strikes TELUS Plot — Status Symbols Saved
PSFK Consultant Gunned Down, But Lives to Tell the Taleby Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk “We want to show that we are a fun brand. I’m a gamer… so I really enjoy it here… We are really here for the brand presence. Not for the virtual sales.”– Sparkle Dale, TELUS store manager. Christoesque griefer [...]
Full StoryLindens Hit the Bottle After SLLA Assault on American Apparel
by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk Linden staffer (in dreadlocks) provides personal SL support for a potential business partner (in black and red) at American Apparel After spamming a number of the SL forums recently with demands for resident voting and consultation before major Linden decisions, SL resident Marshal Cahill told me Thursday, “We [...]
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