Archive for 'News You Can Abuse'

Double Prim Land Bugfix To Scrog SL?

Aim gun at foot, pull trigger, DDOS your own game by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Shocking rumors were flying in the metaverse tonight suggesting that a Linden Lab bug fix later this week could result in a serious case of massive prim return – and possible self-inflicted denial of service on “your world, your [...]

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Red Light Center Exposed — Part 4: Bringing It Home

Red Light Center neko confused by SL interface, pay-as-you-go and lag a concern for GoreansThe Herald explores worlds beyond Second Life by Jessica Holyoke, virtual world explorer I’m standing in a virtual world, populated by people who like virtual sex or at least virtual relationships. The question in my mind is, why aren’t they in [...]

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Red Light Center Exposed — Part 3: Unhitched

Red Light Center leather clad dommes, furries hard to findThe Herald explores worlds beyond Second Life by Jessica Holyoke, virtual world explorer I know everyone has been dying to find out more about the kinkier side of things in Red Light Center. Believe me, so do I. Tracking down the kinkier side of things in [...]

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Of Memes and Men — A Newbie’s Guide to Woodbury University

Welcome to teh Internets by Anise Hankins Woodbury University. Some of you may know it as a school, but there’s a side of Woodbury University that extends far past just that. It’s also a place in the metaverse we know and love as Second Life. It’s an interesting place where both students and visitors alike [...]

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Peace March Saturday

straight talk about violence by Jessica Holyoke Drive By Agony along with The Blue Angel Police and Firefighters Memorial, victims of crime and concerned SL citizens, will hold a March for Peace  in SL April 19th at 1pm by marching on the Virtual Capitol Hill   http://slurl.com/secondlife/Capitol%20Hill%201/129/1/32 .  In conjunction with the march, a live music [...]

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‘Cos I Am Beautiful

How to win friends and influence avatars by Aloe Stradling Okay, you’re new in SL, and hot to trot. You explored around a bit, mastered the controls, and are ready to find a date. Or maybe just a playmate. You wander from sim to sim, wading through crowds of people, until someone catches your eye. [...]

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The Fashionista’s Guide to IP Anonymizers

Fashionista drama means everyone can take hints from the goons and griefers by Tenshi Vielle When one is browsing the web and doing nefarious things, wouldn’t you just hate to leave a trail of IP address footprints that will show up if, say, you were dumb enough to post on a website as both your [...]

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Does Autism Speak in SL?

Metaverse is a battleground for Autism Speaks and Autism Speaks Doesn’t Speak For Me groups by Violet McGinnis There are two sides to every coin. Granted, you won’t oftenfind the tails side of a coin loudly denouncing the actions of the head side;that’s where the analogy rings untrue, especially in the case of the heatedbattle [...]

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Big Game Hunting in SL

Using elephant guns and rocket powered Hummer H1s to hunt virtual kangaroo by Bawana Bill and Lady Questi off-road and 649 meters straight up Greetings big game hunters! Ever wondered about the game here in SL? Well, Lady Questi and I have put together a series of articles on hunting big game here in SL, [...]

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SL Laser Eyes Worth Looking Into

More residents improve vision with heat, X-ray, and lasers by Siobhan McCallen, metaverse weapons expert Coherent light leaves Macbeth Shostakovich with a burning sensation Remember how Superman had that great heat vision, and could just squint a little and turn a bad guy’s gun into a puddle of molten steel, or slice Braniac’s spaceship into [...]

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