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The CryoLife Papers – Fear and Loathing
Copybot code published on Second Life Jira — con artists peddle snake oil by Junius Is the sky falling? The copybot code to make CryoLife and similar clients was published on the Second Life JIRA in mid-June. Anybody can compile a client and add copybot features to their Second Life viewer. It isn’t difficult to [...]
Full StoryThe CryoLife Papers – Prims, Clothing, and Stealth
Pirated content export/import – CyroLife stealth and radar – prim puke by Junius a CryoLife user importing ripped prims In part one, the CryoLife papers documented exporting and pirating avatars. The papers continue with a view into importing stolen content and stealth. Importing Clothing Toimport clothing go to file and select “Import Wearable”. Find theclothing [...]
Full StoryThe CryoLife Papers – Exporting and Pirating Avatars
Second Life piracy made simple by Junius CryoLife is a copybot client that can be used to steal copies of in-world Second Life content. CryoLife does not steal scripts, animations or gestures – the piracy potential is limited to prims, textures and clothing. These papers are a description of Cryolife use and detection, countermeasures that work, [...]
Full StoryIs China Blocking Student Second Life Access?
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Why Ning Listern can’t log into Second Life is a mystery – but some suspect selective filters are being applied to student Second Life access in China. According to a post on the Linden Lab RegAPI mailing list, Ning’s account is one of several created by Hongjun, a RegApi [...]
Full StoryFarmers Furious – Sion Chicken Updater Breaks Good Eggs!
Zaius says no to demands for damaged egg refundsby Hayseed Econobot, Agricultural Affairs desk Sion Zaius has admitting that a botched update intended to remove lag-tastic versions of sion Chicken eggs actually deleted any eggs placed in the “ proteggtors”- including the newest non-laggy chicken eggs. The unintentional egg breakage shocked a struggling chicken farming [...]
Full StoryLonely Hyena Seeks Second Life Soul Mate
Will Erk Gloom find true love in the metaverse with a Herald personal ad?by Pixeleen Mistral, Matchmaking Affairs Desk Single hyena loves romantic walks and cuddling in the den – looking for a special someone who is open-minded, not easily offended. Hoping for SL companionship — maybe more. Seeking M/F/Bi/Fur professional career-oriented hyena who shares [...]
Full StoryCatfights – Clawed, Humiliated, Insulted!!!
Save our pussies by Miss Petunia Amaryllis Courtney Taliaferro, Second Life League of Decency The release of that dog-fighting felon Michael Vick had me thinking, “what if evil scoundrels are torturing animals in Second Life?” Why not? All other forms of perversion are rampant in that online cesspool. Using the advanced and flawless search-engine technology [...]
Full StoryEmily Fields — Post 6 Grrrl
[Post 6 is an attempt to present some of the incredible variety of avatars that people create to represent themselves in the virtual world. With such a huge range of genders, races and species, Second Life is an especially rich environment for finding avatars that represent whole segments of populations. Emily Fields contacted me about [...]
Full StorySex and the Second Life City: A Dead End
Reporter captured, humiliated — urban roleplay sim coverage continues by Millennium Sands It is night when the bus with our reporter comes to a halt. Stepping out on the street, she smells the stink of diesel fumes, stale cigarette smoke, and something else even less pleasant. As the bus pulls away, she realizes that she [...]
Full StoryEx-Copybot Merchant Ignores BuilderBot Threat – Says Piracy Will Continue
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Reformed Copybot reseller Nimrod Yaffle shrugged off the BuilderBotthreat to the in-world L$ spacebux economy and promised to continueselling his own pirate creations – flintlocks, bandanas and leatherbaldrics. The vote of confidence was in sharp contrast to the whingingcontent creators that swarmed RightAsRain Rimbaud’s blog monday, afterthe publicity-starved Rezzable [...]
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