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Post 6 Grrrl — Lacie Babenco

[The idea of the Post 6 isto feature different SL residents and let them talk about themselves – their (second)lives, their projects and their interests. This is the first time that a Post 6model wants to talk about someone else, the woman who inspired her so much thatshe gave her second life a certain direction. [...]

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SL Hits, Admits Performance Wall

Lab puts down fatties, brings in database expertsHow to sell a stable corporate world on an unstable platform by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk January has been a rocky month for metaverse service provider Linden Lab, and the troubles culminated in severe database problems that brought the virtual world to it’s knees Sunday. The normally [...]

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Post 6 Grrrl — Ms. Database Issues

[Today the Herald presents a personality that has become very familiar to our readers - Ms. Database Issues. Ms. Issues has been around the metaverse for years, but recently has taken a higher profile -  making nearly daily appearances since the holidays -- particularly when SL is most popular. We had been trying to ignore [...]

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January Issues Continue – Concurrent Users Drop to 29,797

Intermittent access during Sunday prime time by Argent Halide, photo journalist

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Shock from Prok! Is Pixeleen Mistral the Inventor of the Interwebs?

McCahill admits self-identity by Idoru Wellman (Herald Bureau of Personal Identity) For three years now the most pressing question facing denizens of the interwebs has been the real life identity of Herald editrix Pixeleen Mistral. Is she, as Mark Wallace once surmised, actually one of Prokofy Neva’s spare personalities? Is she, as others opine, the [...]

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Quarter 4 Results – Lowest QPC on Record

Growth rates slow, spending lags residents logged in – bots to blame? by Jessica Holyoke Linden Lab has released the economic statistics for the last quarter of 2008, while also claiming the advent of new land offerings – OpenSpace, Homestead and Full sims – are a response to the demands of the majority of the [...]

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The Philosophical Parrot Of Socrates Cafe

Authentic dialogue in a synthetic world by Alessandra Narayan Tired of contests, free sex, acoustic live music, poor roleplay… one of those days or nights when everything seems to go wrong? Ok, there might be a solution if you’re into philosophy. Check out Socrates Cafe and you might end up in an intense debate that [...]

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Law Enforcement in Second Life: Policing or Pastime?

Some SL police lack real-life law enforcement, criminal justice, and TOS experienceby Sigmund Leominster Within the Second Life environment a number of groups designate themselves as police forces. But are they sincere attempts at providing some vague enforcement of “law” – which translates to Terms of Service for the most part – or simply another [...]

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Open Letter to Free Fandom

See you on OpenLifeGrid [UPDATE: Nikola Shirakawa's Free Fandom Texture Package is now available through BitTorrent] Hello Free Fandom. I know it has been a while since you heard from me, and there's a reason why. First off, my account was cancelled. The reason for this was I refused to pay the bill. I refused [...]

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LL Playing Gotcha With Land Baron?

IntLibber Brautigan's frozen accounts can’t sell L$ to pay bills by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk  A surprising note appeared on the Ancapistan Capital Exchange website tuesday evening – accord to the press release, IntLibber Brautigan’s virtual land business is having some difficulty covering land tier payments to Linden Lab due to the Lab’s L$ [...]

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