Gods know that I am not sure if writing this is a wise idea. It is like calling a sleeping demon from the bottom of the lamp. But Nicholaz passed the question and… *sigh* … let's hope for the best.

Really, what happened to the age verification? (more…)

Few days ago Ari Blacktorne stated usual SL™ problems and asked for a replacement, for a new virtual world:

It already is public knowledge that the server and viewer code is such a spaghetti mess that to 'fix' it, they'd have to start over practically from scratch - and that won't happen.

I think there is a group that works on the new grid's architecture, but that is not why I am writing this. Something else kicked this train of thought. (more…)

In the case you haven't noticed, there was a three days SLbloggers strike that ended today. It was provoked by Linden Lab's new trademark lunacy which, have you ever doubt, had all kind of reactions, mostly negative ones. Strike itself, have you ever doubt, was controversal too. One of the posts, published during the strike was Galatea Gynoid's:

Now, normally LL can't say anything without legions of self-styled critics going out of their way to bend every possible word in the worst possible way to make it sound like something bad is occurring, and acting all alarmist to see who they can get fired up about nothing much. It is the path of the drama queen, and I got sick of it while I was still in high school, so I tend to just ignore it.

While I haven't seen anything good coming from the strike, my high school days made me staying silent during those three days. Yes, my high school thought me lazyness and not breaking the protests if I am not explicitly against them.

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