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Exchange Risk API?

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O.O… say what? I came across this in the SL Wiki. This is a tool for those involved in Exchanging Linden money. But, it has an effect on all residents that engage in transactions. If you suddenly can’t get Linden currency, this service may be the reason why.

The currency exchanges have RL value and are the target of ongoing attempts to defraud people of their RL and Linden dollars, Euros, whatever.

Only those engaged in Linden currency exchanges can use the service. But, how it reports on an individual can be a problem for anyone.

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Second Life Snowstorm Viewer Status Week 18

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There are a few interesting things happening in the Snowstorm Project. It has been awhile since I looked at where they are and what they are working on. For a time they have been focused on getting the code to compile with MS VS2010, which while important is  boring to read about. But there are a few things going on I find interesting.

VS2010: They are still working on the VS2010 compile. I suspect some part of this work includes the effort to merge in the mesh code and mesh upload features. From the server development group we know the mesh code is being merged into the main grid’s software.

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New Kokua Viewer Debuts

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The Imprudence Team is building a new series 2 viewer based on the new Linden Lab Viewer 2 code. Wednesday they released a test build of the Kokua Viewer. This is probably what many would consider Alpha version software. Before you run off to download it, read on.

First off, they are warning you that this viewer may do horrible things… shrink your male package or sag your breasts and fatten your butt while killing your pets and erasing your inventory and hard drive. Did I say this is a test viewer? It is a test viewer and may have some dandy bugs like you might find on the SyFy channel. I did not find any but you have been warned.

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Server Updates Week 18

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Not much exciting stuff this week. There is some confusion as to what is happening. If I understand correctly the Maint-Server updates are still in the Blue Steel channel and they have been rolled to the main grid. The updates are a collection of fixes to known problems, a couple of bugs that crash sims and a logging thing that should help performance have been added to Blue Steel and will now be testing.

A little disappointing is the fix for jumping vehicles, the bounce as they move from prim to prim, which in testing on the ADITI grid has been removed. The fix worked with Havok 4 (which was on the main grid in mid 2010) but has been shown to create unexpected side effects with Havok 7 in ADITI. See JIRA SVC-5880 for the history of this fix. So, the lab will backup and try again.

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Win a Second Life Dream Home

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Starting on May 2 the Lab began running a Sweepstakes. The sweepstakes started at 10AM SLT on Monday, May 2, 2011 and ends on Monday, May 16, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. SLT.

What You Win

You win a Grayson Linden Home on 1024 sq meters with 234 prim limit (I assume the house prims do not count). It includes 1 year free premium membership, which has a L$300 weekly stipend. It includes L$5,000 ‘furnishing bonus’. It is unclear whether this comes to the winner in L$ or some kind of store credits. I am assuming it is Linden cash.

How to Enter?

The entry rules and how to are on the Wiki here: Sweepstakes Rules

Legalise

As you might expect, there is a bunch. I think the only sweepstakes rule that may affect some is the age limit, 18 and older.

You may want to consider that the prize (US$92) is taxable in most countries.

Land Purchase Changes

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I’m not big on buying land in Second Life. So, I have no idea if this is an improvement or what. Vogy Linden has posted in the Second Life Blog → Land and article about the changes in how land can be purchased. The big change is one no longer has to go through support to buy land. That is probably a good thing. The process is now executable in-world.

 

Start by looking at the Mainland on the World Map, and enabling the check box “Land for Sale.” When you find a parcel that you might be interested in, check out the owner. If the parcel is owned by Governor Linden and marked, “Abandoned Land – For Sale,” then you can purchase it by clicking on the “Buy Land,” button.

The post is here: Announcing an Easier Way to Purchase Abandoned Mainland Property

More information is here: Linden Lab Official: Purchasing Abandoned Mainland Parcels – FAQs