#SL Server Update Week 29

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For the Lindens this was a bit of a hectic week. Originally Creative Tools was to roll the main grid, it did. A maintenance package was to roll to Blue Steel, it did. Pathfinding was to roll to Le Tigre and Magnum. That last one did not happen. Read on for the details.

 

Server Beta Test Group

Oskar says at the last minute they decided to put Creative Tools (AKA: Advanced Creative Tool, AKA Experience Tools) on Le Tigre and enable the Tools a number of regions in the channel. Pathfinding was updated to a new release with a number of fixes in Magnum.

Hectic

Oskar explained some of the scheduling and work load around the roll outs. He says the weeks when they have three RC’s rolling out are really confusing because they have so much to watch, monitor, and track.

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#SL Vehicle Problems

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This roll out of the Pathfinding code has caused a number of people problems. The wackadoodles are ranting in the forum. Those helping fix the problem are adding to the JIRA’s and creating new JIRA items. The forum thread is an exercise in ignorant arrogance by entitlement types… they are basically demanding: it’s a problem, you fix it. The Lindens have been looking for problem vehicles for weeks now. They need specific examples to learn what is wrong. Once they know they can create a fix, workaround, or explain what the problem is.

If one cannot provide specific steps for reproducing the problem, the Lindens can’t fix it. The vehicles they are using and testing work. So, if one is not going to provide specifics then please specify which hand you want them to wave in the air.

The thread is a good example for why Lindens tend to avoid conversing with residents.

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One Voice Makes Initial Goal

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Gala Phoenix posted (7/16) that the goal of US$20k had been reached. I want to point out that a chunk of the money is likely to go for taxes and be taken from the fight. Also, as Gala pointed out:

“$20,000 is a lot of money, but it is really the low end for a copyright lawsuit. The more I raise above that minimum, the better prepared I will be for the fight coming up. I will keep updating the total here so you’ll know what the final amount is.”

One Voice Fund Raiser

One Voice runs for a couple of more days. Please get by and purchase something. We need to fund this fight as best we can. This abuse of the DMCA is something that affects all of us in varying ways. Letting the bad guys win is just unthinkable.

One Voice SLURL

IndieGoGo – 82 Days remaining as of today.

Content Creation Improvement User Group Week 29

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For short I will refer to the group as CCIIUG or, for me, CIG. This week the meeting touched on Cloth Simulation and discussed more about Morph Targets.

Content Improvement Group

For the first 3 meetings the agenda has been overflowing. The topics also require considerable discussion. So, we have yet to make it completely through an agenda in a single meeting. Attendance has been 20 to 30 people.

Part of the idea is to discuss JIRA items that content creators need fixed. Supposedly the first 15 minutes will be devoted to JIRA items. Asking if anyone has a JIRA to bring up tends to result in a ‘deer in the headlights’ reaction. Eventually we may learn to deal with it.

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One Voice Update

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July 22 is the end of One Voice. I’m there right now as I write this. There are 4 people here. I suspect Hair Fair is drawing many people. I know I plan to visit Hair Fair soon.

There is a noticeable change in One Voice… there is way more stuff here than when I first visited. More merchants have joined the fun raiser. Come in and check it out.

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Some Stats on Second Life Users

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Browsers in Use

Since this blog is primarily about Second Life™ I think it fair to say my visitor stats are representative of SL Users. If you are interested in knowing what hardware and screen resolution other SL residents are using, read on.

The stats are from my Google Analytics account. If you use both Google’s and WordPress’s stats you’ll notice considerable difference in how they count visitors and page views. Google is much more conservative. In general Google reports visitors and WordPress page views. Since my readers read 1.76 pages per visit my Google stats are about half what WordPress shows.

Google provides stats that are not available from WordPress. For instance, how many people visit your blog every day? In my case: 80+%. Every second day? Third? Longer? Once a month? In my case: 2.2%.

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