Sometimes I wonder why I volunteer to help others in SL seeing some of the (often) silly questions. Most have the answer within the question so in effect the one asking the question has already answered it! And so many do.
An example (from the free script library:
Silvia Ametza: PSYS_SRC_BURST_RADIUS will not change fire start point, it will only influence fire particle "RADIUS"
Yvette Clavenham: possibly because its suffix is _RADIUS mebbe?
Silvia Ametza: ya
Yvette Clavenham: sorted, you answered your own question, WD
Answers on a postcard to Linden Labs Techie Questions dept.
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A Month (or so) in SL
Posted 4/30/2010 4:47:44 AM According to the Grid Status page...
From Wednesday March 24th 2010 to Wednesday April 30th 2010
Phone Support Maintenance, March 24th
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
[Posted 23 Mar 2010, 10:00pm PDT] On March 24, 2010 starting at 11pm PDT, our phone support system will be taken down for scheduled maintenance. Phone support will be unavailable from 11pm PDT on March 24th until approximately 3am PDT on March 25th. During this time, support tickets, live chats, and abuse reports will still be available.
[RESOLVED] Issue Tracker and Wiki currently unavailable
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
[RESOLVED] The Issue Tracker and Wiki are both once again working as normal.
[POSTED 25 MARCH 2010] Our Issue Tracker and Wiki are currently unavailable at this time. We are aware of the issue and are working to get it resolved as soon as possible. Please watch this post for any new updates.
[Resolved] Login and inworld issues
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
[Resolved 11:25 pm PDT] We have resolved the hardware issues that were affecting some residents.
[Posted 9:30pm PDT] We’re currently experiencing some hardware issues that will affect a small number of residents. Those residents will experience issues with rezzing inventory if inworld, and login issues otherwise. Please stay posted and we’ll update here when we have more information.
[Resolved] Server Maintenance March 29th at 6:00am PST
Monday, March 29th, 2010
[RESOLVED] Maintenance has now been completed.
[UPDATE March 29th 2010 6:21AM PST] Maintenance has now begun.
[POSTED March 26th 2010 8:07am PST] Starting at 6:00am PST on Monday, March 29th, we will be conducting server maintenance for approximately 90 minutes. Some residents may be logged off during this time, and they may want to refrain from making any purchases during that time. Please watch this post for any new updates.
Land Auction Site Maintenance March 31, 9:30pm Pacific
Monday, March 29th, 2010
On March 31, 2010, between 9:30pm and 11:30pm Pacific there will be maintenance on the system which runs our land auctions. During this time the website may be unreachable, and there may be intermittent failures for bid placement. We apologize for the inconvenience. If any changes occur in this planned schedule, we will update this post.
Server Version 1.38.0 Release
Monday, March 29th, 2010
[Posted 29 March 2010, 10:05pm PDT] Hi everyone, another server deploy is upon us! The schedule for the rolling restart is thus:
2010-03-30, 7a - 12p: Pilot sims [1] (20%)
2010-04-06, 7a - 12p: Remaining sims (80%)
Regions should be down no more than 30 minutes. If yours is down longer than that, please leave a comment with the region name and we’ll look into it. This thread will be updated with the status of the deploy when it begins.
For more information, comments, and updates, visit the Discussion Page.
[1] Details on pilot rolls: https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Agni_Pilot_Regions
[RESOLVED] Land Store purchase issues
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
[RESOLVED March 30, 12:22AM] The Land Store issue are now resolved.
[March 30, 11:32pm PDT] We are currently experiencing issues with Land Store purchases. We recommend waiting to do any Land Store purchases until this issue is resolved. We are working quickly to correct the problem and ask that you check back with this blog post for updates.
[RESOLVED] Server Maintenance April 1st at 6:00am PST
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
[RESOLVED April 1st 2010, 11:29am PST] All maintenance has been finished at this time, we thank you for your patience.
[UPDATED April 1st 2010, 06:09AM PDT] Server Maintenance has begun
[POSTED March 31st, 2010, 04:28 pm PDT] Starting at 6:00am PST on Thursday, April 1st, we will be conducting server maintenance for approximately 90 minutes. Some residents may be logged off during this time, and they may want to refrain from making any purchases during that time. Please watch this post for any new updates.
Server Maintenance 27, 28, 29 Apr 2010
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
[Posted 27 Apr 2010, 4:05pm PDT] Starting around 10pm and going til 3am each day starting 27 April, we will be conducting server maintenance. Some residents maybe logged off during this time. A 5 min notice will be given prior to each region restart. Please watch this blog for any further details.
[RESOLVED] Issues with New Accounts
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
[12:50pm Pacific] [RESOLVED] New accounts are now loading properly with inventory and avatars. If you continue to experience an issue with your avatar loading on a new account, please drag an outfit folder from inventory onto your avatar.
To do so:
Click the My Inventory icon on the right side of the screen
Go to Library
Go to Clothing
Drag a folder from within the clothing folder onto yourself.
[12:05pm Pacific] We’re currently experiencing an issue where new accounts are logging in without inventory and appearing as a default avatar or cloud. This only affects newly created accounts. We’re investigating this issue and will post here when we have more details.
[RESOLVED] Billing Payment Information
Friday, April 2nd, 2010
[April 2, 8:15PM PDT] [RESOLVED] This issue has been resolved and payment info should now update normally.
[UPDATED April 2, 2:00PM PDT] [WORKAROUND] We’re still working to resolve this issue. If you are experiencing a problem updating your payment info, reloading the frame should allow it to update (right click > reload). Please use this as a workaround until this is resolved.
[UPDATED April 2nd, 10:15AM PDT] We are still having intermittent issues with payment information being updated through the website. We continue to ask that you still refrain from updating any credit card information until this issue has been resolved.
[2nd April 2010, 4:44AM PDT] We are having some issues when updating payment information through the website. This is currently being investigate, please refrain from updating your credit card details until this is resolved.
[Resolved] Some Regions Temporarily Offline
Monday, April 5th, 2010
[Resolved 2:17 pm PDT] All regions that were offline should be back online now. If your region is not back in 10 minutes please contact support.
[Posted 1:17pm PDT] Some regions have temporarily gone offline. We are currently looking into the situation. Please check back for further updates.
[RESOLVED] PJira and PWiki Outage
Monday, April 5th, 2010
[5 April 2010 9:00pm PDT] The Issue Tracker and Wiki are both once again working as normal.
[5 April 2010 8:25pm PDT] Our Issue Tracker and Wiki are currently unavailable at this time. We are aware of the issue and are working to get it resolved as soon as possible. Please watch this post for any new updates.
[RESOLVED] Regions Offline
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
[RESOLVED 8:05AM PDT] All regions are now online.
[6th April 2010 7:39AM PDT] We currently have a small number of regions offline. Our engineers are working to correct this as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience during this time.
Inventory/Teleport Slowness
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
[Posted 3:25pm PDT] We’re aware of high level issues affecting various Internet Service Providers, including some of the traffic between our data centers. If you are experiencing slowness when saving or rezzing items and with teleports, this is most likely the cause.
[Resolved] Server Maintenance April 7th at 6:00am PDT
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
[Resolved 7 Apr 2010, 7:39am PDT] The scheduled maintenance for this morning has finished.
[Updated 7 Apr 2010, 6:00am PDT] Scheduled maintenance has begun.
[Updated 6 Apr 2010, 6:40pm PDT] We are still on schedule for the maintenance scheduled for 6:00am PDT tomorrow morning. We will post when the maintenance begins and completes. Please watch this post for more information.
[POSTED April 5th, 2010, 11:00 am PDT] Starting at 6:00am PDT on Wednesday, April 7th, we will be conducting server maintenance for approximately 90 minutes. Some residents may be logged off during this time, and you may want to refrain from making any purchases during that time. Please watch this post for any new updates
[Resolved] Telephone support unavailable
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
[Resolved 6:20am PDT] Telephone support is now available again.
[Posted 6:10am PDT] We’re currently experiencing some connectivity issues with our phone support system. Billing, Concierge and password reset phone support is unavailable at this time. We are working on this issue and will post here when we have more information.
[RESOLVED] Some regions currently offline
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
[3:30pm Pacific] [RESOLVED] This issue has been resolved and all affected regions should now be back online. If you experience an issue with a region being offline for more than half an hour, please contact live chat support or file a support ticket.
[Update #3 2:25pm Pacific] We’re still actively working to resolve this issue, and get these regions back online as soon as possible. Please stay posted for updates.
[UPDATE #2] We’ve received word from our network service provider that all regions should be available in approximately an hour. We ask that you continue to watch this thread for any new updates.
[UPDATED] If you are having issues logging into a certain region, it may be that region is offline. We do ask that you log into a different region. Instructions on how to log in at a specific location can be found here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Changing_your_login_location
[POSTED 8 April 2010] Some regions are currently offline and we are working to restore them. This may also affect residents ability to TP, and we do ask that you refrain from making any transactions at this time. We ask that you please watch this thread for any new updates.
[RESOLVED] Connectivity issues for several hundred regions
Friday, April 9th, 2010
[8:55pm Pacific] [RESOLVED] This issue has been resolved and the affected regions should be back to normal. If you are still experiencing issues with outbound TPs, problems with rezzing items and issues bringing up information in About Land for a particular region, please contact support via live chat or by submitting a support ticket.
[UPDATE #3 8:20pm Pacific] Our efforts to resolve the network issues affecting some functionality in world continues. While progress is being made, there are still several hundred regions being affected. Please refer to this blog for further updates and thank you for your patience.
[UPDATE #2 4:53pm Pacific] We are continuing our work on the affected regions. During this work, residents may notice an increase in failed teleports or information loading. Please continue watching this post for new information.
[UPDATE 12:08pm Pacific] We are currently restarting the affected regions. Please watch this post for new information as it becomes available.
[Posted 10:05am Pacific] We are having an issue where certain regions are experiencing issues with outbound TPs, problems with rezzing items and issues bringing up information in About Land. We are currently investigating the problem and will post updates here with new information as it becomes available.
[RESOLVED] 500 regions being restarted
Saturday, April 10th, 2010
[RESOLVED] All of the regions affected have been restarted and the maintenance has been completed.
We will be starting a minor maintenance procedure which will result in about 500 regions needing to be restarted. They will be given a 5 minute warning before restarting. We do not expect them to be down for more than a few minutes. If they are offline for more than 30 minutes please contact support and let us know.
[RESOLVED] Connectivity issues affecting some regions
Saturday, April 10th, 2010
[9:25pm PDT] [RESOLVED] The connectivity issues have been resolved. Please contact support if you continue to experience this issue.
[POSTED 12:13pm PDT] We are currently investigating regions which may be causing some residents to crash wile attempting to teleport out, as well as misrepresenting land and group information. Please contact support at www.secondlife.com/support and watch this blog for any new updates.
[Resolved] Issue Tracker and Wiki Maintenance
Sunday, April 11th, 2010
[Resolved April 11, 3:00am PDT] The scheduled maintenance has finished on time.
[Updated April 11, 1:00am PDT] Maintenance on the Issue Tracker and Wiki has commenced. Please check back shortly for further updates on it’s progress.
[Posted 10 Apr 2010, 9:15am PDT] On Sunday, April 11th from 1am to 3am PDT we will be conducting maintenance on our Issue Tracker (jira.secondlife.com) and Wiki (wiki.secondlife.com). During this time there may be times when either or both services will be inaccessible.
[REOPENED] Voice Issues
Monday, April 12th, 2010
[Updated, 12 Apr 2010, 5:23am PDT] We are still investigating the voice outage issue as we are seeing this problem once more. Please keep an eye on this post for more updates.
[10:00pm PDT] [RESOLVED] The voice issues have been resolved. If you continue to experience issues activating voice on your parcel please contact support.
[Updated, 11 Apr 2010, 3:52pm PDT] We have located the problem causing voice issues and are working on a solution. Please check this blog for any further updates.
[Updated, 11 Apr 2010, 11:50am PDT] We are still investigating the voice outage issue that is affecting many regions and are working toward fixing the issue. Please keep an eye on this post for more updates.
[Updated, 11 Apr 2010 9:10am PDT] This is similar to last night’s issue in that we are aware that there are a number of mainland regions that are experiencing voice outages. We are investigating this and working towards a speedy resolution.
[Updated, 11 Apr 2010] The voice outage that was experienced last night has now been resolved.
[Posted, 10 Apr 2010, 9:15pm PDT] We’re currently experiencing voice outage issues that are affecting predominantly mainland regions. We’re investigating this issue and will post here when we have more information.
[REMINDER] Support Portal Maintenance, April 13th
Monday, April 12th, 2010
[Updated 12 Apr 2010, 12:45pm PDT] The maintenance on the Support Portal scheduled from 2:00am to 5:00am PDT tomorrow (13 Apr) is still on track. Please check this post for further updates.
[Posted 10 Apr 2010, 9:28am PDT] Our Support Portal will be down for scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 from 2:00am to 05:00am PDT. Support tickets and Live Chat will be unavailable during this time. Telephone support will not be affected.
[RESOLVED] Server Maintenance 12, 13, 14 April 2010
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
[RESOLVED 15th April 2010 12:03AM] Server maintenance has now been completed.
Starting at 10pm til 3am each day starting 12 April, we will be conducting server maintenance during this time. Some residents maybe logged off during this time. A 5 min notice will be given of the restart. Watch this blog for any further details.
[RESOLVED] blogs.secondlife.com Maintenance Apr 13 at 9am PDT
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
[RESOLVED 13 Apr 9:00pm PDT] The blog is back up and running and the associated sites available.
[Reopened 13 Apr 6:45pm PDT] We are aware of some issues residents are having posting and replying to posts on the Second Life blog and associated sites as well as the Second Life forums. We have taken both services down for to conduct some additional maintenance. Please keep an eye on this post for further updates.
[Completed 13 Apr 2010, 5:40pm PDT] The maintenance on blogs.secondlife.com has been completed. The Second Life blog and its associated sites should be available again.
Starting today at 9:00am PDT, Tuesday, April 13th, our blog service provider will be conducting maintenance on blogs.secondlife.com for approximately 8 hours. During this time, the Second Life blog and its associated sites will not be available. Please continue to check http://status.secondlifegrid.net/ for updates, as it will not be affected by the outage.
[Resolved] Issue Tracker Down for Maintenance at 5:00PM PDT
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
[Resolved 10:00pm PDT] The maintenance on the Second Life Issue Tracker has been completed.
[Updated 7:57pm PDT] The maintenance on the Second Life Issue Tracker is taking longer than expected. We will update this post when the maintenance has completed.
[Posted 4:11PM PDT] The Second Life Issue tracker will be down for maintenance and upgrades at 5:00PM PDT and should take approximately two hours.
RESOLVED] Issue tracker Temporarily Down
Friday, April 16th, 2010
[RESOLVED] The Second Life Issue Tracker maintenance has been completed.
[POSTED April 16th 2010 9:35am] At 9:30am PDT, the Second Life Issue Tracker (jira.secondlife.com) will be offline for approximately 30 minutes for some minor maintenance. We will post an update when the maintenance is complete.
[RESOLVED] Login and In-World Issues
Friday, April 16th, 2010
[RESOLVED April 16th 10:13am PDT] Residents will be able to teleport and login as normal, as well as make purchases again.
[POSTED April 16th 9:50am PDT] Residents may currently be experiencing issues attempting to teleport and login. We also ask that residents refrain from making any purchases at this time as the transaction may not be completed correctly. Please watch this blog for any new updates.
[RESOLVED] Payment system issues
Friday, April 16th, 2010
[Resolved 5:10am PDT] Payment systems have been fixed and services should now be back to normal.
[REOPENED - April 16, 6:34pm PDT] We are currently experiencing issues with payment systems. We are advising residents not to update payment information or make L$ purchases. Please continue to check this blog for updates.
[Resolved April 16, 1:19pm PDT] Payment systems have been fixed and transactions are normal again.
[April 16, 11:44 am PDT] We are currently experiencing issues with payment systems. We are advising residents not to update payment information or make L$ purchases. Please continue to check this blog for updates.
[RESOLVED] Lindex$ transaction issues
Saturday, April 17th, 2010
[RESOLVED] [5:40 PM Pacific] We are currently investigating an issue with LindeX$ transactions. Please refrain from any unnecessary LindeX$ transactions while we investigate this issue.
[RESOLVED] Planned Voice Outage for April 20, 2010
Monday, April 19th, 2010
[Posted 11:59AM PDT] All Vivox Voice Services will go completely offline on April 20, 2010 at 01:00 AM PDT for planned maintenance, and return to normal service by 02:00 AM PDT.
[RESOLVED] Issue Tracker Maintenance April 20, 2010
Monday, April 19th, 2010
[Posted 12:48PM PDT] The Second Life Issue Tracker (jira.secondlife.com) will be offline for approximately one hour for maintenance. Planned outage to be from 01:00AM PDT to 02:00AM PDT Tuesday April 20, 2010.
Planned Maintenance: Payment System
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
We will be updating some of our payment system on April 22 at 7:30am PDT. The downtime should last approximately 30 minutes. During that time the LindeX Currency Market will be inaccessible, attempts to update your payment method will not be successful, and any payment method updates made just prior to this time will not take effect until after the updates are complete.
[RESOLVED] Server Version 1.38.1 Release
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
[RESOLVED 21 Apr 2010 12:00pm PDT] The rolling restart has been completed.
[Updated 21 Apr 2010, 7:00am PDT] We are now beginning the server deploy for the remaining regions.
[Updated 15 Apr 2010, 7:00am PDT] The pilot roll is complete.
[Updated 14 Apr 2010, 11:00am PDT] We have currently completed 20% of today’s rolling restart and will update with further announcements here.
[Posted 14 Apr 2010, 7:00am PDT] Hi everyone, another server deploy is upon us! The schedule for the rolling restart is thus:
2010-04-14, 7a - 12p: Pilot sims[1] (20%)
2010-04-21, 7a - 12p: Remaining sims (80%)
Regions should be down no more than 30 minutes. If yours is down longer than that, please leave a comment with the region name and we’ll look into it.
For more information, comments, and updates, visit the Discussion Page.
[1] Details on pilot rolls: https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Agni_Pilot_Regions
[RESOLVED] Payment Process Maintenance
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
[RESOLVED 8:48am PDT] Payment Process Maintenance is finished, payment information can be updated and the LindeX market is back up.
[POSTED April 22nd 2010 8:15am PDT] We are currently updating our payment processing methods, so we do ask that you please refrain from updating any payment information, as the changes will not take effect. The LindeX market buy will also be down at this time as well. This maintenance is expected to last approximately 30 minutes.
[Cancelled] Blog Maintenance April 26th 2010
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
[UPDATED April 26th 7:29am PDT] The Planned maintenance on the blog at blogs.secondlife.com has been postponed. The blog will be available as normal. We will update the blog as soon as we have new information to share.
[POSTED April 22nd 4:23pm PDT] On Monday, April 26th 2010, we will be perfoming maintenance on our blog at blogs.secondlife.com. Maintenance will begin at 8:30am PDT and should last approximately 30 minutes. During this time, the Blogs and Forums will both be unaccessible.
Planned Maintenance
Monday, April 26th, 2010
[7:15pm PDT] We will be restarting approximately 400 regions tonight for maintenance reasons, starting at 10pm PDT.
[RESOLVED] Planned Maintenance: Network Upgrades
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
[RESOLVED - 06:07am Pacific] Maintenance is now complete.
[4.40am Pacific] We will be performing some maintenance and upgrades to our network this morning starting at 5am PDT. The maintenance is expected to proceed for approximately 2 hours. During that time you may experience brief packet loss and possible failed/slow teleports.
Server Maintenance 27, 28, 29 Apr 2010
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
[Posted 27 Apr 2010, 4:05pm PDT] Starting around 10pm and going til 3am each day starting 27 April, we will be conducting server maintenance. Some residents maybe logged off during this time. A 5 min notice will be given prior to each region restart. Please watch this blog for any further details.
[RESOLVED] Some logins still affected
Posted by Status Desk on April 28th, 2010 at 11:23 pm PDT
[9:09 pm PDT] [RESOLVED] Logins have been restored.
[8:17 pm PDT] [UPDATE] Some residents may still encounter an error message when trying to login. If you have trouble logging in, please wait 5 minutes and try again. We are continuing to correct these issues. Please refer back to this blog for updates.
[6:58 pm PDT] [REOPENED] Some residents may still encounter an error message when trying to login. If you have trouble logging in, please wait 5 minutes and try again. We are working quickly to correct these issues. Please refer back to this blog for updates.
[6:35 pm PDT] [RESOLVED] All services have been restored and logins enabled.
[5:22pm PDT] [UPDATE] Logins are enabled for most residents. Some residents may still encounter an error message when trying to log in: “The inventory system is currently unavailable.” There are isolated issues of region border crossings. We are working quickly to correct these issues. Please refer back to this blog for updates.
[3:28pm PDT] [UPDATE] XstreetSL is now back online. Land Store is also back online. We also give the all-clear for L$ transactions. Logins are enabled for most residents. Some residents may still encounter an error message when trying to log in: “The inventory system is currently unavailable.” Isolated issues of region border crossings. A small number of regions are still offline.. We are working quickly to correct these issues. Please refer back to this blog for updates.
[2:26pm PDT] [UPDATE] XstreetSL is now back online. Land Store is also back online. We also give the all-clear for L$ transactions. Logins are enabled for most residents. Some residents may still encounter an error message when trying to log in: “The inventory system is currently unavailable.” Isolated issues of region border crossings. A small number of regions are still offline.. We are working quickly to correct these issues. Please refer back to this blog for updates.
[1:00pm PDT] [UPDATE] Logins are enabled for most residents. Some residents may encounter an error message when trying to log in. Some regions are still offline.. We continue to work quickly to correct these issues. Please refer back to this blog for updates.
[12:00pm PDT] [UPDATE] Registrations are now enabled. Logins are enabled for many residents. Some residents may encounter an error message when trying to log in. Some regions are still offline.. We continue to work quickly to correct these issues. Please refer back to this blog for updates.
[10:56am PDT] [UPDATE] Registrations are now enabled. Logins are enabled for many residents. Some residents may encounter an error message when trying to log in. Some regions are still offline.. We continue to work quickly to correct these issues. Please refer back to this blog for updates.
[9:36am PDT] [UPDATE] Registrations are now enabled. Logins are enabled for many residents. Some residents may encounter an error message when trying to log in. Some regions are still offline.. We continue to work quickly to correct these issues. Please refer back to this blog for updates.
[8:36am PDT] [UPDATE] Registrations are now enabled. Logins are enabled for many residents. Some residents may encounter an error message when trying to log in. Some regions are still offline.. We continue to work quickly to correct these issues. Please refer back to this blog for updates.
[7:40am PDT] [UPDATE] Logins are enabled for many residents. Some residents may encounter an error message when trying to log in. Some regions are still offline.. We continue to work quickly to correct these issues. Please refer back to this blog for updates.
[6:15am PDT] [UPDATE] Logins have been re-enabled for most residents and we have approximately 30% of the affected regions back online. However, we still have many more to go. If your login fails please wait 15 minutes before trying again and try logging in to a different region. Please continue to avoid transactions until we have given the all clear.
[5:23am PDT] [UPDATE] Work continues to restore all services.
[4:23am PDT] [UPDATE] We are continuing work to bring services back online.
[3:23am PDT] [UPDATE] We are still working on rectifying the problems and will let you know when that changes.
[2:21am PDT] [UPDATE] Work continues to bring services back online.
[1:23am PDT] [UPDATE] We are continuing our work to bring our services back online and will keep you updated here.
[29th April 2010 - 12:30am PDT] [UPDATE] We are continuing to investigate current issues and will post updates here as we have them.
[11:23pm PDT] [UPDATE] Logins, the Land Store, the LindeX, XstreetSL.com and registrations have been disabled as we continue to work on these issues.
[10:45pm PDT] [UPDATE] Logins are currently still down. The website and support portal have come back online, though they may be slow to load or experience errors. XstreetSL.com is inaccessible as well. We’re working to resolve this as quickly as we can - please continue to check back for updates.
[9:45pm PDT] [UPDATE] Logins and secondlife.com, including the support portal, continue to be inaccessible as we work to resolve this issue. Please check back here for updates.
[9:15pm PDT] [UPDATE] Secondlife.com and access to live chat and support tickets are also currently affected, and unavailable for the time being.
[9pm PDT] We’re currently experiencing login and inworld issues. We’re investigating the cause and scope of this issue and will post here when we have more information. Please do not rez no-copy objects or make transactions for the time being.
[RESOLVED] Isolated voice issues
Posted by Status Desk on April 29th, 2010 at 02:55 pm PDT
[3:20pm PDT] Voice issues have been resolved.
[2:55pm PDT] We are currently experiencing isolated voice issues inworld. We are working to correct the issue as quickly as possible. Please check back with this blog for updates.
Server Maintenance 30 Apr 2010
Posted by Status Desk on April 29th, 2010 at 09:56 pm PDT
[5:30am PST - 8:00am PST] We will be performing some maintenance and upgrades to our network tomorrow morning starting at 5:30am PDT. The maintenance is expected to proceed for approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes. During that time you may experience an inability to login and/or you may be logged out.
Future Planned Maintenance
Server 1.38.4 Pilot Deploy
Wed 5 May 07:00 – 10:00 Pacific Time
Server 1.38.4 Full Deploy
Thu 6 May 07:00 – 12:00 Pacific Time
Too many server updates?
According to SL's WIKI, all server version updates are done in three stages. Yet this year its been done in two for each server version update!
According to LL, all possible server updates are thoroughly tested on a seperate newtwork of computers to make sure they work as intended PRIOR to being released! Hmmm, 1.38.0 suggests they deleted that seperate network.
The 'Pilot regions' is supposed to include the asset servers. Yet after each new server version update, something ALWAYS goes wrong with at least one database... Why? The new server version was supposedly tested etc...
If 1.38.0 was so good, why update to 1.38.1?
AND what happened to 1.38.2, 1.38.3 as in FIVE days they will upgrade to 1.38.4?
EVERYTIME LL release a new server version, within days they have to do 'server maintenace'. WHY?
Answers on a postcard to Linden Labs.
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What To Do Update
Posted 2/25/2010 5:48:28 AM 
This is what I got. Alienware Aurora (in the USA its called an Area 51).
It came with 3Gb system RAM and a 1Gb NVidia graphics car. The mobo will take upto 24Gb RAM but who would need that much RAM!
Why is the case so big? Because the CPU is liquid-cooled. Only fans in the computer are the PSU fan, GPU fan, & HD fan. Each component is in its own compartment so each ones fan cools it. Average ambient temperature is 24ºC compared to my old computers average ambient temperature of 57ºC+! The old computer has 6 fans; two in the PSU, large variable-speed fan for the CPU, GPU fan, system blower mounted below the GPU, intake fan to supply more cool air into the case.
To give an idea of the computers overall size, the monitor in the photo is a 23" widescreen and the computer is longer than the monitors width! Probably overkill for SL :)
The last time I upgraded my old PC then re-installed SL I got ye olde SL message that it didn't recognise the graphics card. Wonder if SL will recognise anything in the new computer? LOL
In a couple of months the old computer will have what will probably be its final upgrade; a 2nd internal SATA HD with Windows7 32-bit installed so it will become a dual-boot PC enabling me to boot to either Windows7 or XP Pro.
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Misleading Adverts
Posted 2/25/2010 5:06:32 AM 
Aren't some adverts misleading? This for example...
Why would anyone want to connect a radio to a computer and then need drivers for it to work under Micro$haft Windows XP?
1) If the wireless is a router made before XP was released then any drivers would already be in XP.
2) If the router was made after XP was released then it would come with any drivers it required and if you lost the routers drivers CD, you could easily download them from the router manufacturers website although most would work using XP's generic drivers.
3) If the wireless was already in the computer then any drivers would be in the computer else supplied with the computer. If it was a plugin adapter to enable you to connect wirelessly to a router then same thing, it would come with any drivers it needed.
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What is it?
Posted 1/31/2010 7:04:24 AM 
What is it?
Two saw how it looked yesterday.
It was described in brief detail to another.
Another knows it was going to be built but not how it would look or how big etc.
Start guessing. Someone might guess but I doubt it without clues.
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What to do
Posted 12/22/2009 12:13:48 AM When you want a new computer, is it better to buy the components and build your own or buy a brabded computer then the components to upgrade it to what you want?
Until about a year ago it was better and cheaper to buy the components to build your own. Now it seems its cheaper to buy a branded computer then buy the componants to upgrade it to what you want.
Whichever you do, what OS? XP has served me well for years but I think its time I bought a newer OS as this copy is XP Pro SP1. Why didn't I upgrade it to XP SP2 etc? Because SP2 came with a hidden extra that let Micro$haft decide what you could or couldn't do with your computer.
Vista (the replacement for XP) had its initial teething problems but once they were ironed out it ran well except for the frequent updates when you had to reboot. WGA / Micro$haft controlling what your computer does? Its your computer not Micro$hafts!
But thats now an old OS so maybe windows7? Windows7 seems to have a lot of new features but like when XP was realesed, they only work with other computers running under the same OS and not with those running under older or alternatice OS's.
Your comments por favor....
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English Language
Posted 11/21/2009 11:35:53 AM They say the English Language is the hardest to learn because it has the largest vocabulary. IMO it is the hardest to learn because of the different ways a word in it can be used.
Take Disabled as an example. What does the word mean? How would it be used?
The law of averages states that if two or more give the same meaning then thats what it means. If all differ then its upto the individual / circumstances at the time which is appropriate.
Medically I have a recognised disablitiy but under British law I am not disabled. I have right-side Bells' Palsy which most days gives me almost constant facial pain for which there is no cure, no operation to stop the pain. It's wonderfull when the air temperature gets above 30ºC because then I get no pain. Anywhere between -24ºC and 30ºC and I get that pain.
What are the possible solutions to my predicament?
1) Move to a warmer climate.
2) Commit suicide.
3) Make the most of things in the hope that medical science will work out a solution.
4) ermmm
1) Can't afford to.
2) Been there, tried that.
3) Probably all I can do.
4) ermmm
Am I disabled? Do I have a disability?
I stay at home as much as I can because there I can control the air temperature around me and in doing so reduce the level of facial pain.
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[[HUGS]] or «Hugz»?
Posted 11/5/2009 3:59:30 AM One is correct but which one and what/where is its origin?
I know both answers but do you?
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Crispins Fault
Posted 11/2/2009 9:06:42 AM Why is it Crispins fault? Even more so after his saying, "But it's not my fault that it's my fault."
If its not his fault that any fault lies with him then how can it be his fault knowing its his fault even though its not his fault. And when did he own land with plate-tectonic forces creating those faults that aren't his?
Sorted Crispin, my five beats your two so quite obviously it's your fault.
If this were a tennis match it would still be your fault but as you fail to see how the fault is yours yet admit to it being your fault then surely it is your fault so if someone else leaves a comment to this before you that will be your fault again...
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