There's nothing on the LL blog at this stage but there's obviously a significant issue with SL at present. When launching the browsers a stock standard 'Access Denied' message comes up within the browser: It's not been a great week for stability in SL, that's for sure. One important note - you can still log in to SL by clicking the Connect button. UPDATE: Linden Labs now … [Read more...] about Welcome to error-land
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Blow up the pokies
Linden Labs have clarified in no uncertain terms their stance on gambling in SL - it's not to occur, full stop. The actual policy is: "It is a violation of this policy to wager in games in the Second Life (R) environment operated on Linden Lab servers if such games: (1) (a) rely on chance or random number generation to determine a winner, OR (b) rely on the outcome of … [Read more...] about Blow up the pokies
Linden Lab offer resource directory
Linden Labs have announced the aggregation of a range of directories into a Resident Resources database. Any SL resident can submit information on a tool or service they've created, but it will cost you L$250 per category you list in. Allow up to five business days for your listing to be approved. It's good to see the community side of things actually expanding a little since … [Read more...] about Linden Lab offer resource directory
Philip Rosedale (Linden) appears in The Age
Interview is right here (reprinted from The Guardian). As mentioned on SL insider, there's nothing particularly ground-breaking in the interview although Rosedale's commitment to opensourcing and interoperability is demonstrably significant. … [Read more...] about Philip Rosedale (Linden) appears in The Age
What will the real world tolerate?
The response to Daniel Linden's blog post last week has been forceful and fairly widespread, demarcating along 'freedom of expression' and legal compliance lines. The United Protest forum contains the full transcript of a chat with Daniel Linden's colleague Robin Linden, in response to the concerns raised after Daniel Linden's post. Robin goes to some lengths to emphasise … [Read more...] about What will the real world tolerate?