GradyE

Flip was SO not supposed to tell anyone about that incident!

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Gigs

Sarah typo in link to humps post

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foehn Breed

Lots of pissed off ppls today

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Trout Recreant

This is exactly the issue. Nobody is providing any strategic analysis of their decisions. I've had the really amazing experience of working with some amazing business people. Their success isn't rocket science. it's based on hard work and good decision making, and it all comes down to cost/benefit analysis. What's the cost of this decision versus what's the benefit. You don't always know the answer to those questions, so you really have to put some effort into what looks like a simple formula. You have to look at likely outcomes of the decision, both positive and negative, risks incurred, potential impacts on the competition's business, economic factors, etc...

A business the size of LL HAS to know this. They HAVE to. The only thing I can surmise is that they are so arrogant that they think they can ignore it. That's like an engineer deciding to ignore the basic laws of physics and wondering why his designs never work.

Gigs

Look at the rules that they changed earlier this month on openspace transfers in the secondary market.

Used to cost $100 to transfer each openspace region. Since they are only worth $250 new, it was really never worth selling an openspace.

So to attempt to address this, they came up with a new fee scheme:

Up to 4 openspaces transferred in a single transaction is now $100. Additional openspaces are $100 each.


Well, that sounds better, but it still shows that they didn't even consider the consequences. If I want to transfer 6 openspaces to you, I can do it in one batch and pay $300, or I can transfer it in two sets of 3, and pay $200.

Likewise, it costs $150 to move an openspace, and $50 to rename it. So if I'm moving stuff around, it would cost $800 to move and rename 4 openspaces. However, if I sell them to my alt, it's $100 to sell 4 of them, which includes a move and rename.

I think it's pretty obvious that they just put very very little thought into these fee structures.

Mabb Dilweg

OK I've had it with you, Fuckchop.

Who the hell are you to be telling ANYONE the bleeding fucking obvious, you sanctiminious little twat?

You've been here just over a month yet you think its appropriate to gift a long-time SLU member, veteran SL resident and highly successful SL business owner with your 20-20 hindsight on dealing with Linden Labs ?

Fuck you Jahar Aabye!

Your utter lack of comprehension just beggars belief. Quit while you're behind. Please.

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Sooz Pascale

This is exactly what's so frustrating about the whole thing. It is like recent witnesses to the huge, Mid September Metrolink train wreck when a local commuter line headed from LA to one of the north Western suburbs collided with a freight train.* They saw it was going to happen but of course were powerless to stop it. It has come to light that the engineer was TEXT MESSAGING just seconds before the accident and missed a siding, which he pulled into EVERY day at that time!!

Like Beebo, I initially thought the whole Tao of Linden thing was an actual joke. I don't feel so foolish now that someone as intelligent as Beebo thought the same thing.

Their corporate culture, whether by design or happenstance, seems to be , "Let's figure out how to SCREW the people who actually pay us." I hope some Lindens ARE reading this. Its only $125 per month but if I get banned, I can GUARANTEE that's the last dime they ever get from me....period.

Sooz

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Ned Easterwood

This is why your number of groups is still at 25. I can't imagine it would be hard to change - the size of an array I would guess - but not something very exciting to do. Just grunt work maintenance.
I have very limited experience with LSL, but I have been in IT for almost 30 years. I could probably do it in 4 hours - including testing.

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Brenda Connolly

I'll drive.

Surreal

The Tao of Linden was the turning point for me too. Up until that point, I thought it was possible that the problems were growing pains, then it became obvious that the fish rots from the head and I re-evaluated my investment in SL.

CoyoteMomiji

..... Fuckchop....?

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Pixplskthxbai

Gigs

Eh, no it's not that. I don't want to drag this offtopic, but think about all the actions that require a group perm check. Like simply flying across some parcel edges.

Ned Easterwood

Good point.

Ok, back to important things - like Sarah falling out of the limo Brenda's driving, with no panties on.

Inquiring minds want to know two things:
1. Where are Sarah's panties?
and, equally important,
2. Where are Brenda's.

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Originally Posted by Trout Recreant Helllllooooo Verti! At last! The chance to rate one of my favorite people! Absolutely beautiful pictures. You are a strong, opinionated woman who is not at all afraid to express herself both verbally and physically. You have a strong sense of fantasy and mystery surrounding a drop dead beauty. You maintain an aloof intelligent exterior that we long to break through, but which might intimidate some men. It shows a complexity of personality that few possess. Based on these pictures, I am giving you an 8.4 on the official Trout Recreant Scale of Slutiness. You are a slut, but only in the best possible way, and any man lucky enough to see that side of you should count his blessings.

Quantum Destiny

I'm sooo stealing that.

Joy Honey

It's a tossup between fuckchop and slapnuts!

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Brenda Connolly

Slugnutty has always been a favorite of mine

Jahar Aabye

Not even gonna dignify that crap with a response, except to say that it says far more about Ms. Dilweg than it does about me.

Brenda Connolly

I wonder if they are even that cognizant to actually think that or are just so clueless that it is just a by product of their incompetence.

JenK

I dunno. Fuckchop sounds delicious -- like juicy pork but with...yanno... fucking. Whereas slapnuts just sounds painful.

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Brenda Connolly

Not as long as you are the one doing the slapping.

Eirik

Sounds like a challenge.

Same as trying hard. Except you can spend the time and energy of writing an open letter on something constructive. Like constructing molotovs for the SLU Fieldtrip.

But three lefts do. And I do hope one of the goblins is named Jack.

I think I'll boot up some Duke Nukem again and shoot some of those warthog aliens in the head with a shotgun. I can imagine they're wearing watermelon coloured uniforms.

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Has anyone seen What happens in Vegas? I think we need to visit some peeps for some junk punching goodness


Funniest part of that movie me thinks

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