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Thoughs about Second Life. I posted this to the babyfurs group, but felt that since if was a very clear view on how I feel about Sl I would X post it here as well.

1. Frame rate. I don’t think I need to go into this. Even on a very nice gaming rig Sl still suffers brutal frame rates and is very laggy.
2. Poor coding. Yes I am aware that SL is mostly coded by a volunteer base, but however that does not excuse that every time there is a major patch it requires a second, third of complete revamp of that patch to fix what they broke.
3. Lack of content. As a long time MMORPG’er I’ve played several very good games and a few that have really sucked. Those that sucked usually lacked content. In my opinion if you don’t want to hang out chatting (Furcadia style), play bingo-tringo-slingo-whatevergo, or go site seeing there isn’t really much to do. There are no quests, no rewards, no goal, and no prize.
4. Make your own content. This is a direct tie in to the above point. If you do not posses the desire/skill to create objects in SL you had best have plenty of cash IRL so you can buy Lindens to acquire items in game, other wise have a paid account so you can buy items from those that can create.
5. My final point. No life; this is the expression I’ve heard many people use when referring to SL, and I really think it fits. As a recovered MMORPG addict I know what it is like to be obsessed with a game, it’s all you think about, all you do, and all your life is about; Very similar to drug addiction.
Many of the hardcore SL players I know have depression or reality issues. SL allows them to create a life where things are just the way they want them to be and everything is perfect. This is all good and well, and can even be helpful if taken in moderation, but very dangerous to personal growth and development if used as a crutch.

As with all my posts, these thoughts are entirely my own, if you do not agree with them and cannot provide counterpoints in a constrictive and mature fashion please do not bother replying.

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fun Fun FUN!!!!

OMG I'm so sore right now. After staring at the silver dollar sized patch of distortion on my A pillar of my VW Rabbit I decided to sand it out. Bad move. I found a very nice bit of penatrating rust that goes into the A pillar, as well as the windshield seal bed. So... I pulled out the windshield (cracked it all to hell in the process) and started cleaning stuff up. I got all the rust cleaned out and layed fiberglass over the holes. I'm waiting for them to fully cure before I start Bondo'ing and feathering out the patch. A bit of painting and clearcoating and it will look better than ever. After that I'm off to the junk yard to get a windshield later this week.

The sore part is from doing over an hour of body work on Felix's Rover. Sanding down the patches I did in the cargo area and helping remove the rusted out fastners and cleaning up the recently discovered rust in the drivers foot well left me aching from being hunched over so long. We just need to find/rent a welder once the floor pan is cleaned up and then I can weld in a new plate to take care of the two fist sized holes in the pan.

Aside from body work the tranny is in the Rabbit and running well. I cured the god afful vaccum leak in the intake manifold and realized that my carb was setup to compensate for the leak. So now tith the system sealed and tight it is running like crap and surging while accelerating. This is after tuning it. It wouldent even start before. Well needless to say I'm not one for doing anything hallf assed so I ordered the Webber book, rebuild kit, new brass float, and a eletric choke kit (apparently it was eletric at some point and the PO converted ti to manual, yarg). So next when my parts come I get to rebuild my carb. Unfortunatly I'm probally going to have to tear it down twice or more so I can find the correct jetting to make it run the way it needs to. On the plus side I should expect to see as much as a 4-12mpg jump in fuel performance! WOOT!

thats all for now.. carry on.