As some of you know, I am in between houses and do not have broadband access and no SL until 4/3. This how night one went.
5:30- Arrive at my temporary home after a long days work.
5:35- Set my computer up on a table.
6:00- Run out to KFC to get some grub
7:00- My kids are going nuts, I search the small space we are living in ths month for a Private office like I had in my old house but the closet just is not big enough.
7:30- Do some work on Poser, plan on returning with a great collection of new gestures and animations.
8:00- Get the kids to settle down and get ready for bed.
8:30- Poser just isnt enough, I need a way to get on SL.
9:00- Spend a long while in the bathroom. Side effect of KFC.
9:45- What the hell Ill try to connect using Dial Up.
10:00- SL crashed, dial up is a no go.
10:30- Hook up my X-Box, beat the shit out of some bad guys to get rid of some fustration.
11:30- For the first time since 12/25/03(my SL birth date) I am in bed at a normal hour.
If I dont make it through these three weeks. I hope you all remember me in my happier days.
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Beau Perkins
Second Life Resident.
Join date: 25 Dec 2003
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03-15-2005 07:52
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Brace Coral
Basic Account Crew
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03-15-2005 07:54
HUGGGS Beau - you'll make it
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Olympia Rebus
Muse of Chaos
Join date: 22 Feb 2004
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03-15-2005 08:46
Maybe there should be a SL lite version that could be reached through dialup- I'm picturing a crude black and white aproximation of the grid, lacking details. That way us addicts could visit the grid- to an extent- when we don't have a decent connection.
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Robin vogel
Virtually Real
Join date: 8 Oct 2004
Posts: 94
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03-15-2005 09:31
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Lance LeFay
is a Thug
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 1,488
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03-15-2005 09:35
I used to be like that. It was great.
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Beau Perkins
Second Life Resident.
Join date: 25 Dec 2003
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03-15-2005 12:55
I need a second hobby now.
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Bel Muse
Registered User
Join date: 13 Dec 2002
Posts: 388
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03-15-2005 13:47
In the long long ago, there was a resident named Shebang Sunshine who lost her broadband connection. But her love for SL was such that she attempted (and succeeded..sort of) to connect to SL with a computer, a modem and some duct tape.
Anyway, a new term was coined "shebanging" for actually connecting and functiioning (sorta) to SL with only a dial-up connection. It may no longer be possible, but there are some tips in this thread on ways to tweak your system to maybe maybe maybe peek your head in the world and holler at your friends. Tips on the fine art of Shebanging It _____________________
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Adrian Llewelyn
Registered User
Join date: 26 Mar 2004
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03-15-2005 22:51
As some of you know, I am in between houses and do not have broadband access and no SL until 4/3. This how night one went.......... .....11:30- For the first time since 12/25/03(my SL birth date) I am in bed at a normal hour. If I dont make it through these three weeks. I hope you all remember me in my happier days. Beau, I feel your pain I really do. It's been umm.... months since I've been in game for more than five seconds without crashing my whole computer. DAMN Dell and their nongraphics card computers! aljfg';a ~Adrian _____________________
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Pirate Cotton
DarkLifer
Join date: 26 Sep 2003
Posts: 538
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03-15-2005 23:49
45 minutes on the crapper?! Ouch!
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Sugar Street
My own little world rocks
Join date: 2 Aug 2004
Posts: 58
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03-16-2005 05:44
*laughs* You just don't know how well I can relate! I have been without my own computer since March 2nd as I am also in the process of moving to a new house and at a temporary residence until this Friday (finally) - not only must I suffer with dial-up and my toddler twins...I can't even play with photoshop or anything except the occasional game of Spider Solitaire!!! That, forums, yahoo and Spongebob daily makes for quite a case of the SL DT's *sobs uncontrollably*
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Willow Zander
Having Blahgasms
Join date: 22 May 2004
Posts: 9,935
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03-16-2005 05:48
AMEN!
I have been without SL for 4 NIGHTS NOW!!! Firstly my cable died, so I hooked up dial up, then AOHELL blew my hard drive up  (So for now, i'm stuck on my folks pc, with dial up till my isp fix their shit, and my pc is working again _____________________
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Malachi Petunia
Gentle Miscreant
Join date: 21 Sep 2003
Posts: 3,414
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03-16-2005 06:21
One day at a time, brother, one day at a time.
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Shadow Weaver
Ancient
Join date: 13 Jan 2003
Posts: 2,808
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03-16-2005 06:36
I need a second hobby now. A good Second Hobby, "FORUM TROLL" its rewarding in its own sense when you can manipulate the...Uh oh I said to much um...um I gotta go now bye um see ya latter n have fun... RUN!!!!! Shadow _____________________
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MrsJakal Suavage
Purple Butterfly
Join date: 18 Jul 2004
Posts: 1,434
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03-16-2005 06:49
I'm on Day 2 without SL as well. Yesterday I actually played Resident Evil 4 on my gamecube that I bought about a month ago and haven't played yet lol. I will be without SL for until next week sadly. Then just when I get back to get my fix of SL again...then I have to leave to have surgery and will be away again.
I will miss all of you! _____________________
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Willow Zander
Having Blahgasms
Join date: 22 May 2004
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03-16-2005 06:54
BAH!
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Ananda Sandgrain
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Join date: 16 May 2003
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03-16-2005 10:21
Shebanging *was* possible as of the last version. I did it quite a few times in order to talk to people on IM.
It's pretty simple - just set your draw distance and all the object and avatar detail settings to a minimum, mute all sounds, and wait for a very long time while your inventory loads. It helps to have a home setting that has virtually nothing in it. You'll be able to talk on IM's all you want, but don't expect to move anywhere, let alone teleport. You'll probably crash if you have more than one other person at your location. _____________________
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Shebang Sunshine
Royal PITA
Join date: 3 Dec 2002
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04-05-2005 20:24
In the long long ago, there was a resident named Shebang Sunshine [.... snippidy-do-dah ....] Tips on the fine art of Shebanging It *sniffle* #! (bet ya thought you'd seen the last of me, eh? bwahahahaha!) |
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Bel Muse
Registered User
Join date: 13 Dec 2002
Posts: 388
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04-06-2005 01:45
W00t! Shebang! The living legend herself!!!! *hugs*
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Beau Perkins
Second Life Resident.
Join date: 25 Dec 2003
Posts: 1,061
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04-06-2005 07:00
I never made it to night two, I pulled out my wireless network scanning thing and found a connection to get on. I was able to have SL for the entire two weeks after that night. I am now in my house gettinbg DSL setup as we speak. Life is good again.
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