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Moleculor Satyr
Fireflies!
Join date: 5 Jan 2004
Posts: 2,650
08-24-2004 13:34
From: someone
Originally posted by Wraith Jensen
What, you can't afford FREE?

You're already using a computer. That can handle RPC just fine. Just need the programming.


Considering I'm typically using enough bandwidth on my machine to make webpages load slowly? No, I can't use my machine. On top of that, compilers are another problem, as is the programming language. Last time I programmed was in Java, and I never did get the hang of that (evil, slow language that it was), and before that was C++. Long before broadband connections, so I'm pretty sure that RPC calls weren't even invented yet.

I'm so glad you have the skills, computer, and time to waste building an RPC system that is independant of LL, but I prefer to have my code independant from anything that could have power failures or code problems while SL is still up and running.
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Grim Lupis
Dark Wolf
Join date: 11 Jul 2003
Posts: 762
08-26-2004 08:49
From: someone
Originally posted by Moleculor Satyr
The day they quota my scripts is the day I leave SL, because no quota could be fair.


For the most part, Moleculor, I'm in agreement.

There is, however, one method I can think of that might be fair, but it's very old-school, and I don't imagine it'd be easy to code: CPU cycle metering.

Or, possibly, per-function metering of only certain LL functions.

Or a combination of both.

It's the accounting part that's difficult to make "fair."
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Mike Parks
No longer in SL
Join date: 6 Sep 2004
Posts: 13
09-18-2004 06:17
@Moleculor Satyr
Maybe not the solution you really need, but regarding price here is an example what you can get today on the net.

Linux server
250 MB Disk Space
- 1 GB Monthly Data Transfer
- 1 Catch-All E-Mail Account
- 1 Mailing List
- 1 Subdomain
- 1 mySQL Database
- PHP4, Perl Supported
- Frontpage 2002 Extensions

Domains are around $18 a year..
Shared Web hosting Cost: $22.36 inc VAT/Year

I am sure you could find someone out there, to help you knock up something for the a site, so you wouldn’t have donate all of your time to do it your self.

At least it would enable you to get round some limitations in the mean time.

Regards,
Mike
Moleculor Satyr
Fireflies!
Join date: 5 Jan 2004
Posts: 2,650
09-18-2004 07:52
I'm not paying more money to slightly improve my SL experience. My money going to SL should be enough.

Ulrika, head to Seacliff, and check out the freakish looking tower there. There's a rather sweet looking topographical map inside.
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Morgaine Dinova
Active Carbon Unit
Join date: 25 Aug 2004
Posts: 968
Not yet time to lose hope in Feature Suggestions.
09-18-2004 09:22
From: someone
Originally posted by Moleculor Satyr
Nothing else in the past year and a half has worked.

They'll listen eventually. They'll listen or else some other venture that listens will take their place. That's just the way it works.

The fact that Feature Suggestions exists does at least show that, at the time that it was set up, someone accepted the notion that listening to customers was a good idea. If only there was a little more Linden presence on that forum, or even an official reviewer to keep tabs on it and point particular LL personnel at particular suggestions and bug reports. It would make a lot of people feel much happier about the future, and about the time that they are investing here.
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Jim Bunderfeld
The Coder
Join date: 1 Mar 2004
Posts: 161
09-18-2004 09:36
lol good luck :p
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Moleculor Satyr
Fireflies!
Join date: 5 Jan 2004
Posts: 2,650
Re: Not yet time to lose hope in Feature Suggestions.
09-18-2004 10:11
From: someone
Originally posted by Morgaine Dinova
They'll listen eventually. They'll listen or else some other venture that listens will take their place. That's just the way it works.

The fact that Feature Suggestions exists does at least show that, at the time that it was set up, someone accepted the notion that listening to customers was a good idea. If only there was a little more Linden presence on that forum, or even an official reviewer to keep tabs on it and point particular LL personnel at particular suggestions and bug reports. It would make a lot of people feel much happier about the future, and about the time that they are investing here.


Actually, this time it apparently worked. So :p to all you nay-sayers. LL's making a llCreateNotecard function as we speak.
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Aaron Levy
Medicated Lately?
Join date: 3 Jun 2004
Posts: 2,147
Re: Re: Not yet time to lose hope in Feature Suggestions.
09-18-2004 10:23
From: someone
Originally posted by Moleculor Satyr
Actually, this time it apparently worked. So :p to all you nay-sayers. LL's making a llCreateNotecard function as we speak.


"llCreateNotecard"

Where did you read that LL is making this?
Jake Cellardoor
CHM builder
Join date: 27 Mar 2003
Posts: 528
Re: Re: Re: Not yet time to lose hope in Feature Suggestions.
09-18-2004 10:59
From: someone
Originally posted by Aaron Levy
Where did you read that LL is making this?


It was mentioned in the link posted in this thread:

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