February 2008
At Earnhardts urging, TMS to change promo... →
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[Update] Rolling Restarts Thursday Jan 31st at... →
[Update 5:38 PM] The decision has been made to go forward. Since a fix was made to 1.19.0, we are restarting from the beginning again. We will commence within the hour and progress will be posted here.
[Update 5:17 PM] The restarts are stopped for approximately 30 minutes. We have encountered a similar issue which caused us to rollback to 1.18.6 yesterday. Our engineers are working on this and...
Notes: Fox finds home with Pettys after years at... →
Thursday’s opening day of the final session of Sprint Cup Preseason Thunder, at California Speedway, marked the completion of the first week that Bobby Labonte’s new car chief, Raymond Fox, had spent working for Petty Enterprises on its No. 43 Dodge.
January 2008
Harvick continues to test well on West Coast swing →
Perhaps it was the West Coast air or proximity to his hometown of Bakersfield, but Kevin Harvick was happy to go to work Thursday at California Speedway.
Inventory Database Unavailable For Some Residents →
A database issue is being worked on that affects inventory. Approximately 1/16th of our residents will be affected, although this could affect more than one server. As a precaution, it is best not to rez no copy items until we give an all clear.
Kenradio Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:01:21 -0800 →
Security Now 129: Windows SteadyState →
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Steve discusses how network administrators can protect their systems using Windows SteadyState. For 16kpbs versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve’s site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written - Spinrite 6.
Bandwidth for Security Now! is provided by AOL Radio. Running time: 38:43
Knowledge Base Article of the Week #14:... →
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Knowledge Base Article of the Week! This week, we’ll explore a few ways to safeguard your Second Life account and password against phishing and other forms of account hijacking. Just click the link and enter your Support login information to see the article.
Something as simple as using your Second Life password for an account on a third-party website can...
Second Life Auction Website Issue →
The Second Life Auction Website is currently experiencing various intermittent errors. We are working to resolve this as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.
GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner
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Petty to wave the green flag for 50th Daytona 500 →
Seven-time Daytona 500 Champion Richard Petty, who’s father Lee won the inaugural Daytona 500 in 1959, will serve as honorary starter for the historic 50th running of the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 17.
Crash-filled test at LVMS leaves teams scrambling →
For the second consecutive year, Sprint Cup Preseason Thunder testing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway turned into a crash-fest, as eight different Cars of Tomorrow were terminally wrecked in two days of testing.
Land Store Unavailable →
Our Land Store is temporarily unavailable. Our web engineers are working their magic and we expect to have it back up and running again shortly.
After Vegas test, Kahne sees a return to past... →
Kasey Kahne can only hope the inexorable progress he showed during this week’s second round of Sprint Cup Preseason Thunder testing is truly a predictor that he and his Gillett Evernham Motorsports team will return to the league-leading level of performance they displayed two seasons ago.
Rolling Restarts Wednesday Jan 30th 2:00 PM →
We will be following today’s upgrades with a rolling restart of most Second Life regions on Wednesday, January 30th. Restarts are expected to begin around 2:00 PM and take approximately 5 hours.
Watch this space for progress reports
Kenradio Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:18:36 -0800 →
Viewing Friends Online on Website Temporarily... →
Viewing your Friends Online List from the Second Life Website has been temporarily disabled due to technical difficulties. We will update you here when it has been enabled again. Thank you for your patience.
Darlington announces new all-you-can-eat ticket... →
Fans still in search of tickets for the May 10th Dodge Challenger 500 Sprint Cup race at Darlington Raceway can now purchase an all-you-can-eat food and beverage ticket package to the new Colvin Grill, track president Chris Browning announced Monday.
CrankyGeeks 101: Talking Poli-techs →
Music Provider QTrax in Humiliating U-Turn, Googling for Malware, One in Four iPhones Unlocked, and more…
Support Portal Unavailable →
Our support portal is currently having technical problems. If you only need to view knowledge base articles, please log in as a guest. We will get tickets and live chat back up and running as quickly as possible.
Public Issue Tracker downtime →
The Public Issue Tracker will be down for a short while starting at 1:30AM this morning. At this point the downtime is estimated to be less than 1 hour.
Full Region Auctions Are Back! →
After a few months without any new mainland regions available on our auction site, starting tomorrow we will resume whole region listings.
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Rolling Restarts Wednesday Jan 30th 2:00 PM →
We will be following today’s upgrades with a rolling restart of most Second Life regions on Wednesday, January 30th. Restarts are expected to begin around 2:00 PM and take approximately 5 hours.
Watch this space for progress reports
Villeneuve parts ways with longtime manager... →
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McDowell aiming to prove worth at Cup level for... →
Michael McDowell hasn’t made a Sprint Cup start but don’t confuse his lack of seat time in NASCAR’s top series with inexperience.
Mono Beta Launch →
We’re very pleased to announce the beta testing of Mono in Second Life. Mono is a technology which will increase the speed of scripts running in Second Life. The goal is that everyone will experience reduced lag and improved stability and that it will be possible to script complex behaviours that were not previously feasible in Second Life.
With a mono viewer on a Mono region, normal LSL...
Sorenson knows it's time to step up at Ganassi... →
Broadcaster Steve Byrnes was hosting a stop for the Chip Ganassi Racing organization on the recent Sprint Cup media tour when he turned to one of Ganassi’s Nationwide Series drivers.
Kenradio Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:27:50 -0800 →
[UPDATE] Second Life Server Code Upgrade Tue Jan... →
[UPDATE 12:35 p.m. PST –teeple]
Logins are slow or failing, inventory is problematic. We’re doing a partial rollback to stabilize as quickly as possible. Please do not rez or transfer valuable (no-copy) assets in world until we give an all clear. We’ll be broadcasting this message to the grid very shortly.
[UPDATE 11:56 a.m. PST –teeple]
As part of the backend upgrade, we’re about to...
Earnhardt experienced 500 heartache with his... →
Even when he’s on the other side of the continent, the Daytona 500 — and the role it played in his family’s history — is never far from Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s thoughts.
Second Life Server Code Upgrade Tue Jan 29 →
On Tuesday, January 29, (10:30 AM - 12:00 PM) we will be upgrading the code running on our central second life servers. This will mainly add stability fixes and set the stage for upcoming new features. It will also include fixes for the following issues:
SVC-930: Prims set for sale - prices are incorrectly set when multiple prims taken to inventory and rezzed
SVC-1039: llResetScript() from a...
Got Opinions on Voice? →
You may have noticed we’ve been working on better analyzing and quantifying our Residents views on voice over the past few months. For example, Aleks Linden’s current survey on Voice, which is almost finished, is examining how Residents use Voice in Second Life.
We’re also looking for help on how best to prioritize additional voice features as we move forward. Voice communication has been an...
Hamlin all positive about Toyota, COT, 'new' JGR →
Despite winning a race with the Car of Tomorrow in its inaugural 2007 season, Denny Hamlin could have hardly been called an ardent supporter of NASCAR’s latest chassis design.
SSH Secure Shell
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Secure Shell or SSH is typically used to log into a remote machine and execute commands, but it also supports tunneling, forwarding arbitrary TCP ports and X11 connections; it can transfer files using the associated SFTP or SCP protocols. SSH is also a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged over a secure channel between two computers. Encryption provides confidentiality and integrity of...
Dropping team sure to be tough for Roush Fenway →
Five doesn’t divide into four evenly. So if Roush Fenway Racing has to pare one team from its stable of five cars before the start of the 2010 season, which one will it be?
Drivers battle jet lag after Rolex 24-Vegas... →
Juan Montoya and Dario Franchitti arrived at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on a cloud, and the brisk winds and mid-40-degree temperatures had nothing to do with it.
GEM opts for triple-sponsor approach for No. 19... →
While it’s becoming more common for a racecar to feature two primary sponsors — what’s called co-primaries — Gillett Evernham Motorsports’ No. 19 Dodge will have what it’s calling tri-mary sponsors this year with Best Buy, Stanley Tools and McDonald’s sharing the cost of a primary sponsorship.
Kenradio Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:38:18 -0800 →
18 84 58 A6 D1 50 34 DF E3 86 F2 3B 61 D4 37 74 -... →
this key suggests that hackers are closer to creating compliant IPA application bundles for home-brew iTunes distribution.
Wind makes for difficult testing conditions at... →
Sprint Cup teams expected to deal with a number of unknown variables heading into this week’s testing at Las Vegas and California. But one thing that may have thrown them a curve Monday morning was the weather.
California test speeds →
Las Vegas Sprint Cup Series test: Jan. 28-29 Nationwide Series test: Jan. 30-31 • Speeds — Cup | Nationwide
Las Vegas test speeds →
Las Vegas Sprint Cup Series test: Jan. 28-29 Nationwide Series test: Jan. 30-31 • Speeds — Cup | Nationwide
More Intermittent Website Problems →
Those of us who post here occasionally find ourselves in the position of play-by-play announcers. We think it’s important to let you know that we’re aware of a problem as quickly as possible, instead if letting it sit until we can blog a tidy post mortem.
Because problems in a heavily distributed environment can be subtle and difficult to thoroughly trace, we sometimes have to relay unpleasant...
Service Portal Maintenance Scheduled Next Weekend →
The Support Portal’s ticket and live chat systems will be off line Saturday, 2 February, 9:00 - 10:30 PM PST. We appreciate your patience during this time.
GFI LANguard
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RealNetworks Installer (32-bit)
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Rolex 24 Official Results →
The 2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona was run on Jan. 26-27 at Daytona International Speedway.
Ganassi tops record Rolex 24 with third win in a... →
The Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates racing program became the first team to capture a Rolex 24 at Daytona overall victory in three consecutive years when Sprint Cup drivers Juan Montoya and Dario Franchitti joined Rolex Series regulars Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas in the Ganassi No. 1Lexus Riley to capture the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway. The...
TWiT 129: Molly's Mullet →
Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, and Wil Harris Charter says you’ve got no mail, MacBook Air, Windows 7, Sun-MySQL deal, Scoble punks Davos, Facebook opens up, Amazon’s MP3s, and iPhone fuzzy math. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:23:12
Preseason Thunder testing resumes Monday at LVMS →
Soon, NASCAR team transporters will embark on their late-January trek across plains, mountains and deserts — an annual cross-country pilgrimage crucial to a fast start.