Comments on: Tram Government, Mapping and Unaided Swoopment http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine/2006/12/03/tram-government-mapping-and-unaided-swoopment/ The experiences in Second Life of Ordinal Malaprop. Scripting, design, observations, notes. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:24:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: An Engine Fit For My Proceeding · le Marché, ce n’est pas moi http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine/2006/12/03/tram-government-mapping-and-unaided-swoopment/#comment-4472 An Engine Fit For My Proceeding · le Marché, ce n’est pas moi Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:09:00 +0000 http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine/2006/12/03/tram-government-mapping-and-unaided-swoopment/#comment-4472 [...] I am indebted to a Concerned Reader, who has left a comment on a previous post regarding an automated method of searching for and purchasing land requested via the libsecondlife project Consultancy page. land troller • A method for using libSL for trolling Land sales. (first land and others) *** — $300 • You have a coder, but I need some more details that you can either post here or e-mail to ###. Do you want an automated method of purchasing land in SL, or do you want a system that alerts you when it finds land that meets certain criteria? • What you want a spec?? haha …. first req would be a system that alerts when land available meets certain criteria…..if it could then automate certain purchases that would be great too. To be clear…I do not intend to use ALT avatars to cheat on first land. I currently do not own land, but am always getting beaten out by land scammers…..so I would also like to beat them at their own game and offer a FAIR price to n00bs after explain the reality of the land system. • I will complete the first requirement and we can talk from there [...] [...] I am indebted to a Concerned Reader, who has left a comment on a previous post regarding an automated method of searching for and purchasing land requested via the libsecondlife project Consultancy page. land troller • A method for using libSL for trolling Land sales. (first land and others) *** — $300 • You have a coder, but I need some more details that you can either post here or e-mail to ###. Do you want an automated method of purchasing land in SL, or do you want a system that alerts you when it finds land that meets certain criteria? • What you want a spec?? haha …. first req would be a system that alerts when land available meets certain criteria…..if it could then automate certain purchases that would be great too. To be clear…I do not intend to use ALT avatars to cheat on first land. I currently do not own land, but am always getting beaten out by land scammers…..so I would also like to beat them at their own game and offer a FAIR price to n00bs after explain the reality of the land system. • I will complete the first requirement and we can talk from there [...]

]]> By: Ordinal Malaprop http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine/2006/12/03/tram-government-mapping-and-unaided-swoopment/#comment-4470 Ordinal Malaprop Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:06:55 +0000 http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine/2006/12/03/tram-government-mapping-and-unaided-swoopment/#comment-4470 Thank you for notifying me of that - indeed somewhat concerning, and I feel worthy of a post in itself. Thank you for notifying me of that - indeed somewhat concerning, and I feel worthy of a post in itself.

]]> By: Concerned Reader http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine/2006/12/03/tram-government-mapping-and-unaided-swoopment/#comment-4347 Concerned Reader Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:25:56 +0000 http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine/2006/12/03/tram-government-mapping-and-unaided-swoopment/#comment-4347 Land swooping may have been and may currently be a human powered activity, but that may not be true for long. Libsecondlife developers have a chance to make 300 dollars creating an automated land swooping system. See http://libsecondlife.org/protocol/index.php?title=Bounties&diff=2633&oldid=2600 for details. Land swooping may have been and may currently be a human powered activity, but that may not be true for long.

Libsecondlife developers have a chance to make 300 dollars creating an automated land swooping system.

See http://libsecondlife.org/protocol/index.php?title=Bounties&diff=2633&oldid=2600 for details.

]]> By: Berakos Tandino http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine/2006/12/03/tram-government-mapping-and-unaided-swoopment/#comment-2922 Berakos Tandino Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:56:45 +0000 http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine/2006/12/03/tram-government-mapping-and-unaided-swoopment/#comment-2922 "A proper automaton would look for an alternative route, but public transport is meant to be predictable - one cannot have trams deciding that they prefer taking shortcuts, or would rather take a turn around the lake to feed the ducks, leaving potential passengers abandoned, confused and cross." Trams are known for their delays so if the tram arrives at a place where it can't drive on without exceeding the prim limit, it could announce a delay and wait till it can continue its journey. There could even be a set of speakers at every tram station which tells the waiting people of the delayed arrival of their long awaited tram. I guess that could be a funny feature, but only if the delay stays within a reasonable amount of time and I have no idea if the prim count is something that changes that often.. “A proper automaton would look for an alternative route, but public transport is meant to be predictable - one cannot have trams deciding that they prefer taking shortcuts, or would rather take a turn around the lake to feed the ducks, leaving potential passengers abandoned, confused and cross.”

Trams are known for their delays so if the tram arrives at a place where it can’t drive on without exceeding the prim limit, it could announce a delay and wait till it can continue its journey.
There could even be a set of speakers at every tram station which tells the waiting people of the delayed arrival of their long awaited tram.

I guess that could be a funny feature, but only if the delay stays within a reasonable amount of time and I have no idea if the prim count is something that changes that often..

]]> By: Jesse Malthus http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine/2006/12/03/tram-government-mapping-and-unaided-swoopment/#comment-2866 Jesse Malthus Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:14:43 +0000 http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine/2006/12/03/tram-government-mapping-and-unaided-swoopment/#comment-2866 What an interesting parcel mapping application! In fact, I am working on a similar device, however it uses some libsecondlife alchemy instead of the new scripting features. (It can, in fact, determine the purchase price of the sim, but I do believe that purchasing is now done by HTTP and not through the message template, so a "land swoop bot" would take a little more effort to make work.) I suppose using WarpPos would let the tram cross safely, as the warping happens within a single server frame, which is not enough time for it to realize that the parcel is in fact over the limit. What an interesting parcel mapping application! In fact, I am working on a similar device, however it uses some libsecondlife alchemy instead of the new scripting features. (It can, in fact, determine the purchase price of the sim, but I do believe that purchasing is now done by HTTP and not through the message template, so a “land swoop bot” would take a little more effort to make work.)
I suppose using WarpPos would let the tram cross safely, as the warping happens within a single server frame, which is not enough time for it to realize that the parcel is in fact over the limit.

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