http://aubretec.com Better Second Living through innovation Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:46:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Question from WickedSF: Where the fuck have you been? The answer to this question is simple:  I've been working.  I was offered a rather excellent job as a project manager outside of Second Life and I took it. Yes, I still intend to be active in Second Life, and I've been working on ... http://aubretec.com/announcements/ask-luc-where-the-f-have-you-been/ We're pleased to announce that our VX-7 Scorpions are back online with a new 1.23 update.  To get your update follow these instructions: Unpack a fresh set of your Scorpions (If you used your Scorpions and got the CCS error message, the CCS API disabled those entirely, so toss them). Rez one ... http://aubretec.com/announcements/scorpions-back-online/ We have taken the VX-7 Scorpions temporarily offline to deal with some CCS API changes.  We'll release an update to the VX-7s within the next day or so.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. http://aubretec.com/announcements/scorpions-temporarily-offline/ We've been out of touch for a couple of weeks, and we apologize for the inconvenience.  Our servers were hit by a massive attack, and we needed time to get essential services back online.  Our support team has been operating in the meantime. We're pleased to announce that we're back in-world ... http://aubretec.com/announcements/server-madness/ The time to update our flagship psiTEC system has come around again, and we're asking psiTEC users for their suggestions. Among the questions we want to hear from you about: Should we turn it into a HUD (heads-up-display) or keep it one of the few non-HUD attack systems out there? What non-attack features ... http://aubretec.com/announcements/website-announcements/psitec-update-suggestions-wanted/ So Kokiri Saarinen and I just spent a very geeky couple of hours testing Mono list storage capacity (and, sadly enough, competing for the fastest result times) and we accidentally discovered something odd: Casting keys as strings allowed us to store 13x as much data. We ran different tests, with different configurations, ... http://aubretec.com/blog/scripting/lsl-weirdness/ We're pleased to announce the availability of aubreTEC gift cards.  These transferable cards can be redeemed for aubreTEC products in our main store in Meijis and in other aubreTEC-owned locations.  Gift cards are available in $250L, $500L, $750L, $1000L, $1500L, $2000L, $2500L, $3000L, and $5000L denominations. http://aubretec.com/announcements/new-products/now-available-gift-cards/ Your aubreTEC Gift Card may be exchanged like cash for most aubreTEC products at any official aubreTEC Labs location. WHERE CAN I USE THIS CARD? You may use this card at any official aubreTEC location. This card will not work on reseller or catalog vendors; you will need to visit one ... http://aubretec.com/support/manuals/gift-cards/ Selecting a gift in Second Life is no easy task - it's impossible to tell what people already have, permissions are a mess, and a lot of gift items can't be returned or exchanged.  What's the solution?  An aubreTEC gift card! HOW IT WORKS The aubreTEC gift card works much like a ... http://aubretec.com/products/miscellaneous/aubretec-gift-cards/ Right on the heels of our long-awaited CCS enhancement update for the VX-7 Scorpions comes our first ammo pack specifically for CCS gameplay. This pack contains four new CCS-enhanced ammunition types (Frag, Consecrated, Desecrated, NaCL, and Ash Core). Read the product details or buy this item in-world for ... http://aubretec.com/announcements/new-products/released-vx-series-ccs-ammo-pack-3/