Every now and then I tinker a bit with Linden Scripting Language aka LSL. Nothing spectacular - just a bits here and there to see what can be done. A great reference source for scripting information is the LSL Wiki.

LSL is a simple and reasonably powerful event driven language. It has some limitations on what you can do, some of which are pretty significant. But since a LSL script can communicate with the outside world, via HTTP (web) and email requests, you could offload a lot of functionality to another non-second life server.

An example of that would be the TrustNet system I blogged about a few days ago. The HUD runs the LSL scripts that communicate back to TrustNet servers where the database is and I’m sure some processing is done.

-Veyron

As anticipated, the old Second Life rating system is now gone from the latest client. This new client and server upgrade has a number of new “features” we all really love, but rather than start ranting about that, I’ve been looking into a replacement for the rating system. I decided to give TrustNet a try. Its cost is low, I like how the logic of it works and it has what I would consider to be a useful HUD. You can get the HUD in world in the Sprawler Sim. The cost is free. It appears to be subscription based, but it’s not very clear on that upfront. It looks to be L$50 a month, with is pretty cheap.

TrustNet has a web site for your account to manage your ratings and you can rate other skills than just behavior of an avatar, such as building, appearance, scripting, buying and selling.

They are also promising a security orb that uses the TrustNet data. This might be very useful. I use a Home Security Orb by Psyke’s Defense Systems, which I have found to be very useful, but this may be more useful, as it could be self-maintaining in the list of people who get access. It appears to have most of the features of Psyke’s Security Orb.

Maybe it might be a good idea to get together in world and start to build up a trust net?

-Veyron.