Funny how no one quoted the license when Diva also stated she experienced 
issues because of this problem.

Seriously sad... 

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> On Apr 25, 2015, at 6:01 PM, Dahlia Trimble <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> It is indeed unfortunate that questionable results may have been propagated. 
> Please bear in mind that few, if any, developers of OpenSimulator have 
> committed to producing a software which is intended for such purposes. There 
> are likely many artifices in OpenSimulator and in 3D graphics applications in 
> general. I would *strongly suggest* that those who attempt to use the 
> software for such purposes take responsibility for understanding the 
> applicability of this software for their purposes.
> 
> I will also suggest that a review of the license for OpenSimulator might be 
> in order, quoted here for your convenience:
> 
> 
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> 
>> On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 4:39 AM, Maxwell, Douglas CIV USARMY ARL (US) 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Good design principles reduce complexity while maintaining or increasing 
>> functionality.  I am not in support of the idea of introducing multiplier 
>> variables into the ini file.  This is for a number of reasons, one being 
>> there are a large number of multiplier variables that could be needed and 
>> the ini file is already complicated enough.  Adding more variables and code, 
>> rather than fixing bad code is not a responsible solution.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> This is a gut-check opportunity for the devs.  At some point in the past, 
>> somebody made the decision to artificially inflate these numbers and now 
>> (years later), that mistake has caught up with us.  The longer you wait, the 
>> more painful the correction will be.  It should be corrected, and any 
>> monitoring tools updated.  It is the responsible course of action. 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> We are attempting to help you by addressing physics and networking issues 
>> within the Open Simulator.  Step Zero of this process is trusting the 
>> simulator statistics. 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Douglas Maxwell, MSME
>> Science and Technology Manager
>> Virtual World Strategic Applications
>> U.S. Army Research Lab
>> Human Research & Engineering Directorate
>> Simulation & Training Technology Center
>> (c) (407) 242-0209
>> From: [email protected] 
>> [[email protected]] on behalf of Michael Emory Cerquoni 
>> [[email protected]]
>> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 8:59 PM
>> 
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] MOSES patch submitted (UNCLASSIFIED)
>> 
>> What do you think about making the multiplier a modifiable variable in 
>> OpenSim.ini?  This will allow anyone who wants to improve performance and 
>> use the stock #'s and in the meantime people can continue to use the code in 
>> a meaningful way without having to rewrite scripts and monitoring tools to 
>> continue testing other code that may be pushed into core, especially if the 
>> end goal is to get statistics to report back at the original numbers?  I am 
>> mostly just trying to understand the end goal myself.  If that is not 
>> possible I would suggest this work be moved into a development branch until 
>> we can get statistics back to the normal numbers again?  Otherwise we are 
>> talking about locking the code down to all other development until this 
>> process is complete, and no one has discussed any kind of time frame for 
>> this level of changes to complete, I would hate to put a complete halt to 
>> development in order for this to happen.  I am not against doing what you 
>> suggest, I just want to make sure we do it in the most efficient way 
>> possible.  Would be good to hear what others in the core development have to 
>> say, hopefully Justin and Diva and Melanie, Misterblue, BlueWall, you guys 
>> can chime in here as well, as I am only one person here and for the record 
>> just voicing my own concerns, I am far from the final say on any of this 
>> stuff.
>> 
>>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Maxwell, Douglas CIV USARMY ARL (US) 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Folks, before we can make any meaningful progress in performance 
>>> enhancements to the open simulator we have to be able to rely on the 
>>> simulator statistics.  Currently they are (purposefully) misreported to 
>>> make the simulator look like it is performing better than it really is.  
>>> This is not acceptable if we are to dig in and begin to assist.
>>> 
>>> Douglas Maxwell, MSME
>>> Science and Technology Manager
>>> Virtual World Strategic Applications
>>> U.S. Army Research Lab
>>> Human Research & Engineering Directorate
>>> Simulation & Training Technology Center
>>> (c) (407) 242-0209
>>> 
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: [email protected] 
>>> [[email protected]] on behalf of Melanie 
>>> [[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 5:56 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] MOSES patch submitted (UNCLASSIFIED)
>>> 
>>> It is also my opinion that this change isn't fit for core. If and
>>> when additional stats, like "real fps" and "physics engine fps" can
>>> be shown in the viewer, then that would be good but the viewer stats
>>> window should continue to show the fudged figures indefinitely. This
>>> is because people don't only use scripts but also bots to do
>>> monitoring and bots receive the same data the viewer receives.
>>> 
>>> - Melanie
>>> 
>>> On 24/04/2015 23:42, Michael Emory Cerquoni wrote:
>>> > ok so just so I understand we should now see this actually just display
>>> > 11fps? Personally I think this is a bad idea, alot of people may be using
>>> > monitoring apps and scripts that look for low fps and restart the region,
>>> > we would basically be forcing everyone to rewrite a lot of code to
>>> > accommodate a singular purpose? Not quite sure how this improves the
>>> > project as a whole.
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Michael Emory Cerquoni <
>>> > [email protected]> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> ok I will continue testing this for now, we should try to resolve the
>>> >> white space issues before it hits core, we can worry about that later
>>> >> though. I hope others can start testing this patch as well we need to
>>> >> really make sure this does not break any scripts or monitoring apps 
>>> >> before
>>> >> this changes the core code, so anyone who has the time please do test 
>>> >> this
>>> >> and let us know if you notice anything change or break, thanks!
>>> >>
>>> >> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Maxwell, Douglas CIV USARMY ARL (US) <
>>> >> [email protected]> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
>>> >>> Caveats: NONE
>>> >>>
>>> >>> What you saw were just warnings about white spaces.  The patch should
>>> >>> still
>>> >>> apply and work.  We follows the open simulator patch creation guidance
>>> >>> explicitly, if you guys have updated instructions for how you want this
>>> >>> done -
>>> >>> let us know.  Otherwise, you can ignore the warnings.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> v/r -douglas
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Douglas Maxwell, MSME
>>> >>> Science and Technology Manager
>>> >>> Virtual World Strategic Applications
>>> >>> U.S. Army Research Lab
>>> >>> Simulation & Training Technology Center (STTC)
>>> >>> (c) (407) 242-0209
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>>> >>> From: [email protected]
>>> >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael 
>>> >>> Emory
>>> >>> Cerquoni
>>> >>> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 2:38 PM
>>> >>> To: [email protected]
>>> >>> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] MOSES patch submitted
>>> >>>
>>> >>> please check the mantis, i had some trouble applying patch for testing,
>>> >>> thanks
>>> >>> guys!
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Michael Heilmann <[email protected]>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>         Opensim Devs
>>> >>>
>>> >>>         Just an FYI, mantis bug #7540 is the first code submission from
>>> >>> project
>>> >>> MOSES.  Thanks.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>         --
>>> >>>         Michael Heilmann
>>> >>>         Research Associate
>>> >>>         Institute for Simulation and Training
>>> >>>         University of Central Florida
>>> >>>
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>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> --
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Michael Emory Cerquoni
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
>>> >>> Caveats: NONE
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
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>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Michael Emory Cerquoni
>>> >>
>>> >
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