WarpPos

WarpPos is a method by which the 10m limit on non-physical movement can be avoided, by exploiting a misfeature in llSetPrimitiveParams in which multiple parameters of the same flag type are executed in a single server frame. <lsl> warpPos( vector destinationRootPosition ) {

   //R&D by Keknehv Psaltery, 05/25/2006
   //with a little poking by Strife, and a bit more
   //some more munging by Talarus Luan
   //Final cleanup by Keknehv Psaltery
   //Changed jump value to 411 (4096 ceiling) by Jesse Barnett
   // Compute the number of jumps necessary

   vector currentRootPosition = llGetRootPosition();

   integer jumps = (integer)(llVecDist(destinationRootPosition, currentRootPosition) / 10.0) + 1;

   // Try and avoid stack/heap collisions
   if (jumps > 411)
       jumps = 411;

   // The start for the rules list
   list rules = [ PRIM_POSITION, destinationRootPosition ];

   integer count = 1;

   while ( ( count = count << 1 ) < jumps)
       rules = (rules=[]) + rules + rules;// should tighten memory use.

   llSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFast(LINK_ROOT,
       rules + llList2List( rules, (count - jumps) << 1, count) );

   //Failsafe
   currentRootPosition = llGetRootPosition();
   if ( llVecDist( currentRootPosition, destinationRootPosition ) > .001 )
       while ( --jumps ) 
           llSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFast(LINK_ROOT, [PRIM_POSITION, destinationRootPosition] );

} </lsl>

Quote: warpPos -- llSetPos without the limits ~~ Keknehv Psaltery

A few observations:
Sim crossings are perilous for AVs. Depending on connection speed and whether or not you are connected to the sim (can see it on the mini-map), it may screw up your client. However, it seems like objects, by themselves, can cross great distances. I managed to send an object 4 sims away diagonally. Further testing would help us to understand these things.
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The average time this function takes to execute is under .2 seconds, which is barely noticeable at all, and can easily be attributed to general lag. A simple optimization for an object with a known destination might be to calculate the list beforehand, and then call llSetPrimitiveParams with that list.
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a Linden ... response ... go ahead and find a workaround - I'd love to see it, I'm sure it is usefull, but it might not work very well across sim borders