Monthly Archives: October 2004
Some proposals for making the new permission system work
Wow, this is really a “bomb” that LL has planted among the community… it’s going haywire right now, but the cool thing is, we have a very long fuse, and lots of time to disarm it. Thanks to Cory for warning us in advance! I have very mixed feelings about the current proposal, and that’s why I don’t want to discuss the ideas yet on the “official place” – Cory’s…
The Linden Vision – Weak Copyrights in the Metaverse
It’s still fresh in my mind, so I guess it’s time to write some thoughts on it, and then I’m going to see if Lordfly Digaridoo’s SL Economy Analysis Blog” already has some insight on the Town Hall meeting yesterday with Cory Linden. I like his economic insights very much, and as one of the leading “economical geniuses” of SL (the other one being Jacqueline Richelieu, of course), I wonder…
The Luddites strike back!
Both inworld and out there, I have been busy spreading Philip’s vision. The preliminary results are quite fascinating, and I do hope that Linden Lab’s own marketing department has had much better experiences. Since the “metaverse building” is something radical for the overall population – they will have to “grow into it” slowly – I tried to concentrate on the groups who I’d expect more willingness to adopt these views….
Building the Metaverse – Connecting it to the Real World
After reading several white papers on online economy, browsing around the forums, and having discussions with people inworld, as well as checking up on what Philip Rosedale (CEO of Linden Lab) says about it, I finally did it: I started to pull in the real world economy into Second Life®. So far, what we have seen is, residents are pushing the virtual frontier beyond the game. The best example is…
Thoughts on a new “reputation system”
This is taken directly from my post in the forums. After a discussion on the rating system with Moon Adamant, we have figured out an interesting “alternative” rating system. It has a slight problem of “computational resources” required. We both feel there is a need to “extra-rate” someone very special to you. Since ratings are over-abused, how can we mark in some way that “special friend” we love in SL?…
How Second Life works (techically speaking)
First, a disclaimer… I do not have any type of connection to Linden Lab (wish I had, though ). Information collected about how the system works has three main sources: looking at the logs (SecondLife.log), reading the forums, and talking to older residents (who sometimes have exchanged ideas with Jeff, Ben, or even Philip himself). Philip and Cory themselves have written a technical paper on the technology used. This is…
My interpretation of Philip Linden`s vision
Some of us have been privileged to listen “live” (or through the many repeaters) what Philip Linden told SL’s population at large about his visions and the questions he answered for the residents, at the last Town Hall meeting on October, 1st. You can read the official transcript to give you an idea.Personally (and this blog of mine surely has shown a few mutations since my original plan for it)…
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