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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)…
Hard working in Second Life
Several very observing residents have noticed the “real estate market crash” – since the Lindens have added much more land, prices have fallen down dramatically. With the GOM crash last week, this also means that suddenly we didn’t have any way to bring “fresh” money inworld. Some analysts predict that the L$ will get weaker compared to the US$. The reason is simple: you can buy more land with the…
The Aristocracy in Second Life
Second Life is ruled by a benign demitheocracy. What this means is that the Lindens are the rulers – they care for our avatars, they keep the grid running and are further developing it, and they interfere to provide for justice in case of conflict. And they help the residents out. That’s what they do! It isn’t a true theocracy (rule by the Gods) since the Lindens are “only” demogods:…
Taking offense in Second Life is easier…
So you have lots of experience with online conversations, for years and years, have been accused of starting flame wars and managed to escape without getting burned, and you’re the nicest person in the world, so there is no way you’ll get misinterpreted in Second Life, isn’t it? Think again. 12 years of online communication has not avoided me to mortally offend two very nice persons, both having helped me…
The Doctor Is In!
So you have a new girl-/boyfriend in Second Life and you have been having a marvelous time with her/him? She/he is intelligent, witty, easy-going, loves parties, enjoys herself and pleases you, and she/he even has lots of interesting friends. Sounds great, right? But is she/he actually like that in RL? Well, Second Life drops all barriers, and while people may disagree a lot about this issue, the old saying –…
Scripts for free?
Scripters (or scriptors) are the Second Life programmers. They usually have some background in Real Life programming and have just discovered the joys and wonders of dealing with an awkward event-driven state machine with inconsistent library functions. If this paragraph sounds like gobbledigook to you, STOP READING! You won’t find this very informative anyway. In the Real World, we have two major ways of dealing with software development: you either…
The Soul Solace Opening Meeting (Sep 3rd, 2004)
For those who wanted to attend but weren’t unable to do so, here goes a resumed version of the event. Attendants were informed that I would post this information online and edit it; everyone who attended is welcome to email me and ask for corrections if they feel I have represented their views incorrectly. Names are not revealed to protect privacy, as some of the comments were quite personal. The…
The Soul Solace
Well, when I started updating this site, I was thinking more of writing a few tips and tricks and things I’ve been discovering in Second Life that would benefit more new users. As time goes on, however, it seems that I’m more into thinking about what Second Life is really about, and what issues may develop about this “virtual life”. In the past few days I have got in touch…
My views on Second Life politics
Sometimes the forums are down, so here is a short list of my own views on the (eventual) future government of SL: – Linden Government as “permanent” benevolent demitheocracy as the Executive Branch (eventually with Linden staff rotating posts) – a Second Life Parliament with representatives of all SL citizens (land-owners or not), with mandates which would be held for at most 2 or 3 terms in a row -…
Help! Do I need therapy??
When do I know that I need therapy for stopping to play Second Life? 1) When you spend more time online playing the game than working for your boss.2) When a 20-hour day just feels “natural” to you.3) When every hour spent “off-line” is spent reading programming manuals, looking for new animations in the Internet, or browsing through clothes’ shops to get new ideas.4) When you wake in the middle…
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