tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034111319181664677.post357754067867940503..comments2023-10-06T08:06:02.527-07:00Comments on Socially|Mundane: Let the Arm-twisting Begin!Ari Blackthorne™http://www.blogger.com/profile/02558174810554904434noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034111319181664677.post-8455507007287985612010-01-17T23:38:35.423-08:002010-01-17T23:38:35.423-08:00I meant think inside a box as a phrase and not lit...I meant think inside a box as a phrase and not literallycocoahttp://andcocoarambles.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034111319181664677.post-44061098703493674482010-01-17T22:51:25.371-08:002010-01-17T22:51:25.371-08:00Cocoa, thanks, and those are good points, and allo...Cocoa, thanks, and those are good points, and allow me to clarify.<br /><br />I am not talking about the plot. I am well aware the fundamental plots and motives have been around since the glory days of Classical Athens and Sparta. What I was talking about was the salad dressing, the fluff around these and, to quote myself, 'wacky' stories. The superficial details we all (myself included) appear to be hung up on in this post.<br /><br />To call these details trivial, however, is wrong since as you point out one day innovations may arise from this blessed mess. My point was, and perhaps I misphrased this, that people who want things radically different and innovative and all that jazz dismiss seeming mundane creations. You comment surprise that stores continue to be boxes, whereas I see the incredible feat of first creating the space, then the ability to create the environment, and having multiple guests to come in and not only look but <i>move, touch and buy/sell said objects</i>, seems to be a giant leap already even if all we see are a bunch of box store strip malls. That people are getting a hang of this system to create their boxes, this is certainly a good thing. Even if it's nothing as fantastic and whimsical as 'Avatar' or 'Star Wars'.<br /><br />And as for surprise, I still feel it is related to disappoint with the fact that people want and have made mundane. "<i>Just</i> real life when it could have been <i>more</i>." At least, with the way you're wording it to me anyway. Undoubtedly my rambling is having a similar effect on you!<br /><br />Ari will likely make a comment about easy mis-communication in CyberLand.Anna Tsiolkovskyhttp://plutovoyage.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034111319181664677.post-38935251501995457612010-01-17T20:13:15.298-08:002010-01-17T20:13:15.298-08:00*laughs*
Anna,
You clearly don't understand m...*laughs*<br />Anna, <br />You clearly don't understand me.<br />Firstly, movies such as Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Avatar, which you classify as sci-fi or wacky-far-out-floating are ultimately stories of human emotions..tales of love, fear, greed and sacrifice, stuff we see in every day life.<br />As of Second Life, no it hasn't disappointed me or let me down in anyway.If it had, I wouldn't be here. <br />My comment regarding the aping of real life activities goes like this - How often do you walk into a store in Second Life and it looks exactly like a store in Real Life? At least, 9 out of 10 times. It could look like anything it wants to in Second Life, but it still ends up looking like a real life store. The only thing that surprises me is when people just like to think within a box, even in the absence of the box. :)<br />And, as Ari's comments above regarding real life imitating some of those ideas seen in Star Trek, you never know, the next invention/radical concept could emerge right here in Second Life.cocoahttp://andcocoarambles.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034111319181664677.post-68414980685769688272010-01-16T22:58:50.574-08:002010-01-16T22:58:50.574-08:00The majority of people prefer normalcy? Doesn'...The majority of people prefer normalcy? Doesn't sound narcissitic to me. "Normal" can be just as imaginative as "Wacky Far Out Floating Mountains". <br /><br />Don't take this personally, I'm sorry, but it annoys me when people talk as if SL is this giant let-down just because we're not a bunch of spheroids held together by green electricity and the world is five dimensional with avatars able to move through time and each other, and there is no sun or world but plates of organic material each of which obey different laws of gravity. As if making a mimic of real life is trivial or yawn inducing. <br /><br />People all have a choice in Second Life. You can make all this wondrous stuff you seem to desire (if you have the time, energy, and money to do so). Everyone has this choice. And when the majority freely choose to stay 'human' and make beach resorts and put up little Christmas trees on the holidays, that's life. Boohoo, they didn't want to live out Snowcrash or Avatar.<br /><br />With regards to Star Trek, and other future sci fi stuff, it sometimes irks me how they tend to overlook some of the implications of the technology they create. For instance, take the tractor beam in star trek. In almost every case, it's strong enough to hold a ship stock in place. And it can handle multiple objects, seeming to imply the beam can be multi-focused. It works irrespective of shielding.<br /><br />Imagine now, using the tractor to rip a ship in two. Project two beams and just tear down the middle. Or tractor all the windows out and let them suffocate as air support fails. They would never be able to resist the pull. Tractor Photon torpedoes mid-air (mid-space?) and fling them right back. <br /><br />Battles would turn into giant wrestling matches, with both ships tearing at each other with tractors to see who will snap under the stress. "Cloaking Devices" would be worthless if you could sweep an area of space with the tractor and shred any object, even invisible. <br /><br />Maybe there's something I'm missing. I'm not that big a Trek watcher, I wouldn't know.Anna Tsiolkovskyhttp://plutovoyage.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034111319181664677.post-35539542338165774582010-01-16T07:25:27.099-08:002010-01-16T07:25:27.099-08:00@Anna - waiting for you to come aboard as you ofte...@Anna - waiting for you to come aboard as you often have very good counter-balance to my rhetoric.<br /><br />@Quaintly - yes, in the U.S. ... believe it or not ... that picture could almost classify as "G" (General Audiences,) which is everyone. But definitely within the "PG" realm (Parental Guidance) and nowhere near the "PG-13" aspect (Parental Guidance, must the 13 years or older).<br /><br />Of course these rating s from the Motion Picture Associated of America (MPAA) are all bullshit to begin with. Especially when they don't distinguish between violence, language or sexual situations.<br /><br />Regarding this blog: I just don;t want to have to put up a "adult-rated" door (like you see on many Blogger blogs that warn you first and you click the "Agree" button to enter.)<br /><br />@Cocoaadored - Just watched Avatar last night (and no, not in the theater - nyuk, nyuk) - though it's a beautiful rendition of a fantasy land and the eye-candy certainly comes through, the story just isn't all that great. Incredibly predictable.<br /><br />I think James Cameron is losing his touch the same way Steven Speilberg did. It's a good movie, but for Cameron: Titanic and Abyss are definitely better. As for what Uncle Phil speaks on, it makes sense. I don;t know how true it is, but I read a very authoritative source that described the Second Life/Linden Land grid software as the vehicle that was supposed launch teledildonics that Linden Research was working on.<br /><br />As it turns out, the software became far more popular than the hardware the software was supposedly invented for. However one thing is for certain about Cameron: he has a very good knack for inventing future technology that is incredibly plausible and science replicates art all the time.<br /><br />Remember Start Trek (the original Television series)? Now, practically every supermarket and most other large buildings have those automatic sliding doors - literally mimicked from that show. And we all have communicators. Except we call them cell phones and so on.<br /><br />What we see in Avatar is real and the technology is on it's way. It's only a matter of when and how it will be used.<br /><br />/me shrugs.Ari Blackthorne™http://ariblackthorne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034111319181664677.post-85356649427144001362010-01-16T03:08:25.471-08:002010-01-16T03:08:25.471-08:00With regards to blogging, I wonder if anybody has ...With regards to blogging, I wonder if anybody has read Philip Linden's blogpost on Avatar. Interesting read<br />https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/features/blog/2009/12/29/avatar-and-inspiration<br /><br />I haven't watched the movie Avatar but his blog post does make me wonder whether SL is just becoming an extension/or a mirror of RL, when it was intended to be much more. I guess humans are just narcissistic and prefer seeing a reflection of themselves in whatever they create.cocoaadorednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034111319181664677.post-46315210740820911252010-01-15T23:51:17.657-08:002010-01-15T23:51:17.657-08:00That picture is PG13? You Americans must have a wh...That picture is PG13? You Americans must have a whole different interpretation of what is suitable for children's little eyes and ears! :p<br /><br />Ooooh I do not even need to write about something connected with SL? Hey that's easy then! I killed my RL personal blog about a year ago. I can write RL shit. LMAOQuaintly Tuqirihttp://quirkyquaintly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034111319181664677.post-36144550675434297652010-01-15T21:00:12.362-08:002010-01-15T21:00:12.362-08:00Now we have to see one of Q's posts. You'...Now we have to see one of Q's posts. You're like a juicy dangler, holding out saying, "Hey, I have another author here!" and then not forcing her to write anything.<br /><br />I can't wait to see who takes you up on your offer.Anna Tsiolkovskyhttp://plutovoyage.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com