Second Life Grid...and Inventory, Linden Lab not Required
Sunday, July 06, 2008 | 
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Ari Blackthorne™
Wouldn't it be cool to have an alternative to Second Life, be able to run your own sim and estate on your own computer and have all your Second Life inventory... but Linden Lab is nowhere to be found?
You can.
Second Life has been around awhile and though it may not be the most popular or largest of the online 3D worlds, it is the best known of all of them and the largest, most popular Virtual World (as opposed to massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game - MMORPG).
As a 'resident' of Second Life for a couple years, I've seen a lot of drama, a lot of new technologies come through, and a lot of complaints against Linden Lab for a number of things. Beyond bugs and grid stability and other corporate culture decisions is the issue of inventory.
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Second Life Blog: 1 in 64 is Better Than None
Everett Linden posted an entry on the Second Life blog, like so many other yawners with respect the SL5B (Second Life 5th Birthday) - and of course, there were a number of gems in the feedback section that Everett must certainly consider absolute gems, being most helpful not only to Linden Lab, but also ever other person who reads the blog post about the following subject:
"Thanks to moderator Rissa Maidstone, the recording of the Roundtable: Urbanism, Architecture & Planning: How Second Life can Help Build the Urban Landscape of the Physical World and Vice-Versa is now available."
Now, as of this writing there are currently 64 talk-backs to the above information. Let's take a peek and the wonderful insight presented to Linden Lab from their esteemed and oh-so-intellectual residents...
Christos Atlantis Says: Thank you for the recording, I missed this event and I wanted to hear it.
This is useful feedback, believe it or not.
Ah - the more typical response from number two:
viper overlord Says: logins down..what fun
So, viper, not only is this a wasted spot in one of the limited feedback positions, but it is not a complete wasted of bad breath on your part *because...* ?
Hmm, and number three:
Wynochee LeShelle Says: can’t login…
Utter effin' genius. Let me guess, Wynochee... when your car won't start, you'll call the Quick Lube shop, leave a voice mail that says "My car isn't working" and hang-up, expecting a return call with the exact cause of the problem and, on top of that, your car magically fixed. Oh, and no matter you are speaking to the wrong people that can't help you with your problem to begin with.
The "Village" Sucks. Burn it Down Now.
Remember how they were saying for the longest time that "it takes a village" to raise your children. Pardon my French, but the village is f*ck'd. The problem with 'kids' today is all because of the 'village'. The village is evil and corrupts our children's lives. The village turns innocence into promiscuity. The village needs to burn.
The "village" as was proclaimed are all the other people involved in your children's lives besides yourself. School teachers, friends, television and media. Everything they are exposed to during waking and even sleeping hours will have a profound effect on their perspective and outlook on things.
The problem is the "village" includes all the bad influences in society. Sex and drugs on television. Harsh expletives in the music they listen to on the public airways, and the language and intent of the lyrics and what they actually are saying in those songs. It's no wonder 8-year-olds, yes: 8-year-olds talk about "humping" and "banging" and such. I worked for a Boys and Girls club for a time and trust me, it's really there.
In the end, places like Second Life and it's seedier locations are really nothing special. it's just the same crap that happens in Real Life. The only difference is: it's not hidden away in some corner where everyone else pretends to not know it's really there.
And the so-called "main-stream media" is no different. The problem with the so-called 'main-stream media' is that they are losing credibility faster than the speed of light. They are laughable. And yet, they are giving new parents advice on how they should watch-out for their kids. Take the following quote from the Los Angeles Times:
Okay, what is wrong with this statement?
If it doesn't jump out and slap you in the face, then perhaps you are the target audience of the "main-stream media".
In which case, I then pity you.
The "village" as was proclaimed are all the other people involved in your children's lives besides yourself. School teachers, friends, television and media. Everything they are exposed to during waking and even sleeping hours will have a profound effect on their perspective and outlook on things.
The problem is the "village" includes all the bad influences in society. Sex and drugs on television. Harsh expletives in the music they listen to on the public airways, and the language and intent of the lyrics and what they actually are saying in those songs. It's no wonder 8-year-olds, yes: 8-year-olds talk about "humping" and "banging" and such. I worked for a Boys and Girls club for a time and trust me, it's really there.
In the end, places like Second Life and it's seedier locations are really nothing special. it's just the same crap that happens in Real Life. The only difference is: it's not hidden away in some corner where everyone else pretends to not know it's really there.
And the so-called "main-stream media" is no different. The problem with the so-called 'main-stream media' is that they are losing credibility faster than the speed of light. They are laughable. And yet, they are giving new parents advice on how they should watch-out for their kids. Take the following quote from the Los Angeles Times:
Tips for online safety - Los Angeles Times
"Don't let your children on sites such as Second Life unless they are old enough to handle adults on their own."
Okay, what is wrong with this statement?
If it doesn't jump out and slap you in the face, then perhaps you are the target audience of the "main-stream media".
In which case, I then pity you.
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