I can't answer why, only Wiley Publishing's lawyers can answer why. I strongly suspect if they had a book about those armbands, they would want the creators and/or owners of the armbands to sign.
I'm currently working on a chapter for the second edition of the Wiley book, "The Official Guide to Second Life."
By far, the hardest part of the book is obtaining signed permissions form owners of the areas that I've taken screenshots of. We'll ignore the obvious "ownership" questions and even the harder "who is the owner" questions.
What remains is that a signed paper trail is needed for someone to say "hey, I have the right to let you distribute this."
Got my first one in Februray, just got my second one. I whole heartedly agree that the mount is king. You must have a good one. The best thing I've seen so far in your posting is that you have joined your local club. You'll learn more in one night with a club member then you'l learn in a thousand/. posts.
I live in a city so light pollution is terrible. But, I get a lot of enjoyment with my binoculars. I've found dozens of Messier objects in the city. Sure, they are faint smudges but the joy has been in being able to find them.
When I'm at my dark site, I use a GoTo mount. Some sneer and be aware that this will happen, even from members of your club. In my opinion they are worth it when starting out. On the other hand, all that complexity can bring frustration (hence I'm on my second scope...) and frankly, it isn't that hard to point a scope at the sky yourself.
Your club my have loaner scopes and it may even own a darksite with some quality scopes in the observatory. (Mine does!)
And finally, you should really consider buying used. Both my scope were used and I spent far less than I would have new, far, far less. Astromart.com is the site to visit, not ebay, when buying scopes. But ask around your club, odds are somebody is selling one. You'll get expert advice, not worry about shipping, and you'll make a new friend in the club.
I've crewed on raced sailboats in the real world for years. I've also raced in Second Life. No, it isn't the same. But you know what? Racing a sailboat in Second Life is far better than not racing one in Real Life and it is a heck of a lot cheaper, almost free if you don't count in the cost of the computer.
Lag can be bad but that's just one thing to learn how to handle.
The current crop of boats even have wind shadowing, very cool.
I don't know if a sailboat racing game is multi-player, that's a big part of it. Beating someone is good.
I suppose you don't know any people at all that are not fully physically abled? Friend in car crash who is now in a wheelchair? Co-worker in the last stages of adult leukemia? Aging parent?
Lucky you.
I didn't make those examples up.
I dropped my premium account months ago. I "upgraded" to the free basic account. Yeah, I still spend and make money in-world, but I couldn't see giving them $10/month for nothing.
Not only are some of my sculptures pretty (and the pretty one sell well), one has brought a resident to tears of happiness, and one has pissed people off.
Second Life is a place where you can do things that, for whatever reason, you cannot or are unwilling to do, in Real Life.
For me it is sculpture. A friend of mine used to race sailboats. He was bed ridden with a neurological disorder, but in Second Life few knew this. He is dead now, from the disease, but for his last few years he was able bodied as you and I.
If you think that Second Life is a chat room you may be missing out on a lot.
I'm a sculptor in Second Life, one of some note actually. In Real Life, I'm not. Why? Hard to say. The difference in the media is one thing, but what I found most freeing is that anonminity. Since nobody knows who I am, I was free to make mistakes.
I've wanted to paint in RL but "the terror of the blank canvas" is real. My paints, brushes etc all sit unused.
I'm not juggling the device, I'm hauling it out to the car and putting it in the trunk. If the device is on its side, then the car is on its side and I have bigger things to worry about.
I need one of these for my wife. She is all set for an ink-jet and I just don't want to maintain one. It doesn't have to be backpackable, just not huge. It needs to move, by car, at least 6 times a year.
I maintain several WordPress blogs so this is of interest to me. Thank you.
On the other hand, my wife needs to write some WordPress blogs for a client and neither she nor the client want to "play computer." They just want to add content. I was looking around for what would essentially business class WordPress hosting. They don't want bluehost or dreamhost at $7/mo and you get to run Fastastico, they just don't want to do that.
Can anyone recommend a good, high quality, WordPress hosting company that handles all the tech work and just lets her handle the content?
Note, she'll need to have it off her domain so the "blogger" solutions are not appropriate. Also note, they can't afford me so I'm not an option!
It's worth noting that Mac OS 9, which had no security whatsoever, had almost no (or none? The point is I've never come across one) viruses or worms.
I can only think of one in recent memory. The Hong Kong worm http://www.makingpages.org/pagemaker/virus.html, aka Autostart 9805, was pretty devasting to the pre-press industry which passed around zip cartridges like they were free. This would have been back in 1998.
Both of those statements are so true. Linden Lab is one of the best PR machines around. It is hyped beyond all importance, that's for sure! Also, they are certainly guilty of manipulating all sorts of numbers to make it seem that it is bigger than it is, no arguments there.
Both of these attributes are really distasteful, but sadly, it convinces many. They are not the only example I can think of of some organization using self-fufulling prophecies.
Do any of you actually spend time in Second Life? I'm not talking just popping in and poking around once in a while (I've done that), I mean you spend significant amounts of time in the world, you've actually invested some time and energy into making your character your own, and maybe you even develop content for it. I'm more interested in people who are more into the actual enjoyment of the world rather than speculators or people strictly trying to sell their wares.
Count me in. I've been spending 1 to 3 hours a day in Second Life since about November. Stopping in and poknig about is not the way to go about it. Immersion is when you start to appreciate it and that's hard to do without significant time. I have 2 characters that are quite different from each other and one has recently started developing content.
I don't sell anything (but I do get some pittance of ad revenue from my web site) and really don't plan to. If it happens, it happens, but that's not why I'm there.
SL is about creating and interacting. If you are doing stuff all alone you are missing out on a huge part of it. Maybe that's why the geek community rejects it? I don't know...
It's certainly not gamers who are 'playing' there for the most part.
And how is this is a problem?
SL isn't for everyone. I guess the real reason is that it isn't about playing at all. It is about interacting, creating, or doing, or some combination of those.
I'll toot my own horn and reccomend that you visit http://www.secondseeker.com/ a google ad supported but otherwise free Second Life review site. The above list is good, but there is a lot more.
Why do you say that? You say you dont know much about SL then you disparage it.
SL is not for everyone but it certainly for some. I enjoy doing things in SL that, for whatever reason, I found myself unable or unwilling to do in RL, sometimes for financial reasons (sailboat racing for example) and other times for more obscure reasons (I'm finally attempting to be an artist in SL, something I've always wanted to do in RL but never did)
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I can't answer why, only Wiley Publishing's lawyers can answer why. I strongly suspect if they had a book about those armbands, they would want the creators and/or owners of the armbands to sign.
I'm currently working on a chapter for the second edition of the Wiley book, "The Official Guide to Second Life."
By far, the hardest part of the book is obtaining signed permissions form owners of the areas that I've taken screenshots of. We'll ignore the obvious "ownership" questions and even the harder "who is the owner" questions.
What remains is that a signed paper trail is needed for someone to say "hey, I have the right to let you distribute this."
The writing the words part was easy.
I wouldn't want to be the photographer.
http://beyond.jeannettecezanne.com/2007/08/05/the-origins-of-spam/
Here's the original posting.
http://groups.google.com/group/news.admin.net-abuse.email/msg/b7ce97a77276e16f?q=ken+weaverling+spam+usenet+first&hl=en&rnum=1 Paul
Got my first one in Februray, just got my second one. I whole heartedly agree that the mount is king. You must have a good one. The best thing I've seen so far in your posting is that you have joined your local club. You'll learn more in one night with a club member then you'l learn in a thousand /. posts.
I live in a city so light pollution is terrible. But, I get a lot of enjoyment with my binoculars. I've found dozens of Messier objects in the city. Sure, they are faint smudges but the joy has been in being able to find them.
When I'm at my dark site, I use a GoTo mount. Some sneer and be aware that this will happen, even from members of your club. In my opinion they are worth it when starting out. On the other hand, all that complexity can bring frustration (hence I'm on my second scope...) and frankly, it isn't that hard to point a scope at the sky yourself.
Your club my have loaner scopes and it may even own a darksite with some quality scopes in the observatory. (Mine does!)
And finally, you should really consider buying used. Both my scope were used and I spent far less than I would have new, far, far less. Astromart.com is the site to visit, not ebay, when buying scopes. But ask around your club, odds are somebody is selling one. You'll get expert advice, not worry about shipping, and you'll make a new friend in the club.
Paul
I've crewed on raced sailboats in the real world for years. I've also raced in Second Life. No, it isn't the same. But you know what? Racing a sailboat in Second Life is far better than not racing one in Real Life and it is a heck of a lot cheaper, almost free if you don't count in the cost of the computer.
Lag can be bad but that's just one thing to learn how to handle.
The current crop of boats even have wind shadowing, very cool.
I don't know if a sailboat racing game is multi-player, that's a big part of it. Beating someone is good.
Mac G4 laptop - bad
:- (
MacBook - decent
MacBookPro, current generation - good
When I take screenshots for SecondSeeker.com I turn the quality way way up an wait for it to load.
Graphic quality is not good in Second Life, but that isn't the primary goal. User content is.
At least that's what I keep on telling myself!
I suppose you don't know any people at all that are not fully physically abled? Friend in car crash who is now in a wheelchair? Co-worker in the last stages of adult leukemia? Aging parent? Lucky you. I didn't make those examples up.
I dropped my premium account months ago. I "upgraded" to the free basic account. Yeah, I still spend and make money in-world, but I couldn't see giving them $10/month for nothing.
I wondered if anyone would notice that!
Hey, I can be a hypocrite, I contain multitudes!
Not only are some of my sculptures pretty (and the pretty one sell well), one has brought a resident to tears of happiness, and one has pissed people off.
All in all, success. Art should cause a reaction.
Maybe I am a talentless loser, but at least I'm not a coward, an anonymous at that.
Second Life is a place where you can do things that, for whatever reason, you cannot or are unwilling to do, in Real Life.
For me it is sculpture. A friend of mine used to race sailboats. He was bed ridden with a neurological disorder, but in Second Life few knew this. He is dead now, from the disease, but for his last few years he was able bodied as you and I.
PleaseWakeMeUp Idler in Second Life
If you think that Second Life is a chat room you may be missing out on a lot.
I'm a sculptor in Second Life, one of some note actually. In Real Life, I'm not. Why? Hard to say. The difference in the media is one thing, but what I found most freeing is that anonminity. Since nobody knows who I am, I was free to make mistakes.
I've wanted to paint in RL but "the terror of the blank canvas" is real. My paints, brushes etc all sit unused.
For me at least, it is far more than a chat room.
PleaseWakeMeUp Idler in Second Life
I'm not juggling the device, I'm hauling it out to the car and putting it in the trunk. If the device is on its side, then the car is on its side and I have bigger things to worry about.
Don't need color. Sorry, should have mentioned that.
I need one of these for my wife. She is all set for an ink-jet and I just don't want to maintain one. It doesn't have to be backpackable, just not huge. It needs to move, by car, at least 6 times a year.
Thanks!
I maintain several WordPress blogs so this is of interest to me. Thank you.
On the other hand, my wife needs to write some WordPress blogs for a client and neither she nor the client want to "play computer." They just want to add content. I was looking around for what would essentially business class WordPress hosting. They don't want bluehost or dreamhost at $7/mo and you get to run Fastastico, they just don't want to do that.
Can anyone recommend a good, high quality, WordPress hosting company that handles all the tech work and just lets her handle the content?
Note, she'll need to have it off her domain so the "blogger" solutions are not appropriate. Also note, they can't afford me so I'm not an option!
Thanks
I was one of the founders so I have a bias opinion. iListen uses the Philip's speech, not the Dragon or IBM engine.
I can only think of one in recent memory. The Hong Kong worm http://www.makingpages.org/pagemaker/virus.html, aka Autostart 9805, was pretty devasting to the pre-press industry which passed around zip cartridges like they were free. This would have been back in 1998.
Paul
Both of these attributes are really distasteful, but sadly, it convinces many. They are not the only example I can think of of some organization using self-fufulling prophecies.
I don't sell anything (but I do get some pittance of ad revenue from my web site) and really don't plan to. If it happens, it happens, but that's not why I'm there.
SL is about creating and interacting. If you are doing stuff all alone you are missing out on a huge part of it. Maybe that's why the geek community rejects it? I don't know...
Paul aka PleaseWakeMeUp Idler aka Seeker Gray
I'll toot my own horn and reccomend that you visit http://www.secondseeker.com/ a google ad supported but otherwise free Second Life review site. The above list is good, but there is a lot more.
SL is not for everyone but it certainly for some. I enjoy doing things in SL that, for whatever reason, I found myself unable or unwilling to do in RL, sometimes for financial reasons (sailboat racing for example) and other times for more obscure reasons (I'm finally attempting to be an artist in SL, something I've always wanted to do in RL but never did)
Have I spent much mony there? No. Time? Yes.
It is Linden Lab not Linden Labs.
Pau aka Seeker Gray