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Elspeth Guyot
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Join date: 13 Feb 2007
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12-22-2007 02:55
How large is the "world" of SL? Does anyone know? How many islands/servers are there? I would like to get a feel for the scale of the "place" - I'm sure it's vast but does it compare with the real world for its scale?
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Conan Godwin
In ur base kilin ur d00ds
Join date: 2 Aug 2006
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12-22-2007 02:59
Second Life is, technically, smaller than an atom - being comprised solely of electrons.
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2k Suisei
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12-22-2007 03:34
Second Life is, technically, smaller than an atom - being comprised solely of electrons. Technically, your head is made from electrons (and protons) and yet it's huge! |
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florenze Kerensky
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12-22-2007 03:35
How large is the "world" of SL? Does anyone know? How many islands/servers are there? I would like to get a feel for the scale of the "place" - I'm sure it's vast but does it compare with the real world for its scale? Not sure of the number of servers but there are almost 15000 sims in sl _____________________
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Conan Godwin
In ur base kilin ur d00ds
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12-22-2007 03:36
Technically, your head is made solely from electrons and yet it's huge! Untrue - it has quarks, protons and neutrons in it too. _____________________
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Elspeth Guyot
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Cheers
12-22-2007 03:39
lol
Yes I know about the electrons but I'm talking from the point of view of my avatar. She sees the little whizzy things all the time... Anyhoo, 15000 sims sounds MASSIVE. Thanks! |
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Conan Godwin
In ur base kilin ur d00ds
Join date: 2 Aug 2006
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12-22-2007 03:40
My mother doesn't believe in atoms. She thinks it's all a plot by the government.
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2k Suisei
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12-22-2007 03:45
Untrue - it has quarks, protons and neutrons in it too. Is Second Life bigger than your head? |
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Irene LeShelle
Disruptive Resident
Join date: 7 Jan 2007
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12-22-2007 03:54
Anyhoo, 15000 sims sounds MASSIVE. Thanks! This is just a little more than the area of New York City which is listed as having an area of 830 km² (322 square miles). So compared to the real world, SL still has a long way to go  |
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Leanne Karas
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Join date: 22 Feb 2007
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12-22-2007 04:13
Hehe... but imagine the lag if SL had the populartion of New York City!!!
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Kelli May
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12-22-2007 04:21
Second Life is, technically, smaller than an atom - being comprised solely of electrons. Maybe that's why the residents are so negative? _____________________
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Irene LeShelle
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Join date: 7 Jan 2007
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12-22-2007 04:55
Hehe... but imagine the lag if SL had the populartion of New York City!!! |
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Dekka Raymaker
thinking very hard
Join date: 4 Feb 2007
Posts: 3,898
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12-22-2007 06:04
In terms of population (registered avatars) SL is not far off from NYC, but fortunately only about 0.5 % of the population is out on the streets at any one time WOW! only 0.5% of the population of NYC are out on the streets at any one time, what are the rest doing?  _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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Join date: 10 Jan 2007
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12-22-2007 06:15
Hehe... but imagine the lag if SL had the populartion of New York City!!! But at least we'd have good Pizza. _____________________
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Monalisa Robbiani
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12-22-2007 06:26
This is just a little more than the area of New York City which is listed as having an area of 830 km² (322 square miles). There are hundreds of independent countries that are smaller than Second Life. If you take the economy into account, the picture is a bit different. If my calculations are right, SL has the economic volume of Bangladesh - being the size of Martinique. Besides that, you cannot compare concurrency numbers with real people in real cities. Imagine real people would simple cease to exist when they sleep, work or do other things. NYC would be as empty as SL probably. |
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Brenda Connolly
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12-22-2007 06:31
There are hundreds of independent countries that are smaller than Second Life. If you take the economy into account, the picture is a bit different. If my calculations are right, SL has the economic volume of Bangladesh - being the size of Martinique. Besides that, you cannot compare concurrency numbers with real people in real cities. Imagine real people would simple cease to exist when they sleep, work or do other things. NYC would be as empty as SL probably. Not only that, you have to consider Alts as one person, which means that SL is probably actually about as big as Bayonne, New Jersey. _____________________
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Weston Graves
Werebeagle
Join date: 24 Mar 2007
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12-22-2007 07:16
Maybe that's why the residents are so negative? Well, *I* got a chuckle out of this anyway. |
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Nika Talaj
now you see her ...
Join date: 2 Jan 2007
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12-22-2007 08:00
See the economy stats, published monthly, if you want precision on this:
http://static-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com/economy/stats_200712.xls As of Nov. 30th, there were roughly: 939,110,000 m2 land total (~14,330 sims), of which: 184,000,000 m2 mainland (~ 2810 sims) 755,100,000 m2 islands (~ 11,522 sims) _____________________
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Twosteppin Jewell
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Join date: 27 Mar 2007
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12-22-2007 08:24
Per this article, SL is now at 16,000 servers and 98 terabytes of data:
http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/20/technology/kirkpatrick_rosedale.fortune/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote _____________________
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Jig Chippewa
Fine Young Cannibal
Join date: 30 Oct 2006
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12-22-2007 09:09
A long time ago - in another avitar and another SL life, I was told that SL is the size of Manhattan. I may be wrong but I was impressed by the avitar's knowledge. I also vaguely remember an old map you could access from the main web that shewed SL. I actually have land now in equivalent of downtown Manhattan. But what size is it now? Land mass I mean - not people pop.?
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Jig Chippewa
Fine Young Cannibal
Join date: 30 Oct 2006
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12-22-2007 09:11
See the economy stats, published monthly, if you want precision on this: http://static-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com/economy/stats_200712.xls As of Nov. 30th, there were roughly: 939,110,000 m2 land total (~14,330 sims), of which: 184,000,000 m2 mainland (~ 2810 sims) 755,100,000 m2 islands (~ 11,522 sims) I failed math at school - the teacher was a dink. What is 939,110,000 m2's ????? _____________________
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Uvas Umarov
Phone Weasel Advocate
Join date: 8 Feb 2007
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12-22-2007 09:17
I looked this one up and it seems there are about 50 countries smaller than SL.
We past up Cyprus and are right on the heels of Lebanon now. _____________________
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Jig Chippewa
Fine Young Cannibal
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12-22-2007 09:20
Lebanon eh? Hmmm ...
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Uvas Umarov
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Join date: 8 Feb 2007
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12-22-2007 09:25
I wonder where SL ranks economy-wise.
Hmm, is there something we can call SL's GDP? _____________________
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Elora Lunasea
Mrs. Llama
Join date: 28 Aug 2007
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12-22-2007 09:28
Not only that, you have to consider Alts as one person, which means that SL is probably actually about as big as Bayonne, New Jersey. /me giggles at this, as a former (short term) resident of that crappy town. And, remembers that there was a bar on nearly every corner, similar, to SL. _____________________
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