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MarkByron Falta

Just an average bird

Join date: 16 Jun 2007

Posts: 168

07-28-2008 13:36

http://www.slate.com/id/2196199/

You think these tech media hacks would actually check out something before they write about it. Maybe the writer was looking to get stroked by lulz clowns at Encyclopedia Dramatica, but his back handed compliment about SL being a bastion for the disabled puts him at the bottom of the lame category.

Colette Meiji

Registered User

Join date: 25 Mar 2005

Posts: 15,556

07-28-2008 13:44

hmm

I don't know I don't think it was that bad a slam on Second Life.

It is interesting that the much feared / hoped for / anticipated Google virtual world .. which many said would basically blow Second Life's doors off .. compares so unfavorably to SL.

Marianne McCann

Feted Inner Child

Join date: 23 Feb 2006

Posts: 7,145

07-28-2008 13:48

Meh. It's Slate. They get their "cool points" by slamming things.

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Zaphod Kotobide

zOMGWTFPME!

Join date: 19 Oct 2006

Posts: 2,087

07-28-2008 14:09

Pitty Slate couldn't have commissioned the article to be written by somebody who had any clue what they were talking about.

From: Farhad Manjoo

"Virtual worlds haven't yet taken off for the simple reason that talking to strangers in a 3-D space is not for everyone."

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Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.

Macphisto Angelus

JAFO

Join date: 21 Oct 2004

Posts: 5,831

07-28-2008 14:17

Lively and SL are not the same thing. It is like comparing Coke and a Beer. Both can be drank but each has their applications that vary.

Lively is still in Beta. I am waiting to see how it progresses. If you want to chat, hold easy meetings and have a home base with some cool items for no cost... lively is the way.

If you like to build, explore a vast world, chat, shop, etc SL is the way for now.

Lively will be a good application for networking with all the google tools behind it. I am not wild about it.. but I see the huge potential it can become.

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I put on my robe and wizard ha...
Oh. Nevermind then.

Conifer Dada

Hiya m'dooks!

Join date: 6 Oct 2006

Posts: 3,716

07-28-2008 14:30

This was written by someone who didn't 'get' Second Life'. OK, SL isn't for everyone, but nor is daytime TV!

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Imnotgoing Sideways

Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=

Join date: 17 Nov 2007

Posts: 4,694

07-28-2008 15:05

From: Marianne McCann

Meh. It's Slate. They get their "cool points" by slamming things.

/me gives Mari 5 Cool Points™ for using the word "meh". (^_^)y

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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ferguson/54/237/94

Victorria Paine

Sleepless in Wherever

Join date: 13 Jul 2007

Posts: 1,110

07-28-2008 15:37

Yet another person digging his own grave.

5-10-15-20 years from now, everyone will have a 3d online avatar, just as everyone now has an internet email address. People in the 90s said the internet was all about stupid, antisocial people in chat rooms and porn. People who disagreed with that made millions. This guy will eat his words when whatever successor to SL rolls out the 3d intergrid, and he will look like a short-sighted fool, to be honest.

Slate Hammers Lively: Lamer than Second Life
MarkByron Falta Just an average bird Join date: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 168	07-28-2008 13:36 http://www.slate.com/id/2196199/ You think these tech media hacks would actually check out something before they write about it. Maybe the writer was looking to get stroked by lulz clowns at Encyclopedia Dramatica, but his back handed compliment about SL being a bastion for the disabled puts him at the bottom of the lame category.
Colette Meiji Registered User Join date: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 15,556	07-28-2008 13:44 hmm I don't know I don't think it was that bad a slam on Second Life. It is interesting that the much feared / hoped for / anticipated Google virtual world .. which many said would basically blow Second Life's doors off .. compares so unfavorably to SL.
Marianne McCann Feted Inner Child Join date: 23 Feb 2006 Posts: 7,145	07-28-2008 13:48 Meh. It's Slate. They get their "cool points" by slamming things. _____________________ "There's nothing objectionable nor illegal in having a child-like avatar in itself and we must assume innocence until proof of the contrary." - Lewis PR Linden "If you find children offensive, you're gonna have trouble in this world " - Prospero Linden
Zaphod Kotobide zOMGWTFPME! Join date: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 2,087	07-28-2008 14:09 Pitty Slate couldn't have commissioned the article to be written by somebody who had any clue what they were talking about. From: Farhad Manjoo "Virtual worlds haven't yet taken off for the simple reason that talking to strangers in a 3-D space is not for everyone." _____________________ From: Albert Einstein Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
Macphisto Angelus JAFO Join date: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 5,831	07-28-2008 14:17 Lively and SL are not the same thing. It is like comparing Coke and a Beer. Both can be drank but each has their applications that vary. Lively is still in Beta. I am waiting to see how it progresses. If you want to chat, hold easy meetings and have a home base with some cool items for no cost... lively is the way. If you like to build, explore a vast world, chat, shop, etc SL is the way for now. Lively will be a good application for networking with all the google tools behind it. I am not wild about it.. but I see the huge potential it can become. _____________________ From: Natalie P from SLU Second Life: Where being the super important, extra special person you've always been sure you are (at least when you're drunk) can be a reality! From: Ann Launay I put on my robe and wizard ha... Oh. Nevermind then.
Conifer Dada Hiya m'dooks! Join date: 6 Oct 2006 Posts: 3,716	07-28-2008 14:30 This was written by someone who didn't 'get' Second Life'. OK, SL isn't for everyone, but nor is daytime TV! _____________________
Imnotgoing Sideways Can't outlaw cute! =^-^= Join date: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 4,694	07-28-2008 15:05 From: Marianne McCann Meh. It's Slate. They get their "cool points" by slamming things. /me gives Mari 5 Cool Points™ for using the word "meh". (^_^)y _____________________ Somewhere in this world; there is someone having some good clean fun doing the one thing you hate the most. (^_^)y http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ferguson/54/237/94
Victorria Paine Sleepless in Wherever Join date: 13 Jul 2007 Posts: 1,110	07-28-2008 15:37 Yet another person digging his own grave. 5-10-15-20 years from now, everyone will have a 3d online avatar, just as everyone now has an internet email address. People in the 90s said the internet was all about stupid, antisocial people in chat rooms and porn. People who disagreed with that made millions. This guy will eat his words when whatever successor to SL rolls out the 3d intergrid, and he will look like a short-sighted fool, to be honest.

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