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“Fighting the Front” de Wagner James Au no New World Notes: […] I arrived at the protest against the Second Life® headquarters of Front National […] the conflict had become more literal, for many Residents had armed themselves. Multi-colored explosions and constant gunfire shredded the air […] “Can I ask,” I begin, “why are you […]

Qualquer utilizador do SL™ sabe que por todo o lado abundam os vícios, nomeadamente os jogos de azar. Representações de substâncias ilegais no RL são mais do que comuns, com scripts a condizer. Se há no SL™ algo que se pareça a uma droga dura, é a frenética actividade comercial que milhares de utilizadores empreendem, […]

Then leave Complaints: Fools only strive To make a Great an honest Hive. T’ enjoy the World’s Conveniencies, Befamed in War, yet live in Ease Without great Vices, is a vain Eutopia seated in the Brain. Fraud, Luxury, and Pride must live; Whilst we the Benefits receive. […] So Vice is benefcial found, When it’s […]

“Second Life® May Also Represent New Life For Online Gambling” no TechDirt: […] most prominent activities in Second Life® aren’t the highbrow talks given by famous people, or various economic or social experiments, but like so many popular internet spaces: vices rule the day. Especially popular is gambling […]

Justin Timberland, My Love, Paul Oakenfold remix

[ youtube=http://youtube.com/w/?v=_dIya1aJJKA] Four Eyed Monsters (youtube)

– “Open Source: Frequently Asked Questions” do SecondLife.com®: In simple terms, “open source” means making the source code available for copying, and explicitly allowing users to modify their copy, and share their modified version with their friends, their customers, or the rest of the world. – “Metaverse: Immortality”: This is quite a difference from everything […]

A Cat já tinha noticiado que o Linden Lab® tinha decidido divulgar o código do Second Life®, e disponibilizá-lo em regime Open Source. O que é que esta coisada quer dizer? O Second Life® é um programa que corre em vários computadores (“servidores”). Na verdade, esta é uma grosseira simplificação: existe uma hierarquia de programas […]

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Da Wikipédia: The basis of this economy is that residents (that is, users, as opposed to Linden lab) can buy and sell services and virtual goods to one another in an open free market. Services include help with building, managing businesses, entertainment, and other personal services. Virtual goods include buildings, vehicles, devices of all kinds, […]

Em “Trademarking Utopia” no New World Notes de Wagner James Au: There once was an island called Neualtenburg, and for a time, it was home to a unique experiment in virtual democracy. Founded by Ulrika Zugzwang, it was conceived in liberty (though unlike the rest of SL, decidedly not libertarian) and dedicated to the proposition […]

“Wired Travel Guide: Second Life” (Wired Magazine – com links na tabela à direita): […] be sure to bring your imagination: Second Life is a world of endless reinvention where you can change your shape, your sex, even your species as easily as you might slip into a pair of shoes back home.

Um dos problemas que se coloca ao Second Life® é o crescente garrote legal dos “direitos de autor”. Num mundo com infinita liberdade criativa, há também infinita liberdade de copiar e adaptar criações alheias. Ora, no mundo de hoje, tudo o que é intangível pode estar legalmente “protegido” por “direitos” de “propriedade legal”. Entendamo-nos: não […]