Re: [NetBehaviour] Second Life - The White Sliced Bread Theory

2011-09-11 Thread Rob Myers
On 11/09/11 01:26, James Morris wrote: It seems that every day I hear about someone else closing their sim and leaving Second Life. They should switch to OpenSim: http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page [It's Mono-based, but good software.] - Rob.

Re: [NetBehaviour] Second Life - The White Sliced Bread Theory

2011-09-11 Thread James Morris
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:02:31 +0100 Rob Myers r...@robmyers.org wrote: On 11/09/11 01:26, James Morris wrote: It seems that every day I hear about someone else closing their sim and leaving Second Life. They should switch to OpenSim: http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page Just

Re: [NetBehaviour] Second Life - The White Sliced Bread Theory

2011-09-11 Thread Rob Myers
On 11/09/11 11:30, James Morris wrote: Just because the grid software is 'open' doesn't necessarily translate to the grid content being hosted in an open way. http://robmyers.org/2008/08/10/freedom-of-simulation/ It's a bit like (but not much) telling a Facebook user they should switch to

Re: [NetBehaviour] Second Life - The White Sliced Bread Theory

2011-09-11 Thread Alan Sondheim
I've always been disappointed in OpenSim and ended up remaining, along with people like Fau, Liz, and Jo, in SL (although I think they have an OS presence), because of its reliability; if I'm doing a performance or meeting someone, SL is almost always really stable. - Alan On Sun, 11 Sep

Re: [NetBehaviour] Second Life - The White Sliced Bread Theory

2011-09-11 Thread James Morris
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:11:45 -0400 (EDT) Alan Sondheim sondh...@panix.com wrote: I've always been disappointed in OpenSim and ended up remaining, along with people like Fau, Liz, and Jo, in SL (although I think they have an OS presence), because of its reliability; if I'm doing a

[NetBehaviour] Second Life - The White Sliced Bread Theory

2011-09-10 Thread James Morris
It seems that every day I hear about someone else closing their sim and leaving Second Life. Sometimes they are sims I’ve known and loved for quite a while, or artists and galleries that have made significant contributions to the virtual world art scene.

Re: [NetBehaviour] Second Life - The White Sliced Bread Theory

2011-09-10 Thread Ana Valdés
Nice, her reflexions about identity reminded me on an article I wrote a while ago http://socyberty.com/issues/troubled-gender-in-a-virtual-world/ Ana On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 2:26 AM, James Morris ja...@jwm-art.net wrote: It seems that every day I hear about someone else closing their sim and