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I sense this is another to add

2007-04-27T22:35:48.222+02:00

I sense this is another to add to the book sheld beside 2004's hit: The Zombie Survival Guide

I sense this is another to add

2007-04-27T22:33:10.015+02:00

I sense this is another to add to the book sheld beside 2004's hit: [[The Zombie Survival Guide http://www.zombiesurvivalguide.com/]]

http://blog.secondlife.com/200

2007-01-25T07:14:14.952+01:00

http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/01/08/embracing-the-inevitable/ Second Life has been making free software noises for quite a while. Just recently, they delivered by releasing their client software under the GPL. This gives a lot more credibility to their promise they're going to do the same with their server software as well. So I think they're moving to the web model. My guess is they are betting their first-mover advantage will keep them in revenue even in a competitive market they created (vr hosting, not selling trinkets in the Ponzi scheme). Or, who knows, maybe their just more enthralled with the idea of having created the de facto open standard of networked VR, even if it means they go bankrupt. If they manage to release the server code under a public license, history will remember them, even if Wall Street forgets.

I totally agree. Scarcity will

2007-01-13T08:07:35.533+01:00

I totally agree. Scarcity will always be with us, because all things don't become abundant in lockstep, relative to each other. A century ago, information of most kinds was rare and valuable. Today, the problem is SPAM. Human analysis of data has changed little relatively speaking. I used to be taught that economics is essentially the studied of how people can best manage scarce resources. So when it comes to resources that aren't scarce, it's just the wrong tool for the job. We cannot really eliminate scarcity altogether - but that doesn't mean that we cannot eliminate the scarcity of //particular// kinds of things, like housing, food, shelter, etc. Now that's something worth doing.

The Nike/iPod "security flaw"

2007-01-04T06:17:35.467+01:00

The Nike/iPod "security flaw" isn't new. We all need to realize there are uniquely identifiable always-on radios we all willingly carry around already: mobile phones. Why would a voyeur track you by your iPod or Nikes when he could just use your mobile signal? The same also happens to be true of your wifi equipment (laptop).