Month: December 2015

American Gun Laws

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For Americans these laws are highly controversial. The majority of Americans prefer to keep laws as they are. We see the problem as the failure of the Federal and State governments to enforce existing laws. The guns used in Paris and San Bernadino were illegal* guns. If the laws we have are not being enforced, what makes anyone think new laws will be enforced?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHWrhEQG5kI

Europeans and Australians think the removal of guns in their countries has reduced crime. But, those people have not looked to see how crime reporting has changed. So, they are easily confused by reports showing crime is down and other reports showing crime is up. The path to clarity is in looking at how those writing the reports count crimes and label what they are reporting. (UK now the most violent country in Europe.) 

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Second Life Bits – Week 49

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No Blogger Illuminati

No Secret Bloggers Club… Really!!! Honest! See: Exclusive – There Is No Secret Second Life Bloggers Club

Mezzaluna
Mezzaluna

I think this is funny. There are people that are friends with various members of the development community, Linden and third party. It isn’t so much that developers help out their friends more than others as it is familiarity with a person allows you tell when they are up to something or holding something back. That is a sign to start digging.

Often we know a new shinny is coming because people start clamming up. 

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What Sansar won’t be?

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Lots of us are blogging about Project Sansar®. Well… there isn’t much happening in Second Life™, so…

Loki Eloit has posted his thoughts on what Sansar won’t be. His ideas are different from those of the blogs he is reading. Loki says he hasn’t seen any evidence that technically Project Sansar will be anything like Second Life. I don’t understand what he is saying. We know it is going to be a 3D persistent world capable of supporting avatars, clothes, buildings… seems similar.

Castle Hideaway
Castle Hideaway

But, check out Loki’s thinking in: The fun in predicting what Sansar won’t be. He makes several good points.

Sansar NOT going to eat Second Life?

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Ciaran has an article up expressing his belief that Project Sansar® won’t eat or cannibalize Second Life™. In the first paragraph he says he isn’t sure where the idea of Sansar cannibalizing SL comes from. Really!?! Well, maybe there are too many possible sources to be sure which one it is… naw.

Val stew
Val stew

His points are rational and plausible. He may be right. There may be a majority of SL users that prefer to remain in SL after they see Sansar. I’ve been writing about the various possible scenarios. Ciaran presents his line of thinking in more detail than when I just touched on the possibility he thinks most likely.

See: Project Sansar Won’t Eat Second Life

Second Life – Firestorm Survey – Help?

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Canary Beck is now the ‘marketing manager’ for the Firestorm team. The team has taken on the mandate to improve a Second Life™ user’s experience. The marketing manager’s job is to persuade people to try Second Life. So… how can you help?

Journey
Journey

The easiest thing to do today is click over to Canary’s site and answer two questions: New survey: Would you refer a friend to Second Life?

It appears this information is part of an effort to figure out how to shape the Firestorm Gateway experience.