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Second Life Bits 2018 w/41

2018/10/12 by Nalates Urriah

SL Universe is Gone – Sort of… but gone. Actually, the SLUniverse forum redirects you to the Virtualverse site as of October 10. You’ll have to open a new account to use the new site. This is the pages showing when an SLUniverse URL is entered.

Viewer Blocked – There is an Android viewer named IM to Second Life. As of last Friday, the Lindens have denied that viewer access to Second Life™. Seems there were privacy and security issues. Serious enough ones to cause the Lindens to act.

See: Android Viewer “IM to Secondlife” Blocked from Second Life.

Second Life Halloween – Premium members get a new gift this month. See New Premium Gift and the Return of the Haunted Halloween Tour. The announcement also points you to scary places in SL.

Lakefront Property on Mars?

2018/08/01 by Nalates Urriah

If you listen to the news media you may be planning a purchase of lake front property on Mars. However, NASA and others involved in the search for water on Mars are WAY more reserved in what they are saying. Long wave radar has found what may be… moisture… a mile or two below the … Read more

Unheard RL News

2018/07/09 by Nalates Urriah

Every so often my irritation with the news media boils over. This is one of the cases that blatantly exposes there is some agenda in the mainstream media. Whatever you may decide it is, it isn’t about saving the planet.

You’ll already know many think/believe Anthropomorphic Global Warming is a foregone factual conclusion and everyone agrees it is a HUGE problem. You know, 97% of scientists agree… Whether it is or not, of note is the father of the American Warming side of the debate, James Hansen, has just written an article on Renewable Energy you’ll likely never hear talked about by mainstream media

If you bother to read the article, Thirty years later, what needs to change in our approach to climate change – Boston Globe – June 27, 2018, you might think Hansen worked for President Trump. Whaaat!?!

New Images of Dwarf Planet Pluto

2018/02/14 by Nalates Urriah

These images are just being released. They are around in a few places. I found this an interesting video. It runs about 14 minutes. By default, it plays in 720p but is available in 1080p. Change your settings if you watch it fullscreen.

Proportional Shapes in Second Life

2018/02/05 by Nalates Urriah

Recently there have been a number of articles about the shape and size of avatars and things related. Penny Patton has been on about how camera position affects our perception of size in SL for years. Now the Lab is preparing to support her altered camera position settings. Plus, she has written articles on avatar size and the effect it has on everything else in Second Life™.

This image is the work of Luc Viatour – https://Lucnix.be

I’ve written a number of articles on the same and similar subjects. Several pointing to Penny’s articles and expanding on the subjects.

An Interesting Take on Science

2017/10/02 by Nalates Urriah

Are constants constant? Is science dogmatic?

I think this is an interesting video that highlights the closed-mindedness of humans.

I hadn’t realized Metrology is the science of weights and measures. I find it surprising that with evidence of change pouring in they aren’t at least curious.

How to Save a Digital Copy of Your Soul…

2017/05/31 by Nalates Urriah

That is a ‘double take’ inspiring line. For a couple of days, people have been writing about M.I.T.’s project to make digital copies of people that can look and speak like the person. Of course, it is hype based people’s curiosity. M.I.T. has developed an amalgam of technology that allows the creation of an avatar … Read more

Knowing you won…

2017/05/18 by Nalates Urriah

Internet debate often gets abusive. People site facts and present well reasoned arguments only to be shot at with abuse. Scott Adams has an answer for why that is. See: How to Know You Won a Political Debate on the Internet.