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Linden Lab announces new policy on gambling, wagering
Second Life Insider
Jul 26th 2007 12:55PM Hey, Daman, it has nothing to do with "protecting people from being idiots." It's about companies protecting themselves from having to settle expensive, image-harming nuisance lawsuits.
The "Retard Country" comment was uncalled for and rude. Call it "Country With Some Fraudsters Who Slip and Fall For A Living" or maybe "Lawsuits Pay Better Than Lottery Tickets Country" and you'll get a laugh, instead of offending people you've never met.
3D Weather Data Visualization in Second Life
Second Life Insider
Oct 29th 2006 10:33AM I dunno, I think the clouds are pretty cool. And I don't figure it's likely yet at this stage of Second Life's devleopment that anyone's going to be logging in to SL for a weather forecast for everyday use instead of just looking at a 2D Web site or the TV. Not yet. This map has other purposes:
* It's a public relations tool for NOAA. It gets press and makes them visible and approachable.
* It does have educational value. It might get someone interested in meteorology so that they decide to go learn more about things like different sorts of cloud cover. I bet the finished build will include more information or links to info on NOAA's Web site.
* Most important, though, I view NOAA's project as a _research_ project. NOAA (and many other RL organizations with projects in SL now) are pioneering new technology that WILL be more functional than, say, a weather map on a 2D Web site. This map of Aimee's, like the earlier map I built for NOAA, is not where we're headed; it is a necessary step on the way there.
You wouldn't have used the Wright Brothers' first plane for the purposes of practical travel. ;)
3D Weather Data Visualization in Second Life
Second Life Insider
Oct 29th 2006 3:02AM Goldurn these young whippersnappers and their custom NOAA backends! Why, back in my day, we got up before dawn to spend hours reading Terms of Service for weather sites by the light of a kerosense lantern. Then we pulled our temperature data from Yahoo Weather's RSS feed using a chain winch, and humped it by muleback up the Cliffs of Meteroa to an animated numerical display on a good old-fashioned weather map. And that was before we chopped the cow, milked the wood, and walked to school ten miles through the snow, uphill both ways!
*shakes cane menacingly, then totters off to script a drool cup and an ear horn*
3D Weather Data Visualization in Second Life
Second Life Insider
Oct 29th 2006 12:13AM Wow, that looks fantastic! It's great to see NOAA continuing development of my company's weather map after the contest. Nice work, Aimee. :)
