Aimee Weber
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Intellectual property: If it's not nailed down ...
by Aimee Weber 
Nov 10th 2007 (2 years ago)
SL
A person who operates under the name Guide Hawk or guidehawk_ltd has been marketing Second Life related goods on eBay by using an array of images taken from other users. But here's the kicker ... he has watermarked these images and defends them as his own! Some examples include Khamindie by Arahan Claveau and an image by Lena Kennedy. Not the least of this person's victims is Linden Lab itself, whose trademark logo is used to promote the products without the "No infringement is intended" notice required of any website or blog that uses the logo which might cause brand confusion.
A simple misunderstanding? Well Lena Kennedy contacted Guide Hawk and by his response it would seem Guide is sticking to his guns. Here is what he had to say:
Meet the authors of Creating Your World
by Aimee Weber Nov 7th 2007 (2 years ago)
SL
What's the difference between a hollowed out cylinder and a tube?
How do you make a disk with a 20 meter diameter without using megaprims?
What really causes lag and what can you do about it?
Well I'm not going to tell you, so wallow in ignorance! Oh, I'm just kidding. But if you're a budding content creator who would like to take their Second Life building skills to the next level, you may consider joining me (Aimee Weber) along with Kimberly Rufer-Bach (Kim Anubis) and Richard Platel (Wednesday Grimm) this Friday November 9th at 7pm SLT on Purple Stripe Island for the release party for our new book Creating Your World: The Official Guide to Advanced Content Creation for Second Life (978-0-470-17114-1). Cake will be served.
During the event authors will answer questions and give brief demonstrations on some of the material covered in the book such as simple texture baking and how to script an information kiosk. The lessons are free but we will likely try to hypnotize you into buying the book. Hope to see you all there!
P.S. The cake is a lie.
Second Life and the powers of ten
by Aimee Weber Nov 7th 2007 (2 years ago)
SL
So remember when you're feeling very small and insecure,
how amazingly unlikely is your birth
And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space,
'cause there's bugger all down here on Earth!
- From Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
In 1977 Charles and Ray Eames created a documentary called the Powers of 10 which gave viewers a mind-changing perspective on just how small we are in comparison to our universe. In the spirit of this film, I thought I would take you all on a quick photographic journey of Second Life, starting with the smallest objects possible and ending with a view of everything, all that there is. I will be adjusting scale for aesthetics rather than using an exponential scale, which is particularly handy since Second Life is not QUITE as large as the real-world universe. But I think you will be surprised to see just how big it is.
So let the journey begin!
