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« Reply #15 on: April 25, 2010, 04:50:22 PM » |
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I know someone in education at my university who thinks Second Life is the Next Great Thing in educational technology. I'm not sure why...
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« Reply #16 on: April 25, 2010, 05:36:52 PM » |
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I know someone in education at my university who thinks Second Life is the Next Great Thing in educational technology. I'm not sure why...
Because they're an education major... Sorry, but they make it so easy... |
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« Reply #17 on: April 25, 2010, 05:48:13 PM » |
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I looked it up on Wikipedia and I still don't get what Second Life is. It involves lots of metaphors, apparently, and you need a computer, right?
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chaosbydesign
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« Reply #18 on: April 25, 2010, 06:27:11 PM » |
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It's a virtual environment. Imagine this fora, except where every forumite has an online 'person' instead of a moniker and that discussions are carried out at meeting locations resembling houses, bars, coffee shops etc where forumites meet and 'talk' directly to eachother's 'person' instead of through threads. That is what Second Life is like.
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Seriously, I tried to lick my own face. Ah. Typical ivory tower pedanticalness.
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« Reply #19 on: April 25, 2010, 07:50:31 PM » |
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It's a virtual environment. Imagine this fora, except where every forumite has an online 'person' instead of a moniker and that discussions are carried out at meeting locations resembling houses, bars, coffee shops etc where forumites meet and 'talk' directly to eachother's 'person' instead of through threads. That is what Second Life is like.
Except, of course, that 1/3 of the forumites present would be wearing 42 DDDs, cat ears, and a tail. (Actually, one of my avatars is a short, pear-shaped, adult female who wears a full burqa. The responses I get are usually very interesting.) |
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To anyone who is not a blockhead, all the sciences are interesting. - Marc Bloch
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farm_boy
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« Reply #20 on: April 25, 2010, 08:20:12 PM » |
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Cool! Where do I sign up?
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« Reply #21 on: April 26, 2010, 05:48:14 AM » |
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It's a virtual environment. Imagine this fora, except where every forumite has an online 'person' instead of a moniker and that discussions are carried out at meeting locations resembling houses, bars, coffee shops etc where forumites meet and 'talk' directly to eachother's 'person' instead of through threads. That is what Second Life is like.
That would make getting into the Clubhouse SO much more interesting. |
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"You're a wonderful bartender, Promovenda. The hamster bestows one of his special nibbles on your ear."
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chaosbydesign
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« Reply #22 on: April 26, 2010, 08:36:09 AM » |
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It's a virtual environment. Imagine this fora, except where every forumite has an online 'person' instead of a moniker and that discussions are carried out at meeting locations resembling houses, bars, coffee shops etc where forumites meet and 'talk' directly to eachother's 'person' instead of through threads. That is what Second Life is like.
That would make getting into the Clubhouse SO much more interesting. Might make the one-offs thread interesting too. Wonder what would happen if forumites were capable of physically attacking (still talking virtually, of course, not RL) eachother as well as verbally? |
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Seriously, I tried to lick my own face. Ah. Typical ivory tower pedanticalness.
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« Reply #23 on: May 13, 2010, 08:04:17 AM » |
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I know someone who participates. She's on it every day, all day. She has no job, no friends, no 'real world' life. She's middle-aged and lives with her ailing mother. All she does is play Second Life.
Interacting with her in the real world is, to put it mildly, difficult. Her personality is awkward, loud, and abrasive. She stands out, not in a good way, in social situations. This is not someone you would want to spend extensive time with. This is not someone that I would see men flocking to date.
The daughter does not acknowledge that a problem exists. Does not want, or see the need for, a job. Has not been employed in years. Does not have a boyfriend and I don't believe one has been in the picture for a long, long time. Mentioning that staring into a screen for twelve hours a day might be a problem is unthinkable.
Meanwhile the house in which ailing mother and daughter live is at risk of foreclosure. Any attempts to mention that a financial problem exists are met, I'm told, with random accusations of fault. Press further and one receives tantrum-like rages. Then back to computer she goes for another round of virtual interaction.
Second Life indeed.
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« Reply #24 on: May 13, 2010, 05:01:54 PM » |
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It's a virtual environment. Imagine this fora, except where every forumite has an online 'person' instead of a moniker and that discussions are carried out at meeting locations resembling houses, bars, coffee shops etc where forumites meet and 'talk' directly to eachother's 'person' instead of through threads. That is what Second Life is like.
That would make getting into the Clubhouse SO much more interesting. Might make the one-offs thread interesting too. Wonder what would happen if forumites were capable of physically attacking (still talking virtually, of course, not RL) eachother as well as verbally? Attacks do happen on SL, involving jettisoning some avatars into the sky, making objects or pictures of objects take up the entire enviroment, obscene things too. It's called "griefing" and griefers get reported and booted off SL. |
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« Reply #25 on: May 16, 2010, 07:45:51 PM » |
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I don't get this obsession with Second Life. It is frequented by a small subculture.
A lot of people see Second Life as the realization of the fantasy of creating a virtual fantasy world when, in fact, it's really just a crappy video game. |
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« Reply #26 on: May 17, 2010, 11:33:25 AM » |
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How did this thread get a "new" icon when it's almost a month old?
Very strange these moderators are.
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« Reply #27 on: May 17, 2010, 11:36:29 AM » |
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And boom, it's not "new" anymore. Boy the response time around here is fantastic!
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Abigail, I'm sure if there's someone out there, looking down on us from someplace else in the universe, they're wise enough to stay away from us.
--Grissom
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chaosbydesign
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« Reply #28 on: May 17, 2010, 12:23:23 PM » |
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And boom, it's not "new" anymore. Boy the response time around here is fantastic!
If you are referring to the 'new' icon beside a thread title, that appears when a new post has been made to a topic, and disappears once you have read the latest response. |
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Seriously, I tried to lick my own face. Ah. Typical ivory tower pedanticalness.
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