Comments for Metaversally Speaking.. http://blog.pradprathivi.com Social Media and Virtual Worlds Commentary Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:33:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Emerald Viewer is “Dead” by Kalel Mommsen http://blog.pradprathivi.com/2010/09/01/emerald-viewer-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-7654 Kalel Mommsen Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:33:26 +0000 http://blog.pradprathivi.com/?p=2967#comment-7654 And yet we all trust LL to do the right thing yet we can't see everything behind thier door either... but then again there is a location and a name we can all sue... And yet we all trust LL to do the right thing yet we can’t see everything behind thier door either… but then again there is a location and a name we can all sue…

]]> Comment on Emerald Viewer is “Dead” by Scree Raymaker http://blog.pradprathivi.com/2010/09/01/emerald-viewer-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-7649 Scree Raymaker Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:41:52 +0000 http://blog.pradprathivi.com/?p=2967#comment-7649 Un, part of the code (emkdu.dll) was closed source, and even the code that was available didn't match the version number of the pre-compiled binaries and sometimes didn't even compile. And no one but the developers had access to the server the source code was hosted on, so people couldn't check what was being updated as it was updated (searching through all the code after it's been released is a lot harder than checking each small update as it's added). Un, part of the code (emkdu.dll) was closed source, and even the code that was available didn’t match the version number of the pre-compiled binaries and sometimes didn’t even compile. And no one but the developers had access to the server the source code was hosted on, so people couldn’t check what was being updated as it was updated (searching through all the code after it’s been released is a lot harder than checking each small update as it’s added).

]]> Comment on Emerald Viewer is “Dead” by Un http://blog.pradprathivi.com/2010/09/01/emerald-viewer-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-7639 Un Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:31:35 +0000 http://blog.pradprathivi.com/?p=2967#comment-7639 I really don't get how an open source project isn't already transparent, all anyone had to do to find the tricks was to look at the bloody code. I really don’t get how an open source project isn’t already transparent, all anyone had to do to find the tricks was to look at the bloody code.

]]> Comment on Emerald Viewer is “Dead” by nimil http://blog.pradprathivi.com/2010/09/01/emerald-viewer-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-7636 nimil Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:00:20 +0000 http://blog.pradprathivi.com/?p=2967#comment-7636 what pisses me off is that there are so many people blaming LL for this. last time i checked, LL didn't insert an iframe into the login screen to use everyone as a botnet to DDOS someone's website. i loved that viewer but the shady dealings of its devs pushed me away and i will never allow it to be installed on my hard drive ever again, even under some other name. i won't even install emergence. reading though things, arabella seems to be just as shady as the rest, and possibly jessica was the only one there that was actually wanting to work on a viewer. but all of this could just be drama and they could all be full of it. i cannot trust any of these people. what pisses me off is that there are so many people blaming LL for this. last time i checked, LL didn’t insert an iframe into the login screen to use everyone as a botnet to DDOS someone’s website.

i loved that viewer but the shady dealings of its devs pushed me away and i will never allow it to be installed on my hard drive ever again, even under some other name. i won’t even install emergence.

reading though things, arabella seems to be just as shady as the rest, and possibly jessica was the only one there that was actually wanting to work on a viewer. but all of this could just be drama and they could all be full of it.

i cannot trust any of these people.

]]> Comment on Emerald Viewer is “Dead” by Ashe Anthony http://blog.pradprathivi.com/2010/09/01/emerald-viewer-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-7634 Ashe Anthony Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:57:11 +0000 http://blog.pradprathivi.com/?p=2967#comment-7634 Well said, I kind of saw this coming. It's hard to recover from all that they have done. Well said, I kind of saw this coming. It’s hard to recover from all that they have done.

]]> Comment on Emerald Viewer is “Dead” by Tweets that mention Emerald Viewer is “Dead” « Metaversally Speaking.. -- Topsy.com http://blog.pradprathivi.com/2010/09/01/emerald-viewer-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-7632 Tweets that mention Emerald Viewer is “Dead” « Metaversally Speaking.. -- Topsy.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:16:52 +0000 http://blog.pradprathivi.com/?p=2967#comment-7632 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by ann_steckel and Ron Blechner, Prad Prathivi. Prad Prathivi said: Emerald Viewer is "Dead" http://bit.ly/bOkZXf #emeraldgate #secondlife [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by ann_steckel and Ron Blechner, Prad Prathivi. Prad Prathivi said: Emerald Viewer is "Dead" http://bit.ly/bOkZXf #emeraldgate #secondlife [...]

]]> Comment on Emerald Viewer is “Dead” by A Fond Farewell To Emerald…. « http://blog.pradprathivi.com/2010/09/01/emerald-viewer-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-7631 A Fond Farewell To Emerald…. « Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:10:51 +0000 http://blog.pradprathivi.com/?p=2967#comment-7631 [...] was removing Emerald from its list of accredited viewers; however I personally didn’t see a total end to Emerald looming on the horizon at all. I mean, why would I? If it wasn’t for Emerald Second Life  [...] [...] was removing Emerald from its list of accredited viewers; however I personally didn’t see a total end to Emerald looming on the horizon at all. I mean, why would I? If it wasn’t for Emerald Second Life  [...]

]]> Comment on Emerald Viewer is “Dead” by Ravishal Bentham http://blog.pradprathivi.com/2010/09/01/emerald-viewer-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-7630 Ravishal Bentham Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:03:42 +0000 http://blog.pradprathivi.com/?p=2967#comment-7630 Amen, well said. Amen, well said.

]]> Comment on Is Emerald Viewer Anti-Privacy? by Stella http://blog.pradprathivi.com/2010/02/26/is-emerald-viewer-anti-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-7629 Stella Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:34:15 +0000 http://blog.pradprathivi.com/?p=2119#comment-7629 Jack I would like to find out how this can happen as right now I am being stalked by someone in SL who claims to have my Ip.I never knew this could happen Jack I would like to find out how this can happen as right now I am being stalked by someone in SL who claims to have my Ip.I never knew this could happen

]]> Comment on Second Life Teen Grid to Close by Never http://blog.pradprathivi.com/2010/08/15/second-life-teen-grid-to-close/comment-page-1/#comment-7627 Never Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:50:03 +0000 http://blog.pradprathivi.com/?p=2293#comment-7627 I haven't been on SL more than 2 years but I have already found it a nice escape from reality. There are people on the adult grid that mentally belong on the teen grid for their lack in maturity yes, but all in all I think most adults on SL come to get away from real life, and for some that means getting away from their own teenagers for a little while. While there are PG sims on the adult grid, anyone who knows 16 year olds knows that they aren't easily stopped by things called rules (To those who have posted thus far, you have to know that though you might onsider yourself mature, you are a minority among your peers). Parents do not watch their children online as well as they should and the older the child the less the parent watches them. Mature or not, they are still children and in this world there are people that target children because of their age. There are too many risks involved in merging these worlds, as I for one have always been disturbed by the idea of ADULTS with child avatars, now the idea that there will be actual children behind them is a whole nother scary issue. There are rules to keep child avatars from ADULT marked sims and yet I have seen it happen and it has angered me, and 16 year olds will be able to break these rules just as easily as adults. On another note, has anyone considered the legal ramifications in putting teenagers in such a finacally driven envionrment with adults. I don't think there are many adults out there that will like the idea of compeating in a market next to 16 year olds when they have spent years compeating with their peers already. Bad things will happen when you take a few already childish adults and take away their income and give it to a 16 year old. I for one am scared to see what the future of SecondLife holds. I haven’t been on SL more than 2 years but I have already found it a nice escape from reality. There are people on the adult grid that mentally belong on the teen grid for their lack in maturity yes, but all in all I think most adults on SL come to get away from real life, and for some that means getting away from their own teenagers for a little while. While there are PG sims on the adult grid, anyone who knows 16 year olds knows that they aren’t easily stopped by things called rules (To those who have posted thus far, you have to know that though you might onsider yourself mature, you are a minority among your peers). Parents do not watch their children online as well as they should and the older the child the less the parent watches them. Mature or not, they are still children and in this world there are people that target children because of their age.
There are too many risks involved in merging these worlds, as I for one have always been disturbed by the idea of ADULTS with child avatars, now the idea that there will be actual children behind them is a whole nother scary issue. There are rules to keep child avatars from ADULT marked sims and yet I have seen it happen and it has angered me, and 16 year olds will be able to break these rules just as easily as adults.
On another note, has anyone considered the legal ramifications in putting teenagers in such a finacally driven envionrment with adults. I don’t think there are many adults out there that will like the idea of compeating in a market next to 16 year olds when they have spent years compeating with their peers already. Bad things will happen when you take a few already childish adults and take away their income and give it to a 16 year old.
I for one am scared to see what the future of SecondLife holds.

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