I wonder if we can get Elon Musk to buy Linden Labs...

[Anna Nova]

It would seem to be a marriage made in heaven.  Then he can:

1. encourage Free Speech here too.
2. get Vlad's pal Donald back on-line.
3. put one-in-the-eye over Zukerblog's Meta.

Wouldn't cost as much as Twatter either.

Edited May 11, 2022 by Anna Nova
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[Love Zhaoying]

I bet his avatar would be a billion ARC.

And shiny.

But not too bright.

[StarlanderGoods]

33 minutes ago, Anna Nova said:

It would seem to be a marriage made in heaven.  Then he can:

1. encourage Free Speech here too.
2. get Vlad's pal Donald back on-line.
3. put one-in-the-eye over Zukerblog's Meta.

Wouldn't cost as much as Twatter either.

Lets not distract him, let him focus on going to mars.

[Sid Nagy]

Musk, Bezos or Zuckerberg in -> Nagy out.
That's all what I can say about it.

Edited May 11, 2022 by Sid Nagy

[Love Zhaoying]

2 hours ago, StarlanderGoods said:

Lets not distract him, let him focus on going to mars.

Hoping he goes, and doesn't return from Mars?

[Ceka Cianci]

Here ya go Elon, 4 linden labs. 

We gonna be able to do so much stuff wiff diss monies and have Sooo much more room for activities

[Coffee Pancake]

5 hours ago, StarlanderGoods said:

Lets not distract him, let him focus on going to mars.

He was never going to Mars. That's all hype to fund a massive trial and error style development cycle.

 

[Love Zhaoying]

13 minutes ago, Coffee Pancake said:

He was never going to Mars. That's all hype to fund a massive trial and error style development cycle.

We need experts on that for Second Life!

[Lindal Kidd]

Elon really does want to colonize Mars. In fact, way back at the beginning, when SpaceX hadn't even reached orbit with the Falcon 1 (not the Falcon 9, this was a MUCH smaller rocket), he often spoke of wanting to do that and talking to NASA about it. NASA said "pooh-pooh, that's a wild idea, can't be done". So he started SpaceX as a way to fund the project on a commercial basis. Most of the people he was speaking to privately agreed with NASA and never thought this crazy start-up company could succeed. Now they're the only way of getting people to the ISS.

Tesla was the same. Musk thought electric cars should be the future long before "climate change" became a major international issue. Everyone thought he was crazy, nobody started car companies successfully these days, let alone an electric car company. Now Tesla is worth more (on paper) than Ford or GM.

He'll probably wind up as the only human being to own an entire planet.

[Katherine Heartsong]

5 hours ago, Sid Nagy said:

Musk, Bezos or Zuckerberg in -> Nagy out.
That's all what I can say about it.

Seconded, Sid. In a heartbeat.

[Love Zhaoying]

11 minutes ago, Lindal Kidd said:

He'll probably wind up as the only human being to own an entire planet.

David Bowie song: "The Man Who Sold the World"

Robert A. Heinlein novel: "The Man Who Sold the Moon"

I wonder if Musk will sell Mars?

[Paulsian]

31 minutes ago, Coffee Pancake said:

He was never going to Mars. That's all hype to fund a massive trial and error style development cycle.

 

I saw an ancient aliens epsiode suggesting that the us gov gives top secret alien technology contracts to private companies to avoid the freedom of information act. Elon is like a kid who already has been to mars and told not to tell anyone, but wants to go back privatly...

Should he buy linden lab? as far as I have found the us go v dept homelan sealready leased land in secondlife long ago. 

[Arduenn Schwartzman]

Someone please, PLEASE, tell Musk that according to the United Nations Space Law, HE CAN'T buy Mars (the planet). First, he'll throw a temper tantrum, because no one tells Elon what he can or can't do. Next, he'll risk going bankrupt by borrowing more money to finance the purchase, or he won't be able to sleep at night. All in all a fun little project to keep him from dying from utter boredom for at least another two weeks (because him buying Twitter is already yesterday's news). Save Elon!

Edited May 11, 2022 by Arduenn Schwartzman

[Love Zhaoying]

12 minutes ago, Arduenn Schwartzman said:

Someone please, PLEASE, tell Musk that according to the United Nations Space Law, HE CAN'T buy Mars (the planet). First, he'll throw a temper tantrum, because no one tells Elon what he can or can't do. Next, he'll risk going bankrupt by borrowing more money to finance the purchase, or he won't be able to sleep at night. All in all a fun little project to keep him from dying from utter boredom for at least another two weeks (because him buying Twitter is already yesterday's news). Save Elon!

Hope it doesn't end up like "The Martian" book/movie..maybe more like "The Martian Chronicles".

Sci Fi nerd? Me? Nooooooo!!!!

 

[Coffee Pancake]

16 minutes ago, Lindal Kidd said:

Elon really does want to colonize Mars. In fact, way back at the beginning, when SpaceX hadn't even reached orbit with the Falcon 1 (not the Falcon 9, this was a MUCH smaller rocket), he often spoke of wanting to do that and talking to NASA about it. NASA said "pooh-pooh, that's a wild idea, can't be done"

NASA dunked on his idea because Elon and co had zero concept of what's involved. Believe it or not, you can't just go to Mars and expect to survive making it up on the fly.

The amount of prep, logistics and specialist technology (we don't even have yet) required to do a simple moon shot there and back again is staggering. Growing food in Martian soil is a dead end, sure you might be able to coax something into life ala The Martian, but you wouldn't want to eat the result. The Perchlorates alone are a major health hazard .. and lets not even worry about the literal razor blade storms.

We don't even have actual Martain samples to do a proper analysis on and the closest mission to return a handful of dirt is penciled in for 2026

Elon will be long dead before a person ever walks on Mars, especially if that person is expected to live or even return home.

16 minutes ago, Lindal Kidd said:

So he started SpaceX as a way to fund the project on a commercial basis. Most of the people he was speaking to privately agreed with NASA and never thought this crazy start-up company could succeed. Now they're the only way of getting people to the ISS.

Elon is not a rocket engineer. He hired those and then denied them credit for their work by saying "these projects are all a team effort" .. him being the only visible member of the team.

16 minutes ago, Lindal Kidd said:

Tesla was the same. Musk thought electric cars should be the future long before "climate change" became a major international issue. Everyone thought he was crazy, nobody started car companies successfully these days, let alone an electric car company. Now Tesla is worth more (on paper) than Ford or GM.

Elon didn't create Tesla. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1131215_tesla-existed-before-elon-musk-founders-on-how-they-pitched-the-idea

He did some initial funding, then ganked the entire company. Let's not forget there was the whole solar city debacle too.

 

 

[Istelathis]

If it were like many of his other ventures, SL would crash and burn.. unless the government stepped in and subsidized it all.  But he sure as hell would look amazing while he did it.

Edited May 11, 2022 by Istelathis

[Max Quirky]

I think Elon has more important financial woes to concentrate on at the moment. 

[Love Zhaoying]

So many space songs and puns come to mind - from each post!

[Arielle Popstar]

52 minutes ago, Coffee Pancake said:

Elon is not a rocket engineer. He hired those and then denied them credit for their work by saying "these projects are all a team effort" .. him being the only visible member of the team.

And that is why he will succeed while the individual rocket engineers won't. He tells them to build what he wants because their paycheque's depend on it. That is why he should get the credit. He has the vision to to put his money where his mouth is and hire and pay the team to build what he wants.

 

[Finite]

I went to PF Changs once. I envisioned wanting the Mongolian beef. I requested the Mongolian beef. I received the Mongolian beef. Alas! I am a chef!

[Ayashe Ninetails]

2 minutes ago, Finite said:

I went to PF Changs once. I envisioned wanting the Mongolian beef. I requested the Mongolian beef. I received the Mongolian beef. Alas! I am a chef!

Ughghghghgghhghhh now I want Mongolian beef!

[Kimmi Zehetbauer]

2 hours ago, Katherine Heartsong said:

Seconded, Sid. In a heartbeat.

Thirded. Especially if it's Yuckerberg.

[StarlanderGoods]

58 minutes ago, Arielle Popstar said:

And that is why he will succeed while the individual rocket engineers won't. He tells them to build what he wants because their paycheque's depend on it. That is why he should get the credit. He has the vision to to put his money where his mouth is and hire and pay the team to build what he wants.

 

Not even that, his vision was to buy russian ICBM and use them to send rats to mars, and he was laughed out of every room.  He pitches a wild idea, and the actual engineers and scientists tell him what is possible.  Then he pitches his wild idea anyway to attract investors.  That is his only talent, not the science, not the vision, attracting investors with impossible promises, AKA snake oil salesman.

 

3 hours ago, Coffee Pancake said:

He was never going to Mars. That's all hype to fund a massive trial and error style development cycle.

 

Sure, he is not going, but he definitely belived he could eyeball a space program and get to mars like that.

[Mollymews]

3 hours ago, Lindal Kidd said:

Tesla was the same. Musk thought electric cars should be the future long before "climate change" became a major international issue. Everyone thought he was crazy, nobody started car companies successfully these days, let alone an electric car company. Now Tesla is worth more (on paper) than Ford or GM.

yes

Mr Musk can be a pig often on intersectional issues, but a thing about him is that he acts like a small business owner rather than a corporate owner. When the Tesla factory was struggling to produce cars, he camped on site, til the factory got up to speed. Camping the workplace is the kind of thing that small business owners do when their business is struggling

chances are that Mr Musk (should the deal finalise) will bring the same approach to Twitter. End up himself, moderating the chit out of everybody who is getting in the way of what he wants the product to be

Twitter is a product. Is not the public commons, even if sometimes twitter users think it is. Same can be said about Facebook, TikTok, etc, they are products. This forum too is a product

ps add. When a product gets too toxic (more correctly the environment created by the product_ then people stop using it.  A case in point, the rusty screwdriver forum

Edited May 11, 2022 by Mollymews

[Arielle Popstar]

49 minutes ago, StarlanderGoods said:

Not even that, his vision was to buy russian ICBM and use them to send rats to mars, and he was laughed out of every room.  He pitches a wild idea, and the actual engineers and scientists tell him what is possible.  Then he pitches his wild idea anyway to attract investors.  That is his only talent, not the science, not the vision, attracting investors with impossible promises, AKA snake oil salesman.

Well then how is it any different from when John F. Kennedy pitched the idea to commit the nation to putting a man on the moon? He pitched to a whole country whereas Musk is only pitching it to investors though by extension it is also to the rest of the world. Is Musk any more of a snake oil salesman the JK was? Today at least we know from the success of JK's vision, the possibility exists except in the minds of the naysayer which were likely plenty of back in 1961 too. 

Edited May 11, 2022 by Arielle Popstar
added a decade