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

[Luna Bliss]

33 minutes ago, Istelathis said:

I do think one day humans will land on mars, I think we may do all sorts of things that are currently thought to be unrealistic. 

You're not worried about climate change making these grand plans difficult in the foreseeable future?

[Istelathis]

6 minutes ago, Luna Bliss said:

You're not worried about climate change making these grand plans difficult in the foreseeable future?

One of the few things I have faith in, warranted or not, is humanity.  We make a lot of horrible decisions, we also have done horrible things, but I'm a dreamer.   I would rate my faith right up there with Elon Musk worship😜  

I'm worried, but delusional enough to think we may just have a chance of surviving as a specie and doing so as ethically as possible.  

[Rachel1206]

You all get it wrong; Linden Lab will sell Musk the franchise: “Second Mars Life”. ... Lag[tm] included.

Edited May 12, 2022 by Rachel1206
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[Lyssa Greymoon]

Second Life and Elon Musk have one thing in common.

"Soon..."

A perfect fit!

[Istelathis]

1 minute ago, Rachel1206 said:

You all get it wrong; Linden Lab will sell Musk the franchise: “Second Mars Life”. ... Lag[tm] included.

And we all get a seat for the launch to SML for the reasonable price of $100,000 USD.  Should we survive, we will be allotted a 10sm parcel, and access to the gym.

[Coffee Pancake]

Getting to Mars, landing on the surface, having people walk out for a photo op .. that's all easy. Known engineering and proven technologies. Not having the people die due to some trivial mistake, accident or oversight before the return launch window, really difficult.

We're going to be sending supply ships for years before the people, so that when it all goes pear shaped (and it will) everyone doesn't die because of a bucks worth of duct tape.

Edited May 12, 2022 by Coffee Pancake

[Love Zhaoying]

He can send a cyborg to Mars in his place, and control it with the chip in his head.

[Love Zhaoying]

3 minutes ago, Coffee Pancake said:

Not having the people die

Picky, picky!

[Lyssa Greymoon]

3 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said:

He can send a cyborg to Mars in his place, and control it with the chip in his head.

He says he'll have the Teslabots ready for production next year so that's plenty of time for the next Mars launch window in 2024.

That sounds like a totally plausible timeline to develop Commander Data and work the bugs out of a rocket that has not flown outside of the atmosphere and managed to make one low altitude test flight without exploding.

Edited May 13, 2022 by Lyssa Greymoon

[bigmoe Whitfield]

Sadly if any one buys out SL, they are not going to buy it to keep it online,  the backend coding and the netcode and some other items they will scavenge and pillage for their own product,  google, sony and a few others have done just this with what they buy out.    but I suspect opensim will instantly get a heavy boost and a new world formed quickly with tons of people working on it.

[Bree Giffen]

Elon would never buy SL even though he is a gamer. 

[Coffee Pancake]

1 hour ago, Lyssa Greymoon said:

He says he'll have the Teslabots ready for production next year so that's plenty of time for the next Mars launch window in 2024.

I can't even get Alexa to reliably turn my lights on and off, the Teslabots better just be people in robit suits or we're all doomed.

Edited May 13, 2022 by Coffee Pancake

[Lyssa Greymoon]

44 minutes ago, Coffee Pancake said:

I can't even get Alexa to reliably turn my lights on and off, the Teslabots better just be people in robit suits or we're all doomed.

Teslabot Day 2023

 

[AnthonyJoanne]

12 hours ago, Lindal Kidd said:

Surely you're not being so oppressive as to question my lived experience?

How dreadfully unprogressive of you!

What can I say? Apparently something in a post I made which was entirely factual and quite benign was deemed as unacceptable by the forum software, and it seems that the moderators concurred. I have absolutely no idea why.

End result ... I'm typing things and then proof reading them and wondering if the forum software is going to get triggered. Not conducive to adult conversation.

But then again, your response was the polar opposite of adult ... so no problem. :p

edit - included my jocular :p a the end because cut and paste skipped it.

 

Edited May 13, 2022 by AnthonyJoanne

[Ceka Cianci]

10 hours ago, Luna Bliss said:

You're not worried about climate change making these grand plans difficult in the foreseeable future?

A lot of that kind of stuff will probably be based from the moon as their start point in the future.

They are actually close to a warp bubble now..

This is really neat.

 

 

Edited May 13, 2022 by Ceka Cianci

[Love Zhaoying]

6 hours ago, Bree Giffen said:

Elon would never buy SL even though he is a gamer. 

Maybe if they have a picture-perfect "Elon" avatar.

[Anna Nova]

When are we getting electric-powered rockets?

[SarahKB7 Koskinen]

Electrically-powered rockets can be found inside most tall buildings. They're called lifts.

Edited May 13, 2022 by SarahKB7 Koskinen

[Love Zhaoying]

4 hours ago, AnthonyJoanne said:

Surely you're not being so oppressive as to question my lived experience?

How dreadfully unprogressive of you!

What can I say? Apparently something in a post I made which was entirely factual and quite benign was deemed as unacceptable by the forum software, and it seems that the moderators concurred. I have absolutely no idea why.

End result ... I'm typing things and then proof reading them and wondering if the forum software is going to get triggered. Not conducive to adult conversation.

But then again, your response was the polar opposite of adult ... so no problem. 😛

edit - included my jocular 😛 a the end because cut and paste skipped it.

 

Maybe it was offensive. Or someone reported it because they just didn't like it.  If somebody quoted it, probably the quote is still there. Posts aren't just removed because of the "forum software".

Edited May 13, 2022 by Love Zhaoying

[Arielle Popstar]

1 hour ago, Love Zhaoying said:

Maybe it was offensive. Or someone reported it because they just didn't like it.  If somebody quoted it, probably the quote is still there. Posts aren't just removed because of the "forum software".

Assuming @AnthonyJoannemeant a post that went hidden after trying to post it, it does seem to be a forum software glitch/feature that is responsible. A forum moderator mole hinted at that in a post a few months ago when a number of us mentioned having posts go into a hide mode for no apparent reason and then unhidden up to months later after it was reviewed by a live moderator.

[Love Zhaoying]

27 minutes ago, Arielle Popstar said:

Assuming @AnthonyJoannemeant a post that went hidden after trying to post it, it does seem to be a forum software glitch/feature that is responsible. A forum moderator mole hinted at that in a post a few months ago when a number of us mentioned having posts go into a hide mode for no apparent reason and then unhidden up to months later after it was reviewed by a live moderator.

Either way, having a post go away is a valid pet peeve. I was explaining an alternative for what may have prompted the "tinfoil hat" meme.

[Jackson Redstar]

If Musk bought Linden Lads - every software update the news headlines would shout "Linden Labs issues yet another recall for Second Life users!!!!" lol

[Love Zhaoying]

If Musk bought LL, we'd all get free Tesla's.

[Sid Nagy]

3 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said:

If Musk bought LL, we'd all get free Tesla's.

But will it be copy/mod?

[Arielle Popstar]

3 minutes ago, Sid Nagy said:

But will it be copy/mod?

Allowing mod would result in high speed crashes if the self driving mode programming is messed with!