AthenaNicole Giano

Hey, don't worry, I didn't even break a sweat. And as for your opinion, just like the proverbial orifice, everybody has one, and most of them stink. I certainly won't be losing any sleep over yours. You're welcome sweety. You are such a gem yourself! My Dearest Sweetie Kenbro, I am so very happy to hear that! I am so sure that you did not sweat. As we say here in the South, "Only horses sweat. Men perspire and Ladies Glow". Now on one hand you really are such a brilliant man and clearly not a horse. But on the other hand you could be a horses arse. ( ...sniff... ) Did you just break wind?...you silly boy you!

Kenbro Utu wrote: You need to go back and look at the year the film covers. Sure I watched it. Speaking to your original point, I saw nothing anyone should be fired for. You can relax now. Wow. Now you are worried about who was in change and when? Bless your heart. I wish I could help you out there but I did not take notes and I have no need go back to look it up. My original point? Seems you missed that too and it was so simple. Rosedale should be ashamed of himself. Please don't worry about why I think that. You have much too much on your mind with all these names, titles, and dates. Should someone at LL be fired? Once again, that was simply a hypothetical situation that showed my personal opinion. With all the work you do keeping everyone straight on Linden Labs personnel history/statistics you really don't need to worry about my opinion too and how I feel about anything. But thank you anyway darlin. You are such a gem!

Ishtara Rothschild wrote Philip Linden is a salesperson. He knows that all publicity is good publicity. Hi Ishtara, I get your point and agree with you. If I may paraphrase, "Not all publicty is good publicty, but even bad publicity can be good for business" Life 2.0 was nothing but bad publicity for SL. This film was produced and presented on OWN along with Dr. Phils show in such a way as to cause moral outrage. Any salesperson that would stoop so low as to help other people disgrace his own business for some cheap publicity should ashamed of himself. Maybe this film will be good for business. Who know's, maybe Dr Phil & Oprah will open offices in SL so they can bring help to those that will not get off line long enough to get the treatments they need for what ever problems they may have with video game addiction and all their other personal problems.

Well, he is not the CEO. The CEO is Rodvik Linden (Ron Humble). I understand completely what you said. You alluded to the fact that Mr. Rosedale was an employ of LL and subject to being fired. I simply pointed out who Mr. Rosedale was and that he could not be fired. Now I am correcting your misinformation that he is CEO. He is not. I never commented on whether or not someone should be fired from the standpoint of being involved in this movie, just that it would not happen to Mr. Rosedale. Just the facts, stick with em and we'll be alright. Sure, I'll be more than happy to stick to the facts. Lets start with the first one. I never alluded to anything. I presented a hypothetical situation that you failed to comprehend. Now, as far as the who's who of Linden Lab goes I don't track such things. Rosedale was the CEO in the beginning, then turned that spot over to someone else for a year or two I think. I don't recall the name, it means nothing to me. Rosedale then came back temporarily and has now handed it over to Ron Humble? I really don't care who is in charge or who owns what. I was simply going by the information offered in the film. All I know is that when the film showed Rosedale they also showed at the bottom of the screen his name followed by the title "CEO Linden Labs". For all I know he is back again. Like I said, I don't track such things. Have you watched the film at all? I do hope so and that you understand that there is no misinformation in my post that requires correcting. You seem like the kind of guy that will insist on setting this striaght so let me help you out. The person resposible for listing Rosedale as CEO in the film is Jason Spingarn-Koff. You can contact him here: http://web.mac.com/jskoff/jason/Bio.html Good luck in your quest!

Kenbro Utu wrote: That would never happen. Mr. Rosedale is the chair of Linden Lab and the founder of Second Life. The CEO works for him. Yes, I know that would never happen. You did not understand what I said at all and there is no way I can say it again more clearly. Maybe you will understand my meaning in the following statement: Mr. Rosedale should step down as CEO and never again be involved in the management of SL, or he should sell Linden Labs. Any Linden Lab employee that was involved in the making of this film, on camera or off camera should be fired!

Here's what I got out of watching the OWN channel last night: Video games do not kill people, people kill people. I say that because the same episode of Dr Phil ( Coping w/video game addiction ) aired before and after Life 2.0. One of the subjects profiled on his show was a young man that shot and killed himself while playing. His Mom found him dead at his pc with WoW still running. Life 2.0 did point out some interesting facts. Namely the number of users and amount of money involved. The types and cost of items available in world. The big corperation's that have offices inworld. Other than that there was not one nice thing said about any company or any user in SL or the virtual world we work and play in. His comments were very interesting, but not even Philip Rosedale had anything good to say about SL or the users. He did say that a virtual world can only be successful if it is ungoverned and how hard it is to think about those that call out asking to be governed. He said it would stifle the growth of SL if it was to become governed. After watching the youtube interview of the filmmaker, I'm sure he started this project with a great idea and good intentions. But his film is so unfair to SL and so unbalanced it has very little redeeming value to it at all. He really should forget about all virtual worlds and leave them and SL alone. Maybe working at Fox News would be a good place for him? As far as Mr. Rosedale is concerned, he should be ashamed of himself for being a part of a film that painted SL as such a terrible addictive thing that destroys lives and kills people. Life 2.0 was sandwiched between Dr. Phils show for a reason and the message of both programs was very clear. Virtual worlds is and always will be bad, no matter what anyone else thinks. If I were the CEO of Linden Labs and he worked for me, Mr. Rosedale would have been fired first thing this morning along with any other employee that had anything to do with the making of this film.