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    Global Map of Regions

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    All ******* locations in SL are functionally topologically equivalent. A ******* map is a ******* irrelevance and conceptually ******* speciously accurate. You might as well ask for a ******* location map of where the ******* servers are situated in the real ******* world.

    **********Rudi**********

    High Pressure Sales Tactics

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    This must be a ******* American thing. In England the ******* Sales Assistants stand around by the ******* fire exits (so they can have a sneaky ******* smoke when the ******* boss isn't looking) gossiping to each other and ignoring the ******* customers until they are asked a ******* question at which point they make it ******* clear they are doing you a ******* favour by taking your ******* money.

    I ******* prefer it that way, actually. It's those ******* drones shoving oversize ******* trollies around during normal hours picking internet ******* orders that really **** me off.

    **********Rudi**********

    BEST GUN ON SL

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    "No manne is an iland, intire of it selfe; every manne is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mannes death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mannekinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee...."

    It seems you're ******* channelling John Donne, Criminal Manne.

    You may ******* think you are ******* expressing yourself in a (ironically) modern ******* fashion, but your ******* spelling and grammar are actually as ******* antediluvian as your imagination. You should at least spell it "gonne".

    **********Rudi**********

    Where's The ******* Judge?

    in Missed Avatar Connections

    Posted

    Storm Clarence wrote:

    Jacki Silverfall wrote:

    He hasn't gone anywhere, he is you.

    You must be confusing memes.  I know the Judge's mother personally and I can tell you for sure that she is no mother Farquhar. 

     

    I also know The ******* Judge's mother, and trust me, she's ******* Mental too.

    **********Rudi**********

    Where's The ******* Judge?

    in Missed Avatar Connections

    Posted

    Sephina Frostbite wrote:

    I never thought the Jugde was a troll. I think he was very full of himself. Especially when he would correct people on
    grammer
    and spelling and he made mistakes all the time. 

    Why do I get the feeling that nobody is going to rely on your ******* opinion in these matters?

    **********Rudi**********

    Second Life Avatar Study – Volunteers needed (for £5 amazon vouchers)

    in Second Life Education and Nonprofits

    Posted

    Storm Clarence wrote:

    Cut his losses?  But, but it's a fully funded project!   It's a win-win for the OP.  

     

    Your enthusiasm is suspicious Storm. In the spirit of disclosure can you confirm that you have no longer have a business interest in, or connection with the NSA, the CIA or MongoDB.

    Now that you have retired as a contract assassin, that is.

    **********Rudi**********

    Second Life Avatar Study – Volunteers needed (for £5 amazon vouchers)

    in Second Life Education and Nonprofits

    Posted

    Venus Petrov wrote:

    All of the RL images you need to map to SL avatars can be found in a very beta-beta version of SL (called Macintosh).  All you need do now is go inworld and start snapping photos.

    P.S. the blonde chick is Philip Linden in drag.  There, now, you have a head start.

     

     

    That must have been before the "jiggle" option was implemented, because despite all that bounding and twirling, Philip's decidely ample bosom doesn't appear to bounce a millimetre. Or maybe he's wearing a Jean-Paul Gautier designed sports bra.

    **********Rudi**********

    Second Life Avatar Study – Volunteers needed (for £5 amazon vouchers)

    in Second Life Education and Nonprofits

    Posted

    Slyvar wrote:

    In terms of the research question of this specific study, we are primarily interested in what factors go into people's choices of avatar.  What is it that makes one person chose one type of avatar and a different person chose a different type?  Why do some people chose to use avatars that reflect their RL appearance, whilst others do not? 

    Do you actually realise that this is a non-starter? Most participants in SL not only have multiple accounts, but also have any number of versions of their avatars, with different sexual orientations, shapes and skins (human and otherwise) which are changed according to the company being kept, the activities being engaged in, the time of year, and for most females, to accessorise their current favourite pair of shoes. Add to that the shift in understanding of the options available through time, and the advances in technology which impact upon appearance, together with economic factors, and the correlation between virtual representation and reality (which also changes, although hair colour washes out more slowly and six-packs turn inexorably into beer barrels) is negligible, or if it exists, will  be specious.

    And then there are the kid avatars . . .

    You obviously haven't a clue about how SL works. Cut your losses and quit now, before you get suckered into generating inadmissable conclusions by a bunch of illegal minors who will send you photos of their parents in order to get their hands on the equivalent of a weekend paper round's wages.

    **********Rudi**********

    Second Life Avatar Study – Volunteers needed (for £5 amazon vouchers)

    in Second Life Education and Nonprofits

    Posted

    Storm Clarence wrote:

    Doc, I was also wondering if you could pass off the daily Mumbai spam posts to your DHS bedmates.  Please ask them to ask the spammer to provide photos of the Indian escorts as part of  the spam.  We may as well enjoy the RL photos of the most prolific posters to SLF.  Don't ya think?

     

    Funny you should say this. One of the related studies referenced by the SuperIdentity site is Project Aadhaar, which aims to get fingerprints and iris scans to identify all those escorts and digipimps, inter alia.

    Oh, and that project has achieved infamy because one of the firms collecting the identity data, MongoDB (which is a New York company) is funded by the CIA . . .

    . . . although at least the CIA have admitted that it funds initiatives which "identify, adapt and deliver innovative technology solutions to support the missions of CIA and the broader US intelligence community."

    It gets more and more amusing - and scary.

    I'm delighted that nobody knows who I actually am.

    Apart from that ex-Russian with an anvil on her head that used to hang around the forums who rang me up at home and tried to sell me some junk bonds, then ordered several pizzas to be delivered to me, which my kids really enjoyed, but which I, of course, refused to pay for.

    And anyone else remotely digitally literate.

    **********Rudi**********

    SL and RL genders

    in Your Avatar

    Posted

    Drake1 Nightfire wrote:

    RudolphFarquhar wrote:

    Sierra Oskar wrote:

    I adore being a woman in all worlds and i would never change that!!!!:catvery-happy:

    Presumably you endorse the sentiments expressed in this video.

    It is a little known fact that Nancy Kwan was born male . . .

    **********Rudi************

    Seeing as she had a biological son who passed away in 1996, i highly doubt she was born male.

    I believe someone much more technosavvy than myself has suggested that you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet.

    **********Rudi**********

    Is it any point to have forum where it.

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    Dresden Ceriano wrote:

    Tears Serf wrote:

    Im tired of this porn spam

    Porn spam?  Since when did they which to porn spam from whore spam and how did I miss it?

    ...Dres

    I think it's a typo. Tears must have had "Pork spam" sandwiches for lunch for the last fortnight amd he/she/it is obviously tiring of the taste.

    **********Rudi**********

    The Twenty Statements Test

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    This is a long-abused psychological test which the shrinks use to justify their fees, while not having to do much actual work themselves. The SuperIdentity project team that are looking for volunteers (if you are desperate for a £5 Amazon voucher head over to the SLEDU subforum, but make sure you have an uptodate photo to give them so they can track you down in real life) use this technique, but I thought that it might be interesting (or perhaps really, really dull) if forumites might want to offer insights into how their online presence was different, or similar to their real life existence.

    For example

    1. In RL I am a grumpy old curmudgeon, whereas in SL I am a grumpy old curmudgeon.

    2. In RL I am 60 years old, whereas in SL I am 28.

    3. In RL I like steak and chips, whereas in SL I participate in Dolcett ceremonies.

    4. In RL I have been happily married for 5 years (and unhappily for another 15) whereas in SL I am ecstatically partnered to myself.

    5. In RL I cant puntuate or spel, whereas in SL I am a master of the keyboard.

    . . . . I am sure you get the drift.

    Oh, my answers to the other 15 "Who am I" questions would be the names of my various alts, but that would be too boring.

    **********Rudi**********

     

    Survey Ethics

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    Looking into their "results" they are apparently using the hoary old "Twenty Statements Test" ie write 20 statements in answer to the self-addressed question "Who am I?" to assess personality.

    I reckon the US DHS is probably getting ripped off, especially if they are trying to establish biometric equivalences with avatars who generally make NBA stars look like midgets.

    They keep banging on about their mission being to "assure online anonymity", whereas one will get you ten that the DHS are looking for other ways to crack online identity, now they have effectively admitted that they can't penetrate the DarkNets.

    **********Rudi**********

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