Re: [sldev] Vote for change in virtual worlds: let’s put e-democracy to a test!
Thomas Grimshaw
tom at streamsense.net
Wed Dec 31 09:37:37 PST 2008
Then, you really want to petition the International Organisation for
Standardization and not the united states president elect.
http://www.iso.org/iso/home.htm
~T
Leonel Morgado wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> I beg to disagree. I find it relevant - that's why I posted it.
> I am not an American - that's a great thing about change.org
> <http://change.org> - you can contribute with ideas, even if you're
> not an American citizen.
>
> The metaverse is international, but it isn't a reality: you are in
> Second Life, but you cannot take your avatar and creations to other
> virtual worlds, not even to Open Sim. Even existing efforts, like the
> cross-grid announcement by Linden Lab and IBM recently, cover little
> more than an avatar's name.
>
> Anyone should be able to host a virtual world server and let other
> people visit it, seamlessly - like anyone can host a Web page.
> That is what this proposal is all about.
>
> It impacts research, education, business, it impacts Second Life,
> but also other virtual worlds.
>
> Inté,
>
> Leonel
>
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Thomas Grimshaw <tom at streamsense.net
> <mailto:tom at streamsense.net>> wrote:
>
> I'm sorry, but this is really not relevant to this list.
>
> In case you didn't notice, the metaverse is already international
> :P and those of us outside of the USA couldn't really care less
> about what your new president does.
>
> ~T
>
>
> Leonel Morgado wrote:
>
>
> but it's totally open to international voters too. The change
> is for America, but its impact will be global. A nice touch!
>
>
>
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