Re: [sldev] Vote for change in virtual worlds: let’s put e-democracy to a test!

[Leonel Morgado]

If I'm not mistaken, the US military developed the ARPANET and that
eventually became the Internet.So, an US-led approach can work.

The ISO approach can also work. Or not. If you want to pursue that path, I'm
entirely supportive of it.

One thing doesn't prevent the other... what matters is the idea...bring
virtual worlds from the BBS age (the current situation) to the
Internet/metaverse age.

Inté,

Leonel

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Thomas Grimshaw <tom at streamsense.net>wrote:

> 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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