Note of warning from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_world
"One example is that of Ginko Financial<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginko_Financial>, a bank system featured in Second Life<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life> where avatars could deposit their real life currency after converted to Linden Dollars <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Second_Life> for a profit. In July 2007, residents of Second Life crowded around the ATM's in an unsuccessful attempt to withdraw their money. After a few days the ATM's along with the banks disappeared altogether. Around $700,000 in real world money was reported missing from residents in Second Life. An investigation was launched but nothing substantial ever came of finding and punishing the avatar known as Nicholas Portocarrero who was the head of Ginko Financial<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginko_Financial> .[43] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_world#cite_note-43>" On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:22 AM, John Carlson <yottz...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is, can one make money with Open Cobalt? > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:17 AM, John Carlson <yottz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Alan, >> >> Any news if Open Cobalt supports auctions, banks, or ads yet? >> >> Thanks, >> >> John >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Alan Kay <alan.n...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> And of course, for some time there has been Croquet >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croquet_project >>> >>> ... and its current manifestation >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Cobalt >>> >>> These are based on Dave Reed's 1978 MIT thesis and were first >>> implemented about 10 years ago at Viewpoints. >>> >>> Besides allowing massively distributed computing without servers, the >>> approach is interesting in just how widely it comprehends Internet sized >>> systems. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Alan >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Casey Ransberger <casey.obrie...@gmail.com> >>> *To:* Fundamentals of New Computing <fonc@vpri.org> >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:52 PM >>> *Subject:* Re: [fonc] Building blocks and use of text >>> >>> The next big thing probably won't be some version of Minecraft, even if >>> Minecraft is really awesome. OTOH, you and your kids can prove me wrong >>> today with Minecraft Raspberry Pi Edition, which is free, and comes with >>> _source code_. >>> >>> http://mojang.com/2013/02/minecraft-pi-edition-is-available-for-download/ >>> >>> </fanboy> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 5:55 PM, John Carlson <yottz...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>> Miles wrote: >>> > There's a pretty good argument to be made that what "works" are >>> powerful building blocks that can be combined in lots of different ways; >>> So the next big thing will be some version of minecraft? Or perhaps the >>> older toontalk? Agentcubes? What is the right 3D metaphor? Does anyone >>> have a comfortable metaphor? It would seem like if there was an open, >>> federated MMO system that supported object lifecycles, we would have >>> something. Do we have an "object web" yet, or are we stuck with text >>> forever, with all the nasty security vunerabilities involved? Yes I agree >>> that we lost something when we moved to the web. Perhaps we need to step >>> away from the document model purely for security reasons. >>> What's the alternative? Scratch and Alice? Storing/transmitting ASTs? >>> Does our reliance on https/ssl/tls which is based on streams limit us? When >>> are we going to stop making streams secure and start making secure network >>> objects? Object-capability security anyone? >>> Are we stuck with documents because they are the best thing for >>> debugging? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> fonc mailing list >>> fonc@vpri.org >>> http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Casey Ransberger >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> fonc mailing list >>> fonc@vpri.org >>> http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> fonc mailing list >>> fonc@vpri.org >>> http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc >>> >>> >> >
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