SLCC 2011: Mesh Hair Net Shortages May Threaten Convention
by Alphaville Herald on 01/08/11 at 10:23 pm
Pixeleen Mistral's typist to speak at SLCC identity and privacy session
Will Linden staff don celebratory mesh hair nets at the Second Life Community Conference to mark the long awaited release of mesh object support for the prim-based virtual world? SL content creators and certain OEM suppliers hope so, and the chances of sighting Linden staff with a food-service worker look should not be discounted - previous concerns over mussing Philip Linden's stylish locks were pushed aside with the ascent of new CEO Rodvik Linden. We can only hope there will be enough mesh to go around during the SLCC August 13-14.
Mesh hair net - the perfect real life fashion accessory for Lindens?
This year, Herald staff will be on hand to cover SLCC in person - a development sure to delight the Feted Inner Core, techno-communist sympathizers and running dogs, spandex clad Second Life militias, perma-banned mafia leaders, and russian-speaking land rental agents everywhere. But staying true to the Herald's immersive new media aesthetic, simply covering the conference is not enough.
Herald editrix Pixeleen Mistral has assigned her real life typist to speak at a session certain to be a highlight of the conference - Avatar Identity: Privacy and Transparency in Social Media chaired by Hiro Pendragon. The session description:
Anonymous participation in social web, both 2-D and 3-D, has long been a point of debate. Recently avatar identity, especially used as pseudonyms in social media sites, has been a hot button issue with the rise of Google Plus and with ongoing enforcement on Facebook. How do we balance between security and protection from fraud or harassment, and keeping user privacy and letting users expose only the parts of their identity that they choose to share?
Fueled by dueling coffee breaks sponsored by the Amaretto Ranch and Ozimals virtual pet empires, those attending the SLCC should assure themselves of an adequate supply of hair nets as gifts to Linden staff. Keep in mind that furry Linden's will need several hair nets to meet minimum requirements of the health code - so do what you can to help out. It is always wise to placate the game gods.
Perhaps the Lab will adopt a more Humble tone after the unpopular changes and unfulfilled promises made at last year's SLCC.
Tux
Aug 2nd, 2011
I for one have no need for a hair net!
Ryokashi
Aug 2nd, 2011
hair nets are for lunch ladies
are you a lunch lady pix?
The AntiHerald
Aug 2nd, 2011
Solid proof that they’re desperate for speakers and will in fact take anybody who can sit behind a microphone for an hour.
Dontspill McGinnis
Aug 2nd, 2011
Really? I could sit behind a microphone for an hour, easy… But would they make me wear a hair net over my beard?
Dwarfist attitudes abound of late.
Me Gusta
Aug 2nd, 2011
@The AntiHerald
The weekend speaker schedule is filled with Linden fanboy jerkoffs pontificating about e-business and stringing together as many worn out buzzwords as possible. Pix’s presentation will undoubtedly be the most interesting panel.
Still not worth $300 to hang out with a bunch of autistic Second Life faggots.
hobo kelly
Aug 2nd, 2011
yeah, you can find those exact types of Linden fanboi jerkoffs sitting in their little fake boats going nowhere fast in certain spots around the blake sea. “Oh, I say old man, do you see that over there?” .. “My my, why yes, I do see that over there” … “Why, that little blighter actually had the audacity to step foot on the Fairway at HollyKai, what is the world coming to?…” .. “yes yes, I see that, and it looks as if it was done on purpose too, why I never…” … “My God, so what do we do now?” … “Oh, I am just shaking with anger right now, gggrrrr, I can’t even think straight…” … “OH MY GOD, look they are stepping over the line AGAIN…” … “Quickly old man, call the Coast Guard, or the Golfing association or somebody, this cannot be allowed to stand…” … “Yes, yes, quite right, but getting the ‘authorities’ involved just isn’t quite the same since the Cannonball Accident…” … “Now, now, stiff upper lip and all that rot old man, you know an ocean is made up of many drips…there will be another…” … “Another that comes with its own nibbling tool? I doubt it…”
?¿?
Aug 2nd, 2011
A whole lot of words Hobo… but what are you actually *saying*?
The Anti Herald
Aug 2nd, 2011
@Me Gusta – paying $300 to go see a guy who’s made a life’s work being that fifth guy waaaay in the back on the team pictures.
Hm. Nah. Not seeing it.
Imnotgoing Sideways
Aug 2nd, 2011
See ya’ there! =^-^=
Look for the (^_^)
Obvious Schism
Aug 2nd, 2011
@ Dontspill McGinnis
Just in case you were wondering, those nets that you put over your beard when handling food are called “snoods”.
Pappy Enoch
Aug 2nd, 2011
Y’all am a-missin’ the real story: them griefer rascals been sellin’ bad food for them Meeroo critters.
They am starvin’ so I reckon I best bag me some before they goes extinct.
Senban Babii
Aug 2nd, 2011
Do they do whole body hair nets? Only if Debi Dastardly is attending plus partner, she’ll need one for Fido or Rover or whatever his name is.
Woof woof grrrowl bark
(That was my dog impersonation incidentally, feedback appreciated)
Obvious Schism
Aug 2nd, 2011
@ Senban
There are indeed hair nets made specifically for dogs, and which are also called snoods. But they are only used to protect the ears and necks of long-eared or long-haired show dogs, as opposed to the whole body.
Oh and the impersonation was great btw, my dog pricked up her ears when she heard it.
Senban Babii
Aug 2nd, 2011
@Obvious Schism
“Oh and the impersonation was great btw, my dog pricked up her ears when she heard it.”
Did she tell you what it translated as?
Debi Dastardly
Aug 2nd, 2011
I wonder if they will have some ass tail nets as well.
Obvious Schism
Aug 2nd, 2011
@ Senban
Well I think that she tried to tell me, bless her and her big brown eyes.
Unfortunately, I didn’t understand what she said because I don’t speak dog language.
Debi Dastardly
Aug 2nd, 2011
Hmmm, really what they need to make sure of is to have plenty of two legged full body hair mesh. I’m sure some European women may attend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-72pG0p5GaY&feature=related
hobo kelly
Aug 3rd, 2011
Well there might be multiple fronts to this argument. 1) How can Anon or /b/ or the PN or the WH or the WU continue to carry out their anarchy and meme-pushing and supposed online consciousness expansion of the dumb sheep out there on the internet by using their Lulz Attacks if srs bsns forces them to use their real names, ie a crackdown on the commie Lefties…
2) How will ANYONE, dirty commie or not, have any kind of anonymous ability to speak their minds online without fear of retrubution when all these online forums and websites and in the future possibly all online shopping will require you to sign in to their website and services using your Facebook or Google+ or other Real Name Only identity. Its already happening.
3) How will dumb avatars be able to have a fake online presence so that people with socially advanced brains and names like “IMARAINBOWFENNICRAWR Resident” can join in conversations with normal people on Facebook or Google+ and stun them with their brilliance if they are neutered right off the bat by having to use their regular name?
I have to go eat now. rawr.
Espresso Saarinen
Aug 3rd, 2011
damn pix. if i had known. but i will fly through on my way to sigcomm. sigh.
Senban Babii
Aug 3rd, 2011
@Debi
“I wonder if they will have some ass tail nets as well.”
They should! I’m sick of neko always being excluded from these events because the organisers can’t provide appropriate hygiene items for all their customers.
Not that I need a tail net anyway, I’m clean and well-groomed. I wash my tail twice a day. The fact that I wash it with spit from my tongue is neither here nor there.
Senban Babii
Aug 3rd, 2011
@Hobo Kelly
“2) How will ANYONE, dirty commie or not, have any kind of anonymous ability to speak their minds online without fear of retrubution when all these online forums and websites and in the future possibly all online shopping will require you to sign in to their website and services using your Facebook or Google+ or other Real Name Only identity. Its already happening.”
Well here’s an important point. We have to differentiate between anonymity from other users and anonymity from the system itself.
Even if Google+ allows pseudonymous accounts such as avatar names, they’ll still likely require meatlife details behind the scenes. Other users might then not know who Hobo Kelly or Senban Babii are but Google+ would. But a crackdown on identity like this will likely give rise to a small increase in identity theft or at least identity borrowing.
Yep
Aug 3rd, 2011
I hope that the SLCC is not ever held in Idaho. The people in Idaho do not like furries.
http://news.yahoo.com/idaho-police-tell-man-stop-wearing-bunny-suit-203004132.html
Sitearm
Aug 3rd, 2011
You can watch Pixeleen three, count ‘em, three ways:
. Live in Oakland [300usd],
. Inworld on the SLCC Sims [free], or
. Home on the Internet [free].
The panel will be recorded and available afterward, online.
WHAT: Avatar Identity: Privacy and Transparency in Social Media
WHEN: Sunday, August 14th, 2:30pm SLT, One Hour
WHO: Ron T Blechner (SL: Hiro Pendragon), Pixeleen Mistral
WHERE:
SL URL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/SLCC%201/155/119/23
Ustream URL: http://www.ustream.tv/user/slcc2
http://schedule.slconvention.org/?s=pixeleen
Anonymous participation in social web, both 2-D and 3-D, has long been a point of debate. Recently avatar identity, especially used as pseudonyms in social media sites, has been a hot button issue with the rise of Google Plus and with ongoing enforcement on Facebook. How do we balance between security and protection from fraud or harassment, and keeping user privacy and letting users expose only the parts of their identity that they choose to share?
At0m0 Beerbaum
Aug 4th, 2011
> wear hairnets
> LL employees laugh
> nothing changes.
?¿?
Aug 4th, 2011
Rather a leftie ‘commie’ (lol) then to align myself on the same side as that nut that killed all those people in Norway, Hobo.
GG3
Aug 5th, 2011
@ Me Gusta
A worthy place to catch the e-aids m’dear.
Bet them boys didn’t shower for a week! Phew!
Dave Bell
Aug 24th, 2011
Well, boys, the Mesh is out there, and the default download is now the Mesh-capable Viewer 3.
I’m already seeing a few froth-flecked lips out there, people claiming that Mesh will ruin Second Life.
I know a bit about the topic, enough to see how Mesh can improve some products. If you’re making good sculpts, Mesh will make some things easier. You’ll find it easier to make good textures if you put a bit of effort into the mesh.
It would be so frightfully easy to read the rants as meaning “I don’t understand Mesh and it will put me out of business as a content creator”. But that would be so vulgar an interpretation.
Linden Lab could have done a better job of announcing that the default viewer download is now Mesh-capable. It looks usable, but it doesn’t really improve on Viewer 2.
Nelson Jenkins
Aug 24th, 2011
@ Dave Bell
Two major flaws with Linden Lab’s final mesh rollout:
1.) Nobody is able to see it except those sadomasochistic enough to suffer through Viewer 3.
2.) The new “prim cost” calculation makes no sense. Why do bigger prims cost more than smaller ones? Why do regular prims cost many times more when linked to mesh prims? Absolutely absurd.