Comments on: Mirror, Mirror On the Screen http://alchemicalmusings.org/2008/04/28/mirror-mirror-on-the-screen/ Aurum nostrum non est aurum vulgi Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Elen http://alchemicalmusings.org/2008/04/28/mirror-mirror-on-the-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-35885 Richard Elen Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:42:21 +0000 http://alchemicalmusings.org/?p=110#comment-35885 My attention was brought to your thoughtful post by it being Tweeted by Mal Burns, apparently a year after it was written! I would note that Nicholas Carr's 2006 post on SL avatar energy consumption makes some fairly contestable assumptions, is significantly out of date and (according to several comments to the original post then and since) may be wildly inaccurate. This observation doesn't impact your observations, but I think attention should be drawn to the fact that Carr's estimate is probably not worth promoting. Consider, for example, attending a virtual conference in SL instead of flying across the Atlantic or driving across the country. My attention was brought to your thoughtful post by it being Tweeted by Mal Burns, apparently a year after it was written!

I would note that Nicholas Carr’s 2006 post on SL avatar energy consumption makes some fairly contestable assumptions, is significantly out of date and (according to several comments to the original post then and since) may be wildly inaccurate.

This observation doesn’t impact your observations, but I think attention should be drawn to the fact that Carr’s estimate is probably not worth promoting. Consider, for example, attending a virtual conference in SL instead of flying across the Atlantic or driving across the country.

]]> By: Ethan McCarty http://alchemicalmusings.org/2008/04/28/mirror-mirror-on-the-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-14229 Ethan McCarty Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:43:27 +0000 http://alchemicalmusings.org/?p=110#comment-14229 Very interesting post, J. Caught my eye because I have the Picasso print hanging in my living room -- have always loved the piece for for its playful reminder that we are not who/how we see ourselves. Anyway, my team at IBM recently threw a <a href="http://greateribm.typepad.com/web_log/2008/07/a-greater-ibm.html#comments" rel="nofollow">virtual party in Second Life to celebrate an IBM alumnus'</a> recently published book. I was surprised by the number who attended and the depth of the conversation. For simplicity's sake, we had a phone line going too...but even that worked out pretty darn well. Very interesting post, J. Caught my eye because I have the Picasso print hanging in my living room — have always loved the piece for for its playful reminder that we are not who/how we see ourselves. Anyway, my team at IBM recently threw a virtual party in Second Life to celebrate an IBM alumnus’ recently published book. I was surprised by the number who attended and the depth of the conversation. For simplicity’s sake, we had a phone line going too…but even that worked out pretty darn well.

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