We look at the world through windows on which have been drawn grids (concepts). Different philosophies use different grids.
A culture is a group of people with rather similar grids. Through a window we view chaos, and relate it to the points on our grid, and thereby understand it. The ORDER is in the GRID. That is the Aneristic Principle.
I wrote this message to SLDEV on Monday, December 17. I caught a lot of flak for it, at the time:
I was very disappointed with the Linden Lab response to VWR-1919. For background, James has committed code to remove the ability to get texture UUIDs from the client UI.
Some interesting stuff:
[13:18] Zero Linden: If the goal is one of signaling some preservation the current permissions - let me make it clear: the open grid protocol will not invalidate or override content permissions
Sorry Zero, Linden Lab really doesn’t get to decide this. If you cripple the protocol with DRM bullshit, the Internet will route around the failure, and ignore your protocol. The current permissions are meaningless, except for scripts. Once you start talking about moving assets between grids, all bets are off, even for scripts.
[13:19] Zero Linden: If the goal is signaling - there are far better ways than adding this checkbox, functional or not
This is more like it. The failure was when Linden Lab decided to imply to users that DRM was ever possible. It should have always been an attachment of copyright license, not some fields that pretend to look like Unix permissions that don’t actually accomplish anything on most of the asset types.
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I think I’ve officially found the stupidest person on the Internet:
I found out a few weeks ago that I am high allergic to something all bakeries are now putting in the bread, cake, donuts and any baked goods they make: Ascorbic acid, aka DOUGH ENHANCER. After eating one small cinnamon roll yesterday morning, I went to bed around 11:00 a.m. but found it was harder and harder to breathe.
For the uninitiated, Ascorbic Acid is Vitamin C. It’s necessary for life. Found on: http://www.breadmachinedigest.com/tips/dough-enhancers-and-how-to-use-them.php