This is what I posted over at Telnic, which you can't see there without account.

So maybe I should start blogging as default but anyway.

Are we looking at things the wrong way?

Traditional phone books go by a last name basis, so does it not make sense to promote .tel for an end user to be able to purchase his last name as the priority, and host his profile under a sub domain and offer the other space to other people for a fee?

And keeping the top level as simple click through names.

• Goto james.clarke.tel
• Goto robert.clarke.tel
• Goto david.clarke.tel

Example: Someone called robert clarke bought robertclarke.tel, if he had bought clarke.tel

His last name, he could have had his profile under a sub domain of robert.clarke.tel

Then offered the space "other sub domains" in a Telnic pool to registrars or that Telnic grant to some oath service, to other people with the last name clarke.tel

So Robert can make a small fee for owning his own last name, like you would buy stocks in companys essentially buying a piece of a phone book.

clarke.tel

Mobile: robert.clarke.tel

Email: [email]robert@clarke.tel[/email]

Mobile: jack.clarke.tel

Email: [email]jack@clarke.tel[/email]

Theres still plenty of space to add stuff like

• Goto social.james.clarke.tel
• Goto social.robert.clarke.tel
• Goto social.david.clarke.tel

• Goto portfolio.james.clarke.tel
• Goto portfolio.robert.clarke.tel
• Goto portfolio.david.clarke.tel

Telnic and other registrars might need to explain it better to the end user, if it's for business or personal.

I would like to see a mechanism that informs the end user they can get their .tel first name cheaper from a 3rd party pool of last names offered up by registrars with telfriends oath, to help build the .tel entry's as more logically understood to the end user.

So if Jon Doe wants his jondoe.tel it will inform him he can get jon.doe.tel for cheaper and admin it through telfriends, and registrar pays the fees to the .tel last name owner.

And so last name owners, can get income brokered by the registrar that might show up on Telfriends and allow them to enter their data, a cut down version of the full control panel.

With a lock on admin of such first name sub domains through the full control panel, so the end user knows no 3rd party has access to manipulate his data.

Perhaps even granting the .tel full admin to the registrar in return for the money but still owning it and locking themselves out of it messing with it, but allowing them to update their profiles through telfriends.

And then we install the universal avatar from a photo from DAZ3D's http://www.digimi.com for each user sub domain profiles.

Read: http://telnic.org/forum/member.php?u=288

Which we feed avatars + profiles from DNS data with oath into Facebook games, and virtual worlds like Second Life Blue Mars, and mobile voice call animated avatar head apps.

Found this article at The Wall Street journal Fraudsters Like Virtual Goods http://on.wsj.com/ckcW1w

So I sent the author Ben Worthen this email & posted it over at the Telnic forums.

RE: Fraudsters Like Virtual Goods

If 3-4 company's work together they can solve some of these major issues, and pocket billions in revinue.

• DAZ3D have the http://www.digimi.com system to build a 3D virtual avatar from a photo.
• Telnic have the profile system, data stored in the DNS "domain name server" that can be pulled out with simple scripts, and secured "locked down".
• Facebook has millions of users who want to play rich games, who have millions of photos of themselves.
• Linden Labs whos is moving into the Facebook world, web/mobile based, which means a rich 3D world, where once only farmville reigned supreme.

If DAZ3D use Digimi to create global avatars and store the location and the persons inventory data locations under secure .tel profile domains
and Linden Labs & facebook and other games and developers pull that data out into a web/mobile virtual world clients, how many sales do you think a multi faced branded market place system would make?

Billions!

Imagine a contact card business or personal, that you had in real world as a full card, that could be scaned with phones to open up the content, and that all you had to do for the 3D extras was upload your passport photo or one of your facebook images, that then makes a full 3D avatar of you, which you could take to most 3D words or facebook games. Or be used in mobile Iphone apps that could show an animated head of who your speaking too, when your call bandwidth is too low for full video calls or where websites you visit to buy real clothes want to show a 3D version of you for trying on clothes.

A business card that travels where ever you go, be it the real world or that virtual world meeting you need to attend, that protects the 3D the assets of developers by only allowing certain approved "name and address" confirmed content developers to sell content to store in the .tel that can't be accessed by anyone who is not authorised by the owner.

And all you had to do is login with http://www.openauthentication.org from the .tel card, that realty could be a few steps away if I can get them talking.

http://steambunjie.livejournal.com/10792.html

Regards

Steam Bunjie

How three company's could cross incorporate their technology.

➊ » http://daz3d.com make Iphone app to take a photo of you and turn it into a 3D avatar through http://www.digimi.com.

➋ » DAZ3D partner with http://telnic.org to install your digimi avatar direct to your .tel http://www.digimi.com

Stores the location of your avatar under a locked .tel sub domain.

eg. http://prokofy.tel

http://kobalt-willard.furry.tel

.tel is data stored in DNS domain name server.

➌ » Second Life allow OpenAuth & OpenID login and change to a website/mobile based service.

➍ » Second Life, Opensim, bluemars, facebook and every other website who want to use a 3D you from a photo, pull your avatar from under your .tel profile and it's contact data into your in world profile.

➎ » = Massive cross compatibility and traffic, grid hopping and no need to have Linden Labs locking down all your avatar content.

3D avatar of you for your facebook profile and games, 3D avatar of you for when you go online to try on clothes without visiting a real world store.

Not fully open source, stored under secure domains, back end run by DAZ3D and your avatar only viewable to people who friend your .tel profile.

Or they can't see your avatar.

No copybot no ripping no point because they can't just upload a new skin, they have to go though a merchant approval process.

That just involves giving your real name, address.

Get caught uploading someone else's content? bang all your linked approved alts can't sell any more.

Appeal fails? Bang and bad guys gone.

Linden Labs adds a new last name

Also every time Linden Labs adds a new last name to it's service it buys the corresponding domain.

➊ » Linden Labs adds "Bala" as last name.

➋ » Buys Bala.tel

➌ » New resident signs up, uploads real life photo, it's turned into a 3D avatar he picks the name Newton Bala.

➍ » He now has a profile under

http://newton.bala.tel

With his profile and stored avatar for use in other virtual worlds or on facebook.

➎ » As more sign up and choose that last name, it fills up with accounts and data that outside search engines can pick up.

But only the data that the resident set to public, the rest is private and won't shown in Google.

http://newton.bala.tel
http://jake.bala.tel
http://robert.bala.tel
http://prokofy.bala.tel

So if http://prokofy.bala.tel sold land and someone went to Google and query for land.

If your http://prokofy.bala.tel ranked high for that keyword you would end up with them clicking your profile surls.

I have concerns like we all do about the direction of Linden Labs, I have my own projects, dreams and work like you might have if you're a Second Life resident along with your own SL dreams and your inSL businesses, so I really feel I need to say this because I feel if I don't I will regret it, when we end up with another M Linden I will have something to point to with a date that shows I knew that other path, we can't afford just another political illusion or "bad" guy clean up pawn who's some part of the board of directors master plan.

There not that evil but they are still outside the norm of Second Life social situations, and I'm not fully sure what Prokofy is trying to do in general but I'm guessing she wants the decision making behind closed doors to be more relevant to the community, and not just another tick in a box to fleece a few lindens into the share holders pockets.

I would have thought she would be blogging extensively about getting a new CEO, and instead shes pushing to get someone from the community or someone who supports the community or just writes some tech blog onto the board? which is irreverent, because I don't see how anyone without money or a serious investment in Linden Labs can get on the board of directors.

It's like an old boys club, they ain't going to let just anyone in.

And even if the person she wants has amassed enough credibility, no board member in their right mind would risk having someone new on the board who will upset the balance of power of their internal business wrangles, the board of directors is all about money and looks out for the shareholders and company as a whole as far as I am aware, so who's really going to let some guy Prokofy touted on the board?

Now If we're talking new CEO well is all nice and well to pick someone who uses Second Life and maybe turns over a small profit with some inSL content business and generally supports it with all their heart, but if Philip brings anyone in who is emerged in Second Life as a culture or has been extensively emerged in the past it's just asking for trouble and failure.

It just wont work out long term because that's an illusion Philip Linden would be creating by pushing someone he and the community thinks has the ability to meet the goals they support and think will help fix Second Life, but only because they look more politically and socially positive after M Linden.

You have to be picky and choose a CEO correctly.

But actually these kind of people are stuck with a one sided over view of what a Virtual World is, because they love Second Life as it is or as it was and don't know how to apply new ideas that can appeal to more people and generally have no one to back them up, like M Linden he might have brought in some of his ex-staff but they where marketing industry and not anything remotely good for Second Life judging by the abysmal marketing strategy over the last 6 months plus.

So if you push anyone from the community ex-Linden or current Linden or some obscure "in" with the social club guy/girl into a position like that you end up with them bringing in more Second Life people who they like, but don't have a clue what to do beyond running sims or how to even engage Second Life residents or develop Linden Labs as a corporation so it moves to the next stage.

A perpetual cycle of failure.

Put simply these people who think they are someone in Second Life, or on Tech blogs and people like me generally are no one, they have no major contacts within the similar relevant industry behind Second Life or in other virtual worlds, Twitter following some CEOs of other virtual worlds don't count neater does being a facebook friend who "likes" everything they do.

They might have done some inSL business or blogged some ideas or perhaps met some industry names in passing, but I very much doubt they can match the guys resume and experience I have in mind.

Of course there are many professors and faux "CEO"s, odd professional people from all walks of industry, inSL but none of them would be able to seamlessly move from corporate board setting and major industry into the virtual industry and economy built by content creators and visionaries and have a clue what was going on, at every level or even understand every dynamic of what people actually do who work at Linden Labs, let alone how to manage it all.

I don't know who this GOD is the "Dusan" Prokofy is touting, perhaps it's the Metanomics guy who's regular talk I lost interest in more than year ago, but even if as she or her commenter's say he "has a broad network", I very much doubt he would be able to back himself up or put his ideas to work, though a new CEO without some majorly experienced staff who have the knowledge to get Linden Labs moving in the right direction.

They have just lost over 100 experienced staff in cuts so please don't attempt to join any group that touts someone from the Second Life community or Ex-Linden as ideal for a position of relevance "CEO", because you think hes "looks" politically better than M linden and suits your goals, because you just end up trying to stick a plaster over an all ready sore scab.

But of course supporting a perpetual cycle of failure is your choice, which I would never wish to take away from you.

I think perhaps blog wise I live under a Second Life rock in certain terms, I don't visit as many blogs as I should do but I generally feel I have a good enough over view and visionary idea to put a name out there.

So like with so many sayings put simply "don't over look people who are right under your nose", have more than ample relevant experience, and can come with an existing community/fans/artists social network and circle of influence of up to 100 thousand+ waiting to be engaged with Second Life when professional grade mesh and what ever dream development Second Life turns into arrives.

The gentleman in question was one of the founding partners of DAZ3D, a developer and broker of 3D graphics software and content, who Second Life is recently engaged with under contract for the development of mesh.

His company was previously engaged with Linden Labs for the attempted redevelopment and upgrade of the avatar mesh, but due to Philips internal ball dropping Linden Labs failed to maintain contact with them to complete the process, though this time things are different as most of those previous Lindens who where new to the industry as a whole ain't around anymore.

I believe the man we as a community and the board of directors is looking for is Chris Creek, a logical choice for the board of directors and an inspiring choice for the community at large, His resume has many of the elements a Second Life CEO should express, and his love of art and 3D content is unparalleled.

With the backing of Dan Farr acting CEO of DAZ3D he would have the team and power to push Second Life to the next stage, he and DAZ in general have an industry understanding unparalleled by many other company's of many virtual worlds and insider knowledge, they know how to translate art and 3D content into a social network situation,  as they did with "www.artzone.com" while maintaining the ability to sell content and turn over profit, which has been an important issue to in world content creators who depend on the Second Life economy.

His company has been actively involved in contracts of support and development for such worlds as Blue Mars and Electric Sheep, this is the guy who has the time and the rock solid team though DAZ3D who could fully back him up and I think could bring Second Life back from the brink and into an industry changer virtual world once again.

So if you like me think Chris is the man for the job, then tell Philip and any other Linden you come across, to go get Chris Creek from DAZ3D.

This post might be updated at my discretion, and I OBJECTION! at any complaints if I do.

Virtual Worldwide Crash Takes Down Second Life

This didn't effect me I went to sleep :)

Tis a Shame Linden Labs can't seem to find the will to hire a public relations firm, or maybe they did?, back before M Linden things were kinda hippie.

Linden Labs is located in San Francisco one of the birth places of the hippie subculture, which is probably why they choose to name everything not carbon copy PR on the website as "counterculture", which means anyone going against the normal culture of the time or in this case service, which used to be faux hippy pay, faux drugs, faux freedom in a faux virtual world liquidated with faux gambling.

Unfortunately for some Linden Labs employees and residents whom allegedly subsist on scamming other residents the real world government institutions cracked down on faux gambling and faux banking, forcing Linden Labs hand to enjoy a taste of media attention on what laws really do apply to virtual worlds.

Take note JLU, the real world laws do apply to virtual worlds.

Or put simply so noobs with degrees and suits "who don't come back anyway" would understand what the hell is going on when they see other subcultures wearing avatars they would normally freak out over at a real world business meeting.

Countercultures have predominately been seen in the real world as hippies on the left and ruthless criminal biker gangs on the right, not the sort of image we all should blindly agree to being lumped in together with if counterculture also includes griefers, trolls and cultures with backgrounds whom seek to actually attain Internet counter cult status then I want out of that branding.

Second Life was supposed to be a place of everything and everyone, by us and for us based not on any one formal avatar standard other than that forced on us by upper management or at the sign up page, but that certainly does not equal being an entire counterculture to the real world because you see we're not all evil scammers, looking to make a quick buck or engage in activity's that would have us locked up in the real world.

If barbie and ken or Kim Kardashian wannabes the plastic and sterile avatars without any creativity and individuality other than the Bare Rose production line are the standard we're expected to uphold as an image then the brain dead version of mass media has come to Second Life.

Freedom is always your avatar, and that's why I disagree with the term counterculture being used for all of us I believe that honor belongs to Woodbury University and other groups who seek to shock the main culture of Second Life residents, and because this is not the real world and the people understand that where as the marketing management don't, the only ones helping trumpet the faux vision are those who seek to profit based on bare rose production line knock offs or designs inspired by such production lines. 

What you look like in a virtual world is not supposed to be a forced mirror of what you look like in real life, I have no problems with people who wannabe a barbie or ken that's your freedom of choice but don't force that pretence for virtual work or living up to the standard on preexisting residents.

If you go into a virtual world and expect to experience it as everything you can do in the real world then it's obvious you have a problem with your real life and as such should look hard at what real world life changes you can make in order to fulfill those needs.

Obviously if you're disabled in real life and I'm sure you will enjoy Second Life as an extension of what you can't do in the real world, but for us that could do we should try to do with out the trap of virtuality.

So perhaps we're seeing an M Linden who's kicked out all the hippie Lindens and now listens to PR firms and they actually did their job and pointed out issues they thought needed to be cleansed.

A lulznic cleansing of biblical proportions! is what we seem to keep hearing constantly from Woodbury University members, The sky is falling! so RIP Woodbury you wont be the last the JLU are next.

As much as Kalel Venkman thinks shadowing M Linden at public media events will gain him scraps of edible rat droppings, or a get out of jail free card it should be noted captain crunch aka Mr GreenLantern Excelsior the hyper active sugary, sweet, artificially colored horror has far better fiber in fantasy land and has stepped up to help bind up the sloppy turds Kalel keeps laying for other residents.

Thank you for finally understating the mess you and your members have helped Kalel into, that said I'm still not satisfied that Kalel still exists in world without adequate oversight or punishment because he certainly is not empowered by Linden Labs or the State of California to investigate other residents or act in such a way.

And neither am I but if you ever hear the name Judge Joker cross your path be forewarned, if it's not me it's the public at large judging you.

As for Woodbury Universities expulsion we may never know the true reason M Linden decided to grab a newspaper that morning after eating his own Linden born drama and take a dump, but I'm sure it has nothing to do with persistent nagging by vigilante residents or half the grid would have gone down just like the whole grid went down yesterday.

Cultivating Good Relations in FurNation

A cut short version of a full training wiki transcript by Kalel Venkman, a page that was last modified on 8 May 2007, but still active from a group whom refuse to remove spying prims from their command center on principle they say it's not against the TOS to spy and you have no privacy.

Repeatedly asked not to come back, but still trying to convince you there the good guys.

Judge for yourself.

Welcome to Second Life.



Getting Aquainted:

“Make it part of your routine to be there even a short while a day or a couple times a week. It all adds up.”

Sandbox FurNation Vista:

“If someone suspicious happens along, review his or her profile, make any incident reports needed but hold off on abuse reports until the need actually arises.”

“Restraint and a low-key approach are the key here. We need to keep our presence in the sandbox minimal and passive.”

Keep the long term goal in mind:

“The main thing to keep in mind is that our goal here is not to be embraced as friends or even to enlist the furries as allies.”

The Final Word:

“You can patrol, but keep the numbers small and do not intervene unless the sandbox or other region is actually under attack. ”

Full wiki transcript can be viewed at jlu.sl4.me > http://bit.ly/FurNation
You can view the discussion on it at > Alphaville Herald > http://bit.ly/ah-furnation

It's always been public knowledge I'm verging on the being the JLU groups 1-10,000th anti-fan, that said I don't approach the situation in Second Life directly at the moment.

Mentors should listen to all points of view but I'm bias at the moment so Mr Venkman is pretty much muted before we had even met and spoken about his actions, and I'm not stupid enough to think I have any say over what anyone else can do in Second Life.

I believe it would be futile to stick my nose into his instant message space and try to change the situation by force or by talking anymore about why I think he needs to GTFO - Second Life.

I don't act like Corsi by raging to his face in an instant message and I'm aware I like everyone else he has a right to his own actions but I'm still hoping to debate about it if he ever finds a way past my mute to ask me to shut my own mouth.

Although I reserve the right to rage about it on this Live Journal.

Now that I have said that:

You might not know it because your not stalking me but I am a Furry Mentor and a White Tiger Mentor, two groups I am looking to help out.

A few weeks ago I heard one of the founders of the White Tiger Mentors was looking for a solution to some in world needs we had or someone to program a White Tiger Messenger system.

I have the original system HUD Linden Labs provided for linguists and it was created by James Benedek, I don't believe he would be available to help design one for us though.



So being my usual self after a session of overdosing on coffee and musing, I believe I have come up with an greater solution to that problem which involves my enemy.

Now the JLU have been well known by Lindens though their shady dealings some we don't even know about and likely will never know about and it's been stated Plexus Linden has used their HUD system.

So the JLU where and are sitting on a solution that could have "Galvanised" aka revolutionized the mentors and how Second Life was viewed by new residents and helped keep concurrency up and perhaps even with a knock on effect of an improved economy.

But instead what we find is the JLU took it to policing, stalking and harassment which clearly was not the best way to go.

What confuses me was the lack of motivation to bring the 3000+ mentors up to a standard and just dump them almost completely.

But the question I would like to ask is why when the Lindens knew about Kalel Venkmans brainac scripts, and how the JLU group use them did they not put 1+1 together and say something like:

Can we modify this for the mentors? or residents? Not one Linden ever thought that! but we know of one Linden who is alleged to have used it.

Not even Kalel Venkman who will never stop because he needs to constantly save face, as much as I am not a fan of Mr Venkman I think everyone deserves a Second Life chance.

Note: His Brainiac system allows them to search for information on residents that he has stored within a Wiki.

Note: His Brainiac system allows them to search for which Lindens are online.

Note: His Brainiac system allows them to rank which Lindens respond fastest.

Note: His Brainiac system allows them to alert other members when an issue arises.

This could have been easily modified to search for what a mentor is looking for in regards to helping a resident, so that all a mentor required to do is type out on a channel the problem.

And the Brainiac system would check various wiki resources, the status of SL, the Jira issues system and any notes other mentors have left with regards to on going issues e.t.c then spit out a solution or a solution page that a mentor could open in a web page and pass on to the resident.

This would increase the effective amount of residents a single mentor could handle, and sugar coat it with warm mentor love :).

3000+ mentors armed with a system like that could have been a game changer for the direction Second Life took.

I don't know where you stand with regards to Kalel Venkman, and I know where I stand but it does not really matter but you can't hord a system for a few members like that for harassment and intimidation and call it a public service.

Maybe if someone gives him the opportunity to change what he does in Second Life or can do, and help us we can then help him and above all help new residents have a pleasurable and productive almost issue free Second Life.

Maybe a bit of forgiveness and with his approval the community and Linden Labs could build on his system and HUD system to decimate the old mentor network and become an efficient and hard working mentor network for new residents to approach.

Or arm every new resident with a hud capable of spiting out a custom webpage with all the issues relating to their question.

And perhaps even beat or bridge the gap between the resident answers website and actual residents, of which the resident answers website appears to just be a popularity contest wrapped in a leader board which is the primary reason I hate it.

I passed that onto Benji Nakamori in a hope he could approch the JLU and help change them from anti-griefer to mentors with an honorable conscience.

With the actions and implications of the JLU group stalking that has taken place in Second Life and spilled over into the real world settling in to your mind.

I would like to make a short post to help guide and alert you to something you might not have realised.

So without further ado, what some of you have maybe failed to realise that while your happily tweeting away and exposing yourself online with your pseudonym or fursona name that you are still totally exposed even if you think locking your account will protect you some what.

What you may or may not know is Bit.ly history is set to PUBLIC by default.

And this means a intelligent stalker can easily discover your online life as you post it anywhere as long as your using the Bit.ly service and go by the same account name or if they are aware of other names you use online.

What does this mean?

I use slhamlet as an example and it's no way implied he has anything to hide, in fact he is so professional he is a great example on how best to use an open account if you need Bit.ly with RSS.

Imagine slhamlet a well known and respected Second Life news blogger signs up for Bit.ly, now perhaps slhamlet wishes to share a link with his partner thinking only she or he will have access to this link due to him not posting it anywhere else.

So he shortens that link of his reveling photo or something he might he have regretted the world knowing and emails it to his partner.

Now imagine someone does not like slhamlet for what ever reason and decides to make his life a misery, the stalker has awoken.

With one simple copy and paste of his name slhamlet, without any need to join the Bit.ly service eg. http://bit.ly/user/recent/slhamlet the stalker or ex partner now has access to everything you post online that you took advantage of shorting.

And if you think thats bad enough?

Try adding the fact with it being open by default they can grab an RSS of that and easily be alerted when you post something new that's not supposed to be shared with more than one person, tracking multiple people online has never been so easy.

How can you solve this?

If you are logged in go to this link http://bit.ly/account/ and on the page look for History Privacy then go to Make bit.ly history private click the check box and click the change button.


Some links I verified:

http://bit.ly/user/recent/slhamlet
http://bit.ly/user/recent/prokofy
http://bit.ly/user/recent/torley
http://bit.ly/user/recent/davidwindlow << HE FIXED HIS YAY

Why is it a parody? - because they are faux role play turtling themselves into a legal nightmare & the act in it's self constitutes a drama or work of social art in the form of a theatrical stage drama.

The world is watching Kalel Venkman who is "trying to change his behavior to fulfill a social role"

We're are all in hope it's to GTFO Second Life and not a continuation of oppressive self-proclamed and enforced faux law enforcement.

Note:

• Spandex should not be worn in bed with night sweats.

"It should be noted that while some causes of night sweats may be relatively harmless, others may not and can be a sign of a serious underlying disease." ~ Perhaps a Superhero syndrome as suggested by the medical community.

And for the simple facts the JLU group are still are:~

1. Holding onto there "Secret" wiki - Saying it's all legal and above board.
2. Holding onto there "Powers" - They never had any other than carpet bombing abuse report systems.
3. Holding onto there "Linden Affiliations" - Allegedly there is a JLU Linden? and at least many social affiliations with other Lindens.
4. Holding onto there "Copyright infringement" - What do you not understand Kalel? You're Allegedly in the movie industry ?
5. Holding onto there "Role Play" cover story - which is it "Role Play", "Policing", or "Mentoring" ?
6. Pursuing "DMCAs" on content they can never legally own - if we are wrong show us the legal documentation.

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