Second Life Nudity and Code

[green_amber]

"They simply assume that that which is not permissible is simply not coded, and therefore not possible - because that's how it works everywhere else that they have been!

A new resident running around naked with a prim penis attached is dismayed to be hauled up short by a landowner in a PG sim. They don't understand. "If it's not allowed," they demand to know, "then why does it let me??"

http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2007/05/31/code-is-law/

To be thought about when more alive..

Comments

[whumpdotcom.livejournal.com]

Argh, my avatar owns some land. I was working on gadgets, inside my virtual house, when I noticed some movement and found another resident, who I didn't know, inside my living room.

Now my land is in a steampunk sim, so I quickly type, "I beg your pardon, sirrah!"

Fortunately, the person apologized, and said they didn't realize they were in my avatar's home. There's a lot of people who bring MMORPG conventions with them to SL. At least he didn't ask what I'd "drop" if he slew me.

[del-c.livejournal.com]

They don't understand that people are a part of the system: how you know it's not allowed is when the people parts of the system up and slap you.

[andrewducker]

Reminds me of the attitude that if something was _really_ bad for you the government would have banned it, so cigarettes can't be that bad for you...

[palatinate.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link - it's a very interesting article.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

are you following the TestDriven.NET case?