Comments for avocatio virtualis http://minervan.wordpress.com a diversion from the essence Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:34:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Musings on Rules, Irrational Ideas, and Art by Hypatia Callisto http://minervan.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/musings-on-rules-irrational-ideas-and-art/#comment-261 Hypatia Callisto Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:34:54 +0000 http://minervan.wordpress.com/?p=701#comment-261 This post has nothing to do with XStreet, rather to do with my 300+ book library which I have been developing a new way to organise. I've made my opinion clear in the SLUniverse forums though... I don't intend to blog about XStreet at all, because it's just not high on my list of important things. Basically I lump it in the "the sky is falling again" and everything will be sorta back to normal again in a few weeks, months? Not that "normal" on XStreet is anything to brag about :P I'm not against the fees in general, aside from the size of the freebie fee, which I think penalises skin creators (harder to distribute demos) and open source devs (scripts most merchants rely on for biz) unnecessarily. XStreet needs to reorganise on top of the fees, till they do that... it's just a bandaid. It should help limit cheap listings from folks reselling the copyrighted content from other graphics sites though. At least make them more expensive so that real texture creators in SL have a level playing field. I'm actually glad to see people put more focus on their inworld selling again, it's where people should be in SL. Though it wasn't a very pleasant way for a lot of folks to refocus that way. This post has nothing to do with XStreet, rather to do with my 300+ book library which I have been developing a new way to organise. I’ve made my opinion clear in the SLUniverse forums though… I don’t intend to blog about XStreet at all, because it’s just not high on my list of important things. Basically I lump it in the “the sky is falling again” and everything will be sorta back to normal again in a few weeks, months? Not that “normal” on XStreet is anything to brag about :P I’m not against the fees in general, aside from the size of the freebie fee, which I think penalises skin creators (harder to distribute demos) and open source devs (scripts most merchants rely on for biz) unnecessarily. XStreet needs to reorganise on top of the fees, till they do that… it’s just a bandaid. It should help limit cheap listings from folks reselling the copyrighted content from other graphics sites though. At least make them more expensive so that real texture creators in SL have a level playing field.

I’m actually glad to see people put more focus on their inworld selling again, it’s where people should be in SL. Though it wasn’t a very pleasant way for a lot of folks to refocus that way.

]]> Comment on Musings on Rules, Irrational Ideas, and Art by Bamika Easterman http://minervan.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/musings-on-rules-irrational-ideas-and-art/#comment-260 Bamika Easterman Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:14:50 +0000 http://minervan.wordpress.com/?p=701#comment-260 What do you think the impact of the X-Street tax hike on freebies will be, Hypatia? What do you think the impact of the X-Street tax hike on freebies will be, Hypatia?

]]> Comment on The Swerve is Real by Hypatia Callisto http://minervan.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/the-swerve-is-real/#comment-254 Hypatia Callisto Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:46:31 +0000 http://minervan.wordpress.com/?p=671#comment-254 Rethinking Brownian Motion With The 'Emperor's New Clothes' http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727191300.htm Rethinking Brownian Motion With The ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727191300.htm

]]> Comment on Crossing the Chasm to the Goddess by Hypatia Callisto http://minervan.wordpress.com/crossing-the-chasm-to-the-goddess/#comment-253 Hypatia Callisto Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:56:49 +0000 http://minervan.wordpress.com/?page_id=647#comment-253 I have unlocked the meaning of the reason to do visual proems... also of Lucretius. They always open with a story, a vision, a mental image that the philosopher or priest wishes to communicate. I have unlocked the meaning of the reason to do visual proems… also of Lucretius. They always open with a story, a vision, a mental image that the philosopher or priest wishes to communicate.

]]> Comment on Crossing the Chasm to the Goddess by Hypatia Callisto http://minervan.wordpress.com/crossing-the-chasm-to-the-goddess/#comment-252 Hypatia Callisto Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:53:14 +0000 http://minervan.wordpress.com/?page_id=647#comment-252 As the wave rises, it must also fall. If the wave is just a ripple, life is peaceful. If the wave is a tsunami, the fall from the top is precipitous. As the wave rises, it must also fall.

If the wave is just a ripple, life is peaceful.

If the wave is a tsunami, the fall from the top is precipitous.

]]> Comment on Crossing the Chasm to the Goddess by Hypatia Callisto http://minervan.wordpress.com/crossing-the-chasm-to-the-goddess/#comment-251 Hypatia Callisto Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:50:38 +0000 http://minervan.wordpress.com/?page_id=647#comment-251 <blockquote>It is impossible for one to live pleasurably without living prudently and honorably and justly, and also without living courageously and temperately and magnanimously, and without making friends and without being philanthropic, and in general without having all the other virtues. For the greatest errors in things we choose or avoid occur when some people accomplish individual actions while they hold the opposite view and, because of that, are in the grip of vices.</blockquote> Philodemus, from "On Choices and Avoidances" Quoted from <a href="http://books.google.de/books?id=4dsu7QU0QbcC&pg=PA27&vq=%22are+in+the+grip+of+vices%22&hl=en&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U0VQLZHUG9zaDQIs6lRxUEKAKx9TA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">"The Ethics of Philodemus" by Voula Tsouna</a>

It is impossible for one to live pleasurably without living prudently and honorably and justly, and also without living courageously and temperately and magnanimously, and without making friends and without being philanthropic, and in general without having all the other virtues. For the greatest errors in things we choose or avoid occur when some people accomplish individual actions while they hold the opposite view and, because of that, are in the grip of vices.

Philodemus, from “On Choices and Avoidances”

Quoted from “The Ethics of Philodemus” by Voula Tsouna

]]> Comment on The Long Tail of Snake Oil by Hypatia Callisto http://minervan.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/the-long-tail-of-snake-oil/#comment-250 Hypatia Callisto Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:42:40 +0000 http://minervan.wordpress.com/?p=678#comment-250 Don't ever think you are an idiot. I am glad you are broadening your awareness. It's vitally important that more people do so. Keep thinking! :) Don’t ever think you are an idiot. I am glad you are broadening your awareness. It’s vitally important that more people do so. Keep thinking! :)

]]> Comment on The Long Tail of Snake Oil by katiem http://minervan.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/the-long-tail-of-snake-oil/#comment-248 katiem Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:39:58 +0000 http://minervan.wordpress.com/?p=678#comment-248 Trying to follow your blog makes me feel like an idiot. But the ideas I am tenuously grasping are interesting and thought-provoking. Trying to follow your blog makes me feel like an idiot. But the ideas I am tenuously grasping are interesting and thought-provoking.

]]> Comment on The Swerve is Real by Hypatia Callisto http://minervan.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/the-swerve-is-real/#comment-246 Hypatia Callisto Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:11:49 +0000 http://minervan.wordpress.com/?p=671#comment-246 to control the market, control your desire to control the money, control the government's desire to have a free market, control your desire to have a free government, control the flow of money to control the market, control your desire
to control the money, control the government’s desire

to have a free market, control your desire
to have a free government, control the flow of money

]]> Comment on The Swerve is Real by Hypatia Callisto http://minervan.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/the-swerve-is-real/#comment-245 Hypatia Callisto Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:06:51 +0000 http://minervan.wordpress.com/?p=671#comment-245 a last interview with Milton Friedman, towards the end, he talks about his perfect money. http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2006/08/milton_friedman.html a last interview with Milton Friedman, towards the end, he talks about his perfect money.

http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2006/08/milton_friedman.html

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