[geeks] Ubuntu partition on Bootcamp Mac?

[Jon Gilbert]

On Jul 30, 2007, at 7:33 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> Or is it just that, to you, it's not "work" if you are spending long,
>> frustrating hours programming something that is in 3D as opposed to
>> 2D HTML/Flash sites?
>
> Uhm, where'd that come from?

Well, the only main difference between say, Toyota.com, and Toyota's  
sim in Second Life, is that their sim in Second Life is in 3D. Both  
are business-related. How is it that someone who develops Toyota's  
area in Second Life is anymore a "gamer" than the person who makes  
Toyota's website (using 2D and flash)?

> I thought you started out saying Second Life wasn't a game, but  
> based on your
> description it involves playing games and is part of the $12  
> Billion gaming
> industry (which I can only assume includes casino gambling to rise  
> to such an
> amount)... Sounds like a game to me, but I don't really follow it  
> to pick up
> on the subtle differences between Club Penguin and Second life  
> EXCEPT that
> Second Life has an API...

It's not a game. It has games within it, but it also has a lot of non- 
games within it. I mentioned the bit about the gaming industry  
because even if it was a game, that would not make it unproductive in  
a "work" sense.

-JG