Showing posts with label SLART. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SLART. Show all posts

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Slartwork

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Il est plus facile de se contenir que de se retirer d'une querelle.
(Sénèque)


Et
Se retirer n'est pas fuir.
(Miguel de Cervantès)
Extrait de Don Quichotte


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If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success.
Saint Francis de Sales
French saint & bishop of Geneva (1567 - 1622)


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Saturday, January 19, 2008

SLART – Stupid Laws Albeit Real Trends

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Second Life serait-il en train de devenir aussi pourri par l’argent que la vie réelle ?

Bien sûr l’argent a sa place dans notre petit monde (petit comparé à celui des personnes physiques), nous avons une économie en gestation, sans réel régulateur comme le FMI ou la Banque Mondiale, mais c’est ce qui fait son charme et peut même s’avérer intéressant à étudier si l’on veut voir fonctionner un système vraiment libre de toute entrave, sans aucune contrainte légale ou institutionnelle.

Il est évident qu’un minimum de règles est nécessaire afin notamment d’éviter à des personnes crédules (il y en a beaucoup ici comme ailleurs) de se faire gruger par des escrocs (là où il y a des crédules, il y a forcément des escrocs)

C’est un travail difficile pour la société Linden Labs qui n’est pas particulièrement spécialisée dans la finance et le droit, à chacun son métier et le sien est déjà assez difficile.

Mais je suis abasourdie d’apprendre qu’un type du nom de Richard Minsky a fait enregistrer comme marque déposée le nom SLART, avec toutes les formes possibles comme SLart ou SLArt…(voir l’article de Vint Falken)

C’est un peu comme si l’on faisait breveter Cubisme ou Popart

Le malheur est que cet individu semble avoir le droit avec lui, il a fait enregistrer ce nom mais n’étant pas une spécialiste je ne sais pas quelle valeur donner à ce parchemin.

Par ailleurs quand on cherche slart sur Google on obtient 36400 réponses, le malheur (encore !) est que le premier résultat renvoie sur Welcome to SLART qui est justement le site de Richard Minsky…

Bon l’un des sites suivants donne la définition du mot slart qui parait aussi nauséabonde que le site de Richard Minsky.

J’ai également trouvé un article de Daneel datant d’août 2007 : SLart à la conserverie faisant référence à de superbes photos de Vint Falken.

Attention Daneel, tu vas devoir payer des royalties à monsieur Richard Minsky!

Il ne faut être redevable qu'à sa conscience.
Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz


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Is Second Life now becoming as rotted by money as real life is?

Of course money has its place in our own little world (small compared to that of physical people), we have an in-progress economy, with no real regulator like the IMF or the World Bank, but that's its charm and may even be interesting to explore if we want to see a system function truly free of any interference, without any legal or institutional constraint.

It is obvious that a minimum set of rules is necessary in particular to avoid to gullible people (there are many here as elsewhere) to be duped by crooks (where there are gullible, there are inevitably crooks)

This is a challenging task for company Linden Labs, which is not particularly specialized in finance and law, and its activity is difficult enough.

But I am astonished to learn that a guy named Richard Minsky has registered as a trademark the name SLART, with all possible forms as SLart or SLArt… (see article from Vint Falken)

It's a bit like patenting Cubism or Popart

Unfortunately this individual seems to have the law with him, he has registered this name, but as I am not a specialist I do not know what weight to give this piece of parchment.

At the same time when we seek slart on Google we get 36400 responses, unfortunately (again!) the first result leads to Welcome to SLART which is precisely the site of Richard Minsky…

Well, one of the following sites gives the definition of the word slart which seems as nauseating as the site of Richard Minsky.

I also found an article of Daneel dating from August 2007: SLart à la conserverie referring to Vint Falken's beautiful photos.

Be careful Daneel, you will have to pay royalties to Mr. Richard Minsky!

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worries and only half the royalties.
Agatha Christie
English mystery author (1890 - 1976)


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