Virtual vehicles for the metaverse
For those of you who have access to the Sci-Fi channel, the new Battlestar Galactica miniseries starts tonight. According to an article on Wired.com, the Cylons are now sexy female robots. Sounds like the show’s producer watched Austin Powers one too many times.
Anyway, I won’t be watching, as much as I liked the original series as a kid. As far as I can tell, it isn’t showing in Canada.
Motion Picture Association president, Jack Valenti: “Piracy has become a malignant fungus on the face of our industry, and it’s becoming more virulent as we go along.”
Link: Canada.com: Big studios to appeal decision of judge who blocked ban on movie screeners
Recently, at the State of Play gaming conference, game software maker Linden Lab announced that players of the metaverse game, Second Life, hold copyright on anything they produce in-game. An article on LawMeme discusses the legal ramifications of the announcement.
Link: LawMeme: Free As In Gaming?
Link via Boing Boing.
I have a new can of shaving gel. It’s a delicious-looking blue gel. It wouldn’t look out of place on a birthday cake, but I wouldn’t recommend trying that.
On the side of the can it says, “Lifts away oil and dirt!”. I can’t help but wonder why that’s a selling point. Don’t people already have a product to do that? Like soap, for example? Do they expect guys to read that and think, “Hey, hey! I’ve been looking for something to remove all this oil and dirt!”
Below that is something even more intriguing. In silver print: “RUST-PROOF BOTTOM”. It’s good to know that simple shaving gel can rust-proof your bottom. Now that’s a selling point.
We can always rely on Japanese television to provide us with truly surreal advertising. In this ad for who-knows-what, Red Ridinghood’s furry forest friends suddenly become… er… well-endowed.
Quicktime is required to play the movie
Link via Boing Boing.