Comments for Jacek Lives http://jacek.meratalk.com Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:15:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on The Lost Mythos of Second Life by Sougent Harrop http://jacek.meratalk.com/2008/07/22/the-lost-mythos-of-second-life/#comment-1252 Sougent Harrop Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:14:26 +0000 http://jacek.meratalk.com/?p=359#comment-1252 Lol, you should expand upon this, it could be a very entertaining short story........ Lol, you should expand upon this, it could be a very entertaining short story……..

]]> Comment on SL Animation for Blender Newbs by Torley Lives http://jacek.meratalk.com/sl-animation-for-blender-newbs/#comment-1250 Torley Lives Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:32:38 +0000 http://jacek.meratalk.com/?page_id=304#comment-1250 *bookmarks and says thank-you* I'll remember to share this next time I get asked about creating SL anims via Blender. *bookmarks and says thank-you*

I’ll remember to share this next time I get asked about creating SL anims via Blender.

]]> Comment on User Interface Improvement Suggestions by Torley Lives http://jacek.meratalk.com/ui-suggestions/#comment-1249 Torley Lives Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:32:02 +0000 http://jacek.meratalk.com/?page_id=348#comment-1249 I heard about this from our RX Team — your "Goals" are exactly the kind of thing that enthusiastic-but-impractical idea-sharers need to keep in mind! As we've seen on the Issue Tracker, there's a lot of "pie-in-the-sky". I'm a fan of small changes that make a big difference; elegant mockups you've got here, compleat with funny (and oh-so-true) inventory item names. I heard about this from our RX Team — your “Goals” are exactly the kind of thing that enthusiastic-but-impractical idea-sharers need to keep in mind! As we’ve seen on the Issue Tracker, there’s a lot of “pie-in-the-sky”.

I’m a fan of small changes that make a big difference; elegant mockups you’ve got here, compleat with funny (and oh-so-true) inventory item names.

]]> Comment on UI Presentation Wrap-up by Alidar Moxie http://jacek.meratalk.com/2008/07/19/ui-presentation-wrap-up/#comment-1244 Alidar Moxie Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:00:22 +0000 http://jacek.meratalk.com/?p=358#comment-1244 I really hope they take some (i.e. most) of your ideas to heart, I can see them really simplifying things. There are still things I find myself looking for and I've had an account forever. I really hope they take some (i.e. most) of your ideas to heart, I can see them really simplifying things. There are still things I find myself looking for and I’ve had an account forever.

]]> Comment on User Interface Contest Entry by Todd Borst http://jacek.meratalk.com/2008/06/30/user-interface-contest-entry/#comment-1242 Todd Borst Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:48:30 +0000 http://jacek.meratalk.com/?p=353#comment-1242 It's purty indeed. Are you a fan of Will Wright by any chance? The chat button reminded me of Sims. Hope you win. It’s purty indeed. Are you a fan of Will Wright by any chance? The chat button reminded me of Sims. Hope you win.

]]> Comment on User Interface Contest Entry by Alive, barely kicking « Rheta’s World http://jacek.meratalk.com/2008/06/30/user-interface-contest-entry/#comment-1230 Alive, barely kicking « Rheta’s World Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:12:36 +0000 http://jacek.meratalk.com/?p=353#comment-1230 [...] To my great surprise, I made it into the final selection, among such illustrious names as Jacek Antonelli, Damien Fate, McCabe Maxsted and Rick van der Wal (aka Digado / Roy Cassini). I presume the [...] […] To my great surprise, I made it into the final selection, among such illustrious names as Jacek Antonelli, Damien Fate, McCabe Maxsted and Rick van der Wal (aka Digado / Roy Cassini). I presume the […]

]]> Comment on Animation Exporter Update (June 2) by Abyssin http://jacek.meratalk.com/2008/06/02/animation-exporter-update-june-2/#comment-1200 Abyssin Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:01:46 +0000 http://jacek.meratalk.com/?p=300#comment-1200 This looks really nice, and after a quick play it looks like it could be really useful. I have really only one major question (and it is really a blender one...). How do I attach an imported BVH to this? P.S. I assume that like most things in blender, it is just one simple step that I have missed, like today (after months of trying), I found out why all of my reflection/refraction materials had artifacts/problems... because I had not *completely* encased them inside an object, it seems that if there is light that can escape (not too sure exactly what that means), there are issues (bad patches, holes, strange jagged lines, etc). I put a "sky" sphere around close to the objects, and the problems I had disappeared. This looks really nice, and after a quick play it looks like it could be really useful.
I have really only one major question (and it is really a blender one…). How do I attach an imported BVH to this?

P.S. I assume that like most things in blender, it is just one simple step that I have missed, like today (after months of trying), I found out why all of my reflection/refraction materials had artifacts/problems… because I had not *completely* encased them inside an object, it seems that if there is light that can escape (not too sure exactly what that means), there are issues (bad patches, holes, strange jagged lines, etc). I put a “sky” sphere around close to the objects, and the problems I had disappeared.

]]> Comment on Early Adopters, Pessimists, and Patriots by Laetizia Coronet http://jacek.meratalk.com/2008/06/18/early-adopters-pessimists-and-patriots/#comment-1192 Laetizia Coronet Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:26:36 +0000 http://jacek.meratalk.com/?p=342#comment-1192 Bravo. Well done. Thank you Gwyn, for pointing me here. It reminds me of that US Marines adagium: Long live the Marines, f*** the Corps. Bravo. Well done. Thank you Gwyn, for pointing me here.

It reminds me of that US Marines adagium: Long live the Marines, f*** the Corps.

]]> Comment on Early Adopters, Pessimists, and Patriots by Rheta Shan http://jacek.meratalk.com/2008/06/18/early-adopters-pessimists-and-patriots/#comment-1191 Rheta Shan Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:22:37 +0000 http://jacek.meratalk.com/?p=342#comment-1191 Jacek, ta for the long and thoughtful reply (and as a side note, ta also for finding a good reference to M. Chauvin, seeing my own link is obviously broken). I have heard many attempts to rehabilitate a term the French did, in fact, both invent and take to its excess in less than half a century, but it has never changed the fact that my first thought, when I hear « Allons enfants de la patrie… » sung is « Speak for yourself, buster » ;-) There are many things I love in my country, both atomic and virtual, but my love for it is something I give like I give my love to my dearest friends (you, for instance) — a gift I can take back any time, that has not to be earned (for it is mine to give), but has to be merited in my eyes. It is not something that makes me what I am, or that tells me what to do. Patriotism, to me, is a very bad word for that love, for it implies much it is not, and disdains much it is. But please, don’t let this disagreement over one word make you think I disagree in essence. I don’t. Like you, I have too much love for my adopted country of Second Life to let it to those who think they own it wholesale. Hugs and <em>bisous</em>. Jacek, ta for the long and thoughtful reply (and as a side note, ta also for finding a good reference to M. Chauvin, seeing my own link is obviously broken). I have heard many attempts to rehabilitate a term the French did, in fact, both invent and take to its excess in less than half a century, but it has never changed the fact that my first thought, when I hear « Allons enfants de la patrie… » sung is « Speak for yourself, buster » ;-)

There are many things I love in my country, both atomic and virtual, but my love for it is something I give like I give my love to my dearest friends (you, for instance) — a gift I can take back any time, that has not to be earned (for it is mine to give), but has to be merited in my eyes. It is not something that makes me what I am, or that tells me what to do. Patriotism, to me, is a very bad word for that love, for it implies much it is not, and disdains much it is.

But please, don’t let this disagreement over one word make you think I disagree in essence. I don’t. Like you, I have too much love for my adopted country of Second Life to let it to those who think they own it wholesale.

Hugs and bisous.

]]> Comment on Early Adopters, Pessimists, and Patriots by Lunette http://jacek.meratalk.com/2008/06/18/early-adopters-pessimists-and-patriots/#comment-1190 Lunette Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:14:36 +0000 http://jacek.meratalk.com/?p=342#comment-1190 I confess that I am a little uncomfortable with the word "patriot," too. I am much more inclined to feel love and loyalty toward the ideal(s) upon which a "country" is founded, rather than the country itself. I confess that I am a little uncomfortable with the word “patriot,” too. I am much more inclined to feel love and loyalty toward the ideal(s) upon which a “country” is founded, rather than the country itself.

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