Thursday, March 09, 2006

WOW: the Text Adventure [del.icio.us]. Hilarious example of what WoW would be like if it were a text adventure. Actually, this would make an interesting text to discuss in a class which compared interactive fiction with, say, World of Warcraft. By noemail@noemail.org (Jill). [jill/txt] 10:01:38 PM    comment []

Forbes Magazine list of billionaires. Bill Gates is #1 with $50 billion. [Scripting News] 10:00:43 PM    comment []

Two from Wes: The MIT OLPC ($100 laptop) project is thinking of using IPv6 by default. This somewhat corresponds to Geoff Huston's "revolution" scenario. Telepocalypse: R U 0wn3d by ur telco? "Some philanthropist with deep pockets wanting to make a lasting impact on society should just go buy up chunks of 'private' spectrum, and then open it to the public in a managed way." One could also imagine an intermediate business model where the spectrum cost was recouped through device (not user) license fees. 10:00:39 PM    comment []