Multiverse MMOG Posted on August 3, 2007 by Robin Reply Multiverse is a Second Life competitor, in that it allows the users to define the online experience. But not only that, you get to build your own MMOG / Virtual World very easily and allow players to play them, hosted on the Multiverse servers. The business model is simple: there are plenty of e-commerce tools Multiverse offers World creators, and when these are used, Multiverse gets a % take of the loot. Now, how do you get people to play your World if it’s not a common world? Anyway, it can hardly fail to have worse graphics than Second Life…
Tape2PC USB tape deck Posted on August 3, 2007 by Robin Reply Ion Audio has a tape deck you can copy your casettes to PC with, for just under GBP 100,-. They also have a system that copies LPs to PC using the USB port.
Lit Fuse Films Posted on August 3, 2007 by Robin Reply Lit Fuse produce and direct several very nicely made machinima, of which War of Servers is perhaps best known. It’s a full length feature film. They also have some lovely short movies, such as Rusty Whispers Dennis. Very worth looking at.
Joint Qualification for US Officers Posted on August 3, 2007 by Robin Reply The US is tackling the problem of jointness the right way. Jointness is used to describe operations in conjunction with another (or mulitple other) military arm(s) (such as Air Force coordinating with the Marines). The US has set up a Joint Qualification System which offers points depending on joint actions each officer has had in the past, but can also gain by attending joint courses and excersises. Enough points result in a Joint Speciality Officer (JSO) designation. From 2008 officers may not reach flag rank without a JSO. In a way it’s crazy that interservice rivalry has been allowed to flourish so long and that armed forces have fought as such seperate units. Nowadays with communications being at the point they are there is no excuse for non-jointness in the armed forces.
