Comments on: Please, No. It’s just wrong. http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2007/04/please-no-its-just-wrong/ The Joy of Housing Law Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:54:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Covenant-lite structures in Europe : Square Mile Law http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2007/04/please-no-its-just-wrong/#comment-3326 Covenant-lite structures in Europe : Square Mile Law Fri, 04 May 2007 13:55:09 +0000 http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/archives/201#comment-3326 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] structures in EuropeBoot out the covenants : Square Mile Law on The trend towards Covenant-LitePlease, No. It’s just wrong. | nearlylegal on Virtual offices in Second LifeCorporate Blawg on Welcome to Square Mile [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] structures in EuropeBoot out the covenants : Square Mile Law on The trend towards Covenant-LitePlease, No. It’s just wrong. | nearlylegal on Virtual offices in Second LifeCorporate Blawg on Welcome to Square Mile [...]

]]> By: A quick review... « Charon QC…the blawg http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2007/04/please-no-its-just-wrong/#comment-3294 A quick review... « Charon QC…the blawg Tue, 01 May 2007 08:21:00 +0000 http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/archives/201#comment-3294 [...] Binary Law asks: “What’s wrong with this life?” in the wake of the decision by Field Fisher Waterhouse to open an office in ‘Second Life’ - worth a read, as is the comment on this development by RollonFriday. Nearly Legal counsels “Please, No. It’s just wrong.” [...] [...] Binary Law asks: “What’s wrong with this life?” in the wake of the decision by Field Fisher Waterhouse to open an office in ‘Second Life’ - worth a read, as is the comment on this development by RollonFriday. Nearly Legal counsels “Please, No. It’s just wrong.” [...]

]]> By: Binary Law » Blog Archive » What’s wrong with this life? http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2007/04/please-no-its-just-wrong/#comment-3270 Binary Law » Blog Archive » What’s wrong with this life? Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:53:39 +0000 http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/archives/201#comment-3270 [...] Legal counsels “Please, No. It’s just wrong.” I tend to [...] [...] Legal counsels “Please, No. It’s just wrong.” I tend to [...]

]]> By: contact http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2007/04/please-no-its-just-wrong/#comment-3261 contact Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:40:48 +0000 http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/archives/201#comment-3261 I don't think that this idiot was saying what you think they were. I was moaning about the encroachment onto a ludic realm, not objecting to a graphical world per se. However, isn't it worth remembering that online dictionaries etc. took off was because they are often quicker to find and use than searching your bookshelf? The next generation of operating system file search has had to be brought in because of the failures of the desktop metaphor (too much stuff in folders), so emulating real life would replicate the problems in finding stuff of real life. Real life doesn't have a zero learning curve, by the way. It has huge one. But I agree it can be re-used. I don’t think that this idiot was saying what you think they were.

I was moaning about the encroachment onto a ludic realm, not objecting to a graphical world per se.

However, isn’t it worth remembering that online dictionaries etc. took off was because they are often quicker to find and use than searching your bookshelf? The next generation of operating system file search has had to be brought in because of the failures of the desktop metaphor (too much stuff in folders), so emulating real life would replicate the problems in finding stuff of real life.

Real life doesn’t have a zero learning curve, by the way. It has huge one. But I agree it can be re-used.

]]> By: Benjamin Duranske http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2007/04/please-no-its-just-wrong/#comment-3258 Benjamin Duranske Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:22:23 +0000 http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/archives/201#comment-3258 For many, the “point” of this simple: it’s the next interface. When computers got powerful enough, we started clicking little pictures instead of typing lines of instruction. Now, we can run 3D graphics. My argument is that interfaces will always converge toward real life, for the simple reason that real life has a zero learning curve. So in 10 years, if I want a dictionary, I’m going to reach over and take it off a virtual shelf. Not type in “dictionary.com” or whatever. And this (maybe not Second Life, but *some* kind of virtual space) will be basically what a lot of the web looks like in a decade. In other words, I bet you anything that some idiot was saying the same thing about the first law firm to put up a web site. For many, the “point” of this simple: it’s the next interface. When computers got powerful enough, we started clicking little pictures instead of typing lines of instruction. Now, we can run 3D graphics. My argument is that interfaces will always converge toward real life, for the simple reason that real life has a zero learning curve. So in 10 years, if I want a dictionary, I’m going to reach over and take it off a virtual shelf. Not type in “dictionary.com” or whatever. And this (maybe not Second Life, but *some* kind of virtual space) will be basically what a lot of the web looks like in a decade.

In other words, I bet you anything that some idiot was saying the same thing about the first law firm to put up a web site.

]]> By: Benjamin Duranske http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2007/04/please-no-its-just-wrong/#comment-3257 Benjamin Duranske Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:21:56 +0000 http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/archives/201#comment-3257 For many, the "point" of this simple: it's the next interface. When computers got powerful enough, we started clicking little pictures instead of typing lines of instruction. Now, we can run 3D graphics. My argument is that interfaces will always converge toward real life, for the simple reason that real life has a zero learning curve. So in 10 years, if I want a dictionary, I'm going to reach over and take it off a virtual shelf. Not type in "dictionary.com" or whatever. And this (maybe not Second Life, but *some* kind of virtual space) will be basically what a lot of the web looks like in a decade. In other words, I bet you anything that some idiot was saying the same thing about the first law firm to put up a web site. For many, the “point” of this simple: it’s the next interface. When computers got powerful enough, we started clicking little pictures instead of typing lines of instruction. Now, we can run 3D graphics. My argument is that interfaces will always converge toward real life, for the simple reason that real life has a zero learning curve. So in 10 years, if I want a dictionary, I’m going to reach over and take it off a virtual shelf. Not type in “dictionary.com” or whatever. And this (maybe not Second Life, but *some* kind of virtual space) will be basically what a lot of the web looks like in a decade.

In other words, I bet you anything that some idiot was saying the same thing about the first law firm to put up a web site.

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