Back in April MySQL had its yearly user's conference. Each year
there are more users and more people to talk to, which means I
get fewer chances to listen to any of the talks being presented.
I did though take time out to listen to the talk on Second Life. I've been playing with BBS'es, Talkers, and
other assorted digital online communities ever since I got my
first modem. What fascinated me about Second Life was the
prospect of it taking a shot at being the first "metaverse". I am
a big fan of "Snow Crash" and would love to see that sort of
environment spring to life. I work daily with friends and
colleagues using IM and IRC, and any depth that can be added to
those conversations is great as far as I am concerned.
I have also been fascinated with learning about how they are
scaling with MySQL. Their design is fairly classic with
replication, but what is interesting is to look and see how this
is applied to a virtual …
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22
2006
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