Monday, November 17th, 2008
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"What's the attraction of maps? I think it's a paradox. They are humanity's attempt to capture the world on paper. But as a cartographer you can capture only a micro-fraction of what exists. For a start, three dimensions must be elided into two, and the globe must be shown as a flat Earth. So you fudge. You are selective. You alter shapes and make crooked lines straight. You exaggerate features you consider important, and erase others."
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
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Stross highlights recent legislation allowing solely "virtual" companies in one US state, something he anticipated in a novel.
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"Mobile Multiplayer Trans-Reality Games is a new video game type like MMORPG , RTS ou FPS. MMTRG enable you to play in the real and in the virtual life with your mobile phone : Your city become your playground" - ARG on a wide-scale with LBS etc. Again, another Stross-like game a la 'Halting State'.
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Location Based Massively Multiplayer Games - echoing Stross' secret agents game in his recent book 'Halting State'. Augmented Reality Gaming with LBS?
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