Second Life Koans

Posted on: November 15, 2005

01.
A Resident entered the Welcome Area, finding it full of gray. It did not load, so he logged off and came back the next day. This time, the Welcome Area quickly rezzed, and was full of color. The Resident cleared his cache and relogged.

02.
An avatar experienced a failed teleport and found herself in the middle of an infinite ocean. She forced daylight, and lamented an absence of fish and birds.

03.
In a sandbox, a builder could not perfectly align two prims next to each other. He asked for help, and along came a scripter. The scripter made the prims physical, and decreed the problem solved.

04.
One friend asked another, "You have so much furniture in your house!" The second friend laughed, "It is because I sit." The first friend observed, "You have so much food on your furniture?does this not take up many prims?" The second friend nodded, and mused, "Indeed it does. It is because I eat." The first friend realized the food was actually poseballs. The second friend simply smiled.

05.
A master and apprentice were discussing their Second Lives. The apprentice, furrowing his brow, declared, "How can I be in control of my destiny if I cannot even choose my last name?" The master rebuked the student and announced, "Did you choose your first?"

06.
A monk walked into a club and was stopped by security. He was asked to remove his gun. "This is not a gun," the monk said. The monk was ejected. A griefer walked into the same club and was stopped by security. He was not asked to remove his sunglasses. "These are sunglasses," the griefer said. Security was ejected.

07.
A Resident released her land. And so, it was set free.

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