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Assessing Coke’s Virtual Thirst Project: Win, Fail, or Just Another SL Dud?
Broken Crayons: Was The Virtual Thirst Contest The Last Gasp of the Crayonistas? by Urizenus Sklar I don’t know, I’m asking. I missed the event announcing the winner of the Coke Virtual Thirst Contest, and I don’t know how that event went down. As I disclosed earlier I was on an advisory panel for Coke [...]
Full StorySL Crime Wave! – L$3 Million Bank Heist!!!
Were weekend griefing attacks a cover for banks jobs? by Jessica Holyoke Possibly in conjunction with the many griefing attacks of this weekend, the SL banks have been hit by hackers. L & L Bank and Trust reports that 3 million Lindens were stolen through a hack on an ATM by avatar Hamid Jewell. This [...]
Full StoryStop Acting Childish
LL reminds residents they really don’t like ageplay by Jessica Holyoke What about babyfur avatars? In another 5pm post from the Labs, Ken D Linden reminds the Community that Sexual Ageplay is not allowed on Second Life. This is not the first warning – but this time the Lab goes a bit further detail and [...]
Full StoryWill the Discrimination Never End? Bush Calls for Ban on Furries.
by Urizenus Sklar, POTUS and Furries Desk I don’t know how we missed this, but we only just picked up the story via Raw Story, which in turn gets the story via Bloggers for Brownback in an article entitled Furries: A Twisted Freak Show of Utter Depravity. The Lefties at Raw Story think its a [...]
Full StoryAdv: FreeLife Magazine is proud to present: ‘Rome Film Festival on Second Life’
On the 18th of October Rome Film Festival will be on an island on Second Life; the Grand Opening Party is scheduled on 12:00 pm PDT with live DJs. The festival will go on until the 27th and it’ll have two big contests: the “Treasure Hunt” and the “Actor Look Alike” contest. The “Treasure Hunt” [...]
Full StoryShaun Altman To Liquidate Ginko “Perpetual” Bonds
Nicholas Portocarrero given 11 days to hand over the remains of $750,000.00 USD in deposits, 18,000 people still holding claims against failed bank. by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Shaun Altman announced today that as majority bondholder of Ginko Perpetual Bonds, he will take possession of all Ginko assets so that they may be liquidated [...]
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Full StorySurprise! European VAT Tax Surcharge in SL
Did LL really forget to collect tax until now – or is US$ exchange rate slide to blame? by Jessica Holyoke Linden Lab dares to be different – and forgets to include VAT tax in prices until now? Tax day has arrived in Second Life, but with a surprise twist. Instead of game-related tax collections [...]
Full StoryDialing for L$s
Buy L$s without a credit card or PayPal – use your phone by Jessica Holyoke While investigating the current Euro to Linden trade rates in light of the decline of the US dollar, I found an operation called Telelinden. A resident makes a phone call to a German number, costing 1 Euro if you are [...]
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