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The Philosophical Parrot Of Socrates Cafe
Authentic dialogue in a synthetic world by Alessandra Narayan Tired of contests, free sex, acoustic live music, poor roleplay… one of those days or nights when everything seems to go wrong? Ok, there might be a solution if you’re into philosophy. Check out Socrates Cafe and you might end up in an intense debate that [...]
Full StoryLaw Enforcement in Second Life: Policing or Pastime?
Some SL police lack real-life law enforcement, criminal justice, and TOS experienceby Sigmund Leominster Within the Second Life environment a number of groups designate themselves as police forces. But are they sincere attempts at providing some vague enforcement of “law” – which translates to Terms of Service for the most part – or simply another [...]
Full StoryOpen Letter to Free Fandom
See you on OpenLifeGrid [UPDATE: Nikola Shirakawa's Free Fandom Texture Package is now available through BitTorrent] Hello Free Fandom. I know it has been a while since you heard from me, and there's a reason why. First off, my account was cancelled. The reason for this was I refused to pay the bill. I refused [...]
Full StoryLL Playing Gotcha With Land Baron?
IntLibber Brautigan's frozen accounts can’t sell L$ to pay bills by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk A surprising note appeared on the Ancapistan Capital Exchange website tuesday evening – accord to the press release, IntLibber Brautigan’s virtual land business is having some difficulty covering land tier payments to Linden Lab due to the Lab’s L$ [...]
Full StoryAvatar of the Year 2008 – 2nd Place: Sidewinder Linden
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The coveted 2008 Avatar of the Year award second place trophy is awarded – posthumously – to Sidewinder Linden, an avatar who unfortunately is no longer part of the metaverse after being removed from Second Life when his RL typist stopped working for Linden Lab in December 2008, and [...]
Full StoryAvatar of the Year 2008 – 3rd Place: n3x15 and d3adl3yc0d3c
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Last night, while trying to convince Hamlet Au of New World Notes that things would really go much better for him if he would simply stop running away and dance with me – I don’t bite – the one-man Linden infomercial production company totally ruined the mood when he [...]
Full StoryNicholas Mafia Smacks PN Web Site
Notorious PN griefer web site victim of DDoS attack – hopes to return in 2 weeks by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The Nicholas Mafia claims to have taken the notorious Patriotic Nigras griefing group's website offline, and a visit to http://www.patrioticnigras.org/ currently leads to a simple image: Meanwhile, one of the wise guys associated [...]
Full StoryTorley Linden Targets Reformed Griefer N3x15?
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Ex-PN griefer N3x15 claims that virtual filmmaker Torley Linden is following him, saying, "After LL came back from vacation, Torley Linden was assigned to shadow me and probably fish for reasons to ban me, but he apparently has no experience in shadowing people without sticking out like a green [...]
Full StoryRich Grainger – Coating the World in a Warm Blanket of Software
RGF Estates Corporation owns 450 sims – and growing by Alessandra Narayan In this interview, Rich Grainger, CEO of RGF Estates Corporation, says he runs a growing company in the virtual land business, and claims his company is growing at the rate of one new sim per day. An entrepreneur with hopes of becoming a [...]
Full StoryHow Varied In Traffic Is The Second Life Bot Experience?
SL Strip Bot is NOT about inflating traffic – Pop Bots have so many uses by Omelette Meow, New World Notetaker Most bots in SL exist simply to artificially inflate Traffic numbers and simulate Resident traffic activity. Other bots provide traffic, information, traffic, instruction, traffic, entertainment, traffic, or even act as showroom mannequins that increase [...]
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