Tag: sadville
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Sadville bans usury
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Andrew Orlowski
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The global financial crisis has encroached on that escapist Garden of the Id, Second Life.
Linden Labs is to ban virtual banks from the virtual playground, the operator said in a statement yesterday. The problem is that the virtual money-lenders operate rather too much like their real world counterparts. wrote Ken D., yesterday
… Read More“Since the collapse of Ginko Financial in August 2007, Linden Lab has received complaints about several in-world ‘banks’ defaulting on their promises. These banks often promise unusually
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Sadville is great for bubblewrap kids – BBC
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Andrew Orlowski
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TV shrink Tanya Byron blamed over-protective parents for keeping “bubble wrap” kids away from real social interaction and tethered to technology such as the internet, we reported yesterday.
The government is hiring Byron to tout a “Live Consultation”, soliciting views on how the internet might affect children. That’s your taxes at work, Part One.
How odd then that the BBC, while making deep cuts in real current affairs coverage, is investing heavily in “virtual worlds”. That’s your taxes at work, … Read More
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Really Stupid Things People Say About Technology. No.38,014
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Andrew Orlowski
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Two items of interest for those of you who collect Really Stupid Things People Say About Technology.
[The first plea for Web 2.0 corporate welfare I had noticed. It came from The Guardian]… Read More