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Archer Braun · 04-03-2008, 09:18 PM

What really killed me was hearing a senator describe content creation technologies as "glorious tools". For a brief moment, I thought she was referring to something...else...

http://www.reuters.com/article/inter...e=internetNews

God...I really do yearn for the coming zombie apocalypse.

Summer · 04-03-2008, 09:23 PM

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"Virtual worlds and spaces are quickly becoming powerful tools with the potential to transform enterprise and government processes by increasing top line and bottom line growth, improving efficiency and productivity, and augmenting our ability to innovate and spur entrepreneurial growth," IBM vice president Colin Parris told the panel.

Harman cited a British newspaper report last year saying that Islamic extremists were suspected of using Second Life to recruit and mimic real-life terrorism.

Two interesting excerpts. 1.) Given the whole IBM gets it's own private grid and they go to Washington to "testify" to whatever this was. IBM is so FIC.

2.) I'd love to see some source on that.

Archer Braun · 04-03-2008, 09:27 PM

""It is likely that virtual world activities are somewhat more policeable and the law somewhat more maintainable within virtual worlds," said Rosedale, chief executive of Linden Lab, the company that runs Second Life."

This from a man who runs the company that refuses...REFUSES...to police its own virtual world.

You could only get more hypocritical by ... oh, fuck ... my imagination is just beggared.

Bradley Bracken · 04-03-2008, 09:27 PM

The big question is did Phil's av wear his codpiece?

Ten · 04-03-2008, 09:31 PM

Why were you eating STEAK at your computer?

Archer Braun · 04-03-2008, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Ten

Why were you eating STEAK at your computer?

It allows me to hone my multitasking skills. I can eat, browse the web, irritate a PETA member, and remove a source of methane pollution (1 cow) from the environment...all at the same time.

Ten · 04-03-2008, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Archer Braun

It allows me to hone my multitasking skills. I can eat, browse the web, irritate a PETA member, and remove a source of methane pollution (1 cow) from the environment...all at the same time.

As a former red meat eater - steak is meant to be devoured with full concentration on how fucking fantastic it tastes, with a good drink on the side and veggies.

You're demeaning it by eating it at the computer!

MenuBar Memorial · 04-03-2008, 10:10 PM

I'm gonna go off-topic here and not mention steak.

The one thing that gave me pause in that whole video was when Philip was talking about how well the community in SL polices themselves, and at that moment the whole senate got all jittery over the prospect of people actually governing themselves!

OMFG! What would we do without government baby-sitting us on what to do and what not!

Sorry about the threadjack, girls.

Archer Braun · 04-03-2008, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Anya Ristow

Holy crap that's a lot of steak.

I'm a lot of man.

Hal 9000 · 04-03-2008, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ten

Why were you eating STEAK at your computer?

It could be a mi-steak yes. I mean, the veal deal. I'm have to grill Asher about this sometime.

Addendum:
I am now off to fry my mainframe just because of horridness of these puns.

Surreal · 04-04-2008, 11:28 AM

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""It is likely that virtual world activities are somewhat more policeable and the law somewhat more maintainable within virtual worlds," said Rosedale, chief executive of Linden Lab, the company that runs Second Life."

04-03-2008, 09:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Archer Braun Solipsistic Megalomaniac Bastard. With a hat. Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 474 My Mood: Awards: 1	I sucked a piece of steak down my windpipe when I saw this... What really killed me was hearing a senator describe content creation technologies as "glorious tools". For a brief moment, I thought she was referring to something...else... http://www.reuters.com/article/inter...e=internetNews God...I really do yearn for the coming zombie apocalypse.

04-03-2008, 09:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bradley Bracken Salacious Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Los Angeles South Bay Posts: 176 My Mood: SL Join Date: 03/31/2007	The big question is did Phil's av wear his codpiece? __________________ I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them. George W. Bush

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Ten Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 6,918 My Mood: SL Join Date: 10/7/2006 Awards: 1	Why were you eating STEAK at your computer? __________________ Shopping Cart Disco http://www.shoppingcartdisco.com THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES.

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04-03-2008, 09:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Archer Braun Solipsistic Megalomaniac Bastard. With a hat. Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 474 My Mood: Awards: 1	""It is likely that virtual world activities are somewhat more policeable and the law somewhat more maintainable within virtual worlds," said Rosedale, chief executive of Linden Lab, the company that runs Second Life." This from a man who runs the company that refuses...REFUSES...to police its own virtual world. You could only get more hypocritical by ... oh, fuck ... my imagination is just beggared.

04-03-2008, 10:10 PM	#8 (permalink)
MenuBar Memorial is he always like this? Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sarasota Posts: 56 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 20 Blog Entries: 4	I'm gonna go off-topic here and not mention steak. The one thing that gave me pause in that whole video was when Philip was talking about how well the community in SL polices themselves, and at that moment the whole senate got all jittery over the prospect of people actually governing themselves! OMFG! What would we do without government baby-sitting us on what to do and what not! Sorry about the threadjack, girls.

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