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A Real Living With Virtual Goods
RussHart writes "The BBC is reporting on a Julian Dibbell who has quit his day job to sell items from Ultima Online in the real world, hopefully making a living on which to support his wife & daughter."
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...instead of being afraid that officials'll crackdown on this and kill his livelihood?
Back in the 90's, quite a few people that visit Slashdot made a good living on virtual services. Ahh, venture capital.
Too late. I already augered your girlfriend.
You now owe me a new Dr. Pepper, preferrably not dispensed through my nose.
BIA(Brittanian Industrial Average) plummeted today. Analysts cited over-valuation as a major cause of the sudden drop in virtual commodity prices. "Virtual Futures just aren't performing as well as most E-bay traders had hoped." ........ President Bush's invasion of Brittania for 'virtual weapons of virtual mass destruction' without UVN consent also seems to have contributed to the poor market conditions....... Two virtual traders jumped out their windows in response to the market's downward plunge, but only managed to break their ankles. "He must have thought he was in a skyscraper. Good thing he was only in our living room!"
I'd like to see that on a resume'.
1996-2000 Senior account market manager, United Records Limited.
2000-2003 stock market day trader.
2003-2005 Role playing games account/item discount broker.
With all that experiance at that, you either qualify as a strategy book writer, or a 7-11 store clerk.
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