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Virtual Real Estate Boom Draws Real Dollars
An anonymous reader writes "According to a USAToday story, Second Life from Linden Labs is seeing a boom in virtual land trading. The article quotes a player as saying: 'My vision is to buy real estate in Second Life with one or two other investors and make it available to new players as a business', and it seems that 'Large swathes of undeveloped online property, some bearing an uncanny resemblance to a palm-studded West Coast beachfront idyll, are selling for up to $550 an acre.' Second Life uses OpenGL and Ogg-Vorbis running on a Linux grid." S!: We've previously covered Second Life on several occasions over at Slashdot Games.
They might as well post to Slashdot.
I will sell to the highest bidder. Just as stupid.
All I know is that I have Boardwalk AND Park Place.. oh sorry.. wrong game.
Hmmm.
I'd be all over some main street real estate, but those giant walking, talking penises are gonna make prices dip.
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just a little? let's get back to the real world and deliver some fresh pizzas!
I'm against picketing but I don't know how to show it.
"Ocean Front Property in a server farm running in a datacenter in Arizona"
At some point this week I'll sleep and these thoughts will quit plaguing me.
matt.
buy low, sell high, get out before the crash.
try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }
> Why run on a threadmill or pedal on a stationary bicycle, when you can run or bike outside?
So I can watch Buffy, Babylon5, and X-Files reruns on my Tivo while I am exercising.
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I had a steady B+ in my AI class until I failed the Turing test...
My first life is already too expensive to afford a second life, you insensitive clod!
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
"Why play a FPS game, when you can play Paintball? /., right?
Um.....we'd have to go outside..
"Why run on a threadmill or pedal on a stationary bicycle, when you can run or bike outside?
Again, the whole outside thing. Maybe someday, when we have better WiFi mesh networks out there....
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Maybe if people spent this kind of energy/money on their first lives they'd be a lot happier. You'd be smarter to just give me your money. In fact...
in bed.
BondageQueen: Nice place you've got here.
OutlawBiker: Thanks. All the chairs talk dirty when you sit on them, too.
BondageQueen: So clever of you. So, can I get the tour?
OutlawBiker: Not right now; most of the house is on another server that's overloaded.
BondageQueen: I'm outta here.
OutlawBiker: Wait! The laundry room still works! Honest!
Really. I have some virtual swamp land in Florida to sell you.
this is really crazy.
Rainer
Windows 2000 - from the guys who brought us edlin
To all those who reply in Latin, I say, "non gratis anus rodentium"
The police frown on doing this in an urban environment.
"Why run on a threadmill or pedal on a stationary bicycle, when you can run or bike outside?"
Once again, not everyone has access to the type of space needed for these activities. While playing "dodge bus" on a bike through downtown may be a good workout, it has some nasty side effects.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
When I went looking sometimes for where everyone was at, I found kind of an unseemly side of SL. Everyone had bondage outfits on and was hanging out at the virtual techno club, trying to pick each other up. There was some weird stuff going on the in "back rooms". Use your imagination.
Well damn, you sold me on it.
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Think of it kind of like the Matrix, remember the guy that crossed Neo and others because he was promised to be plugged back into the Matrix and given money and power there? There is real money to be made by selling people power in a virtual world.
Saying Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders.
Is it legal to pk in this game?
If so, then I'd be more inclined to move onto some property that I didn't own, and "buy" it by killing everyone that came upon it. I mean, are they going to throw me in virtual jail or something? Would I have to pay a $$ fine to get out?
If there is no pk'ing, I still don't see why you can't just stand there and pretend it's yours. People would have to figure out how to move you... which might not be possible.
Virtual property is lame. You'd have to be a real dope to pay real money for it. Of course, I'd have a ton of fun making life difficult for the dopes that "own" the bits that are streaming into my computer.
You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button.