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Virtual Real Estate Boom Draws Real Dollars

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the virtual-taxman-still-evil dept.

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.

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  1. Bunch of losers with no life by Cold+Winter+Days · · Score: 5, Funny

    They might as well post to Slashdot.

  2. Re:Why? by Mz6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    All I know is that I have Boardwalk AND Park Place.. oh sorry.. wrong game.

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  3. chicks and boats by maxbang · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm typing this from my 30-foot yacht whilst surrounded by a dozen models in skimpy bikinis. You, too, can have this success with my easy way of buying virtual real estate with zero money down. Bad credit, no credit, no problem! With my proven plan, you can make your entire yearly salary five hundred times over in just one second by following a few easy steps. Soon you will become a master of MMORPG real estate!

    A testimony from Ralph:
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  4. As said by George Strait by yecrom2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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.

  5. advice by ch-chuck · · Score: 5, Funny

    buy low, sell high, get out before the crash.

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  6. eh? by nizo · · Score: 4, Funny

    My first life is already too expensive to afford a second life, you insensitive clod!

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  7. Re:Why? by rjelks · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Why play a FPS game, when you can play Paintball?
    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....
    No offense, but you do know you're posting on /., right?

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  8. Help! My bathroom got slashdotted! by YetAnotherName · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!