Bank Run in Second Life

Jamie found an interesting bit about a bank run in Second Life. The recent ban on gambling combined with a $12k theft from the 2L stock market has caused people to try to get their money back. The article mentions that this could supposedly affect 8.5M players even tho most estimates of actual hard core players in the system are in the 5 to low 6 figure range.

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[Anonymous Coward]

no. not yours.

first.

i hate furries.

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[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:tho?

[Ant P.]

Wow, I can't believe that got modded offtopic. Some people can't even read the fucking summary these days.

Re:2L?

[AKAImBatman]

Wow. That was like, what, a year ago now? Dude, you need to get over it. Holding a grudge is not good for your health.

And for the record, we were talking about price points in the issue you were referencing. As in "Nintendo should have gone with the $199 price point rather than the $249 price point." Redefining the argument so it sounds like you weren't ranting about a pet peeve is disingenuous.

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Re:2L?

[UbuntuDupe]

Wow. That was like, what, a year ago now? Dude, you need to get over it. Holding a grudge is not good for your health. If you were the only person that did that, it would be a grudge. You're not.

And for the record, we were talking about price points in the issue you were referencing. As in "Nintendo should have gone with the $199 price point rather than the $249 price point." I accept that those are price points, as defined under the economic theory. That's not in dispute. What's in dispute is why people feel the need to say "price point" where "price" conveys the same information *in that context* -- i.e., a context where they're not relying on the economic theory behind price points. I think it's because they want to look smarter than they really are by making the terminology more complicated than it needs to be.

And so far, your only explanation is, "Hey, let me give you a condescending lecture about the theory of price points."

If you have a relevant response, I'd like to hear it. Otherwise, just agree, "Okay, 'price' was enough."

Re:2L?

[AKAImBatman]

If you have a relevant response, I'd like to hear it.

No you don't. If you did, you would have accepted my previous apology for not understanding your issue with the use of "price point". As I said, my "condescending lecture" was an attempt to helpfully answer your question. It didn't even occur to me that you might have a pet grievance against the use of "price point".

I accept that those are price points, as defined under the economic theory. That's not in dispute.

And this is pretty much the crux of the issue. You started your tirade when "price point" was used correctly and in context. You yourself admit that. So making it a personal mission to stamp out "price point" smacks of the same grudge you've been holding this entire time.

Get. Over. It.

It's just not worth it.

Now if you want something useful to rant about, how about taking on the endless abuse of the term SKU? I know I'm far from the only person who cringes every time I see a /. story talking about "XYZ was done to the SKU". They mean "model" or "product" (both well-defined, technical terms), but for some reason the posters think it's cooler to say "Stock Keeping Unit" in a context where no stock exists. Go figure.

Re:2L?

[UbuntuDupe]

No you don't. If you did, you would have accepted my previous apology for not understanding your issue with the use of "price point". As I said, my "condescending lecture" was an attempt to helpfully answer your question. It didn't even occur to me that you might have a pet grievance against the use of "price point". In your case (again, you weren't the only one) I already explained the reason that you should have *known* that was an unhelpful explanation: because I said upfront, that I understand that there are some instances where it's appropriate. ("In almost all cases, it's completely unnecessary.") You, however, placed a higher priority on looking smart than actually, you know, reading my question.

And this is pretty much the crux of the issue. You started your tirade when "price point" was used correctly and in context. Yes, it was used in a way that didn't contradict anything else the poster said. However, the question I was asking was why it's inserted in a way that's unnecessary and only serves to complicate the discussion. That is, why say "price point", when "price" would have made the statement contain the same information?

Now if you want something useful to rant about "Price point" shows up a lot more than SKU. And my mission is not to "stamp it out", but to find out the mentality behind using it.

To learn, in other words. New concept, right?

Re:2L?

[vigmeister]

Anyway, nowadays everyone says "Sony's failing because they make the PS3 SKU's price point too high." Where are you writing from -- two weeks ago? Your UID betrays your not being up to date

That should be:
"Sony's failing because their not aware that your a subscriber to the meme that the 80GB SKU's price point is too high"

The word meme bothers me to no end. People abuse the breadth of its definition to help them be vague. And then they proceed to be smug because they are so 'with the times'.

I, for one, welcome our meme-loving overlords

Cheers!

Re:2L?

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

"What's in dispute is why people feel the need to say "price point" where "price" conveys the same information *in that context* -- i.e., a context where they're not relying on the economic theory behind price points."

The problem is you picked a bad example. The 'price' of the PS3 is different depending on which country you're in. When one says 'price point', they're saying 'whatever price it happens to be in your localization'. When talking about the PS3 on a site like Slashdot, there's some sense in this.

"If you have a relevant response, I'd like to hear it. Otherwise, just agree, "Okay, 'price' was enough."

Dude, seriously, you're fighting the wrong battle. Price point and SKU are both relevent terms. Even if for some reason they weren't, whoop-de-doo. Acting bitter and condescending won't cause somebody to go "whoah, he's right!"

Re:Obl. Quote

[shrubya]

Do you think Potter would have let you keep it?

Oh, come on, that's just plain rude. Deathly Hallows has only been out for a couple weeks now. Quoting entire paragraphs from it without a SPOILER warning goes way beyond the bounds of public decency.

Remember, every time a spoiler sings, an angel gets its feathers plucked out.