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    The Twitterati Get Run Over by a Google Street View Car

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    The End of Second Life

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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    04/16/09

    In reply to The Twitterati Get Run Over by a Google Street View Car
    What kind of scooter?
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    Image of saythatscool saythatscool
    04/15/09

    In reply to The Twitterati Get Run Over by a Google Street View Car
    Owen, you need to end every post now with "Or may Mary Rambin shoot me in the scrotum."


    I also want you to recite that at Thanksgiving and when the Feds put you on trial.

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    Image of Tom Parker Tom Parker
    03/17/09

    In reply to Meg Whitman's Business Plan to Become California Governor Makes No Sense
    See how much our US Cities, States, Country and households could save on taxes if Marijuana were decriminalized, then sign the petition:

    [www.marijuanalobby.org:] Change we can engage in...
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    Image of Owen Thomas Owen Thomas
    03/17/09

    @Tom Parker: I don't know what you're smoking, but around here we ban people who can't stay on topic. Ta!
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    03/16/09

    In reply to Meg Whitman's Business Plan to Become California Governor Makes No Sense
    I predict she will come very close to winning, but will be defeated by some jerk with a script who enters the election during the last 60 seconds and wins with 50.01% of the vote.
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    Image of nirreskeya nirreskeya
    03/16/09

    @random_play: Too bad governorsniper.com has another bad connotation.
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    03/16/09

    In reply to Meg Whitman's Business Plan to Become California Governor Makes No Sense
    Yeah, get rid of that Democratic peckerwood currently running Calif...oh, what's that? Never mind.
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    Image of forwardmotion forwardmotion
    03/16/09

    In reply to Meg Whitman's Business Plan to Become California Governor Makes No Sense
    Oh, Anita. you and silly self hate.
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    Image of John W. Peterson John W. Peterson
    03/16/09

    In reply to Meg Whitman's Business Plan to Become California Governor Makes No Sense
    CA needs a lot of help and maybe she can bring some business sense to CA.
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    Image of forwardmotion forwardmotion
    03/16/09

    @John W. Peterson: HAhahaha ohoh. hee.
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    Image of Kari's Favorite Mark Kari's Favorite Mark
    03/16/09

    In reply to Meg Whitman's Business Plan to Become California Governor Makes No Sense
    Jesus, Bloomberg spnt $100M in one race for Mayor in NYC. With all those expensive TV markets in CA, $50M seems to be a pittance.
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    03/16/09

    @formerly it takes a lot to laugh: That's just her own money.
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    Image of Accidental Billionaire Accidental Billionaire
    02/23/09

    In reply to The End of Second Life
    I find all emotion to be deceptive and saddening.


    It is impossible for us to evolve or migrate to second life when we can't even stay calm driving to work.


    Face it, as a human, you're naturally a self-centered fuckwad, dumb, and an asshole. The only reason you think you're smarter/better/nicer (and you're obviously not) is because delusion is the only thing keeping you alive.


    Second life just magnifies this. And it shows sides of humans we don't see in real life like BDSM, furry sex, gay porn, and god knows what else. Second Life allows the normal obese, introverted homo sapien to show his true self. If you're on second life, I hope you get help.

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    Image of Wagner James Au Wagner James Au
    02/22/09

    In reply to The End of Second Life
    "Second Life may well be on the verge of profitability."


    Owen, Linden Lab execs have reported profitability at least since 2007:


    Based on publicly known revenue sources, the company earns $100 million in yearly revenue.


    I know you've visited Linden Lab since then; why are you reporting an outdated Kapor quote that distorts the situation? And what's your source for claiming education is its main market?

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    Image of Owen Thomas Owen Thomas
    02/24/09

    @Wagner James Au: The "verge of profitability" is a direct quote from the company's chairman. You could take up the matter with him, though I realize that actually probing Second Life's finances is not in your own self-interest.
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    02/22/09

    In reply to The End of Second Life
    RE: The comments by SL users submitted from their Facebook profiles.


    Wow.

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    Image of ADismalScience ADismalScience
    02/22/09

    In reply to The End of Second Life
    I hear the concurrent user-base has recently and rapidly grown from an average in the high 50K to an average in the low 70's. What say you, Owen? Is this just one of those "because I say so" arguments, or is it because the media aren't paying attention anymore? I don't think Reuters or CNN could thrive there, but deviants with spending cash seem to.


    Of course, I wouldn't put an investment dollar within 100 yards of the place. Even if that money grew it would be coated in furry ejaculate and unusable.

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    Image of AdrienneEE AdrienneEE
    02/22/09

    In reply to The End of Second Life
    "Those who can't do, teach."


    As an educator, can we NOT encourage the use of that phrase, EVER, please? It's the reason that my students, when they learn that I was in scientific research BEFORE I became a teacher, ask me things like "You know so much stuff! Why don't you have an important job???"


    And to keep this on-topic... who was using Second Life? Really? Because I'd be considered an "early adopter" and I never even bothered to scope it out. Academia seemed to ignore it completely.

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    Image of El Matardillo El Matardillo
    02/22/09

    @AdrienneEE: Those who can't teach, teach teachers.
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    Image of Schm Schm
    02/23/09

    @AdrienneEE: @LipstickedRottweiler: @weissadam: Ditto, ditto, ditto. Our disrespect for teachers in this country is not only disgusting, but a clear variable in this whole shitty economy deal.
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    Image of EmersonErmine EmersonErmine
    02/23/09

    @schmalerie: Is it a variable in the shitty economy because a huge chunk of them only work for nine months a year? Or is it because M-W-F classes got so rough they had to change them to just M-W?


    Oh, it's because they work for institutions that raise tuition on their students at double the rate of inflation and then encourage youngsters to go 60 to 100K in debt to get a social work degree so they can get out and make 28K?


    That said, I loved my high school english teacher, so that absolves the rest of the bums.

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    Image of Schm Schm
    02/23/09

    @EmersonErmine: I meant what I said in the sense that our disrespct for teachers is representative of how unimportant we've come to view education, mainly k-12, in this country. This is why China, etc are kicking our asses in the global economy... they've figured out that this shit is vital.


    Uh, and I agree with you that the state of our educational system (esp the institutions part) is fucked, but to blame it on teachers by calling them bums is the wrong way to go, buddy... wow.

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    Image of Weegee's bored Weegee's bored
    02/22/09

    In reply to The End of Second Life
    All the women in Second Life look like Emily Proctor on CSI:Miami, the blond with the broomstick implant.
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    Image of BlinkyMcChuck BlinkyMcChuck
    02/22/09

    In reply to The End of Second Life
    I think you mean, "Those who can't do, blog."
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    Image of El Matardillo El Matardillo
    02/22/09

    @Koreanish: Boy, you sure called that one!
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    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    02/22/09

    @El Matardillo: "And those who can't teach, teach gym."
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