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| News Comments > Second Life Virtual Property Lawsuit |
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Re: Second Life Virtual Property Lawsuit |
May 12, 2010, 11:00 |
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kxmode wrote on May 11, 2010, 13:46:
Surf wrote on May 11, 2010, 12:24:
What a bunch of no life losers.
People make a lot of money in SL. "What?" You may say. Yes, it's true. As strange it may sound running a SL business can be very profitable, especially when you convert Linden currency into US dollars. I remember back in 2006 I had asked the owner of one of most popular Sims at the time called The Edge what she made. She said somewhere around 100k a year. There are other Sims like BareRose who can make around 150k just selling virtual clothing. It's nuts!
what those businesses dont tell you is the cost to maintain their virtual merchandise which is part of the lawsuit. i think we will start to see those virtual businesses start to fight linden labs in order to avoid paying the "service" fee for storage and maintenance of their virtual merchandise. EULA for the win for linden labs! |
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| News Comments > Second Life Virtual Property Lawsuit |
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Re: Second Life Virtual Property Lawsuit |
May 12, 2010, 10:57 |
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kxmode wrote on May 11, 2010, 15:07:
Hump wrote on May 11, 2010, 13:55:
The larger question is "Who thinks SL is still relevant enough to *play it*"?
You don't "play" Second Life. It's not exactly a video game.
no. you dont play second life. it plays you according to the lawsuit. |
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| News Comments > Second Life Virtual Property Lawsuit |
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Re: Second Life Virtual Property Lawsuit |
May 12, 2010, 10:55 |
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CommunistHamster wrote on May 11, 2010, 12:28:
The fact that SL is all on centralised servers rather creates a bias against the plaintiffs. I imagine if the plaintiffs were able to host the land themselves, and Linden Lab disconnected their servers from the rest of the world, they might have more of a case.
so true. virtual properties would make more sense if the owner creates and stores it on their own computer and simply logs into second live to be seen by the community and interact with other users. but the plaintiffs in this lawsuit are stupid as f*ck to invest so much on something that exists only as part of a "service". |
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| News Comments > Morning Tech Bits |
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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
May 12, 2010, 10:41 |
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| when did apple become uncool? when steve jobs came back and decided to buy back the licenses for mac os 7 from mac clones and void all the warranties. apple did not even offer their own warranty and instead tried to sell me a slower less capable power mac. no trade-in. nothing. my power computing powercenter pro mac clone was thousands cheaper than a comparable power mac. |
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| News Comments > Bad Company 2 Onslaught Mode: PC in Doubt |
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Re: Bad Company 2 Onslaught Mode: PC in Doubt |
May 12, 2010, 10:33 |
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JaguarUSF wrote on May 12, 2010, 09:58:
Couldn't you just have eight servers all on the same computer?
thats what i was wondering. many of these "for rent" dedicated servers run multiple matches at once. if the map rotation goes into onslaught mode why not split the 28 players into 7 separate match then reintegrate them again once the game mode changes. |
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| News Comments > Into the Black |
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Re: Into the Black |
May 10, 2010, 22:48 |
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| i hope his artwork is left under the protection of a conservatorship. his son tried to steal original artwork from frank frazetta's museum which lead to an arrest late last year. it is unfortunate that his son did not inherit his works or his talent. |
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| News Comments > Evening Metaverse |
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Re: Evening Metaverse |
May 5, 2010, 08:09 |
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| no problem with porn. just dont do it with taxpayers time/money. i really wonder why the govt would not filter porn and other junk from govt institutions when the private sector does it to prevent loss in productivity. |
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| News Comments > Call of Duty: Black Ops Trailer |
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Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops Trailer |
May 2, 2010, 17:19 |
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born2expire wrote on May 1, 2010, 19:01:
WaW was the best COD since COD2, and i'm really looking forward to this.
COD and COD2 are IW. COD2 is when IW started using their own graphics engine (no more half life/quake engine). then treyarch started taking turns on working with the COD series starting on COD3. COD4 MW with IW, COD5 WaW with treyarch, COD6 MW2 with IW... etc. |
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| News Comments > Into the Black |
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Re: Into the Black |
Apr 30, 2010, 03:58 |
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kxmode wrote on Apr 29, 2010, 21:53:
I heard the Kool-Aid Man was driving.
lol. i remember all those kool-aid commercials.
i think mercedes should buy the parking spot and ask that the car not be removed. use the car that is sticking out the wall as a billboard to advertise their cars. |
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| News Comments > Activision Signs Bungie for 10 Years |
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Re: Activision Signs Bungie for 10 Years |
Apr 30, 2010, 03:54 |
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NKD wrote on Apr 30, 2010, 00:33:
OldScho0l wrote on Apr 29, 2010, 20:03:
zirik wrote on Apr 29, 2010, 10:13:
bungie is like the whore of the gaming industry. they will sell their soul to anyone for a price.
/Agreed
They lost me when they sold out to MS and ditched the PC community.
What did they ever do for the PC community? They made some Mac games and then made console games.
after the success of marathon on the mac platform bungie started cross platform development of subsequent games like oni, myth and what started out as a pc/mac game called halo. the original E3 preview for halo was running on a pc or a mac if i remember correctly. |
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| News Comments > Activision Signs Bungie for 10 Years |
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Re: Activision Signs Bungie for 10 Years |
Apr 29, 2010, 16:53 |
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Blue wrote on Apr 29, 2010, 12:36:
^Drag0n^ wrote on Apr 29, 2010, 12:28:
Tumbler wrote on Apr 29, 2010, 12:06:
Will be interesting to see what they come up with. Bungie used to make outstanding PC games before Halo...but that was a LONG LONG LONG time ago in an industry far far away... (from where we are today) Actually, those were Mac games (Marathon). PC ports came later, but I believe that was at or near the time Quake came out which made it seem a little...2D.
Someone jump in here and tell me if my timing is off (I know you will  ).
^D^
That is indeed how it happened. Marathon and Marathon 2 were both originally Mac games... they preceded Quake, but were far more technically advanced than DOOM.
the marathon series came out way before quake. i remember the main selling point for marathon was that it had multiplayer online (LAN then later via IPX) gaming and the characters can look up/down and jump over gaps (auto if youre running). the control scheme also allowed you to use mouse aim and WASD. it was fun to play it at work because our admin had no way of blocking or seeing the appletalk traffic at that time. |
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| News Comments > Derek Smart vs Dave Allen, Part 2 |
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Re: Derek Smart vs Dave Allen, Part 2 |
Apr 28, 2010, 04:06 |
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Overon wrote on Apr 23, 2010, 22:13:
I grudgingly admit that I liked reading his posts on bluesnews on the gaming industry.
I just gave him an inch.
not a drop? |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Apollo 11 |
Apr 28, 2010, 03:39 |
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Cholma wrote on Apr 27, 2010, 09:52:
That film of Apollo 11's take-off is incredible. Great find!
i totally agree. i love watching those footage. wonder why nasa has not released more of these on their tv channel or website.
on a side note. the narrator did not mention a little known fact about the wall of water that rushes down the hole underneath the launch pad. it is not meant to cool down stuff. it is used as a sound insulation. nasa still uses the same technique on space shuttle launch.
This comment was edited on Apr 28, 2010, 03:53. |
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| News Comments > Activision's Lawsuit Response |
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Re: Activision's Lawsuit Response |
Apr 28, 2010, 03:25 |
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| the sad part is marketing will probably get more of that 1 billion dollar windfall from the sale of MW2. activision is probably doing some creative accounting to make it seem they spent a bigger budget on marketing than development of the game. |
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| News Comments > Into the Black |
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Re: Into the Black |
Apr 28, 2010, 03:21 |
zirik |
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Ant wrote on Apr 28, 2010, 02:31:
zirik wrote on Apr 28, 2010, 00:32:
huh? whats the occasion blue? Read his OOTB earlier that day.
ah i see. congrats blue! i hope the missus got the traditional ivory gift that marks a 14th year.  |
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| News Comments > Evening Mobilization |
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Re: iPhone prototype probe |
Apr 28, 2010, 00:27 |
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| gawker and the other website thinks that the seizure of equipment was illegal because it was used by a journalist. the guy is a blogger not a journalist therefore the warrant is legitimate. |
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