Links for 02-07-2007
MMO money-traders take questions, UD DOD simulating the planet, doomsaying2.0, the peak of the LOLcat meme…
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1 – The MMOG Moneysellers Respond To Your Questions
Metaversal moneytraders take the flak at Slashdot. If what they’re proposing makes it through the legal whitewater, they’re on to a serious winner. I wonder what Castranova has to say about this?
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The LOLcats/macros meme has peaked. This is that peak. Everything from here on in is made of FAIL.
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3 – Sentient world: war games on the grandest scale
“… the US Department of Defense (DOD) may already be creating a copy of you in an alternate reality to see how long you can go without food or water, or how you will respond to televised propaganda.” Pure science fiction, made real.
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4 – Blessed are the doomsayers
“Indeed, doom mongering has suddenly crept back into fashion … But these aren’t your run-of-the-mill street corner nut jobs warning that the end is nigh. Rather, these are serious thinkers with excellent credentials.”
