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Yiffy Yaffle
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10-24-2005 23:10
IRS better not touch my stipend XD
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Eboni Khan
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10-24-2005 23:10
The last thing we need are more people right now. The grid can't handle the people we have.


Does LL issue 1099s for things other than affiliate pay outs? I don't remember seeing anything on the Lindex about 1099.
Michi Lumin
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10-24-2005 23:13
From: Eboni Khan
Does LL issue 1099s for things other than affiliate pay outs? I don't remember seeing anything on the Lindex about 1099.


1099-MISC isn't issued, its where you report miscellaneous income in your own tax return. This would be classified as ' hobby income'.
Persephone Milk
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10-24-2005 23:15
Wow, what a wonderful segment they did too ... it was very exciting. I met one new person tonight in the Wecome Area who had come after seeing that on Fox News. I suspect many more tried and failed due to the upgrade tonight. Still, very positive coverage. I love it.
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10-24-2005 23:17
From: Persephone Milk
Wow, what a wonderful segment they did ... very exciting. I met one new person tonight in the Wecome Area who had come after seeing that on Fox News.


Wow, so it did bring some new folks in! Hopefully by tomorrow the grid will have settled a bit... Dunno if it's going to be re-aired.
Persephone Milk
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10-24-2005 23:21
From: Michi Lumin
Wow, so it did bring some new folks in!
There were LOTS of new people in the WA tonight. It was so hard to talk to them or help them. I tried to tell several people not to be discouraged by the performance tonight, but some of them were clearly frustrated and just left. Oh well. Bad timing. But it does show what a little positive press coverage can do.
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Nyoko Salome
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nyak!! :)
10-24-2005 23:21
From: Martin Magpie
shhhh don't even whisper that too loud it makes ppl here nuts. :cool:


as someone who also often daydreams about spending a relatively tax-free life, as many of us must do - lol!! :) it'd be super-interesting to see a red-to-red generic photoshop gradient over the whole american income spectrum, though with weight added to the overall economic median - shoot, not remembering now basic high-school algebra... (lol, that's -another- thread someplace...:) a 'median' versus an 'average'?? hope i got that right... :)

'gross vs. net' graphs, of course. :)
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Sukia Edo
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10-24-2005 23:38
woot lusk was in it!
Cybin Monde
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not a bad piece..
10-25-2005 00:16
it made it's point succintly, teased enough to bring a few new faces around and didn't get hokey about it.. thank goodness.

although, it would be nice for them to do a "Part 2" on the story and go a little more in-depth. explain the building a little more and maybe mention scripting? perhaps divulge that there are many different tiers of payment for land "allowance".

but i digress.. it was a groovy spot and looked upon us well. but again, it would've been much better if aired a couple days from now.. but hey, maybe it serves the purpose of sifting out some who wouldn't care for SL anyway?
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Bertha Horton
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10-25-2005 00:41
That Fox News thing must be the first SWF file I've been unable to copy and save using Firefox. Rupert Murdoch's programmers really know how to bury URLs with Javascript.
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Andrew Kipling
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Fox news story
10-25-2005 04:41
maybe it's a six figure income when you count the decimal places.

I didn't know you could date in SL? I'm only a noob, I thought all you could do was have hawwwt sex lol
Lacey Fardel
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10-25-2005 05:06
From: Andrew Kipling
maybe it's a six figure income when you count the decimal places.

I didn't know you could date in SL? I'm only a noob, I thought all you could do was have hawwwt sex lol


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Kujila Maltz
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10-25-2005 05:11
Luskwood on the TV screen =0 ohmigawd. Good stuff.
Satchmo Prototype
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10-25-2005 05:20
Nice. Best TV news coverage I've seen yet. I say this despite the fact I hate Fox News.
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FlipperPA Peregrine
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10-25-2005 05:49
From: Michi Lumin
One person is, Martin. Verified, at least. Think "Everybody Wang Chung tonight", but with less wang.

... Come to think of it, SL could use less wang.


I only know of one person making six figures a year in SL, and its not Anshe. I have never heard Anshe verify what income she clears from Second Life.

The link no longer has the SL video - anyone have a direct link to it, or save the video file?

Its a shame Faux News didn't take a look at the SL Herald web site... "Always Fairly Unbalanced."

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Heuvadoches Naumova
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10-25-2005 05:51
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Interesting. Typical fox fare.

And what was with Phil's eyes? He must be hitting the coffee pot a lot these days. ;)


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Heuvadoches Naumova
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10-25-2005 05:57
From: ReallyRick Metropolitan
If I did everything correctly, you should be able to watch the video of SL as it appeared on Fox News by clicking the link below:

Okay I didnt do that right LOL Anyway here is where you can go to watch it.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,173283,00.html

Look on the right hand side says FREE VIDEO - And should look like this:

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Second Life

Web site creates new world for users


I went to the DEVIL republican site via the link you gave and found this article:

From: someone

Yahoo Raising Music Subscription Costs Monday, October 24, 2005
By Matt Hines



STORIES
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MP3 Downloads Per Player Drop Sharply

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Bertelsmann Launching File-Sharing Service

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Microsoft Backs Down on Exclusive Music Deals



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Portal company Yahoo Inc. informed customers of its subscription music download service that it will increase pricing for users who transfer their tunes onto portable devices or CDs.

The Sunnyvale, Calif., firm forwarded an e-mail to its Yahoo Music Unlimited subscribers late Thursday


I tried searching the DEVIL republican site for "second life" and found nothing.
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Selador Cellardoor
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10-25-2005 06:03
'Virtual livers?'

And what was that about us possibly getting 'virtual telemarketing calls'? Didn't like the sound of that one bit.
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10-25-2005 06:11
Have a 'Virtual Heart' Selador, those Virtual Telemarketers have got to make a Virtual Living too ya know.. ;)
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10-25-2005 06:12
Did Fox give all the credit to our fearless leader GWB for bring democracy, freedom and peace to Second Lifers everywhere?

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Ghoti Nyak
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10-25-2005 06:15
The link is there on the right... I just watched it (6:12am SLT)

The talking head mentions 'virtual telemarketing calls'... frickin' wonderful. There's a good use for that lovely key2name database (told you so). :(

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Vestalia Hadlee
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10-25-2005 06:23
From: Heuvadoches Naumova
I tried searching the DEVIL republican site for "second life" and found nothing.

I found the video this way:

Follow ReallyRick's original link to Fox News.
Select "Video" from the menu at the top of the Fox webpage.
When the popup window appears, select "Only On Fox" from the left-hand margin.
The SL video is (at least this morning) one of the 9 video selections.

As for the content of the video, /me shrugs. I have as much expectation of receiving virtual telemarketing calls as I have for someone interacting with my virtual liver. I never attach much credence to what Fox News has to say about life --real, second, or otherwise.
Beau Perkins
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10-25-2005 06:23
From: Eboni Khan
Will all this press coverage ever make the IRS take notice? If people cash out on the Lindex it will be so much easier to trach who is making what, and with a quick supeona to LL, to aquire all the info. Bam!


Eboni, good point but anyone smart enough making anything above part time wage most likely is reporting it. I know I feed the income through another RL business I have on the side. Infact, with the money I spend on SL and the fact that even part of my other cost such as ISP fees, a website and a few other minor expenses are considered now write offs, my accountant somehow turns it into a tax break for me.
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10-25-2005 06:52
On Bill Maher's show this past weekend, they showed 5 minutes of Faux News clips and all it was was 5 second clips where they kept saying, "What I don't like about this is that the attacks on the Repulican leaders are merely the criminalization of politics...". It was pretty hilarious to see that "news" channels slant so blatantly exposed.

The SL clip might have been the only few minutes in the past month where they didn't say "the criminalization of politics" at least once, but I didn't see the clip... was Ulrika interviewed? If so, maybe they did say it! ;-) /me winks at Ulrika

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10-25-2005 07:26
My, she was perky. Almost perked me to death at this hour.

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