Secret Service-FBI raid Second Life's HQ, seizing all Lindens

ANYONE SEE THIS GET A GOOD MORNING LAUGH!!


SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Last night, Secret Service and FBI agents raided the headquarters of Second Life, seizing all Lindens. Second Life is a sophisticated social-networking tool, better known as a massive, multi-player, online virtual world.
In Second Life, real world people use characters known as avatars to do everything from chatting, to setting up virtual shops to conduct business. Second Life uses its own currency, known as the Linden, in its virtual world.

"There has been growing concern that Second Life is undermining confidence in the U.S. Dollar, by using their competing currency known as the Linden," said one senior FBI agent, speaking on condition of anonymity.

In the wake of the raid on Bernard von Nothaus' Liberty Dollar, many observers expected the government to take action against the Linden in a similar manner.

"The problem with the U.S. Dollar has nothing whatsoever to do with our own inflationary policy here at the Fed. The problem is that you have people trading U.S. Dollars for Lindens, to use Lindens as an alternative currency. That represents a very real threat to the stability of the Dollar, and the U.S. economy as a whole," said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson weighed in, by talking about the ramifications of virtual world currencies possibly surpassing and replacing the U.S. Dollar.

"From our charts, we can see that the U.S. Dollar is falling against the Linden. If too many people become engrossed with virtual world economies, we could see a downward spiral for the Dollar. Eventually, there could be a situation in which people trade the Dollar for virtual currencies. This could create a trade deficit of sorts between real world goods and virtual world goods, causing our entire economy to get sucked up into a virtual world. Americans could end up standing in virtual bread lines, and living out on virtual streets, facing virtual poverty, in a virtual recession." said Secretary Paulson.

"How freaky to think about the possibily that a virtual currency could replace the U.S. Dollar," said GOP strategist, Emma Faye Kerr. Ms. Kerr continued, "If that ever happened, the entire economy would be replaced by a sort of virtual economy, where everybody, including the government, loses connection with the reality-based world. Thank God we have a President that is still in touch with reality, who has decided to take action against the threat of virtual worlds replacing the real world."

Efforts to get in touch with Second Life founder Philip Rosedale have so far been unsuccessful.

entertaining, but apparently not a Resident Answers type of thread.....

well both of my linden freinds apear to be offline (wich is wierd)

I'm sorry if I posted in the wrong forum, please move to proper forum if needed, but really caught my attention, I really think there is NO truth to it but thought I'd share
moon

What is the source of this story? The Onion, perhaps? Considering the FBI has been snooping in world and at LL HQ in refards to the Gambling situation, and who knows what else, apparently with Uncle Phil's blessing, I highly doubt a door kicking Elliott Ness raid would be necessary if anything were to happen. Nice bit of creative writing by whoever the author is.

Linden the "people" or Linden the currency?

if its the actual people perhaps this explains the problems behind server outages as of late

if not then... how can you sieze something that does not exist? its not real money .....

no i didn't go past the first two lines I just had this vision in my head of philip linden being "siezed" and is now being interrigated by FBI agents as to.. "life the universe and everything according to phil"

*runs*

Sounds like a semi-creative hoax. the wording gives it away.

When it REALLY happens, it won't be for the reasons stated.

well the Wiki is offline "can't be found"

Unfortuantely this is the closet thing to a "Somewhat entertaining bullshit" forum we have. Thank You. It was a good laugh to start the day.

No mention of pie... must be a hoax.

I think the name of the website where this comes from might be a hint

I wonder if they will send Phil to Gitmo?

That's nothing new.

but don't miss the riveting article " President Bush to Veto Spears, K-Fed divorce settlement "

Actually I found "Bush Pardons National Turkeys After Confessions" and "BUSH BOMBS MEXICO CITY!" rather intriguing

Isn't anyone going to post:


"can I have ther stuffz"

Hahahaha lol. sorry guys I find that bit really funny. No offense to anyone or anything lol. A politician in touch with reality? bah!

Bet he's never even heard of SL.
I seriously doubt this is true. If it was, there would be a proper notice somewhere. (i hope )

Who is this guy? All currencies are virtual! You don't think there is enough gold in the Bank of England's vaults to cover all the paper money they print, do you? There may have been once upon a time - in about eighteen hundred and frozen stiff - but not any more.

Billy Shakespeare country? AIEEEEE!

Now that makes you VERY close ...

Same country, I mean England obviously lol. I have never been near Stratford-upon-Avon. (i would love to visit it though sometime soon). Read the term in a book a while ago and thought it was hilarious. along with och-aye land. Betchya can't guess where that is lol

just for you...

can I have ther stuffz? (See I even spelt it oll corekt lik)

someone one took that seriously? I'd cry for public education but I'm too busy laughing at those people....

Is this the "where's my stipend" thread?

Mari

It's easy to seize the currency. All you need is one of those fancy little pocket sized storage thingies, right? Plug it into the USB Port on the LL mainframe and download all the Lindens onto it. Presto. We're all broke.