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Secret Service-FBI raid Second Life's HQ, seizing all Lindens |
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Colette Meiji
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11-28-2007 08:58
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. They can hire the Ginko people as consultants. |
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Conifer Dada
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11-28-2007 09:03
The 'second life' of many US dollars is as Euros. That's where the smart money has gone. The SL economy is unpredictable, as evidenced by last year's land price crash (although the L$ held steady through that crisis).
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Conan Godwin
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11-28-2007 09:06
I like the idea of the FBI "seizing all L$". I wonder how many sacks you would need to carry all the L$ in Second life.
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Colette Meiji
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11-28-2007 09:17
I like the idea of the FBI "seizing all L$". I wonder how many sacks you would need to carry all the L$ in Second life. If Trout is right it will fit on a thumb drive. |
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Conan Godwin
In ur base kilin ur d00ds
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11-28-2007 09:21
If Trout is right it will fit on a thumb drive. I prefer to imagine actual sacks full of L$ _____________________
hateful much? dude, that was low. die. . |
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Kira Cuddihy
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11-28-2007 09:49
Bet he's never even heard of SL. QUOTE] Yes, I am betting He is probably frozen in WoW /me ducks just in case there is someone out there that does like rl war. |
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Rhaorth Antonelli
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11-28-2007 09:55
heh they did not get all the lindens, one of the ones on my friends list is online LOL
then again, he is one of the ones that do not log into world a lot, maybe they left him behind to take care of things LOL _____________________
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Jarred Tammas
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11-28-2007 10:54
They can hire the Ginko people as consultants. Ginko reminds me of those turtles you see in Rappelz!  _____________________
Jarred
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Conan Godwin
In ur base kilin ur d00ds
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11-28-2007 10:55
Bet he's never even heard of SL. QUOTE] Yes, I am betting He is probably frozen in WoW /me ducks just in case there is someone out there that does like rl war. War rocks! _____________________
hateful much? dude, that was low. die. . |
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Novis Dyrssen
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11-28-2007 11:04
well both of my linden freinds apear to be offline (wich is wierd) Imaginary friends don't count, dear... _____________________
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Hey-yeah, welcome to the Real World Nobody told you it was gonna be hard |
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Muddy Buchanan
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Join date: 29 Jan 2007
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11-28-2007 13:15
And to "GOP strategist, Emma Faye Kerr" we should probably add, don't worry dear. I understand that most ladies feel the need to indulge in that occasionally
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Cee Edman
The Dude Abides
Join date: 2 Oct 2007
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11-28-2007 13:23
Google the famous GOP strategist "Emma Faye Kerr".
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Graphicguru Gustav
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Duhhh?????
11-28-2007 13:30
I was expecting to find the FBI were holding my ex-partner's avatar (her name withheld out of confidentiality) in some dusty SL interrogation cell, using scripts on her to spill the beans on why she resorted to hiring her lovely body out, and like Mata Hari, spying on, and gathering intimate information about several SL VIP's. We later find out some of those VIP's were really FBI agents (Mr. Smith from the Matrix, and a few of his buddies. It became apparent she spread the news far and wide, exposing their identities and showing explicit videos of their secret fantasies acted out with her (some really disgusting things I can’t mention here). They quickly became indignant and seeking revenge, causing her to disappear. (Or is it because I have her on ignore???) Now, if you believe THAT story, then I have a virtual bridge to sell to you...
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Jade Angkarn
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11-28-2007 18:42
I prefer to imagine actual sacks full of L$ Are they sculptie sacks? |
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Void Singer
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11-28-2007 20:11
I was expecting to find the FBI were holding my ex-partner's avatar (her name withheld out of confidentiality) in some dusty SL interrogation cell, using scripts on her to spill the beans on why she resorted to hiring her lovely body out, and like Mata Hari, spying on, and gathering intimate information about several SL VIP's. We later find out some of those VIP's were really FBI agents (Mr. Smith from the Matrix, and a few of his buddies. It became apparent she spread the news far and wide, exposing their identities and showing explicit videos of their secret fantasies acted out with her (some really disgusting things I can’t mention here). They quickly became indignant and seeking revenge, causing her to disappear. (Or is it because I have her on ignore???) Now, if you believe THAT story, then I have a virtual bridge to sell to you... wow... let it go man... just let it go... _____________________
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Carl Metropolitan
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11-28-2007 20:53
The article is a parody of a recent real life FBI raid on the maker of an alternative currency:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_id_liberty_dollar_raids.html |
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Rebecca Proudhon
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11-28-2007 22:03
The article is a parody of a recent real life FBI raid on the maker of an alternative currency: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_id_liberty_dollar_raids.html Be interesting how this case turns out. It's just a matter of time with the Linden-----Not just in the US but all the countries "not with a whimper but with a bang" |
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Void Singer
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11-28-2007 22:57
if you're a Scadian, or spend lots of time in Renn faires, or SF/fantasy/gaming/comics conventions you've probably seen liberty dollars for years....
they are innocuous enough, but the fact that the IRS Evasion groups latched onto it as a way to further evade taxation, is basically what has brought all this mess to a head. I won't go into who's arguments are valid, etc, just say that all sides have some points... LL has little worry of the linden succumbing to a similar fate, since they can obtain protection by moving their banking elswhere, where reporting standards don't crush a company with requirements (theoretically) for what, in the vast sense, amounts to pocket change transactions... _____________________
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Rebecca Proudhon
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11-28-2007 23:58
since they can obtain protection by moving their banking elswhere, where reporting standards don't crush a company with requirements (theoretically) for what, in the vast sense, amounts to pocket change transactions... where would that be? |
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Void Singer
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11-29-2007 00:06
where would that be? if they'd been smart? the caymans would be one oft cited (and overpriced) option.... but they certainly aren't the only option. UK banking solved some of their problems.... just not as many as would have been nice (or possible), and created a few new ones... _____________________
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Rebecca Proudhon
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11-29-2007 00:27
if they'd been smart? the caymans would be one oft cited (and overpriced) option.... but they certainly aren't the only option. UK banking solved some of their problems.... just not as many as would have been nice (or possible), and created a few new ones... Were they to do this, then the governments could just go after the residents for using it, or stop pay pal, banks or other services from accepting currency exchange payout transactions. |
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Emma Blazer
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11-29-2007 00:41
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 /me still fed up  *hugs*_____________________
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Void Singer
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11-29-2007 02:39
Were they to do this, then the governments could just go after the residents for using it, or stop pay pal, banks or other services from accepting currency exchange payout transactions. depends on what it'd cost the government to do that... and who they'd piss off in the process... for example, US gov doesn't want to piss off UK gov, so they aren't going to push to hard about being able to look through UK bank transactions... likewise they can't stop other global companies from dealing in US money, or even from converting to or from it. nevermind that LL DOES presumably pay taxes to IRS like they should, and does not claim to back their currency as such, but in fact treats it as an entertainment service, which they can reasonably be expected to sell. so the irs just focuses on the money that's easy to get. (now they could have avoided the whole mess by staying out of exchange business, but presumably they make enough money from the process and the added ability to have finer control of the economy through market sinks, reselling sink currency, and the residuals they make on transactions, to make it all worthwhile... it could even be a step towards going global as a company, and providing an actual backed currency through the platform... but that's tin foil cap territory) _____________________
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Rebecca Proudhon
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11-29-2007 05:04
(now they could have avoided the whole mess by staying out of exchange business, but presumably they make enough money from the process and the added ability to have finer control of the economy through market sinks, reselling sink currency, and the residuals they make on transactions, to make it all worthwhile... it could even be a step towards going global as a company, and providing an actual backed currency through the platform... but that's tin foil cap territory) My views on all this would need to be posted somewhere else |