Why you shouldn't trust Wikipedia:
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Chance Abattoir
Future Rockin' Resmod
Join date: 3 Apr 2004
Posts: 3,898
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05-08-2006 19:45
And before you ask, no, I didn't do it. I would have at least been clever (still wondering what the racial significance is). From: someone Philip Rosedale is the founder and CEO of Linden Lab, the company that produces the Massively multiplayer online game Second Life and he is black. (Within Second Life, he is perhaps better known as Philip Linden.) He has a BS degree in Physics from the University of California, San Diego, and is known for his contributions to the development of streaming media and for having been the CTO of RealNetworks after they bought his company, FreeVue, in 1996. Rosedale has stated that his goal with Second Life is to demostrate a viable model for a virtual economy/society. In his own words, "I'm not building a game. I'm building shitty client software that crashes constantly and I refuse to fix it. It is also for black people." (source: Wired, 2004-05-0 
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Chance Abattoir
Future Rockin' Resmod
Join date: 3 Apr 2004
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05-08-2006 20:08
Okay... some good soul has gone and changed it: From: someone Philip Rosedale is the founder and CEO of Linden Lab, the company that produces the Massively multiplayer online game Second Life and he is black. (Within Second Life, he is perhaps better known as Philip Linden.) He has a BS degree in Physics from the University of California, San Diego, and is known for his contributions to the development of streaming media and for having been the CTO of RealNetworks after they bought his company, FreeVue, in 1996. Rosedale has stated that his goal with Second Life is to demostrate a viable model for a virtual economy/society. In his own words, "I'm not building a game. I'm building shitty client software that crashes constantly and I refuse to fix it." (source: Wired, 2004-05-0 I'm even MORE baffled by the changes. Philip is still black and the client is still shitty... but now it's no longer for black people. WTF? How is that better?
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Chance Abattoir
Future Rockin' Resmod
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05-08-2006 20:13
Part 3:.... From: wikipedia Philip Rosedale is the founder and CEO of Linden Lab, the company that produces the Massively multiplayer online game Second Life and he is black. (Within Second Life, he is perhaps better known as Philip Linden.) He has a BS degree in Physics from the University of California, San Diego, and is known for his contributions to the development of streaming media and for having been the CTO of RealNetworks after they bought his company, FreeVue, in 1996. Rosedale has stated that his goal with Second Life is to demostrate a viable model for a virtual economy/society. In his own words, "I'm not building a game. I'm building a country." (source: Wired, 2004-05-0 Almost there. 
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Damanios Thetan
looking in
Join date: 6 Mar 2004
Posts: 992
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05-08-2006 20:19
I'm sorry, it's 5 AM here, so i'm not the fastest or brightest atm.  And the reason i turned it back is, not because i'm a fan of Philip or LL, but a fan of Wikipedia. |
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Sean Gorham
Stopped making sense
Join date: 5 Mar 2005
Posts: 229
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05-08-2006 20:23
Looks like it's all better now.
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Chance Abattoir
Future Rockin' Resmod
Join date: 3 Apr 2004
Posts: 3,898
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05-08-2006 20:26
From: Sean Gorham Looks like it's all better now. Sweet.
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PetGirl Bergman
Fellow Creature:-)
Join date: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 2,414
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05-08-2006 23:01
There are another well known SL member that are on Wikipedia - her first year in SL background are taken away many times. By someone.
/Tina - Not in Wikipedia - if so it must be EXAKT correct.
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Jonas Pierterson
Dark Harlequin
Join date: 27 Dec 2005
Posts: 3,660
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05-08-2006 23:34
Yes..her first choice of career keeps being removed, even though it -is- relevant in terms of how she made her contacts. No details beyond that need to be spoken of, so why be ashamed?
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Laurine Witte
Registered User
Join date: 25 Apr 2006
Posts: 14
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05-09-2006 01:41
The nature of the wiki-engine makes it subject to vandalization. That's all you see, a griefer making a pointless attack, which is quickly cleaned up.
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