*snerk*
*sporfle*
*bwahhaha!*
That is all.
*sporfle*
*bwahhaha!*
That is all.
QFT
*takes that web-reporter's tinfoil as his hat is too hot already*
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Jessica Elytis
Goddess
Join date: 7 Oct 2005
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07-31-2007 20:35
QFT *takes that web-reporter's tinfoil as his hat is too hot already* ~Jessy _____________________
When your friend does somethign stupid:
Dude, you are a true and good friend, and I love you like the brother that my mom claims she never had, but you are in fact acting like a flaming douche on white toast with a side order of dickknob salsa..maybe you should reconsider this course of action and we go find something else to do. |
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CobaltBlue Mill
Registered User
Join date: 19 Apr 2006
Posts: 87
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07-31-2007 21:13
I would not worry until I see LL blog entries from Osama bin Linden
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Fade Languish
I just build stuff...
Join date: 20 Oct 2005
Posts: 1,760
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07-31-2007 21:36
Tinfoil goes mainstream. I'm very surprised to see The Australian publishing works of fiction.
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Soen Eber
Registered User
Join date: 3 Aug 2006
Posts: 428
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07-31-2007 22:02
Actually there is something very serious about all this, and no, its not about terrorism (SL as a terrorism platform? Then so is *ANY* conferencing and meeting package. OH MY GAWD! Bin Ladin has a virtual white board! We're doomed, DOOMED I tell you!)
I've been hitting google news at work lately when I get bored, and there's been an increasing meme - no real threat, no evidence, just talk - among conservative talking heads about the terrorism danger from Second Life. What we're seeing is the right wing echo chamber stirring the pot, looking for yet another "dangerous thing" *TM* to frighten us with. Laugh all you like, but within the next month or two you're going to see more of these articles, and they'll be using this piece of crap from Murdoch's Aussie rag as supporting evidence. (that's another tactic of the echo chamber - early in the ramp up "credible" reporters write up total fabrications which are then used as source material for articles further up the food chain. Because the early stuff doesn't get a lot of attention they can lay the groundwork for reporting and punditry by more "reputable" reporters and pundits who incorporate the earlier work as part of the story, thinking its been fact checked). It'll probably start circulating in the right wing blogosphere for a couple months before it surfaces on Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly. From there its a short trip to FOX, and then to Congress - whose aids will already have been briefed about the earlier issues with kiddie porn and gambling. In fact, a blog search for "Second Life" "terrorism" is already showing the insidious, intended effect of the story. Now then, I think a good question is: who is behind this? This kind of attention is often generated by PR firms whose clients want to force a piece of legislation or tax credit their way, or want to increase their share of the market by imposing onerous costs on their competitors in order to stay legal. SL has already shown its not "corporate friendly" and that the people running the show have much to say as to their level of professionalism (their "the next iPod/the next Steve Jobs" moment of glory lasted precisely 15 minutes). This makes SL much too risky to define the "new web". Of course, as f***'ed up as they are, there doesn't *have* to be an industry group orchestrating this... |
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Maggie McArdle
FIOS hates puppies
Join date: 8 May 2006
Posts: 2,855
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07-31-2007 22:17
They may be seen wearing these t-shirts http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/329/flagad2bv1.jpg available now from jihad exchange, free sculptie grenade with every purchase /me stamps my widdle foot..and cries loudly " I WANT ONE!!!" _____________________
There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
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Milli Santos
La Princesse
Join date: 12 Oct 2006
Posts: 112
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07-31-2007 22:36
In SL people create their own characters, known as avatars, and live an alternative life, buying goods, real estate and living in a community of more than eight million people from across the world. 8 million? Since when??? law enforcement agencies believe some of those behind the Second Life attacks are home-grown Australian jihadists who are rehearsing for strikes against real targets HAHAHAHAHAHA This is a real Australian news site. Seems like we have nothing better to report on down here. |
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Tod69 Talamasca
The Human Tripod ;)
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 4,107
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07-31-2007 22:45
Bin Ladin has a virtual white board! We're doomed, DOOMED I tell you!) You sure thats not "Bin Linden"???  LAG THE INFIDELS!!  _____________________
really pissy & mean right now and NOT happy with Life.
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Cristalle Karami
Lady of the House
Join date: 4 Dec 2006
Posts: 6,222
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07-31-2007 22:52
Couldn't they do the same using Skype instead of SL voice? Better still, forget SL altogether and just use Skype. |
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SuezanneC Baskerville
Forums Rock!
Join date: 22 Dec 2003
Posts: 14,229
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07-31-2007 23:40
A multi-user virtual world is useful for practicing certain types of real world group activity. That activity could be something like emergency response practice, which has been done in Second Life, or it could be used to practice creating an emergency. Various government militaries use virtual worlds for training. Second Life's extremely simple building system works in it's favor for use by a group that might not have team of folks skilled in more complex 3D programs.
A closed secure system like Qwaq or Sun's MPK20 might be a better choice for terrorists and other aggressor organizations such as, umm government militaries. It should be possible to export Google map data and perhaps some of the user supplied 3D building models from the Google format into forms that some virtual worlds can use. It would be mighty annoying to have your terrorism planning session invaded by flexi-prim penis monsters. _____________________
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So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan - |
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Strife Onizuka
Moonchild
Join date: 3 Mar 2004
Posts: 5,887
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08-01-2007 00:22
LOL, thank you for posting that, it made my day.
"A surviving terrorist of the first terrorist attack using SL trained operatives was heard to say: 'It made no sense. People moved so fluidly, no one paused long enough for me to aim. No one told me RL cage guns were so heavy. And when the cops came, my sheild didn't rez and I got shot - I didn't know cops had sheild-breaking guns! When I saw we had failed, I couldnt' fly away.'" This is just one of those aftershocks from the initial quake known as Second Life. Pretty weak one IMHO. _____________________
Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between the arms, the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the main river. - Cyril Connolly Without the political will to find common ground, the continual friction of tactic and counter tactic, only creates suspicion and hatred and vengeance, and perpetuates the cycle of violence. - James Nachtwey |
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Usagi Musashi
UM ™®
Join date: 24 Oct 2004
Posts: 6,083
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08-01-2007 00:27
LOL, thank you for posting that, it made my day. "And then when I died, I didn't get teleported home." This is just one of those aftershocks from the initial quake known as Second Life. Pretty weak one IMHO. HAHahahahahah............ |
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Lauro Nemeth
Registered User
Join date: 3 Mar 2007
Posts: 18
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08-01-2007 00:38
Is this a joke web site? Or is this web site a joke? What's scary is that I could believe either... Nope. The "story" is in the print edition of the newspaper. It's a Murdoch newspaper. |
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Eric Cale
Addicted User
Join date: 28 Jul 2007
Posts: 66
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08-01-2007 00:40
/me declares JIHAD on all terrorists in Second Life. Now, where are my roadside bombs? They are all planted at sim borders, thats why you are supposed to slow down before you cross one or you end up getting the car stuck in the ground due to invisible roadside bombs, or worse, you crash and nobody knows what happened to you! _____________________
Shopping is a Game of Chance, you pay the vendor for that clothing set sometimes not to get it, and therefore should be banned.
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Imogen Saltair
Registered User
Join date: 29 Nov 2006
Posts: 682
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08-01-2007 01:05
: On the bright side, they could never count on the grid being up at the critical moments involved in an actual attack scenario. I'd like to see that support ticket... imogen _____________________
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Tegg Bode
FrootLoop Roo Overlord
Join date: 12 Jan 2007
Posts: 5,707
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08-01-2007 01:21
laughing... so... hard... Since when does Toyota "test" their products in SL? the physics engine is pretty much trash for any kind of auto testing. Well, Some one might brag their Landrover did the Camel Safari unscathed, but then you can bragg your Landcruiser crossed a sim boundry intact (if they ever make any vehicle this good of course) ................. _____________________
Level 38 Builder [Roo Clan]
Free Waterside & Roadside Vehicle Rez Platform, Desire (88, 17, 107) Avatars & Roadside Seaview shops and vendorspace for rent, $2.00/prim/week, Desire (175,48,107) |
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Alazarin Mondrian
Teh Trippy Hippie Dragon
Join date: 4 Apr 2005
Posts: 1,549
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08-01-2007 02:30
I hear it is the terrorists who are setting up all the ad farms, to finance their nefarious plots and demoralize the infidels at the same time! And when they're not out setting up rotating ad poles their hanging out in the sex clubs, studying really studying the poledancers. Watch out for the ones with the beards... Pole dancers with beards? Oh, you mean 'down under'... but I thought they all shaved. _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
Un United Avatar
Join date: 10 Jan 2007
Posts: 25,000
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08-01-2007 04:38
Those disinfranchised casino owners will do anything for attention......
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Brandi Lundquist
Transexual Escort
Join date: 20 Jun 2007
Posts: 211
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08-01-2007 10:39
I can see it now...an army of penis tossing terrorists...'quick toss your penis at that soldier'!! Please turn in your detachable penile equipment to Linden Labs (or me) as soon as possible. Thank you. Second Life Homeland Security Office This really would be a nice alternative to suicide bombing. (pleasing substitue for any bombing for that matter) Let 'em stay...it may make the world a better place! _____________________
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http://brandilundquist-chronicles.xlogz.com My uncensored message board for SL adult entertainment: http://brandilundquist-chronicles.xboardz.com |
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Brash Zenovka
Still Learning
Join date: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 392
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08-01-2007 12:49
Maybe already mentioned, but Reuters had a similar, but far less "sensationalist", article some weeks ago:
http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2007/07/12/alarm-bells-ring-again-about-virtual-terrorism/ ________________________________ == Alarm bells ring — again — about virtual terrorism == "Scary reports of terrorism and money laundering in Second Life are nothing new. And the threat is certainly more than just hypothetical: Linden Lab has been culling old accounts due to fears of fraud, and Reuters has learned that Chief Financial Officer John Zdanowski is planning to talk tomorrow about stolen credit cards that were used to buy Linden dollars. "But this week’s Economist has an otherwise well-thought out article about cyber-jihad with an inexcusably vague assertion: Inevitably, experts say, jihadists have also started to create “residents” in the virtual world of Second Life. "Really? Is it inevitable that we will one day find Al-Qaeda in Second Life? Or just that “experts” will pontificate about the possibility without producing any evidence?" ________________________________ It's interesting that they credit LL's culling of old accounts, not to optimizing the database or freeing up names etc, as to discourage fraud/money laundering. Makes me also wonder a bit more about that post a few weeks back where someone was asking for old unused accounts to use "for roleplaying reasons" ... which of course made no sense to any of us. _____________________
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Pinkfeather Heron
man-eating birdmonster
Join date: 17 May 2007
Posts: 27
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08-01-2007 13:39
Makes me also wonder a bit more about that post a few weeks back where someone was asking for old unused accounts to use "for roleplaying reasons" ... which of course made no sense to any of us. Some RP sims require a minimum avatar age, maybe that could be the reason? Back on topic..... "Terrorism" in SL is so ridiculous it's downright ricockulous. O NOZ PARTICLE SPAM! RUN! |
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CyFishy Traveler
Social Butterfly :)i(:
Join date: 9 Aug 2006
Posts: 122
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08-01-2007 14:41
I've been hitting google news at work lately when I get bored, and there's been an increasing meme - no real threat, no evidence, just talk - among conservative talking heads about the terrorism danger from Second Life. What we're seeing is the right wing echo chamber stirring the pot, looking for yet another "dangerous thing" *TM* to frighten us with. Laugh all you like, but within the next month or two you're going to see more of these articles, and they'll be using this piece of crap from Murdoch's Aussie rag as supporting evidence. (that's another tactic of the echo chamber - early in the ramp up "credible" reporters write up total fabrications which are then used as source material for articles further up the food chain. Because the early stuff doesn't get a lot of attention they can lay the groundwork for reporting and punditry by more "reputable" reporters and pundits who incorporate the earlier work as part of the story, thinking its been fact checked). It'll probably start circulating in the right wing blogosphere for a couple months before it surfaces on Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly. From there its a short trip to FOX, and then to Congress - whose aids will already have been briefed about the earlier issues with kiddie porn and gambling. In fact, a blog search for "Second Life" "terrorism" is already showing the insidious, intended effect of the story. Now then, I think a good question is: who is behind this? This kind of attention is often generated by PR firms whose clients want to force a piece of legislation or tax credit their way, or want to increase their share of the market by imposing onerous costs on their competitors in order to stay legal. SL has already shown its not "corporate friendly" and that the people running the show have much to say as to their level of professionalism (their "the next iPod/the next Steve Jobs" moment of glory lasted precisely 15 minutes). This makes SL much too risky to define the "new web". Of course, as f***'ed up as they are, there doesn't *have* to be an industry group orchestrating this... QFT This is a very good point, and the fact that the article is apparently in a Murdoch newspaper does make me wonder. I think we should pay close attention to where this 'meme' starts to spread. |
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Chip Midnight
ate my baby!
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 10,231
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08-01-2007 14:46
More proof that there are some monumentally stupid people in the world... and some of them have jobs writing for newspapers.
No need to worry about terrorists. The Catholics are coming to save us! ROME — Catholic missionaries have always trekked to dangerous parts of the Earth to spread the word of God. Now they are being encouraged to go into the virtual realm of "Second Life" to save virtual souls. In an article in Rome-based Jesuit journal La Civilta Cattolica, academic Antonio Spadaro urged fellow Catholics not to be scared of entering the virtual world which may be fertile ground for new converts wishing to better themselves. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291553,00.html _____________________
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Conifer Dada
Hiya m'dooks!
Join date: 6 Oct 2006
Posts: 3,716
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08-01-2007 14:56
Religion is the oldest form of virtual reality.
Does that make religion in SL 'virtual virtual reality'? |
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Domaiv Decosta
Registered User
Join date: 3 Jun 2007
Posts: 243
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08-01-2007 14:57
More proof that there are some monumentally stupid people in the world... and some of them have jobs writing for newspapers. No need to worry about terrorists. The Catholics are coming to save us! Thats all we need an SL inquisition. The s+m stores will do a bomb in thumb scews and iron maidens |
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Alyx Sands
Mental Mentor Linguist
Join date: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 2,432
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08-01-2007 15:18
More proof that there are some monumentally stupid people in the world... and some of them have jobs writing for newspapers. No need to worry about terrorists. The Catholics are coming to save us! God help me.....  |
